Newburgh Awarded $10 Million State Grant for Liberty Street Sewer Separation

Newburgh won a $10,000,000 Water Quality Improvement Program grant from New York State to advance the Liberty Street Sewer Separation Project, city officials announced. The funding will support green infrastructure and resiliency work intended to keep stormwater out of the combined sewer system, reduce combined sewer overflows during storms, and improve water quality in the Hudson River.

The project targets Liberty Street between Ann Street and Renwick Street and includes creation of a separate storm sewer on Liberty, Ann, and Renwick Streets. City materials describe the work as part of Newburgh’s long-term control plan, a multi-year clean water initiative designed to reduce discharges to the Hudson and to manage stormwater closer to where it falls using green infrastructure that reduces localized flooding and strengthens natural systems.

Mayor Torrance Harvey framed the award as part of a wider recovery and growth agenda. “Newburgh is on the rise because we are building our City back so that it works for everyone – where progress is shared and possibilities are limitless. We are grateful for Governor Hochul’s continued support of our work to spur housing production, upgrade our infrastructure for future growth, and reclaim our waterfront as an engine for jobs and regional connectivity,” said Mayor Torrance Harvey. City Manager Todd Venning emphasized preparation and planning. “This award reflects years of disciplined planning and execution,” said City Manager Todd Venning. “Newburgh is doing the hard work required to protect our river, modernize our infrastructure, and meet our environmental obligations — and we are doing it in a way that also positions our City for long-term growth.”

The $10 million WQIP award is reported by city communications as part of a package of recent funding for Liberty Street. The city cites a $6.89 million award from the Pro-Housing Supply Fund and a $1.825 million award through the NYS Green Resiliency Grant Program from November 2025 as related investments. In the same round of state announcements Newburgh also received $2 million to advance Newburgh Landing, the city’s planned deep-water port project, which the state noted builds on a separate $4 million federal grant secured by Congressmember Pat Ryan.

Sources listing project totals disagree: city materials and an original report identify the Liberty Street effort as a $31 million project, while a regional report contains an alternative 431 million figure. The city has described how the $10 million WQIP award will be applied within the broader funding picture, but officials have not released a full construction timeline or detailed phase schedule in the materials provided.

For residents, the award promises reduced street flooding and fewer sewer overflows into the Hudson, and it ties into plans for housing production and waterfront redevelopment on Liberty Street and at Newburgh Landing. City officials say the funding advances the next phases of the long-term control plan; further information on contractor selection, construction timing, and neighborhood impacts is expected as the project moves from planning into implementation.