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Biden’s

Crazy Circus

Well folks! Guess what we found out. A woman by the name of Christine Grady is head of a company called NIH BIO ETHICS that approves drugs for the FDA (Food and Drugs Administration) which in some way has to do with the COVID vaccines. Guess who her husband is: YES! Dr. Anthony Fauci (HMMM!). The war drums are beating again in Afghanistan. I guess they still want the fog of war to continue until 2024. What a circus under Mr. CEO Biden.

Orlando “Wildman” Perez 

Ferry Project Funding

Here is one way New Jersey Transit, Port Authority of New York & New Jersey and NY Waterways can find additional funding to improve ferry service connections across the Hudson River. This could assist those utilizing various routes between Edgewater Ferry Landing, Hoboken, Lincoln Harbor-Weehawken, Port Imperial-Weekhawken and Liberty Harbor to Manhattan Midtown West 39th Street, Pier 11 Wall Street and Brookfield Place/Battery City Park. The United States Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration announced a NOFA (Notice of Funding Availability) on August 6th, the opportunity to apply for $38 million in Fiscal Year 2021 competitive grant funding for passenger ferry projects nationwide. FTA’s Passenger Ferry Grant Program, funds capital projects to improve existing passenger ferry service, establish new ferry service, and repair and modernize ferry boats, terminals, and related facilities and equipment. Under this $38 million program, $4 million has been set aside for low or zero-emission ferries or ferries using electric battery or fuel cell components and the infrastructure to support such ferries.

NJ Transit, Port Authority of NY& NJ, and NY Waterways should apply for these funds. This is another great example of Washington providing financial assistance to promote public transportation. 

Sincerely,

Larry Penner

(Larry Penner is a transportation historian, advocate and writer who previously worked in 31 years for the US Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration Region 2 NY Office.  This included the review, approval and oversight for billions of dollars in grants to the MTA which funded LIRR, Metro North, NYC Transit, MTA Bus along with NJ Transit, NYC DOT Staten Island Ferry capital projects and programs) 

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