PORT JERVIS—After about 10 minutes of deliberation in executive session, the Port Jervis Common Council decided to put $88,000 into the preliminary budget for the Port Jervis Community Development Agency (CDA) in it’s On Dec. 3 budget workshop.
The CDA is a public benefit corporation that applies for and administers grants, seeks loans for housing rehabilitation and small businesses, and acts as a liaison between the city and other agencies and organizations when it comes to development.
Since 2014, it has secured almost $2 million in grants with another $10.2 million pending announcement, said Valerie Maginsky the executive director of the Port Jervis CDA.
The Port Jervis CDA is not a city agency but works almost completely for the City of Port Jervis; after carefully tracking her hours for the year, Maginsky, the CDA’s sole full-time employee, found she devoted 80 percent of her time to city projects.
