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Dept/ Agency: Public Safety/Division of Police
Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Application/Acceptance of Grant Funds
Purpose: To fund police initiatives to address violent crime through the purchase of surveillance cameras.
Entity Name: Center for Justice Innovation, formerly, the fiscal agent of the Fund for the City of New York
Entity Address: 520 Eighth Avenue, New York, New York 10018
Grant Amount: $170,000.00
Funding Source: United States Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance, Center for Justice Innovation
Total Project Cost: $170,000.00
City Contribution: $0.00
Other Funding Source/Amount: $0.00
Contract Period: October 1, 2019 through September 30, 2024
Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor ( ) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS
( ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ
( ) Private Sale (X) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a
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WHEREAS, on or about July 24, 2020, on behalf of the City of Newark (the "City"), the Newark Police Foundation, Inc., submitted an application to Justice Innovation, Inc. d/b/a as the Center for Justice Innovation ("CJI"), an independent 501(c)(3) organization (formerly the Fiscal Agent for the Fund for the City of New York), requesting funding for police initiatives to address violent crime; and
WHEREAS, as a result of the grant application, in May 2022, with CJI funding received from the FY2019 Project Safe Neighborhood Grant Program administered by the Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Administration, CJI entered into a Sub-recipient Agreement with the City, by and through the Newark Police Division ("NPD"); and
WHEREAS, said Sub-recipient Agreement awarded the City funds in the amount of One Hundred Seventy Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($170,000.00) for the period beginning November 2, 2021 and ending September 30, 20...
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