Bloomfield Will Get $2M Boost From NJ State Budget, Lawmakers Say

BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Bloomfield will be getting $2 million in direct appropriations from the latest state budget, local officials recently announced.

Gov. Phil Murphy gave a green light to the fiscal year 2026 state budget earlier this month. The $58.78 billion spending plan cleared the Senate 26-13, with one senator not voting. The budget made it through the Assembly by a vote of 52-27, with one abstention.

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Mayor Jenny Mundell, New Jersey Sen. Britnee Timberlake, and Assembly members Michael Venezia and Carmen Theresa Morales released a statement about the plans for the funding in Bloomfield.

According to a joint statement from the lawmakers:

“The appropriation will allow Bloomfield to advance a comprehensive pedestrian safety initiative, preserve essential public health programming impacted by federal grant funding losses, invest in senior transportation and socialization services, support youth mental health programs in schools, and enhance park amenities and green space throughout the community.”

Timberlake, Venezia and Morales represent the state’s 34th district, which includes Bloomfield, Belleville, East Orange, Glen Ridge, Nutley and Orange.

Venezia – a member of the Assembly Budget Committee and the former mayor of Bloomfield – said that he made sure to put the town’s priorities “front and center” throughout this year’s state budgeting process.

The state funding will come at a time when local homeowners in Bloomfield face a potential tax hike, despite ongoing efforts to trim down the town’s spending plan.

“From the outset, we approached this year’s budget process with a clear and unified vision of what Bloomfield needed – especially for seniors, our youth, and our most vulnerable residents,” Mundell said.

>> Read More: Proposed Bloomfield Town Budget Has Tax Increase Despite $2.6M In Cuts

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