Bayonne Mayor Jimmy Davis announced that Hudson County is providing Bayonne with $500,000 to help fund a portion of the municipality’s waterfront walkway on Newark Bay.  The county funding will replace walkway money that was part of the proposed state budget last month, but then disappeared before the final version of the state budget was adopted.

“Public access to the Hudson River Waterfront via an ever-expanding waterfront walkway has long been a key element of our Gold Coast's redevelopment,” said Hudson County Executive Tom DeGise. “Mayor Davis’s relentless advocacy for its continued expansion in Bayonne demanded we do whatever we could to support it. I am pleased we were able to find the funding to replace what Bayonne lost in state funding. It is a most worthy investment." 

Mayor Davis said, “I would like to thank Hudson County Executive Tom DeGise for the county’s generous support of the waterfront walkway, an important recreational development that will improve the quality of life for the people of Bayonne. County Executive DeGise has proved yet again that he is a great friend of the people of Bayonne.”  Mayor Davis continued, “Never mind the state of local politics. We’re here to fight for the people of Bayonne, and to make sure that our residents are represented well at the local, county, and state levels.  There was a problem at the state level, so I worked with the County Executive to solve the issue at the local level.  I can’t say enough about how appreciative we are for the County’s commitment to Bayonne.”

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