New Jersey has received $75,728,585 in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Community Development Block Grant program to support the state’s COVID-19 response and recovery efforts. U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker announced the news last week, and noted that this CARES Act allotment is in addition to the $53 million and $31 million in CDBG grants granted earlier this year to help the state navigate the pandemic.

“Although our state is in a much better place than we were six months ago, New Jersey’s families and communities are…