Senator Lautenberg joins Congressman Albio Sires (D-NJ-13; left) and Newark Mayor Cory Booker to announce nearly $3 million in federal funding to continue the revitalization of Minish Park. The new funding will be used to build a two-mile riverfront to reconnect Newark residents and the city’s downtown to the Passaic River. The funding comes in addition to more than $22.4 million in funding for the project secured by several members of Congress, including Senators Lautenberg and Robert Menendez (D-NJ) and Congressmen Sires and Donald Payne (D-NJ-10). (July 2, 2008)