Courtney: State could get more than $4 billion if Congress passes COVID-19 relief package

Connecticut could receive more than $4 billion in federal coronavirus aid if Congress passes President Joe Biden’s American Rescue Plan. An estimated $2.7 billion would be allotted to the state and $1.6 billion to cities and towns, Courtney said. Courtney said Democrats see mid-March as the deadline for Congress to pass the legislation given that’s when federal unemployment benefits run out. Local governments in eastern Connecticut could receive at least $167 million to replenish their coffers, which have been depleted by the pandemic, due to loss of tax revenue. The estimate is based on the current version of the bill in the House and could change. The bill requires funds to be used to respond to or mitigate the public health emergency or its negative economic impacts, cover costs incurred as a result of such emergency, replace revenue that was lost, delayed, or decreased as a result of such emergency; or address the negative economic impacts of such emergency, the news release says.

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