Alternate Deputy Minority Leader Mulé, Legislator Davis Present $117,652 ARPA Grant to RVC Village for New Ambulance
(ROCKVILLE CENTRE, N.Y.) – Nassau County Legislature Alternate Deputy Minority Leader Debra Mulé (D – Freeport) and Legislator Scott M. Davis (D – Rockville Centre) visited the Rockville Centre Fire Department on Sunday, Feb. 9 to present a $117,652 grant to the Incorporated Village of Rockville Centre, which will be applied toward the purchase of a new ambulance. The Legislature voted unanimously on Monday, Dec. 16 in favor of releasing American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding in support of this investment in public safety.
“As a Rockville Centre resident and the Village’s representative in the Legislature, I am committed to ensuring the brave men and women who serve and protect our community are optimally equipped to respond to emergencies,” Legislator Davis said. “I was proud to support our first responders with these resources and am grateful to Alternate Deputy Minority Leader Mulé for her partnership in this vital endeavor. Thank you to Floodlight Company No. 1 Captain and Paramedic Dave Schowerer and Rockville Centre Fire Chiefs Scott Mohr, Tony Rugolo, and Pat Healey for your continued service to the community!”
“Although I have not directly represented the people of Rockville Centre in the Legislature since redistricting in 2023, public health is everyone’s concern, and I made a commitment to the Village that I would support their efforts to update their ambulance fleet. That is exactly what this grant accomplishes,” Alternate Deputy Minority Leader Mulé said. “I thank Legislator Davis for his leadership in securing unanimous approval for a grant that supports our first responders.”
“After redistricting changed the Legislative lines, the other two who were going to help us with the money weren’t involved in Rockville Centre anymore – so we got into a little bit of a pickle,” Rockville Centre Mayor Francis X. Murray, who additionally serves as a volunteer firefighter and EMT, said. “Then, along came Scott Davis – he stepped up to the plate with Debra Mulé to deliver these funds for our Village. The residents and business owners of Rockville Centre are grateful for this grant and the hard work that the Legislators are continuing to put forth to secure additional resources for our first responders.”
“For a small village, Rockville Centre gets a tremendous number of calls – the fire department answered over 3,700 calls and EMS answered got 2,300 calls, so we’re always looking for ways to better service the community,” Floodlight Company No. 1 Captain and Paramedic Dave Schowerer said. “We’ve been very inventive in Rockville Centre, and we plan to use that inventively on the new ambulances to improve patient care for our Village residents.”
PHOTO CREDITS – Photo by Peter M. Budraitis