The city is among nine finalists for a $30 million federal grant that would spur redevelopment in three impoverished neighborhoods, the state’s U.S. senators announced Wednesday.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development will choose five recipients for its Choice Neighborhood grants later this year, said Sens. Robert Menendez and Cory Booker.

The federal grant, if approved, would support sweeping improvements to the Whitman Park, Liberty Park and Centerville neighborhoods, according to the city’s housing authority...

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