Irvington Township
Irvington Township told the State it spent 673,078.30 of its opioid settlement money, mostly on concerts, filed a FY2025 report that says it spent nothing and 59,900.50 at once, filed no FY2026 report, and has produced no ledger.
Published 10/03/2026
TLDR
- Irvington Township says it received 1,519,780.76 in opioid settlement money through 06/30/2025.
- It says it spent 673,078.30. The program it reports each year is a concert.
- The FY2025 report certifies 59,900.50 spent. The same report says the Township "did not spend funds during this reporting period."
- The concert program was funded at 310,000.00. The reports put 362,726.50 into it.
- The FY2025 report lists 20.20 more on hand than its own figures leave.
- The FY2026 page reads No Report Received.
- The Township has not produced a ledger. One is owed.
Summary
Irvington Township, Essex County, has filed three reports with the Department of Human Services, for FY2023 through FY2025. The State's page for FY2026 reads No Report Received. The State's fiscal year runs 07/01 to 06/30. The money must go to the abatement uses the national settlements list, or to documented evidence-based programs that address the epidemic.
The Township has not produced a ledger for its settlement money. One is owed. The record is the reports and the Township's 2022 adopted budget, which carries no settlement account. Every figure below is read from the reports unless a sentence names another source. Read the Township's findings.
What the Township received
| Report | Received in the year | Interest | Received since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 341,092.93 (as of 06/30/2023) | 341,092.93 | |
| FY2024 | 751,924.62 | 0.00 | 1,093,017.55 |
| FY2025 | 426,763.21 | 0.00 | 1,519,780.76 |
The yearly receipts add to 1,519,780.76, the FY2025 figure.
What the Township told the State each year
- FY2023. 310,351.80 spent and 0.00 administrative. One program, Opioid Awareness Day, described as "Large Concert and Event," funded 04/01/2023 at 310,351.80. No public engagement, no strategic plan and no risk assessment.
- FY2024. 302,826.00 spent, 0.00 encumbered and 479,839.75 on hand. One program, the Irvington Opioid Day Concert, described as an "Opioid Awareness Concert/Festival," funded 06/08/2024 at 310,000.00 with a launch date of 01/01/2024. The report files it under Primary Prevention, Education, and Training, lists Treatment as another category, and selects the Schedule B strategies Connections to Care, Prevent Misuse of Opioids and Harm Reduction. Asked how it chose the use, the Township wrote that it "performed internal research on the benefits and effectiveness of Concerts and Festivals."
- FY2025. 59,900.50 spent, 0.00 encumbered and 846,722.66 on hand. No new programs. The concert program is updated with 59,900.50 spent and no modifications. Its one performance measure is billboards placed around town.
- FY2026. No Report Received.
Across FY2023 to FY2025 the Township certifies 673,078.30 spent.
What the reports say about themselves
The FY2025 report certifies 59,900.50 expended in the year. Its answer on goals says the Township is developing a needs assessment and strategic plan and "did not spend funds during this reporting period." The next answer says it spent a small amount on awareness billboards. FY2025 report says no funds spent, certifies 59,900.50.
The FY2024 report funds the concert program at 310,000.00 and certifies 302,826.00 spent. The FY2025 report adds 59,900.50 to the same program and reports no modification or expansion.
| Record | Amount |
|---|---|
| Concert program funding, FY2024 | 310,000.00 |
| Spent, FY2024 | 302,826.00 |
| Spent, FY2025 | 59,900.50 |
| Spent on the program | 362,726.50 |
| Above the funding | 52,726.50 |
Concert program spent 52,726.50 more than its funding.
The FY2024 balance follows from its figures. 1,093,017.55 received less 613,177.80 spent is 479,839.75, the amount on hand. The FY2025 balance does not. 1,519,780.76 received less 673,078.30 spent is 846,702.46. The report lists 846,722.66. FY2025 reports 20.20 more on hand than its figures leave.
What the State Comptroller found
The Office of the State Comptroller issued a report on Irvington's settlement spending on 07/08/2025. It found that the Township's own accounting showed 632,502.16 spent on the 2023 and 2024 Opioid Awareness Day concerts, with no evidence-based or evidence-informed justification. It found that 368,500.00 of that went to businesses owned or controlled by a Township employee or his immediate family. Its expense table lists musical artists, billboards, t-shirts, popcorn, cotton candy and shaved ice equipment, generators and VIP trailer rentals. It lists 50 Narcan kits as a donation. It found the Township asked for donated Narcan for the 2024 concert without using any of its opioid funds.
The Township's reports certify 613,177.80 for FY2023 and FY2024. The Comptroller reported that the Township's chief financial officer said the entire amount related to the two concerts. The reports run on the State's fiscal year and the Comptroller's table runs by event, so the two totals cover different windows.
What the records show
No ledger, purchase order, invoice, contract or resolution for the settlement money has been produced. This project cannot match any certified figure to a payment, or say how much the fund holds today. The Township's spending is not graded until its books are produced.
How this project classifies spending is set out in the methodology and the rubric. Corrections follow the corrections policy.