FY25 Community Project Funding Disclosures
- $6 million for NYC Housing Preservation and Development for Neighborhood Network Initiative
This funding will be used to expand its existing partnership with the New York Public Library to build a mesh wireless internet network that will provide free internet to an initial 2,000 households receiving Section 8 rental assistance. The program is first focused on expanding internet access to low-income households in Upper Manhattan and the Bronx, but HPD seeks to scale this network to provide internet access to as many low-income households as possible. For every $1,000 invested in the program, one household can secure access to the internet forever. If the Neighborhood Internet Network Initiative was expanded to serve residents in the 9th Congressional District, in partnership with the Brooklyn Public Library, it could connect an additional 2,100 households within the district.
Financial Disclosure/Federal Nexus Letter
- $950,000 for Tech Prep Solutions’ SHARC Community Center STEM Programs
This funding will be used to support highly advanced training in STEM for K-12 students in Brooklyn.
Financial Disclosure/Federal Nexus Letter
- $85,000 for the Carey Gabay Foundation’s Cure Violence Mindfulness and Wellness Program
This funding is for a cure violence mindfulness and wellness program for young people to learn breathing exercises, mindful movement, awareness of inner presence and more tools to alleviate PTSD and anxiety, often root causes of and/or responses to crime and violence.
Financial Disclosure/Federal Nexus Letter
- $50,000 for the American Council of Minority Women, Inc.’s Free Legal Services for Victims of Violence Program
This funding will be used to provide free legal services for victims of violence including legal representation in protective order hearings and family court proceedings, assistant with filing restraining orders, and advocacy for survivors in matters related to child custody/visitation.
Financial Disclosure/Federal Nexus Letter
- $786,500 for Life of Hope’s Central Hub of Hope
The Central Hub of Hope is dedicated to offering crime and violence prevention programming with a goal of empowering and educating young people in Brooklyn on public safety and justice issues while creating a more stable community environment.
Financial Disclosure/Federal Nexus Letter
- $676,500 for Kings Against Violence Initiative’s (KAVI) NYS Center for Strengthening Community Violence Intervention Programs
This funding is to help violence elimination organizations across the city identify and implement best practices for collaborating with law enforcement agencies to design programs that address existing community violence.
Financial Disclosure/Federal Nexus Letter
- $38,870 for The Jersey Mann NYC Basketball Tournament Inc.’s Crime and Gang Prevention Youth Diversion Program
This funding is for a summer basketball tournament that serves as a crime and violence diversion and prevention program for at-risk youth.
Financial Disclosure/Federal Nexus Letter
- $200,000 for P.S. 12 the Dr. Jacqueline Peek-Davis Elementary School for Playground and Outdoor Seating Area Renovations
The requested funding for this project will be used to renovate the school’s outdoor space including a playground and seating area to allow for students and the community at large to spend more time outside, which helps children to learn social and emotional skills, improve their overall fitness, and accrue the mental health benefits of time spent outdoors, something of particular importance to urban communities like ours.
Financial Disclosure/Federal Nexus Letter
- $5 million for the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) Interborough Express Light Rail Transit Project
The Interborough Express is a transformative rapid transit project that will connect currently underserved areas of Brooklyn and Queens. It will substantially cut down on travel times between the two boroughs, reduce congestion, and expand economic opportunities for the people who live and work in the surrounding neighborhoods. The project would be built along the existing, LIRR-owned Bay Ridge Branch and CSX-owned Fremont Secondary, a 14-mile freight line that extends from Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, to Jackson Heights, Queens. It would create a new transit option for close to 900,000 residents of the neighborhoods along the route, along with 260,000 people who work in Brooklyn and Queens. It would connect with up to 17 different subway lines, as well as Long Island Rail Road, with end-to-end travel times anticipated at less than 40 minutes.
Financial Disclosure/Federal Nexus Lette
- $5 million for P.S. 139 the Alexine Fenty School for School Cafeteria Renovations
This funding will be used to renovate and expand the cafeteria to provide a healthier, safer environment with a kitchen that can safely prepare meals for students and enough space to host more community events.
Financial Disclosure/Federal Nexus Letter
- $500,000 for the NYC Commission on Human Rights’ Project on Prohibiting Housing Discrimination
This funding will be used to ensure New Yorkers are empowered to vindicate their rights. The funding will be used to conduct quantitative research, such as landscape analysis, of communities across NYC who are most impacted, including those with high populations of returning individuals. The funding will also allow the Commission to expand public education efforts through stronger collaborations and training, and intentionally target both current and former justice-impacted individuals. This will inform rulemaking in NYC, public education materials, and stronger collaboration with other jurisdictions doing this work and HUD.
Financial Disclosure/Federal Nexus Letter
- $1 million for the NYC Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications’ NYC Cybersecurity Academy Expansion Project
This funding will be used to provide agency staff with specialized training to improve the City’s collective ability to respond to a cybersecurity incident.
Financial Disclosure/Federal Nexus Letter
- $10 million for NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene’s Project to Update Public Health Clinics
The NYC Health Department operates thirteen public health clinics, including four Tuberculosis (TB) Clinics, eight Sexual Health Clinics, and one Immunization Clinic. All clinical services are provided regardless of ability to pay, insurance, or immigration status. This funding will be used to ensure NYC’s Public Health Clinics can best serve its residents.
Financial Disclosure/Federal Nexus Letter
- $692,368 for NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene’s Women’s Health Programs
This funding will be used for the HIV and Sexual and Reproductive Health Education and Capacity Building for Women’s Health Care Providers in New York City.
