Budget Results
Budget Results admin Fri, 06/27/2014 - 10:59amFiscal Year 2014/15 Funding
Fiscal Year 2014/15 FundingYou can read the our budget allocations below or download them in Open Document Speadsheet (ODS) and Excel (XLS):
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Capital Funding
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| Category | Organization | Amount | Purpose of Funds |
| Education | DOE - Eleanor Roosevelt High School | $ 94,000 | Tech improvements: ENO whiteboards with projectors and speakers and 3 carts of laptops |
| Education | DOE - MS 114 - East Side Middle School | $106,000 | Purchase of 128 laptops and 8 laptop carts. School received $100K in FY 13 for 125 laptops and 6 carts. |
| Education | DOE - MS 167 - Wagner | $150,000 | Science lab upgrade for 8th grade classroom |
| Education | DOE - PS 151 - Yorkville Community School | $ 53,000 | Technology- Continue Upgrade of current outdated technology: Smartboard Bundles Classroom Laptops and Carts- 30 Laptops Per Class/ Cart Per Class |
| Education | DOE - PS 158 - The Bayard Taylor School | $118,000 | |
| Education | DOE - PS 183 - Robert Louis Stevenson | $105,000 | 4 Mobile Laptop Computer Storage Carts and Mac Server |
| Education | DOE - PS 183 - Technology Integration | $116,000 | - Requesting 4 mobile carts for K-2 classrooms, 1 Macbook Pro per classroom (13 total), 1 server. - Will complete year 3 of their laptop cart and SmartBoard integration project. |
| Education | DOE - PS 198 - The Isidor and Ida Straus School | $ 53,000 | New tables and chairs for Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd and 5th grade classrooms. |
| Education | DOE - PS 217 - The Roosevelt Island School | $225,000 | Technology update to further support the STEM programs that will be incorporated into the curriculums. Need of updated Active Boards, computers, laptops, smart devices ie. tablets, ipads, chrome books, and document cameras. |
| Education | DOE - PS 290 - The Manhattan New School | $ 40,000 | One laptop cart for the upgrade of an outdated cart. |
| Education | DOE - PS 290 - The Manhattan New School | $500,000 | PS 290 Green Roof & Green House |
| Education | ESMS Technology Expansion | $106,000 | - Purchase of 128 laptops and 8 laptop carts. - School received $100K in FY 13 for 125 laptops and 6 carts. |
| Education | MIHS Laptop Carts | $165,000 | - 30 laptop computers and cart for each of our 4 teams of teachers (120 laptops and 4 carts). - School has applied to be part of the NYC DOE’s Digital Ready initiative |
| Education | Play Roof and Green House Renovation | $675,000 | |
| Education | PS 77 Manhattan STEM Initiative | $104,000 | - Two A+ Mobile STEM carts. |
| Education | Urban Academy iLiteracy Program | $ 73,000 | |
| Housing | NYCHA - Lexington Houses | $430,000 | Replace out-of-date fridges and stoves for Lexington houses residents; 4 buildings with 448 apartments. |
| Housing | NYCHA - lsaacs Center | $680,000 | NYCHA - lsaacs Center continuation of comprehensive upgrade of Senior and Youth Centers |
| Housing | NYCHA - Robbins Plaza | $250,000 | Upgrade the old security system at Robbins Plaza, so seniors can be safer. |
| Housing | NYCHA - Robbins Plaza | $ 45,000 | Automatic entrance will make it easir for seniors to come and go from their homes. |
| Housing | NYCHA - Robbins Plaza | $ 45,000 | Replace piping infrastructure for fridges and stoves for Robbins Plaza residents. |
| Housing | NYCHA - Stanley Isaacs & Holmes Towers | $150,000 | Replace old planting throughout the residence with fresh, vibrant gardens. |
| Library | NYPL - 67th Street library | $ 40,000 | Replace existing security system which has exceeded it's useful life. |
| Parks | DPR - Equipment | $ 65,000 | Purchase a Toolcat multi-purpose vehicle for snow plowing, salt spreading, watering and transporting material for district parks. |
| Parks | DPR - Ruppert Park | $100,000 | Install new irrigation system to maintain the plantings. (Second Avenue bet. 90th - 91st Sts.) |
| Parks | Pool Filtrations Replacement Project | $108,000 | |
| Transportation | DOT - Downtown/Westbound timers | $340,000 | Install 17 electronic signs along M31 downtown and westbound routes that tell riderswhen the next bus will arrive in real time. |
| Transportation | DOT - Westbound crosstown timers | $300,000 | Install 15 electronic signs along M96, M86, M79, M66 crosstown bus routes that tell riderswhen the next bus will arrive in real time. |
Expense Funding
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| Category | Organization | Amount | Purpose of Funds |
| Aging | Young Mens and Young Womens Hebrew Association (92nd Street Y) | $ 14,500 | Funds will be used to support senior programming |
| Aging | Carter Burden Center for the Aging | $ 30,000 | To support and enhance 10 core programs: the Social Service Unit, Community Elder Mistreatment Abuse Prevention Program, Carter Burden Senior Program, C.V. Starr Adult Day Services, Covello Senior. Program, Volunteer Services, Case Management Unit, Making |
| Aging | DOROT | $ 1,000 | To counsel and provide services, including help to secure permanent housing, for homeless seniors participating in the Homelessness Prevention Program (HPP) and to provide continued aftercare services to formerly homeless HPP seniors. |
| Aging | Health Advocates for Older People | $ 1,000 | To support the Healthy Aging Program, to offer courses and services for seniors and to support their efforts to live independently. |
| Aging | Jewish Association for Services for the Aged (JASA) | $ 1,000 | To offer entitlement education and outreach throughout NYC through JPAC Cafes, presentations and conferences, and to offer leadership training, civic engagement and volunteer opportunities for seniors |
| Aging | Lenox Hill Neighborhood House | $ 5,000 | To support the East Side Case Management Consortium which provides case management to seniors on Roosevelt Island, 14th Street to 143rd Street, 5th Avenue to the East River |
| Aging | Lenox Hill Neighborhood House | $ 5,000 | To support the Innovative Senior Center which provides diverse programming from literature and foreign language to belly dancing and Tai Chi, in addition to three wonderful and nutritious congregate meals prepared daily on site. |
| Aging | Lenox Hill Neighborhood House | $ 5,000 | To support the East Side Transportation Program which provides transportation services to seniors 7 days a week, including transportation to and from the two senior centers, Lenox Hill Neighborhood House, and weekend cultural and recreational trips |
| Aging | Medicare Rights Center | $ 1,000 | To support a Town Hall Enrollment and Outreach Day educating hundreds of community residents on state and federal public benefits and answering questions about newstate-mandated Medicare and Medicaid plans, New York’s health insurance marketplace and oth |
| Aging | Metropolitan New York Coordinating Council on Jewish Poverty | $ 1,000 | To support Crisis Intervention Services which engage clients through a thorough assessment of their needs, resulting in an effective intervention and a path toward self-sufficiency. Crisis Social Workers work with clients to create a plan that would guid |
| Aging | New York Foundation for Senior Citizens | $ 7,500 | To support the Home Sharing and Respite Care Program. The program matches compatible persons for shared living arrangements in dwellings rented or owned by one or more of the participants and provides certified in-home attendants |
| Aging | Older Adults Technology Services (OATS) | $ 5,000 | To provide seniors access to OATS courses and register them as members of the Senior Planet Exploration Center so they may receive notice of and partake in programming that supports the use of emerging technologies. |
| Aging | Roosevelt Island Seniors Association (RISA) | $ 30,000 | To support programming and classes for seniors, including tai Chi ,Zumba, building strength, art, Spanish, salsa, yoga stretch, and yoga for the mind. |
| Aging | Service Program for Older People (SPOP) | $ 1,000 | To provide mental health care to underserved older adults in Manhattan. Programs include psychiatric assessments, medication management, coordination of physical and mental health care, and individual and group counseling. |
| Aging | Services and Advocacy for GLBT Elders (SAGE) | $ 1,000 | To support the SAGE Center which offers programming that supports LGBT elders in a culturally competent manner and includes employment assistance, benefits counseling, legal and financial planning, educational offerings, robust health and wellness program |
| Aging | Vocal Ease | $ 1,000 | For the production of Vocal Eases live, on-site cabaret-style performances for senior citizens at hospitals, nursing homes, senior centers and senior residences |
| Local | Council on the Environment | $ 25,000 | To support GrowNYC projects and programs including the Greenmarket, Open Space Greening, Environmental Education, and the Office of Recycling Outreach and Education. |
| Local | Girl Scout Council of Greater New York | $ 2,000 | To expand Girl Scout Series programs to reach more NYC girls and to continue Troop-Building efforts city-wide |
| Local | New York Board of Rabbis | $ 1,000 | To support the Stewards of Children education program, a 2.5 hour training that teaches adults how to prevent, recognize and react responsibly to child sexual abuse and molestation. |
| Local | New York Cares | $ 1,000 | |
| Local | Share For Life Foundation | $ 1,000 | To host a Teen Summit event to educate, create awareness, promote enthusiasm for youth to develop healthy alternatives to high-risk, self-destructive lifestyles and overall encouraging behaviors that lead to safe, productive lives |
| Local | American-Italian Cancer Foundation | $ 10,000 | |
| Local | Asphalt Green | $ 15,000 | To support Asphalt Greens Waterproofing Program (WP) in PS290, Ella Baker, East Side Middle school in District 5. The main objective is for all 207 students learn to swim and to be safe in the water. To support the Recess Enhancement Program (REP) in PS15 |
| Local | Big Apple Greeter | $ 1,000 | To promote local communities in each borough by generating free publicity in international, national and local media; recruit and orient volunteers from each community; promote free events in each borough through social media. |
| Local | Bike New York | $ 5,000 | To provide free educational programming includes after school programs, summer camp programs, weekend classes and school assembly programs. Requested funding will be used to purchase equipment, maintain equipment and the cost for instructors. |
| Local | Center for Arts Education | $ 3,000 | |
| Local | Child School-Legacy High School | $ 5,000 | To provide funding for supplemental reading and math programs, to include both materials and initial and ongoing training for school staff, which will assist in remediation and skill improvement for students. |
| Local | Church of the Epiphany | $ 5,000 | To provide meals for the homeless and needy, to operate assistance with food stamps program and distribute donated clothing. |
| Local | City Harvest | $ 2,000 | To provide food programs for those in need, free of charge. |
| Local | City Parks Foundation | $ 15,000 | The funds will be used to pay yoga and fitness walking instructors that introduce seniors to athletic activities in a supportive and social environment. |
| Local | City University of New York School of Law Foundation | $ 10,000 | To support legal services including advice and guidance, offered at the Councilmember’s District Office, or a designated, accessible location within the District; provides multi-lingual, accessible legal services to NYs most vulnerable families in in the |
| Local | Civitas Citizens | $ 2,500 | To raise recycling rates in the area, CIVITAS plans to build on a recent project at PS07 in East Harlem by collaborating on a recycling program in another CB11 school and a NYCHA development zoned for that school. |
| Local | Civitas Citizens | $ 7,500 | To improve the access to and public space on the East River, and support community programming to encourage use of the waterfront. |
| Local | Colonial Dames of America | $ 5,000 | To support public programs at the museum for families and adults, ten K-12 programs, a summer fellowship program and two History Camps for children |
| Local | Community Voices Heard | $ 7,000 | To conduct a Participatory Budgeting (PB) process in City Council districts in FY 2015. These resources will be put towards citywide and district technical assistance costs and the possible hiring, training, and supervising of canvassers to support the pr |
| Local | Community Voices Heard | $ 5,000 | To conduct outreach and education to increase civic participation among residents living in NY City Housing Authority-managed public housing. |
| Local | Department of Parks and Recreation | $ 7,500 | Funds to support Kids in Motion places one Playground Associate in a park/playground five days per week. The staff lead seven hours of free activities for children per week, including organized sports, games, fitness demos, guided walks, and special event |
| Local | Doe Fund | $ 20,000 | Funds to beautify the commercial and residential areas along 2nd ave in district five. |
| Local | East 86th Street Merchants and Residents Association | $ 10,000 | |
| Local | Eleanor Roosevelt High School | $ 10,000 | Science (STEM) prototyping equipment & video equipment |
| Local | Eviction Intervention Services Homelessness Prevention | $ 20,000 | To prevent homelessness and promote affordable housing through support for the work of the Affordable Housing Resource Center. Funding will support group meetings, workshops, home visits, legal clinics, SORT, benefits entitlement counseling, landlord/ten |
| Local | Four Freedoms Park Conservancy | $ 10,000 | |
| Local | Fractured Atlas Productions | $ 1,000 | To serve as the fiscal sponsor for arts organizations and individual artists in all discplines throughout the city, allowing them to apply for grants and accept tax-deductible donations to support their creative projects. To offer liability cov |
| Local | Friends of Firefighters | $ 2,500 | |
| Local | Friends of St. Catherines Park | $ 7,500 | To sponsor one or more Summer Playground Associates. The Playground Associates provide enriching and entertaining activities for neighborhood children using the park, including crafts, games and other activities. |
| Local | Friends of the Upper East Side Historic Districts | $ 10,000 | To maintain and expand architectural education programs teaching building fun, the immigrant history, and the preservation of landmarks. |
| Local | Historic Districts Council | $ 5,000 | To support funding for programs to educate on ideas, strategies and tools of neighborhood preservation and community development: the Six to Celebrate Neighborhood Tours and Guidebooks and the HDC Annual Preservation Conference. |
| Local | Hospital Audiences | $ 3,500 | To present artistic performances at various health, psychiatric, and medical institutions in Manhattan Council District 5. Funding will be applied to performing artists’ fees, transportation, monitoring of events, and administration. |
| Local | Jazzmobile | $ 10,000 | To offer the senior citizens of New York City a Spring Fling; cabaret-style events that featured a nutritious lunch, a jazz big-band and swing dancers. Funds will be used to pay for entertainment (the band and swing dancers), rental of the facility, cater |
| Local | Legal Aid Society | $ 10,000 | To support Citywide Civil Legal Services in District 5 including housing, education, tax law, health, foreclosure prevention, homeless rights, government benefits, employment, low-wage worker, immigration, family/domestic violence, law reform, consumer |
| Local | Legal Information for Families Today (LIFT) | $ 2,500 | To support the production of Legal Resource Guides, which empower citizens with the information to navigate the City’s complex Family Courts. |
| Local | Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts | $ 5,000 | To provide arts programming for students and audiences in District 5. |
| Local | Manhattan Chamber of Commerce Foundation | $ 10,000 | To develop a 2nd Ave app to attract customers to the small businesses along 2nd avenue and to provide marketing opportunities for them to attract young professionals. |
| Local | MFY Legal Services | $ 5,000 | To provide free civil legal services for low-income New Yorkers. |
| Local | Neighborhood Coalition for Shelter | $ 10,000 | Funding to provide accurate, actionable, and local human service information in the hands of program guests who may need and seek a variety of services. To fulfill requests for information, resources, and referrals on the spot and provide at least 3 reso |
| Local | New York City Coalition Against Hunger | $ 2,500 | Funding will support NYCCAH programs that connect low-income New Yorkers to nutrition benefits, conduct volunteer recruitment and provide technical assistance to soup kitchens and food pantries citywide. |
| Local | New York City Housing Authority - Lexington Houses Residents Association | $ 1,525 | To fund the resident associations' Annual Family BBQ as a focus for community gathering |
| Local | New York State Tenants and Neighbors Information Service | $ 5,000 | To provide counseling and referrals to individual tenants with housing problems; educate tenants who live in affordable housing about their rights; conduct skills-building and leadership development trainings for grassroots tenant leaders; help tenants wh |
| Local | NY Common Pantry | $ 10,000 | To support food programs for the needy, including, Pantry's Choice Pantry program, Hot Meal Program, and brown bag lunches. |
| Local | OpenPlans | $ 10,000 | To support an introductory program to help community organizations and the public understand Vision Zero quickly. It is designed to be interactive and engaging and is for people who may have little knowledge about livable streets |
| Local | Participatory Budgeting Project | $ 7,000 | To educate the public about participatory budgeting and develop the capacity of residents to engage in budget discussions. These resources will be put towards staffing, materials and overhead costs for: Promoting and conducting workshops |
| Local | Public School 151 - Yorkville Community School | $ 4,075 | Funding to provide for Second Grade and Fourth Grade - New-York Historical Society Educators work with every class each month over the course of an academic year, delivering hands-on social studies programs that align with the Social Studies Scope |
| Local | Public School 151 - Yorkville Community School | $ 3,200 | Second Grade Musical Introduction Series: 12 In-School Instructional Sessions/ 4 Professional Concerts at the 92nd St This dynamic and culturally rich program introduces students to the world of music, both in the concert hall and in the classroom, connec |
| Local | Public School 151 - Yorkville Community School | $ 4,000 | First Grade Chorus Program - 16 Weeks of Artists’ Residencies; Planning Sessions & Workshops & Performances. Teaching Artist in Chorus for 1st grade: October, 2012-May, 2013. Classes will be held on Wednesday throughout the year. In this program, students |
| Local | Public School 151 - Yorkville Community School | $ 4,000 | Funds to support STEM Program Services - Throughout this curriculum, students investigate the components of LEGO robotics: LEGO WEDO Education software, design journaling, robot construction, programming and problem solving. |
| Local | Public School 158 - The Bayard Taylor School | $ 5,000 | Technology maintenance. |
| Local | Public School 183 - Robert Louis Stevenson | $ 5,000 | Computrace Software - Required anti-theft software “Computrace Complete" for Mac laptops |
| Local | Public School 198 - The Isidor and Ida Straus School | $ 10,000 | To support ballroom dancing for 4th graders for Rosies Theater Kids for 5th grade. |
| Local | Public School 198 - The Isidor and Ida Straus School | $ 5,000 | To fund two enrichment programs for the students; Dancing Classrooms and Rosie's Theater Kids. |
| Local | Public School 217 - The Roosevelt Island School | $ 20,000 | School residencies such as Ballroom Dancing, Yoga, Salvadori Center/ urban planning, NY Historical Society, STUDIO in a School, Drama and Character development. |
| Local | Public School 527 - East Side School for Social Action | $ 2,000 | To continue partnership with the Guggenheim Museum so all students can attend museum programs |
| Local | Public School 527 - East Side School for Social Action | $ 3,200 | Funding to support Art Farm in the City To continue our partnership with Art Farm in the City so students can learn about animals, their habitats, and what it takes to care for pets |
| Local | Public School 527 - East Side School for Social Action | $ 5,000 | To continue partnership with Music for Many so each month, students can view an in-school performance from talented artists related to special holidays and events |
| Local | Public School 527 - East Side School for Social Action | $ 6,000 | To provide Spanish instruction to students as part of Global Studies theme |
| Local | Public School 527 - East Side School for Social Action | $ 8,000 | To continue partnership with NY Chess Kids so all students receive weekly instruction in chess |
| Local | Samaritans of New York | $ 1,000 | To support public education program, provides free training, information and resources to lay and professional health providers that work with children, adolescents, family members, elderly, victims of violence, sexual assault and bullying, homeless, immi |
| Local | School of American Ballet | $ 1,000 | To support children from throughout NYC to participate in ballet, Funds will be used to assist SAB in providing a diverse population of local students with 40 weeks of ballet training with world-renowned instructors, and will enable SAB to continue educat |
| Local | Upper Midtown Chabad Lubavitch | $ 5,000 | To support year-round programming including the mom-night-out programming, children's events, and cultural events that are open to the entire community.These funds will also go toward Chicken-soup-express program benefiting local seniors |
| Local | Urban Justice Center | $ 5,000 | To perform community outreach and education for vendors in the district on complying with vending regulations, exercising their rights and civic engagement |
| Local | Urban Justice Center | $ 5,000 | To provide services to tenants in private equity buildings, including: tenants’ rights education, legal assistance during the bidding process to promote the purchase of buildings by responsible owners, and legal advice and representation for tenants facin |
| Youth | Turtle Bay Music School | $ 5,000 | To support community programs to provide New Yorkers music lessons and classes, Artist Series Concerts, Cross-Legged Concert Series, Creative Aging, Public School Partnerships, and The Saturday Music Project |
| Youth | Young Mens and Young Womens Hebrew Association (92nd Street Y) | $ 45,500 | To support the Educational Outreach Program, Teens Program literacy projects, scholarship funds, STEM programs or Digital Design Programs. |
| Youth | Association to Benefit Children | $ 5,000 | To support ABC's youth services program, including recreational programming, academic support, enrichment activities, vocational and college preparatory workshops, therapeutic groups, mentoring support, and program staff |
| Youth | Big Brothers Big Sisters of New York City | $ 5,000 | To fund Community-Based Workplace Programs by supporting the staff’s direct client work with CD5 youth, mentors, and families. Staff supervises the mentoring relationships, provide referrals/support services, hold workshops/events, counsel families. |
| Youth | Class Size Matters | $ 1,000 | |
| Youth | Gillen Brewer School | $ 10,000 | For operation and maintenance of rooftop space at a school for children with language, emotional, developmental, learning and health-related disabilities. |
| Youth | Inwood House | $ 7,500 | |
| Youth | Island Kids | $ 15,000 | To support the Summer Camp program. Funds will be used to offset the costs associated with additional space rental, insurance, art and sports supplies, as well as costs related to expanding the science program to include an animal education component. |
| Youth | Lenox Hill Neighborhood House | $ 20,000 | To support the Afterschool and Summer Camp programs for low-income children in the East Side Community, operating from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. and on full days during school holidays |
| Youth | New York City Urban Debate League | $ 3,500 | |
| Youth | New York Junior Tennis League | $ 10,000 | To provide free recreational tennis and educational programs for beginner andintermediate players, ages 5-18 years in district five during the summer, fall, winter or spring |
| Youth | Reach Out and Read of Greater New York | $ 2,500 | Support to provide for coordination of literacy services in an already existing infrastructure. Focus on early education: literacy support is provided that focuses on starting strong in the early years and staying with families through to school. |
| Youth | Wellness in the Schools | $ 3,000 | To support after school nutrition and culinary education courses in a variety of formats depending on the preference of the participating school and availability of staff |
| Youth | Young Men's Christian Association of Greater New York | $ 5,000 | |
| Youth | Young People's Chorus of New York City | $ 12,000 |
Initiative Funding
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| Source | Legal Name of Organization | Amount ($) | Program Name | Purpose of Funds |
| Anti-Poverty | Council on the Environment, Inc. | $20,000.00 | To support GrowNYC projects and programs including the Greenmarket, Open Space Greening, Environmental Education, the Office of Recycling Outreach and Education, assisting local communities with food pantries and gardening/landscape projects/maintenance and to act as an aggregator of policy research and resources for the food community. | |
| Anti-Poverty | Upper Green Side, Inc. | $5,000.00 | To support quarterly Shred-A-Thons, the upgrade of the Holmes Towers Community Room to food pantry status, Bike Island, Holmes, Isaacs and Esplanade landscape projects and maintenance, It's My Park Day supplies, summer live music at greenmarkets, UES Video History project and research for the QR Tile/Historic Buildings initiative. | |
| Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) | Children's Museum of the Arts | $20,000.00 | P.S. 158 Bayard Taylor | This funding supports after-school programs that are in partnership with cultural programs and institutions to provide arts enrichment citywide. (Designations to be determinded post Budget Adoption). |
| Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) | Circle in the Square Theatre School, Inc. | $20,000.00 | Talent Unlimited High School | This funding supports after-school programs that are in partnership with cultural programs and institutions to provide arts enrichment citywide. (Designations to be determinded post Budget Adoption). |
| Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) | Creative Minds NYC, Inc. | $20,000.00 | P.S. 198 Isador E. Ida Straus | This funding supports after-school programs that are in partnership with cultural programs and institutions to provide arts enrichment citywide. (Designations to be determinded post Budget Adoption). |
| Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) | Hospital Audiences, Inc. | $20,000.00 | East Side Middle School | This funding supports after-school programs that are in partnership with cultural programs and institutions to provide arts enrichment citywide. (Designations to be determinded post Budget Adoption). |
| Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) | National Dance Institute, Inc. | $20,000.00 | P.S. 183 Robert L. Stevenson | This funding supports after-school programs that are in partnership with cultural programs and institutions to provide arts enrichment citywide. (Designations to be determinded post Budget Adoption). |
| Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) | Turtle Bay Music School | $20,000.00 | P.S./I.S. 217 Roosevelt Island | This funding supports after-school programs that are in partnership with cultural programs and institutions to provide arts enrichment citywide. (Designations to be determinded post Budget Adoption). |
| Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) | Young Men's & Young Women's Hebrew Association | $20,000.00 | Yorkville Community School | This funding supports after-school programs that are in partnership with cultural programs and institutions to provide arts enrichment citywide. (Designations to be determinded post Budget Adoption). |
| Cultural Immigrant Intiative | Friends of the Upper East Side Historic Districts | $14,700.00 | The funds will be used to support cultural organizations to provide programming which focuses on the cultural history or traditions of an immigrant community in New York City. This initiative would increase access to unique cultural offerings which focus on our immigrant heritages. (Designations to be determinded post Budget Adoption) | |
| Cultural Immigrant Intiative | Roosevelt Island Youth Program, Inc. | $14,700.00 | The funds will be used to support cultural organizations to provide programming which focuses on the cultural history or traditions of an immigrant community in New York City. This initiative would increase access to unique cultural offerings which focus on our immigrant heritages. (Designations to be determinded post Budget Adoption) | |
| Domestic Violence and Empowerment (DoVE) Initiative | District Attorney-New York | $15,000.00 | The allocation for the DoVE Initiative will support the neighborhood-based provision of domestic violence services in New York City. The funds are to be used to support community-based organizations that provide prevention and empowerment workshops, comprehensive service referrals and legal advocacy to victims of domestic violence. Safe Horizon shall administer this program and provide technical assistance to the providers. | |
| Domestic Violence and Empowerment (DoVE) Initiative | Hebrew Home for the Aged at Riverdale | $5,000.00 | The allocation for the DoVE Initiative will support the neighborhood-based provision of domestic violence services in New York City. The funds are to be used to support community-based organizations that provide prevention and empowerment workshops, comprehensive service referrals and legal advocacy to victims of domestic violence. Safe Horizon shall administer this program and provide technical assistance to the providers. | |
| Domestic Violence and Empowerment (DoVE) Initiative | Sanctuary for Families, Inc. | $15,000.00 | The allocation for the DoVE Initiative will support the neighborhood-based provision of domestic violence services in New York City. The funds are to be used to support community-based organizations that provide prevention and empowerment workshops, comprehensive service referrals and legal advocacy to victims of domestic violence. Safe Horizon shall administer this program and provide technical assistance to the providers. | |
| NYC Cleanup Initiative | Department of Sanitation | $34,313.72 | Cleaning Enhancement Service | |
| NYC Cleanup Initiative | Doe Fund, Inc., The | $34,313.73 | Funds will be used for sweeping, bagging and removal of litter and graffiti along portions of East 86th Street and 2nd Avenue within District 05. | |
| NYC Digital Inclusion and Literacy Initiative | MOUSE, Inc. | $14,705.00 | The Digital Inclusion and Literacy Initiative seeks to address the disparities in access to the internet and increase digital literacy across the city. It funds a program in each of the 51 Council Districts through a local non-profit that serve seniors, youth, and/or immigrant communities. Funded programs would focus on computer training and education, supporting 21st century technology skills development, and improving access to high-speed internet. Funding is for organizations with experience and expertise in providing technology-based services to populations that lack access to computers or other technology skills training. |
Fiscal Year 2015/16 Funding
Fiscal Year 2015/16 FundingYou can read our budget allocations below or download them in Open Document Speadsheet (ODS) and Excel (XLS):
Capital ODS / XLS and Expense ODS / XLS
Capital Funding
Capital ODS / XLS
| Category | Organization | Amount | Purpose of funds |
| Education | [02M077] LOWER LAB SCHOOL / [02M198] ISADOR E IDA STRAUSS - SECURITY UPGRADES | 88,000 | --BUILDING WIDE NETWORK OF SECURITY CAMERAS |
| Education | [02M114] EAST SIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL - ROOFTOP GREENHOUSE | 300,000 | --ROOFTOP GREENHOUSE |
| Education | [02M151] YORKVILLE COMMUNITY SCHOOL - TECHNOLOGY UPGRADES AND RENOVATION | 55,000 | --SMARTBOARD BUNDLES AND CLASSROOM CONVERSIONS |
| Education | [02M158] BAYARD TAYLOR SCHOOL - TECHNOLOGY UPGRADES | 136,000 | --DESKTOPS (APPLE) AND PRINTERS |
| Education | [02M167] ROBERT F. WAGNER MIDDLE SCHOOL - TECHNOLOGY UPGRADES | 250,000 | --SMARTBOARD BUNDLES, LAPTOP CARTS AND SCIENCE CLASSROOMS |
| Education | [02M177] YORKVILLE EAST MIDDLE SCHOOL - TECHNOLOGY UPGRADES | 58,000 | --SMARTBOARD BUNDLES AND LAPTOP CARTS (APPLE) |
| Education | [02M183] ROBERT L. STEVENSON - MOBILE CLASSROOM | 52,000 | --COMBO DESKS, HASKELL ETHOS SERIES |
| Education | [02M225] ELLA BAKER SCHOOL - TECHNOLOGY UPGRADES | 35,000 | --SMARTBOARD BUNDLES |
| Education | [02M290] MANHATTAN NEW SCHOOL - GREEN ROOF AND TECHNOLOGY UPGRADES | 520,000 | --GREEN ROOF AND SMARTBOARD BUNDLES |
| Education | [02M416] ELEANOR ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL - TECHNOLOGY AND EQUIPMENT UPGRADES | 70,000 | --LAPTOP CARTS, AUDITORIUM RISERS AND CAFETERIA TABLES |
| Education | [02M449] VANGUARD HIGH SCHOOL - TECHNOLOGY UPGRADES | 35,000 | --LAPTOP CARTS |
| Education | [02M459] MANHATTAN INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL - TECHNOLOGY UPGRADES | 35,000 | --LAPTOP CARTS (APPLE) |
| Education | [02M519] TALENT UNLIMTED HIGH SCHOOL - AUDITORIUM RENOVATION | 90,000 | --ACOUSITICAL WORK AND SOUND SYSTEM UPGRADES |
| Education | [02M527] EAST SIDE SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL ACTION - AUDITORIUM RENOVATION | 105,000 | --IMPROVEMENTS TO STAGE LIGHTING AND CURTAINS |
| Education | [02M565] URBAN ACADEMY LABORATORY HIGH - TECHNOLOGY UPGRADES | 70,000 | --LAPTOP CARTS |
| Education | [02M655] LIFE SCIENCES SECONDARY SCHOOL - TECHNOLOGY UPGRADES | 35,000 | --LAPTOP CARTS |
| Education | [75M138] PS138@MS114 - TECHNOLOGY UPGRADES | 35,000 | --COMPUTERS, INTERACTIVE WHITEBOARDS AND ADAPTIVE KEYBOARDS |
| Education | [75M226] P226@JREC - TECHNOLOGY AND EQUIPMENT UPGRADES | 35,000 | --SMARTBOARD BUNDLES, NOTEBOOK SECURITY CART FOR LAPTOPS (APPLE) AND WALL DIVIDER |
| Education | [PB] [02M151] Yorkville Community School - Rooftop play space | 500,000 | Enclose rooftop yard |
| Education | [PB] [02M217] Roosevelt Island School - Green roof | 500,000 | Green roof |
| Housing | HOLMES TOWERS HOUSES - SECURITY UPGRADES | 500,000 | --ADDITIONAL SECURITY CAMERAS |
| Housing | LEXINGTON HOUSES - GROUNDS UPGRADES | 385,000 | --COMMUNITY GARDEN |
| Housing | LEXINGTON HOUSES - SECURITY UPGRADES | 500,000 | --ADDITIONAL SECURITY CAMERAS |
| Housing | ROBBINS PLAZA - EQUIPMENT UPGRADE | 50,000 | --INSTALLATION OF ADDITIONAL BENCHES |
| Housing | STANLEY ISAAC'S NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER - BUILDING RENOVATIONS | 350,000 | IMPROVEMENTS TO CEILINGS, WINDOWS AND ROOF OF THE SENIOR CENTER AND AFTER-SCHOOL LEARNING CENTER. (*Requested by Council Member, Does Not Appear in FY16 Budget.) |
| Parks | Asphalt Green - Pool filter upgrades | 100,000 | Upgrade two existing pool filtration systems |
| Parks | Department of Parks and Recreation | 61,000 | System of Physical Parks Improvements to Minimize Pests Including Dog Runs and Solar Compactors |
| Parks | JOHN JAY PARK - GREEN SPACE IMPROVEMENTS | 50,000 | --CREATION OF A SENIOR SPACE |
Expense Funding
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| Category | Organization | Amount | Purpose of funds |
| Aging | Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Association - New York City, Inc. | $1,000 | To fund, Medic Alert Alzheimer’s Association Safe Return, a nationwide wanderers program working at the local community level dedicated to finding people with memory disorders, who wander or become lost, and return them safely to their homes. |
| Aging | Carter Burden Center for the Aging, Inc., The | $15,000 | To support the Community Elder Mistreatment and Abuse Prevention Program. The staff performs extensive outreach, conducting seminars on personal Senior Safety at senior centers throughout Council District 5. |
| Aging | Jewish Association for Services for the Aged (JASA) | $1,000 | To support JASA Sundays providing educational opportunities and promote leadership and civic involvement. |
| Aging | Lenox Hill Neighborhood House, Inc. | $5,000 | To fund the East Side Transportation Program which provides transportation services to older adult clients in District 5. |
| Aging | Lenox Hill Neighborhood House, Inc. | $5,000 | To support the East Side Case Management Consortium, a network of social service providers on the East Side of Manhattan who have a long history of collaboration: Lenox Hill Neighborhood House, The Carter Burden Center for Aging and Search and Care. |
| Aging | Lenox Hill Neighborhood House, Inc. | $5,000 | To fund the Center at Lenox Hill Neighborhood House which serves seniors with programming ranging from literature and foreign language to belly dancing and Tai Chi, in addition to three nutritious meals on site. |
| Aging | New York Foundation for Senior Citizens, Inc. | $10,000 | To support the Home Sharing and Respite Care Program. The programs respite care component provides certified in-home attendants to help elderly persons who are attempting to manage at home alone or whose caregivers have become ill or are temporarily away, to assist them with personal care, meal preparation, shopping, escorting, light housekeeping and laundry. |
| Aging | Older Adults Technology Services (OATS), Inc. | $5,000 | To fund a range of free technology-based programming that empowers older New Yorkers to become more socially and civically engaged, lead healthier lives, enjoy greater financial security, and engage in lifelong learning and creative expression. |
| Aging | Roosevelt Island Seniors Association (RISA, Inc.) | $30,000 | To fund programming for seniors at the center offering different exercise classes to better enhance the livelihood of our senior population: tai chi, zumba, pilates, yoga, building strength ,salsa, arts and crafts and computers. |
| Aging | Search and Care, Inc. | $5,000 | To provide comprehensive fee-free care management services for vulnerable older men and women living in Yorkville, Carnegie Hill, and East Harlem. |
| Aging | Services and Advocacy for GLBT Elders, Inc. (SAGE) | $1,000 | To support programming through the SAGE Center,a full time senior center for LGBT older adults.Services include employment assistance, benefits counseling, legal and financial planning, educational offerings, health and wellness programs such as HIV and aging education, cancer support groups and congregate meals. |
| Aging | Stanley M. Isaacs Neighborhood Center, Inc. | $20,000 | Funding for Senior Services in support of wellness, nutrition, and fitness activities including the cost of instructors and supplies. |
| Aging | Vocal Ease, Inc. | $2,000 | Funds are for the production of on-site cabaret-style performances for senior citizens at hospitals, nursing homes, senior centers and senior residences. |
| Aging | Volunteers of Legal Service, Inc. | $5,000 | To fund the Elderly Project staff and pro bono attorneys in District 5 who provide services to low-income Manhattan seniors, and to the social workers and advocates who assist them. These services include direct counseling on critical issues involving housing, government benefits, and consumer debt, and the drafting and execution of wills, powers of attorney, and other essential life-planning documents. |
| Anti-Poverty | Church of the Epiphany | $5,000 | To fund food, supplies and preparation of meals for the hungry at the soup kitchen as well offer food stamp screening. |
| Anti-Poverty | City Harvest, Inc. | $1,000 | To fund the food rescue program, collecting excess food that would otherwise go to waste and deliver it, free of charge, to a network of community food programs. |
| Anti-Poverty | CityMeals on Wheels | $1,000 | To support operational expenses for food costs and vehicle maintenance. |
| Anti-Poverty | Council on the Environment, Inc. | $15,000 | To support GrowNYC projects and programs including the Greenmarket,Fresh Food Box, Open Space Greening, School Gardens, and the Office of Recycling Outreach and Education. |
| Anti-Poverty | Housing Court Answers, Inc. | $2,000 | To support a housing information hotline, provide educational materials for tenants on Housing Court, offer referrals to charities, legal service providers and social service organizations to people facing eviction and to fund the creation and distribution of tenant guides to Housing Court. |
| Anti-Poverty | Jewish Board of Family and Children's Services, Inc. (aka Pride of Judea) | $1,000 | To support health education and work with adolescents in schools as well as with children under five with on the autism spectrum and with developmental disabilities, and transportation operations. |
| Local | American-Italian Cancer Foundation | $10,000 | To support a no-cost Breast Cancer Screening Program and education services on our Mobile Care Clinic. |
| Local | Amigos del Museo del Barrio | $3,000 | To support the Making Connections program, artist-in-residency partnerships with schools and community organizations. |
| Local | Asphalt Green, Inc. | $7,500 | To support Asphalt Green's Waterproofing and Recess Enhancement Programs in District 5 as well as the Annual Snowman Competition and Sprinkler Day. |
| Local | Bayard Taylor School [02M158] | $7,500 | To fund in school Cultural and STEM education enrichment. |
| Local | Citizens Committee for New York City, Inc. | $1,000 | To fund the Neighborhood Grants program for skills building workshops, one-on-one project planning assistance and an equipment loan library to volunteer led groups. |
| Local | City University of New York School of Law Foundation, Inc., The | $10,000 | To support legal services clinic including advice and guidance in District 5. |
| Local | Civitas Citizens, Inc. | $5,000 | To fund work for an improved East River Esplanade park, address the deteriorated condition of the Esplanade and a documented lack of park space in the eastern portion of Manhattan as well as conducting outreach, raising awareness and working with residents. |
| Local | Civitas Citizens, Inc. | $5,000 | To study and research contextual development, create opportunities for economic growth through neighborhood-scale retail and commercial uses on avenues and major crosstown streets and expand affordable housing opportunities. |
| Local | Civitas Citizens, Inc. | $28,500 | To provide help education, training and community engagement around land use. |
| Local | Colonial Dames of America | $5,000 | To fund cultural and educational K-12 programs in District 5 |
| Local | Dances Patrelle, Inc. | $5,000 | To refurbish the Yorkville Nutcracker's original sets and costumes including back drop repair, replacement of party scene tree, new snow scene legs, Sugar Plum Fairy tutu/Cavalier tunic and various costumes/props. |
| Local | Department of Education | $5,000 | To fund "Teacher's Choice" to reimburse teachers in schools in Council District 5 for the purchase of classroom supplies of their choice. Purchases are made for appropriate educational materials for classroom use or other professional assignments. |
| Local | Department of Parks and Recreation | $7,500 | To provide support for a senior fitness class at John Jay Park. |
| Local | Department of Parks and Recreation | $7,500 | To provide funding for a Kids-in-Motion playground associate at St. Catherine's Park. |
| Local | Department of Transportation | $3,000 | To support a commercial bike forum. |
| Local | Department of Transportation | $3,500 | To sponsor a bike helmet fitting and give away program in District 05. |
| Local | DOROT, Inc. | $1,000 | To support the Homelessness Prevention Program which responds to the needs of underserved homeless New York City seniors. |
| Local | East 69th Street Association, Inc. | $1,000 | To funds seasonal plantings in all of the tree pits along both sides of 69th Street. |
| Local | East 86th Street Merchants and Residents Association, Inc. | $10,000 | To fund program that addresses quality of life issues, sanitation, overcrowded streets, transit services, advocate for services that meet the needs of the community,outreach to stakeholders to identify issues related to the expansion of residential and commercial development. |
| Local | East Side School for Social Action [02M527] | $3,000 | To fund school enrichment activities. |
| Local | Eleanor Roosevelt High School [02M416] | $10,000 | To fund the Model UN and Law team. |
| Local | Ella Baker School [02M225] | $5,500 | To support academic afterschool and summer enrichment activities. |
| Local | Eviction Intervention Services Homelessness Prevention, Inc. | $10,000 | To provide homelessness prevention services including: Housing Clinics - individual consults with experienced Landlord/Tenant Mediation, Assistance withPayback of Rental Arrears, Benefits Entitlement Counseling and Space Organization Resources and Tools for those confronting hoarding so extreme they risk being evicted. |
| Local | Four Freedoms Park Conservancy, Inc. | $10,000 | To support summer concerts such as musical and dance performances. |
| Local | Fractured Atlas Productions, Inc. | $3,000 | To provide technical assisitance to artists by providing education about liability and insurance policies, identifying venues and patron relationship management. |
| Local | Friends of Firefighters, Inc. | $2,500 | To support the Outreach Program to provide information and psycho-education about services FoF provides to FDNY active and retired firefighters and their family members. |
| Local | Friends of the Upper East Side Historic Districts | $10,000 | To maintain and expand architectural education programs taught during the school day to first through fifth grade students. |
| Local | Gillen Brewer School, Inc., The | $5,000 | For operation and maintenance of rooftop space at a school for children with language, emotional, developmental, learning and health-related disabilities |
| Local | Health Advocates for Older People, Inc. | $2,000 | To fund the Healthy Aging Program which promotes maintenance of physical and mental health with a series of exercise classes, wellness programs, intellectual stimulation activities and safe environment assessments for our neighborhood elderly. Exercise classes promote flexibility, balance, muscle strength, and agility, all of which help to prevent falls and injures and help elders to remain mobile. |
| Local | Historic Districts Council, Inc. | $5,000 | To fund the Preservation School, a program to provide community advocates with the knowledge skills needed to preserve shape the character of neighborhoods. The series of 8 evening classes includes such topics as research, reading architectural plans, building types styles, materials zoning. |
| Local | Hospital Audiences, Inc. | $3,500 | Funding will be applied to performing artists’ fees, transportation, monitoring and adminstration. |
| Local | InterSchool Orchestras of New York Inc. | $3,000 | To provide free weekly music lessons for beginning and intermediate students at the Julia Richman Education Complex on East 67th Street. An instrument introduction event and a free concert at the school will be used to encourage children to participate. Children who cannot afford an instrument can be loaned one for no cost. Additionally, these students will receive reduced or free tuition to participate in ISO’s orchestras or band. |
| Local | Jazzmobile, Inc. | $3,500 | To fund Summerfest, a free Concert series to bring Jazz, Blues, and Salsa: masters, legends, and emerging artists, into communities throughout NYC. |
| Local | Junior High Annex [02M226] | $3,500 | To provide support for Literacy and Math In-Class Materials. |
| Local | Legal Aid Society | $5,000 | To support Citywide Civil Legal Services in District 5 including housing, education, tax law, health, foreclosure prevention, homeless rights, government benefits, employment, low-wage worker, immigration, family/domestic violence, law reform, consumer law, elder law, disability law, and community development work. |
| Local | Legal Information for Families Today (LIFT) | $2,500 | To support the production of our Legal Resource Guides with the information to navigate the City’s complex Family Courts. |
| Local | Lesbian & Gay Community Services Center, Inc. (LGBT Center) | $1,000 | To support the LGBT Community Crisis Intervention program which provides crisis support and information to assist LGBT individuals. Common areas of assistance are HIV/AIDS support, immigration resources, addiction recovery counseling, and housing medical assistance. |
| Local | Life Sciences Secondary School [02M655] | $2,000 | To fund school enrichment activities. |
| Local | Manhattan Chamber of Commerce Foundation, Inc. | $7,500 | To support an economic development program to identify empty storefronts, analyze industry sectors, identify MMBE owned businesses and provide resources and education to the business owners in supporting their long term success both from a technical perspective and marketing perspective to attract new customers and tourists. The program’s data will be made available to the public and will allow to trends to be monitored in a proactive versus reactive manner. |
| Local | Manhattan International High School [02M459] | $2,000 | To fund school enrichment activities. |
| Local | Medicare Rights Center, Inc. | $3,000 | To lead a Town Hall Enrollment and Outreach Day in District 5, educating residents on state and federal Medicare-related benefits and follow up to assist with completing applications. |
| Local | Met Council Research and Educational Fund, Inc. | $5,000 | Funds will be used to support the Walk-in Clinic as well as to research and build a list of affordable and rent regulated housing. |
| Local | Metropolitan New York Coordinating Council on Jewish Poverty, Inc. | $1,000 | To support the social services department and underwrite the cost of case workers who help clients under threat of eviction or utility shutoff, those who cannot pay medical bills and have other emergencies. |
| Local | MFY Legal Services, Inc. | $8,000 | To provide free legal assistance — from advice to full representation — to low-income New Yorkers on housing, public benefits, disability rights, employment, consumer, foreclosure, nursing home, and family matters. |
| Local | Museum of Jewish Heritage | $3,000 | To support education for public school students with tours of our Core Exhibition, innovative curricula, pre- and post-visit materials, interfaith programs, Holocaust Survivor presentations, and online activities suit different learning styles as well as professional development seminars for classroom teachers with the latest pedagogical tools in Holocaust education, and our internship for high school students offer practical experience and paid employment. |
| Local | Museum of the City of New York | $3,000 | To fund New York at Its Core, a major exhibition on the city’s sweeping 400 year history opening in February 2016. |
| Local | New York City Coalition Against Hunger, Inc. | $5,000 | To fund programs that connect low-income New Yorkers to fresh produce and government nutrition benefits and to recruit volunteers and provide technical assistance to kitchens and pantries citywide so that they can better meet the needs of their clients. |
| Local | New York City Housing Authority | $1,250 | To fund tenant association events for Holmes Towers. |
| Local | New York City Housing Authority | $1,250 | To fund tenant association events Lexington Houses. |
| Local | New York City Housing Authority | $1,250 | To fund tenant association events Robbins Plaza. |
| Local | New York City Housing Authority | $1,250 | To fund tenant association events Stanley Isaacs. |
| Local | New York City Police Department - 114th Precinct | $1,000 | To support the Police Explorers program. |
| Local | New York City Police Department - 17th Precinct | $1,000 | To provide support for the Precinct Community Council. |
| Local | New York City Police Department - 19th Precinct | $2,500 | To provide support for the Precinct Community Council. |
| Local | New York City Police Department - 19th Precinct | $2,500 | To purchase bikes for the NYPD. |
| Local | New York City Police Department - 23rd Precinct | $1,000 | To provide support for the Precinct Community Council. |
| Local | New York Legal Assistance Group, Inc. | $10,000 | To provide free, civil legal services to underserved neighborhoods where vulnerable individuals face numerous barriers to accessing legal services. NYLAG attorneys and financial counselors will provide service on a broad range of matters, including immigration, family law, housing, public benefits, healthcare and home care, advance planning, consumer protection, guardianship and elder abuse. |
| Local | New York Library Association | $5,000 | To establish five Literary Landmarks in district 5 during the year. Each designation will have a program open to the public that will have speakers who will explain the literary significance of the site. The bronze plaque will be unveiled at each dedication. The funding will be for the bronze plaque, research of potential sites, planning coordinating the event and administrative services. |
| Local | New York Road Runners, Inc. | $3,500 | To support a community run and walk program in District 5 |
| Local | New York State Tenants and Neighbors Information Service, Inc. | $5,000 | To expand programs for tenant education, counseling and organizing in rent regulated, Mitchell Lama and Project-Based Section 8 buildings; help individual tenants- solve problems regarding leases, overcharges and other housing issues; notify eligible tenants about the newly-expanded Senior Citizen Rent Increase Exemption and help them apply for this important protection; and guide tenants through complicated administrative processes. |
| Local | Non-Traditional Employment for Women | $1,000 | Funding will train women in core and advanced, specialized trainings, placing women in mid-wage positions in the skilled trades. To expand its community partnerships, Career Technical Education High Schools, and NYCHA to focus on recruiting graduating high school seniors and NYC public housing residents for a two-week Boot Camp Introductory Training Program, with the goal of offering an enhanced support network. |
| Local | Office of Emergency Management | $3,000 | To fund an Emergency Preparedness Event with giveaway of Go Bags and Go Bag Kits |
| Local | Office of Emergency Management | $5,000 | To fund CERT Roosevelt Island, CERT UES and CERT Manhattan 8 |
| Local | Participatory Budgeting Project, Inc. | $5,000 | To provide funding for educating the community /public about the City Council, civic participation and engagement in the New York City budgeting process |
| Local | Participatory Politics Foundation | $5,000 | To bring Councilmatic, as a free and open-source public resource using open civic data from the New York City Council. Councilmatic will be maintained and operated by PPDF to provide an independent user-friendly and more-accessible portal to the NYC legislative process, serving as a transparency resource and the foundation for a unique engagement platform. Councilmatic will offer pages for every council member and legislative item, to track and share official information about issues and committees in the NYC Council. Councilmatic will enable translation of legislative process into other languages and plain-language summaries of major legislation, for greater public participation. |
| Local | Pro Bono Net | $5,000 | To provide LiveHelp online chat/legal assistance in English and Spanish. Training and outreach to constituency and social services, libraries, CBOs, senior services, etc. about availability of online legal help, selfhelp know your rights materials, mobile site access, referrals, multilingual resources and staffing support. Keeping library of resources and referrals up to date. |
| Local | Progressive Technology Project | $20,000 | To improve and implement CiviCRM, an open source tool that is available for free download by all New Yorkers that would facilitate client relationtionship management (CRM). |
| Local | Robert Louis Stevenson [02M183] | $1,000 | To support a school art show. |
| Local | Rooftop Films, Inc. | $5,000 | To host public screenings outdoors in the summer of 2016. |
| Local | Roosevelt Island Disabled Association | $5,000 | To fund bus transportation cost: Bus drivers, Insurance, costs to maintain and repair bus as needed. Bus needs Heat and AC repair and repairs of its lending wheelchairs and scooters Communications Phone and Fax and Internet access Postage, Office and printing supplies Paper and plastic Supplies for pot luck dinners held through the year along with a Thanksgiving Day meal. |
| Local | Roosevelt Island Historical Society | $5,000 | Funds will be used to support the visitors center, activities including programs, lectures and tours, and maintenance and dissemination of artifacts and historical documents. Support services include landscaping, consumable supplies, and utilities and telephone. |
| Local | SAC Sutton Area Community, Inc. | $5,000 | To enhance the quality of life in the Sutton area by engaging seniors and other residents and businesses by supporting the Taste of Sutton Program |
| Local | Samaritans of New York, Inc. | $1,000 | To support suicide prevention community resource program, increase residents’ ability to access needed mental health and substance abuse services. Program provides the information and resources high-risk individuals (and their caregivers) need to access the type of help and support that fits their personal, social and cultural needs, from treatment through discharge and follow-up. Funds are for district resource guide, outreach campaign, site visits to schools, neighborhood centers, places of worship, etc. |
| Local | Service Program for Older People, Inc. (SPOP) | $2,000 | To support the delivery of mental health care to older adults. Specific services include evaluations, psychotherapy, medication management, specialized substance abuse counseling and integrated physical and behavioral health care. |
| Local | Tank, Ltd. | $5,000 | To provide free and subsidized rehearsal hours for emerging artists, to remove economic barriers from the creation of new work. Artists developing and premiering new plays, dance, and music receive additional free space as requested. |
| Local | Upper Green Side, Inc. | $5,000 | To fund Shred-A-THon paper shredding events, as well as implementing/supporting other recycling initiatives (electronics, clothing, corks, CFLs, eye glasses, household batteries). |
| Local | Urban Academy Laboratory High School [02M565] | $2,000 | To support the Reading Initiative for New Books. |
| Local | Urban Academy Laboratory High School [02M565] | $3,000 | To support academic enrichment and tutoring programs. |
| Local | Urban Justice Center | $5,000 | To help groups of tenants through tenants’ rights education, legal assistance during the bidding process to promote the purchase of buildings by responsible owners, and legal advice and representation for tenants facing rent increases, eviction, and a lack of repairs. |
| Local | Vanguard High School [02M449] | $5,000 | To fund in school programing with Girls Who Code. |
| Local | VISIONS/Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired | $1,000 | To provide public education on eye disease and blindness prevention to seniors, healthcare professionals and organizations. |
| Local | Voices of Community Activists & Leaders (VOCAL-NY) | $1,000 | To conduct a series of trainings about accessing housing, rights as a tenant and assistance with finding housing as well as providing resources such as real estate lists. |
| Local | York Theatre Company Inc. | $5,000 | To fund The York Theatre Companys Developmental Reading Series for public schools in District 5 |
| Local | Yorkville East Middle School [02M177] | $10,000 | To support afterschool programing with Marqui Studios. |
| Youth | Auxilliary Police Supervisorsbenevolent Association of NYC, Inc. | $3,500 | To fund games, marketing, promotion, food, youth initiatives and materials associated with National Night Out costs. |
| Youth | Big Apple Circus, Ltd. | $5,000 | To support Circus For All, an access program designed to ensure that everyone can attend the circus, regardless of economic barriers. The program provides free and deeply discounted tickets each year to low-income children, families, and seniors in New York City. |
| Youth | Big Brothers Big Sisters of New York City, Inc. | $5,000 | To fund mentoring support services to promote positive outcomes and youth choice, voice, and personal accountability. Funds support staff time for volunteer mentor training/screening, case management, counseling/problem-solving, referrals to meet needs (health, academic, legal assistance), workshop planning and execution. |
| Youth | Bike New York, Inc. | $5,000 | To provide Learn to Ride classes for kids on Roosevelt Island and to purchase helmets to give away to kids at these classes. |
| Youth | Center For Independence Of The Disabled In New York, Inc. | $5,000 | To fund Step Up ,a transition program that helps students with intellectual and learning disabilities to develop marketable soft-skills for their post-secondary life. |
| Youth | Chabad-Lubavitch Of The Upper East Side, Inc. | $5,000 | To support afterschool programing for the youth of District 5 |
| Youth | Chess-in-the-Schools, Inc. | $10,000 | To fund the Scholastic Tournament Program for a Chess Tournament in District 5. The tournament will be offered free of charge to competitors and are open to all children in New York City. |
| Youth | Generation Citizen, Inc. | $3,500 | To fund an educational program for a civics course using a peer-to-near-peer mentorship model. Students build consensus around a personally relevant issue (e.g., teen pregnancy), analyze its underlying root causes, and develop and execute a strategic action plan to address the problem. Over the term, students learn civic knowledge and skills (including research, public speaking, and group collaboration) to utilize throughout their lives. Finally, students participate in “Civics Day,” presenting their plans to public officials, fellow classes, and other community members. |
| Youth | Inwood House | $5,000 | To fund the Educational Guidance Program which provides pregnant at-risk teens specialized resources to help them complete secondary school and pursue postsecondary education. |
| Youth | Lenox Hill Neighborhood House, Inc. | $15,000 | To support the Afterschool and Summer Camp programs for low-income children on the East Side.The Afterschool program serves children throughout the academic year with an emphasis on arts education and aquatics. The Summer Camp offers specialty camps in dance, drama, music and visual arts, as well as three nutritious daily meals. |
| Youth | Main Street Theatre Dance Alliance | $5,000 | Funds will be used to provide tools and materials for sets, costumes and lighting for student productions for the 2015 season. |
| Youth | New York Cares, Inc. | $1,000 | To support personnel for Youth Education programming, which helps disadvantaged children and teens to gain the literacy, math and test-taking skills they need to prepare for college and the workforce. |
| Youth | New York City Urban Debate League, Inc. | $3,500 | Funds will be used to provide schools in District 5 with free debate education opportunities year round including a district wide debate tournament as well as outreach and programming to schools in the district. |
| Youth | New York Junior Tennis League | $10,000 | The funds will be used to provide free recreational tennis and educational programs for beginner and intermediate players, ages 5-18 years in district 5 during the summer, fall, winter or spring. Loaner racquets and balls will be provided to all participants. Special events, team tennis tournaments and trips are a regular part of the program schedule. |
| Youth | R&R Concerts, Inc. | $5,000 | To present performances of classical music at the Good Shepherd Center on Roosevelt Island. With no admission fee and complemented by outreach performances for members of the community with limited mobility. |
| Youth | Roosevelt Island Youth Program, Inc. | $18,500 | To fund piano, drums, guitar and violin lessons to youth ages 8 to 15, beginners and intermediate lessons will be offered. |
| Youth | Stanley M. Isaacs Neighborhood Center, Inc. | $5,000 | To provide funding for Cyclopedia, a bicycling program for youth. Cyclopedia works in a 7-week summer cycling program for a series of rides that are planned out by the youth with monthly rides during the school year. In addition to promoting health and wellness, youth increase their knowledge of mapping, geography, and New York City history. Children utilize technology to document and share their experiences using a weekly blog format. |
| Youth | Stanley M. Isaacs Neighborhood Center, Inc. | $5,000 | To support the Youth Employment and Education Services (YES) program at New York City Public Housing (NYCHA) Developments. YES works with 17-24 year old youth with low academic skills, high social barriers, and lack of connection to work or school and provides them with job training in four sector-based employment pathways: Home Health Aide, Child Care, Customer Service/Hospitality, and Food Service. |
| Youth | Stanley M. Isaacs Neighborhood Center, Inc. | $10,000 | To support the Afterschool Program at the Youth and Family Services building at 1792 First Avenue with afterschool activities and an all-day summer camp. |
| Youth | StoryCorps, Inc. | $5,000 | To support the Island Kids Summer Camp which serves children aged 4-10. Activities include swimming, sports, art, science, theater and music. |
| Youth | Young Men's & Young Women's Hebrew Association | $15,000 | To support programming including the Educational Outreach Programs including free Poetry Center Schools Project, Teens Program and Literacy Projects providing writing instruction and literary presentations to immigrant New Yorkers and those seeking GEDs, in partnership with East Harlems Union Settlement Association in District 5. |
| Youth | Young People's Chorus of New York City, Inc. | $5,000 | To support staff as they prepare lessons for the core after-school component of YPC’s Choral Literacy and Performance Program, as well as in YPC’s Satellite Schools Program in New York City public schools. |
Speaker Capial Funding for Projects Requested by Council Member Kallos
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| Project title | Amount |
| Asphalt Green | 513,000 |
| Museum of Jewish Heritage | 934000 |
| New York Public Library [Roosevelt Island Branch] | 1,500,000 |
| NYC Parks - East Harlem Esplanade | 3,000,000 |
Speaker Expense Funding for Projects Requested by Council Member Kallos
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| Organization | Amount | Purpose of funds |
| 92nd Street Y (Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association) | $75,000 | Funds will continue to support programming at 92nd Street Y that is free-of-charge for the participants. The Educational Outreach Program brings high quality programming and instruction in music, dance, visual arts, literature, and science to over 7,500 at-risk New York City public school students. The Teens Program provides free civics, leadership and community service education and opportunities to over 1,200 middle and high school students. Literacy Projects, provide ESL, writing instruction, and exceptional literary presentations to 280 immigrant New Yorkers and those seeking GEDs. |
| Asphalt Green, Inc. | $175,000 | Funding for The Waterproofing Program serving over 1,300 children/year in a free swim program during the school day, and the REP program which transforms the recess period from an often dangerous, chaotic situation into a safe, fun and active time. |
| Carter Burden Center for the Aging, Inc., The | $80,000 | To support and enhance 10 core programs: the Social Service Unit, Community Elder Mistreatment Abuse Prevention Program, Carter Burden Senior Program, C.V. Starr Adult Day Services, Covello Senior. Program, Volunteer Services, Case Management Unit, Making Art Work, Carter Burden Gallery. Services provided include counseling, case assistance, advocacy, information, referral, help with benefit applications, senior center programming, social model adult day, volunteer programs, arts & craft classes, access to cultural events. |
| Lenox Hill Neighborhood House, Inc. | $40,000 | Funding for the East Side Case Management Consortium. The East Side Case Management Consortium is a network of experienced social service providers on the East Side of Manhattan who have a long history of collaboration: Lenox Hill Neighborhood House, The Carter Burden Center for Aging and Search and Care. These organizations are long-standing service providers to the older adults in the community and experts in the field of aging. |
| Medicare Rights Center, Inc. | $70,000 | Medicare Rights will provide counseling, intensive case and legal assistance, and help enrolling in public benefits to thousands of seniors, people with disabilities, and their caregivers who are confused by or unable to pay the costs associated with health insurance. Medicare Rights will grow its Spanish-language Helpline for Spanish speaking Medicare beneficiaries and caregivers and promote these resources to residents citywide. |
| New York City Coalition Against Hunger, Inc. | $50,000 | Funding will increase participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, formerly food stamps and other nutrition assistance benefits, and to assist low-income households citywide who remain eligible to retain benefits. This program improves the nutritional status of recipients and reduces their need for food from Emergency Food Providers. Additionally, we will conduct technical assistance to soup kitchens, food pantries and community based organizations. |
| New York Foundation for Senior Citizens, Inc. | $60,000 | Funding will support the citywide Home Sharing and Respite Care Program. |
| New York State Tenants and Neighbors Information Service, Inc. | $100,000 | The funding will be used to: 1) provide counseling and referrals to individual tenants with housing problems; 2) educate tenants who live in affordable housing about their rights; 3) conduct skills-building and leadership development trainings for grassroots tenant leaders; 4) help tenants who live in affordable housing organize strong and democratic tenant associations; and 5) help tenant associations carry out campaigns around issues of concern in their buildings, such as tenant harassment, poor conditions, or a threat to long-term affordability. |
| Older Adults Technology Services (OATS, Inc.) | $25,000 | Funding would support efforts to offer technology training to older adults in diverse districts across NYC. |
| Roosevelt Island Youth Program, Inc. | $25,000 | To support a community Youth Center which will operate afterschool and on weekends to offer computer labs, music programs, game room, television room, educational programming, SAT Prep and High school prep classes. |
| Urban Justice Center | $50,000 | To fund the costs of a new commissary cooperative for street vendors. |
Initiative Funding
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| Source | Legal Name of Organization Requesting Funding | Amount | Program Name | Purpose of Funds |
| Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) | 92nd Street Y (Young Mens and Young Womens Hebrew Association) | 20000 | Yorkville Community School | This funding supports after-school programs that are in partnership with cultural programs and institutions to provide arts enrichment citywide. |
| Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) | American Museum of the Moving Image | 20000 | Roosevelt Island | This funding supports after-school programs that are in partnership with cultural programs and institutions to provide arts enrichment citywide. |
| Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) | Childrens Museum of the Arts, Inc. | 20000 | Public School 158M Bayard Taylor | This funding supports after-school programs that are in partnership with cultural programs and institutions to provide arts enrichment citywide. |
| Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) | Circle in the Square Theatre School, Inc. | 20000 | Talent Unlimited High School | This funding supports after-school programs that are in partnership with cultural programs and institutions to provide arts enrichment citywide. |
| Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) | Creative Minds NYC, Inc. | 20000 | Isador E. Ida Straus | This funding supports after-school programs that are in partnership with cultural programs and institutions to provide arts enrichment citywide. |
| Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) | Hospital Audiences, Inc. | 20000 | East Side Middle School | This funding supports after-school programs that are in partnership with cultural programs and institutions to provide arts enrichment citywide. |
| Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) | National Dance Institute, Inc. | 20000 | Robert L. Stevenson | This funding supports after-school programs that are in partnership with cultural programs and institutions to provide arts enrichment citywide. |
| Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) | Wingspan Arts, Inc. | 20000 | Manhattan New School | This funding supports after-school programs that are in partnership with cultural programs and institutions to provide arts enrichment citywide. |
| Cultural Immigrant Initiative | Friends of the Upper East Side Historic Districts | 15625 | The funds will be used to support cultural organizations to provide programming focused on the cultural history or traditions of an immigrant community in New York City. This initiative would increase access to unique cultural offerings that focus on immigrant heritages. | |
| Cultural Immigrant Initiative | Historic Districts Council, Inc. | 15625 | The funds will be used to support cultural organizations to provide programming focused on the cultural history or traditions of an immigrant community in New York City. This initiative would increase access to unique cultural offerings that focus on immigrant heritages. | |
| Cultural Immigrant Initiative | Midtown Management Group, Inc. | 15625 | The funds will be used to support cultural organizations to provide programming focused on the cultural history or traditions of an immigrant community in New York City. This initiative would increase access to unique cultural offerings that focus on immigrant heritages. | |
| Cultural Immigrant Initiative | Roosevelt Island Youth Program, Inc. | 15625 | The funds will be used to support cultural organizations to provide programming focused on the cultural history or traditions of an immigrant community in New York City. This initiative would increase access to unique cultural offerings that focus on immigrant heritages. | |
| Domestic Violence and Empowerment (DoVE) Initiative | Hebrew Home for the Aged at Riverdale, The | 5000 | This allocation represents a restoration of $4 million and an enhancement of $680,000. The allocation for the DoVE Initiative will support the neighborhood-based provision of domestic violence services in New York City. The funds will be used to support community-based organizations that provide prevention and empowerment workshops, comprehensive service referrals and legal advocacy to victims of domestic violence. Safe Horizon will administer this program and provide technical assistance to the providers. | |
| Domestic Violence and Empowerment (DoVE) Initiative | New York Legal Assistance Group, Inc. | 5000 | This allocation represents a restoration of $4 million and an enhancement of $680,000. The allocation for the DoVE Initiative will support the neighborhood-based provision of domestic violence services in New York City. The funds will be used to support community-based organizations that provide prevention and empowerment workshops, comprehensive service referrals and legal advocacy to victims of domestic violence. Safe Horizon will administer this program and provide technical assistance to the providers. | |
| Domestic Violence and Empowerment (DoVE) Initiative | Sanctuary for Families, Inc. | 15000 | This allocation represents a restoration of $4 million and an enhancement of $680,000. The allocation for the DoVE Initiative will support the neighborhood-based provision of domestic violence services in New York City. The funds will be used to support community-based organizations that provide prevention and empowerment workshops, comprehensive service referrals and legal advocacy to victims of domestic violence. Safe Horizon will administer this program and provide technical assistance to the providers. | |
| Healthy Aging Initiative | Roosevelt Island Seniors Association | 12500 | The Healthy Aging Initiative is intended to improve the health of older adults by addressing one or more of the following issues: 1) programs that promote healthy behaviors such as physical activity, smoking cessation, nutrition and infectious diseases; 2) programs that detect the onset of chronic disease such as diabetes and hypertension; 3) programs such as strength training to prevent falls and other injuries through education or exercise; 4) programs to teach older adults practical skills to manage the pain of arthritis or deal with fatigue and stress. | |
| Healthy Aging Initiative | Stanley M. Isaacs Neighborhood Center, Inc. | 12500 | The Healthy Aging Initiative is intended to improve the health of older adults by addressing one or more of the following issues: 1) programs that promote healthy behaviors such as physical activity, smoking cessation, nutrition and infectious diseases; 2) programs that detect the onset of chronic disease such as diabetes and hypertension; 3) programs such as strength training to prevent falls and other injuries through education or exercise; 4) programs to teach older adults practical skills to manage the pain of arthritis or deal with fatigue and stress. | |
| Housing Preservation Initiative (HPI) | Urban Justice Center | 50000 | The Housing Preservation Initiative (HPI) provides funding for neighborhood-based groups to design and implement a grassroots, neighborhood-based approach to stop the loss of affordable housing. HPI seeks to protect affordable housing and promote neighborhood stabilization in needy districts. HPI funding helps local organizations work with local residents and institutions to protect affordable housing and promote neighborhood stabilization. |
Fiscal Year 2016/17 Funding
Fiscal Year 2016/17 FundingYou can read our budget allocations below or download them in Open Document Speadsheet (ODS) and Excel (XLSX):
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Capital Funding
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| Category | Organization | Amount | Project Title | Purpose of Funds |
| Speaker | Asphalt Green | $1,515,000 | Lobby Expansion & Locker Upgrades | Expansion of the AquaCenter lobby adding 1,800 square feet of additional space and upgrading the first floor locker rooms, showers, toilets and vanity areas as well as the inclusion of a family / gender neutral locker room. |
| Community | Asphalt Green | $150,000 | Lobby Expansion & Locker Upgrades | Expansion of the AquaCenter lobby adding 1,800 square feet of additional space and upgrading the first floor locker rooms, showers, toilets and vanity areas as well as the inclusion of a family / gender neutral locker room. |
| Community | Stanley M. Isaacs Neighborhood Center | $350,000 | Stanley Isaacs Neighborhood Center | Improvements to ceilings, windows and roof of the senior center and after-school learning center. |
| Speaker | Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association | $674,000 | Fire Alarm System Upgrade | To replace and upgrade the fire alarm system, in order to provide a safe and code compliant environment for 92Y’s programs, with a state-of-the-art digital system that will comply with future code requirements. |
| Community | Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association | $85,000 | Fire Alarm System Upgrade | To replace and upgrade the fire alarm system, in order to provide a safe and code compliant environment for 92Y’s programs, with a state-of-the-art digital system that will comply with future code requirements. |
| Education | [02M114] East Side Middle School | $300,000 | Greenroof | Funding a rooftop greenhouse. |
| Education | [02M151] Yorkville Community School | $35,000 | Technology upgrades | To provide laptop carts to address the school's computing needs. |
| Education | [02M158] Bayard Taylor | $35,000 | Technology upgrades | Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM) Improvements |
| Education | [02M177] Yorkville East Middle School | $35,000 | Technology upgrades | To provide laptop carts to address the school's computing needs. |
| Education | [02M183] Robert L. Stevenson | $46,000 | Technology upgrades | To provide technology integration panels to address the school's computing needs. |
| Education | [02M198] Isador E. Ida Straus / [02M077] Lower Lab School | $250,000 | Cooling system | Roof mounted split system air conditioning |
| Education | [02M217] Roosevelt Island School | $500,000 | STEM Green Roof for P.S./I.S. 217 | Finalize funding to build a STEM Green Roof atop P.S. /I.S. 217. Transform 6,750 square feet of unused P.S./I.S. 217 school roof into an outdoor learning hub for science, math, nutrition and the arts. |
| Education | [02M290] Manhattan New School | $500,000 | Rooftop Greenhouse at P.S. 290 | Construction of a greenhouse as part of the roof project at PS290. The 800sf greenhouse will provide opportunities to enhance the school's STEAM curricula & create desperately needed play space. |
| Education | [02M519] Talent Unlimited High School | $35,000 | Technology upgrades | To provide laptop carts to address the school's computing needs. |
| Education | [02M527] East Side School for Social Action | $35,000 | Security upgrades | To fund security equipment, surveillance cameras and door lockdown equipment. |
| Education | P.S. 77, P.S. 198, P.S. 290, P.S./I.S. 217, M. 225, Eleanor Roosevelt, Urban Academy, Vanguard, Manhattan International, and Life Sciences | $350,000 | Computer Carts for 10 Schools | 32 computers per cart for: P.S. 77, P.S. 198, P.S. 290, P.S./I.S. 217, M. 225, Eleanor Roosevelt, Urban Academy, Vanguard, Manhattan International, and Life Sciences, serving over 5000 students. |
| Parks | Department of Parks and Recreation | $1,200,000 | East River Esplanade Improvements | Esplanade improvements with irrigation, waterfountain, benches, planters with low stainless steel railings, replacing damaged pavers, sound barriers increase from 4 feet to 8 feet and such other work as is necessary to repair the area from 68th to 70th Streets. |
| Parks | Department of Parks and Recreation | $500,000 | East River Esplanade Improvements | Esplanade improvements for John Finley Walk from 81st to 84th Streets including replacing lighting as well as adding benches, planters, irrigation, and waterfountains, along with removing gates at 83rd and 84th Streets. |
| Parks | Department of Parks and Recreation | $450,000 | Carl Schurz Park Improvements | Fully fund full renovation of playground. |
| Parks | Department of Parks and Recreation | $300,000 | Ruppert Park Improvments | Beautify the park and address soil erosion by building terraces with plantings throughout, as well as removing overgrown and dead plants. |
| Parks | Department of Parks and Recreation | $150,000 | East River Esplanade Improvements | Install an irrigation line at East 96th Street and possibly further south along the esplanade. |
| Parks | Department of Parks and Recreation | $44,000 | Tree Guards for Distrct 5 | Installation of tree guards as new trees are planted within City Council District 5 |
| Speaker | Department of Parks and Recreation | $3,000,000 | East River Esplanade |
Expense Funding
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| Category | Organization | Amount | Purpose of Funds |
| Aging | Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Association - New York City, Inc. | $1,000 | To fund Medic Alert, a nationwide wanderers program working at the local community level. The program will provide an ID bracelet, wallet cards and other identifiers for persons with dementia who reside in Council District 5 and wander so they can be assisted quickly and returned home. Program will be publicly noticed through the Council District 5 website. |
| Aging | Carter Burden Center for the Aging, Inc., The | $15,000 | To support the lunch program which provides socialization, recreation and education as well as on-site meals, classes, trips and special events public noticed through Council District 5 monthly newsletter and on the Council District 5 website. |
| Aging | Dances Patrelle, Inc. | $5,000 | To provide 250 free tickets to the Yorkville Nutcracker for seniors at senior centers in District 5: Stanley Isaacs, Carter Burden, Lenox Hill and Roosevelt Island that are publicly noticed through the Council District 5 monthly newsletter and on the Council District 5 website. |
| Aging | DOROT, Inc. | $15,000 | To support the University Without Walls, Door to Door and kosher meals programs for seniors living in Council District 5. |
| Aging | Lenox Hill Neighborhood House, Inc. | $5,000 | To fund the East Side Transportation Program which provides transportation services to older adult clients in District 5. |
| Aging | Lenox Hill Neighborhood House, Inc. | $5,000 | To support the East Side Case Management Consortium, a network of social service providers on the East Side of Manhattan who have a long history of collaboration: Lenox Hill Neighborhood House, The Carter Burden Center for Aging and Search and Care. |
| Aging | Lenox Hill Neighborhood House, Inc. | $5,000 | To fund the Center at Lenox Hill Neighborhood House which serves seniors with programming ranging from literature and foreign language to belly dancing and Tai Chi, in addition to three nutritious meals on site. |
| Aging | Older Adults Technology Services (OATS), Inc. | $5,000 | To fund a free community-based programming for older adults including technology-training and certification classes, workshops and special events, where laptops and internet connections (where necessary) are brought to senior centers in Council District 5 including but not limited to Stanley Isaacs, Carter Burden, Lenox Hill, and Roosevelt Island that are publicly noticed through the Council District 5 monthly newsletter and on the Council District 5 website. |
| Aging | Roosevelt Island Seniors Association, Inc. (RISA) | $27,000 | To fund programming for seniors at the center offering different exercise and educational classes to better enhance the lives of the senior population: Tai Chi, Zumba, Pilates, yoga, strength building, salsa, arts and crafts and computers that are publicly noticed in the monthly Council District 5 newsletter or posted publicly on the Council District 5 website. |
| Aging | Search and Care, Inc. | $5,000 | To provide comprehensive fee-free care management services for vulnerable older men and women living in District 5. |
| Aging | Stanley M. Isaacs Neighborhood Center, Inc. | $20,000 | To fund senior services in support of wellness, nutrition, and fitness activities including the cost of instructors and supplies publicly noticed in the Council District 5 monthly newsletter and the Council District 5 website. |
| Aging | Vocal Ease, Inc. | $2,000 | To fund the production of at least 18 on-site cabaret-style performances for senior citizens at hospitals, nursing homes, senior centers and senior residences in Council District 5 with at least 1 months notice to the general public. |
| Anti-Poverty | Bohemian Brethren Presbyterian Church, a.k.a. Jan Hus Presbyterian Church | $5,000 | To support a monthly focus group, speaker series for veterans in need of housing, government benefits and other social services and to broaden the community network of veterans that are publicly noticed through the Council District 5 monthly newsletter or on the Council District 5 website. |
| Anti-Poverty | Church of the Epiphany | $5,000 | To fund food, supplies and preparation of meals for the hungry at the soup kitchen as well offer food stamp screenings that are publicly noticed through the Council District 5 monthly newsletter and on the Council District 5 website. |
| Anti-Poverty | Council on the Environment, Inc. | $15,000 | To support GrowNYC projects and programs, including Greenmarkets and Fresh Food Box with a pick up location at the City Council District 5 office. |
| Local | American-Italian Cancer Foundation | $10,000 | To support a no-cost Breast Cancer Screening Program and education services on the Mobile Care Clinic on at least 4 occassions at locations in City Council District 5, Roosevelt Island, Stanley Isaacs, Carter Burden or Lexington Housas or a Senior Center in Council District 5, and publicly noticed through the Council District 5 monthly newsletter and on the Council District 5 website. |
| Local | Amigos Del Museo Del Barrio, Inc. | $3,000 | To support the Making Connections program, artist-in-residency partnerships with schools and community organizations in Council District 5. |
| Local | Asphalt Green, Inc. | $5,000 | To support Asphalt Green's Waterproofing and Recess Enhancement Programs for District 5 public schools. |
| Local | Citizens Committee for New York City, Inc. | $7,000 | To fund Neighborhood Grants program for skills building workshops, one-on-one project planning assistance and an equipment loan library to volunteer led groups for local neighborhood associations. |
| Local | City Harvest, Inc. | $1,000 | To fund the food rescue program, collecting excess food that would otherwise go to waste and deliver it, free of charge, to a network of community food programs. |
| Local | City Parks Foundation | $7,500 | To support the City Parks Seniors Fitness classes weekly in John Jay Park in City Council District 5 for fall and spring that introduce seniors to athletic activities in a supportive and social environment. Funding will also support staff, other program costs and be publicly noticed through the Council District 5 monthly newsletter and on the Council District 5 website. |
| Local | CityMeals on Wheels | $1,000 | To support operational expenses for food costs and vehicle maintenance in order to provide for meals for the homebound elderly. |
| Local | Civitas Citizens, Inc. | $10,000 | To study and research contextual development, create opportunities for economic growth through neighborhood-scale retail and commercial uses on avenues and major crosstown streets and expand affordable housing opportunities. |
| Local | Colonial Dames of America | $5,000 | To provide educational social studies programs based on NYS Social Studies Curriculum via field trips to students attending PS 158, PS 183, PS 217, PS 77, and PS 290 in Council District 5. |
| Local | Corbin Hill Food Project, Inc. | $5,000 | To support a Community Box food program at the Lexington Houses NYCHA development. |
| Local | CUNY School of Law Justice and Auxiliary Servicec Corp | $10,000 | To support legal services clinic twice a month including advice and guidance in City Council District 5 office publicly noticed through the Council District 5 monthly newsletter and on the Council District 5 website. |
| Local | Department of Parks and Recreation | $7,500 | To support a Kids In Motion playground associate for St. Catherine's Park to be publicly noticed through the Council District 5 monthly newsletter and on the Council District 5 website. |
| Local | Department of Transportation | $5,000 | To promote safe bicycling with education coupled with a bell and light give away in bike lanes in Council District 5 to at least 1,000 individuals. |
| Local | Department of Transportation | $5,000 | To fund a bike helmet fitting and give away program for at least 4 hours to at least 500 people in District 5. |
| Local | Department of Transportation | $3,000 | To fund canvas of restaurants in Community District 8 with a focus on Council District 5 to inspect and offer a free 90-minute training for commercial cyclists in English, Spanish and Chinese (as well as additional languages that may be offered) and safety equipment for at least 125 participants including but not limited to a reflective vest, front and rear lights, and a safety bell. |
| Local | Department of Transportation | $2,000 | To fund programming on the East 91st Street Play Street such as summer films or winter activities. |
| Local | East 86th Street Merchants and Residents Association, Inc. | $10,000 | To fund programming including beautification services/activities that address quality of life issues, sanitation, overcrowded streets, transit services, and community outreach. |
| Local | East Side School for Social Action [02M527] | $2,000 | To support academic enrichment activities. |
| Local | Eleanor Roosevelt High School [02M416] | $10,000 | To fund the Model UN and Law team. |
| Local | Ella Baker School [02M225] | $3,500 | To support summer enrichment activities. |
| Local | Eviction Intervention Services Homelessness Prevention, Inc. | $5,000 | To provide homeless prevention services including benefits entitlement, counseling and Space Organization Resources and Tools for those confronting hoarding so extreme it risks being evicted in Council District 5. |
| Local | Four Freedoms Park Conservancy, Inc. | $5,000 | To fund free Music at Sunset and Imagination Playground & the Uni Project summer series at Four Freedoms Park that is publicly noticed through the Council District 5 monthly newsletter and on the Council District 5 website. |
| Local | Fractured Atlas Productions, Inc. | $1,000 | To provide technical assistance to artists by providing education about liability and insurance policies, identifying venues and patron relationship management. |
| Local | Friends of Firefighters, Inc. | $1,000 | Funding to support the Outreach Program FDNY firehouses and retirees serving Council District 5 from Engine Companies 22, 44 & 53 as well as Ladder Company 13 & 16 within Fire Battalion 10 providing information and psycho-education to access mental health and wellness services without stigma. |
| Local | Friends of the Upper East Side Historic Districts | $16,500 | To support planning and research to educate residents of City Council District 5 about land use and zoning developments taking place in communities and to provide tools to aid in preserving the historic character of communities. |
| Local | Friends of the Upper East Side Historic Districts | $5,000 | To maintain and expand architectural education programs taught during the school day to first through fifth grade students at public schools in Council District 5: PS 183, PS 158, PS 290, PS 151, PS 527, PS 198, PS 77, and PS 217 that are publicly noticed through the Council District 5 monthly newsletter or on the Council District 5 website. |
| Local | Fund for the City of New York, Inc. | $20,000 | To fund the Expansion of the Women’s Center's Self-Sufficiency Calculator - which has been used by agencies helping low wage clients access crucial work supports and tax credits that reduce expenses and lift income. |
| Local | Health Advocates for Older People, Inc. | $1,000 | To fund the Healthy Aging Program which promotes maintenance of physical and mental health with a series of exercise classes, wellness programs, intellectual stimulation activities and safe environment assessments for elderly residing in Council District 5 publicly noticed through the Council District 5 monthly newsletter and on the Council District 5 website. |
| Local | Heat Seek, Inc. | $1,000 | To fund the cost of outfitting buildings in City Council District 5 with computer chips that measure indoor temperatures and report those results via the internet provides actionable data to the tenants, the city and its housing courts. |
| Local | Historic Districts Council, Inc. | $5,000 | To fund monthly Land Use Clinics. These clinics will be an opportunity to educate, engage, and empower constituents with sessions at which local residents will obtain extensive information pertaining to the Zoning Law, financial incentives for historic structures, and other important topics. Publicly noticed through the Council District 5 monthly newsletter and on the Council District 5 website. |
| Local | Housing Court Answers, Inc. | $1,000 | To support residents of Council District 5 with a housing information hotline, provide educational materials for tenants on Housing Court, offer referrals to charities, legal service providers and social service organizations to people facing eviction and to fund the creation and distribution of tenant guides to Housing Court. |
| Local | Jewish Association for Services for the Aged (JASA) | $1,000 | To support JASA Sundays providing educational opportunities and promote leadership and civic involvement publicly noticed through the Council District 5 monthly newsletter and on the Council District 5 website. |
| Local | Legal Aid Society | $1,000 | To support Citywide Civil Legal Services in District 5 including housing, education, tax law, health, foreclosure prevention, homeless rights, government benefits, employment, low-wage worker, immigration, family/domestic violence, law reform, consumer law, elder law, disability law, and community development work. |
| Local | Legal Information for Families Today (LIFT) | $1,000 | To support the production of Legal Resource Guides with the information to navigate the City’s complex Family Courts. |
| Local | Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center, Inc. (LGBT Center) | $1,000 | To support the LGBT Community Crisis Intervention program which provides crisis support and information to assist LGBT individuals. Common areas of assistance are HIV/AIDS support, immigration resources, addiction recovery counseling, and housing medical assistance. |
| Local | Life Sciences Secondary School [02M655] | $7,500 | To support programming that strengthens students’ conflict resolution and social skills, both in school and in the community. |
| Local | Manhattan Chamber of Commerce Foundation, Inc. | $2,500 | To fund a City Council District 5 Business Guide. |
| Local | Manhattan Community Board # 11 | $2,500 | To fund the Spirit of Service Festival which helps link agencies looking for volunteers with people that want to engage in community service. |
| Local | Manhattan Community Board # 11 | $2,000 | To support the operational expenses associated with educating and informing the community board about urban planning and land use matters. |
| Local | Manhattan Community Board # 6 | $2,500 | To support the operational expenses associated with educating and informing the community board about urban planning and land use matters. |
| Local | Manhattan Community Board # 8 | $10,000 | To support the operational expenses associated with educating and informing the community board about urban planning and land use matters. |
| Local | Marquis Studios, Ltd. | $2,500 | To support after-school programing at Yorkville East Middle School [02M177] |
| Local | Medicare Rights Center, Inc. | $5,000 | Funding to support a Town Hall Enrollment and Outreach Day in Council District 5, educating residents on state and federal Medicare-related benefits and follow up to assist with completing applications, publicly noticed through the Council District 5 monthly newsletter and on the Council District 5 website. |
| Local | Met Council Research and Educational Fund, Inc. | $5,000 | To support a Senior Support program, which will proactively target seniors who are at risk for harassment and displacement, provide education about rights and assist with housing issues through in person trainings in City Council District 5 that are publicly noticed through the Council District 5 monthly newsletter and on the Council District 5 website. |
| Local | Metropolitan New York Coordinating Council on Jewish Poverty, Inc. | $5,000 | Funding to support operating expenses of the social services department including case workers and emergency services. |
| Local | MFY Legal Services, Inc. | $2,500 | To provide free legal assistance — from advice to full representation — to low-income New Yorkers on housing, public benefits, disability rights, employment, consumer, foreclosure, nursing home, and family matters. |
| Local | Municipal Art Society of New York | $5,000 | To help support a series of free workshops for City Council District 5 residents. To educate New Yorkers about the city's development process and the many facets of community planning that are publicly noticed through the Council District 5 monthly newsletter and on the Council District 5 website. |
| Local | Museum of Jewish Heritage | $5,000 | To fund school group visits from City Council District 5 public middle and high schools. Free admission and transportation to be offered to student groups for visits. |
| Local | Museum of the City of New York | $3,000 | To support Taming the Metropolis: New York City and Zoning, 1916-2016, a special exhibition marking the centennial of the 1916 zoning resolution. |
| Local | Neighborhood Coalition for Shelter, Inc. | $5,000 | To help connect homeless and at-risk people on the Upper East Side with free meal programs, shelter, substance use treatment, and other services. |
| Local | New York City Coalition Against Hunger, Inc. | $5,000 | To fund programs that connect low-income residents of Council District 5 to fresh produce and government nutrition benefits and to recruit volunteers and provide technical assistance to kitchens and pantries in Council District 5 to better meet the needs of clients, with public notice through the Council District 5 monthly newsletter and on the Council District 5 website. |
| Local | New York City Housing Authority | $1,500 | To fund tenants association events for Lexington Houses publicly noticed through the Council District 5 monthly newsletter and on the Council District 5 website. |
| Local | New York City Housing Authority | $1,500 | To fund tenants association events for Stanley Isaacs publicly noticed through the Council District 5 monthly newsletter and on the Council District 5 website. |
| Local | New York City Housing Authority | $1,000 | To fund tenants association events for Robbins Plaza publicly noticed through the Council District 5 monthly newsletter and on the Council District 5 website. |
| Local | New York City Housing Authority | $1,000 | To fund tenants association events for Holmes Towers publicly noticed through the Council District 5 monthly newsletter and on the Council District 5 website. |
| Local | New York City Police Department | $1,000 | To support the Police Explorers program at the 114th Precinct serving residents of Roosevelt Island. |
| Local | New York City Police Department | $2,000 | To provide support for the 19th Precinct Community Council. |
| Local | New York City Police Department | $1,000 | To provide support for the 17th Precinct Community Council. |
| Local | New York City Police Department | $1,000 | To provide support for the 23rd Precinct Community Council. |
| Local | New York Classical Theatre, Inc. | $5,000 | To support a week of Shakespeare at Carl Schurz Park in July or August, free to the public and publicly noticed through the Council District 5 monthly newsletter and on the Council District 5 website. |
| Local | New York Foundation for Senior Citizens, Inc. | $10,000 | To support the Home Sharing and Respite Care Program for residents in Council District 5. |
| Local | New York Legal Assistance Group, Inc. | $10,000 | To provide free civil legal services to City Council District 5 constituents on housing once a month as well as end of life planning once a month at a free legal clinic offered in the Council District 5 office. |
| Local | New York State Tenants and Neighbors Information Service, Inc. | $5,000 | To expand programs for tenant education, counseling and organizing in rent regulated, Mitchell Lama and Project-Based Section 8 buildings; help individual tenants- solve problems regarding leases, overcharges and other housing issues; notify eligible tenants about the newly-expanded Senior Citizen Rent Increase Exemption and help them apply for this important protection; and guide tenants through complicated administrative processes. |
| Local | Non-Traditional Employment for Women | $1,000 | Funding will train women residing in Council District 5 in core and advanced, specialized trainings, placing women in mid-wage positions in the skilled trades. To expand its community partnerships, Career Technical Education High Schools, and NYCHA to focus on recruiting graduating high school seniors and NYC public housing residents for a two-week Boot Camp Introductory Training Program, with the goal of offering an enhanced support network. |
| Local | Office of Emergency Management | $3,000 | To provide $1,000 in funding to CERT Roosevelt Island, CERT UES and CERT Manhattan 8. |
| Local | Office of Emergency Management | $3,000 | To fund an Emergency Preparedness Event with giveaway of 100 Go Bags and 100 Go Bag Kits for Emergency Preparedness Month in September and at additional events should supplies last. |
| Local | Participatory Budgeting Project, Inc. | $5,000 | To provide funding for educating the residents of City Council District 5 on how to engage in registration and voting as well as Participatory Budgeting in Council District 5. |
| Local | Participatory Politics Foundation | $5,000 | To improve Councilmatic, an open source tool that is available for free to all New Yorkers as an educational resource about civic data. |
| Local | Planned Parenthood of New York City, Inc. | $1,000 | To support Teen Night at Planned Parent Hood for teen students who attend schools or resident in Council District 5. |
| Local | Progressive Technology Project | $20,000 | To improve and implement CiviCRM, an open source tool that is available for free download by all New Yorkers that would facilitate improved client relationtionship management (CRM). |
| Local | Public School 158M - Bayard Taylor [02M158] | $7,500 | To fund in school cultural and STEM education enrichment. |
| Local | Public School 183M - Robert L. Stevenson [02M183] | $1,000 | To support staff, materials and food for the City Council district 5 public school art show at Sotheby's. |
| Local | Public School 198M - Isador E. Ida Straus [02M198] | $5,000 | To support professional development for teachers. |
| Local | Roosevelt Island Disabled Association | $5,000 | Funding to defray the operating costs of providing specialized bus transportation cost as well as general operating support for programming. |
| Local | Roosevelt Island Historical Society | $5,000 | Funds will be used to support the visitors center, activities including programs, lectures and tours, and maintenance and dissemination of artifacts and historical documents. Support services include landscaping, consumable supplies, and utilities and telephone. |
| Local | SAC Sutton Area Community, Inc. | $5,000 | To support staff and operating costs as well as the free seasonal events and Taste of Sutton publicly noticed through the Council District 5 monthly newsletter and on the Council District 5 website. |
| Local | Samaritans of New York, Inc. | $1,000 | To support suicide prevention community resource program, increase residents’ ability to access needed mental health and substance abuse services. Funds are for district resource guide, outreach campaign, site visits to schools, neighborhood centers, places of worship, etc. |
| Local | Service Program for Older People, Inc. (SPOP) | $1,000 | To support the delivery of mental health care to older adults residing in Council District 5. Specific services include evaluations, psychotherapy, medication management, specialized substance abuse counseling and integrated physical and behavioral health care. |
| Local | Sutton Place Parks Conservancy, Inc. | $5,000 | To help with clean up, restore and maintain all the park plant beds at East 57th Street and East 58th Street Parks. |
| Local | Tank, Ltd. | $5,000 | To provide 1,000 free tickets distributed across performances at The Tank at 151 West 46th Street distributed to Council District 5 public schools, senior centers, and through the Council District 5 office to residents on a first come first served basis with all free tickets publicly noticed through the Council District 5 monthly newsletter and on the Council District 5 website. |
| Local | Upper Green Side, Inc. | $5,000 | To fund the Council District 5 Adopt-A-Planter program for Bicycle Islands along First Avenue and soon to be Second Avenue and Shred-A-Thon paper shredding events publicly noticed through the Council District 5 monthly newsletter and on the Council District 5 website. |
| Local | Urban Academy Laboratory High School [02M565] | $4,000 | To support academic enrichment activities. |
| Local | Urban Justice Center | $5,000 | To provide funding for tenants’ rights education, legal assistance/advice and representation for tenants facing rent increases, eviction, and a lack of repairs. |
| Local | Urban Justice Center | $2,500 | To provide legal support, training, and business development support to help vendors sustain businesses and compliance with the vending laws. |
| Local | VISIONS/Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired | $1,000 | To provide public education on eye disease and blindness prevention to seniors, healthcare professionals and organizations. |
| Local | Voices of Community Activists & Leaders (VOCAL-NY) | $1,000 | To conduct a series of workshops and trainings about accessing housing, rights as a tenant and assistance with finding housing as well as providing resources such as real estate lists for residents of Council District 5 publicly noticed through the Council District 5 monthly newsletter and on the Council District 5 website. |
| Local | Volunteers of Legal Service, Inc. | $5,000 | To fund the Elderly Project staff and pro bono attorneys monthly in City Council District 5 office who provide services to low-income Manhattan seniors, and to the social workers and advocates who assist them. These services include direct counseling on critical issues involving housing, government benefits, and consumer debt, and the drafting and execution of wills, powers of attorney, and other essential life-planning documents. This program will be publicly noticed through the Council District 5 monthly newsletter and on the Council District 5 website. |
| Local | Waterfront Alliance, Inc. | $5,000 | To support the Open Waters Initiative for citywide advocacy, planning, and public programming partnership in community groups to inform design of new publicly accessible vessel access in City Cuncil District 5. |
| Local | York Theatre Company Inc. | $5,000 | To provide free tickets to senior citizens of City Council District 5 distributed through senior centers at Stanley Isaacs, Carter Burden, Lenox Hill and Roosevelt Island as well as through the Council District 5 office on a first come first served basis with public notice through the Council District 5 monthly newsletter and on the Council District 5 website. |
| Youth | Big Apple Circus, Ltd. | $5,000 | To support Clown Care at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center as well as Circus For All, an access program designed to ensure that everyone can attend the circus, regardless of economic barriers and provides 400 no-cost tickets to public elementary and middle schools as well as youth centers in City Council District 5 for a single evening performance provided with one month's notice to the Council District 5 office and publicly noticed through the Council District 5 monthly newsletter and on the Council District 5 website. |
| Youth | Big Brothers Big Sisters of New York City, Inc. | $5,000 | To fund mentoring support services to promote positive outcomes and youth choice, voice, and personal accountability. Funds support staff time for volunteer mentor training/screening, case management, counseling/problem-solving, referrals to meet needs (health, academic, legal assistance), workshop planning and execution. |
| Youth | Carnegie Hill Neighbors, Inc. | $3,000 | To support operating costs for Carnegie Hill Neighbors, a group that advocates for improvements in the neighborhood and quality of life for residents in Carnegie Hill. |
| Youth | Center For Independence of The Disabled In New York, Inc. | $5,000 | To fund a rights education project for deaf students and parents. The project will target City Council District 5 public middle and high schools and involve a series of workshops, and provide tools and materials to deaf students and parents on rights, and teach them self-advocacy skills. Workshops shall be publicly noticed through the Council District 5 monthly newsletter and on the Council District 5 website. |
| Youth | Chabad-Lubavitch of The Upper East Side, Inc. | $5,000 | To support the Friendship Circle that services the special needs children and families residing in Council District 5, Sunday Circle, Sports League summer and winter camp and NYC only annual Friendship Circle Walk. |
| Youth | Chess-in-the-Schools, Inc. | $10,000 | To fund the Scholastic Tournament Program for a Chess Tournament hosted at a school in Council District 5. The tournament will be offered free of charge to competitors and are open to all children in New York City and publicly noticed through the Council District 5 monthly newsletter and on the Council District 5 website. |
| Youth | Coro New York Leadership Center | $2,000 | Funding to support Coro Fellows Program in Public Affairs is a nine-month, full-time, graduate-level leadership training program. This unique program is rigorous and demanding, preparing diverse, talented and committed individuals to bring about change in New York City. Placements provide Fellows with a deeper understanding of how New York City literally “works” by embedding them, over the course of the Fellowship, in a series of rigorous, short term placements across sectors. |
| Youth | Dances Patrelle, Inc. | $1,500 | To provide 150 tickets to Macbeth for public middle schools and high schools in District 5: MS 114, MS 177, IS 217, Wagner, Eleanor Roosevelt, Talent Unlimited, Life Sciences, Vanguard, Manhattan International, and Urban Academy. |
| Youth | Gillen Brewer School, Inc., The | $5,000 | To support a computer technology curriculum for students with learning disabilities and enhance learning through specialized software. |
| Youth | Girls Who Code, Inc. | $5,000 | To fund in school programing after-school at Vanguard High School [02M449] |
| Youth | Island Kids, Inc. | $5,000 | To support the Island Kids Summer Camp with costs of programming and activities such as swimming, sports, art, science, photography and field trips. |
| Youth | Lenox Hill Neighborhood House, Inc. | $15,000 | To support the Afterschool and Summer Camp programs for low-income children on the East Side. The Afterschool program serves children throughout the academic year with an emphasis on arts education and aquatics. The Summer Camp offers specialty camps in dance, drama, music and visual arts, as well as three nutritious daily meals. All programs must be publicly noticed through the Council District 5 monthly newsletter and on the Council District 5 website. |
| Youth | Main Street Theatre Dance Alliance | $5,000 | Funds will be used to provide tools and materials for sets, costumes and lighting for student productions for the 2016 season that will be publicly noticed through the Council District 5 monthly newsletter and on the Council District 5 website. |
| Youth | New York Cares, Inc. | $1,000 | To support personnel for Youth Education programming, which helps disadvantaged children and teens to gain the literacy, math and test-taking skills needed to prepare for college and the workforce. |
| Youth | New York Center for Children, The | $5,000 | To support counseling to help children residing in Council District 5 heal from the trauma of abuse. The funds will be used towards salary support of a social worker at The New York Center for Children who provide free weekly therapy to children. Program will be publicly noticed on the Council District 5 website. |
| Youth | New York City Urban Debate League, Inc. | $3,500 | To provide schools in City Council District 5 with free debate education opportunities year round including a district wide debate tournament in a school in Council District 5. |
| Youth | New York Junior Tennis League | $10,000 | The funds will be used to provide free recreational tennis and educational programs for beginner and intermediate players, ages 5-18 years who reside in Council District 5 during the summer, fall, winter or spring. Loaner racquets and balls will be provided to all participants. Special events, team tennis tournaments and trips are a regular part of the program schedule. All publicly noticed through the Council District 5 monthly newsletter or on the Council District 5 website. |
| Youth | Roosevelt Island Youth Program, Inc. | $14,000 | To fund computer labs, music programs, weight training, educational programming, SAT Prep and high school prep classes, publicly noticed through the Council District 5 monthly newsletter or on the Council District 5 website. |
| Youth | Stanley M. Isaacs Neighborhood Center, Inc. | $5,000 | To support the Afterschool Program at the Youth and Family Services building with after-school activities and an all-day summer camp publicly noticed through the Council District 5 website. |
| Youth | Stanley M. Isaacs Neighborhood Center, Inc. | $5,000 | To provide funding for Cyclopedia, a bicycling program for youth. Cyclopedia works in a 7-week summer cycling program for a series of rides that are planned out by the youth with monthly rides during the school year. In addition to promoting health and wellness, youth increase knowledge of mapping, geography, and New York City history. Children utilize technology to document and share experiences using a weekly blog format. All programs to be publicly noticed through the Council District 5 monthly newsletter and on the Council District 5 website. |
| Youth | Stanley M. Isaacs Neighborhood Center, Inc. | $5,000 | To fund a year-round program focused on science, technology, engineering, and math learning that is experiential, project-based, and aligned with Common Core standards. This curricula will be accompanied by rigorous tutoring and seasonal fitness programs. Programs to be publicly noticed through the Council District 5 website. |
| Youth | Stanley M. Isaacs Neighborhood Center, Inc. | $5,000 | To support the Youth Employment and Education Services (YES) program at New York City Public Housing (NYCHA) Developments. YES works with 17-24 year old youth with low academic skills, high social barriers, and lack of connection to work or school and provides job training in four sector-based employment pathways: Home Health Aide, Child Care, Customer Service/Hospitality, and Food Service. |
| Youth | Upper Midtown Chabad Lubavitch, Inc. | $5,000 | To fund an outdoor concert and fair in Sutton Place with live music, refreshments, and activities for children, neighborhood vendors and service organizations are invited to showcase the services for the benefit of the community publicly noticed through the Council District 5 monthly newsletter and on the Council District 5 website. |
| Youth | Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association | $15,000 | To support after-school programs serving youth centers and public schools located within Council District 5 at the centers and schools or at the 92Y including free Concerts Schools Project at Eleanor Roosevelt High School and a free Read Aloud Series offered to all schools in Council District 5 and public noticed in the monthly Council District 5 newsletter. |
| Youth | Young People's Chorus of New York City, Inc. | $5,000 | Funding to support operating expenses including staff for the core after-school component of YPC’s Choral Literacy and Performance Program, as well as in YPC’s Satellite Schools Program in City Council District 5 public schools. |
Speaker Expense Funding for Projects Requested by Council Member Kallos
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| Organization | Amount | Purpose of Funds |
| American-Italian Cancer Foundation | $25,000 | Funds will support the provision of the free mammograms and breast exams to disadvantaged women. |
| Asphalt Green | $175,000 | To provide funding support for The Waterproofing Program serving over 1,300 children/year in a free swim program during the school day, and the REP program, which transforms the recess period from an often dangerous, chaotic situation into a safe, fun and active time. |
| Carter Burden Center for the Aging | $80,000 | To support and enhance 10 core programs: the Social Service Unit, Community Elder Mistreatment Abuse Prevention Program, Carter Burden Senior Program, C.V. Starr Adult Day Services, Covello Senior. Program, Volunteer Services, Case Management Unit, Making Art Work, Carter Burden Gallery. Services provided include counseling, case assistance, advocacy, information, referral, help with benefit applications, senior center programming, social model adult day, volunteer programs, arts & craft classes, access to cultural events. |
| Council on the Environment | $50,000 | To provide funding support for the Greenmarket program. |
| Lenox Hill Neighborhood House | $40,000 | Funding for the East Side Case Management Consortium. The East Side Case Management Consortium is a network of experienced social service providers on the East Side of Manhattan who have a long history of collaboration: Lenox Hill Neighborhood House, The Carter Burden Center for Aging and Search and Care. These organizations are long-standing service providers to the older adults in the community and experts in the field of aging. |
| New York Common Pantry | $100,000 | To support food programs for the needy, including, Pantry's Choice Pantry program, Hot Meal Program, and brown bag lunches. |
| New York Foundation for Senior Citizens | $60,000 | Funding will support the citywide Home Sharing and Respite Care Program. |
| New York State Tenants and Neighbors Information Service | $100,000 | The funding will be used to: 1) provide counseling and referrals to individual tenants with housing problems; 2) educate tenants who live in affordable housing about their rights; 3) conduct skills-building and leadership development trainings for grassroots tenant leaders; 4) help tenants who live in affordable housing organize strong and democratic tenant associations; and 5) help tenant associations carry out campaigns around issues of concern in their buildings, such as tenant harassment, poor conditions, or a threat to longterm affordability. |
| Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association | $75,000 | Funds will continue to support programming at 92nd Street Y that is free-of-charge for the participants. The Teens Program provides free civics, leadership and community service education and opportunities to over middle and high school students. Literacy Projects, provide ESL, writing instruction, and exceptional literary presentations to immigrant New Yorkers and those seeking GEDs. |
Initiative Funding
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| Source | Legal Name of Organization | Amount | Program Name | Purpose of Funds |
| Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) | American Museum of the Moving Image | 20,000.00 | [02M217] Roosevelt Island School | This funding supports cultural programs and institutions that provide arts enrichment to students through after-school programs. |
| Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) | Children's Museum of the Arts, Inc. | 20,000.00 | [02M158] Bayard Taylor | This funding supports cultural programs and institutions that provide arts enrichment to students through after-school programs. |
| Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) | Circle in the Square Theatre School, Inc. | 20,000.00 | [02M519] Talent Unlimited High School | This funding supports cultural programs and institutions that provide arts enrichment to students through after-school programs. |
| Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) | National Dance Institute, Inc. | 20,000.00 | [02M183] Robert L. Stevenson | This funding supports cultural programs and institutions that provide arts enrichment to students through after-school programs. |
| Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) | Paper Bag Players, Inc., The | 20,000.00 | [02M198] Isador E. Ida Straus | This funding supports cultural programs and institutions that provide arts enrichment to students through after-school programs. |
| Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) | Waterwell Productions, Inc. | 20,000.00 | [02M114] East Side Middle School | This funding supports cultural programs and institutions that provide arts enrichment to students through after-school programs. |
| Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) | Wingspan Arts, Inc. | 20,000.00 | [02M290] Manhattan New School | This funding supports cultural programs and institutions that provide arts enrichment to students through after-school programs. |
| Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) | Young Men's & Young Women's Hebrew Association | 20,000.00 | [02M151] Yorkville Community School | This funding supports cultural programs and institutions that provide arts enrichment to students through after-school programs. |
| Digital Inclusion and Literacy Initiative | MOUSE, Inc. | 20,000.00 | The Digital Inclusion and Literacy Initiative address disparities in access to the Internet and increase digital literacy across the City, through programming available in every Council District. | |
| Healthy Aging Initiative | Lenox Hill Neighborhood House Inc | 11,830.00 | This initiative supports: 1) programs that promote healthy behaviors such as physical activity, smoking cessation, nutrition and infectious diseases; 2) programs that detect the onset of chronic disease such as diabetes and hypertension; 3) programs such as strength training to prevent falls and other injuries through education or exercise; and 4) programs to teach older adults practical skills to manage the pain of arthritis or deal with fatigue and stress. | |
| Healthy Aging Initiative | Stanley M Isaacs Neighborhood Center | 11,830.00 | This initiative supports: 1) programs that promote healthy behaviors such as physical activity, smoking cessation, nutrition and infectious diseases; 2) programs that detect the onset of chronic disease such as diabetes and hypertension; 3) programs such as strength training to prevent falls and other injuries through education or exercise; and 4) programs to teach older adults practical skills to manage the pain of arthritis or deal with fatigue and stress. | |
| Healthy Aging Initiative | The Carter Burden Center for the Aging, Inc. | 11,830.00 | Roosevlet Island Senion Center | This initiative supports: 1) programs that promote healthy behaviors such as physical activity, smoking cessation, nutrition and infectious diseases; 2) programs that detect the onset of chronic disease such as diabetes and hypertension; 3) programs such as strength training to prevent falls and other injuries through education or exercise; and 4) programs to teach older adults practical skills to manage the pain of arthritis or deal with fatigue and stress. |
| Neighborhood Development Grant Initiative | Doe Fund, Inc., The | 22,000.00 | The allocation will help meet the need for neighborhood-level economic development, job creation and retention and community investment. Funds can be provided for any one of five purposes:Business Attraction & Retention, Merchant Organizing/BID Formation, District Marketing/Local Tourism Initiatives, Placemaking/Plaza/Public Space Activation/Public Art and Organizational Development/Project Management Support. | |
| Support Our Seniors | Lenox Hill Neighborhood House Inc | 13,334.00 | This funding will support senior services citywide. | |
| Support Our Seniors | Stanley M Isaacs Neighborhood Center | 13,333.00 | This funding will support senior services citywide. | |
| Support Our Seniors | The Carter Burden Center for the Aging, Inc. | 13,333.00 | Roosevlet Island Senion Center | This funding will support senior services citywide. |
Fiscal Year 2017/18 Funding
Fiscal Year 2017/18 FundingYou can read our budget allocations below or download them in Excel (XLSX) at the bottom of the page.
Capital Funding
| Category | Title | Purpose of Funds | Amount |
| Parks | DPR - MULTIPURPOSE FIELD | --BUILD A MULTIPURPOSE FIELD AT QUEENSBORO OVAL TO REPLACE PRIVATE TENNIS CLUB. | 1,000,000 |
| Education | SCA - [02M151] YORKVILLE COMMUNITY SCHOOL | --COMPLETION OF YORKVILLE COMMUNITY SCHOOL GREENROOF | 669,000 |
| Education | P.S. 183 GREEN SCIENCE AND STEM LAB CLASSROOM | --HYDROPONIC LABORATORY FOR A CLASSROOM TO IMPROVE STEM CURRICULUM AND ENHANCE GREEN INITIATIVES FOR THE COMMUNITY. | 600,000 |
| Education | P.S. 198/77 PLAYGROUND RENOVATION | --PROVIDE RESURFACING AND EQUIPMENT FOR PLAY AREA SERVICING TWO PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND REMOVE DISEASED TREE. | 500,000 |
| Parks | IRRIGATE THE ESPLANADE | --IRRIGATION FOR THE EAST RIVER ESPLANADE FROM 90TH TO 96TH STREETS TO WATER TREES AND VEGETATION. | 500,000 |
| Parks | DPR - PLAYGROUND RENOVATION | --PLAYGROUND RENOVATION AT CARL SCHURZ PARK. | 475,000 |
| Parks | DPR - SENIOR SPACE | --EXCAVATION, FITNESS EQUIPMENT REMOVALS, FILL MATERIALS, CONCRETE, GRANITE ADA PAVERS, SEATING, GAME TABLES, TREE PRUNING, LANDSCAPE AT JOHN JAY PARK. | 350,000 |
| Education | SCA - [02M114] EAST SIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL | --COMPLETION OF EAST SIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL GREENROOF | 200,000 |
| Parks | DPR - WATER FEATURE | --DECORATIVE FOUNTAIN AND CHILDREN'S SPRAY SHOWER AT SUTTON PLACE PARK. | 175,000 |
| Community | THE YOUNG MEN'S & YOUNG WOMEN'S HEBREW ASSOCIATION (92ND STREET Y) | --NORTH BUILDING ENVELOPE IMPROVEMENTS. | 120,000 |
| Education | SCA - [02M158] BAYARD TAYLOR | --TECHNOLOGY UPGRADES | 35,000 |
| Education | SCA - [02M177] YORKVILLE EAST MIDDLE SCHOOL | --TECHNOLOGY UPGRADES | 35,000 |
| Education | SCA - [02M217] ROOSEVELT ISLAND SCHOOL | --TECHNOLOGY UPGRADES | 35,000 |
| Education | SCA - [02M225] ELLA BAKER SCHOOL | --TECHNOLOGY UPGRADES | 35,000 |
| Education | SCA - [02M290] MANHATTAN NEW SCHOOL | --TECHNOLOGY UPGRADES | 35,000 |
| Education | SCA - [02M416] ELEANOR ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL | --TECHNOLOGY UPGRADES | 35,000 |
| Education | SCA - [02M449] VANGUARD HIGH SCHOOL | --TECHNOLOGY UPGRADES | 35,000 |
| Education | SCA - [02M459] MANHATTAN INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL | --TECHNOLOGY UPGRADES | 35,000 |
| Education | SCA - [02M519] TALENT UNLIMITED HIGH SCHOOL | --TECHNOLOGY UPGRADES | 35,000 |
| Education | SCA - [02M527] EAST SIDE SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL ACTION | --TECHNOLOGY UPGRADES | 35,000 |
| Education | SCA - [02M565] URBAN ACADEMY LABORATORY HIGH | --TECHNOLOGY UPGRADES | 35,000 |
| Education | SCA - [02M655] LIFE SCIENCES SECONDARY SCHOOL | --TECHNOLOGY UPGRADES | 35,000 |
| Citywide | DPR - WATER FEATURE | --DECORATIVE FOUNTAIN AND CHILDREN'S SPRAY SHOWER AT SUTTON PLACE PARK. | 675,000 |
| Citywide, Jewish Caucus | THE YOUNG MEN'S & YOUNG WOMEN'S HEBREW ASSOCIATION (92ND STREET Y) | --92ND STREET Y IS REQUESTING FUNDS FOR REPLACEMENTS AND ENHANCEMENTS OF VARIOUS COMPONENTS OF THE ENVELOPE OF ITS NORTH BUILDING. | 2,237,000 |
Expense Funding
| Source | Legal Name | Amount | Program Name | CM Purpose of Funds |
| A Greener NYC | Council on the Environment, Inc. | $55,000 | A Greener NYC supports environmentally friendly focused programs that encourage education, advocacy, community service, and green-job training, contributing to the improvement and conservation of NYC’s air, land, energy, open spaces, and other vital resources. | |
| A Greener NYC | Waterfront Alliance, Inc. | $5,000 | A Greener NYC supports environmentally friendly focused programs that encourage education, advocacy, community service, and green-job training, contributing to the improvement and conservation of NYC’s air, land, energy, open spaces, and other vital resources. | |
| Aging | Carter Burden Center for the Aging, Inc., The | $20,000 | Roosevelt Island Senior Center | To fund programming for seniors at the center offering an array of education, wellness, and recreation programs, daily catered congregate lunch, as well as home delivered meals to homebound clients. |
| Aging | Carter Burden Center for the Aging, Inc., The | $15,000 | To support the lunch program which provides socialization, recreation and education as well as on-site meals, classes, trips and special events. | |
| Aging | DOROT, Inc. | $5,000 | To support Door to Door and kosher meals programs for seniors living in Council District 5. | |
| Aging | Health Advocates for Older People, Inc, | $2,000 | To fund the Healthy Aging Program which promotes maintenance of physical and mental health for elderly residing in Council District 5. | |
| Aging | Lenox Hill Neighborhood House, Inc. | $5,000 | East Side Case Management Consortium | To support the East Side Case Management Consortium, a network of social service providers on the East Side of Manhattan who have a long history of collaboration: Lenox Hill Neighborhood House, The Carter Burden Center for Aging and Search and Care. |
| Aging | Lenox Hill Neighborhood House, Inc. | $5,000 | For the Support Our Seniors programming which includes exercise and mindfulness classes like Zumba, tai chi and watercize, nutrition workshops, social work interventions, visiting nurse services, horticultural activities and three meals on site. | |
| Aging | Lenox Hill Neighborhood House, Inc. | $5,000 | To fund the Center at Lenox Hill Neighborhood House which serves seniors with programming ranging from literature and foreign language to belly dancing and Tai Chi, in addition to three nutritious meals on site. | |
| Aging | New York Foundation for Senior Citizens, Inc. | $10,000 | To support the Home Sharing and Respite Care Program for residents in Council District 5. | |
| Aging | Older Adults Technology Services (OATS), Inc. | $5,000 | To fund a free community-based programming for older adults including technology-training and certification classes, workshops & special events, where laptops and internet connections (where necessary) are brought to senior centers in Council District 5. | |
| Aging | Search and Care, Inc. | $5,000 | To provide comprehensive fee-free care management services for vulnerable older men and women living in District 5. | |
| Aging | Service Program for Older People, Inc. (SPOP) | $1,000 | To support the delivery of mental health care to older adults residing in Council District 5. Services include evaluations, psychotherapy, medication management, specialized substance abuse counseling and integrated physical and behavioral health care. | |
| Aging | Stanley M. Isaacs Neighborhood Center, Inc. | $7,000 | For the daily delivery of meals to home bound seniors, purchasing new delivery bags, carts, and insulated packaging equipment and providing "specialized" meals to clients who have unique medical needs/conditions. | |
| Aging | Stanley M. Isaacs Neighborhood Center, Inc. | $15,000 | To fund senior services in support of wellness, nutrition, and fitness activities including the cost of instructors and supplies. | |
| Aging | Vocal Ease, Inc. | $5,000 | To fund the production of on-site cabaret-style performances for senior citizens at hospitals, nursing homes, senior centers and senior residences in Council District 5 with at least 1 months notice to the general public. | |
| Aging | Volunteers of Legal Service, Inc. | $5,000 | To fund the Elderly Project staff who provide services to low-income Manhattan seniors including counseling on housing, government benefits, and consumer debt, and the drafting and execution of wills, powers of attorney, and other life-planning documents. | |
| Anti-Poverty | Bohemian Brethren Presbyterian Church | $5,000 | Funding to support the Urban Outreach Center providing a range of resources including access to food and housing. | |
| Anti-Poverty | Church of the Epiphany | $5,000 | To fund food, supplies and preparation of meals for the hungry at the soup kitchen as well offer food stamp screenings that are publicly noticed through the Council District 5 monthly newsletter and on the Council District 5 website. | |
| Anti-Poverty | Council on the Environment, Inc. | $15,000 | To support GrowNYC projects and programs, including Greenmarkets at 82nd and 91st Street and Fresh Food Box with a pick up location at Lenox Hill Senior Center and the City Council District 5 office. | |
| Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) | American Museum of the Moving Image | $20,000 | [02M217] Roosevelt Island School | This funding supports cultural programs and institutions that provide arts enrichment to students through after-school programs. |
| Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) | Center for Urban Pedagogy Inc. | $20,000 | [02M655] Life Sciences Secondary and High School | This funding supports cultural programs and institutions that provide arts enrichment to students through after-school programs. |
| Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) | Children's Museum of the Arts, Inc. | $20,000 | [02M158] Bayard Taylor | This funding supports cultural programs and institutions that provide arts enrichment to students through after-school programs. |
| Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) | Circle in the Square Theatre School | $20,000 | [02M519] Talent Unlimited High School | This funding supports cultural programs and institutions that provide arts enrichment to students through after-school programs. |
| Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) | Creative Minds NYC Inc. | $20,000 | [02M198] Isador E. Ida Straus | This funding supports cultural programs and institutions that provide arts enrichment to students through after-school programs. |
| Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) | Marquis Studios Ltd. | $20,000 | Yorkville East Middle School | This funding supports cultural programs and institutions that provide arts enrichment to students through after-school programs. |
| Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) | Midtown Management Group, Inc. | $20,000 | [02M077] Lower Lab School | This funding supports cultural programs and institutions that provide arts enrichment to students through after-school programs. |
| Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) | National Dance Institute, Inc. | $20,000 | [02M183] Robert L. Steveson | This funding supports cultural programs and institutions that provide arts enrichment to students through after-school programs. |
| Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) | Waterwell Productions, Inc | $20,000 | [02M114] East Side Middle School | This funding supports cultural programs and institutions that provide arts enrichment to students through after-school programs. |
| Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) | Wingspan Arts, Inc. | $20,000 | [02M290] Manhattan New School | This funding supports cultural programs and institutions that provide arts enrichment to students through after-school programs. |
| Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) | Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association | $20,000 | [02M151] Yorkville Community School | This funding supports cultural programs and institutions that provide arts enrichment to students through after-school programs. |
| Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) | Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association | $20,000 | [02M416] Eleanor Roosevelt High School | This funding supports cultural programs and institutions that provide arts enrichment to students through after-school programs. |
| Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) | Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association | $20,000 | [02M527] East Side School for Social Action | This funding supports cultural programs and institutions that provide arts enrichment to students through after-school programs. |
| Cultural Immigrant Initiative | Bohemian Benevolent and Literary Association of the City of New York | $10,000 | The funds will be used to support cultural organizations to provide programming focused on the cultural history or traditions of an immigrant community in New York City. This initiative will help increase access to unique cultural offerings that focus on immigrant heritages. | |
| Cultural Immigrant Initiative | Chashama Arts, Inc. | $20,000 | The funds will be used to support cultural organizations to provide programming focused on the cultural history or traditions of an immigrant community in New York City. This initiative will help increase access to unique cultural offerings that focus on immigrant heritages. | |
| Cultural Immigrant Initiative | Colonial Dames of America | $10,000 | The funds will be used to support cultural organizations to provide programming focused on the cultural history or traditions of an immigrant community in New York City. This initiative will help increase access to unique cultural offerings that focus on immigrant heritages. | |
| Cultural Immigrant Initiative | Friends of the Upper East Side Historic Districts | $45,000 | The funds will be used to support cultural organizations to provide programming focused on the cultural history or traditions of an immigrant community in New York City. This initiative will help increase access to unique cultural offerings that focus on immigrant heritages. | |
| Cultural Immigrant Initiative | Historic Districts Council, Inc. | $20,000 | The funds will be used to support cultural organizations to provide programming focused on the cultural history or traditions of an immigrant community in New York City. This initiative will help increase access to unique cultural offerings that focus on immigrant heritages. | |
| Cultural Immigrant Initiative | New York Classical Theatre, Inc. | $10,000 | The funds will be used to support cultural organizations to provide programming focused on the cultural history or traditions of an immigrant community in New York City. This initiative will help increase access to unique cultural offerings that focus on immigrant heritages. | |
| Digital Inclusion and Literacy Initiative | Mouse, Inc. | $20,000 | Lower Lab School [02M077] | The Digital Inclusion and Literacy Initiative expands access to the Internet and increases digital literacy among New Yorkers by supporting programming in every Council District. |
| Digital Inclusion and Literacy Initiative | Mouse, Inc. | $20,000 | Manhattan International High School [02M459] | The Digital Inclusion and Literacy Initiative expands access to the Internet and increases digital literacy among New Yorkers by supporting programming in every Council District. |
| Digital Inclusion and Literacy Initiative | Older Adults Technology Services (OATS), Inc. | $20,000 | The Digital Inclusion and Literacy Initiative expands access to the Internet and increases digital literacy among New Yorkers by supporting programming in every Council District. | |
| Domestic Violence and Empowerment (DoVE) Initiative | New York Legal Assistance Group, Inc. | $47,500 | The DoVE initiative supports community-based organizations that provide services to domestic violence survivors and their families in New York City. Funding supports a range of services that include case management, crisis intervention, referrals, counseling, empowerment workshops, legal advocacy and referrals. Safe Horizon, the administrator for this program, serves as a liaison between the City and the community based organizations and other service providers throughout the year to resolve complex administrative issues. | |
| Domestic Violence and Empowerment (DoVE) Initiative | Urban Justice Center | $47,500 | The DoVE initiative supports community-based organizations that provide services to domestic violence survivors and their families in New York City. Funding supports a range of services that include case management, crisis intervention, referrals, counseling, empowerment workshops, legal advocacy and referrals. Safe Horizon, the administrator for this program, serves as a liaison between the City and the community based organizations and other service providers throughout the year to resolve complex administrative issues. | |
| Healthy Aging Initiative | Carter Burden Center for the Aging, Inc., The | $11,830 | Roosevelt Island Senior Center | This initiative supports: 1) programs that promote healthy behaviors such as physical activity, smoking cessation, nutrition and infectious diseases; 2) programs that detect the onset of chronic disease such as diabetes and hypertension; 3) programs such as strength training to prevent falls and other injuries through education or exercise; and 4) programs to teach older adults practical skills to manage the pain of arthritis or deal with fatigue and stress. |
| Healthy Aging Initiative | Lenox Hill Neighborhood House, Inc. | $11,830 | Lenox Hill Neighborhood House | This initiative supports: 1) programs that promote healthy behaviors such as physical activity, smoking cessation, nutrition and infectious diseases; 2) programs that detect the onset of chronic disease such as diabetes and hypertension; 3) programs such as strength training to prevent falls and other injuries through education or exercise; and 4) programs to teach older adults practical skills to manage the pain of arthritis or deal with fatigue and stress. |
| Healthy Aging Initiative | Stanley M. Isaacs Neighborhood Center, Inc. | $11,830 | Healthy Aging - Stanley Isaacs | This initiative supports: 1) programs that promote healthy behaviors such as physical activity, smoking cessation, nutrition and infectious diseases; 2) programs that detect the onset of chronic disease such as diabetes and hypertension; 3) programs such as strength training to prevent falls and other injuries through education or exercise; and 4) programs to teach older adults practical skills to manage the pain of arthritis or deal with fatigue and stress. |
| Local | American-Italian Cancer Foundation | $10,000 | To support no-cost breast cancer screening and education services on a Mobile Care Clinic on at least 4 occassions at locations in City Council District 5 including but not limted to NYCHA developments, senior and community centers, and publicly noticed. | |
| Local | Amigos Del Museo Del Barrio, Inc. | $3,000 | To support Making Connections, an extensive bilingual partnership program that focuses on schools and community organizations and artist-in-residency programs including visits to El Museo by schools in District 5. | |
| Local | Animal Care and Control of New York City | $1,000 | Funding to support the Surrender Prevention Program providing pet owners access to resources, veterinary care and assistance for pet owners in District 5. | |
| Local | Asphalt Green, Inc. | $5,000 | To support Asphalt Green's Waterproofing and Recess Enhancement Programs for City Council District 5 public schools. | |
| Local | Bohemian Benevolent and Literary Association of the City of New York | $5,000 | To promote a theater festival presenting the works Czechoslovakian playwright Vaclac Havel to New York's public and professional audiences through live performances, discussions, and workshops. | |
| Local | Carter Burden Center for the Aging, Inc., The | $7,500 | To support the City Parks Seniors Fitness classes weekly in John Jay Park in City Council District 5 for fall and spring that introduce seniors to athletic activities in a supportive and social environment | |
| Local | Citizens Committee for New York City, Inc. | $2,500 | To support the operating expenses of the Neightborhood Grants program for resident-led groups to work on community and school projects, and the Community Organizing workshop series which cover volunteer group capacity building topics. | |
| Local | Civitas Citizens Inc. | $10,000 | To research, study, and plan opportunities for economic growth and expanded affordable housing within contextual development along the avenues and major crosstown streets. | |
| Local | Civitas Citizens Inc. | $15,000 | To survey and research the existing usage along the East River Esplanade and engage residents of the surrounding community to offer preferences for planning park improvements along the East River Esplanade. | |
| Local | Colonial Dames of America | $5,000 | To provide educational social studies programs based on NYS Social Studies Curriculum via museum field trips for students attending public schools in City Council District 5. | |
| Local | Community Service Society of New York | $2,500 | Funding to support transportation expenses of the Community Service Society Navigator Network for residents of District 5. | |
| Local | Community Voices Heard, Inc. | $10,000 | To support outreach and education to increase civic participation among residents living in NYC Housing Authority-managed public housing and to educate NYCHA residents about how participatory budgeting can be used for projects within their communities. | |
| Local | Coro New York Leadership Center | $2,000 | Funding to support Coro Fellows Program in Public Affairs, a leadership training program. | |
| Local | CUNY School of Law Justice & Auxiliary Services Corporation | $15,000 | To support free legal clinics in City Council District 5 office for residents twice monthly for housng and one monthly for small claims. | |
| Local | Department of Education | $1,000 | [02M183] | To support staff, materials and supplies for the City Council district 5 public school art show at Sotheby's. |
| Local | Department of Education | $3,500 | [02M225] Ella Baker School | To support academic enrichment activities at [02M225] Ella Baker School. |
| Local | Department of Education | $10,000 | [02M416] Eleanor Roosevelt High School | To fund the Model UN and Law team. |
| Local | Department of Education | $4,000 | [02M565] Urban Academy Laboratory High | To support academic enrichment activities at [02M565] Urban Academy Laboratory High. |
| Local | Department of Emergency Management | $1,000 | CERT ESNA | To fund cost of eqiupment for CERT ESNA. |
| Local | Department of Emergency Management | $1,000 | CERT Roosevelt Island | To fund cost of eqiupment for CERT Roosevelt Island. |
| Local | Department of Emergency Management | $1,000 | CERT UES | To fund cost of equipment for CERT Upper East Side. |
| Local | Department of Emergency Management | $3,000 | To support Emergency Preparedness Events and distribution of Go Bags to Residents at Events in District 5. | |
| Local | Department of Parks and Recreation | $12,500 | St. Catherine's Park | To support a Kids In Motion playground associate for St. Catherine's Park. |
| Local | Department of Transportation | $10,000 | Bike Safety Program | To fund canvas of restaurants in Council District 5, inspect and offer a free 90-minute training for commercial cyclists in English, Spanish and Chinese and distribute safety equipment to participants such as vests, lights and bells. |
| Local | Department of Transportation | $5,000 | To fund a bike helmet fitting and give away program to people in District 5. | |
| Local | Department of Transportation | $5,000 | To promote safe bicycling education coupled with a bell and light give away in bike lanes in Council District 5. | |
| Local | East 69th Street Association | $1,000 | To fund the costs of block beautification for seasonal plantings in all of the tree pits on the north and south sides of 69th Street between 1st and 2nd Avenues. | |
| Local | East 72nd Street Neighborhood Association, Inc. | $5,000 | To fund bike safety surveys and reports, community meetings, outreach and operations. | |
| Local | East 86th Street Merchants and Residents Association, Inc. | $10,000 | Funding will provide for maintenance and planting of tree beds, planters, expand the association membership and volunteer base and recruit among the business community | |
| Local | EIS, Eviction Intervention Services, Homelessness Prevention, Inc. | $5,000 | To provide homeless prevention services including benefits entitlement, counseling as well as the SORT and Housing Court Buddy programs for residents in Council District 5. | |
| Local | Four Freedoms Park Conservancy, Inc. | $5,000 | To fund free Music at Sunset programming/events at Four Freedoms Park. | |
| Local | Friends of Firefighters, Inc. | $1,000 | Funding to support the Outreach Program for FDNY firehouses and retirees serving Council District 5 providing information and education to access mental health and wellness services without stigma. | |
| Local | Friends of The East River Esplanade 60th-120th Streets, Inc. | $5,000 | Funding to provide staff support for various programming, events and activities. | |
| Local | Friends of the Upper East Side Historic Districts | $12,600 | To maintain and expand architectural education programs taught during the school day to public school students in Council District 5. | |
| Local | Friends of the Upper East Side Historic Districts | $20,000 | To support planning and research to educate residents of City Council District 5 and city about land use and zoning developments taking place in communities and to provide tools to aid in preserving the historic character of communities. | |
| Local | Historic Districts Council, Inc. | $5,000 | To support education opportunities for residents relating to neighborhood preservation through an annual preservation conference, a preservation school and the six to celebrate program. | |
| Local | Housing Court Answers, Inc. | $1,000 | To support residents of Council District 5 with a housing information hotline, provide educational materials for tenants on Housing Court, offer referrals to charities, legal service providers and social service organizations. | |
| Local | Hunger Free America, Inc. | $2,500 | To fund programs that connect low-income residents of Council District 5 to fresh produce and government nutrition benefits and to recruit volunteers and provide technical assistance to kitchens and pantries to better meet the needs of clients. | |
| Local | Jewish Association for Services for the Aged (JASA) | $2,500 | To support JASA Sundays providing educational opportunities, promote leadership and civic involvemen. | |
| Local | Jewish Board of Family and Children's Services, Inc. | $2,500 | To support the One Call Center and and hotline for referrals and clinic services. | |
| Local | Jewish Museum | $3,000 | Funding to support Family Day Festivals, a full day of activities at the Museum, all free with admission. These include concerts from popular children's entertainers, scavenger hunts and tours in the galleries. | |
| Local | Legal Information for Families Today (LIFT) | $1,000 | Legal Resource Guides | To support the production of Legal Resource Guides with the information to navigate the City’s complex Family Courts. |
| Local | Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center, Inc. (LGBT Center) | $1,000 | To fund the LGBT Community Crisis Intervention program which provides crisis support and information to LGBT individuals. Areas of assistance include HIV/AIDS support, immigration resources, addiction recovery counseling, and housing medical assistance. | |
| Local | Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc. | $3,000 | To support the Meet the Artist series with free, inquiry-based lesson guides and contextual materials written by Lincoln Center Education (LCE) Teaching Artists to facilitate a deeper engagement with the performances that students attend. | |
| Local | Make Music New York, Inc. | $1,000 | To fund Make Music New York which connects artists with venues, composers, conductors, like-minded performers, potential funders across various sectors all with the aim of bringing free music to New Yorkers in their own local neighborhoods. | |
| Local | Manhattan Community Board #11 | $2,500 | To fund the Spirit of Service Festival which helps link agencies looking for volunteers with people that want to engage in community service. | |
| Local | Manhattan Community Board #11 | $2,500 | To fund an urban planner to review applications and report to the community board's land use committee. | |
| Local | Manhattan Community Board #6 | $5,000 | To fund an urban planner to review applications and report to the community board's land use committee. | |
| Local | Manhattan Community Board #8 | $10,000 | To fund an urban planner to review applications and report to the community board's land use committee. | |
| Local | Marquis Studios Ltd. | $5,000 | To support after-school programing at [02M177] Yorkville East Middle School. | |
| Local | Medicare Rights Center, Inc. | $7,400 | Funding to support a Town Hall Enrollment and Outreach Day in City Council District 5, educating residents on state and federal Medicare-related benefits and follow up to assist with completing applications. | |
| Local | Met Council Research and Educational Fund, Inc. | $5,000 | To support city-wide Tenant Help Hotline, downtown Walk-in Clinic and Tenants Rights Training series. | |
| Local | Metropolitan New York Coordinating Council on Jewish Poverty, Inc. | $5,000 | Funding to support operating expenses of the social services department including case workers and emergency services. | |
| Local | Mobilization for Justice, Inc. | $2,500 | To provide free legal assistance — from advice to full representation — to low-income New Yorkers on housing, public benefits, disability rights, employment, consumer, foreclosure, nursing home, and family matters. | |
| Local | Museum of Jewish Heritage - A Living Memorial to the Holocaust | $5,000 | To fund school group visits from City Council District 5 public middle and high schools. Free admission and transportation to be offered to student groups for visits. | |
| Local | Neighborhood Coalition for Shelter, Inc. | $5,000 | To help connect homeless and at-risk people on the Upper East Side with free meal programs, shelter, substance use treatment, and other services. | |
| Local | New York City Housing Authority | $1,000 | Holmes Towers | To fund tenants association events for Holmes Towers. |
| Local | New York City Housing Authority | $1,500 | Lexington Houses | To fund tenants association events for Lexington Houses. |
| Local | New York City Housing Authority | $1,000 | Robbins Plaza | To fund tenants association events for Robbins Plaza. |
| Local | New York City Housing Authority | $1,500 | Stanely Isaacs | To fund tenants association events for Stanley Isaacs. |
| Local | New York Classical Theatre, Inc. | $7,500 | To support a week of classical theatre at Carl Schurz Park in July, free to the public. | |
| Local | New York Historical Society | $5,000 | To support educaional programming for public schools in City Council District 5. | |
| Local | New York Legal Assistance Group, Inc. | $10,000 | To provide free civil legal services to City Council District 5 constituents on housing once a month as well as end of life planning once a month at a free legal clinic offered in the Council District 5 office. | |
| Local | New York Road Runners, Inc. | $3,500 | To fund the Striders program, a coach-led walking session every week at senior centers, community facilities or neighborhood parks in City Council District 5. | |
| Local | New York State Tenants and Neighbors Information Service, Inc. | $5,000 | To expand programs for tenant education, counseling and organizing in rent regulated buildings; solve problems regarding leases, overcharges and other issues; notify eligible tenants about SCRIE; and guide tenants through the administrative processes. | |
| Local | OpenPlans, Inc. | $1,000 | To support the development of the Vision Zero education platform. | |
| Local | Outstanding Renewal Enterprises, Inc. | $5,000 | Electronic Waste Recycling Collection Events | Funds will be used to organize an e-waste collection event as part of an Earth Day Event. |
| Local | Planned Parenthood of New York City, Inc. | $1,000 | To support Teen Night at Planned Parent Hood for teen students who attend middle and high schools or resident in Council District 5. | |
| Local | Police Department | $1,000 | 114th Precinct | To support the Police Explorers program at the 114th Precinct serving residents of Roosevelt Island. |
| Local | Police Department | $1,000 | 17th Precinct | To provide support for the 17th Precinct Community Council. |
| Local | Police Department | $2,000 | 19th Precinct | To provide support for the 19th Precinct Community Council. |
| Local | Police Department | $1,000 | 23rd Precinct | To provide support for the 23rd Precinct Community Council. |
| Local | Pro Bono Net, Inc. | $2,500 | To fund LawHelpNY.org, an online tool for helping low-income New Yorkers solve their legal problems. LawHelpNY provides access to online information about free legal services throughout New York. | |
| Local | Public Utility Law Project of New York, Inc. | $5,000 | To fund consumer rights consultation days and training events. | |
| Local | QSAC, Inc. | $1,000 | Funding will support the enhancement of QSAC's programs and services for children and adults with autism and be used for trainings and the purchasing of additional supplies and materials. | |
| Local | Roosevelt Island Disabled Association, Inc. | $5,000 | Funding is used to support transportation costs, holiday meals and events such as Independence Day picnic and other social outings throughout the year in additon to ADA training meetings. | |
| Local | Roosevelt Island Historical Society | $10,000 | Funds will be used to support the visitors center, activities including programs, lectures and tours, and maintenance and dissemination of artifacts and historical documents. Support services include landscaping, consumable supplies, and utilities. | |
| Local | Russian American Cultural Center | $5,000 | To support the Annual Art Film Festival and Diaspora Film Festival, which will be presented as two day-long film marathons on the Upper East Side. | |
| Local | Sutton Place Parks Conservancy, Inc. | $5,000 | To help with clean up, restore and maintain all the park plant beds at East 57th Street and East 58th Street Parks. | |
| Local | Tank, Ltd., The | $5,000 | To support Tank's Ticket Subsidy program which provides free and deep discounted tickets to residents of City Council District 5 through it's public schools and senior centers. | |
| Local | Upper Green Side, Inc. | $5,000 | To fund the Council District 5 Adopt-A-Planter program for Bicycle Islands along First and Second Avenue and Shred-A-Thon paper shredding events | |
| Local | Urban Justice Center | $5,000 | Street Vendor Project | To provide legal support, training, and business development support to help vendors sustain businesses and compliance with the vending laws. |
| Local | Urban Justice Center | $5,000 | To provide funding for tenants’ rights education, legal assistance/advice and representation for tenants facing rent increases, eviction, and a lack of repairs. | |
| Local | VISIONS/Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired | $1,000 | To provide public education on eye disease and blindness prevention to seniors, healthcare professionals and organizations. | |
| Local | Waterfront Alliance, Inc. | $5,000 | To support the Open Waters Initiative for citywide advocacy, planning, and public programming partnership in community groups to inform design of new publicly accessible vessel access in City Cuncil District 5. | |
| Neighborhood Development Grant Initiative | Carnegie Hill Neighbors, Inc. | $22,000 | This funding will support neighborhood-level initiatives that promote economic development, job creation and retention, and community investment. Funds can be allocated for any one of five qualifying purposes: 1) Business Attraction and Retention, 2) Merchant Organizing/BID Formation, 3) District Marketing/Local Tourism Initiatives, 4) Placemaking/Plaza/Public Space Activation/Public Art, and 5) Organizational Development/Project Management Support. | |
| NYC Cleanup | Department of Parks and Recreation | $175,000 | District 5 treeguards | To add a type D treeguard to every tree pit in District 5 |
| NYC Cleanup | Department of Sanitation | $25,000 | To purchase additional trash bins for use in District 5 | |
| Parks Equity Initiative | City Parks Foundation | $10,000 | Ruppert Park | To fund the partnership for parks in coordination with the Muslim Volunteers for New York |
| Parks Equity Initiative | Department of Parks and Recreation | $48,500 | To support Movie nights in District 5 as well as other recreation in parks | |
| Parks Equity Initiative | Friends of The East River Esplanade 60th-120th Streets, Inc. | $10,000 | To fund the pier 90 project | |
| Parks Equity Initiative | Sutton Place Parks Conservancy, Inc. | $10,000 | To support parks programming in the Sutton Place pocket parks in District 5 | |
| SU-CASA | Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association | $15,000 | Roosevelt Island Senior Center (Roosevelt Island Disabled Association) | SU-CASA will provide senior centers in each Council District with arts programming. Participants will benefit from the cultural arts activities which may include music, dance, painting or crafts. |
| SU-CASA | Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association | $15,000 | Stanley Isaacs Neighborhood Senior Ctr (Stanley M Isaacs Neighborhood Center Inc) | SU-CASA will provide senior centers in each Council District with arts programming. Participants will benefit from the cultural arts activities which may include music, dance, painting or crafts. |
| Support Our Seniors | Carter Burden Center for the Aging, Inc., The | $13,333 | Roosevelt Island Senior Center | This funding will support senior services citywide. |
| Support Our Seniors | Carter Burden Center for the Aging, Inc., The | $20,000 | Upper East Side | This funding will support senior services citywide. |
| Support Our Seniors | Lenox Hill Neighborhood House, Inc. | $13,333 | Lenox Hill Neighborhood House | This funding will support senior services citywide. |
| Support Our Seniors | Stanley M. Isaacs Neighborhood Center, Inc. | $13,334 | Support Our Seniors - Stanley Isaacs | This funding will support senior services citywide. |
| Youth | Big Brothers Big Sisters of New York City, Inc. | $2,500 | Funds will support staff time for volunteer mentor training/screening, case management, counseling/problem-solving, referrals to meet needs (health, academic, legal assistance), workshop planning and implementation. | |
| Youth | Boy Scouts of America - Greater New York Council | $2,500 | To support costs associated with running Scouting meetings and events including enrichment trips, local Scouting activities, recognition, marketing materials, training opportunities, uniforms and camping equipment in District 5. | |
| Youth | Chess-in-the-Schools, Inc. | $10,000 | To fund the Scholastic Tournament Program for a Chess Tournament hosted at a school in Council District 5. The tournament will be offered free of charge to competitors and are open to all children in New York City. | |
| Youth | Fund for the City of New York, Inc. | $5,000 | Funding is to support The Gov Lab Fellows Program in Data & Public Affairs. Placements provide Fellows with a deeper understanding of how NYC functions by embedding them in rigorous placements. | |
| Youth | Gillen Brewer School, Inc., The | $6,500 | To support technology upgrades for students with learning disabilities to enhance learning through specialized software. | |
| Youth | Girl Scout Council of Greater New York, Inc. | $2,500 | To expand the Series programs to reach more NYC girls and to continue Troop-Building efforts in City Council District 5. | |
| Youth | Island Kids, Inc. | $5,000 | To support the Island Kids Summer Camp with costs of programming and activities such as swimming, sports, art, science, photography and field trips. | |
| Youth | Lenox Hill Neighborhood House, Inc. | $15,000 | To support the Afterschool & Summer Camp programs for low-income children on the East Side throughout the academic year with an emphasis on arts education, aquatics, offers specialty camps in dance, drama, music and visual arts, as well as 3 daily meals. | |
| Youth | Main Street Theatre Dance Alliance | $5,000 | Funding to support A SENSORY FRIENDLY Production/Show. Funding will cover expenses to mount this production, from the front of house necessities and the marketing aspect of the production. | |
| Youth | New York Cares, Inc. | $1,000 | To support personnel for Youth Education programming, which helps disadvantaged children and teens to gain the literacy, math and test-taking skills needed to prepare for college and the workforce. | |
| Youth | New York Center for Children, The | $5,000 | To support counseling to help children residing in Council District 5 heal from the trauma of abuse. The funds will be used towards salary support of a social worker at The New York Center for Children who provide free weekly therapy to children. | |
| Youth | New York City Urban Debate League, Inc. | $5,000 | To provide schools in City Council District 5 with free debate education opportunities year round including a district wide debate tournament in a school in Council District 5. | |
| Youth | New York Junior Tennis League, Inc. | $10,000 | The funds will be used to provide free tennis programs for players, ages 5-18 years, who reside in Council District 5. Equipment will be provided to all participants. Special events, team tournaments and trips are a regular part of the program schedule. | |
| Youth | Roosevelt Island Swimming, Inc. | $5,000 | To support operating costs of the no-cost swim program for the youth of City Council District 5. | |
| Youth | Roosevelt Island Youth Program, Inc. | $7,500 | To support College for Kids to help students in elementary school through high school to prepare for advanced education. | |
| Youth | Roosevelt Island Youth Program, Inc. | $7,500 | To support the Youth Center's computer room, STEM center, virtual reality room, game room, kitchen for cooking classes, weight room, movie theater, and community room. | |
| Youth | Stanley M. Isaacs Neighborhood Center, Inc. | $10,000 | To support the Youth Employment and Education Services (YES) program. YES works with 17-24 year old youth with low academic skills, high social barriers, and lack of connection to work or school and provides job training. | |
| Youth | Stanley M. Isaacs Neighborhood Center, Inc. | $15,000 | To support The Learning Academy, a development test preparation program to equip children for competitive middle schools. | |
| Youth | Stella Adler Studio of Acting | $5,000 | To fund school programing after-school at [02M449] Vanguard High School. | |
| Youth | Upper Midtown Chabad Lubavitch, Inc | $5,000 | To fund an outdoor concert and fair in Sutton Place with live music, refreshments, and activities for children, neighborhood vendors and service organizations are invited to showcase the services for the benefit of the community. | |
| Youth | Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association | $15,000 | To support free-of-charge programs at 92nd Street Y for the participants. Includes Dance Outreach, Concert Schools Project, Christopher Lightfoot Walker Literature Project, Read Aloud Series, the Literacy Program @ Union Settlement Assn, & Teen Producers. | |
| Youth | Young People's Chorus of New York City, Inc. | $5,000 | Funding to support operating expenses including staff for the core after-school component of YPC’s Choral Literacy and Performance Program, as well as in YPC’s Satellite Schools Program in City Council District 5 public schools. |
Fiscal Year 2018/19 Funding
Fiscal Year 2018/19 Funding Jesse Towsen Mon, 07/02/2018 - 5:19pmYou can read our budget allocations below or download them in Excel (XLSX) at the bottom of the page.
Capital Allocations
Projects in bold are winners of the participatory budgeting process or funded through it.
| Category | Title | Purpose of Funds | Amount |
| Education | [SCA] [02M183] Robert L. Stevenson School | HVAC system for cafeteria | 600,000 |
| Education | [SCA] [02M151] Yorkville Community School | Playspace project | 461,000 |
| Education | [SCA] [02M077/02M198] Lower Lab/Isador E. Ida Straus | HVAC system for cafeteria | 425,000 |
| Education | [SCA] [02M416] Eleanor Roosevelt High School | Library renovation | 212,000 |
| Education | [SCA] [02M158/02M177] Bayard Taylor/Yorkville East Middle School | Security cameras | 210,000 |
| Education | [SCA] [02M290] Manhattan New School | Restroom renovation | 200,000 |
| Education | [SCA] [02M077/02M198] Lower Lab/Isador E. Ida Straus | Playground renovation | 100,000 |
| Education | [SCA] [02M527] East Side School for Social Action | Technology upgrades | 50,000 |
| Education | [SCA] [02M114] East Side Middle School | Technology upgrades | 35,000 |
| Education | [SCA] [02M151] Yorkville Community School | Technology upgrades | 35,000 |
| Education | [SCA] [02M217] Roosevelt Island School | Technology upgrades | 35,000 |
| Education | [SCA] [02M225] Ella Baker School | Technology upgrades | 35,000 |
| Education | [SCA] [02M449] Vanguard High School | Technology upgrades | 35,000 |
| Education | [SCA] [02M459] Manhattan International High School | Technology upgrades | 35,000 |
| Education | [SCA] [02M519] Talent Unlimited High School | Technology upgrades | 35,000 |
| Education | [SCA] [02M565] Urban Academy Laboratory High | Technology upgrades | 35,000 |
| Education | [SCA] [02M655] Life Sciences Secondary School | Technology upgrades | 35,000 |
| Education | [SCA] [10X445] Bronx High School of Science | Technology upgrades | 35,000 |
| First responders | [NYPD] 17th Precinct | Midsize mobile command post | 550,000 |
| First responders | [FDNY] Engine 22/ Ladder 13 facilities improvements | Weatherized windows | 375,000 |
| First responders | [NYPD] Security cameras | At the Sutton Place Parks: 1. East 50th St., East of Beekman Pl. 2. East Side of 55th St., East of Sutton Pl. South 3. East Side of 56th St., East of Sutton Pl. South 4. East Side of 57th St., East of Sutton Pl. South 5. East Side of 58th St., East of Sutton Pl. South |
177,000 |
| First responders | [NYPD] Security cameras | Running a fiber optic line along the East River Esplanade to Rockefeller University and Hospital for Special Surgery to support cameras: 1. Hospital for Special Surgeries 3rd floor Mechanical Roof 2. Rockefeller University External Cameras |
160,000 |
| First responders | [FDNY] Engine 22/ Ladder 13 facilities improvements | Station door replacement | 150,000 |
| First responders | [NYPD] Security cameras | At the East 86th Street Subway entrances: 1. Southeast c/o East 86th St. & 2nd Ave. 2. Southwest or Southeast c/o East 86th St. & 3rd Ave. 3. Southeast c/o East 86th St. & Lexington Ave. 4. Northeast c/o East 83rd St. & 2nd Ave. |
141,000 |
| First responders | [NYPD] Security cameras | Public Safety Cameras for 75th and 1st Avenue on Southwest Corner | 35,000 |
| Libraries | [NYPL] Webster, East 67th, Roosevelt Island branches | Technology upgrades | 200,000 |
| Parks | [DPR] St. Catherine's Park | Improvements to the sportscoating in the children's play area | 460,000 |
| Parks | [RIOC] Blackwell House | Addition of a playground area | 144,000 |
| Speaker | [NYPL] Webster branch | Façade restoration | 2,000,000 |
| Speaker | [NYPL] East 67th branch | Façade and window restoration | 1,500,000 |
Expense Allocations
| Source | Legal Name | Amount | Program Name | CM Purpose of Funds |
| Aging | Carter Burden Center for the Aging, Inc., The | 7500 | To support Senior Fitness classes weekly during fall and spring that introduce seniors to athletic activities in a supportive and social environment at John Jay Park in Council District 5. | |
| Aging | Community Service Society of New York | 2500 | To support the Community Service Society Navigator Network, Community Health Advocates and RSVP programs, publicly noticed through Council District 5 monthly newsletter and website. | |
| Aging | Health Advocates for Older People, Inc. | 5000 | To fund the Healthy Aging program which promotes maintenance of physical and mental health for elderly residing in Council District 5, publicly noticed through Council District 5 monthly newsletter and website. | |
| Aging | Jewish Association for Services for the Aged (JASA) | 2500 | To support JASA Sundays providing educational opportunities, promote leadership and civic involvement, publicly noticed through Council District 5 monthly newsletter and website. | |
| Aging | Lenox Hill Neighborhood House, Inc. | 20000 | To support the East Side Case Management Consortium, the Center at Lenox Hill Neighborhood House and the Support Our Seniors programing, publicly noticed through Council District 5 monthly newsletter and website. | |
| Aging | New York Foundation for Senior Citizens, Inc. | 10000 | To support the Home Sharing and Respite Care program for residents in Council District 5, publicly noticed through Council District 5 monthly newsletter and website. | |
| Aging | Older Adults Technology Services (OATS), Inc. | 20000 | To fund a free community-based programming for older adults including technology-training and certification classes, workshops & special events, where laptops and internet connections (where necessary) are brought to senior centers in Council District 5. | |
| Aging | Roosevelt Island Disabled Association, Inc. | 5000 | Funding is used to support transportation costs, holiday meals and events such as Independence Day picnic and other social outings throughout the year in addition to ADA training meetings. | |
| Aging | Search and Care, Inc. | 5000 | To provide comprehensive fee-free care management services for vulnerable older men and women living in Council District 5, publicly noticed through Council District 5 monthly newsletter and website. | |
| Aging | Service Program for Older People (SPOP), Inc. | 1000 | To support the delivery of mental health care to older adults residing in Council District 5. Services include evaluations, psychotherapy, medication management, specialized substance abuse counseling and integrated physical and behavioral health care. | |
| Aging | Stanley M. Isaacs Neighborhood Center, Inc. | 26500 | To fund senior services in support of wellness, nutrition, and fitness activities including the cost of instructors and supplies, publicly noticed through Council District 5 monthly newsletter and website. | |
| Aging | Vocal Ease, Inc. | 5000 | To fund the production of on-site cabaret-style performances for senior citizens at hospitals, nursing homes, senior centers and senior residences in Council District 5 with at least 1 month's notice to the general public. | |
| Anti-Poverty | Bohemian Brethren Presbyterian Church | 5000 | Funding to support the Urban Outreach Center providing a range of resources including access to food and housing, publicly noticed through Council District 5 monthly newsletter and website. | |
| Anti-Poverty | Church of the Epiphany | 10000 | To fund food, supplies and preparation of meals for the hungry at the soup kitchen as well offer food stamp screenings that are publicly noticed through the Council District 5 monthly newsletter and on the Council District 5 website. | |
| Anti-Poverty | Council on the Environment, Inc. | 10000 | To support GrowNYC projects and programs, including Greenmarkets at 82nd and 91st Street and Fresh Food Box with a pick up location at Lenox Hill Senior Center & Council District 5 office. | |
| Local | American-Italian Cancer Foundation | 10000 | To support no-cost breast cancer screening and education services on a Mobile Care Clinic on at least 4 occasions at locations in City Council District 5 including but not limted to NYCHA developments, senior and community centers, and publicly noticed. | |
| Local | Amigos Del Museo Del Barrio, Inc. | 3000 | To support Making Connections, an extensive bilingual partnership program that focuses on schools and community organizations and artist-in-residency programs including visits to El Museo by schools in Council District 5. | |
| Local | Animal Care and Control of New York City | 2000 | Funding to support the Surrender Prevention program providing pet owners access to resources, veterinary care and assistance for pet owners in Council District 5, publicly noticed through Council District 5 monthly newsletter and website. | |
| Local | Asphalt Green, Inc. | 2500 | To support Asphalt Green's Waterproofing and Recess Enhancement programs for City Council District 5 public schools, publicly noticed through Council District 5 monthly newsletter and website. | |
| Local | Asphalt Green, Inc. | 5000 | To support the Sprinkler Day, Snowman Showdown and Senior Fitness Day events, publicly noticed through Council District 5 monthly newsletter and website. | |
| Local | Bohemian Benevolent and Literary Association of the City of New York | 5000 | To promote a theater festival presenting the works Czechoslovakian playwright Vaclac Havel to New York's audiences through live performances, discussions, and workshops noticed through Council District 5 monthly newsletter and website. | |
| Local | Carnegie Hill Neighbors, Inc. | 15000 | To provide funding for urban planning research and education. | |
| Local | Carter Burden Center for the Aging, Inc., The | 3000 | To support community beautification and events at East 69th Street in City Council District 5, publicly noticed through Council District 5 monthly newsletter and website. | |
| Local | Carter Burden Center for the Aging, Inc., The | 5000 | To support community beautification and events at East 79th Street in Council District 5, publicly noticed through Council District 5 monthly newsletter and website. | |
| Local | Civitas Citizens, Inc. | 15000 | To study the usage patterns along the East River Esplanade in order to better design future renovated, refurbished, replaced, and new segments matching neighborhood's needs noticed through Council District 5 monthly newsletter and website. | |
| Local | Colonial Dames of America | 7500 | Fund free and low-cost programs for the community at the Mount Vernon Hotel and Museum, publicly noticed through Council District 5 monthly newsletter and website. | |
| Local | Community Voices Heard, Inc. | 10000 | To support outreach and education to increase civic participation among residents living in NYC Housing Authority-managed public housing and to educate NYCHA residents about how participatory budgeting can be used for projects within communities. | |
| Local | Coro New York Leadership Center | 2000 | Funding to support Coro Fellows program in Public Affairs, a leadership training program, publicly noticed through Council District 5 monthly newsletter and website. | |
| Local | CUNY School of Law Justice & Auxiliary Services Corporation | 17500 | To support free legal clinics in Council District 5 for residents twice monthly for housing and one monthly for small claims, noticed through Council District 5 monthly newsletter and website. | |
| Local | Department of Education | 10000 | [02M416] Eleanor Roosevelt High School | To fund the Model UN and Law team at [02M416] Eleanor Roosevelt High School, publicly noticed through Council District 5 monthly newsletter and website. |
| Local | Department of Education | 1000 | [02M225] Ella Baker School | To support academic enrichment activities at [02M225] Ella Baker School, publicly noticed through Council District 5 monthly newsletter and website. |
| Local | Department of Education | 4000 | [02M565] Urban Academy Laboratory High | To support academic enrichment activities at [02M565] Urban Academy Laboratory High, publicly noticed through Council District 5 monthly newsletter and website. |
| Local | Department of Education | 1000 | [02M183] Robert L Stevenson School | To support staff, materials and supplies for the Council District 5 public school art show at Sotheby's, publicly noticed through Council District 5 monthly newsletter and website. |
| Local | Department of Emergency Management | 1000 | CERT East Harlem | To fund cost of equipment for CERT East Harlem, publicly noticed through Council District 5 monthly newsletter and website. |
| Local | Department of Emergency Management | 1000 | CERT ESNA | To fund cost of equipment for CERT ESNA, publicly noticed through Council District 5 monthly newsletter and website. |
| Local | Department of Emergency Management | 1000 | CERT Roosevelt Island | To fund cost of equipment for CERT Roosevelt Island, publicly noticed through Council District 5 monthly newsletter and website. |
| Local | Department of Emergency Management | 1000 | CERT Upper East Side | To fund cost of equipment for CERT Upper East Side, publicly noticed through Council District 5 monthly newsletter and website. |
| Local | Department of Emergency Management | 4000 | To support Emergency Preparedness Events and distribution of Go Bags to Residents at Events in Council District 5, publicly noticed through Council District 5 monthly newsletter and website. | |
| Local | Department of Environmental Protection | 5000 | To promote DEP Water Stands and Bottle Giveaways in Council District 5. | |
| Local | Department of Parks and Recreation | 12500 | St. Catherine's Park | To support a Kids In Motion playground associate for St. Catherine's Park, publicly noticed through Council District 5 monthly newsletter and website. |
| Local | Department of Transportation | 5000 | To fund a bike helmet fitting and giveaway program to people in Council District 5, publicly noticed through Council District 5 monthly newsletter and website. | |
| Local | Department of Transportation | 12000 | To fund canvas of restaurants in Council District 5, inspect and offer a free 90-minute training for commercial cyclists in English, Spanish and Chinese and distribute safety equipment to participants such as vests, lights, bells and helmets. | |
| Local | East 72nd Street Neighborhood Association, Inc. | 5000 | To fund bike safety surveys and reports, community meetings, outreach and operations, publicly noticed through Council District 5 monthly newsletter and website. | |
| Local | East 86th Street Merchants and Residents Association, Inc. | 5000 | Funding will provide for maintenance and planting of tree beds and planters, expand association's membership & volunteers, and recruit among the business community, publicly noticed through Council District 5 monthly newsletter and website. | |
| Local | Friends of Firefighters, Inc. | 1000 | Funding to support the Outreach program for FDNY firehouses and retirees serving Council District 5 providing information and education to access mental health and wellness services without stigma. | |
| Local | Friends of The East River Esplanade 60th-120th Streets, Inc. | 5000 | To fund the purchase and delivery of garden plantings, supplies and equipment including plants, mulch, compost, fertilizer, soil, grasses, flowers noticed through Council District 5 monthly newsletter and website. | |
| Local | Friends of the Upper East Side Historic Districts | 10000 | To maintain and expand architectural education programs taught during the school day to public school students in Council District 5, publicly noticed through Council District 5 monthly newsletter and website. | |
| Local | Friends of the Upper East Side Historic Districts | 17500 | To support planning, research, education and tools for residents of Council District 5 and city about land use and zoning developments noticed through Council District 5 monthly newsletter and website. | |
| Local | Historic Districts Council, Inc. | 5000 | To support education opportunities for residents relating to neighborhood preservation through an annual preservation conference, a preservation school, and funding will support the Six to Celebrate program. | |
| Local | Housing Court Answers, Inc. | 1000 | To support residents of Council District 5 with a housing information hotline, provide educational materials for tenants on Housing Court, offer referrals to charities, legal service providers and social service organizations. | |
| Local | Jewish Board of Family and Children's Services, Inc. | 2500 | To support the One Call Center and hotline for referrals and clinic services, publicly noticed through Council District 5 monthly newsletter and website. | |
| Local | Jewish Museum | 5000 | Funding to support Family Day Festivals, including concerts from popular children's entertainers, scavenger hunts and tours in the galleries publicly noticed through Council District 5 monthly newsletter and website. | |
| Local | Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center (LGBT Center), Inc. | 1000 | To fund the LGBT Community Crisis Intervention program which provides crisis support and information to LGBT individuals. Areas of assistance include HIV/AIDS support, immigration resources, addiction recovery counseling, and housing medical assistance. | |
| Local | Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc. | 3000 | To support the Meet the Artist series with free, inquiry-based lesson guides and contextual materials written by Lincoln Center Education (LCE) Teaching Artists to facilitate a deeper engagement with the performances that students attend. | |
| Local | Manhattan Community Board #11 | 2500 | To fund an urban planner to review applications and report to the community board's land use committee, publicly noticed through Council District 5 monthly newsletter and website. | |
| Local | Manhattan Community Board #11 | 2500 | To fund the Spirit of Service Festival which helps link agencies looking for volunteers with people that want to engage in community service, publicly noticed through Council District 5 monthly newsletter and website. | |
| Local | Manhattan Community Board #6 | 5000 | To fund an urban planner to review applications and report to the community board's land use committee, publicly noticed through Council District 5 monthly newsletter and website. | |
| Local | Manhattan Community Board #8 | 10000 | To fund an urban planner to review applications and report to the community board's land use committee, publicly noticed through Council District 5 monthly newsletter and website. | |
| Local | Medicare Rights Center, Inc. | 10000 | Funding to support a Town Hall Enrollment and Outreach Day in Council District 5, educating residents on state and federal Medicare-related benefits and follow up to assist with completing applications. | |
| Local | Met Council Research and Educational Fund, Inc. | 5000 | To support city-wide Tenant Help Hotline, downtown Walk-in Clinic and Tenants Rights Training series, publicly noticed through Council District 5 monthly newsletter and website. | |
| Local | Metropolitan New York Coordinating Council on Jewish Poverty, Inc. | 5000 | Funding to support operating expenses of the social services department including case workers and emergency services, publicly noticed through Council District 5 monthly newsletter and website. | |
| Local | Mobilization for Justice, Inc. | 2500 | To provide free legal assistance from advice to full representation to low-income New Yorkers on housing, public benefits, disability rights, employment, consumer, foreclosure, nursing home, and family matters. | |
| Local | Museum of Jewish Heritage - A Living Memorial to the Holocaust | 3000 | To fund school group visits from Council District 5 public middle and high schools. Free admission and transportation to be offered to student groups for visits, publicly noticed through Council District 5 monthly newsletter and website. | |
| Local | Neighborhood Coalition for Shelter, I |