New York CIty Council Member Ben Kallos

Fiscal Year 2014/15 Funding

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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Education DOE - PS 151 - Yorkville Community School  $   53,000 Technology- Continue Upgrade of current outdated technology: Smartboard Bundles Classroom Laptops and Carts- 30 Laptops Per Class/ Cart Per Class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Education DOE - PS 290 - The Manhattan New School  $   40,000 One laptop cart for the upgrade of an outdated cart.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Housing NYCHA - Lexington Houses  $430,000 Replace out-of-date fridges and stoves for Lexington houses residents; 4 buildings with 448 apartments.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.

 

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