Senate Resolution No. 1251
BY: Senator STEWART-COUSINS
ESTABLISHING a plan setting forth an itemized list
of grantees for certain appropriations and
reappropriation for the 2025-26 state fiscal year
for grants or reimbursement of expenses incurred by
local government agencies and/or community-based
service providers, not-for-profit service providers
or their employees providing criminal and/or civil
legal services in counties in upstate New York; for
grants or reimbursement of expenses incurred by
local government agencies and/or community-based
service providers, not-for-profit service providers
or their employees providing gun violence
prevention, street outreach, anti-violence
shooting/violence reduction programs; for grants or
reimbursement of expenses incurred by local
government agencies and/or community-based service
providers, not-for-profit service providers or their
employees providing drug, anti-violence, crime
control, and prevention programs, including but not
limited to: youth violence and/or crime reduction
programs, enhanced defense, crime laboratories,
re-entry services, judicial diversion, alternative
to incarceration programs, support for survivors of
domestic violence, gun violence prevention,
community supervision, gang and crime reduction
strategies, and local law enforcement programs; for
grants for drug, violence, crime control, and
prevention programs, including but not limited to:
youth violence and/or crime reduction programs,
enhanced defense, crime laboratories, re-entry
services, judicial diversion, alternative to
incarceration programs, support for survivors of
domestic violence, gun violence prevention,
community supervision, gang and crime reduction
strategies, and local law enforcement programs; for
grants for drug, violence, crime control, and
prevention programs, including but not limited to:
youth violence and/or crime reduction programs,
enhanced defense, crime laboratories, re-entry
services, judicial diversion, alternative to
incarceration programs, support for survivors of
domestic violence, gun violence prevention,
community supervision, gang and crime reduction
strategies, and local law enforcement programs; for
grants or reimbursement of expenses incurred by
local government agencies and/or community-based
service providers, not-for-profit service providers
or their employees providing civil or criminal legal
services, which include but are not limited to,
legal services for survivors of domestic violence
and legal assistance and representation to indigent
individuals on parole, as required by a plan
approved by the temporary president of the senate
and the director of the division of the budget which
sets forth either an itemized list of grantees with
the amount to be received by each, or the
methodology for allocating such appropriation, and
which is thereafter included in a senate resolution
calling for the expenditure of such funds, which
resolution must be approved by a majority vote of
all members elected to the senate upon a roll call
vote; amending senate resolution R2704 of 2024 that
establishes a plan for grants for drug, violence,
crime control, and prevention programs, including
but not limited to: youth violence and/or crime
reduction programs, enhanced defense, crime
laboratories, re-entry services, judicial diversion,
alternative to incarceration programs, setting forth
an itemized list of grantees for certain
reappropriation or appropriations for the 2025-26
state fiscal year; amending senate resolution R1406
of 2023 and R2693 of 2024 that establishes a plan
for grants for drug, violence, crime control, and
prevention programs, including but not limited to:
youth violence and/or crime reduction programs,
enhanced defense, crime laboratories, re-entry
services, judicial diversion, alternative to
incarceration programs, setting forth an itemized
list of grantees for certain reappropriation or
appropriations for the 2025-26 state fiscal year.
RESOLVED, That pursuant to and as required by money appropriated
in section 1 of chapter 53 of the laws of 2025 which enacts the aid to
localities, local assistance account, from the crime prevention and
reduction strategies program for grants or reimbursement of expenses
incurred by local government agencies and/or community-based service
providers, not-for-profit service providers or their employees
providing criminal and/or civil legal services in counties in upstate
New York. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the
amount appropriated herein may be suballocated or transferred between
other state agencies, including but not limited to the office of
victim services, the office for the prevention of domestic violence,
the division of homeland security and emergency services, and the
office of indigent legal services, with the approval of the temporary
president of the senate and the director of the division of the
budget. Such funds shall be apportioned pursuant to a plan approved by
the temporary president of the senate and the director of the budget
which sets forth either an itemized list of grantees with the amount
to be received by each, or the methodology for allocating such
appropriation, and which is thereafter included in a senate resolution
calling for the expenditure of such funds, which resolution must be
approved by a majority vote of all members elected to the senate upon
a roll call vote, in accordance with the following schedule:
Albany Law School
87,500
Capital District Women's Bar
Association Legal Project Inc.
(CWBA Legal Project)
204,167
Center for Elder Law and Justice
175,000
ECBA Volunteer Lawyers Project
175,000
Empire Justice Center, Inc.
218,750
Frank H. Hiscock Legal Aid Society
218,750
Justcause (Volunteer Legal Services
Project of Monroe County Inc)
218,750
Legal Aid Society of Mid New York, Inc.
218,750
Legal Aid Society of Northeastern New York, Inc.
466,666
Legal Aid Society of Rochester Inc.
218,750
Legal Assistance of Western New York, Inc.
218,750
Legal Services of Central New York Inc.
218,750
Neighborhood Legal Services Inc.
175,000
Rural Law Center of New York, Inc.
116,667
The Legal Aid Bureau of Buffalo Inc.
175,000
Volunteer Lawyers Project of Central
New York Inc. (VLPCNY - Onondaga
County)
218,750
Western New York Law Center
175,000
RESOLVED, That pursuant to and as required by money appropriated
in section 1 of chapter 53 of the laws of 2025 which enacts the aid to
localities, local assistance account, from the crime prevention and
reduction strategies program for grants for gun violence prevention,
street outreach, anti-violence shooting/violence reduction programs.
Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the amount
appropriated herein may be suballocated or transferred between other
state agencies, including but not limited to the office of victim
services, the office for the prevention of domestic violence, the
division of homeland security and emergency services, and the office
of indigent legal services, with the approval of the temporary
president of the senate and the director of the division of the
budget. Such funds shall be apportioned pursuant to a plan approved by
the temporary president of the senate and the director of the division
of the budget which sets forth either an itemized list of grantees
with the amount to be received by each, or the methodology for
allocating such appropriation, and which is thereafter included in a
senate resolution calling for the expenditure of such funds, which
resolution must be approved by a majority vote of all members elected
to the senate upon a roll call vote, in accordance with the following
schedule:
100 Suits For 100 Men Inc.
10,000
100 Suits For 100 Men Inc.
15,667
4Ward Inclusion Consulting Incorporated
10,000
67th Precinct Clergy Council Inc.
50,000
Black Spectrum Theatre Co, Inc. Roy Wilkins Park
40,000
Center for Family Representation (CFR)
10,000
Center for Justice Innovation, Inc. (Save Our
Streets)
25,000
Center for Justice Innovation, Inc. (The Heights
Project)
50,000
City of Middletown (Police Department)
150,000
City of Port Jervis (Police Department)
100,000
Community Youth Care Services Inc.(CYCSI)
40,000
Elmcor Youth and Adult Activities, Inc.
156,666
Farrock Strong Incorporated
8,000
Father's Alive In The Hood Inc. (FAITH)
10,000
Friends of Hudson Youth, Inc
50,000
Greater Direction, Inc
50,000
Jewish Community Council of Canarsie Inc.
20,000
Jewish Community Council of Greater Coney Island
Inc
200,000
King of Kings Foundation Inc.
10,000
King of Kings Foundation Inc.
20,000
Kings Against Violence Initiative, Inc. (KAVI)
25,000
Kings Bay YM-YWHA Inc.
50,000
LIFE Camp Inc.
20,000
LIFE Camp Inc.
25,000
Mentors Inspiring Boys & Girls Inc
50,000
New York Center for Interpersonal Development,
Inc
150,000
Northwell Health Inc.
50,000
Queens Royal Priesthood, Inc.
15,000
Rema 4 Us Inc
15,000
Rockaway Development & Revitalization
Corporation (RDRC)
20,000
United Black Men of Queens Foundation Inc.(UBMQ)
36,667
Urban Hope, Inc.
50,000
Wheels Against Guns, Inc.
8,000
RESOLVED, That pursuant to and as required by money appropriated
in section 1 of chapter 53 of the laws of 2024 and reappropriated in
section 1 of chapter 53 of the laws of 2025 which enacts the aid to
localities, Edward Byrne Memorial Grant account, from the crime
prevention and reduction strategies program for grants for drug,
anti-violence, crime control, and prevention programs, including but
not limited to: youth violence and/or crime reduction programs,
enhanced defense, crime laboratories, re-entry services, judicial
diversion, alternative to incarceration programs, support for
survivors of domestic violence, gun violence prevention, community
supervision, gang and crime reduction strategies, and local law
enforcement programs. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the
contrary, the amount appropriated herein may be suballocated or
transferred between other state agencies, including but not limited to
the office of victim services, the office for the prevention of
domestic violence, the division of homeland security and emergency
services, and the office of indigent legal services, with the approval
of the temporary president of the senate and the director of the
division of the budget. Such funds shall be apportioned pursuant to a
plan approved by the temporary president of the senate and the
director of the division of the budget which sets forth either an
itemized list of grantees with the amount to be received by each, or
the methodology for allocating such appropriation, and which is
thereafter included in a senate resolution calling for the expenditure
of such funds, which resolution must be approved by a majority vote of
all members elected to the senate upon a roll call vote, in accordance
with the following schedule:
100 Suits For 100 Men Inc.
3,500
914 United, Inc.
7,000
Arab-American Family Support Center, Inc.
(AAFSC)
7,000
Avenues For Justice, Inc.
7,000
Back to Basics Outreach Ministries, Inc
7,000
CAMBA, Inc
7,000
County of Ulster (Sheriff's Office)
7,000
Elite Learners Inc
7,000
Elmcor Youth and Adult Activities, Inc.
7,000
Family and Children's Association (FCA)
7,000
Family Service League, Inc
7,000
Family Services of Westchester, Inc
7,000
Fortune Society Inc
7,000
Fortune Society Inc
7,000
Good Life Foundation, Inc
7,000
Good Shepherd Services
7,000
Greece Central School District
7,000
Harlem Mothers Stop Another Violent End Inc.
7,000
Hour Children, Inc.
7,000
Jewish Community Council of Greater Coney Island
Inc
7,000
Journey's End Refugee Services
7,000
Justice and Unity for the Southern Tier, Inc
7,000
King of Kings Foundation Inc.
3,500
Kings Against Violence Initiative, Inc. (KAVI)
7,000
Manhattan Legal Services
7,000
Neighborhood Housing Services of Jamaica, Inc
7,000
New York Immigration Coalition, Inc. (NYIC)
7,000
New York Police Department Pct 45 (Youth
Explorer Program)
3,500
New York Police Department Pct 49 (Youth
Explorer Program)
3,500
New York Police Department Pct 69
7,000
New York Police Department Pct 104 (Community
Council)
3,500
New York Police Department Pct 109 (Youth
Explorer Program)
7,000
New York Police Department Pct 112 (Community
Council)
3,500
Oswego County Opportunities, Inc
7,000
Prevention Council of Putnam, Inc.
7,000
Queens Legal Services
7,000
SBH Community Service Network, Inc.
7,000
Social Enterprise and Training Center, Inc
7,000
Southside United Housing Development
Fund Corp (The Wick Against
Violence)
7,000
Town of Greenburgh (Police Department)
13,000
Tri-County Community Partnership Inc. (Hope Not
Handcuffs)
7,000
Veterans Outreach Center Inc
7,000
Volunteers of America - Greater New York
7,000
Washington Heights CORNER Project, Inc. (On
Point NYC Inc.)
7,000
Westchester Youth Alliance, Inc
7,000
RESOLVED, That pursuant to and as required by money appropriated
in section 1 of chapter 53 of the laws of 2023 and reappropriated in
section 1 of chapter 53 of the laws of 2025 which enacts the aid to
localities, Edward Byrne Memorial Grant account, from the crime
prevention and reduction strategies program for grants for drug,
violence, crime control, and prevention programs, including but not
limited to: youth violence and/or crime reduction programs, enhanced
defense, crime laboratories, re-entry services, judicial diversion,
alternative to incarceration programs, support for survivors of
domestic violence, gun violence prevention, community supervision,
gang and crime reduction strategies, and local law enforcement
programs. Such funds shall be apportioned pursuant to a plan approved
by the temporary president of the senate and the director of the
division of the budget which sets forth either an itemized list of
grantees with the amount to be received by each, or the methodology
for allocating such appropriation, and which is thereafter included in
a senate resolution calling for the expenditure of such funds, which
resolution must be approved by a majority vote of all members elected
to the senate upon a roll call vote, in accordance with the following
schedule:
Hope's Door, Inc.
300,000
RESOLVED, That pursuant to and as required by money appropriated
in section 1 of chapter 53 of the laws of 2022 and reappropriated in
section 1 of chapter 53 of the laws of 2025 which enacts the aid to
localities, Edward Byrne Memorial Grant account, from the crime
prevention and reduction strategies program for grants for drug,
violence, crime control, and prevention programs, including but not
limited to: youth violence and/or crime reduction programs, enhanced
defense, crime laboratories, re-entry services, judicial diversion,
alternative to incarceration programs, support for survivors of
domestic violence, gun violence prevention, community supervision,
gang and crime reduction strategies, and local law enforcement
programs. Such funds shall be apportioned pursuant to a plan approved
by the temporary president of the senate and the director of the
division of the budget which sets forth either an itemized list of
grantees with the amount to be received by each, or the methodology
for allocating such appropriation, and which is thereafter included in
a senate resolution calling for the expenditure of such funds, which
resolution must be approved by a majority vote of all members elected
to the senate upon a roll call vote, in accordance with the following
schedule:
My Sister's Place, Inc.
300,000
RESOLVED, That pursuant to and as required by money appropriated
in section 1 of chapter 53 of the laws of 2025 which enacts the aid to
localities, Legal Services Assistance account, from the crime
prevention and reduction strategies program for grants for civil or
criminal legal services, which include but are not limited to: legal
services for survivors of domestic violence and legal assistance and
representation to indigent individuals on parole. Notwithstanding any
provision of law to the contrary, the amount appropriated herein may
be suballocated or transferred between other state agencies, including
but not limited to the office of victim services, the office for the
prevention of domestic violence, and the office of indigent legal
services, with the approval of the temporary president of the senate
and the director of the division of the budget. Such funds shall be
apportioned pursuant to a plan approved by the temporary president of
the senate and the director of the division of the budget which sets
forth either an itemized list of grantees with the amount to be
received by each, or the methodology for allocating such
appropriation, and which is thereafter included in a senate resolution
calling for the expenditure of such funds, which resolution must be
approved by a majority vote of all members elected to the senate upon
a roll call vote, in accordance with the following schedule:
Affordable Housing Partnership of the Capital
Region, Inc.
8,750
Bronx Defenders
8,750
Brooklyn Legal Services Corp. A
7,500
Brooklyn Legal Services Corp. A
8,750
Brooklyn Legal Services Corp. A
17,500
Brooklyn Legal Services Corp. A
17,500
Brooklyn Legal Services, Inc. (South
Brooklyn Legal Services Incorporated)
17,500
Cabrini of Westchester, Inc.
23,330
Caribbean Women's Health Association Inc
17,500
Children's Rights Society Inc
8,750
Congregation Linked In Urban Strategy
to Effect Renewal, Inc. (CLUSTER
Inc.)
23,330
Dispute Resolution Center, Inc.
8,750
Jewish Association for Services for the Aged
(JASA)
8,750
Jewish Association for Services for the Aged
(JASA)
17,500
Jewish Community Council of Greater Coney Island
Inc.
10,000
Journey's End Refugee Services
17,500
Legal Aid Society of Rochester Inc.
17,500
Legal Assistance of Western New York, Inc.
17,500
Legal Services NYC (Bronx Legal Services)
17,500
Legal Services NYC (Bronx Legal Services)
17,500
Legal Services NYC (Staten Island)
17,500
Legal Services of Central New York Inc
17,500
Legal Services of Long Island, Inc.
(Nassau Suffolk Law Services
Committee, Inc.)
7,500
Legal Services of Long Island, Inc.
(Nassau Suffolk Law Services
Committee, Inc.)
17,500
Legal Services of the Hudson Valley
8,750
Legal Services of the Hudson Valley
17,500
Legal Services of the Hudson Valley
17,500
Make the Road New York
17,500
Make the Road New York
17,500
MinKwon Center for Community Action, Inc.
17,500
Mobilization for Justice, Inc. (MFJ)
17,500
Neighborhood Defender Service, Inc.
17,500
Neighborhood Defender Service, Inc.
17,500
Neighbors Link Corp
17,500
New York Immigration Coalition, Inc. (NYIC)
17,500
New York Legal Assistance Group Inc. (NYLAG)
17,500
Northern Manhattan Improvement Corporation
(NMIC)
17,500
Pace University (Pace Women's Justice Center -
PWJC)
23,340
Queens Legal Services
8,750
Queens Legal Services
10,000
Queens Legal Services
17,500
Queens Legal Services
17,500
Saathi-Of-Rochester-Inc
17,500
Safe Horizon, Inc.
8,750
SBH Community Service Network, Inc
7,500
Touro College (Touro University
Jacob. Fuchsberg Law Center - Touro
Law Immigration Clinic)
10,000
United Tenants of Albany, Inc.
8,750
Volunteer Lawyers Project of Central
New York Inc. (VLPCNY)
17,500
Volunteers of Legal Service, Inc
17,500
Western New York Law Center, Inc.
17,500
Women's Initiative for Self-Empowerment Inc
(MALIKAH)
17,500
For payment to counties other than the city of
New York for costs associated with the
provision of legal assistance and
representation to indigent parolees, subject
to available funds, payments shall be provided
to counties upon submission of vouchers for
expenses related to legal assistance and
representation to indigent parolees, provided
however, thirty-one percent of this amount may
be used for costs associated with the
provision of legal assistance and
representation to indigent parolees in Wyoming
county
600,000
RESOLVED, That pursuant to and as required by money appropriated
in section 1 of chapter 53 of the laws of 2021 and reappropriated in
section 1 of chapter 53 of the laws of 2025 which enacts the aid to
localities, Edward Byrne Memorial Grant account, from the crime
prevention and reduction strategies program for grants for drug,
violence, crime control, and prevention programs, including but not
limited to: youth violence and/or crime reduction programs, enhanced
defense, crime laboratories, re-entry services, judicial diversion,
alternative to incarceration programs, support for survivors of
domestic violence, gun violence prevention, community supervision,
gang and crime reduction strategies, and local law enforcement
programs. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the
amount appropriated herein may be suballocated or transferred between
other state agencies, including but not limited to: the office of
victim services, the office for the prevention of domestic violence,
the division of homeland security and emergency services, and the
office of indigent legal services, with the approval of the temporary
president of the senate and the director of the budget. Such funds
shall be apportioned pursuant to a plan approved by the temporary
president of the senate and the director of the budget which sets
forth either an itemized list of grantees with the amount to be
received by each, or the methodology for allocating such
appropriation, and thereafter included in a resolution calling for the
expenditure of such monies, which resolution was approved by a
majority vote of all members elected to the senate upon a roll call
vote, in accordance with the following schedule which shall amend,
remove from, or add to the schedule originally approved in Senate
Resolution R2704 of 2024:
[Division of State Police (NY State
Troopers - Troop L)] Family Service League,Inc
7,000
RESOLVED, That pursuant to and as required by money appropriated
in section 1 of chapter 53 of the laws of 2020 and reappropriated in
section 1 of chapter 53 of the laws of 2025 which enacts the aid to
localities, Edward Byrne Memorial Grant account, from the crime
prevention and reduction strategies program for grants for drug,
violence, and crime control and prevention programs. Such funds shall
be apportioned pursuant to a plan setting forth an itemized list of
grantees with the amount to be received by each, or the methodology
for allocating such appropriation. Such plan shall be subject to the
approval of the temporary president of the senate and the director of
the budget and thereafter included in a resolution calling for the
expenditure of such monies, which resolution was approved by a
majority vote of all members elected to the senate upon a roll call
vote, in accordance with the following schedule which shall amend,
remove from, or add to the schedule originally approved in Senate
Resolution R1406 of 2023 and R2693 of 2023:
[Division of State Police (NY State
Troopers - Troop L)] Family Service League,Inc
7,000
