Senate Resolution No. 2347
BY: Senator STEWART-COUSINS
AMENDING SENATE RESOLUTION R1241 of 2025
establishing a plan setting forth an itemized list
of grantees for a certain appropriation for the
2024-25 state fiscal year for services and expenses
of human services and veterans community services
organizations. Notwithstanding any provision of law
to the contrary, the amounts appropriated herein may
be suballocated or transferred between other
agencies, including the office of temporary and
disability assistance and the department of
veterans' services, with the approval of the
temporary president of the senate and the director
of the budget. Notwithstanding any provision of law
to the contrary, funds from this appropriation shall
be allocated only pursuant to a plan (i) 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 (ii) 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
RESOLVED, That pursuant to and as required by any money
appropriated in section 1 of chapter 53 of the laws of 2024,
reappropriated pursuant to section 1 of chapter 53 of the laws of
2025, and reappropriated pursuant to a chapter of the laws of 2026
which enacts the aid to localities, local assistance account, for
services and expenses of human services and veterans community
services organizations. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the
contrary, the amounts appropriated herein may be suballocated or
transferred between other agencies, including the office of temporary
and disability assistance and the department of veterans' services.
Such funds shall be apportioned pursuant to a plan approved by the
temporary president of the senate and the director of the budget. Such
plan shall set forth either an itemized list of grantees with the
amount to be received by each, or the methodology for allocating such
appropriation, and thereafter shall be included in a senate resolution
calling for the expenditure of such monies 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, which
shall amend, remove from, or add to the schedule originally approved
in Senate Resolution 1241 of 2025:
Rensselaer-Columbia-Greene CountiesBoard of Cooperative EducationalServices D/B/A Questar III BOCES 50,000
[Children's Aid Children's Aid
Programs for Africa, Inc.] Children's AidSociety
25,000
[Friends of Liberty] Friends of theNew York State Liberty Partnerships, Inc.
30,000
[Health and Wellness Council of Long
Island] Health and Welfare Council of LongIsland
25,000
[Hellenic and Pancyprian Youth Leadership
Institute
50,000]
[SI Black Heritage
10,000]
Empowerment Zone Inc. 10,000
Ukrainian New Wave [School] Corporation
10,000
Suballocate to Office of Temporary and DisabilityAssistance:African Communities Together, Inc. 10,000Afrikana 10,000Arab American Family Support Center 15,000Cyber Collective Inc. 10,000Brigada de Esperanza Inc. 10,000Camp Friendship 10,000Catskill Food Pantry, Inc. 20,000Central New York Diaper Bank, Inc. 15,000City Harvest, Inc. 20,000Columbia County Recovery Kitchen Inc. D/B/AColumbia Kitchen 20,000The Committee for Hispanic Children andFamilies, Inc. 30,000Community Center Services Organization Corp. 25,000Council of Peoples Organization, Inc. 30,000Deaf Refugee Advocacy, Inc 10,000Diaper Bank of Orange, Ulster, and Sullivan Inc.10,000Dutchess Outreach, Inc. 25,000Empire Justice Center, Inc. 100,000Every Bottom Covered, Inc. 10,000Human Development Services of Westchester, Inc. 10,000Neighborhood Care Services Inc. 15,000Together We Are 35,000Warwick Reformed Church 10,000Youth Shelter Program of Westchester, Inc. 50,000Brooklyn Botanic Garden Corporation 10,000Suballocate to Department of Veterans' Services:My Brother Vinny, Inc. 50,000The Hudson Valley National Center ForVeteran Reintegration, Inc. 15,000Veterans Employment Training Services D/B/AV.E.T.S. 25,000Veterans Outreach Center Inc. 25,000Suballocate to Department of Agriculture and Markets:Central New York Society for thePrevention of Cruelty to Animals 40,000Dare to Be Different Westchester, Incorporated 25,000Giving Alternative Learners UpliftingOpportunities, Inc. 10,000Grow Amsterdam NY Inc. 25,000The Lincoln Park Conservancy, Inc. 25,000Neighbors Foundation of Grand Island, Inc. 10,000New York Restoration Project 20,000Spring Creek Recreational Fund 15,000Teens for Food Justice, Inc. 10,000West Side Center for Community Life, Inc. 10,000West Side Center for Community Life, Inc. 15,000Suballocate to Division of Criminal Justice Services:Goddard Riverside Community Center(Goddard Riverside Law Project) 12,500Suballocate to the Department of Health:Winifred Masterson Burke Rehabilitation Hospital10,000Suballocate to Office of Parks, Recreation and HistoricPreservation:BRRAlliance, Inc. 15,000Figure Skating In Harlem 10,000FRIENDS OF PHIL RIZZUTO 'SMOKEY' PARK, NY INC 20,000Marine Park Alliance Corp. 10,000Orange County Chinese Association 10,000Orange County Historical Society Inc 15,000Oswego Harbor Festivals Inc 30,000Postage Stamp Ping Pong Inc 10,000The Murray Hill Committee Group Inc 10,000POINT Community Development Corp 20,000Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural Site Foundation 10,000A BETTER JAMAICA, INC. 10,000STATEN ISLAND ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY, INC. 10,000Suballocate to the Department of Environmental Conservation:COUNCIL ON THE ENVIRONMENT INC 10,000COUNCIL ON THE ENVIRONMENT INC 20,000COUNCIL ON THE ENVIRONMENT INC 10,000
