Senate Resolution No. 2355
BY: Senator STEWART-COUSINS
ESTABLISHING a plan setting forth an itemized list
of grantees for a certain appropriation for the
2026-27 state fiscal year for additional grants in
aid to certain school districts, public libraries,
public colleges and universities, and education and
arts not-for-profit institutions. Notwithstanding
any provision of law to the contrary, the amounts
appropriated herein may be suballocated or
transferred between other agencies, including the
state education department, city university of New
York, state university of New York, and New York
state council on the arts with the approval of the
temporary president of the senate and the director
of the budget. Notwithstanding section 24 of the
state finance law or 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 money appropriated
pursuant to a chapter of the laws of 2026 which enacts the aid to
localities, local assistance account, for additional grants in aid to
certain school districts, public libraries, public colleges and
universities, and education and arts not-for-profit institutions.
Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the amounts
appropriated herein may be suballocated or transferred between other
agencies, including the state education department, city university of
New York, state university of New York, and New York state council on
the arts with the approval of the temporary president of the senate
and the director of the budget. Notwithstanding section 24 of the
state finance law or any provision of law to the contrary, funds from
this appropriation shall be allocated only 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 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:
African American Men of Westchester
Inc - Educational Programming
10,000
AimHigh Empowerment Institute Inc. - Educational
Programming
15,000
American Debate League, Inc. - Educational
Programming
10,000
American Debate League, Inc. - Educational
Programming
10,000
American Debate League, Inc. - Educational
Programming
10,000
Bais Shifra Inc. - Educational Programming
25,000
Baldwin Union Free School District
10,000
Be Proud, Inc. - Educational Programming
10,000
BioBus, Inc. - Educational Programming
10,000
BioBus, Inc. - Educational Programming
20,000
Bloom Project NY, Inc. - Educational Programming
10,000
Brooklyn Bridge Manhattan Inc.
(d.b.a. Gotham Park) - Educational
Programming
10,000
Brooklyn Public Library
25,000
Brooklyn Public Library
50,000
Caribbeing, Inc. - Educational Programming
15,000
Carle Place Union Free School District
10,000
Center for Educational Innovation - Educational
Programming
80,000
City Island Oyster Reef Inc. - Educational
Programming
20,000
City Year, Inc. - Educational Programming
10,000
City Year, Inc. - Educational Programming
10,000
City Year, Inc. - Educational Programming
15,000
Common Threads I - Educational Programming
10,000
Common Threads I - Educational Programming
10,000
Common Threads I - Educational Programming
35,000
Community Learning Academy, Inc. - Educational
Programming
20,000
Community Library of DeWitt &
Jamesville - Onondaga County Public Library
15,000
Community Studies, Incorporated - Educational
Programming
20,000
Community Youth Care Services, Inc. -
Educational Programming
20,000
Congregation Kehilas Belz U.S.A. Inc. -
Educational Programming
25,000
Discovery Center of Science and
Technology - Educational Programming
10,000
Dominican Cultural Association of
Yonkers, Inc. - Educational Programming
35,000
East Rochester Public Library - Monroe County
Library System
8,000
Education Through Music Inc. - Educational
Programming
15,000
Education Through Music Inc. - Educational
Programming
20,000
Education Through Music Inc. - Educational
Programming
15,000
Educational Video Center Inc. - Educational
Programming
10,000
Educational Video Center Inc. - Educational
Programming
10,000
El Centro Hispano Inc. - Educational Programming
15,000
El Centro Hispano Inc. - Educational Programming
35,000
Failte Care Corporation - Educational
Programming
10,000
Fairport Public Library
10,000
Fairview Community Corporation (D/B/A
Friends of Theodore D. Young
Community Center (TDYCC)) - Educational
Programming
40,000
Fayetteville Free Library
10,000
Graham-Windham - Educational Programming
10,000
Grassroot Givers, Inc. - Educational Programming
25,000
Groton Public Library - Finger Lakes Library
System
2,000
Harambee Kingston NY, Inc. - Educational
Programming
10,000
Harlem Honors Awards, Inc. - Educational
Programming
10,000
Harrison Association of Teachers - Educational
Programming
10,000
Health Sciences Charter School
25,000
Henry Street Settlement - Educational
Programming
10,000
Historic Cherry Hill - Educational Programming
50,000
Holocaust and Human Rights Education
Center - Educational Programming
15,000
Hot Bread Kitchen, Ltd. - Educational
Programming
10,000
Hot Bread Kitchen, Ltd. - Educational
Programming
15,000
Hot Bread Kitchen, Ltd. - Educational
Programming
10,000
I.S. 73
10,000
iMentor, Inc. - Educational Programming
10,000
iMentor, Inc. - Educational Programming
15,000
Irondequoit Public Library
12,000
I.S. 109Q
15,000
I.S. 49
10,000
I.S. 61
10,000
I.S. 98
10,000
Jamaica Athletic and Learning Center,
Inc. - Educational Programming
10,000
Junior Achievement of New York Inc. -
Educational Programming
50,000
Kellogg Free Library - Finger Lakes Library
System
2,000
Kings County Tennis League Inc. - Educational
Programming
30,000
Keep Rising to the Top - Educational Programming
20,000
Lamont Memorial Free Library - Finger Lakes
Library System
2,000
Lansing Community Library - Finger Lakes Library
System
2,000
Lisle Free Library - Four County Library System
2,000
Literacy Inc. - Educational Programming
10,000
Loisaida Enterprises Corporation - Educational
Programming
10,000
Loisaida United Neighborhood Gardens
Inc. - Educational Programming
10,000
M.S. 137 America's School of Heroes
10,000
Malverne Union Free School District
10,000
Manlius Library
10,000
Mary L. Wilcox Memorial Library - Four County
Library System
2,000
Maxwell Memorial Library
10,000
Mid-Hudson Library System
20,000
Mill Neck Services Inc. - Educational
Programming
20,000
Minoa Library
10,000
Mouse Inc. - Educational Programming
15,000
M.S. 67Q
15,000
New York City Urban Debate League,
Inc. - Educational Programming
50,000
Newfield Public Library - Finger Lakes Library
System
2,000
Northern Onondaga Public Library
30,000
New York Sun Works, Inc. - Educational
Programming
20,000
Community Education Council District 29
20,000
P.S. 66
10,000
Old Stone House of Brooklyn - Educational
Programming
20,000
Peck Memorial Library - Finger Lakes Library
System
2,000
Penfield Public Library
10,000
Perfect Ten After School Inc. - Educational
Programming
10,000
Phillips Free Library
2,000
Pittsford Community Library
10,000
Pound Ridge Library District
10,000
Powerplay NYC Inc. - Educational Programming
20,000
P.S. 100
10,000
P.S. 13
15,000
P.S. 169Q
15,000
P.S. 193Q
15,000
P.S. 20
10,000
P.S. 22
10,000
P.S. 225
10,000
P.S. 242Q
15,000
P.S. 288
10,000
P.S. 44
10,000
P.S. 94Q
15,000
Queens Borough Public Library
25,000
Queens Borough Public Library
50,000
Queens Borough Public Library - Elmhurst Branch
8,750
Queens Borough Public Library - Maspeth Branch
8,750
Queens Borough Public Library - Ridgewood Branch
8,750
Queens Borough Public Library - Woodside Branch
8,750
Queens Borough Public Library
10,000
Queens Borough Public Library
35,000
Queens Borough Public Library
40,000
Race 4 Excellence Inc. - Educational Programming
25,000
Ramapo Catskill Library System
125,000
Read Alliance, Inc. - Educational Programming
10,000
Read Alliance, Inc. - Educational Programming
10,000
Read Alliance, Inc. - Educational Programming
10,000
Read Alliance, Inc. - Educational Programming
10,000
Revolutionary Westchester 250 Inc. - Educational
Programming
10,000
Revolutionary Westchester 250 Inc. - Educational
Programming
10,000
Richmond Hill High School
10,000
Rising Tide Effect Inc. - Educational
Programming
11,000
Rochester City School District - The Restorative
H.U.B.
50,000
Rochester Ecology Partners Inc. - Educational
Programming
40,000
Rochester Education Foundation, Inc. -
Educational Programming
85,000
Rochester Public Library
15,000
Rockville Centre Union Free School District
10,000
Roosevelt Union Free School District
27,500
Salina Free Library
10,000
Salvadori Center Ltd. - Educational Programming
10,000
Salvadori Center Ltd. - Educational Programming
15,000
Say Yes Buffalo Scholarship, Inc. - Educational
Programming
10,000
Say Yes Buffalo Scholarship, Inc. - Educational
Programming
15,000
Simha Organization, Inc. - Educational
Programming
15,000
Sister to Sister International, Inc. -
Educational Programming
30,000
Sophie Gerson Healthy Youth, Inc. - Educational
Programming
10,000
Southeastern NY Library Resources
Council - Educational Programming
20,000
SI Strong HBCU College Tour Team Inc. -
Educational Programming
10,000
STEM Alliance of
Larchmont-Mamaroneck, Inc. (D/B/A
The STEM Alliance) - Educational Programming
20,000
Subomi's Children Corporation - Educational
Programming
25,000
I.S. 2
10,000
Support Connection Inc. - Educational
Programming
50,000
Syracuse University - Educational Programming
60,000
American Debate League, Inc. - Educational
Programming
10,000
Bronx County Historical Society - Educational
Programming
15,000
Bronx is Blooming, Inc. - Educational
Programming
20,000
Child Center of New York, Inc. (The) -
Educational Programming
15,000
The Door - A Center of Alternatives,
Inc. - Educational Programming
10,000
Loukoumi Make A Difference
Foundation, Inc. - Educational Programming
10,000
New York Public Library
40,000
New York Public Library
30,000
Rural Outreach Center Inc. - Educational
Programming
10,000
Southworth Library Association - Finger Lakes
Library System
2,000
STEM Alliance of
Larchmont-Mamaroneck, Inc. (D/B/A
The STEM Alliance) - Educational Programming
30,000
Yonkers Hispanic Cultural Foundation,
Inc. - Educational Programming
15,000
Today's Students, Tomorrow's Teachers -
Educational Programming
10,000
Tompkins County Public Library - Finger Lakes
Library System
2,000
Tonawanda City School District
125,000
Ulysses Philomathic Library - Finger Lakes
Library System
2,000
Uniondale Union Free School District
27,500
Urban Assembly, Inc. - Educational Programming
30,000
Vision Urbana Inc. - Educational Programming
10,000
Volunteers for Springfield Park, Inc. -
Educational Programming
10,000
Wave Hill Incorporated - Educational Programming
15,000
Webster Public Library - Monroe County Library
System
10,000
West Hempstead Union Free School District
10,000
Westbury Union Free School District
20,000
White Plains City School District
15,000
Wiz Kids Books B4 Basketball Program -
Educational Programming
15,000
WorkAtIt Inc. - Educational Programming
15,000
Xposure Foundation Inc. - Educational
Programming
10,000
Yaffed, Inc. - Educational Programming
50,000
Fund for the City of New York, Inc. -
Zone 126 - Educational Programming
10,000
Committee for Early Childhood
Development Day Care Center Inc. -
Educational Programming
20,000
New Rochelle Public Library
10,000
Alzheimer's Foundation of America Inc. -
Educational Programming
27,500
Brooklyn Public Library - Center for Brooklyn
History
100,000
Hendrick Hudson Central School District
2,000,000
Eastchester Union Free School District
500,000
Greenwood Lake Union Free School District
56,000
Suballocate to the City University of
New York:
CUNY School of Law - Center for Urban and
Environmental Reform
300,000
Suballocate to New York State Council
on the Arts:
Queens Museum of Art
15,000
