Senate Resolution No. 2704
BY: Senator STEWART-COUSINS
ESTABLISHING a plan setting forth an itemized list
of grantees for certain appropriations for the
2024-25 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,
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;
for grants for Cure Violence (SNUG) or gun violence
programs within Kings County: for grants
establishing S.N.U.G. programs within Queens County
or gun violence programs; for grants for Gun
Violence Research Institute or other gun violence
programs as required by 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
RESOLVED, That pursuant to and as required by money appropriated in
section 1 of chapter 53 of the laws of 2024 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 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 2024 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 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:
100 Suits For 100 Men Inc. ........................ 26,667
100 Suits For 100 Men Inc. ........................ 15,667
4Ward Inclusion Consulting Incorporated ........... 10,000
67th Precinct Clergy Council Inc. ................. 50,000
Action for a Better Community, Inc. ............... 50,000
Black Spectrum Theatre Co, Inc. Roy Wilkins Park .. 30,000
Center for Family Representation .................. 10,000
Center for Justice Innovation, Inc. (Save Our Street25,000
Center for Justice Innovation, Inc. (The Heights Pro50,000
City of Middletown (Police Department) ........... 150,000
City of Port Jervis (Police Department) .......... 100,000
Community Capacity Development Incorporated ...... 100,000
Community Youth Care Services Inc. ................ 40,000
Elmcor Youth and Adult Activities, Inc. .......... 156,666
Family of Woodstock ............................... 50,000
Farrock Strong Incorporated ........................ 8,000
Father's Alive In The Hood Inc. (FAITH) ............10,000
Father's Alive In The Hood Inc. (FAITH) .......... 10,000
Greater Direction, Inc ............................ 50,000
Jewish Community Council of Canarsie Inc. ......... 20,000
Jewish Community Council of Greater Coney Island In100,000
King of Kings Foundation Inc. ..................... 20,000
King of Kings Foundation Inc. ..................... 10,000
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
New York Center for Interpersonal Development, Inc 150,000
Northwell Health Inc. ............................. 50,000
Queens Royal Priesthood ........................... 15,000
Read Alliance, Inc. ............................... 10,000
Rema 4 Us Inc ...................................... 8,000
Rockaway Development Revitalization Corporation (RDR20,000
United Black Men of Queens Foundation Inc. ........ 10,000
Urban Hope ........................................ 50,000
Wheels Against Guns, Inc. ......................... 15,000
RESOLVED, That pursuant to and as required by money appropriated in
section 1 of chapter 53 of the laws of 2024 which enacts the aid to
localities, local assistance 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 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
Avenues For Justice, Inc. .......................... 7,000
CAMBA, Inc. ........................................ 7,000
Cameron Community Ministries Inc ................... 7,000
Center for Justice Innovation, Inc. (New
Rochelle Community Justice Center) ............... 7,000
County of Ulster (Sheriff's Office) ................ 7,000
Division of State Police (NY State Troopers - Troop L7,000
Elite Learners Inc. ................................ 7,000
Elmcor Youth and Adult Activities, Inc. ............ 7,000
Family Services of Westchester, Inc. ............... 7,000
Fortune Society Inc ................................ 7,000
Fortune Society Inc ................................ 7,000
Good Shepherd Services ............................. 7,000
Harlem Mothers Stop Another Violent End Inc. ....... 7,000
Hour Children, Inc. ................................ 7,000
House of Psalms 23 ................................. 7,000
Jewish Community Council of Greater Coney Island Inc 7,000
Justice and Unity for the Southern Tier, Inc. ...... 7,000
King of Kings Foundation Inc. ...................... 3,500
Manhattan Legal Services ........................... 7,000
New York City Health and Hospitals
Corporation (Lincoln - Guns Down, Life Up)
.................................................. 7,000
New York Immigration Coalition, Inc. (NYIC) ........ 7,000
New York Police Department Pct 104 (Community Council3,500
New York Police Department Pct 109 (Youth Explorer
Program) ......................................... 7,000
New York Police Department Pct 112 (Community Council3,500
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 68 (68 Community Council,
Inc.) ............................................ 4,000
New York Police Department Pct 69 .................. 7,000
New York Police Department Pct 72 (Community Council)3,000
Phoenix House NY ................................... 7,000
Prevention Council of Putnam, Inc. ................. 7,000
Queens Legal Services .............................. 7,000
Rockaway Development & Revitalization
Corporation (RDRC) ............................... 7,000
SBH Community Service Network, Inc. ................ 7,000
Southside United Housing Development Fund
Corp (The Wick Against Violence) ................. 7,000
Town of Greenburgh (Police Department) ............ 13,000
Town of Manlius Police Department .................. 7,000
Town of Tonawanda Police Department ................ 7,000
Tri-County Community Partnership Inc. (Hope
Not Handcuffs) ................................... 7,000
Trinity Alliance of the Capital Region, Inc. ....... 7,000
Veterans Outreach Center Inc ....................... 7,000
Voices of Community Activists & Leaders (VOCAL-NY), I7,000
Washington Heights CORNER Project, Inc. ............ 7,000
Youth Environmental Sciences Inc (YES
Community Counseling Center) ..................... 7,000
RESOLVED, That pursuant to and as required by money appropriated in
section 1 of chapter 53 of the laws of 2024 which enacts the aid to
localities, local 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, 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 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,8,750
Bronx Defenders .................................... 8,750
Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation A ............. 10,000
Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation A .............. 8,750
Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation A ............. 17,500
Cabrini of Westchester ............................ 10,000
Caribbean Womens Health Association Inc ........... 17,500
CASA of Rochester-Monroe County Inc ............... 17,500
Catholic Charities of Long Island (Diocese of Rockville
Centre) .......................................... 5,500
Catholic Migration Services Inc .................... 8,750
Center for the Women of New York ................... 7,500
Childrens Rights Society Inc ....................... 8,750
Communities Resist Inc. ........................... 17,500
Congregations Linked In Urban Strategy To
Effect Renewal, Inc (CLUSTER Inc) ............... 12,500
CUNY School of Law Justice & Auxiliary
Services Corporation (Community Legal Resource Net17,500
Dispute Resolution Center, Inc. .................... 8,750
Emerald Isle Immigration Center Inc ................ 8,750
Families and Friends of the Wrongfully Convicted, In17,500
Jewish Community Council of Greater Coney Island Inc10,000
Journey's End Refugee Services .................... 17,500
Legal Aid Society of New York ..................... 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 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
Nassau-Suffolk Law Services Committee Inc .......... 6,000
Neighborhood Defender Service, Inc. ............... 17,500
Neighborhood Defender Service, Inc. ............... 17,500
Neighborhood Housing Services of Jamaica, Inc. ..... 8,750
Neighbors Link Corp ............................... 17,500
New York Immigration Coalition, Inc. (NYIC) ....... 17,500
New York Legal Assistance Group Inc. (NYLAG) ...... 17,500
New York Legal Assistance Group Inc. (NYLAG) ...... 17,500
Northern Manhattan Improvement Corporation (NMIC) . 17,500
Pace University (Elisabeth Haub School of
Law at Pace University)
17,500
Pace University (Pace Women's Justice Center) ..... 12,500
Queens Legal Services .............................. 7,500
Queens Legal Services .............................. 8,750
Safe Horizon, Inc. ................................. 8,750
South Brooklyn Legal Services Incorporated
(Brooklyn Legal Services)
7,500
South Brooklyn Legal Services Incorporated
(Brooklyn Legal Services)
10,000
South Brooklyn Legal Services Incorporated
(Brooklyn Legal Services) ....................... 17,500
Touro Law Immigration Clinic ....................... 6,000
United Tenants of Albany, Inc. ..................... 8,750
Volunteer Lawyers Project of Central New York Inc.
(VLPCNY) ........................................ 17,500
Women's Initiative for Self-Empowerment Inc (MALIKAH17,500
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 2019, as amended and
reappropriated in section 1 of chapter 53 of the laws of 2024 which
enacts the aid to localities, local assistance account, from the crime
prevention and reduction strategies program for grants for Cure Violence
(SNUG) or gun violence programs within Kings County. 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:
Brownville Think Tank Matters ..................... 25,000
Center for Justice Innovation Inc.
(Brownsville Community Justice Center) ......... 25,000
Center for Justice Innovation Inc. (Save
Our Streets - S.O.S) ............................ 50,000
Kings Against Violence Initiative Inc. (KAVI) ..... 25,000
RESOLVED, That pursuant to and as required by money appropriated in
section 1 of chapter 53 of the laws of 2019, as amended and
reappropriated in section 1 of chapter 53 of the laws of 2024 which
enacts the aid to localities, local assistance account, from the crime
prevention and reduction strategies program for grants establishing
S.N.U.G. programs within Queens County or gun violence programs. 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:
100 Suits For 100 Men Inc. ........................ 15,667
100 Suits For 100 Men Inc. ........................ 20,000
Elmcor Youth and Adult Activities, Inc. .......... 156,666
Father's Alive In The Hood Inc. (FAITH) ........... 15,500
Father's Alive In The Hood Inc. (FAITH) ........... 20,000
It's A Process Inc. ............................... 16,667
King of Kings Foundation Inc. ..................... 15,500
King of Kings Foundation Inc. ..................... 50,000
Rockaway Development Revitalization Corporation (RDR30,000
Rockaway Youth Community Power (formerly
Rockaway Youth Task Force) ...................... 30,000
RESOLVED, That pursuant to and as required by money appropriated in
section 1 of chapter 53 of the laws of 2021, as amended and
reappropriated in section 1 of chapter 53 of the laws of 2022, as
amended and reappropriated in section 1 of chapter 53 of the laws of
2024 which enacts the aid to localities, local assistance account, from
the crime prevention and reduction strategies program for grants for Gun
Violence Research Institute or other gun violence programs. 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 City Rocks, Inc. ........................... 50,000
Both Sides of the Violence, Inc. .................. 50,000
New York City Health and Hospitals
Corporation (Lincoln Hospital) .................. 50,000
Oswego City Police Department ..................... 50,000
Sesame Flyers International Inc ................... 50,000
RESOLVED, That pursuant to and as required by money appropriated in
section 1 of chapter 53 of the laws of 2020, as amended and
reappropriated in section 1 of chapter 53 of the laws of 2022, as
amended and reappropriated in section 1 of chapter 53 of the laws of
2024 which enacts the aid to localities, local assistance account, from
the crime prevention and reduction strategies program for grants for Gun
Violence Research Institute or other gun violence programs. 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:
Center for Justice Innovation, Inc. (The Heights Pro50,000
Kings Against Violence Initiative, Inc. (KAVI) .... 50,000
Northwell Health Inc. ............................. 50,000
Rise Up Rochester Incorporated .................... 50,000
S. O. S. Shelter Inc (Rise-NY) .................... 50,000
RESOLVED, That pursuant to and as required by money appropriated in
section 1 of chapter 53 of the laws of 2019, as amended and
reappropriated in section 1 of chapter 53 of the laws of 2022, as
amended and reappropriated in section 1 of chapter 53 of the laws of
2024 which enacts the aid to localities, local assistance account, from
the crime prevention and reduction strategies program for grants for Gun
Violence Research Institute or other gun violence programs. 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:
Community Capacity Development, Inc. .............. 50,000
Elmcor Youth and Adult Activities, Inc. ........... 50,000
Good Shepherd Services ............................ 50,000
Good Shepherd Services (BRAG) ..................... 50,000
Scott J. Beigel Memorial Fund Inc. ................ 50,000
