Funding for the Fourth
I am pleased to announce that New York State will be making significant investments in our district and across Long Island this year, including funding I helped secure for the following community organizations and programs:
Legislative Grants
| Alzheimer's Foundation of America |
Provides free memory screenings, social worker-led support groups, workshops, and therapeutic art/music programming for dementia care in Amityville. |
$27,500 |
| The Blue Card |
Provides financial, medical and emotional assistance to Holocaust survivors living in poverty, while supporting Holocaust education and survivor testimony programs. |
$20,000 |
| Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory |
Creates a hands-on lab program in partnership with the Endometriosis Foundation of America to teach scientific techniques and raise awareness about endometriosis, an inflammatory disease impacting 1 in 10 women. |
$27,500 |
| Community Learning Academy Inc. |
Provides Central Islip students with a summer STEAM program featuring hands-on learning, literacy activities, recreation and healthy meals. |
$20,000 |
| County of Suffolk |
Launches Project Safe and Sound, a gun violence prevention program at Yaphank Correctional Facility that uses credible messengers directly impacted by firearms to share real-life consequences. |
$10,000 |
| Economic Opportunity Council of Suffolk, Inc. |
Deploys SNUG street outreach workers who engage high-risk individuals and help prevent shootings and other acts of violence. |
$20,000 |
| Family and Children's Association |
Supports THRIVE Suffolk, a free peer support, workshops, transportation and recovery services for individuals seeking to overcome substance use disorders. |
$20,000 |
| Family Service League |
Expands emergency financial assistance, food and housing services, and benefit enrollment assistance for residents facing safety net cuts in Brentwood, Central Islip and Bay Shore. |
$20,000 |
| Family Service League |
Delivers drug prevention, anti-violence, gun violence, and crime control and prevention programs, law enforcement and alternatives to incarceration programs through its DASH program facility in Hauppauge. |
$7,000 |
| Health and Welfare Council of Long Island |
Expands SNAP enrollment and support services to assist Long Islanders access nutrition benefits and employment resources.
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$15,000 |
| L.I. Citizens for Community Values |
Teaches children, youth and parents tools and strategies to stay safe and make responsible choices online through digital safety workshops. |
$20,000 |
| Legal Services of Long Island |
Provides free civil legal services to Long Island veterans, including assistance with housing, benefits, health care, family law and military records through the Veterans Rights Project
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$7,000 |
| Mill Neck Services Inc. |
Offers specialized employment services and workforce assistance for Deaf and Hard of Hearing individuals, as well as people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. |
$20,000 |
| Northwell Health |
Supports Northwell Health's Center for Gun Violence Prevention provide a digital self-screening tool in trauma hospital settings designed to improve firearm safety counseling and screen for gun violence risk factors. |
$10,000 |
| Phoenix House |
Expands specialized mental health treatment infrastructure at its Brentwood center to increase clinical support for children and adolescents. |
$20,000 |
| Puerto Rican Coalition For A Better Community Inc. |
Hosts a series of accessible cross-cultural arts, music, and heritage events to celebrate local diversity across Suffolk County. |
$10,000 |
| Salvadoran American Chamber of Commerce, Inc. |
Improves the safety, appearance and accessibility of the North Brentwood business district through regular street cleaning and maintenance. |
$25,000 |
| The Scott J. Beigel Memorial Fund |
Provides at-risk youth with opportunities to attend sleep-away camp as an alternative to environments where they may be exposed to gun violence. |
$10,000 |
| Suffolk County Corrections Officer Association |
Expands targeted mental health and wellness services for Suffolk County Correction Officers to address a sharp rise in job-related trauma and suicides within their ranks. |
$100,000 |
| Suffolk County Youth Bureau |
Offers trauma-informed services for Suffolk County youth who are victims of human trafficking through partnerships with local service providers. |
$30,000 |
| Suffolk Y Jewish Community Center, Inc. |
Hosts student leadership conferences focused on peer dialogue, anti-bias education, empathy building, and civic engagement. |
$25,000 |
| Touro University Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center |
Offers free legal representation through its Immigration Rights Advocacy Clinic for immigrants involved with complex deportation and asylum cases. |
$10,000
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Capital Funding
| Babylon Village Historical Society |
Construction of a "Heroes Fountain" in Babylon's Hawleys Lake Park. |
$150,000 |
| Big Brothers, Big Sisters |
Renovation of the organization's Islandia location. |
$250,000 |
| Brentwood Library |
Supports auditorium renovations. |
$150,000 |
| Central Islip Fire Department |
Upgrades the department's radio communication system and supports the purchase of a new rescue truck. |
$1,820,000 |
| Hauppauge Public Library |
Facilitates facility upgrades. |
$50,000 |
| North Babylon Schools |
Construction of a playground at the district's Brennan School. |
$265,000 |
| Pheonix Houses of Long Island |
Makes computer lab improvements at the organization's Brentwood site. |
$50,000 |
| Pronto Long Island |
Supports renovation projects at the organization's main facility in Bay Shore |
$153,000 |
| Suffolk County Sheriff |
Renovation of the agency's crime center. |
$50,000 |
| Town of Islip |
Upgrades the Clayton Street parking lot in Central Islip. |
$450,000 |
| Wyandanch Library |
Improvements to the library's parking lot and addition of a permanent outdoor stage. |
$75,000 |
| Wyandanch Volunteer Fire |
Completes parking lot and HVAC projects. |
$150,000 |
Featured Recently Completed and In Progress Projects
| Town of Babylon |
Renovation of the:
- Fabio Buttitta Pool (Deer Park)
- North Amityville Park Tennis Courts
- North Lindenhurst Pool.
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$2,000,000 |
| Town of Babylon |
Installation of a clock tower in Wheatley Heights.
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$50,000 |
| Town of Islip |
Installation of a clock tower in Brentwood. |
$50,000 |
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