This document summarizes funding awards from New York State's Regional Economic Development Council initiative. It provides details of over $101 million awarded to 66 projects on Long Island. Projects focused on strategic industries like advanced manufacturing, life sciences, and clean energy. Funding came from state agencies and was used for purposes like expanding businesses, developing infrastructure, and training workers.
Long Island and NYC Strategic Plan & Project Awards
1. Strategic Plan & Regional Project Awards
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo
2. 10 Regional
Councils
Long Island: Nassau, Su olk
New York City: Bronx, Kings, New York, Queens, Richmond
Mid-Hudson: Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster,
Westchester
Capital Region: Albany, Columbia, Greene, Rensselaer, Saratoga,
Schenectady, Warren, Washington
North Country: Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Hamilton, Je erson, Lewis St. Lawrence
Mohawk Valley: Fulton, Herkimer, Montgomery, Oneida, Otsego, Schoharie
Central New York: Cayuga, Cortland, Madison, Onondaga, Oswego
Southern Tier: Broome, Chemung, Chenango, Delaware, Schuyler,
Steuben, Tioga, Tompkins
Finger Lakes: Genesee Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Orleans, Seneca,
Wayne, Wyoming, Yates
Western New York: Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Niagara
3. Statewide Chairman’s Committee
Long Island
$101.6 million awarded to 66 projects
Total CFA
Region County Applicant Project Title Description Agency
Award
Long Island Multi-County Community Long Island Acquisition and rehabilitation of 16 units HCR $640,000.00
Housing Homeownership 2011 consisting of 12 single family homes,
Innovations, Inc. two cooperative apartments and two
condominium apartments for rst-time
homebuyers.
Long Island Multi-County Long Island Employer Assisted Acquisition and rehabilitation of 92 single- HCR $1,750,000.00
Housing Housing family homes on scattered sites in Nassau and
Partnership Su olk Counties.
Long Island Nassau Accelerate Long Thought Box 1 - Hicksville Thought Box 1 will merge suburban ESD $3,000,000.00
Island development and industry cluster focusing
on young workers. The 450,000 square foot
facility will be an integrated commercial/
residential center designed primary for IT
companies with a ordable housing and
amenities to attract employees.
Long Island Nassau Arkwin quantumleap This expansion project includes a new ESD $2,212,441.00
IndusTRANSies, building and purchase of machinery and
Inc. equipment to accommodate the Joint Strike
Fighter Project.
Long Island Nassau Catalina Quality Systems Training Train seven employees in quality control DOL $21,000.00
Instrument Corp. techniques at this machining contractor that
specializes in defense work. Nearly all of their
business comes from defense contractors,
including US government agencies, so an
e ective quality system is key to growth and
competitiveness. The workers will train to
achieve the strict standards of AS9100, the
industry standard.
Long Island Nassau Cold Spring Advanced Drug Testing Cold Spring Harbor Labs will constuct an ESD $2,000,000.00
Harbor Facility 8,000 square foot advanced drug testing
Laboratory facility at the CSHL Genome Center. The
Facility will house a center with state-of-
the-art imaging equipment such as MRI, CT,
ultrasound and uorescence imaging. With
the Advanced Drug Testing Facility as part of
the Cancer Therapeutics Initiative, CSHL will
have assembled a critical core of truly unique
resources that it will harness to identify
genetic changes that give rise to cancers, and
to nd new drugs and drug combinations
that will improve patient outcomes.
Long Island Nassau Cox & Company, Excelsior Program This project supports the expansion of this ESD $164,250.00
Inc company that designs and manufactures
temperature control and de-icing equipment
for the aerospace industry.
4. Long Island
Total CFA
Region County Applicant Project Title Description Agency
Award
Long Island Nassau Evans and Paul, Evans and Paul LLC Project supports the development of ESD $901,942.00
LLC seamless rooms, LED lighting touch sensor
controls, etc.
Long Island Nassau LiRo Engineers, Engineering Continuing Training for 27 Syosset, NY workers in DOL $14,896.00
Inc. Education a variety of engineering and software
applications.
Long Island Nassau Love and Quiches Excelsior Expansion of manufacturing facility to ESD $130,722.00
Ltd improve production processes, create jobs
and enhance energy savings.
Long Island Nassau New Cassel New Cassel Apartments New construction of 36 a ordable rental HCR $2,586,743.00
Housing, LLC units in the hamlet of New Cassel, Nassau
County.
Long Island Nassau New York NYIT The School of Engineering and Computing ESD $400,000.00
Institute of Sciences at New York Institute of Technology
Technology (NYIT) will consolidate and expand its
ongoing industry-academic partnerships
by creating a new Entrepreneurship and
Technology Innovation Center (ETIC) to foster
innovation and promote collaborations
between industry, the academic community,
professional organizations, and government.
Long Island Nassau North Shore LIJ ICD-10 Medical Coder The health system will train 25 currently DOL $50,000.00
Health System, Training certi ed medical coders to meet ICD-10
Inc. requirements and those who must become
ICD-10 certi ed.
Long Island Nassau Northrop Bethpage Revitalization Campus in Bethpage, New York will undergo ESD $1,100,000.00
Grumman Program building renovation.
Systems
Corporation
Long Island Nassau Oyster Bay Main Oyster Bay Main Street Rehabilitate and revitalize 13 commercial, HCR $500,000.00
Street Association Grant 2011 17 residential, and 3 downtown anchor
units in mixed-use buildings in Downtown
Historic Oyster Bay, and make streetscape
improvements.
Long Island Nassau P&L Quality System Training P & L Developments of New York will be DOL $41,600.00
Developments of implementing an on-site training program
New York Corp which will include: Six Sigma Green Belt,
Customer First Culture and Strategic
Planning. This training will be conducted on
site at PL Developments.Strategic Planning
training analyzes key concepts, identifying
stages of the strategic planning process, and
by discovering e ective ways to gain support
from customers and stakeholders.
Long Island Nassau P&L Development PL Developments Project Project consists of expansion of the existing ESD $3,066,000.00
of New York facility and acqusition of two land parcels to
Corporation support the expansion of its manufacturing
capacity.
Long Island Nassau South Nassau Health Care Skills 27 clinical and non-clinical workers will DOL $21,268.00
Communities Upgrade Training receive training at this Long Island hospital.
Hospital Some sta will become certi ed instructors,
some will upgrade their computer skills, while
others will receive training in pulmonary
rehabilitation training.
Long Island Nassau Village of Village of Hempstead Sewer upgrade as part of a comprehensive, ESD $5,000,000.00
Hempstead Downtown Revitalization downtown transit-oriented redevelopment of
Hemstead Village.
5. Total CFA
Region County Applicant Project Title Description Agency
Award
Long Island Nassau Town of Oyster Raising Awareness The Town of Oyster Bay and Friends of the DOS $45,000.00
Bay of Onsite Wastewater Bay and watershed protection committees
Treatment Systems for Manhasset Bay, Hempstead Harbor,
and Oyster Bay/Cold Spring Harbor, will
raise public awareness of the importance
of regularly inspecting, maintaining, and
repairing/upgrading residential onsite
wastewater treatment systems within the
watersheds of the three embayments.
Long Island Nassau, Su olk Accelerate Long Accelerate Long Island This project would match private venture ESD $500,000.00
Island funds to support start up technology rms to
create high-paying jobs.
Long Island Nassau, Su olk Long Island 21st Century Workforce This project would develop and provide ESD $136,000.00
Forum for in Advanced Composite 180 technicians, designers and engineers
Technology Manufacturing composite technology workforce training and
education programs at Long Island colleges
and universities.
Long Island Nassau, Su olk STEM Workforce Long Island Community SUNY Stony Brook-led e ort to provide ESD $350,000.00
Innovation Engagement for STEM science and technology training in
Education and Careers underserved Long Island communities.
Long Island Nassau, Su olk Stony Brook EngINE This is a LI Transformative Priority Project. ESD $2,000,000.00
University Will enable all of Long Island's institutions
o ering four-year engineering programs/
degrees to expand their enrollments by
almost 750 students, 1500 total, in the next
ve years for Phases 1 and 2.
Long Island Nassau, Su olk Town of Long Island Business and This project will bring resources to the region ESD $427,535.20
Hempstead Workforce Investment via a dual strategy of worker skill training
Department of Project and entrepreneurial development, including
Occupational training and business start-up and seed
Resources capital funding.
Long Island Nassau,Su olk, North Shore LIJ Next Generation of The project will train 25 unemployed "ESD $80,000.00
Queens, New Healthcare Workers registered nurses with associate’s degrees DOL"
York to be certi ed as Clinical IT RN's to be
employeed by North Shore LIJ.
Long Island Su olk 1-Source Quality Management This Long Island company will train 20 DOL $46,410.00
Electronic Training current employees on how to improve quality
Components, Inc. management, prepare for internal audits and
become industry certi ed.
Long Island Su olk 22-50 Jackson Heartland Town Square Road improvements to facilitate a 452 acre ESD $2,500,000.00
Avenue mixed-use devlopment project. This project
Associates L.P. will be bulit in phases to include 9,000
and Pilgrim East, dwellings and 1,000,000 square feet of retail
L.P. and hotel spaces and 3,000,000 square feet of
o ce and commercial spaces.
Long Island Su olk Agriculture Agriculture Enterprise Development of agri-business storage and ESD $500,000.00
Enterprise Park Park processing capacity for local farmers on the
(EBCAL) East End of Long Island.
6. Long Island
Total CFA
Region County Applicant Project Title Description Agency
Award
Long Island Su olk Air Techniques, Lean Manufacturing This training project is to improve our dental / DOL $47,500.00
Inc. Training medical device manufacturing facility located
on Long Island in Melville. The training will
assist in e orts to improve process ow,
minimize inventory levels and customer
service levels. It will also train industrial
and manufacturing engineers with skills
currently lacking on Lean Manufacturing.
Eight key focus areas have been identi ed in
which Advanced Lean training is required.
The expected outcomes of this project
includes higher operational e ciencies,
reduced rework and waste, reduced
inventory investment, improved quality,
delivery performance and greater customer
satisfaction. The total number of trainees
for the entire program is approximately 53
employees.
Long Island Su olk American Pride Lean Manufacturing This Long Island company will enhance DOL $39,000.00
Fasteners Training the credentials and of 13 current workers
in the aerospace industry. Workers will
also be trained in lean manufacturing to
eliminate waste, streamline operations, and
help position the company as a low-cost
manufacturer.
Long Island Su olk Amneal Amneal Expansion Project LI Pharmaceutical's expansion to add 300,000 ESD $3,000,000.00
Pharmaceuticals square feet of space--265,000 square foot
of New York, LLC expansion of existing structures and the
construction of a new 35,000 square foot
stand-alone facility dedicated to Potent
Compounds production.
Long Island Su olk AVCO AVCO INDUSTRIES To increase production lines and ESD $537,300.00
INDUSTRIES INC. EXCELSIOR manufacturing.
Long Island Su olk B&R Industries, Manufacturing Quality This training project will train 14 existing sta DOL $42,000.00
Inc. Systems Certi cation and prepare B&R Industries to secure ISO
quality certi cation for their manufacturing
operations in Medford, Long Island. As
a "train and do" project, training will
include working with the employees to
prepare documentation, work instructions,
developing processes and procedures that
comply with the ISO 9001:2008 standards.
Long Island Su olk BLUE GREEN BGFHydroponicsNewYork Supports the integration of state-of-the-art ESD $517,293.00
FARMS, INC. hydroponic greenhouse systems (for growing
vegetables) with cutting edge aquaculture
systems (for raising edible sh) through a
green technology known as aquaponics.
Long Island Su olk Brookhaven SGRID3 Creation of a Smarter Grid Research ESD $5,000,000.00
Science Innovation, Development, Demonstration,
Associates LLC Deployment Center,"SGRID3", by Brookhaven
National Laboratory (BNL) and Stony Brook
University (SBU). The Center will operate
out of a new facility to be constructed at BNL
(AEGIS), and the Advanced Energy Research
and Technology Center (AERTC) at SBU that
will be augmented by construction of a new
Smart Grid Test and Validation Facility. The
new facilities and their focused research
and development work on smart grid
technologies will be supported by leading
edge science and technology facilities and
programs already underway at the two
institutions.
7. Total CFA
Region County Applicant Project Title Description Agency
Award
Long Island Su olk Brookhaven Long Island STEM Hub The LI STEM Hub is an initiative that will bring ESD $320,000.00
Science together research, employers, government
Associates, LLC and existing workforce collaborations to
coordinate and support education and
training programs for K-12.This project is one
of the seven STEM skills training programs.
Long Island Su olk Bryit Group, LLC Electrical Manufacturing To train and prepare our organization at our DOL $27,000.00
Quality Systems Training facility to be pro cient at J-STD-001 and ESD
standards and become certi ed as such.
Long Island Su olk Concern for Concern Amityville New construction of 61 units of a ordable HCR $1,251,916.00
Indpendent housing for homeless individuals and families
Living, Inc. in the hamlet of North Amityville.
Long Island Su olk Contract Lean Manufacturing Train 67 Hauppauge employees in 12 DOL $48,200.00
Pharmacal Corp. Training courses to introduce lean manufacturing
practices into its operations. This will help
them manage inventory and suppliers more
e ciently, accelerate time-to-market, reduce
equipment changeover times and improve
preventive maintenance.
Long Island Su olk Cornell Restoration of Bay Scallop To expand the bay scallop restoration e orts ESD $182,900.00
Cooperative Fisheries which includes the acquisition of machinery
Extension of and equipment, supplies and working capital.
Su olk County
Long Island Su olk D'Addario & DAddario Project includes renovations and new ESD $1,865,118.00
Company, Inc. machinery and equipment to ensure long
term growth in New York.
Long Island Su olk Disc Graphics, Inc. Lean Manufacturing Training for 63 Hauppauge, NY workers in DOL $48,400.00
Training Lean Manufacturing principles and customer
service. Expected results include an increase
in on-time delivery rate, an increase in
productivity, and a decrease in waste
percentages and stock usage.
Long Island Su olk Eastern Energy Management Training Eastern Energy Systems, Inc. will train 4 DOL $11,270.00
Systems, Inc. and Technical Skills employees in management techniques and
Upgrade Training technical skills in the renewable energy
industry. Training will take place in NYC.
Long Island Su olk Farmingdale Farmingdale State The project will promote STEM education ESD $100,000.00
State College College STEM Diversity to an underrepresented population by
Roundtable and Center developing a network with the Brookhaven
National Laboratory Portal to Discovery to
connect people, policies, programs and
partnerships with like-minded initiatives in
other states.
Long Island Su olk FilCoil FC, Inc. Quality System Training Training for 15 Sayville employees in order DOL $35,000.00
to obtain ISO 9001-2008 Certi cation. This
certi cation will provide the company with
quality management systems and enable the
rm to win more projects, expand its markets,
and increase sales and pro tability.
Long Island Su olk G4 Synergetics, G4 Synergetics Project consists of the acquisition of a ESD $1,500,000.00
Inc. building to manufacture high technology
products for transportation, utilities and
military.
8. Long Island
Total CFA
Region County Applicant Project Title Description Agency
Award
Long Island Su olk Green Long Residential Energy Training for 50 Southampton unemployed DOL $48,500.00
Island, Inc. E ciency Building workers to increase the number of Long
Analyst Training Island homeowners making investments
in residential energy e ciency. Training
will include preparation for the rst
Building Performance Institute certi cation
examination, "Building Analyst".
Long Island Su olk Habitat for HFHS 2011 Rehabilitation Acquisition and rehabilitation of three HCR $105,000.00
Humanity of NSP a ordable single-family homes in Su olk
Su olk County.
Long Island Su olk Habitat for HFHS 2011 New Construction of 22 a ordable single family HCR $770,000.00
Humanity of Construction Program homes in Su olk County.
Su olk
Long Island Su olk Jamco Aerospace, Lean Manufacturing Training for 24 Deer Park, NY employees in DOL $42,120.00
Inc. Training forty, four-hour training sessions, on the
implementation of Lean Manufacturing.
Long Island Su olk Meopta U.S.A., Advanced Resource Training for 42 Hauppauge, NY employees DOL $50,000.00
Inc. Planning Training in the use of the latest version of Microsoft
Dynamics AX, which is an advanced
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Program.
Long Island Su olk Mikim Industries, Quality System Training Mikim has 12 employees that design and DOL $24,600.00
Inc. develop precision machine parts. The project
funds a 9 month training program in AS-
9100 audit requirements. Trainees will be
able to prepare the AS-9100 quality system
documentation, address internal auditing
and be able to achieve certi cation.
Long Island Su olk Multiline Quality System Training 20 current employees at this Ronkonkoma DOL $44,850.00
Technology facility will be trained in ISO 9001:2008
quality systems.
Long Island Su olk New York Label & Packaging Division Renovation and purchase of machinery and ESD $160,400.00
Box Corp equipment will re-establish the packaging
division and help convert the company to a
quality driven innovative packaging company
capable of both exographic and o set
printing work.
Long Island Su olk Peconic Land Ships Hole Farm Peconic Land Trust will acquire the Ships Hole OPRHP $400,000.00
Trust Preservation Farm property, expand the farm operation,
begin restoring the historic farmhouse and
agricultural barn/outbuildings, connect the
farm with the existing nature trail, and begin
educational and historic programming.
Long Island Su olk Roman Stone Quality Control Training Training for 46 employees in quality control DOL $49,915.00
Construction at this precast concrete manufacturing
Company plant. Workers will gain industry-recognized
certi cations required for quality control sta
at all National Precast Concrete Association
(NPCA) certi ed plants. They will learn lean
manufacturing and quality and production
standards for the concrete industry as they
prepare for certi cation testing.
9. Total CFA
Region County Applicant Project Title Description Agency
Award
Long Island Su olk Sciegen Sciegen Pharmaceuticals This project involves the purchase of ESD $2,421,000.00
Pharmaceuticals Inc new machinery and equipment to
Inc support the development of low cost
generic pharmaceuticals to ultimately be
manufactured, marketed and distributed to
provide healthcare at economical prices and
future expansion into a larger facility.
Long Island Su olk Stony Brook Project Management This project will train up to 46 transitional DOL $49,875.00
University and Various Certi cate professionals in at least one or more
Training Programs credentials, including Project Management,
LEED Green Associate, Certi ed Green
Professional and SME LEAN Bronze
Operations Certi cate. Classes will be o ered
at the Stony Brook University Research Park in
high-tech classrooms and labs.
Long Island Su olk Su ok County Ronkonkoma Hub To be located on 9-acres of Su olk County- ESD $4,000,000.00
Department of owned property in the Town of Islip south
Public Works of the Ronkonkoma Train Station (The Hub
TOD is 50 acres of property north of the
Ronkonkoma Station in the Town of Islip)
Long Island Su olk The Caumsett Polo Stable Restoration The Caumsett Foundation, in partnership OPRHP $400,000.00
Foundation, Inc. with the state, the local community, other
government entities, for-pro t groups
and private foundations, will restore from
severe deterioration the masonry, carpentry
and other exterior elements of the Polo
Stable at Caumsett State Historic Site. This
is the third and nal phase of the exterior
renovation project. The Polo Stable, the
most architecturally important building at
Caumsett, was designed by John Russell
Pope, and is on the State and National
Registers of Historic Places. The Foundation
has already replaced the slate roof and
cupola.
Long Island Su olk Town of Babylon Wyandanch Rising The Wyandanch Rising initiative is a public ESD $6,000,000.00
/private partnership that will transform DOT
the most economically, socially and EFC
environmentally distressed community on
Long Island into an active mixed-use, mixed
income, transit-oriented community. The
primary community revitalization objectives
to be achieved by this project include:
returning dormant and underutilized
properties into productive use; creating jobs
and housing; increasing tax revenue, and
restoring the environmental quality of the
downtown. The multi-faceted project will
restore existing wetlands, control stormwater
runo through various green techniques, and
protect the stream banks and the shoreline of
Geiger Lake.
Long Island Su olk Town of Southold Pipes Cove Conservation The Town of Southhold will purchase a 10.6 OPRHP $389,341.00
acre property for open space and conserva-
tion purposes in Greenport. The parcel is
within the Pipes Cove Complex, the largest
relatively undisturbed saltmarsh habitat
remaining on the North Fork. Acquisition is
critical to the anticipated Bay to Sound Trail, a
hiking trail from the Peconic Estuary to Long
Island Sound.
10. Long Island
Total CFA
Region County Applicant Project Title Description Agency
Award
Long Island Su olk United Baking Uncle Wallys This project includes the purchase of new ESD $1,469,419.00
Co., Inc. equipment and renovations on existing
equipment and buildings to increase
productivity. The company plans on
acquiring a new building and purchasing a
new oven line in the future.
Long Island Su olk Vision Quest LED Street Light To expand company operations in the design, ESD $277,800.00
Lighting Manufacturing manufacture, and marketing of advanced
highly-e cient LED street and commercial
lighting.
Long Island Su olk Village of Port Port Je erson Village The Village of Port Je erson will complete DOS $100,000.00
Je erson Harborwalk Project construction of its Harborwalk component
of Harborfront Park with a direct pedestrian
connection and public access to the
remaining 400 linear feet of shoreline that
connects the Haborfront Park and Village
Center on the east, Danford's Inn & Marina
and the Port Je erson Ferry on the west, and
the Maritime Explorium.
Long Island Low-cost economic Federal Industrial Development Bond (IDB) ESD $25,000,000.00
development Financing Cap will be made available for state and
local government issuers to sell tax-exempt
bonds for eligible economic development,
infrastructure and community revitalization
e orts.
Long Island Excelsior Jobs Program Excelsior Jobs Program tax credits ESD $15,000,000.00
will be reserved for future projects
including business investments in targeted
industries that are within the region and
that create or retain jobs, create capital
investment and are consistent with the
Strategic Plan.
Long Island NYSERDA NYSERDA’s Commercial and Industrial NYSERDA
received 10 (C&I) programs o er New York businesses
applications solutions to improve energy e ciency
and save money through design, new
construction, renovation, and process
improvements to commercial and industrial
buildings. The New Construction Program
and Existing Facilities Program help building
owners make informed decisions to design
and renovate sustainable buildings. The
FlexTech program can o er energy saving
opportunities through consultation and
cost-sharing studies. Industrial and Process
E ciency Program can help organizations
increase product output and data processing
e ciency.
Long $101,561,524.20
Island
Total
11. Statewide Chairman’s Committee
New York City
$66.2 million awarded to 50 projects
Region County Applicant Project Title Description Agency Total CFA Award
New York City Bronx Association for East 144th Street New construction of 60 units of a ordable HCR $1,049,997.00
Rehabilitative A ordable housing in the South Bronx, including 42 units
Case Management Housing for persons with special needs.
and Housing, Inc.
New York City Bronx Bronx Shepherds Bronx Shepherds Assist persons with physical disabilities to make HCR $300,000.00
Restoration Corp. Restoration Corp. accessibility improvements to their homes.
2011 Access to Assistance is available to homeowners or
Home Program tenants.
New York City Bronx Bronx Shepherds Shepherds Conduct emergency housing repairs for elderly HCR $75,000.00
Restoration Corp. RESTORE 2011 and frail elderly homeowners in Bronx County.
New York City Bronx Hunts Point Hunts Point Hunts Point Produce Market proposes a modern EFC, ESD $29,500,000.00
Terminal Produce Market food distribution facility. The produce market
occupies 105 acres within the Hunts Point Food
Distribution Center where more than 115 food
wholesaling and processing rms generate
more than $3 billion in sales annually. However,
the inadequate and obsolete facilities have
diminished the market’s ability to provide the
community with a ordable quality produce.
The newly funded facility will incorporate
innovative green infrastructure practices
for managing stormwater and increase
total storage capacity by 20%, allowing the
wholesalers to eliminate temporary storage,
expand their businesses, and improve air and
food quality for residents and workers.
New York City Bronx New York City Taking New York This project will design, construct, and monitor EFC $1,125,000.00
Department City's Innovative ve green streets and a new 18,000 sq. ft. green
of Park and Greenstreets and (vegetated) roof at St. Mary’s Recreation Center
Recreation Green Roofs to the in the South Bronx. These green streets will
Next Level! experiment with new green techniques, soils
and designs.
New York City Bronx Praxis Housing White Plains Road New construction of 60 supportive rental units HCR $1,012,151.00
Initiatives, Inc. in the Bronx.
New York City Bronx Sustainable South Action Through the investment and installation ESD $250,000.00
Bronx Environmental of a single-stream recyclables sorting and
processing system, the company will be able to
signi cantly increase the diversion of recyclable
material from the waste stream, thereby not
only reducing the company’s cost of disposal
but also increasing the company’s revenue
from the sale of secondary commodities. The
system is projected to process 35 tons per hour
of commercial recyclable materials to produce
high-quality recovered materials for both
domestic and international consumption.
New York City Bronx Terra na, LLC SQF Certi cation New facility and equipment for the branding and ESD $200,000.00
Project manufacturer of nuts, dried fruits and trail mixes.
12. New York City
Region County Applicant Project Title Description Agency Total CFA Award
New York City Bronx, City of New York Catalyst The New York City Department of Parks and DOS $520,000.00
Kings, New Reclaiming the Recreation and the City Parks Foundation will
York Waterfront continue to advance Catalyst, a multi-year
waterfront project to revitalize 350 acres of
signi cant, but underused, waterfront parkland
in three densely-populated New York City
neighborhoods: Soundview Park in the South
Bronx, East River Park in Lower Manhattan,
and Calvert Vaux and Kaiser Parks in the Coney
Island section of Brooklyn.
New York City Bronx, City of New York Waterfront The Department of City Planning will undertake DOS $360,400.00
Kings, Planning four related implementation tasks in the
New York, Implementation City's Waterfront Revitalization Program,
Queens, Comprehensive Waterfront Plan, and PlaNYC
Richmond to improve government oversight, promote
economic development on the working
waterfront, restore the natural waterfront, and
increase climate resilience.
New York City Bronx, New York City Seedstart NYC Seed Start is a series of 12-week ESD $550,000.00
Kings, Seedstart LLC competitive startup accelerator programs
New York, designed to launch new technology companies.
Queens, The program will take place in New York City
Richmond and provides $20,000 in seed funding to startup
companies focused on a number of di erent
industries that are important to the New York
State economy. Seedstart allows entrepreneurs
to be freed from thinking about o ce space
or living expenses. The program accepts
applications and gives the most promising 10
companies that qualify money, o ce space
and mentorship in exchange for a small piece
of equity.
New York City Bronx, Rebuilding Rebuild Together Make accessibility improvements, with grants HCR $250,000.00
Kings, Together NYC NYC Access to of up to $25,000, to 20 homes of persons with
New York, Home 2011 physical disabilities, disabled veterans, who
Queens, developmentally disabled and the frail elderly
Richmond in the ve boroughs of NYC.
New York City Bronx, NHS of NYC NHS of NYC AHC Home improvement of approximately 85 units, HCR $400,000.00
Kings, 2011 -1-4 MRLP on scattered sites in Bronx, Kings, Queens and
Queens, Richmond Counties.
Richmond
New York City Kings Crye American Crye American Construction project for a new facility to ESD $1,000,000.00
Facility Expansion consolidate and expand company operations.
The business is currently based in New York
and New Jersey and is exploring consolidation
in New York. It is actively considering
opportunities for space within the Brooklyn
Navy Yard.
New York City Kings Americare, Inc. Home Health Give 300 trainees the skills they need to achieve DOL $25,000.00
Aide Certi cation Home Health Aide certi cation from the New
Training York State Department of Health. This project
will take place in Brooklyn, o ering 75 hours of
training over 13 days.
New York City Kings Brooklyn EDC Inland Paper Installation of a new state-of-the-art ESD $250,000.00
Products Flexographic printing press designed to operate
on water-based inks to prevent 51 tons VOC
and 300 tons solid waste in a two year period.
This project will be at the company’s facility in
East New York, Brooklyn, in a mixed residential/
manufacturing area.
New York City Kings Dunn King Garden New construction of 60 a ordable units for HCR $1,662,299.00
Development Apartments seniors and six units for developmentally-
Corp. disabled adults in Brownsville, Brooklyn.
13. Region County Applicant Project Title Description Agency Total CFA Award
New York City Kings East Brooklyn Stanley Commons New construction of 81 units of a ordable HCR $969,264.00
Churches Senior Housing housing for seniors in the East New York
Sponsoring neighborhood of Brooklyn.
Committee
New York City Kings Myrtle Avenue Restoring Myrtle Rehabilitate and revitalize 9 commercial and HCR $500,000.00
Revitalization Avenue in Fort 15 residential units in mixed-use buildings on
Project LDC Greene Myrtle Avenue in Kings County.
New York City Kings New York City Cooper Park NYC Parks will create and improve facilities OPRHP $400,000.00
Department Renovation at Cooper Park including, volleyball, tennis,
of Parks and basketball, handball, skate park, dog run, picnic
Recreation area, and landscaping. Cooper Park is located
three blocks from Newtown Creek (recently
designated as a federal Superfund site), and
half a block from Cooper Houses, an area that
is underserved for parks and open space. In
addition to providing new recreation options in
a disadvantaged area, the planned renovation
contributes to sustainability goals by converting
asphalt to greenery, thereby improving storm
water management for the nearby creek.
New York City Kings Prospect Park Lakeside in The Prospect Park Alliance will replace the "OPRHP $2,687,000.00
Alliance, Inc. Prospect Park former Wollman ice skating rink and building EFC"
Green Roof with a state-of-the-art LEED certi ed recreation
facility, including two skating rinks, three multi-
purpose rooms, and expanded green space
adjacent to a historic landscape restoration.
Lakeside will be seamlessly built into the
surrounding landscape, preserving historic
design while meeting the needs of a diverse
contemporary urban community. A "green roof"
over all building structures will improve energy
e ciency and eight acres of parkland (three
acres of green space and ve acres of water) will
be introduced.
New York City Kings Provider Hamaspik Hamaspik of Kings Make accessibility improvements, with grants HCR $250,000.00
of Kings County County Access to of up to $25,000, to 10 homes of persons who
Home 2011 are physically disabled or frail elderly in Kings
County.
New York City Kings Ridgewood Access to Home Make accessibility improvements, with grants HCR $300,000.00
Bushwick Senior of up to $25,000, to 14 homes of persons with
Citizens Council, physical disabilities and the frail elderly in Kings
Inc. County.
New York City Kings Ridgewood Knickerbocker New construction of 24 a ordable rental units HCR $470,806.00
Bushwick Senior Commons in Brooklyn.
Citizens Council,
Inc.
New York City Kings Ridgewood RBSCC RESTORE Rehabilitate 10 homes with grants of up to HCR $75,000.00
Bushwick Senior 2011 $7,500 for emergency housing repairs in Kings
Citizens Council, County.
Inc.
New York City Kings The Bridge, Inc Herkimer Street New construction of 54 rental units in Ocean HCR $1,084,347.00
Residence Hill, Brooklyn.
New York City Kings O ce of the Brooklyn The Brooklyn Borough President's O ce, the DOS $890,000.00
Borough President Waterfront Brooklyn Greenway Initiative and Regional
of Brooklyn Greenway Plan Association will advance the Brooklyn
Waterfront Greenway, including construction
of 1.7-acres of open space with park amenities
along the greenway at the Brooklyn Navy Yard
Naval Hospital Cemetery.
14. New York City
Region County Applicant Project Title Description Agency Total CFA Award
New York City New York CREATE LLC Taystee Bakery The CREATE at Harlem Green Development ESD $10,000,000.00
will revitalize and physically transform the
former Taystee Bakery Complex by creating
a state-of-the-art commercial building while
preserving most of the façade of the original
buildings. The building will have entrances
on 125th and 126th Streets, with a pathway
leading to an open courtyard and will include
ground oor uses that activate the streetscape.
When completed the development will include
100,000 sq. ft. of manufacturing space, 90,000
sq. ft. of o ce space 40,000 sq. ft. of retail space
and 10,000 sq. ft. of community facility space.
New York City New York Catholic Health Electronic Medical Catholic Health Care System will o er Electronic DOL $10,880.00
Care System Records training Medical Records Training to 35 members of its
workforce as a part of a system-wide electronic
medical records (EMR) implementation at
ArchCare's seven nursing homes in New York
City and the Mid-Hudson Valley. Adopting
EMRs will help ArchCare provide a higher
quality of treatment for nursing home residents.
New York City New York Chinatown Chinatown The Chinatown Manpower Certi ed Nurse Aide DOL $50,000.00
Manpower Manpower (CNA) Training Program will provide training
Project, Inc. Certi ed Nurse to prepare 33 unemployed workers as CNAs.
Aide Training Additionally, the program will o er 30 hours
Program of Vocational English as a Second Language
training and 16 hours of exam preparation.
New York City New York City of New York Cleaner Greener Expand the scope of PlaNYC 2030 to develop a NYSERDA $1,000,000.00
Communities roadmap to reduce city-wide greenhouse gas
Sustainability emissions 80 percent by 2050. This roadmap
Planning Program will prioritize those actions that have the
greatest economic development potential
and identify near-term actions, particularly
regulatory or policy changes, needed to
facilitate dramatic carbon reductions. The plan
will identify and evaluate strategies to reduce
city-wide greenhouse gas emissions; quantify
the economic bene ts of meeting the City’s
current goal of a 30% reduction in greenhouse
gas emissions by 2030; and provide further
research into the City’s current greenhouse gas
inventory to better understand and report on
neighborhood-level emissions and energy use.
New York City New York Gay Men's Health Business Skills 20 current NYC-based employees will be trained DOL $49,842.00
Crisis, Inc. and Management in business writing, program budgeting, public
Training speaking, project management, management
and supervision.
New York City New York Housing HPDC AHC 2011- Acquire and rehabilitate 36 cooperative units HCR $877,500.00
Partnership 3603-05 Broadway in two adjoining buildings the West Harlem
Development Cooperatives section of Manhattan.
Corp.
New York City New York New York Sherman Creek New York Restoration Project will restore for OPRHP $318,800.00
Restoration Waterfront Access public use a 4-acre site on the Harlem River
Project in northern Manhattan. Adjacent to PS 5
elementary school, the site was formerly used
as a marina for private boat clubs and later
as an illegal dump. NYRP will transform this
site into a publicly-accessible open space,
reconnecting it to already restored neighboring
areas, expanding waterfront access, creating
recreational opportunities, and improving the
quality of life and health of this community
district.
15. Region County Applicant Project Title Description Agency Total CFA Award
New York City New York Solar One Solar 2 Green Roof Solar 2 will install a green roof as part of EFC $229,000.00
becoming the rst LEED-Platinum, net-zero
energy use and net-zero water use building
in any large American city. Solar 2 will display
a geothermal heating system, a black water
reclamation and reuse system, a solar array on
the green roof, and dozens of other cutting-
edge energy e cient and sustainable design
technologies.
New York City New York Terence Cardinal Management The Center will train over 80 New York DOL $9,900.00
Cooke Health Care Development City workers in a series of management
Center Training and development workshops. It will also provide
Certi ed Nursing customer service training to over 400 Certi ed
Assistant (CAN) Nursing Assistants (CNAs).
Training
New York City New York The General Historic Structure The General Society Mechanics and Tradesmen OPRHP $63,000.00
Society of Report of the City of New York will develop a Historic
Mechanics and Structure Report, a planning document for the
Tradesmen of the renovation, restoration and preservation of The
City of New York General Society 1890 building. The 70,000 sq. ft.
landmark -- at 20 West 44th Street in Midtown
Manhattan, housing one of the oldest and the
only continuously operated mechanics’ institute
in the United States -- must accommodate
modern functions. The goal is to preserve the
historic characteristics of the building while
complying with current building codes, the
Americans with Disabilities Act, and reconciling
energy codes with preservation requirements.
New York City Queens Shapeways, Inc. 3DFoF Shapeways will begin to manufacture in the ESD $200,000.00
US and will establish a plant in New York State.
The company plans to lease about 15,000 sq.
ft. of industrial space to create the factory of
the future. This factory will include space for
manufacturing (3D printing), shipping & receiving,
lab/demonstration/classroom area, cleaning/prep
area, o ce space and common areas.
New York City Queens Bluestone Jamaica 161st St Mixed New construction of 101 rental units in Jamaica, HCR $615,856.00
I, LLC Use Inclusionary Queens.
Housing
New York City Queens HPS Associates Hunters Point A Hunters Point South is a large-scale a ordable EFC $287,000.00
LLC and B housing development along the East River
waterfront in Queens. The project will include
stormwater harvesting and reuse in both
buildings to irrigate planted roof areas on the
buildings. Building A will contain more than
5,700 sq ft. of planted roof area and Building B
will contain more than1,000 sq ft.
New York City Queens Long Island Jewish Cohen Children's Long Island Jewish Medical Center will EFC $450,000.00
Medical Center Medical Center construct a green roof on the rooftop of the
Green Roof Cohen Children's Medical Center in Queens
that includes plantings, surfacing, fencing,
energy e cient LED exterior lighting, and a
necessary extension of the existing elevator of
the building to the rooftop. Once constructed,
the Cohen Children's Medical Center will create
a healing space where pediatric patients and
families can bond with nature. In addition
to these therapeutic bene ts, the green roof
will also have substantial environmental
and economic bene ts through decreased
stormwater runo and energy savings on
heating and cooling costs.
16. New York City
Region County Applicant Project Title Description Agency Total CFA Award
New York City Queens Margert MCC 2011 Access Provide assistance to persons with physical HCR $300,000.00
Community Corp. to Home Program disabilities, persons who are disabled veterans
and persons who are frail elderly to make
accessibility improvements to their homes in
Queens County. Margert Community Corp.
anticipates assisting 12 households with these
improvements.
New York City Queens Margert MCC 2011 Conduct emergency housing repair needs HCR $75,000.00
Community Corp. RESTORE Program for elderly homeowners, home owners with
physical disabilities, or frail elderly homeowners
in Queens County.
New York City Queens Ocean Bay Rockaway This Community Health Worker Training DOL $50,000.00
Community Community Health Program will train 18 residents living in public
Development Worker Training housing to become front line health workers.
Corporation Program After training, they will educate their neighbors
about the importance of preventive health
care and following instructions from medical
professionals.
New York City Queens Parker Jewish Certi ed Nurse Training for 50 New Hyde Park employees DOL $30,000.00
Institute for Aide (CAN) as they establish a CNA Leadership Training
Health Care & Leadership Project to meet the growing need to enhance
Rehabilitation Training the quality of care provided in nursing homes
by direct care workers.
New York City Queens Research Queensborough This project is a green retro t of Parking Lot 1, EFC $1,000,000.00
Foundation of Community the gateway to the main campus quadrangle
CUNY on behalf of College and principal buildings at Queensborough
Queensborough Stormwater Community College. Permeable asphalt paving
Community Management and vegetated bioin ltration swales will be
College Permeable installed to manage rain where it falls, reducing
Pavement water runo that can carry pollutants into
water systems. The new green parking lot will
be integrated into service learning classes
QCC and be used as a focal point for Earth Day
celebrations.
New York City Queens Rufus King Rufus King Court New construction of 65 a ordable rental units HCR $1,752,612.00
Court Limited Apartments in Jamaica, Queens.
Partnership
New York City Queens White Co ee Manufacturing Training for 27 Long Island City employees DOL $47,400.00
Corporation E ciency Training to improve e ciencies of its manufacturing
operations, Customer Service, and utilization of
MAS software.
New York City Richmond Richmond Senior Richmond Senior Conduct emergency housing repairs for elderly HCR $75,000.00
Services, Inc. RESTORE 2011 homeowners in Richmond County.
New York City Richmond City of New York Freshkills Park East The New York City Department of Parks & DOS $850,000.00
Park Development Recreation will begin implementation of the
and Educational 482-acre East Park section of the Freshkills Park,
Outreach formerly the Fresh Kills Land ll, and design
and construct bike and pedestrian trails, a
wetland boardwalk, exible-use lawns, a kayak
and canoe launch, primary and secondary
entrances, and an ecologically-sensitive parking
area.
17. Region County Applicant Project Title Description Agency Total CFA Award
New York City NYSERDA received NYSERDA’s Commercial and Industrial (C&I) NYSERDA
302 applications programs o er New York businesses solutions
to improve energy e ciency and save money
through design, new construction, renovation,
and process improvements to commercial and
industrial buildings. The New Construction
Program and Existing Facilities Program help
building owners make informed decisions to
design and renovate sustainable buildings
while. The FlexTech program can o er energy
saving opportunities through consultation and
cost-sharing studies. Industrial and Process
E ciency Program can help organizations
increase product output and data processing
e ciency.
New York City Excelsior Jobs Excelsior Jobs Program tax credits will be ESD $1,666,666.67
Program reserved for future projects including business
investments in targeted industries
that are within the region and that create or
retain jobs, create capital investment and are
consistent with the Strategic Plan.
NYC $66,164,720.67
Total
18. Statewide Chairman’s Committee
Multi-Regio
$2.6 million awarded to 5 projects
Total CFA
Total CFA
Region County Project Requested Applicant Project Title Description Agency
Award
Cost Amount
Multiple-Capital Multi-County $3,815,433.00 $900,000.00 Habitat for HFH-NYS 2011 New construction of HCR $900,000.00
Region, Central Humanity 25 single-family homes
NY, Finger Lakes, NYS located on scattered
Mohawk Valley, sites across New York
North Country, State.
Southern Tier &
Western NY
Multiple-Capital Multi-County $1,995,000.00 $300,000.00 Adirondack Adirondack Acquisition and HCR $300,000.00
Region, Mohawk Community Community rehabilitation of 15
Valley & North Housing Housing homes on scattered sites
Country Trust TrustHomebuyer in the Adirondack Park.
Program
Multiple-Capital Delaware, $582,000.00 $400,000.00 Western HOME Rental Improve housing HCR $400,000.00
Region, Mohawk Greene, Catskills Rehabilitation conditions throughout
Valley & Southern Schoharie Community Phase 2 12 towns in 3 counties
Tier Revitalization (Delaware, Greene and
Council, Inc. Schoharie) through a
HOME Repair Program
to address rental
housing rehabilitation
needs.
Multiple-Central Multi-County $1,600,000.00 $600,000.00 Bishop Sheen Housing Home improvement of HCR $600,000.00
NY, Finger Lakes, Sheen Home Repair 112 single-family units
Southern Tier & Program on scattered sites in four
Western NY regions.
Multiple-Finger Allegany, $400,000.00 $400,000.00 The Empire Western New Rehabilitate 8 homes HCR $400,000.00
Lakes & Western NY Cattaraugus, Housing York Healthy owned by low-
Chautauqua, Center, Inc. HOMEs Project income households in
Genesee, Allegany, Cattaraugus,
Livingston, Chautauqua, Genesee,
Wyoming Livingston, and
Wyoming Counties.
Multi- $2,600,000.00
Region
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