Appropriations
Commerce, Justice, Science
City of Glen Cove Police Department
- 9 Glen Street, Glen Cove, NY 11542
- $800,000
- Funding will be used to provide the Glen Cove Police Department with better technologies including equipment for the Emergency Command Center, technology for conversion to digital frequencies, and equipment to allow interoperability with regional responder facilities.
- 1779 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Suite 515, Washington DC, 20036
- $258,550
- Funding will go to the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs’ Law Enforcement Exchange Program to enable counterterrorism best practice exchanges on methods and training between high level American law enforcement officials and their Israeli counterparts.
- 720 Northern Boulevard, Brookville, NY 11548
- $814,840
- Funding will increase Long Island University’s forensic science lab capabilities by expanding its nationally recognized forensic science education program, adding faculty research capacity, and offering in-house internship positions in partnership with regional public-sector crime labs.
- 1490 Franklin Avenue, Mineola, NY 11501
- $388,349
- Funding will go to the Nassau County Police Department’s Heroin Abatement Program to help mitigate the recent proliferation of heroin in Long Island communities through saturated law enforcement and investigations.
- 1320 Stony Brook Road Suite 201, Stony Brook, NY 11790
- $500,000
- Funding will support the Sex Offender Registration Tips (SORT) and Support Programs giving the public two interactive resources for confidentially reporting sex offenders that fail to comply with registration, supervision requirements, and other criminal activity.
- 526 Bay Avenue, Point Pleasant, NJ 08742
- $1,500,000
- Funding will go to the Partnership for Mid-Atlantic Fisheries Science (PMAFS), a multi-state partnership, that will use the funds to address the most urgent scientific issues limiting successful management of the summer flounder and black sea bass fisheries in the Mid-Atlantic region. Better management of the fisheries is essential to the success of the Long Island’s recreational and commercial fishing industries.
- 998 Crooked Hill Road, Brentwood, NY 11717
- $480,000
- Funding will provide targeted community-based drug outreach and prevention services to high risk and underserved adolescents and their families.
- 30 Yaphank Avenue, Yaphank, NY 11980
- $335,000
- Funding will be used by the Suffolk County Police Department to combat computer and internet crime with upgraded computer forensics technology and training coupled with on-line sting operations and educational programs on internet safety for the public.
- 30 Yaphank Avenue, Yaphank, NY 11980
- $350,000
- Funding will be used by the Suffolk County Police Department to enhance and modernize sex offender data, create a regional task force, and provide additional training for law enforcement and partner agencies regarding child sexual and physical assault.
- 30 Yaphank Avenue, Yaphank, NY 11980
- $78,000
- Funding will be used by the Suffolk County Police Department to continue an investigation and community outreach program to combat the growing crime of identity theft.
- 30 Yaphank Avenue, Yaphank, NY 11980
- $1,072,080
- Funding will go to the Suffolk County Police Department’s Automated Fingerprint Identification and Palm Print Enhancement System to upgrade its hardware and software, to add palm print functionality, and to improve its system capabilities.
- 100 Center Drive, Riverhead, NY 11901
- $463,000
- Funding will be used to purchase equipment (firearms) for Suffolk County Corrections Officers.
Defense
American Defense Systems, Inc.
- 230 Duffy Avenue, Hicksville, NY 11801
- $2,000,000
- Funding will develop a new Enhanced Small Arms Protective Insert (E-SAPI) that will have the same performance as the current E-SAPI, but at a lower weight and with the same protection level to enhance the soldier’s performance and effectiveness. These inserts will have greater durability and multi-hit capability. Less frequent replacement of the plates due to normal use damage will result in cost savings to the military.
- 1966E Broadhollow Road, East Farmingdale, NY 11735
- Support President’s Budget
- Funding will provide stability both for the Navy’s long range shipbuilding plan as well as for the shipyard labor force through the CVN 21 (aircraft carrier) program. This program allows the Navy to begin construction of a new carrier design that greatly expands its capabilities in support of the Navy’s Maritime Strategy and the latest Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) well into the 21 st century.
- 1966E Broadhollow Road, East Farmingdale, NY 11735
- Support President’s Budget
- Funding will be used for procurement purposes and is required so the Virginia Class Attack Submarine program can remain on budget, achieve the savings associated with the multi-year procurement, and deliver Virginia Class Submarines on schedule. The Virginia Class Attack Submarine is a quieter, cheaper, and more technologically advanced version of the Navy’s Seawolf-class.
- 899 10 th Avenue, New York, NY 10019
- $1,000,000
- Funding will be used by John Jay College of Criminal Justice to study the pathways to political violence that haunt America and to find ways to translate that knowledge into user-friendly and actionable results for policymakers and first responders. This money will be used to understand, model, and forecast human behavior in ethnically diverse societies to combat radicalization, influence opinions and attitudes of individuals and groups toward terrorism, forecast terrorist activities, and develop training for military decision-makers and members of the intelligence community.
- 3 Park Avenue, 15 th Floor, New York, NY 10016
- $3,000,000
- Funding will be used by New York University (NYU) School of Medicine to create a research Center of Excellence in the areas of Infectious Diseases and the Human Microbiome. It will foster the collaboration of researchers across the campus that have extraordinary expertise in infectious disease across many disciplines, using shared resources in both knowledge and equipment. Support for this program and its research is vital to building the infrastructure needed to allow the scientists to make contributions to both improved health, as well as technological advances in bio-medicine.
- 1 Grumman Road West, Bethpage, NY 11714
- Support President’s Budget
- Funding will be used for procurement that supports production of Low Rate Initial Production Lot II aircraft and E-2D unique initial aircraft spares. It will also support equipment required to prepare the fleet for E-2D operations. The E2-Hawkeye is an all-weather, aircraft carrier-based tactical Airborne Early Warning (AEW) aircraft with twin turboprops.
- 1 Grumman Road West, Bethpage, NY 11714
- Support President’s Budget
- Funding will be used for key Advanced Hawkeye objectives that include improved battle space target detection and situational awareness, support of Theater Air Missile Defense operations, and improved Operational Availability. Full funding is required to continue critical flight testing in support of carrier qualification and full system integration testing and verification.
- 1 Garvies Point Road, Building 2, Glen Cove, NY 11542
- $7,000,000
- Funding will support the development and flight test of a Shadow class unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) propulsion system that is a lightweight, efficient, and durable propulsion system capable of operating on all standard battlefield fuels as well as captured gasoline stores.
- 1 Financial Plaza, Hartford, CT 06301
- $20,400,000
- Funding will allow the Army National Guard to re-capitalize and convert their oldest “A” model Black Hawk helicopters to the “L” configuration to keep their fleet viable. Funding additional UH-60”L” conversions will enable a more rapid standardization of the Black Hawk fleet and assure the National Guard units are ready, deployable, and available to protect our national interests abroad and respond to emergencies here at home.
- 298 Crescent Beach Road, Glen Cove, NY 11542
- $7,000,000
- Funding will be used for the construction of a modern ship model testing facility to provide undergraduate research applicable to the new hull forms the Navy is developing or fielding. This project will assist the Navy by increasing the number of graduating students who will be educated to work on Navy programs.
Energy & Water
City of Glen Cove
- 9 Glen Cove Street, Glen Cove, NY
- $5,000,000
- Funding will pay for the reconstruction of failing bulkheads and seawalls and to support the creation of a new facility for the local Coast Guard Auxiliary unit in Glen Cove.
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (New York District)
- 26 Federal Plaza, Room 2109, New York, NY 10278
- $14,800,000
- Funding would complete the 3 rd nourishment at Westhampton and 1 st nourishment at Shinnecock, continue required monitoring efforts, and complete a reformulation study for the Fire Island to Montauk Point Project.
- 26 Federal Plaza, Room 2109, New York, NY 10278
- $100,000
- Funding would go to the Army Corps of Engineers to complete the Long Beach Reconnaissance Feasibility Study to conduct a cost/benefit analysis to determine whether further beach replenishment projects are appropriate.
- 26 Federal Plaza, Room 2109, New York, NY 10278
- $5,000,000
- Funding will complete the design and initiate construction of the first contract of beach renourishment and maintenance project from Jones Inlet to East Rockaway Inlet (Long Beach).
- 26 Federal Plaza, Room 2109, New York, NY 10278
- $12,000,000
- Funding will go to the Town of Babylon for the Fire Island to Jones Inlet Project. It will be used to place 1 million cubic yards of sand along the shoreline several miles west of the inlet for erosion control at Gilgo Beach and Robert Moses State Park.
- One Verizon Way, Basking Ridge, NJ 07920
- Report Language
- Language will direct the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to complete a remedial investigation/feasibility study for the cleanup of the former Sylvania nuclear fuel site at Hicksville, New York, proceed to a record of decision and, if appropriate, initiate any necessary remediation in accordance with the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA).
Homeland Security
City of New York Police Department
- 1 Police Plaza, New York, NY 10038
- $40,000,000
- Funding will go to the Securing The Cities Initiative that implements a unified strategy for defending the New York City region, including the surrounding New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut jurisdictions, against radiological and nuclear threats. This program, sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security’s Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO) in New York City, is designed to create a detection and interdiction architecture for radiological materials
Long Island Forum for Technology
- 111 West Main Street, Babylon, NY 11706
- $6,000,000
- Funding will continue a pilot program to identify and transition advanced technologies and manufacturing processes that would achieve significant productivity and efficiency gains in the homeland security industrial base. It is an appropriate use of taxpayer funds because this project will increase quality while reducing the costs of products delivered to first responders.
- 347 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10017
- $4,860,000
- Funding will pay for closed-circuit television cameras at nine Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) train stations. The LIRR is the largest commuter railroad in North America and is used by almost 500,000 people daily. It is an appropriate use of taxpayer funds because this project will update and enhance the LIRRs security system thereby protecting thousands of passengers.
- 400 Garden City Plaza, Garden City, NY 11530
- $4,200,000
- Funding will complete an inventory of critical underground infrastructure in major urban areas and identify access points to these sites. It is an appropriate use of taxpayer funds because this project will demonstrate low-cost, self-contained technologies that can deter unauthorized access while allowing authorized access to these sites.
- 330 Old Niskayuna Road, Latham, NY 12110
- Report Language
- Language will allow New York State (Division of Military & Naval Affairs) to be listed as a sub-grantee for the Transit Security Grant (TSG) Program. Presently, only transit agencies may receive TSG awards directly. This language would allow the New Yorks Division of Military & Naval Affairs (National Guard) to receive grant funding for its Joint Task Force-Empire Shield (JTFES) activities, similar to the NYPD and the MTA Police. It is an appropriate use of taxpayer funding because, following the September 11th Terrorist Attacks, the New York National Guard created Joint Task Force-Empire Shield, an operational force of National Guardsmen that augmented security forces at New Yorks transit systems, airports, and nuclear power plants.
- 225 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10003
- $200,000,000
- Funding will pay for tunnel security improvements to the Port Authority-Trans Hudson (PATH) mass transit system. On an average day, PATH transports hundreds of thousands of passengers into and around New York City and New Jersey. It is an appropriate use of taxpayer funding because this project will update and enhance PATHs security system thereby protecting thousands of passengers.
- 30 East Avenue, Yaphank, NY 11980
- $112,000
- Funding will provide the equipment necessary to have a regional, operational-ready joint information center for use by multiple federal, state, and local entities. The center would operate during large-scale events and would serve local towns, Suffolk County, New York State Agencies, Brookhaven National Laboratory, and the U.S. Coast Guard. It is an appropriate use of taxpayer funding because this project will provide better emergency communication with the public and is consistent with the National Response Framework and the implementation of the National Incident Management System.
- 30 East Avenue, Yaphank, NY 11980
- $378,000
- Funding will provide a full renovation of the Suffolk County Emergency Operations Center (EOC) to make it suitable for EOC use. Reconfiguring this center will enhance the departments day-to-day operations as well as its emergency operations during activation. The present EOC was constructed in the mid-1960s as a retrofitted civil defense shelter and is not adequate. It is an appropriate use of taxpayer funding because this project will improve emergency operations as well as support the activities required under todays standards and recommendations such as those in the National Incident Management System and the National Response Framework.
- 26 Federal Plaza, Room 2109, New York, NY 10278
- $750,000
- Funding will allow the Army Corps of Engineers to modernize and update the Coastal Erosion Hazard Area (CEHA) maps. It is an appropriate use of taxpayer funding because CEHA mapping is necessary to support of the mandates of the federal Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 and minimize damage from coastal storms, flooding, and erosion.
Interior & Environment
City of Glen Cove
- 9 Glen Street, Glen Cove, NY 11542
- $1,000,000
- Funding will be used to rehabilitate and obtain technology for failing drinking and storm water infrastructure that are critical to the protection of the Long Island Sound, the community’s sole source aquifer, and shoreline properties.
- 1 West Chester Street, Long Beach, NY 11561
- $3,300,000
- Funding will be used to replace the City of Long Beach’s water tower and stand pipe. Both are in great disrepair and after extensive research it has been determined that neither structure can be repaired and must be replaced.
- 1550 Franklin Avenue, Mineola, NY 11501
- $16,500,000
- Funding will complete a technical design report for the relocation of the Bay Park Sewer Treatment Plant outfall from Reynolds Channel to the Atlantic Ocean. The relocation will result in the removal of all point sources in the Western Bay providing significant environmental improvement to the Bay.
- 335 Yaphank Avenue, Yaphank, NY 11980
- $5,775,000
- Funding will finalize the design stage and make a bid possible in 2009 for an ultraviolet disinfection system for the Bergen Point municipal wastewater treatment plant. The most cost effective and environmentally sound solution is to immediately construct an ultraviolet disinfection system.
- 335 Yaphank Avenue, Yaphank, NY 11980
- $5,000,000
- Funding will initiate the project to replace the 72-inch pre-stressed concrete cylinder pipe under the Great South Bay that has been identified as having a compromised life. This funding will also finalize the recommendations with respect to permitting, environmental and technical processes, and the cost necessary to implement a replacement.
Labor, Health & Human Services, Education
National Kidney Registry
- 42 Fire Island Avenue, Babylon, NY 11702
- $750,000
- Funding would be utilized to support an upgrade to enhanced human leukocyte antigen (HLA) testing enabling more accurate cross-mating of altruistic living donors to potential recipients, upgrade the architecture of the matching system to identify larger clusters and enable more transplants to be facilitated, improve the usability and scalability of the web site to enable efficient processing of non-directed altruistic donor future traffic volume, and develop a user-interface to provide participating transplant centers the ability to upload donor/recipient medical values into the data base therby eliminating potential transcription errors.
- 223 Store Hill Road, Old Westbury, NY 11568
- $583,000
- Funding would go to the Adele Smither’s Parkinson's Disease Treatment center to increase current research capabilities and develop new research lines, promote education to the community on how to improve quality of life while living with Parkinson’s Disease, and provide equipment appropriate to improve strength and conditioning of people with Parkinson’s Disease.
- 480 Old Westbury Road, Roslyn Heights, NY 11577
- $155,725
- Funding would support the North Shore Child and Family Guidance Center administer its Maternal Depression Program, a major mental health provider for women experiencing perinatal mood disorders and the only one of its kind on Long Island.
- 100 Glen Cove Avenue, Glen Cove, NY 11542
- $400,000
- Funding would be used for exterior repairs, including brick work, energy efficient windows, and interior energy efficient heating and air-conditioning units to the school building. The School for Language and Communication Development (SLCD) is a multi-campus school serving 400 children ages 18 months to 21 years in elementary, middle, and high school programs. SLCD's goal is to strengthen each child's language skills to prepare him for the transition back to a local school district, especially those students with special needs including children with autism.
- 180 Remsen Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201
- $3,000,000
- Funding would support Project Access, an educational opportunity program for underserved young men and women. Specifically, this money would be used for renovations to existing science and information technology facilities, including main renovations to chemistry, physics, biology labs, and related support facilities.
- 36 East John Street, Lindenhurst, NY 11757
- $1,419,051
- Funding would support St. John’s Beacon of Hope program, which comprises a multi-phased capital construction campaign and a five-year program to expand and enhance existing non-denominational community service and outreach efforts and creates much-needed additional service programs.
- 390 Plandome Road, Suite 217, Manhasset, NY 11030
- $1,049,300
- Funding would support a center of excellence called the First Responder Institute which offers mental healthcare to first responders who worked in lower Manhattan in the immediate aftermath of the September 11 th Terrorist Attacks. The Institute is a unique collaboration between Tuesday’s Children, an innovative September 11 th family organization with well established partnerships throughout the tri-state area, psychologists who developed a well accepted counseling program for September 11 th First Responders, and Long Island University.
State, Foreign Operations
U.S.-Ireland Alliance programmatic
- 2800 Clarendon Boulevard, #502 West, Arlington, VA 22201
- $500,000
- Funding will go to the George Mitchell Scholarship program that awards 12 U.S. college graduates a year of postgraduate study at universities in Ireland and Northern Ireland. It is designed to introduce and connect generations of future American leaders to the island of Ireland, while recognizing and fostering intellectual achievement, leadership, and a commitment to public service and community.
Transportation, HUD
City of Glen Cove
- 9 Glen Street, Glen Cove, NY 11542
- $3,000,000
- Funding will be used for the final design, engineering and construction of the phase of the Glen Cove Connector Road which is critical to the success the waterfront redevelopment project and for access to a planned new regional ferry terminal.
- 9 Glen Street, Glen Cove, NY 11542
- $2,000,000
- Funding will be used for the construction of a fast ferry boat terminal to connect commuters and tourists from downtown Glen Cove to New York City, La Guardia Airport, and other key travel corridors.
- 9 Glen Street, Glen Cove, NY 11542
- $2,000,000
- Funding will be used for improvements and repairs to two downtown parking structures integral to multi-modal transit on the Long Island Rail Road, the regional bus system, pedestrian walkways, and the planned fast ferry system.
- 9 Glen Street, Glen Cove, NY 11542
- $1,500,000
- Funding will be used to improve streetscapes and parking structures to foster economic development by attracting and retaining small business in the downtown and waterfront redevelopment area.
- 347 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10017
- $215,000,000
- Funding will be used to continue the East Side Access project which will allow the Long Island Rail Road to terminate at Grand Central Terminal.
- 50 Wolf Road, Albany, NY 12232
- $1,000,000
- Funding will be used to rehabilitate the structural integrity of the northbound Robert Moses Causeway Bridge over the Great South Bay.
King on the Issues
NFIP Sandy Accelerated Partial Payment Process - FEMA gives guidance and flexibility on providing accelerated NFIP claims payments - 12/10/2012 - See More.
Fire Departments Impacted by Hurricane Sandy May Be Eligible for FEMA Public Assistance Grants - Provides assistance for debris removal, emergency protective measures, and the repair, replacement, or restoration of disaster-damaged fire stations, as well as emergency equipment, gear, and emergency vehicles - 12/5/2012 - See More.
Sheltering and Temporary Essential Power (STEP) Program for Hurricane Sandy Victims - The program funds certain necessary and essential measures to help restore power, heat and hot water to primary residences that could regain power through necessary and essential repairs - 11/19/2012 - See More.
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