LABOR &
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Abyssinian Development Corp.
4 W 125th St, New York, NY 10027
A holistic approach to improve educational success for the 900 students currently attending its schools in the Education Corridor. ADC seeks to:
• Enhance the current academic program and curriculum to ensure that our students can effectively and successively compete for post-secondary options at the collegiate level and in the workforce.
• Expand student learning and critical thinking abilities through exposure to international education, foreign language electives, and out-of-school time experiences.
• Improve teacher performance by incorporating more rigorous standards and innovative techniques into their professional development and training programs so they are better equipped to introduce new and effective instructional tools at every learning opportunity - coursework, honors courses, AP, classroom management.
• Address and decrease poor health outcomes for students by providing comprehensive health & wellness programs, nutrition and fitness activities for students so they are healthy - physically and mentally – and able to learn and thrive.
• Increase the level of family involvement and community engagement through programs and initiatives that encourage family and community participation in the lives of the students.
 
American Museum of Natural History
Central Park West at 79th Street, NY, NY
Urban Advantage, a national network of urban science cultural institutions and public school districts partnered to improve science teaching and learning in K-12 public education. Urban Advantage was launched in 2004 by AMNH in partnership with the New York City Department of Education and seven other science cultural institutions in New York City—the Bronx Zoo, Brooklyn Botanical Garden, New York Botanical Garden, New York Hall of Science, New York Aquarium, Queens Botanical Garden, and Staten Island Zoo—to improve 8th grade science teaching and learning in New York City public schools. Since its founding, it has served more than 100,000 eighth grade students in New York City, hundreds of teachers and administrators, and now reaches 30% of middle school students in New York City public schools each year. Urban Advantage is a six-part framework, marrying the exceptional scientific resources and capacities of science cultural institutions with formal public education systems to accomplish: (1) professional development for teachers and administrators to improve science teaching practices; (2) family involvement to bring families to science institutions on a regular basis throughout the year; (3) new scientific classroom resources; (4) field trips for school groups; (5) outreach events; and (6) assessment and evaluation of improvements in science learning. In its four years in New York City, participants in Urban Advantage have reported real gains in science engagement and achievement. 83% of UA teachers observed evidence of improvement in the quality of UA students’ science content knowledge; 85% of UA students self-report that their experience had increased their ability to understand scientific ideas; 80% of UA teachers self-report increased understanding of the process of scientific investigations; 90% of UA teachers report a more developed practice of teaching scientific inquiry; 91% of UA teachers report an increased interest in areas of science; and in general, UA teachers report a greater knowledge of science content and the ability to access resources in support of students. Importantly, Urban Advantage also increases the numbers of families from diverse backgrounds attending science institutions in out-of-school time, many for the first time.

American Red Cross of Greater NY
520 W 49th St, New York, NY 10019
The Emergency Preparedness Initiative will enable ARC/GNY to accomplish the following: 1) recruit, train, equip and support 200 volunteers from the 15th Congressional District; and 2) acquire and stockpile shelter supplies and equipment to be pre-positioned throughout the district in advance of the next large-scale disaster. Specifically: Recruit, train, equip and support 200 volunteers from the 15th Congressional District Support would enable ARC/GNY to recruit and train residents of the Congressional District to become Red Cross volunteers who can assist our city, state and country when disasters occur. Emphasis would be placed on recruiting multi-lingual volunteers and developing partnerships with community groups and faith-based organizations to target pools of potential volunteers. Funding would support the training and outfitting of 200 volunteers as well as drills and exercises to ensure that these volunteers are in a constant state of readiness. Strategic stockpiling of disaster shelter supplies & equipment Federal support will assist the chapter in purchasing bulk supplies of cots, blankets and medical equipment that will be pre-positioned at locations in the Congressional District, ideally near city designated evacuation shelters such as Thurgood Marshall High School, City College and George Washington High School.

America Scores
520 8th Ave, New York, NY 10018
America SCORES New York will serve 120 urban public school students ages 8-12 in the fall of 2010. Students will participate in literacy workshops twice a week, daily nutrition education workshops, soccer practices twice a week, recreational soccer matches once a week, two community-wide health promotion/physical education events, two community service projects, and one community-wide literacy promotion event each year. In addition to the direct service provided through our after school program, America SCORES New York conducts professional development workshops for New York City Public School District teachers, administrators, and staff. America SCORES New York students will achieve the following: (1) Eighty percent of students will demonstrate proficiency in literacy skills as measured by assessment tools and express a commitment to life-long learning; (2) Ninety-five percent of students will increase their participation in service-learning by conducting at least two literacy-based service-learning projects throughout the project period; (3) Ninety percent of students will engage in 150 minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity per week; and (4) Seventy-five percent of students will increase their daily intake of water and healthy foods such as fruits, vegetables, and whole grains by 25% from baseline data over project period.

Armory Foundation
216 Fort Washington Ave, New York, NY 10032
Armory Prep selects 150 student athletes who train at its New Balance Track and Field Center to participate in a twice-weekly after practice program that comprises SAT prep, one-on-one college counseling, individual tutoring, college readiness seminars, and technical and financial support throughout the application process. All students recruited for the program face significant educational obstacles due to domestic, financial and sociological barriers. They are not necessarily top athletes, and very rarely the best students. In our increasingly knowledge based economy, learning and earning potential go hand in hand. The Armory Foundation recognizes the need for effective programs to help disadvantaged students from New York City’s underperforming high schools reach their fullest academic potential.

Bailey House
275 7th Avenue, NY, NY
Case management program at the 1751 Park Avenue location. In response to emerging trends in the HIV/AIDS pandemic, Bailey House targets its services to communities of color, with a focus on women and young adults. A pantry program in East Harlem that is available to clients and to the New York City community. Implementation of a Microsoft SharePoint Server 2007. The server would enable the development of a collaborative central data management and information sharing system. These programs serve the needs of the poor afflicted by AIDS.

Boricua College
3755 Broadway, New York, NY 10032
To expand a Teacher Training Program (TTP) to students in a new Masters of Science (MS) program in Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL).

Boriken Health Center
2253 Third Ave., NY, NY
The East Harlem Council for Human Services, Inc., the operator of the Boriken Neighborhood Health Center, proposes to develop an environmentally aware “Green” replacement community health center in a freestanding building that it owns at 2265 Third Avenue (corner of 123rd Street) across the street from its current facility located within the Taino Towers subsidized housing complex in East Harlem.

Central Park Historical Trips
598 Broadway, New York, NY 10012
A series of workshops to offer specialized training to public elementary and secondary school teachers in the New York City area. This training would be conducted in a series of workshops in conjunction with local participating universities. The purpose is to overcome deficiencies in classroom management skills and could benefit greatly from training in concepts such as male-female learning differentiation, sensory development, and teaching students to function in a multicultural world.

Children's Health Fund
215 W 125th St, New York, NY 10027
A school based health center within the Harlem Children’s Zone, an organization that provides education, family support and social services to children and families living in Central Harlem. Students at the Promise Academy, an HCZ charter school, receive comprehensive primary care at HCHP. For children who live in the Zone but attend other schools, HCHP offers medical assessments, dental services, referrals, and education and outreach services. The educational component, HCHP’s Health Promotion Learning Lab, makes HCHP a unique health partner by empowering children and their families to learn more about their health through information technology and educational sessions.

Citizen Schools
55 Exchange Pl, New York, NY 10004
A program to serve more students in high-need, low-performing schools through an innovative and proven model that supports student achievement. Funds are used for direct costs of serving disadvantaged students. Citizen Schools does this by partnering with public middle schools in low-income, high-need communities and extending their learning day by 12 hours per week (a 30% increase over the regular school schedule). In that extended time frame Citizen Schools staff members work with students to build both academic skills and 21st century skills (such as teamwork, leadership and public speaking), and most importantly to make learning come to life for students through the Citizen Schools apprenticeship model. Apprenticeships are taught by professionals in the private and public sector who volunteer over a 10-week period to teach subjects about which they are passionate and expert.

Columbia School of Medicine
630 W 168th St, New York, NY 10032
The creation of a new state of the art education space by renovating the thirty five year old Hammer Health Sciences Building to create new learning facilities for medical, nursing, dental, and public health students. Existing space will be upgraded, complete with audio visual and wireless internet capability in order to create state of the art education space for health sciences students.

Dance Theatre of Harlem
466 W. 152d Street, NY, NY
K-12 Arts-in-Education Firebird Curriculum – a program for public school children that offers sequential skills-based dance residencies enabling teaching artists to integrate dance instruction standards with interdisciplinary study in the humanities, visual arts, health, and technology. After-School Arts Education – a program that provides systematic conservatory-based training of the highest level to children ages 7-18. The DTH’s professional studio school offers training in classical dance and the allied arts in a way that develops versatile dancers, nurtures creative leaders, and enhances focus, discipline, and self-esteem.

Digital Library, Historic Preservation, and Facility Improvements – an infrastructure project that will upgrade the DTH Library Archives, providing for digitization, preservation, proper storage and display.

Dominican Women's Development Center
519 W. 189th Street, NY,NY
Funding for the Abigail Mejia Technology Center. The Abigail Mejia Technology Center was created in 2003 as a Community Technology Center (CTC) funded by the federal government under the United States Department of Education. It offers Adult Literacy, GED Preparation classes, and computer classes to Dominican and Latina women of the community. It also operates an after school program for young Latinas in the community which in collaboration with the Gregorio Luperon High School (GLHS) provided instruction in English Language Arts and Mathematics to prepare for the Regents Exams, as well as a creative technology class to girls in the 9th and 10th grades. The DWDC wishes to continue operating its Abigail Mejia Technology Center to respond to this unmet demand for services.

Hospital for Special Surgery
535 E 70th St, New York, NY 10021
To expand and modernize clinical facilities for the hospital to remain accessible to the growing number of patients seeking its expertise for surgical and non-surgical treatment of musculoskeletal disease.

Institute for Student Achievement Park East HS
1 Hollow Lane, Lake Success, NY
ISA partners with schools to improve teacher skills and improve school environment by creating small, personalized and academically rigorous high schools in communities that had once only offered students the option of attending large, failing high schools. The purpose of the program is to reduce drop outs and to improve potential for students.

Jewish Home and Hospital for the Aged
120 W 106th St, New York, NY 10025
Redevelopment of the Jewish Home and Hospital for the aged. The existing structure is old and out moded and serves an area in great need of nursing home services.

Rev. Linnette C. Williamson Memorial Park Association, Inc
141 West 139th Street, NY, NY
To provide model preschool and afterschool programs to disadvantaged Harlem children, funds will be used to acquire one building lot; construct a "green" community facility; and operate the program covering all salaries, project supplies, etc.

Mailman School of Public Health
W 168th St, New York, NY 10032
Development of a Disaster Preparedness and Response Research Clearinghouse (DPRC) support faculty research, prepare reports for use by DHS and HHS, The DPRC would procure technology resources for the dissemination of this data, and to support overhead costs.

Metropolitan Hospital
1901 1st Avenue, NY, NY 10029
The re-design and renovation of the Ophthalmology suite for pediatric and adult eye examinations and treatment for a cost of $400,000. This includes office visits, ambulatory surgery, recovery and waiting rooms as well as some new equipment. Physiological monitors in ten (10) rooms and a central monitoring station in the Emergency Department to monitor potentially critically ill patients. The high incidence of diabetes in the East Harlem Community requires an Ophthalmology department that functions at the highest level of efficiency to meet the community’s needs. The current layout does not meet the optimal needs for patient flow and comfort. The redesign will provide a reception and waiting area; as well as office, examination, treatment and recovery areas in the current space.  Improved patient flow will allow the hospital to improve efficiency and see more patients in less time. In addition, the space will be more comfortable for patients and staff. In fiscal year 2008, there were 13,551 visits in the Ophthalmology clinic, which represents a 7% increase in visits compared to fiscal year 2007.

Mt. Sinai Adolescent Health Center
1 Gustave L Levy Pl, New York, NY 10029
The operation, program development and ultimate services provided at the Mount Sinai Adolescent Health Center (MSAHC. In particular, the further development of the Teen Fit program, designed to address the ever growing obesity crisis spreading among today's youth. Teen Fit provides adolescents with the counseling, therapy, education and exercise programming necessary to realize their greatest physical and mental health potential.

Museum for African Art
36-01 43rd Ave, Queens, NY 11101
The construction and fit-out of the conservation and storage vault with climate control features and a modular display system.  A conservation and photo lab, along with compact storage space is necessary to assist in curatoral needs of the new building. With them, the Museum can handle several exhibitions’ materials simultaneously, can pack and unpack incoming and outgoing exhibitions without sacrificing significant gallery space for that purpose, can provide consistent climatization, can care for and store its growing permanent collection, and can coordinate related staff tasks in a single area. Without them, the Museum will have to sacrifice gallery space, separate staff efforts, and move storage facilities and conservation activities offsite, which is both costly and unacceptable to many lenders and museum professionals. 

New York Presbyterian Hospital
161 Fort Washington Avenue, NY, NY
Expanding the Neonatal ICU by 16 beds to 74. At the time of expansion the technology infrastructure will updated to ensure the latest digital and medical applications are available for these most vulnerable patients. The technology supporting neonatal neurology, epilepsy treatment and even heart transplant will be improved. NYP currently has a 58 bed NICU. The state of the science in maternal/fetal care is advanced. Women are delivering babies that would not have survived in the past. Even births at only 27 weeks of gestation can now survive. But there are few facilities that can manage the care of such premature infants. The number of surviving babies is growing but their length of stay in the hospital tends to be extended, on average 20 days. Add to this the fact that NYP is a regional referral center, and it is clear why NYP’s 58 bed NICU must grow to serve the region’s needs.

NY Outward Bound
511 W 182nd St, New York, NY 10033
To support the delivery of NYC Outward Bound services aimed at helping students at the Washington Heights Expeditionary Learning School develop the skills, knowledge and motivation to be successful in school, college, careers and citizenship.

New York Public Library
An on-demand digitization infrastructure to enable request-driven digitization of rare and archival American History collections for education classroom and public use.

NY Road Runners
9 E 89th St, New York, NY 10128
Mighty Milers provides children at low-income schools and community centers with the regular physical activity and character-building opportunities. Staff trains school staff to initiate the program and thereafter provides ongoing support to sites for the life of the program via personal visits and 24 hour response time to questions via email or phone. The program is to deal with the primary causes of childhood obesity – lack of physical activity and poor diet.

North General Hospital
1879 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10035,
The Hospital is proposing a two-phased modernization project to renovate and expand the Emergency Department.

Our Firefighters Children's Foundation
1695 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10029
The purpose is to sustain, enhance, and maintain The Rappin Fireman Fire Safety, prevention and First Aid Programs. The programs will continue to benefit those most vulnerable members of your community, specifically children age 14 and younger, the elderly, the mentally /physically handicapped and non English speaking immigrants. Rappin Fireman Fire Safety Program: A 45 minute high energy educational and entertaining presentation. With the assistance of such learning tools as puppets, Freddie the Fire Truck, Sparky the fire-dog and pumper, The Hydrant robots, the tunnel of smoke (collapsible smoke filled house), and audience participation. Featuring songs like Stop, drop and roll, Smoke Detectors,911, Don’t play with matches and The Rappin Fireman theme song. Children receive fire helmets and coloring books. First Aid Kids Program: “Andy the Ambulance” the robot along with coloring books will be used to teach and reinforce a 45 minute introductory first aid session taught throughout the Department of Education that is divided into 3 developmental stages: First Aid Kids 1: From grades pre-k thru 2nd children are taught basic first aid such as: 1.Cleaning bug bites and scratches 2.Bleeding 3.Know the right numbers to call to include dialing 911, 4. Hot water safety 5.Choking First Aid Kids 2: From grades 3rd and 4th are taught lessons from previous first aid kids 1 along with: 1.Dehydration 2.Burns 3.Toothaches 4.Allergies 5.Basic sanitation First Aid Kids 3 : From grades 5th and 6th A brief review of the information given in the prior lesson plans including: 1.CPR. 2.Broken bones 3.Home first aid First Aid Program At Senior Centers: A 45 minute Bi-lingual introductory first aid session taught throughout many Senior Centers throughout New York City. The Program would entail a more advanced lesson plan from first aid kids along with specific instructions for first aid for seniors. The Firehouse Circus: Te firehouse circus is held in the month of October/Fire prevention month. It is held in a big top circus tent. A phenomenal extravaganza that brings 20,000 school children of all ages to witness a blend of fire safety and circus acts. Log on to Youtube.com for a 2 minute preview. (search The Firehouse Circus). Media outreach: We will film two television/radio commercials aimed at reminding the viewers to change the smoke detector batteries in the Spring and Fall.

ParentJob Network
3 W 87th St, New York, NY 10024,
Program support for an existing workforce development program, which is operating successfully in public schools on the Upper West Side, East Harlem, Central Harlem, and Washington Heights. 1) Job Readiness Workshops 2) Financial Literacy Workshops 3) Computer Classes 4) Job Placement Services 5) English as a Second Language (ESL) Classes 6) Networking Events/Job Fairs.

School of New Resources Rosa Parks Campus
144 W 125th St, New York, NY 10027
The School of New Resources is now seeking funding to ensure continued growth of the campus and technologically up-to-date teaching and learning environments for residents of Harlem. The present need is to update the technology infrastructure to allow students optimal use of Web-based resources. Improved technology infrastructure and equipment will help the school to bridge the “digital divide” that many low-income adult students in Harlem experience and ensure that these students are better prepared to use technology in the workforce. Additional resources at the Rosa Parks Campus will provide enhanced capabilities for distance learning and address the needs of adult learners through interactive learning environments with in-class access to Web-based resources appropriate to each course. The requested funds will be used to upgrade the telecommunications infrastructure so that various media, e.g. simultaneous broadcasting (including online video presentations and video conferencing), can be used to give busy Harlem residents access to experts and programs from other School of New Resources campuses in New York City and Westchester. Harlem residents will become creators of innovative learning environments and active participants in discovering and implementing solutions to the issues affecting their community. The funds will also be used to enhance four technology classrooms (including smart boards, wireless access and multimedia work stations) and for multimedia instruction stations and laptops that can be transported between classrooms. These upgrades will improve technology-assisted learning in seminar-style courses, enhance the interdisciplinary nature of students’ course work, foster cooperative learning skills, improve their technology literacy skills, enhance science and math skills which are the foundation of many professional careers, and enable them to participate more fully in their career and volunteer roles in their local community.

St. Luke's Breast Cancer Center
555 W 57th St, New York, NY 10019
Due to the increase in patients seeking care at St.Luke’s Breast Clinic, additional medical equipment is needed in order to more efficiently and effectively serve its clients. Specifically, the equipment being requested is: Specimen radiograph machine— The machine enables medical personnel to contain, track tumor identity, radiograph and transport biopsy specimens safely, quickly and simply. This results in a decrease in operating room (OR) time for patients, decreases chances significantly of having to return to the OR for additional biopsies, and decreases the surgeon time in the OR--- availing him or her to care for more patients in need of diagnostic breast procedures. Mammotone machine— This diagnostic machine allows for the aspiration of suspicious breast tissue. Once obtained the tissue is then analyzed for cancerous cells. St. Luke’s, at this time, does not have it own mammotone machine. Patients have to travel to Roosevelt hospital which is over 40 blocks away. Patients would be better served if St. Luke’s had an on-site mammotone machine ---- allowing for an appropriate treatment regimen to begin in a more timely fashion. Digital Mammogram machine— Current evidence supporting mammograms is even stronger than in the past. In particular, recent evidence has confirmed that mammograms offer substantial health benefits for women in their 40s. St. Luke’s is requesting funding for an additional mammogram machine. At present, St. Luke’s patients are experiencing 2-3 month waits for a screening mammogram. The addition of a second machine would decrease wait times greatly.

STRIVE
240 E 123rd St, New York, NY 10035
The Brownfield Worker On-the-Job Training project would provide stipends for graduates of STRIVE’s job training programs for three-month on-the-job training experiences in the brownfields industry at $12/hour. This job experience and mentoring program will assist these low-skilled workers in obtaining additional temporary and permanent jobs, gaining a foothold onto a green career path. Local brownfield industry firms and organizations have committed to training and supervising the workers, using local labor to clean up brownfields in New York City. Funds will also enable STRIVE to provide ongoing support to the trainees during this period, and to pay for $150 for participants to get state and city licenses to work in asbestos abatement.

Jazzmobile
154 W. 147th St
Education workshops for youths to teach music skills.


TRANSPORTATION & HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Abyssinian Development Corp.
4 W 125th St, New York, NY 10027
The construction of a new facility for the Thurgood Marshall Academy Lower School (TMALS). The requested funding would be used to build a new state-of-the-art pre-K through Grade school located in the Central Harlem area of New York.

Alianza Dominicana
530 W. 166th Street, NY, NY
Alianza Dominicana, Inc. is requesting a capital grant towards the development of the Triangle Building, a 48,000 square foot, six story, mixed use development currently being constructed that will house for profit businesses and non-profit community services. The Triangle Building will also be the home of the first Dominican/Latino cultural institution and tourist destination in Washington Heights, the Centro Cultural Casa AfroQuisqueya. Construction for the Triangle Building is well underway and both the building and the cultural center have been forecasted to be completed by fall 2009.

Capital funds to create a community center of approximately 75,000 square feet in partnership with four other nonprofit organizations. This proposed center will provide multiple, complementary services to businesses and local residents.

Boricua College
3755 Broadway, New York, NY 10032
To renovate the third floor classrooms; approximately two thousand eight hundred square feet (2,800 sq ft.).

Community Association of Progressive Dominicans, Inc.
3940 Broadway, NY, NY 
Capital funds to create a community center of approximately 75,000 square feet in partnership with four other nonprofit organizations. This proposed center will provide multiple, complementary services to businesses and local residents.

Dominican Women's Development Center
519 West 189th Street, NY, NY
To renovate a space in an existing building for the Mamá Tingó Group Day Care Center. The site will yield enough space for various classrooms, a kitchen and office space for the day care center’s staff. The Mamá Tingó Group Day Care Center will provide 100 full-time equivalent slots for children between the ages of 2.0 months and 5.0 years and create 15 new jobs in the community. It will offer a dual language English/Spanish curriculum in keeping with models already in use in innovative New York City public schools. Because of part-time schedules and evening hours, more than 43 children will be enrolled at one time. El Centro will also offer a drop-in center for short-term care. Approximately 50% of the child care slots will be reserved for children from low-income families that will be funded with a Limited Purchase of Service contract with ACS.

Capital funds to create a community center of approximately 75,000 square feet in partnership with four other nonprofit organizations. This proposed center will provide multiple, complementary services to businesses and local residents.

Harlem Hospital
506 Malcolm X Blvd, New York, NY 10037
Pedestrian bridge and parking garage structure to provide efficient community access to the high quality health care services.

Harlem United
306 Malcolm X Blvd, New York, NY 10027
To support the development of a dental clinic as part of a comprehensive, community-based health care clinic. To expand upon existing services and address current and anticipated health care and social service needs of the growing homeless population in Harlem and the South Bronx.
 
Hispanic Society of America
613 W 155th St, New York, NY 10032
To complete the first phase of a capital improvements project designed to restore, replace and/or repair the roofs, walls, ceilings and flooring of two buildings within the 100 year old complex. The project, the Centennial Renovation Initiative, is a five to ten year effort to ensure that the integrity of the buildings are sustained and the remarkable collections of Hispanic art and literature are preserved into its second century. The purpose of the funds is to enable the Hispanic Society of America to be faithful to its mission and purpose to promote and advance the history, art and literature of Spain, Portugal and Latin America.

La Casa de la Herencia Cultural Puertoriquena, Inc
1230 5th Ave, New York, NY 10029
To build and enhance the Puerto Rican Heritage Library and Resource Center, to deliver and support projects, and on-going activities that build the ability and capacity to serve the Puerto Rican/Latino, and non Latino community of East Harlem. With an environment that is built with the structures and equipment necessary, and a more user friendly space, with capacity to accommodate up to 100 participants in our large open area (and up to 30 additional people on the other side of the organization, La Casa will support and conduct high-priority, educational and cultural programs and activities to advance its mission more effectively, and provide more effectively, the necessary resources it offers to the community through this Ethnic Heritage Library/Resource Center.

Lincoln Center Corridor NYC
70 Lincoln Center Plaza, NY, NY
The redesign and revitalization of 65th Street between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenues. The Redevelopment Project includes a series of transportation initiatives totaling $64.3 that Lincoln Center is undertaking to make critical transportation, pedestrian safety, and ADA improvements that are needed to improve public access to Lincoln Center’s core facilities and institutions. crucial to continuing Lincoln Center’s economic impact on New York City and New York State. Lincoln Center’s total economic impact on New York City is over $1.3 billion, with 5,800 jobs providing $295 million in earnings for city residents. Lincoln Center’s total economic impact on New York State is over $1.4 billion, with 13,200 jobs providing $540 million in earnings for state residents. Since construction has been underway, Lincoln Center has created nearly 1,000 new jobs and continues to help stimulate the city’s economy daily.

Mart 125 Redevelopment
110 William St, New York, NY 10038
Toward a fit-out of a 12,000 square foot cultural facility containing theater, exhibit, classroom and office space. $2,000,000 will cover the following items of general construction and finishes: a. Interior partitions and ceilings b. Millwork c. Openings d. Floor finishes e. Paint f. Bathrooms g. Other fit-out components The Mart 125 site is an underutilized 10,000 square foot site in Central Harlem. Its strategic location in the heart of 125th Street, directly across from the Apollo Theater, offers a unique opportunity to establish a premier arts and cultural venue. The Mart 125 redevelopment project seeks to redevelop the site, creating a mixed-use development consisting of: -Cultural space (containing theater, exhibit, classroom, etc. space) operated by one or more non-profit arts and cultural organizations -Ground floor Visitors Center for Harlem -Local retail establishment or café -Affordable housing.

Museum of African American Cinema
163 W. 125th Street, NY, NY
To sustain the collateralized building campaign to purchase real property within Harlem for the construction of a permanent home for this museum. These collateral funds will be used to leverage bond financing from the NYS Dormitory Authority toward the full development of this museum project.
 
Museum for African Art
36-01 43rd Ave, Queens, NY 11101
Construction of a building for a museum. addition of a major new cultural facility, especially one that is located at the edge of Harlem, will have a significant economic impact on the community. An independent economic impact assessment concluded that: visitors and Museum employees will spend over $3 million annually in the local area; the construction period will generate more than 716 person-years of employment and $40 million in wages and salaries; and the disposition of underutilized City property and construction will result in an additional $15 million in tax revenues. Once the building is completed, the Museum operations alone will contribute more than $7 million to the City and State annually.

Museum for African Art Street Work
36-01 43rd Ave, Queens, NY 11101
Streetscaping the building site, which will involve concrete pavers, new planters, lawn and trees, a public plaza, curb cuts, and loading dock. The public space surrounding the building – lawn and sidewalks – will have to be restored, and landscaped in accordance with New York City’s tree and shrub regulations. This involves the building’s frontage on Fifth Avenue, Duke Ellington Circle, and 109th and 110th Streets. A corner plaza, which will face both Central Park and Harlem in order to embrace visitors from both Museum Mile and Harlem communities, will be paved for use as a public gathering space and a location where Museum activities and programs can be offered. These areas will also constitute some of the building’s many green offerings, with better drainage of tree beds, bike racks for visitors, and an offstreet .parking area for buses and trucks.

National Jazz Museum
104 E. 126th St., NY, NY
The funds will be used toward fit-out of a 12,000 square foot cultural facility containing theater, exhibit, classroom and office space. The National Jazz Museum in Harlem serves not only its local community, but all Harlem visitors, with free programs that make the music and the people who make it readily accessible. The variety of formats includes performance, educational events, and social gatherings. Most programs are held at the Museum’s Visitors Center, with additional offerings at other cultural centers throughout NYC. Our mission is to highlight Harlem’s great contribution to world culture and reveal the window it opens into history for attendees of all ages. The Museum also runs programs in cooperation with local schools, the NY public library, senior facilities and other museums. Our temporary home attracts several thousand visitors a year, and a permanent base on 125th Street will dramatically increase our visibility.

Northern Manhattan Coalition for Economic Development
600 West 185th Street, NY, NY
Casa Duarte Cultural and Performing Arts Center (CDCPAC), a 20,000 square foot arts, entertainment, and training facility furthering the economic revitalization that has already begun west of Broadway along Dyckman Street, serving the communities of Washington Heights and Inwood specifically as well as New York City at large. This center will change the cultural landscape of Upper Manhattan by providing a unique venue for Latino, women, and other artists of color in all media.

Northern Manhattan Improvement Corporation
76 Wadsworth Avenue, NY, NY
Capital funds to create a community center of approximately 75,000 square feet in partnership with four other nonprofit organizations. This proposed center will provide multiple, complementary services to businesses and local residents.

Operation Fight Back PS 109 Housing
413 E 120th St, New York, NY 10035
To create 74 units of affordable housing (60% and below AMI) for artists at the historic PS 109 public school building in East Harlem.

Wingspan Arts
930 9th Avenue, New York, NY
To build the Wingspan Arts Center (WAC). WAC will be a state-of-the-art professional performing arts and education outreach center located in the landmark Metro Theatre at Broadway and 99th Street in Manhattan. The Center will enable new and emerging artists, resident and visiting theater companies, students of the arts and participants in arts outreach programs to work side by side in a place that can serve as a learning laboratory and catalyst for sharing creative, relevant ideas in a variety of voices. Programs will bring energy and vitality to the neighborhood and the Center will become a significant cultural destination in New York City.


COMMERCE & JUSTICE

American Museum of Natural History
Central Park West at 79th Street, NY, NY 10024
The Museum proposes to use the requested funding, which it will leverage with funds from non-federal sources, over a two-year period for scaling up Science Bulletins dissemination ($450,000); R&D on new techniques for visualizing massive space and earth science data sets and producing and delivering the Science Bulletins program nationwide ($2,200,000); presenting Science Bulletins online and increasing website usage ($250,000); developing astrophysics data visualizations for a new digital space show and offering NASA related programming at the Rose Center for Earth and Space ($600,000). AMNH seeks to build on the sustained successes of these collaborations by scaling up to reach even larger audiences with a program to communicate current science content – content about NASA science and missions in particular – to diverse national audiences.

The Museum will develop and deliver education programs and resources that leverage its environmental research programs and extend its recent major exhibitions on water and climate change. The AMNH environmental education program will include such components as: • New Science Bulletin Feature Documentary and Data Visualizations: A 5-7 minute documentary story about current scientific research related to marine environments, and a visualization of large scale current climate and weather databases will be produced as part of the AMNH Science Bulletins multimedia exhibition program and disseminated via the free Science Bulletins website and to 41 partner venues in the U.S. and abroad. • Public Programs: Public Programs target the full range of the Museum’s current audiences—through evening lectures, adult and family programs, and children’s programs—as well as extend to new audiences, such as policy makers and the international community. • Professional Development: Professional development activities will target a broad audience of teachers, principals, university faculty, and NYC Department of Education leaders. Programs will include teacher institutes, City-wide professional development offerings, and Seminars on Science, a series of online science courses for educators. • Online Resources: A variety of water and climate change themed digital resources will be produced and made available on the web for children and families, educators, and general audiences. • Environmental Research and Training: AMNH scientists and experts in biodiversity conservation will advance research related to marine environments and train graduate students and postdoctoral fellows so as to help build a diverse STEM workforce.

Armory Foundation
216 Fort Washington Ave, New York, NY 10032
Armory Prep selects 150 student athletes who train at its New Balance Track and Field Center to participate in a twice-weekly after practice program that comprises SAT prep, one-on-one college counseling, individual tutoring, college readiness seminars, and technical and financial support throughout the application process. The Armory Foundation recognizes the need for effective programs to help disadvantaged students from New York City’s underperforming high schools reach their fullest academic potential. Since 2002, the Armory College Preparation Program has been serving this need.

Carnegie Hall’s Programs for At-Risk Youth
881 7th Ave., New York, NY 10019
A highly intensive teaching and mentoring program to engage at risk youth in sustained and meaningful ways, placing extraordinary music conservatory graduates for two year fellowships in public schools. Thirty of the schools are designated Title 1; 10 of them have populations 95 percent below the federal poverty level. The young musicians working in these schools provide a combination of classroom work, out-of-school time activities, and concert performances. They show by example that students can realize personal goals—as a musician or anything else—through dedication and hard work. These top-echelon artists become true members of their school community, and over time, important role models and mentors for their students. Requested funding would enable continuation and ongoing evaluation of Carnegie Hall’s in-school programs that are targeted towards at-risk youth. In addition to the school-based programs, requested funding will also support the extension of Carnegie Hall’s community programs. In particular, Carnegie Hall plans to expand its existing partnership with the NYC Department of Homeless Services. Carnegie Hall is ensuring that young shelter residents can attend concerts and that shelter staff learn best practices so that they can provide music and music-making to these residents on an ongoing basis. Finally, Carnegie Hall has planned to add 50 free community concerts next year targeting populations with limited access.

City Parks Foundation
830 5th Ave, New York, NY 10065
To fund the use of local parks to educate children and adults, provide recreational activities for youth and seniors, offer inexpensive cultural experiences for children and families, and promote the utilization of local parks and open spaces by bringing people to their parks thus creating safe and active parks. Also, to help citizens support their parks on a local level, and in doing so contribute to the revitalization of neighborhoods throughout New York City. 

Computers for Youth
322 8th Avenue NY, NY
The program provides underserved students with the resources and support they need for academic and life-long success. The Take IT Home program helps low-income students by distributing home learning centers (refurbished computers loaded with top-notch educational software) and training parents and teachers to become effective partners for learning. CFY’s Take IT Home-New York program addresses the performance gap between affluent and low-income middle school students .

El Museo del Barrio
1230 5th Ave, New York, NY 10029
An outreach initiative designed to serve students and teachers in Manhattan, Queens, and the South Bronx. This initiative was launched in the fall of 2008. This program introduces students and teachers to El Museo’s collection, exhibitions and resources by offering schools and community-based organizations free single session visits to the classroom, three-part programs, and in-depth multi-session partnerships during the school day and after school. Targeting the District’s neediest schools, El Museo in the Classroom is designed to offer students greater access to the Museum and its resources, opportunities to interact with practicing artists, and a vehicle for creative self-expression and dialogue. The program serves students who are minorities of color, and the large majority who live in neighborhoods under the area mean income level, with 72.8% eligible for free lunches. Of the total number of students served, 47.3% are Hispanic, 34.1% are African-American, 10.8% are Caucasian, and 7.7% are Asian/Other.
FC Harlem
441 Manhattan Ave, New York, NY 10026
The Lion Share Youth Development Program, FC Harlem will structure and design a curriculum that will incorporate the B.A.S.I.C™ model (Building Athletic Social and Intellectual Capacity) for its programs that focuses on the following areas: •Academic Achievement •Self Esteem and Social Interaction •Character/Leadership Development •Anti-Gang Awareness •Cultural Awareness and Community Service •Nutrition and Healthy Lifestyles •Immigration Support Services •Personal Financial Management & Financial Literacy Education Funding will be used for the following FC Harlem objectives and activities in the 2010 school year: •Conduct workshops that discuss various topics such as: the significance of higher education, college & career exploration, immigration support services, job readiness skills, health awareness, financial literacy, drugs, alcohol, sex, rape, gang violence, domestic abuse, etc. •Provide assistance with College – Application Process, Financial Aid and Scholarship Information, SAT preparation •Build out our nutrition and exercise curriculum to combat the obesity problem in our community •Hire and train qualified personnel to assist with program direction, administration and execution on all of the above. •Assist youth in developing a Resume, Cover Letter, Thank You Letter, Reference List, Resignation Letter •Assign mentors for each participating child (Junior High School and above) •Establish internships opportunities based on career interest (Juniors and Seniors in High School) •Act as a referral services agency FC Harlem, a model youth development program, works to prepare children and teens with the values and skills needed to be successful contributors to society and role models in the community. FC Harlem aspires to prepare participants to achieve high academic standards and play premier soccer around the world.

Gay Men's Health Crisis
119 W 24th St, New York, NY 10011,
A multiyear HIV prevention campaign for at-risk youth with the ultimate goal of saving lives by decreasing rates of infection among youth communities in New York City and by empowering youth with an array of life skills that will lead them toward success and independence. A multiyear prevention campaign of targeted outreach and HIV testing. Wide-reaching outreach and testing activities, including social marketing campaigns, online interventions, educational workshops and activities, and special testing events, present an indispensable opportunity to intervene in the lives of those at risk of infection, and to connect them to the care and support they need to address and reduce their risk factors. Once the young men are targeted they engage with GMHC via its prevention campaign. They can also access a wide continuum of care services in order to survive and to thrive, whether they are HIV-positive or merely at risk of infection. GMHC views this as a “one-stop shopping” model and provides services addressing the totality of a client’s needs, including substance use and mental health counseling, meals and nutrition, treatment adherence counseling, legal services, GED training and workforce development, social support and networking, and client advocacy services.

Harlem RBI
333 East 100th Street, New York, NY 10029
Harlem RBI is a unique, year-round, community-based sports, education and enrichment program for at-risk youth located in East Harlem, New York. Requested funding will be used to build staff capacity for the organization’s nationally recognized “REAL Kids” and “Team Enrichment” Programs. Harlem RBI’s continued growth will move the organization forward as it exposes youth to their own power and potential, and gives them the tools and confidence to realize their dreams. Purpose of Project: Expose youth to their own power and potential, and gives them the tools and confidence to realize their potential.

John Jay College of Criminal Justice
899 10th Avenue, NY, NY
John Jay College of Criminal Justice, in partnership with The Fortune Society, proposes to continue and develop long-term sustainability for the National Academy for Re-Entry Policy and Practice (contingent on FY09 funding). •Establishment of a national research clearinghouse on reentry issues that will be available for use online by practitioners, academics, and policymakers. •Creation of a fellowship program to support and centralize doctoral research related to reentry, as well as the New York City Criminal Justice Fellows program for masters in Public Administration students, in conjunction with the Wagner School of Public Administration at NYU. •Development of a model curriculum for a reentry course for use by criminal justice and criminology departments in conjunction with a group of criminal justice academics. The purpose of the clearinghouse is to centralize reentry-related research that identifies best practices, programmatic innovations, evaluations, and other information that would be helpful to the field. Another goal of the clearinghouse is to identify research gaps that could be filled by academics. The project seeks to identify “pulse points” and partner institutions within each discipline to foster research, create academic curricula, and offer appropriate professional development opportunities.

Mt. Sinai Adolescent Health Center
1 Gustave L Levy Pl, New York, NY 10029
To provide counseling and intervention services addressing high risk behavior. To reduce risky behaviors, improve pro-social functioning among high risk urban youth, and assist in teaching youth about making smart choices both socially and nutritionally.

Museum of the City of NY
1220 5th Ave, New York, NY 10029
Five programs which offer vocational training, cultural enrichment, academic skills acquisition, and/or encourage local youth to be active participants in their communities. Summer Internship Program Summer Programs combine the Museum’s School Programs with a vocational component, training young adults in museum education. Saturday Academy Saturday Academy is a free enrichment program on topics in American history, open to students in grades 6 through 12. New York City History Day Over 300 participating students in grades 6 -12 from schools throughout New York City work on projects for eight to ten months, culminating in a contest day. Neighborhood Explorers Neighborhood Explorers brings local East Harlem students—50 in fall 2007—to the Museum to learn and use the principles of architecture, planning and preservation to address a neighborhood issue. Weekend Family Programs Separately and severally, the five programs support positive youth development in all five boroughs by providing youth with opportunities to use their time in a positive manner through education, employment, and community service.

92nd Street Y
1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY 10128
Educational Outreach and Scholarship Initiative for At-Risk Youth, the Y reaches out to children in New York City communities that have significant rates of juvenile delinquency through educational programs for public school students and scholarships for children from low- and moderate-income families, who could not otherwise access the high quality programs available at the Y. The Initiative reaches an at-risk population of 7,916 New Yorkers annually, including 4,200 young people in Upper Manhattan. The Educational Outreach and Scholarship Initiative for At-Risk Youth addresses the vital issues of delinquency prevention and access to educational resources: helping to bridge the gap in public school arts education, enhance learning through a science-based class curriculum, and provide access to high quality afterschool and summer programs that help youth to develop their skills and talents during hours when they might otherwise be idle. Y partner schools are located within neighborhoods that have an average Community Disadvantage Index of eight, on a ten point scale.

Ohel Children's Home and Services
4510 16th Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11204
To expand the At-Risk Youth and Child Abuse Prevention program to new communities and school districts in New York including those in New York’s 15th Congressional District. Ohel’s school-based mobile intervention team works with day schools and community groups to provide evaluations, crisis intervention, and trauma and grief counseling sessions for a variety of emotional, behavioral, and / or social problems, including those related to alcohol, drugs, violence, abuse, and inappropriate sexual activity. The program benefits the public in that it prevents “at-risk” behaviors from spiraling into juvenile delinquency. In addition, the program provides counseling and intervention services for children who are the victims of abuse or who are confronted with challenging circumstances in their lives so that these experiences do not lead to ongoing, destructive behavior.

Phoenix House NYC
164 W 74th St, New York, NY 10023
An integrated electronic client management system that makes possible a new level of individual case management and meets 21st Century standards for health care records and client reporting has become essential. The funds are to acquire, install, and train staff in the use of a clinical management system that enables us to: thoroughly assess a client’s needs, customize treatment, update clinical records, electronically share data within the Phoenix House treatment network and with governmental and community partners, and help program graduates remain in recovery by providing electronic access to Phoenix House support services.

Police Liaison Group
180 Riverside Dr, New York, NY 10024
To provide an extremely cost efficient technologically-based interactive communications network established in cooperation with the NYPD serving parents, schools, community members and other agencies by providing for the safety of youth and communities. SUN Alerts are received by thousands of individuals, including: parents; school administrators in a large majority of the private schools in Manhattan North; growing numbers of public schools; members of many levels of the NYPD, i.e., divisions, squads, precinct commands, the Transit Bureau, headquarters at One Police Plaza; and members of other public and private agencies and organizations, including the Manhattan DA’s Office, Family Court Corporation Counsel, the Parks Department-Parks Enforcement Patrol, a number of local elected officials, Mayor’s Community Assistance Unit, NYC Department of Education, a number of Precinct Community Councils, community groups and block associations. By written agreement, heads of member schools also receive Confidential Alerts containing sensitive information regarding the safety of their children and facilities. SUN receives incident reports: through its website, by email and telephonically regarding everything from bullying to bomb threats. In a number of cases SUN provides information to the police that they would not ordinarily receive, which is used to prevent and address suspicious activity and crime involving youth. ii. SUN transmits these incident reports: received from parents, schools, community members and others to appropriate decision makers in the police department for their prompt attention; providing follow up to SUN subscribers as needed. SUN helps ensure that children live and learn in a safe environment, a prerequisite to academic success. According to the Safe Streets, Safe Cities Program, 40,000 police officers are required to effectively police New York City. The NYPD is down from that number by approximately 5,000 in part as a result of attrition and budget cuts. SUN’s ability to supplement police presence and help connect youth with effective community based resources positively impacts on the safety of youth while aiding in keeping them on track.


DEFENSE

American Museum of Natural History
Central Park West at 79th Street, NY, NY 10024
In FY05, the Museum and DOD launched a multi-faceted research partnership via DARPA that leverages the Museum’s unique expertise and capacity. Since that time, the AMNH has been carrying out research through its Institute for Comparative Genomics that directly relates to the Defense Research Sciences’ goals by increasing our capacity to predict where disease outbreaks might occur and to effectively monitor disease-causing agents and their global spread, an endeavor vital for national security. DARPA program managers have supported AMNH’s work and have sought to make it known to DOD-supported scientists working on related problems, and DOD and AMNH scientists have participated in one another’s conferences and meetings. With this request, the Museum seeks to extend its research and training in support of DOD’s research priorities and national security goals AMNH offers unique research capacity; a superbly qualified scientific staff in life, physical, and social sciences; unparalleled facilities, including a 700 CPU parallel computing cluster; high throughput sequencing capacity and an ultra-cold tissue collection that stores specimens with preserved DNA; one of the world’s largest and most important natural history collections; expertise in using remote sensing and Geographical Information System (GIS) technologies to applied research questions; and far-reaching science education programs capped by the Richard Gilder Graduate School, which offers rigorous postsecondary training, including a doctoral program in biology.

Columbia University School of Medicine
630 W 168th St, New York, NY 10032
To develop new therapeutic approaches for the currently untreatable disease spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), the most frequent genetic killer of infants and toddlers. Increased investment in SMA research will help lead to treatments for SMA and for other neurodegenerative diseases, such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS; also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease).

CCNY
Convent Avenue at 138th Street, NY, NY 10034
This program is a collaborative effort between the City College of New York (CCNY) and Novus Technologies Corporation to develop lightweight armor for the U.S. Army that will protect a variety of military vehicles from multiple threats. CCNY and Novus are working with the U.S. Army Research, Development, and Engineering Command – Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (RDECOM-TARDEC) to design armor that is multifunctional (not only protects, but reduces heat signature), has self-sensing capability to ensure the effectiveness of the armor at all times, is cost-effective and feasible to mass produce, and allows for wide-spread deployment on a variety of vehicles. Additional funding is being requested to hire more students, professors, and engineers to conduct the research on CCNY’s campus accelerate the development of this technology. Multiple performance objectives can be accomplished through this program, and its success can ensure the best protection for our soldiers and valuable assets by: providing lightweight and structural solutions; increasing protection to defeat multiple threats; optimizing weight, space allocation, and cost; and, allowing warfighters to monitor the performance of the armor system in real time. This advanced armor system is initially targeted for light armor truck protection, but it can be applied to protect other heavy armor vehicles, buildings, aircraft, and ships. Acceleration of the development of the armor material technology will create a high-performance multi-threat vehicle armor that protects against high-velocity IED, ballistic, and explosively formed projectile (EFP) threats; reduces vehicle weight while increasing mobility and durability; and, offers more agility with a smaller logistical footprint. In an effort to satisfy the US Army’s requirement for lightweight, multi-functional materials and structures that are cost-effective. safe and efficient, the U.S. Army Research, Development, and Engineering Command – Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (RDECOM-TARDEC) initiated a program to develop advanced, lightweight, multifunctional, multi-threat nanocomposite material technology. This technology uses cost-effective fabrication processes and optimized armor designs and configurations. The TARDEC program investigates, designs, and evaluates innovative armor materials, advanced structural armors, ballistic defeat mechanisms, and armor packaging concepts. The goal is to create lightweight, ballistically superior armors/structures that will provide the last line of defense for combat and tactical vehicles. The innovative core design will absorb or deflect ballistic or blast energy to defeat multiple threats such as armor piercing projectiles, anti-tank mines, and improvised explosive devices (IEDs). It also incorporates self-sensing capability to monitor and ensure the performance of the armor in real time. The armor will provide multiple functionalities including flame retardancy, electric conductivity, and thermal dissipation to reduce the vehicle thermal imaging detection. The rapid prototyping and simulation/modeling tools being used will reduce development time and cost. The reduction in fabrication and material cost of the armor solution translates into a meaningful reduction in the vehicle cost. Finally, the reduced armor weight can increase its mobility and durability and ultimately, the manpower required to move heavy armor vehicles through the logistics system. The program is intended to address the technical challenges in six thrust areas: composite material and process optimization, advanced nanocomposite, high speed impact, blast resistance, self-sensing, and prototyping/demonstration. The advanced material technology will benefit the tactical truck platforms in existing and future combat vehicles, as well as commercial truck platforms in homeland security. Multiple performance objectives can be accomplished through this program. It provides lightweight and structural solutions, attains increased protection to defeat multiple threats, and optimizes weight and space allocation and cost. It will also allow the warfighter to continue monitoring the performance of the armor system in real time to ensure the best protection. The initial target of this advanced armor system is light armor truck protection. This solution, however, can be applied to protect other heavy armor vehicles, buildings, aircraft, and ships. Acceleration of the development of this lightweight multifunctional composite armor material technology will do the following: create a high-performance multi-threat vehicle armor that satisfies the warfighters’ needs by protecting against high-velocity IED, ballistic, and explosively formed penetrator (EFP) threats; reduce vehicle weight and increase mobility and durability; and, offer more agility with a smaller logistical footprint. The success of the program can ensure greater survivability by providing better protection to our soldiers.

New York Presbyterian Hospital
161 Fort Washington Avenue, NY, NY
This funding is to continue a breast and other cancer research project in conjunction with the Department of Defense, to develop standards and protocols in the utilization of a next-generation cancer treatment technology known as a linear accelerator. The device, which a portion of the funds will be used to purchase, uses cutting-edge 3-D imaging software that allows physicians to target a military patient’s tumor directly; thereby allowing higher doses of radiation to a much smaller area over a much shorter period of time - resulting in less surrounding tissue damage and an exponentially shorter recovery time. This request is consistent with congressional mandates to promote research directed toward reducing the incidence of breast and other forms of cancer, increasing survival rates, and improving the quality of life for those diagnosed with the disease. This project is being managed at the Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center at the US Army’s Materiel and Medical Command. According to the Department of Defense Joint Warfighting Science and Technology Plan, Chapter IX, Joint Readiness and Logistics, TATRC’s program scope is to “identify, explore, and demonstrate key technologies and biomedical principles required to overcome technology barriers that are both medically and militarily unique.” TATRC and USAMRMC apply medical knowledge and information to enhance medical decision-making, improve medical training, and deliver medical treatment across all barriers. This request helps fulfill these goals. Cancer of the breast is the most commonly diagnosed non-skin cancer in women. One out of every eight women will develop breast cancer in her lifetime. Breast cancer is the second leading cause of death in women. In 2007, approximately 178,480 women in the United States received a diagnosis of invasive breast cancer and 62,030 women were diagnosed with breast cancer in situ. The Department of Defense is the Nation’s second largest funder of breast cancer research, second only to the National Institutes of Health. This project seeks to enhance the Department of Defense’s ability to diagnose, treat and speed recovery of active duty military personnel and veterans from breast and other forms of cancer. The linear accelerator equipment that this research project will use to test its hypothesis of reduced radiation treatment times and frequencies is the latest generation of imaging software and targeted high-energy x-ray technology. This technology will provide military and civilian physicians with real-time 3-D imaging equipment allowing them to target radiation directly at the patient’s tumor; thereby allowing higher doses of radiation to a much smaller area over a much shorter period of time. This results in less surrounding tissue damage and exponentially shorter recovery time. This project intends to demonstrate that linear accelerator equipment will improve the quality and continuity of care to breast cancer patients, allow the Department of Defense to enhance its force readiness capabilities both at home and abroad, and reduce costs to TRICARE. New York-Presbyterian is the optimal choice to test this hypothesis as the largest academic medical center in the United States. Further, NYP has excellent relationships and referral arrangements with local Veterans Administration hospitals and is in the position to work with DoD and the VA to construct a thorough cohort of patients to research the efficacy of the project’s research hypothesis. New York-Presbyterian has begun this multi-year research and development project with the Department of Defense that will test new and innovative technologies to treat breast cancer patients and eventually expand the project scope to include cervical and uterine cancer as well as potentially other forms of cancer that can be treated in a similar manner.

New York Stem Cell Foundation
1995 Broadway, NY, NY 10023
The number one cause of battle-related death and injury is traumatic brain injury (TBI). Methods of modern warfare have resulted in dramatic increases in the incidence of facial disfigurement. The traumatic head and facial injuries that result from service in combat not only leave their victims with life-threatening skull damage, but also disfigure them, rendering them socially and psychologically scarred. The full cost of these injuries (which are currently impossible to repair) extends beyond the burden of medical expenses to the patients’ inability to work and be normally integrated into society. Recent advances in stem cell research and tissue engineering have proven the feasibility of producing actual human facial and cranial bone that can be properly tailored for the size and structure of the victim’s head and face. We propose to use pluripotent stem cells to produce personalized bone grafts that will be used to treat and repair the structural and cosmetic damage that interferes with the health, livelihood and social integration of these individuals. NYSCF, in cooperation and collaboration with New York medical centers, is uniquely situated to realize this objective. With the stem cell and tissue engineering expertise of NYSCF and our research partners and the clinical experience of New York City’s best doctors, this therapeutic objective can be rapidly reached, within a single year. The initial funding from this appropriation will be used to support Phase I of the production of the first patient-specific bone grafts for clinical trials. This entails the renovation of laboratory space, the employment of stem cell and tissue engineering experts, technicians, clinicians, as well as the costs of manufacturing of these new, life-changing biomedical products. At the end of this phase we expect to be ready to perform the first transplants. This program, if funded, will result in the creation of a tangible product that will restore the faces of these victims to their original form, giving them a second chance to embrace their social and professional lives. In addition it will form the basis of a new manufacturing biomedical industry that will generate jobs and revenue.

Structural Biology Center at CCNY
89 Convent Avenue, NY, NY 10027
The project would further the essential collaborative research being conducted by the New York Structural Biology Center (NYSBC) and the U.S. Army’s Edgewood Chemical Biological Center (ECBC) to characterize the molecular structures of chemical and biological warfare agents and to develop effective countermeasures for military and civilian use. NYSBC is a unique facility equipped with extensive high-field Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectrometers (NMRS) and X-Ray crystallographic resources. The exceptional sensitivity and resolution of this instrumentation permits atomic-level structural characterization of chemical compounds and is essential for structure-based design of protective countermeasures. The collaborative opportunities available at NYSBC will facilitate the efforts of both the Departments of Defense and Homeland Security in developing more rapid, reliable, and sensitive field detection systems against CB agents. This research will enhance the knowledge of the physical and chemical properties of CB warfare materials and support the development of advanced countermeasures for application to battlefield defense and homeland security purposes. Specific tasks for FY2010 research include: Analysis of Staphylococcal Enterotoxin B; analysis of target proteins from anthrax, plague and smallpox; and development of improved sorbents to clean surfaces exposed to nerve agents on the battlefield.


INTERIOR & ENVIRONMENT

Harlem Hospital
500 Malcolm X Blvd, New York, NY 10037
Removal and preservation of WPA era murals as part of the redevelopment of the Harlem Hospital redevelopment.

ENERGY AND WATER

Columbia School of Medicine
630 W 168th St, New York, NY 10032
To renovate and make ready the new vivarium space, including tenant improvements to vivarium and laboratory facilities and the purchase or repair of specialized animal husbandry equipment such as animal cage washers and autoclaves. This will enable high level biomedical research to continue unabated.


FINANCIAL SERVICES & GENERAL GOVERNMENT

Bodega Association
5030 Broadway, NY, NY 10034
A program to enable bodega owners and employees to develop various skill sets by providing training courses (i.e. food preparation, accounting classes) and/or an opportunity to receive a higher education at creditable institutions. The project will also provide financial literary, proficiency programs, educational workshops to bodega owners in New York City. The project will involve monthly financial literacy workshops. The Bodega Association will organize meetings with Higher education institutions The project will organize meetings with local grocery stores owners and employee to discuss their short and long-term needs including the promotion of educational training opportunities with bodega owners and associates. The project will offer bodegeros legal representation and certified accountants at an affordable cost. In addition, it will provide assistance with leasing renewals and licensing process/disputes safeguarding the future of their small businesses. It will provide a monthly legal/accounting clinics free of charge to small business owners to answer any questions related to accounting or legal issues involving their small business. The purpose of the project is to support small businesses essential to the community.

Greater Harlem Chamber of Commerce
200A W. 136th Street
Campaign in support of tourism in Harlem in order to support small businesses in the community. The purpose of the campaign is to help small businesses in the Harlem community take advantage of the tourism in New York City. This is especially important during the economic slowdown. ■