Earmarks requested by Democratic members of Congress from Long Island for 2011.

Intended RecipientCityProject NameRequested Amount
Abilities, Inc. Albertson PROSPER program $432,193
Abilities, Inc. Albertson Employment Services Program $562,059
Abilities, Inc. Albertson Veterans-Related Employment Services Program $630,821
Alley Pond Environmental Center Flushing Environmental Education Program $200,000
American Committee for Shaare Zedek New York Create an infrastructure for Breast and Ovarian Cancer Genetics services in Palestinian Territories $2,000,000
American Committee for Shaare Zedek New York Pediatric Nephrology Unit $1,500,000
American Committee for Shaare Zedek New York Disaster and Medical Preparedness Program $2,000,000
Bechirot Inc. Brooklyn Butterfly Effect Project - $200,000
BOC Capital Corporation Brooklyn Microloan Funding $1,790,000
Business Outreach Center Network, Inc. Brooklyn Program for Childcare Business Development $1,900,000
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratories Cold Spring Harbor The Women's Cancer Genomics Center $5,000,000
Control Technology Corporation Flushing Laser Phalanx $12,000,000
Curtiss Wright East Farmingdale JP-5 Electric Valve Operators $5,650,000
Empire State Potato Growers Inc. Stanley Report language for the competitive potato breeding research program $2,800,000
Flushing Hospital Medical Center Queens Endoscopy Suite Renovation and Equipment Replacement $1,000,000
Flushing House Flushing Sprinkler System installation $1,504,300
Forest Hills Volunteer Ambulance Corps Flushing Ambulance Garage Expansion $50,000
Gateway Consulting Chappaqua Pilot program to convert animal byproduct into filtration material $6,910,000
Harlem Children Society New York Science Mentoring Program $371,490
iMentor, Inc. New York Mentoring Placement Program $2,000,000
Infosys International Inc. Plainview RoNet $75,000
Institute for Student Achievement New Hyde Park Student School Reform Program $2,000,000
Law and Psychiatry Institute of NS-LIJ Manhasset Veterans' Justice Initiative $542,035
Learning through Music, Inc New York Music Outreach Program $100,000
Lim TraX Corporation Flushing - Computerized Personal Health Record Program -$250,000
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc New York Lincoln Center Education and Community Outreach Programs $1,000,000
Long Island Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, Inc. Williston Park Operation No Veteran Left Behind $400,000
Long Island Philharmonic Melville MusicLIz Programs $250,000
Long Island Power Authority Unoindale Offshore Wind Collaborative $3,000,000
Make the Road New York Brooklyn Legal and Support Services program $500,000
Make the Road New York Brooklyn Workforce Development Program $100,000
Make the Road New York Brooklyn English and Economic Literacy Program $300,000
Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty New York At-risk Youth Study $250,000
Nassau County Mineola Green Initiative $1,000,000
Nassau County Mineola Synthetic Turf Field Installation $250,000
Nassau County Mineola Able-Ride $1,800,000
Nassau County Mineola LED Traffic Signal Replacement $8,000,000
Nassau County Mineola Nassau County Family Court Building Repairs and Addition $2,500,000
Nassau County Mineola Sidewalk and curb removal and replacement $600,000
Nassau County Mineola Veterans Memorial repair $35,000
Nassau County Museum of Art Roslyn Arts Education Programs and Children's Exhibit Enhancements $1,000,000
Nassau County Police Department Mineola Mobile Incident Command Vehicle $750,000
Nassau County Police Department Mineola Anti-Crime Bicycle Mobilization Program $45,000
National Marfan Foundation Port Washington Marfan Treatment Education Campaign $250,000
National Sports Training Foundation Port Washington After School Martial Arts Academy $100,000
New York Hall of Science Corona STEM Central $1,000,000
New York Hall of Science Corona Perimeter Security $1,000,000
New York Hospital Queens Queens Peri-Operative Tracking Monitoring System $100,000
New York Junior Tennis League Flushing Tennis, Fitness, Literacy, and Educational Programs for Under-Served NYC Children $300,000
New York State Department of Transportation Albany Clean Fuel Buses for MTA Long Island Bus $4,000,000
New York State Department of Transportation Albany Clearview Expressway and Whitestone Expressway Sound Wall $6,500,000
New York State Department of Transportation Albany Exit Lane from Grand Central Parkway to LaGuardia Airport $2,000,000
New York State Department of Transportation Albany HOV Access on the Long Island Expressway $2,320,000
New York State Department of Transportation Albany Shared-use Park and Ride Facilities in Queens $260,000
New York State Department of Transportation Albany New York State Scenic Byways Program $24,000,000
New York State Education and Research Network Syracuse Update Network to improve connectivity $1,000,000
North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center Roslyn Heights Triage Services Program $100,000
North Shore Long Island Jewish Health System Manhasset Novel Therapy for Traumatic Injury and Uncontrolled Hemorrhage $1,400,000
North Shore/Long Island Jewish Health System New Hyde Park Health Information Technology Initiative $4,800,000
Northrop Grumman Bethpage E-2D RDT&E Support President's budget request
Northrop Grumman Bethpage E-2D Procurement Support President's budget request
Northrop Grumman Bethpage E-2D Advance Procurement Support President's budget request
Northrop Grumman Bethpage Broad Area Maritime Surveillance Support President's budget request
Northrop Grumman MelvilleAESA Technology Insertion Program $5,100,000 plus-up
Ohel Children's Home and Family Services Brooklyn Military Family Wellness Initiative $1,650,000
Ohel Children's Home and Family Services Brooklyn Family Case Management Program $613,000
Old Westbury Gardens, Inc. Old Westbury Adaptively Re-use 1875 Quaker Barn $300,000
Parents for Megan's Law Stony Brook Sexual Abuse Prevention program $535,406
Police Athletic League New York NY PAL Afterschool Care Program - $1,280,941 $1,280,941
Queens College CUNY Flushing Queens College Information Center $200,000
Queens College, CUNY Flushing Women Go Green $125,000
Queens College, CUNY Flushing Women Rising: Out of Poverty, Ending Violence $264,173
Queens College, CUNY Flushing GLOBE NY Metro $500,000
Queens Council on the Arts Jamaica Artful Business $200,000
Queens Library Jamaica Renovation of McGoldrick community Library $860,000
Queensboro Council for Social Welfare Jamaica Foreclosure Prevention Social Worker $75,000
Queensborough Community College Flushing Citizen Exam Preparation Project $1,200,000
Samuel Field YM&YWHA Flushing Naturally Occurring Retirement Community $275,000
Schutzman Center for Entrepreneurship at Queens College Flushing The Queens Business Incubator $190,000
Seeds of Peace New York International Camp and Regional Programs for Youth Leadership Report Language
Services Now for Adult Persons, Inc. Jamaica Relocation of Facility $250,000
Sid Jacobson Jewish Community Center Greenvale Youth Action After School Program $200,000
Sports & Arts in Schools Foundation Woodside Saving After-School and Summer Sports, Fitness, Arts and Educational Services for Under-Served NYC Children $300,000
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry Syracuse Technology to Combat Asian Longhorned Beetle $1,000,000
The Child Center of NY Flushing The Early Head Start at Macari Family Center $100,000
The Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults Sands Point for a national support service and rehabilitation program for deaf-blind individuals.$1,800,000
The Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education of CCNY New York The Queens Bridge to Medicine Program $75,000
Tilles Center for the Performing Arts Greenvale Stay in School Program $225,000
Town of North Hempstead Manhasset Solar Energy $350,000
Town of North Hempstead Manhasset Storm Water Management Infrastructure at Roslyn Pond $1,500,000
Town of North Hempstead Manhasset 311 services $450,000
Town of North Hempstead Manhasset Green Bus Depot $1,000,000
Town of North Hempstead Manhasset Hempstead Harbor Shoreline nature trail $400,000
Town of North Hempstead Manhasset Project Independence $1,500,000
Transitional Services for New York, Inc. Flushing Retail and library training program $100,000
United Way of Long Island, Inc. Deer Park 2-1-1 Program $637,337
Village of Plandome Heights Manhasset Project Green Lighting $120,000
Village of Port Washington North Port Washington Bay Walk Park $1,000,000
Winthrop University Hospital Mineola Solar Array System $700,000
Total  $135,028,682
Note: Ackerman's office submitted all local requests for grants to House Appropriations Committee for funding
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