LI Dems' earmark requests for 2011
Earmarks requested by Democratic members of Congress from Long Island for 2011.
Intended Recipient | City | Project Name | Requested 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 | Melville | AESA 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 |
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