NEWS: Rep. Jamaal Bowman Celebrates $5.4+ Million for NY-16 Passed by U.S. House

NEW YORK – Congressman Jamaal Bowman, Ed.D. (NY-16), issued the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives passed Rep. Jamaal Bowman’s community project funding requests totaling over $5.4 million. These funds will benefit NY-16 as part of the Appropriations FY 2022 bill.

Immediately after coming into Congress, Rep. Bowman conducted a series of constituent outreach efforts to hear directly from community members about their most pressing needs that would benefit from dedicated federal funding. In April, Rep. Bowman submitted the maximum ten Community Project Funding requests to the House Appropriations Committee, which subsequently vetted all requests submitted by Members of Congress. These requests were included in the legislation and have now been passed as part of the FY 2022 spending bill. The bill now moves to the U.S. Senate for final passage.

“Delivering resources to our communities and helping to meet the needs of our neighbors has been my number one priority, and I am thrilled to have secured over $5 million in new federal funding to reach people where they are and improve our district,” said Congressman Jamaal Bowman, Ed.D. (NY-16). “We had the incredible opportunity to listen to our neighbors and work to make sure our federal funding reflects their voices and what’s important to them. We did that by collaborating with hundreds of our community members throughout the appropriations process and finding opportunities to turn their pleas for more resources into millions of tangible dollars that will help transform NY-16. Through continued partnership and engagement, we look forward to bringing even more new funding and resources into the district for our collective wellbeing, growth, and empowerment.”

Rep. Bowman will continue advocating for inclusion of the NY-16 Community Project Funding requests in the final, enacted FY22 spending bill as the appropriations process continues. The House-approved allocations for NY-16 Community Project Funding requests in the House-passed bill are as follows: 

• $500,000 to WestHab, Inc. for Affordable Housing Preservation to Promote Housing Equity in Southern Yonkers

• $500,000 to the YMCA of New Rochelle for Educational Achievement Gap Project

• $100,000 to Mount Vernon Neighborhood Health Center, Inc. for Expanding Behavioral Health Services for Homebound Elderly and Disabled Adults Through Home Visiting To Reduce Impact of Mental Health Challenges 

• $500,000 to the Riverbay Fund in Co-op City for Improving Access to Green Space and Promoting Waterfront Resilience in America’s Largest Affordable Housing Development

• $800,000 to the HOPE Program in the Bronx for Intervine: Workforce Development to Promote Positive Social and Economic Outcomes for Justice-Impacted Individuals through Environmental Resilience Skillbuilding

• $400,000 to NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi Medical Center for Stand Up to Violence Program: Reducing Violence in the Bronx through Mental Health Treatment (Requested jointly with Rep.  Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez  

• $496,000 to the Yonkers YMCA for Promoting Health Equity and Affordable Swim Access through Yonkers YMCA Pool Improvements

• $1,500,000 to the City of Mount Vernon for Sewage Cleanup Project to Promote Equity and Resilience

• $375,000 to the Westchester Public/Private Membership Fund for Aging Servicesfor Telehealth Intervention Programs for Seniors 

• $308,000 to the Town of Mamaroneck for Senior Center Renovations and Energy-Efficiency Upgrades

Now that House Democrats advanced a Fiscal Year 2022 spending bill that includes Community Project Funding requests for NY-16, the Senate must now consider the legislation before it reaches President Biden’s desk for final approval. 

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