Senate Resolution No. 2693

BY: Senator STEWART-COUSINS

AMENDING Senate Resolution R1406 of 2023,
establishing a plan setting forth an itemized list
of grantees for a certain appropriation for the
2023-24 state fiscal year for services and expenses
of community safety and restorative justice
programs, which include but are not limited to,
support for survivors of sexual assault, domestic
violence, gun violence prevention, legal services,
alternatives to incarceration, community
supervision, and re-entry initiatives, gang and
crime reduction strategies managed by local
governments and/or community-based not-for-profits
service providers. Notwithstanding any provision of
law to the contrary, the amounts appropriated herein
may be sub-allocated or transferred between other
state agencies, including but not limited to the
department of corrections and community
supervision, the office of indigent legal
services, the office of victim services, and the
office for the prevention of domestic violence,
as required by a plan setting forth an itemized list
of grantees with the amount to be received by each,
or the methodology for allocating such
appropriation. Such plan shall be subject to the
approval of the temporary president of the senate
and the director of the budget and thereafter shall
be included in a resolution calling for the
expenditure of such funds, which resolution must be
approved by a majority vote of all members elected
to the senate upon a roll call vote

RESOLVED, That funds originally appropriated in 2023, pursuant to
section 1 of chapter 53 of the laws of 2023 and as reappropriated
pursuant to section 1 of chapter 53 of the laws of 2024 which enacts
the aid to localities, local assistance account, for services and
expenses of community safety and restorative justice programs, which
include but are not limited to, support for survivors of sexual
assault, domestic violence, gun violence prevention, legal services,
alternatives to incarceration, community supervision and re-entry
initiatives, gang, and crime reduction strategies managed by local
governments and/or community-based not-for-profits service providers.
Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the amounts
appropriated herein may be sub-allocated or transferred between other
state agencies, including but not limited to the department of
corrections and community supervision, the office of indigent legal
services, the office of victim services, and the office for the
prevention of domestic violence. Such funds shall be apportioned
pursuant to a plan setting forth an itemized list of grantees with the
amount to be received by each, or the methodology for allocating such
appropriation. Such plan shall be subject to the approval of the
temporary president of the senate and the director of the budget and
thereafter shall be included in a resolution calling for the
expenditure of such monies, which resolution must be approved by a

majority vote of all members elected to the senate upon a roll call
vote, in accordance with the following schedule which shall amend,
remove from or add to the schedule originally approved in Senate
Resolution R1406 of 2023:

[Town of New Windsor Police Department
6,500]
Town of Tuxedo (Police Department)
6,500
4Ward Inclusion Consulting Incorporated
10,000
69th Precinct Community Council I Inc.
10,000
Access Justice Brooklyn, Inc.
10,000
Altagracia Faith and Justice Works
10,000
American Civic Association Inc.
35,000
Apna Brooklyn Community Center, Inc.
10,000
Asian American Bar Association of New York
(AABANY)
15,000
Back to Basics Outreach Ministries, Inc.
40,000
Bronx Defenders
30,000
Bronx Defenders
12,000
Legal Services NYC (Bronx - LSNY
Bronx Corporation - Bronx
Immigration Partnership)
38,000
Brooklyn Defenders Services
25,000
Brooklyn Defenders Services
11,000
Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation A
25,000
Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation A
10,000
Cabrini Immigrant Services of New York City Inc
10,000
CAMBA Inc.
25,000
Capital District Womens' Bar
Association Legal Project Inc.
(CWBA Legal Project)
20,000
CASA of Rochester-Monroe County Inc
50,000
Center for Community Alternatives,
Inc. (Freedom Commons Technical
Assistance)
70,000
Center for Employment Opportunities Inc
25,000

Center for Family Life in Sunset Park, Inc.
20,000
Center for Justice Innovation, Inc.
(Coney Island Community Justice
Center)
70,000
Center for Justice Innovation, Inc.
(New Rochelle Community Justice Center)
25,000
Center for Justice Innovation, Inc.
(New Rochelle Community Justice Center)
20,000
Center for Law and Human Values, Inc. (Action
Lab)
200,000
Center for the Women of New York
50,000
Chautauqua Institution
25,000
City Line Ozone Park Civilian Observation
Patrol, Inc.
10,000
City Line Ozone Park Civilian Observation
Patrol, Inc.
5,000
City of Middletown (Police Department)
10,000
City of Port Jervis (Police Department)
10,000
City of Syracuse (Mayor's Office to
Reduce Gun Violence - Neighborhood
Peace Ambassadors)
50,000
City of Yonkers (Police Department)
100,000
Columbia Pathways to Recovery, Inc.
25,000
Common Justice
30,000
Community Action of Greene County Inc.
30,000
Community Capacity Development, Inc.
215,000
Community Mediation Services
15,000
Correctional Association of New York
50,000
Covenant House (Under 21)
50,000
Covenant House
10,000
East Flatbush Village, Inc.
50,000
East Flatbush Village, Inc.
15,000
Westchester Community Opportunity
Program, Inc. (West
COP-Eastchester Community Action Program -

ECAP)
15,000

RESOLVED, That pursuant to and as required by moneys appropriated
in section 1 of chapter 53 of the laws of 2023 and reappropriated in
section 1 of chapter 53 of the laws of 2024 which enacts the aid to
localities, local assistance account, for grants for drug, violence,
and crime control and prevention programs. Such funds shall be
apportioned pursuant to a plan setting forth an itemized list of
grantees with the amount to be received by each, or the methodology
for allocating such appropriation. Such plan shall be subject to the
approval of the temporary president of the senate and the director of
the budget and thereafter shall be included in a resolution calling
for the expenditure of such monies, which resolution must be approved
by a majority vote of all members elected to the senate upon a roll
call vote, in accordance with the following schedule which shall
amend, remove from, or add to the schedule originally approved in
Senate Resolution R1406 of 2023:

[New Rochelle City Court (Opportunity
Youth Part)] Center for Justice
Innovation, Inc. (New Rochelle Community
Justice Center)
7,000

RESOLVED, That pursuant to and as required by money appropriated
in section 1 of chapter 53 of the laws of 2023, and reappropriated in
section 1 of chapter 53 of the laws of 2024 which enacts the aid to
localities, local assistance account, from the crime prevention and
reduction strategies program for grants for grants for gun violence
prevention, street outreach, anti violence shooting/violence reduction
programs managed by local governments and/or community-based
not-for-profit service providers. Such funds shall be apportioned
pursuant to a plan setting forth an itemized list of grantees with the
amount to be received by each, or the methodology for allocating such
appropriation. Such plan shall be subject to the approval of the
temporary president of the senate and the director of the budget and
thereafter shall be included in a resolution calling for the
expenditure of such monies, which resolution must be approved by a
majority vote of all members elected to the senate upon a roll call
vote, in accordance with the following schedule which shall amend,
remove from, or add to the schedule originally approved in Senate
Resolution R1406 of 2023:

[Center for Court Innovation (Save
Our Streets)] Center for Justice
Innovation, Inc. (Save Our Streets)
25,000

RESOLVED, That pursuant to and as required by moneys appropriated
in section 1 of chapter 53 of the laws of 2023 and reappropriated in
section 1 of chapter 53 of the laws of 2024 which enacts the aid to
localities budget, local assistance account, for grants for local
government agencies and/or not-for-profit service providers or their
employees providing criminal and/or civil legal services in counties
in upstate New York. Such funds shall be apportioned pursuant to a
plan setting forth an itemized list of grantees with the amount to be
received by each, or the methodology for allocating such

appropriation. Such plan shall be subject to the approval of the
temporary president of the senate and the director of the budget and
thereafter shall be included in a resolution calling for the
expenditure of such monies, which resolution must be approved by a
majority vote of all members elected to the senate upon a roll call
vote, in accordance with the following schedule which shall amend,
remove from, or add to the schedule originally approved in Senate
Resolution R1406 of 2023:

[Volunteer Lawyers Project of
Onondaga County Inc.] Volunteer
Lawyers Project of Central New York
Inc. (VLPCNY - Onondaga County)
218,750

RESOLVED, That pursuant to and as required by moneys appropriated
in section 1 of chapter 53 of the laws of 2023 and reappropriated in
section 1 of chapter 53 of the laws of 2024 which enacts the aid to
localities, local assistance account, for grants for local government
agencies and/or not-for-profit service providers or their employees
providing civil or criminal legal services, which include but are not
limited to, legal services for survivors of domestic violence and
legal assistance and representation to indigent individuals on parole.
Such funds shall be apportioned pursuant to a plan setting forth an
itemized list of grantees with the amount to be received by each, or
the methodology for allocating such appropriation. Such plan shall be
subject to the approval of the temporary president of the senate and
the director of the budget and thereafter shall be included in a
resolution calling for the expenditure of such monies, which
resolution must be approved by a majority vote of all members elected
to the senate upon a roll call vote, in accordance with the following
schedule which shall amend, remove from, or add to the schedule
originally approved in Senate Resolution R1406 of 2023:

[For payment to counties other than the city of New York for costs
associated with the provision of legal assistance and representation
to indigent parolees, thirty-one percent of this amount may be used
for costs associated with the provision of legal assistance and
representation to indigent parolees in Wyoming county, not less than
six percent of the remaining amount may be used for legal assistance
and representation to indigent parolees related to the willard drug
and alcohol treatment program]
For payment to counties other than the city of New York for costs
associated with the provision of legal assistance and representation
to indigent parolees. Subject to available funds, payments shall be
provided to counties upon submission of vouchers for expenses related
to legal assistance and representation to indigent parolees, provided
however, thirty-one percent of this amount may be used for costs
associated with the provision of legal assistance and representation
to indigent parolees in Wyoming county ....................... 600,000

RESOLVED, That pursuant to and as required by moneys appropriated
in section 1 of chapter 53 of the laws of 2022 and reappropriated in
section 1 of chapter 53 of the laws of 2024 which enacts the aid to
localities, local assistance account, for grants for local government
agencies and/or not-for-profit service providers or their employees
providing civil or criminal legal services, which include but are not
limited to, legal services for survivors of domestic violence and

legal assistance and representation to indigent individuals on parole.
Such funds shall be apportioned pursuant to a plan setting forth an
itemized list of grantees with the amount to be received by each, or
the methodology for allocating such appropriation. Such plan shall be
subject to the approval of the temporary president of the senate and
the director of the budget and thereafter shall be included in a
resolution calling for the expenditure of such monies, which
resolution must be approved by a majority vote of all members elected
to the senate upon a roll call vote, in accordance with the following
schedule originally approved by Senate Resolution R2858 of 2022 and
amended by approved Senate Resolution R1405 of 2023:

[For payment to counties other than the city of New York for costs
associated with the provision of legal assistance and representation
to indigent parolees, thirty-one percent of this amount may be used
for costs associated with the provision of legal assistance and
representation to indigent parolees in Wyoming county, not less than
six percent of the remaining amount may be used for legal assistance
and representation to indigent parolees related to the willard drug
and alcohol treatment program]
For payment to counties other than the city of New York for costs
associated with the provision of legal assistance and representation
to indigent parolees. Subject to available funds, payments shall be
provided to counties upon submission of vouchers for expenses related
to legal assistance and representation to indigent parolees, provided
however, thirty-one percent of this amount may be used for costs
associated with the provision of legal assistance and representation
to indigent parolees in Wyoming county ....................... 600,000

RESOLVED, That pursuant to and as required by moneys appropriated
in section 1 of chapter 53 of the laws of 2019 and reappropriated in
section 1 of chapter 53 of the laws of 2024 which enacts the aid to
localities, local assistance account, for grants for drug, violence,
and crime control and prevention programs. Such funds shall be
apportioned pursuant to a plan setting forth an itemized list of
grantees with the amount to be received by each, or the methodology
for allocating such appropriation. Such plan shall be subject to the
approval of the temporary president of the senate and the director of
the budget and thereafter shall be included in a resolution calling
for the expenditure of such monies, which resolution must be approved
by a majority vote of all members elected to the senate upon a roll
call vote, in accordance with the following schedule which shall be
added to the schedule originally approved by Senate Resolution R2141
of 2019 and amended by approved Senate Resolution R1393 of 2023:

[Drug Crisis in Our Backyard, Inc.]
Alliance for Safe Kids, Inc. (ASK)
8,000
[Fund of the City of New York -
Center for Court Innovation
(Brownsville Community Justice
Center)] Center for Justice Innovation, Inc
(Brownsville Community Justice Center)
8,000