Senate Resolution No. 1244

BY: Senator STEWART-COUSINS

establishing a plan setting forth an itemized
list of grantees for a certain appropriation for the
2025-26 state fiscal year for services and expenses,
grants or reimbursement of expenses incurred by
local government agencies and/or community-based
service providers, not-for-profit service providers
or their employees providing community adult and
youth mental health programs and services, which
include but are not limited to, behavioral services,
crisis intervention/response services, educational
services and outpatient services. Notwithstanding
any provision of law to the contrary, funds from
this appropriation may be suballocated or
transferred to any state department, agency or
authority to effectuate the intent of this
appropriation with the approval of the temporary
president of the senate and the director of the
budget. Provided further, notwithstanding any
provision of law to the contrary, funds from this
appropriation shall be allocated only pursuant to a
plan (i) approved by the temporary president of the
senate and the director of the budget which sets
forth either an itemized list of grantees with the
amount to be received by each, or the methodology
for allocating such appropriation, and (ii) which is
thereafter included in a senate 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 pursuant to and as required by money appropriated
in section 1 of chapter 53 of the laws of 2025 which enacts the aid to
localities, local assistance account for services and expenses, grants
or reimbursement of expenses incurred by local government agencies
and/or community-based service providers, not-for-profit service
providers or their employees providing community adult and youth
mental health programs and services, which include but are not limited
to, behavioral services, crisis intervention/response services,
educational services and outpatient services. Notwithstanding any
provision of law to the contrary, funds from this appropriation may be
suballocated or transferred to any state department, agency or
authority to effectuate the intent of this appropriation with the
approval of the temporary president of the senate and the director of
the budget, funds from this appropriation shall be allocated only
pursuant to a plan approved by the temporary president of the senate
and the director of the budget. Such plan shall set forth either an
itemized list of grantees with the amount to be received by each, or
the methodology for allocating such appropriation, and thereafter
included in a senate 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, in accordance
with the following sub schedule:

Aisling Irish Community Center, Inc.
50,000
JCCA EDENWALD INC (JCCA)
150,000
Westchester Jewish Community Services, Inc.
(WJCS)
50,000

Suballocate to the Office for People
With Developmental Disabilities:
AccessCNY, Inc
20,000
NYSARC Oswego County Chapter
20,000
HeartShare Human Services of New York
10,000
HeartShare Human Services of New York
50,000
NYSARC Onondaga County Chapter
20,000
Syracuse University (InclusiveU program)
60,000
Yes She Can Incorporated
10,000

Suballocate to the NYS Office of
Addiction Services and Supports:
National Council on Alcoholism and
Drug Dependence of Westchester,
Inc.
95,000