Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler, representative of New York’s 8th congressional district, announced $16,260,000 million in FY2010 federal funding that he has secured for 14 high-priority projects in his district. These projects have been included in the major House appropriations bills and are working their way through the approval process in the House Appropriations Committee and on the House floor. This funding for the district is expected to be included in the final versions of the FY2010 appropriations bills.

“I am delighted to bring more than $16 million in critical funding into the 8th congressional district for these projects of exceptional merit,” said Nadler. “These funds will be used in support of senior citizen services, cancer screenings for immigrants from the former Soviet Union, musical education programs, HIV prevention for our youth, job training for the unemployed, key infrastructure projects, child abuse prevention and many other vital initiatives.

The following are the projects secured in FY2010 by Congressman Nadler, organized by appropriations bill:

Labor, Health and Education:
$500,000 for Naturally Occurring Retirement Community (NORC) Supportive Services for Penn South in Chelsea. This program allows seniors to age in place with greater comfort and security in their own homes.
$400,000 for Jazz at Lincoln Center’s community and educational programming initiatives.
$200,000 for Project Chernobyl at the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary. This is a large-scale preventive effort of thyroid cancer screening of immigrants exposed to radiation following the Chernobyl disaster of 1986.

Commerce, Justice and Science:
$1,500,000 for GMHC’s youth HIV prevention program.
$600,000 for the Doe Fund’s Ready, Willing and Able program. This program provides intensive job training and counseling for former drug addicts and convicts.
$350,000 for Ohel’s child abuse prevention programs.

Defense:
$3,000,000 for Spinal Muscular Atrophy Research at Columbia University.
$1,500,000 for Information Mapping at the Parsons Institute at the New School. This will develop and enhance electronic medical records for veterans in order to improve the quality of their health care.
$1,500,000 for Infectious Disease Research at the American Museum of Natural History.

Transportation and Housing and Urban Development:
$500,000 for the Lincoln Center Redevelopment Project. This will continue the decade-long project to modernize facilities and redesign Lincoln Center’s 16 acres and 12 cultural institutions.
$300,000 for construction of the new YMCA of Greater Coney Island.

Energy and Water:
$4,000,000 for the Atlantic Coast of New York City, Rockaway Inlet to Norton Point Shore Protection Project. This will complete funding for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to reverse erosion and reinforce the beaches of Coney Island and Sea Gate.
$1,760,000 for the dredging of Buttermilk Channel for improved ship access to the Red Hook Container Terminal and Brooklyn Cruise Terminal.

Financial Services:
$150,000 for the Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty’s program to expand career services.