UWS Got Millions In NYC's 2023 Budget: Here's Where It's Going

Upper West Side NY

14 June, 2022

1:17 PM

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UPPER WEST SIDE, NY — The record-high $101 billion budget passed by the City Council on Monday includes millions of dollars coming to the Upper West Side. The local funding includes improvements to schools, museums, and parks in the neighborhood. The majority of the money secured for the UWS was sponsored by Council Member Gale Brewer. Among the entities receiving the most money from the budget include local firehouses, Dinasaur Playground in Riverside Park, and the American Museum of Natural History. Patch combed through the budget to find all the areas and organizations on the Upper West Side where budget money will be going. Aging Metropolitan New York Coordinating Council On Jewish Poverty: $75,000 Schools Sarah Anderson and the Center School Auditorium: $115,000The Emily Dickinson School Auditorium: $155,000Lillian Weber School of the Arts Ventilation Improvement: $100,000Richard Rodgers School Science Classroom Conversion: $50,000Jessie Isador Straus Student Bathroom Upgrades: $300,000The Center School Technology Upgrades: $117,000The Computer School Technology Upgrades: $100,000Lafayette Academy Technology Upgrades: $50,000Community Action School Technology: $100,000West End Secondary School Media Center: $100,000The Maxine Greene High School Technology Upgrade: $50,000Manhattan School For Children Smart Boards: $50,000UA School For Green Careers Hydroponics Lab: $125,000PS 452 Auditorium Upgrade: $100,000Law, Advocacy & Community HS Technology Upgrade: $100,000Manhattan Hunter High School Technology Upgrade: $50,000Special Music School A+ Mobile Stem Lab: $50,000 Fire Department FDNY Engine 40 (131 Amsterdam Ave.): $100,000 in 2023 + $1.1M in 2024FDNY Engine 74 (120 W. 83rd Street) $100,000 in 2023 + $1.1M in 2024 Housing Preservation & Development West Side Federation For Senior And Supportive Housing: $250,000Strykers Bay Apartment Repairs: $100,000The Fortune Society Residence Conversion: $600,000The Fortune Society Supportive Housing: $240,000Encore Community Service Residence Renovations: $100,000John Jay College Of Criminal Justice WiFi Upgrade: $90,000 New York Public Library NYPL Technology Upgrade For All Upper West Side branches: $100,000 Parks And Recreation Riverside Park Stairwell Reconstruction: $600,000Sol Bloom Playground Renovations (West 91st Street): $3.18MDinosaur Playground Improvements In Riverside Park: $5.9MCentral Park Conservatory Harlem Meer Center Renovations: $100,000Parks: Tree And Tree Guards For Upper West Side: $250,000Riverside Park: $901,000City Parks Foundation: $75,000 Police Security Cameras For Upper West Side: $320,000 Cultural Affairs New-York Historical Society New LGBTQ+ Museum: $93,000Seaport Museum Entrance Construction: $75,000Symphony Space Livestream and Recording Equipment: $69,000NYC Ballet Sound System: $75,000American Museum of Natural History Roof Restoration: $100,000American Museum of Natural History: $6MChildren's Museum of Manhattan: $4.5M