NY’s senators secure $6.3M for public safety, youth outreach

WASHINGTON, DC AND NYC—- CRITICAL OUTREACH, SCIENCE AND PUBLIC SAFETY PROJECTS SERVING BROOKLYNITES will get a boost from Congress. U.S. senators Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, who sits on the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced on Wednesday, Jan. 21, that they secured $6,341,000 in federal funding for critical science and public safety projects across New York City in the just-passed fiscal year 2026 Commerce-Justice-Science funding bill. The senators personally secured funding for these projects as congressionally-directed spending items.

New York University will receive $1 million for Quantum Research Equipment. This funding will be used for the purchase of a Thermal Laser Epitaxy system for cutting-edge quantum research at New York University, of which the NYU Tandon School of Engineering in Brooklyn Commons is a part.

Safe Horizon, which operates a site in Downtown Brooklyn, will receive $500,000 for support services to individuals who have been impacted by crime and violence. These services will be provided in close collaboration with the justice system, local police precincts and the courts.

Also receiving funds is the New York Police Athletic League’s Youth Development Program, which is allocated $2,531,000 for programs across Manhattan, Queens and the Bronx.

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