WATERTOWN, New York (WWNY) – Governor Kathy Hochul announced the second round of the Building Recreational Infrastructure for Communities, Kids and Seniors (NY BRICKS) grant program, making $75 million available to municipalities and nonprofit organizations to build, renovate and modernize community centers statewide.<\/p>\n
Grants will range from $250,000 to $15 million, with priority given to projects in underserved communities. Recipients must provide a 20 percent match toward total project costs.<\/p>\n
\u201cStrong communities need places where people can come together, stay active and build lasting connections,\u201d Hochul said. \u201cThrough this $75 million investment, we\u2019re giving municipalities and nonprofits the resources to build and improve community centers that serve New Yorkers of all ages.\u201d<\/p>\n
Application timeline<\/p>\n
The Request for Applications is available at Dasny.org\/bricks<\/a> and parks.ny.gov<\/a>. Questions must be submitted by September 30, with answers posted by October 26.<\/p>\n Applications open November 2 through the DASNY Grants Application Portal and are due by 3 p.m. December 7, 2026. Awards are expected no earlier than February 26, 2027. Nonprofit applicants must be prequalified in the Statewide Financial System before applying.<\/p>\n Program background<\/p>\n NY BRICKS is part of Hochul\u2019s Unplug and Play initiative. The first round awarded $100 million to 30 projects in 22 counties, expected to serve nearly 400,000 New Yorkers, with more than 90 percent of funding supporting underserved communities.<\/p>\n Related state initiatives include NY SWIMS, which has announced nearly $260 million for 79 swimming facility projects, and NY PLAYS, which is making $67.5 million available for playgrounds.<\/p>\n Copyright 2026 WWNY. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WATERTOWN, New York (WWNY) – Governor Kathy Hochul announced the second round of the Building Recreational Infrastructure for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":334922,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[14614,125880,125879,426,125881,9,11,10,49,51,50,125878,125883,125882,59253,3904],"class_list":["post-334921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-application","tag-building-recreational-infrastructure-for-communities","tag-community-center-grants","tag-kathy-hochul","tag-kids-and-seniors","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-new-york-state","tag-new-york-state-headlines","tag-new-york-state-news","tag-ny-bricks","tag-ny-plays","tag-ny-swims","tag-unplug-and-play","tag-wwny"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334921","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=334921"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334921\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/334922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=334921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=334921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=334921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}