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Federal Projects for District

Congressman Towns works hard each year to bring vital federal dollars back home to Brooklyn to spur economic development, improve health services and increase educational opportunities. Over the years, Congressman Towns has brought over $1 billion in federal funding to Brooklyn to meet the needs of his constituents.

In 2009, Congressman Towns secured funding for the 20 vital projects and services in the 10th Congressional District, including:

$4,550,600 to the Consortium for Plant Biotechnology Research Inc. Funding in support of biotechnological research that has practical applications--innovations based on new understandings and uses of plants and other organisms; multidisciplinary training and research opportunities for a new generation of scientists and engineers; and connection of industry needs with universities and industry suppliers.
$750,000 to Hudson-Fulton-Champlain Quadricentennial Legacy Projects for various public benefit and park capital projects to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the Hudson and Champlain voyages, including the development of parkland on Governors Island and the conversion of the Poughkeepsie Railroad Bridge to a public walk and bikeway.
$238,000 to the Institute for Achievement (ISA)'s High School Reform Initiative to form partnerships with local high schools—Brooklyn Community Arts and Media High School, Brooklyn Preparatory and Foundations Academy--to provide expert professional development, coaching and support so to create an atmosphere of student success.
$285,000 to St. Francis College's Project Access: a Higher Education Opportunity Program to expand St. Francis College's Project Access program, where 60 percent of the participants are from Brooklyn. The program is focused on higher education opportunity and the funds will help it include a career preparation component in business, science, communications and health professions.
$95,000 to Paul J. Cooper Center for Human Services, Inc.'s Capacity Building - Substance Abuse Services for Adolescents and Women to increase community-based substance abuse treatment services for ex-offenders and parolees in Brooklyn, New York by expanding its services to treat additional clients as well as adolescents and women.
$98,257 to Bedford-Stuyvesant YMCA Teen Entrepreneurship Program for expansion of the job readiness and entrepreneurship program, FutureWorks. The program, is a year-round initiative offered for teens, ages 13-18, who are interested in learning how to prepared for a job or start their own businesses. FutureWorks’ components include: career development, academic success, social development, computer literacy and internship opportunities.
$196,514 to Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty Career Services Programs to expand Met Council’s career services programs including vocational counseling and assessments, training and placement of Emergency Medical Technicians (EMT) and IT workers and computer literacy training in New York City, including at some of its nine Brooklyn locations.
$2,854,500 to The Thurgood Marshall College Fund Minority Science Initiative to assist with the efforts, through the TMCF Minority Science Initiative, of the Department of Energy to recruit and retain talented minority students who will pursue careers in the energy sciences.
$100,000 to Sanctuary for Families' Brooklyn Family Reunification Project that will aid in its mission to provide comprehensive clinical, legal, and case management support to help legal immigrant domestic violence victims as they attempt to regain custody of their children in the U.S.
$500,000 to Trinity Community Development and Empowerment Group, Inc.'s Prison Re-entry Program to assist those returning from prison to better their quality of life and to reduce the rate of recidivism in the community.
$350,000 to The Doe Fund's Ready Willing and Able in New York to support the Ready, Willing & Able program, which helps individuals permanently break the cycles of incarceration, dependency and addiction by providing paid work, case management, vocational training, drug testing and counseling services, literacy and educational classes, and other supportive services.
$350,000 to Ifetayo Cultural Arts Outreach for At-Risk Youth to support additional teacher salaries, provide extra supplies for Ifetayo's Cultural Arts Program, and hire new personnel for counseling and social work.
$250,000 to Brooklyn Children's Museum's Museum Team After-School - which gives over 250 youth in underserved neighborhoods the opportunity to be involved in a year-round, educational after school program. It provides a rich curriculum that prepares kids from North Crown Heights, Bedford- Stuyvesant, East New York, Flatbush and Fort Greene for future employment and education.
$950,000 to NYC Department of Transportation's NYC Ferry Landing Improvements for capacity and passenger flow enhancements at publicly owned Ferry landings on the East River and Upper New York Bay; reconfiguration of pier barges to optimize ferry traffic; navigational and fendering improvements; pedestrian walkways and gates; docks and passenger transfer systems; signage and information systems; intermodal passenger transfer areas.
$237,500 to Masores Bais Yaakov's Community Center in Brooklyn to facilitate the development of a community center that will serve families, youth and children in their local community
2,451,500 to Polytechnic University for two endeavors of research and innovation:
- $1,500,000 for D-TEC (Defense Through Early Containment) Chemical and Biological Defense Program to build on existing technology, a prototype detection sensor that, when fully developed, will have the ability to detect any kind of biological or chemical weapon.
- $951,500 for the Development of Toroidal Core Transformers construction with electric utility partner Con Edison.
$3,000,000 for Kinetic Hydropower System (KHPS) Turbine to be used by Verdant Power, in conjunction with NAVSEA, for a new sustainable source of power generation.
$4,600,000 to ATAIR AEROSPACE for the Onyx™ System Precision Guided Airdropped Equipment evaluation by the U.S. Army Natick Soldier Systems Center (Natick) of Onyx™ systems, Onyx system training and to advance development of active in-air collision avoidance and flocking of multiple airdropped systems (50) to precisely air-drop equipment in day, night, and marginal weather conditions.