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Meng Secures Nearly $10 Million for Local Projects in Queens

March 10, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens), New York's senior appropriator of the House Appropriations Committee, announced that she secured nearly $10 million in federal funds for ten crucial projects throughout Queens.
This Community Project Funding is money that was included in the new government spending package which passed the House late last night. The legislation is now expected to pass the Senate and be signed into law by President Biden soon.
Meng obtained a total of $9,579,000, and the ten projects will directly benefit Queens residents. They include:
  • $3,000,000: New York City Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst for the renovation of its delivery unit to provide a comfortable family-centered environment, one which meets current privacy standards.
  • $1,850,000: Queens College for a Wastewater Epidemiology Training Laboratory (WETLAB) project to develop strategies to detect dangerous pathogens in wastewater including coronaviruses.
  • $1,000,000: Flushing and Ridgewood YMCA for enhancing youth and community development programs.
  • $1,000,000: New York City Health + Hospitals/Queens to build an outpatient dialysis center.
  • $800,000: New York City Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst for a Transcranial Magnetic Therapy suite which will provide a new service for mental health treatment to patients.
  • $750,000: Flushing Hospital Medical Center in Flushing for a Women's Imaging Suite to help promote early cancer detection and other diagnostic services.
  • $531,000: Waterfront Alliance's Flushing Meadows Corona Park: A Hub for Climate Resilience project to support the development of community-based resiliency projects related to climate change.
  • $400,000: Make the Road New York for adult education services, like civics courses and other critical wraparound services, for local immigrants.
  • $233,000: Ohel Kissena Boulevard Residence Rehabilitation Project in Kew Gardens Hills for upgrading facilities at Ohel's residence for the developmentally disabled.
  • $15,000: Selfhelp Community Services – which has locations in Flushing, Bayside, Maspeth and Forest Hills – for nutrition and emotional wellness activities for local seniors.
"I am incredibly pleased to have fought for and obtained this important funding for my district," said Congresswoman Meng, New York's senior member of the House Appropriations Committee. "This money will go a long way toward making Queens healthier, safer, stronger, and even more resilient. As we continue recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic, we must build back stronger and ensure we have the resources that our communities need and deserve. I look forward to the government spending package being enacted into law."
The government spending package includes twelve separate bills that provide funding for projects and programs in many different areas helping middle class families with the cost of living, creating American jobs, supporting the vulnerable and working to help small businesses that are key to our economic future.