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Mar 18, 2024, 5:22 PM

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A big boost in funding is coming to over a dozen projects in the Bronx.

The wide range in initiatives include everything from health care to education.

In all, more than $13 million is heading to 14 community projects in NY-15. The Community Project Funding is from the federal government and was secured by Rep. Ritchie Torres.

The projects include:

• $1,000,000 for Belmont Affordable Housing

• $650,000 for BOEDC Community Business Development Event Space Construction

• $750,000 for BronxWorks McLaughlin Center HVAC System Upgrades

• $500,000 for CareerWise Bronx Apprenticeship Training Center

• $4,116,279 for Concourse Village Podium Repairs

• $1,000,000 for Evander Childs Educational Campus Cafeteria Renovations

• $1,000,000 for Fountain House Bronx Expansion

• $500,000 for Hudson-Raritan Estuary Ecosystem Restoration, NY NJ (Harlem River Restoration, NY)

• $855,000 for Mary Mitchell Family and Youth Center Backyard and Security Upgrades

• $1,050,000 for Muslim American Society Bronx Muslim Center

• $500,000 for New York Public Library Tremont Branch Roof Replacement

• $500,000 for New York Public Library West Farms Branch Roof Replacement

• $750,000 for NYCHA Morrisania Air Rights Sensory Playground and Sensory Garden

• $500,000 for Word of Life Community Center