The state recently awarded $25.3 million in Environmental Protection Fund grants to communities and organizations across New York to assist with waterfront revitalization projects, historic preservation efforts, expanding open space, and increasing access to public lands.
Since its inception in 1993, the fund has been primarily fed through real estate transfer taxes. Projects and programs are administered by the Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation; the Department of Environmental Conservation; and the Department of Agriculture and Markets.
The grants are to:
Ӣ the Historical Society of Newburgh Bay and the Highlands (Orange) $135,120;
Ӣ town of Greenville (Orange) $ 25,000;
Ӣ town of Ramapo, two grants (Rockland) $496,210 and$300,000;
Ӣ Rockland County $400,000;
Ӣ village of Spring Valley (Rockland) $286,500;
Ӣ town of Bethel (Sullivan) $ 37,500;
Ӣ Hudson River Maritime Museum (Ulster) $235,810;
Ӣ Scenic Hudson Land Trust Inc. (Ulster) $200,000;
Ӣ Bardavon 1869 Opera House (Ulster) $500,000;
Ӣ TRANSART & Cultural Services Inc. (Ulster) $240,000;
Ӣ Poughkeepsie-Highland Railroad Bridge Co., Inc (Dutchess) $500,000;
Ӣ town of Red Hook (Dutchess County) $450,000;
Ӣ Teatown Lake Reservation (Westchester) $ 29,070;
Ӣ town of Cortlandt (Westchester) $175,000;
Ӣ Croton Arboretum and Sanctuary Inc. (Westchester) $ 10,000;
Ӣ village of Tarrytown (Westchester) $100,000.
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