纽约州：霍楚尔拨款330万美元支持皇后区三个项目，食品分发中心与电工培训实验室在列
纽约州州长凯西·霍楚尔（Kathy Hochul）10月27日宣布，纽约州将拨款330万美元支持纽约市皇后区的三个社区项目，涵盖职业培训、食品分发与法院周边安全设施，资金由纽约州宿舍管理局（DASNY）负责管理。
三个项目中，150万美元投向斯普林菲尔德花园教育园区（Springfield Gardens Educational Campus）新建的电气行业实验室与职业培训计划：园区内四所共址高中将共用新建的电气与暖通空调实验室，资金用于装修、设备与安全升级，学生可考取行业认证；园区内的Campus Magnet高中也将受益。100万美元投向非营利组织RIVER FUND的食品分发中心扩建：该中心服务范围覆盖40多个邮政编码区，每月分发逾100万磅食品杂货，每年服务逾35000户家庭。其余80万美元用于皇后区萨特芬大道（Sutphin Boulevard）上皇后区最高法院周边的照明与围栏升级。
霍楚尔说，这笔投资将为皇后区学生打开高薪技术工种的大门，为有需要的家庭扩大食品援助，并让法院周边更安全。DASNY总裁兼首席执行官罗伯特·J·罗德里格斯（Robert J. Rodriguez）表示，该局将把资金尽快落实到三个项目上。
州参议员勒罗伊·科姆里、约瑟夫·阿达博，州众议员戴维·韦普林、艾丽西亚·海因德曼、卡利勒·安德森，皇后区区长多诺万·理查兹以及市议员塞尔韦娜·布鲁克斯-鲍尔斯、林恩·舒尔曼和副议长娜塔莎·威廉姆斯等民选官员均对拨款表示欢迎。
New York: Governor Hochul Announces $3.3 Million to Support Three Projects in Queens
Gov. Kathy Hochul announced on October 27 that New York State will provide $3.3 million to support three community projects in Queens, New York City, covering workforce training, food distribution and safety upgrades, with the funding administered by the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York (DASNY).
The largest share, $1.5 million, will fund a new Electrical Trade Laboratory and Vocational Training Program at the Springfield Gardens Educational Campus, where four co-located high schools will share new electrical and HVAC laboratories; the money covers renovations, equipment and safety upgrades, and students will be able to earn industry certifications. Campus Magnet High School on the campus will also benefit. Another $1 million will expand the food distribution center of the nonprofit RIVER FUND, which serves more than 40 zip codes, distributes more than one million pounds of groceries each month and serves over 35,000 households a year. The remaining $800,000 will pay for lighting and fencing upgrades around the Queens Supreme Court on Sutphin Boulevard.
Hochul said the investment opens doors to high-wage skilled trades for Queens students, expands food assistance for families who need it and makes the courthouse area safer. DASNY President and CEO Robert J. Rodriguez said the authority will move the funding into the three projects as quickly as possible.
State Senators Leroy Comrie and Joseph P. Addabbo Jr., Assembly Members David I. Weprin, Alicia L. Hyndman and Khaleel M. Anderson, Queens Borough President Donovan Richards Jr., and Council Members Selvena N. Brooks-Powers, Lynn Schulman and Deputy Speaker Dr. Nantasha Williams were among the elected officials who welcomed the funding.
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