纽约州：近1300万美元投向长岛六个社区服务项目，食物银行、卫生中心与消防队获翻修资金
纽约州州长凯西·霍楚尔（Kathy Hochul）10月29日宣布，州政府将向长岛六个社区服务翻修项目投入近1300万美元，涵盖残疾人服务、食物银行、社区卫生中心、志愿消防队、学校泳池和少年棒球联盟等与居民日常生活直接相关的设施。
具体项目包括：拿骚县脑瘫协会获300万美元，用于其罗斯福校区（Roosevelt）的屋顶更换和楼宇系统升级，并重开在新冠疫情期间关闭的「联结咖啡馆」（Café Connections）。长岛丰收食物银行（Island Harvest Food Bank）获150万美元，翻修其位于梅尔维尔（Melville）的设施，并新设两个劳动力培训项目、一个示范厨房、一个散装食品再包装间和一间社区活动室。
长岛精选医疗（Long Island Select Healthcare）获300万美元，翻修其位于中央伊斯利普（Central Islip）的联邦合格卫生中心，该中心每年为9000多名低收入和弱势患者提供服务，资金将用于更新老化基础设施和现代化临床设备。亨普斯特德村志愿消防队获100万美元，用于购置新的无线电通信设备。
鹿园学区（Deer Park School District）获300万美元，重建其高中水上运动中心，增设符合无障碍标准的升降设备、楼梯和更衣室；该设施已使用了近50年，因安全原因对公众关闭。湾岸-布赖特沃特斯少年棒球联盟（Bay Shore-Brightwaters Little League）获100万美元，用于围栏、看台、球场和打击笼的整修。
霍楚尔表示，这些机构是长岛社区的支柱，州政府的投入就是要让它们有能力继续服务居民。州参议员莫妮卡·马丁内斯（Monica R. Martinez）、州参议员西埃拉·拜诺（Siela Bynoe）和州众议会副议长菲尔·拉莫斯（Phil Ramos）等出席了公布活动。
New York: Governor Hochul Invests Nearly $13 Million to Revitalize Essential Community Services on Long Island
New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced on October 29 that the state is investing nearly $13 million in six renovation projects for essential community services on Long Island, covering disability services, a food bank, a community health center, a volunteer fire department, a school aquatic center and a Little League.
The Cerebral Palsy Association of Nassau County receives $3 million for roof replacement and building systems upgrades at its Roosevelt campus, and to reopen Café Connections, closed during the COVID-19 pandemic. Island Harvest Food Bank receives $1.5 million to renovate its Melville facility and add two workforce training programs, a demonstration kitchen, a bulk product repacking room and a community room.
Long Island Select Healthcare receives $3 million to rehabilitate its Federally Qualified Health Center in Central Islip, which serves more than 9,000 low-income and vulnerable patients a year, modernizing aging infrastructure and clinical equipment. The Village of Hempstead Volunteer Fire Department receives $1 million for new radio equipment.
The Deer Park School District receives $3 million to rebuild its High School Aquatic Center with ADA-compliant lifts, stairs and locker rooms; the facility, nearly 50 years old, had been closed to the public for safety reasons. The Bay Shore-Brightwaters Little League receives $1 million for fencing, bleachers, fields and batting cages.
Hochul said these organizations are pillars of Long Island communities and the investment helps them keep serving residents. State Senators Monica R. Martinez and Siela Bynoe and Assembly Deputy Speaker Phil Ramos were among those joining the announcement.
来源：GSM·美国（原文链接）
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