Local Initiatives

Thank you for your interest in applying for City Council discretionary funding. The application filing period for Fiscal Year 2023 is now open, and I look forward to partnering with non-profit organizations that build community resilience in our neighborhoods and in our city. 

To understand more about discretionary funding policies and procedures, click here. Please be aware that the application deadline for discretionary funds closes on Tuesday, February 22, 2022 at 11:59PM. Late applications will not be eligible for Council funding. 

To apply for FY2023 discretionary funding, click here.

Our office will require one supplemental form from applicants upon intake. You can find that intake form here.  In addition, for reporting purposes, we will require of those groups who are approved for discretionary funding through our office an additional supplemental form upon close of the award period. This brief questionnaire will be posted here in the coming weeks, and will be due on December 31 for approved grantees only. 

If you have any questions about the City Council Discretionary Expense Funding Application policies and procedures, please reach out to the City Council Finance Team at discretionary@council.nyc.gov. 

Capital Requests

Thank you for your interest in applying for Capital Funding from District 38 for FY2023.

Schools

If you are a school in our district applying for Reso A Capital Funding, we encourage you to review this document from the School Construction Authority (SCA) in advance of your application. Once you have reviewed the document from SCA, please complete your application by clicking here. The deadline for our district schools to apply for Reso A funding is February 25, 2022.

Non-City Entities

If you are a non-city non-profit seeking capital funding from the NYC Council, we encourage you to review eligibility guidelines here. As noted in the eligibility guidelines, it is the organization’s responsibility to review requirements in full, provide necessary documentation to the City for final approval and review post-designation requirements. For more detailed information visit: https://www1.nyc.gov/site/capitalgrants/index.page.

Meeting Requests

Due to extremely high demand, our office will hold budget meeting requests with groups who have submitted completed applications in the following priority order: 1) Groups who have been funded through District 38 within the past two fiscal years 2) Groups who have existing programs or services in District 38 3) All other groups.

For those who meet the above criteria, we ask that you use our online scheduling tool found here to request a 15 minute meeting with our Legislative and Budget Director. Meeting requests at this time will be honored through February 28, 2022 for Local Initiatives and Capital Requests. Please check back for updated availability for all other budget-related requests in the coming weeks.

Thank you.