The City Council has a discretionary funding process and each individual member can fund services, programs, and infrastructure projects for their district. The two forms of discretionary funding are expense funding and capital funding.

• Expense funding is discretionary funding that supports programs and services.
• Capital funding is discretionary funding that supports physical infrastructure projects.

These funds are not grants. You must be able to spend the money up front and you will be reimbursed by the City.  To apply, you must fill out an application through the City Council. 

• Expense Funding Applications can be found here and it must be submitted by February 19th. 
• Capital Funding Applications can be found here. If your organization is asking for funds from both the Borough President and the City Council, you must submit the application by February 20th at 5PM. If your organization is asking for funds from just the City Council, you must submit the application by March 20th at 5PM. 

NOTE: Due to capacity, we are not taking discretionary funding meetings. 

If you were funded by our office in Fiscal Year 2025: please send over a one pager with information on: 

1. How FY25 funding was used in District 36
2. Your organization’s funding ask for FY26 
3. How you plan to partner with our office for FY26 

If you were not funded by our office in Fiscal Year 2025: please send over a one pager with information on: 

1. How your organization serves District 36 (please be specific and provide statistics where possible) 
2. Your organization’s funding ask for FY26 
3. How you plan to partner with our office for FY26 

For any questions or concerns, please reach out to May Vutrapongvatana at 718-919-0740 or at mvutrapongvatana@council.nyc.gov. For technical issues with the City Council application, please email discretionary@council.nyc.gov.