New York

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New York State Homes and Community Renewal (HCR) is the State’s affordable housing agency, with a mission to build, preserve, and protect affordable housing and increase homeownership throughout New York State.
Services Administered: CDBG, HOME, HTF
The Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (OTDA) is responsible for supervising programs that provide assistance and support to eligible families and individuals.
Services Administered: HOPWA, ESG
Mission: To create and preserve high quality affordable multifamily rental housing that serves communities across the State of New York.
Services Administered: NSP

Fiscal Year 2023 HUD Grants

CDBG

State

$47,769,843

Total

$318,043,716

RHP

State

$0

Total

$0

HOME

State

$28,774,105

Total

$140,182,508

HTF

State

$34,734,754

Total

$34,734,754

Hopwa

State

$3,324,753

Total

$55,283,456

ESG

State

$6,468,098

Total

$27,743,018

Service Area Demographics
(Non-Metro)

Rural Population

1,358,973

Urban Population

18,094,588

Total Population

19,453,561

Poverty Rate

12.1%

Housing Units

8,404,381

Unemployment Rate

8.4%

Median Household Income

$68,486

Fulton County – 2021 Microenterprise Program

Fulton County, NY identified lack of access to capital as a barrier to entry for potential entrepreneurs. Commercial lenders often view start-up and non-traditiponal businesses as too risky to support. The County provided small grants of up to $35,000 to 14 under-capitalized businesses throughout the County to be used for working capital and machinery and equipment.

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Livingston County – Strange Design Brewing Company

With the goal of creating a larger location in a more densely populated area, Strange Design Brewing Company identified a vacant, historic building at 4570 Millennium Drive in the Village of Geneseo, NY which had been acquired by a developer and was targeted for redevelopment. The project allowed an existing craft brewery to expand into Livingston County and create a distinct brand, encouraged the reuse and repurposing of an historic building consistent with the goals and objectives of Village’s Comprehensive Plan. The project created another destination along the NYS Finger Lakes Beer trail.

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Town of Batavia – Upstate Niagara Cooperative, Inc

In 2019, Upstate Niagara Cooperative, Inc. (UNC) acquired a vacant 50,000 sq. ft yogurt manufacturing facility in the Genesee Valley Agri-Business Park. The closing of the previous business had resulted in job losses and negatively impacted area dairy farmers who sold to the facility. The Town’s grant to UNC helped to expand job opportunities for low/moderate income individuals and to support area farmers.

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Century Sunrise

On October 22, 2018 Century Sunrise opened, a $33 million affordable housing development in Johnson City that transformed two vacant historic industrial buildings, once part of the Endicott-Johnson Shoe factory, into 105 apartments and 9,000 feet of commercial space.
The project consists of 105 apartments affordable to individuals and families at multiple income levels. The redevelopment also has 9,000 square feet of commercial space on the ground floor that will be home to the locally based Binghamton Brewing Co. that plans to open a microbrewery as well as local brew pub and restaurant in the space.

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Hempstead Lake State Park Education Center

The New York Governor’s Office of Storm Recovery and New York State Office Parks Recreation and Historic Preservation collaborated on the Environmental Education and Resiliency Center at Hempstead Lake State Park, a part of a larger $35 million state and HUD investment. The center is located in Nassau County near historically underserved and ethnically diverse communities north of the Park.

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Corinth Wastewater Improvements

The Village of Corinth was awarded $1 million in CDBG funds to help construct a new Waste Water Treatment Plant (WWTP). The total project cost was $14,442,000, The project benefited all 2,474 Village’s residents, 1,460, or 59% of whom are low-and-moderate income persons.

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