From Miranda Devine’s invaluable column in today’s New York Post, here is a list of grants issued by New York Governor Kathy Hochul. Take a look and decide for yourself whether, as a citizen of New York State, you would be happay about where this money is going:
Against crime fighting
According to records held by the Office of the State Comptroller, Thomas DiNapoli, the Hochul administration has funded a variety of open-borders and anti-cop, anti-jail organizations, including:
- $2.7 million to activist group Make the Road NY, which pushes for the government to defund the police, “demilitarize our border … abolish the hell out of ICE [and] legalize ALL immigrants,” according to one of the group’s social media posts.
- $2.6 million to Niagara County to reduce jail populations by using “Alternatives to Incarceration” and “Raise The Age” programs that provide community-based “supportive services” instead of prison sentences.
- $4.7 million for “civil legal services” to the Bronx Defenders, another organization that wants to abolish ICE and the NYPD and has been accused of blatant antisemitism. Its staff has advocated “Palestinian liberation and resistance under occupation.”
- $2 million to the New York Immigration Coalition, which agitates for sanctuary policies and defunding the police, ICE and Customs and Border Protection.
- $1.6 million to New York Legal Assistance Group, which defends illegal migrants against being deported and lobbies the state government to end cooperation with ICE.
- $9.5 million to the Research Foundation for the State University of New York for its “Migrant Education Outreach Program.”
- $1.2 million to the Central American Refugee Center, which describes itself on its website as the “Largest Immigration Legal Services Provider On Long Island” and offers a “host of legal services to individuals who have recently arrived in the United States and are in removal proceedings (i.e., immigration court).”
- $500,000 to Community Health Project Inc., also known as the Callen-Lorde Community Health Center, which lobbies to decriminalize prostitution.
- $247,000 to the Neighbors Link Corporation for “Migrant Assistance.”
- $75,000 to the Columbia County Sanctuary Movement, an open-borders activist group that works to shield illegal aliens from deportation and lobbies to end New York state’s involvement in immigration detention or “conspiring with ICE and CBP.”
Handouts for LGBTQ
On so-called “gender-affirming care” and trans-brainwashing for children, Hochul has funded multiple organizations that target minors as young as 13 with a far-left LGBTQ agenda, including:
- $832,000 to the Pride Center of Western New York, which hosts LGBTQ group events for “all ages,” such as a monthly group for “transgender people in all stages of coming out.”
- $150,000 to the Callen-Lorde Community Health Center, which provides medical treatments and mental health counseling on “gender identity” to teenagers and operates a mobile office that provides “free, friendly and confidential medical care for young people 13-24 years of age with a focus on LGBTQ care.”
- $848,000 to Rainbow Access Initiative, also known as Prism Counseling & Advocacy for LGBTQ health services and a “syringe exchange.” The group employs “*2SLGBTQIA+” “affirming providers” to provide mental health services to anyone 14 or older.
On the radical climate agenda, Hochul has dug into New York state taxpayers’ pockets to fund:
- $366,000 to CEC Stuyvesant Cove Inc., which lobbies to ban gas hookups in new buildings and “revolutionizing infrastructure by transitioning from gas to sustainable alternatives.”
- $393,000 to the Hispanic Federation for “Environmental Justice” programs in Latino neighborhoods. The nonprofit also supports defunding ICE and CBP.
On DEI and “social justice,” Hochul has paid:
- $400,000 to the Farm Training Collective NYC Inc. for “Black Farmers United of New York State.”
It is a race-based agriculture group that prioritizes “racial justice [and] a world with thriving BIPOC farmers … land justice … and radical optimism.”
For anti-Israel activities, Hochul has paid:
- $138,000 to the Muslim Community Association of Mohawk Valley for “Homeland Security Assistance” and “Nonprofit Security.” The group, also known as Utica Masjid, has reposted criticisms of Israel, including references to Israel’s “genocide” and claims that Israel is intentionally killing civilians.
Hochul has lavished funds on pro-abortion groups, including:
- $347,000 to the National Abortion Federation, which “support[s] abortion providers” and sponsors a DEIA (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Antiracism) initiative.
- $6.2 million to Planned Parenthood of Greater New York, which boasts it “will always include abortion, wherever, whenever.”
- $2.6 million to Planned Parenthood Hudson Peconic Inc. to expand its abortion program and provide “gender-affirming hormone therapy” to individuals ages 16 and older without a mental health referral.
Would you be happy with your tax money being paid out for these grants?
I’ll end with a reminder to the voters of New York. This is who you voted for. And this is what you got.
You might want to remember that next time around.
