New York's Slush Funds: October 2004 The Post-Standard

 

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State leaders borrowed more than a billion dollars, played politics with it and stuck future taxpayers with the bill.

And they’re not done yet.

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SLUSH FUNDS

Albany’s secret funds put taxpayers in dark and in debt By Michelle Breidenbach and Mike McAndrew 

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Staff writers

he three men who run New York’s York’s government have stuck state taxpayers with $1 billion in debt over the last seven years to pay for a series of secretive slush funds under their tight control. Gov. George Pataki, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno pulled it off with a tactic that, while legal, skirts the state constitution’s requirement that new state debt be approved by voters. The three used their dominance of a loosely regulated arm of state government called public authorities to borrow the money. The governor and legislature committed the workers who pay New York’s York’s income tax to a decade or more of  repayment — plus interest. And what was so important that called for these steps? Among the spending: York City Catholic ■ $4 million for a New York art museum that was founded by a former Playboy bunny waitress. The founder had previously misspent $86,000 of the museum’s money on personal expenses, the state attorney general’s office uncovered. ■ A $350,000 investment in a Catskills tourist attraction that hopes to build a replica of  the Irish cottage where Pataki’s grandmother was born. ■ Money for a collection of hand-picked veterans clubs, private businesses, churches, sports leagues and other groups. Taxpayers borrowed money to air-condition a Tonawanda golf dome, move 47 graves in a Dryden cemetery, open an Adirondack museum with a fake river and buy vans for a Brooklyn youth circus. This is not the state’s notorious pork-barrel spending. That annual list, known as “member items,” is paid for in cash — $200 million this year. The new pork is borrowed money. The maneuver, first used in 1997, works like this: The legislature and governor agree to create a multimillion-dollar program for projects to be named later. The bill they pass says the money will be borrowed but says little else. In a private deal with no vote of legislators, the three leaders decide the details. Pataki gets a share to distribute. Bruno takes a cut for his Republican senators and Silver a cut for his Democratic assemblymen. The governor and legislators in the majority parties then pick 

About the series Today: New York’s leaders created $1 billion of debt and spent it in secrecy. Monday: Albany politicians give out money with one hand, accept money with the other. Tuesday:  Reform and politics; plus a list of 1,720 borrowed-pork projects.

What’s on the state’s credit card?

DEAL, PAGE A-9

$7.4 million Your investment in a fast-ferry boat from Rochester to Toronto is already dead in the water/ A-14 A-14

Guantanamo staff describe  wide  wi desp spre read ad mistreatment  Prison workers: Detainees stripped, shackled and left to endure noise, lights.

which fire department or dance troupe hits the lottery and which is out of luck. To pay for it, the three leaders direct the authorities to borrow the money — Empire Statethe Development Corp. for of thethe Republicans and Dormitory Authority State of  New York York for the Democrats. Those authorities write the checks for projects picked by Pataki, Silver and Bruno. The leaders have never fully disclosed to the public, or even their own legislators, how they spent this borrowed money. Millions of dollars fly around below radar, with no audits and little public scrutiny. There are few rules, leaving lawmakers to choose projects without statewide competition, with no requirement of financial need, with little concern for conflicts of interest and with a nudge from those who contributed money to their re-election campaigns. An investigation by The Post-Standard produced the first public list of this spending. It includes 1,720 projects that will cost $1.2 billion. Pataki, Bruno and Silver are free to borrow and spend at least $900 million more. Today through Tuesday, Tuesday, the newspaper will tell the story of a system that turns its back on the state constitution, solidifies power among the few, rewards friends and campaign contributors, encourages rank-and-file legislators to operate under a veil of ignorance, and deepens the hole for the state with the highest debt per person in the union.

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$4 million

After a decade of fund raising and unholy scandal, a New York City museum of Catholic art remains in purgatory/ A-15 A-15

$3 million A handout to a railroad with political connections was pitched as a revival of passenger service, but that’s going nowhere/ A-16 A-16 On the web:

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Politicians: Grants help cities, towns across NY 

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Fast ferry runs for 82 days and closes The $42 million boat — which can carry 750 walk-on passengers, up to 220 cars and up to 10 trucks and buses — was making two trips a day between the cities this summer. About 140,000 passengers rode the ferry.

By Mike McAndrew Staff writer

There’s a five-story-high floating monument to borrowed pork-barrel spending, and it sits on Rochester’s shoreline of Lake Ontario. The private company that started fast-ferry service between Rochester and Toronto this summer received $7.4 million in grants from Gov. George Pataki and leaders of  the Assembly and Senate. The state also gave the owners a

Including the time spent boarding and unloading, the boat trips often took travelers more than three hours — as long as it might take to drive between the cities. One-way tickets cost $28 for walk-up passengers and $40 per car — making the trip more expensive by boat.

$6 million loan. On Sept. 8, after 82 days of  service, Canadian American Transportation Systems laid off most of its 200 employees and indefinitely suspended its ferry operations, having accumulated $1.7 million in debts. Taxpayers are scheduled to be paying off the bonds that financed the grants through 2013. Pataki, Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver announced the grants in September 2002 — one day before Pataki was to face Rochester businessman Tom Golisano in an Independence Party primary.

The Associated Press

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CATS has promised to resume operations no later than April 15, 2005. A federal  judge impounded the boat Sept. 28 while a fuel supplier pressed its claim for an unpaid fuel bill.

The leaders didn’t disclose in their news release that New York was borrowing money for the ferry. Nor did the politicians mention that CATS founder Dominick DeLucia and his wife contributed $10,000 to Pataki’s campaign and $8,500 to

‘‘We do plan to start the ferry up,’’ CATS Chairman Cornel Martin said that day. But he noted, ‘‘It’s not a certainty.’’

DOMINICK DeLUCIA,

the campaign of Sen. Mike Nozzolio, R-Fayette, while the company was seeking the state grants. Nozzolio was one of four sponsors of the Senate’s share of the CATS grants — $2.4 million. Nozzolio wouldn’t comment, his staff said.

Martin said he didn’t see any way that CATS would have to pay back New York  for the $7.4 million in grants.

How your state government creates and spends $1 billion New York’s political leadership uses this system to borrow money through public authorities and to decide where to spend it: 2. The program

gets a very officialsounding name, like Community Enhancement Facilities Assistance Program. 4. The state government

 1. In the wheeling and dealing that

settles much of Albany’s business for the year, Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno, Gov. George Pataki and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver agree to borrow a pile of money for them to pass out. For example, one year it was $225 million, another year $425 million. The money is referred to in the final state budget. But the legislators don’t vote on the specific projects that will get that money.

3. A separate deal among the three leaders — a memorandum of understanding — divvies up the money three ways. The Big Three of state politics, or their aides, sign that agreement, but the rank-and-file legislators don’t vote on that either.

can’t borrow the money; the state constitution requires asking voters for approval. That’s why the Big Three turn to state authorities, which hold the illusion of distance from the rest of state government. Mostly, the Democrats in the Assembly use the Dormitory Authority; the Republicans in the Senate and governor’s office do their banking with the Empire State Development Corp.

West Monroe Town W es est S id ide W at ater D isistrict

Oswego Co Oswego Coun unty ty tot total al CNY CN Y GR GRAN AND D TOT TOTAL AL

50,000

$525,0 $52 5,000 00 $52,743,5 $52,74 3,515 15

Sources: Dormitory Authority of the State of New York and the Empire State Development Corp.

The chosen ones New York’s governor and legislators use their borrowed money to help out a select few of favored groups with inside access. Here are six types of groups, their numbers in the state and how many were given borrowed-pork grants.

G r ou p Kiwanis clubs Churches Cemeteries American Legion posts Libraries Fire departments

N um um be be r G ot ot   i n N .Y . h an d o ut s 315 1 11,000 11 19 5,900 2 1,051 1,022 1,

6 23

1,786

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5. Those authorities sell

hundreds of millions of dollars of municipal bonds to investors. The money raised is the Big Three’s slush fund. The investors are repaid with interest over time, usually five to 10 years, mostly by New Yorkers’ income taxes. That becomes one of the state’s most important debts, one they promise to pay even when the leaders can’t agree on other kinds of spending.

6. Now, it’s time to

 10. Income taxes

spend that money. The Assembly and Senate leadership let their members — and almost always just those in the majority party — pick such projects as Little Leagues and arts groups. The governor gives away his share, too.

paid by New York’s workers continue to be set aside to make payments on the bonds.

8. The authority cuts a

check to the group.

7. Periodically, the Big Three

send a list of projects to their bank-like authorities. The authorities require some paperwork of any group that wants money (a two-page application, for example). But the authorities never refuse to fund a project recommended by the Big Three. In some of the state’s programs, each of the Big Three has the power to veto a project, but no one seems to have evidence of that happening in public.

New York taxpayers spend more than $100 million a year to pay off the borrowed money. The interest alone will cost New Yorkers $248 million over the life of the debt. Pataki, Bruno and Silver would not comment about the borrowing and spending, despite more than a month of attempts by The Post-Standard. Their staffs say the money has helped communities across New York. Examples include Carnegie Hall, the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, the Carrier Dome and Roswell Park  Cancer Institute in Buffalo. ‘‘Local communities rely on these kinds of state aid to realize what they want to accomplish in their communities,’’ said Silver’s spokesman, Charles Carrier. Pataki spokesman Kevin Quinn said, ‘‘New Yorkers know that Gov. Pataki makes all decisions regarding such projects strictly on the merits.’’ Legislators defend the practice of giving individual lawmakers in the majority party the power to select projects for state money. They say they best understand the needs of their communities. ‘‘Would it be fair if I said no and the money went elsewhere?’’ said Sen. John DeFrancisco, R-Syracuse. ‘‘Or would it be fairer if the governor distributes all the funds?’’ Legislators also praised the targeted discretionary programs like the ones created in 2002. Those aim to support high-technology efforts, including the Centers for Excellence. One of the borrowing programs controlled by Pataki, the Empire Opportunity Fund, was open to competitive applications, Empire State Development Corp. spokesman Ron Jury said. Winners and losers were decided by ESDC staff, not Pataki, Jury said. Democrats disagree that it is competitive.

Museu Mu seum m in pur purgat gatory ory Some of the state’s borrowed money went to the National Museum of Catholic Art & History in East Harlem. In 2002, the state Attorney General’s Office announced that the museum’s founder — a former Playboy bunny with no educational background in art or museum administration — had improperly spent $86,328 in museum money on herself. The founder, Christina Cox, told investigators she spent museum money on her apartment’s rent, nail and tanning treatments, her son’s day camp and other personal expenses, according to records. It ordered her to repay the

money. Already, the New York City archdiocese had opposed the museum, worried that people would mistakenly assume the Roman Catholic Church was involved. The Village Voice, a New York  City weekly newspaper, also wrote a series of stories that portrayed the museum as a snake pit of mismanagement, misappropriation and sexual intrigue. Despite these clouds over the museum, Pataki’s office steered $4 million in borrowed money to it in 2002 and 2003, records show. State taxpayers renovated the museum’s building, with new oak floors throughout and marble floors in the bathroom. Its exhibits include a collection of  retail-store-quality nun dolls. The museum remains closed to the public, although it has been raising funds for a decade. Its state charter to operate as a museum expired in 2000. Who could convince the governor’s office that such a shaky operation deserves a multimillion-dollar investment from tax-

payers? Edward J. ORITIES, Malloy, chairAUTHORITI AUTH ES, PAGE A-15

Contributors 9. The legislator gets

to announce that he or she fought to get $50,000 for a fire department, or $150,000 for a new tourist attraction, or $7.4 million for a fast boat from Rochester to Toronto. Peter Allen/Staff artist

Staff writers: Michelle Breidenbach and Mike McAndrew Staff photographers: Stephen D. Cannerelli and David Lassman Data editor: Jeff Rea Staff artist: Peter Allen Researcher: Bonnie Ross Project editor: John Lammers

 

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Authorities borrow  to fund pet  projects

Never mind the constitution

$4 MILLION: NATIONAL MUSEUM OF CATHOLIC ART & HISTORY

The New York State Constitution requires the governor and legislature to secure voter approval of any new state debt. Elected officials have found they can get around that provision by directing the state’s authorities to borrow money — a gimmick that the state’s courts have allowed.

AUTHORITIES, FROM PAGE A-14

man of the museum’s board, said he arranged for the state grant. He said he talked about a grant with many state officials but not Pataki. Malloy said he didn’t know Pataki was the grant’s sponsor. Malloy is one of New York  City’s most powerful union leaders, representing 220,000 construction workers. His union did not endorse Pataki in 1994, but backed him in 1998 and 2002.

Article VII, Section 11 of the constitution reads:

… No debt shall be  hereafter contracted by or  in behalf of the state, unless such debt shall be  authorized by law, for some  single work or purpose, to  be distinctly specified  therein. No such law shall  take effect until it shall, at  a general election, have  been submitted to the   people, and have have received received a  majority of all the votes  cast for and against it at  such election. …

Some die before the Gone butprojects not forgotten

state finishes paying off their debts. Bruno, the Senate majority leader, arranged for the state to borrow $2 million for a children’s museum in Troy, in his district, to buy and renovate a large vacant building. In a 1998 ceremony to announce the grant, Bruno rode a backhoe around the construction site before a crowd of schoolchildren, according to a newspaper account. The Junior Museum closed in August, four years after it opened, because it could not afford to operate such a big space.

IN THEIR OWN WORDS State Sen. Nancy Larraine Hoffmann, from an interview about New York’ York’ss borrowed pork:

Q

On the issue of having

authorities for these projects,borrow how domoney you feel about that?

A

We could certainly do less borrowing. I’m sure you’ve checked the records. … Are you aware of how I voted on the budget throughout my years?

Q A

No.

I voted against the budget every year until I  joined the majority.

Q A Q A

Why did you change your vote? Because I’m in the majority.

Why would that change your opinion? I’m in the majority.

Museum officials hope to reopen later this year in a smaller building. In 2002, the state’s three leaders jointly announced state funding for a fast-ferry service from Rochester to Toronto. The leaders committed $7.4 million in borrowed money for Canadian American Transportation Systems Inc. It would be two more years before the ferry’s maiden voyage. It would take 81 days for it to throw in the anchor. In September, the ferry’s owners shut down to cut their financial losses. It will be nine more years before New York is scheduled to pay off its debt on the boat.

Stephen D. Cannerelli / Staff photographer

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NYC museum mired in problems The National Museum of  Catholic Art & History needed an angel. The state attorney general’s office had just concluded in

seum officials for information about the attorney general’s investigation or Cox’s spending habits, Malloy said. Cox declined to answer questions. The state’s money was spent renovating a former convent that the museum is leasing from a Catholic parish. Malloy promised the museum will open its galleries to the public before the end of this

2002 theEast founder and mudirectorthat of the Harlem seum, Christina Cox, had blown $86,328 of the museum’s funds on ‘‘inappropriate and extravagant’’ personal expenses. At a time when the museum could not meet its payroll, Cox admitted she had used museum funds to pay her tabs at the Pinky Fine Nail Salon, Theresa Wigs & Eye Lashes, and Vidal Tanning Salon. Cox had also used museum funds to pay for her son’s summer camp, her apartment rent, her wardrobe, her restaurant and entertainment bills, her car insurance, her gas and parking, and for trips to Italy and elsewhere. The museum’s former development director was accusing Cox in a complaint to the AG’s office of spending hundreds of thousands of dollars in donations on herself. And that was not all. The museum had been raising funds for 10 years — one event raised $1 million; Bill Clinton and Donald Trump at-

year — if it gets a certificate of occupancy. In January, the museum hired a new managing director, Lewis Johnson, who said he has four decades of experiStephen D. Cannerelli / Staff photographer ence in creating museum exTHE NATI NATIONAL ONAL MUSEU MUSEUM M of Cat Catholi holicc Art & His Histor tory’s y’s gal galler ler-hibits. iess inc ie includ lude e an ex exhi hibitof bitof 79 nun do dollsand llsand 60 600 0 sm smal alll nunfigThe new registrar, A. Vern urine ur ines. s. Ha Half lf of th the e dol dolls ls in th the e mu muse seum um ar are e re reta tailil-qua quali lity ty Rosenkrans, said he’s finished dolls  (above) mad made e by Ble Blessi ssings ngs Exp Expres ressio sions ns of Fai Faith, th, a Mic Michhcataloging the museum’s coligan iga n com compa pany ny.. Th The e dol dolls ls canbe bo bough ughtt fo forr $1 $149 49 on th the e lection, which he said includes Intern Int ernet, et, in shop shopss and fro from m Cat Catholi holicc sch school ool gro groups. ups. Anot Another her sett of fi se figur gurine iness on dis displa playy we were re don donat ated ed to th the e mu muse seum um by about 700 pieces and is worth a cou couplewho plewho so sold ld th them em at fl flea ea ma mark rket ets. s. Themuse Themuseum um’s ’s re regg- $2 million or less. New exhibistrar ist rar,, A. Ver Vern n Rose Rosenkr nkrans ans,, sai said d the Bles Blessing singss doll dollss and fig figuu- its are being installed. Still, the museum hasn’t enrine ri ness don don’t ’t re real ally ly be belon long g in a mu muse seum um.. tirely escaped its curious past. Johnson said he had quit in of Human Rights that Cox had the $4 million tab, plus anoth- protest shortly after he was sexually harassed her; a third er $400,000 in interest over hired because Cox had fired ex-employee had claimed the five years. the new registrar. museum owed her $45,000 in Assembly Speaker Sheldon The flap ended with Johnsalary. Silver and Senate Majority son and the registrar being reThe Village Voice — a Leader Joseph Bruno could hired, and Cox out of a job, weekly newspaper in New have blocked the grant. NeiJohnson said. York City — had published a ther did. Cox voluntarily resigned as two-part expose about the muHow did this happen? the museum’s director but reseum and its leaders. Edward J. Malloy, chairTo the rescue came Gov. man of the museum’s board of  mains on its board of trustees, Malloy said, and she will be George Pataki. trustees, said he arranged for paid her salary through the In December 2002, eight the grants. Malloy, in his day months after Cox agreed to  job, represents 220,000 union end of the year. Cox is being paid because repay $86,328 to the museum construction workers as presi-

tended — yet it wasn’t open toothers the public. One former museum worker had sued for $4 million, claiming Cox pressured her to have sex with prospective donors and owed her $125,000 in back pay; another was complaining to the state Division

to settle the attorney investigation, Pataki general’s gave the museum $2 million from a pot of money borrowed by the state. Six months later, Pataki gave the museum another $2 million in borrowed money. State taxpayers will pick up

Pataki rides to the rescue with $4M for museum that struggles to open. By Mike McAndrew Staff writer

E.J. McMahon, senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, describes the slush funds as the result of this kind of bartering: ‘‘If  you — whoever you are, Senate A ‘scary thought’ leader, Assembly speaker or the This spending spree is made governor — get another dollar possible by a string of capitalfor something, then the other improvement programs authortwo of us each get another dolized by the legislature. lar.’’ It started in 1997 with the Said McMahon: ‘‘That’s a $425 million Community Enprescription for escalating hancement Facilities Assistance spending on stuff that’s largely Program and continued in 2000 worthless from a government with the $225 million Strategic point of view or unjustified.’’ Investment Program. In 2002, The programs suffer little or the state brought six separate no public debate before they win programs under a $1.2 billion approval. This year’s money was umbrella and called it Regional buried in a $100 billion stack of  Economic Development. budget bills the legislature This year, the legislature appassed in a hurry at the end of its proved borrowing another $250 session. million for the programs. There was some debate in The most loosely structured 1997, the year the first pot of  slush funds have been attached money won legislative approval. to large municipal projects as a Sen. Nancy Larraine Hoffresult of Downstate-Upstate mann was then a member of the horse-trading. Democratic minority, a constituThe Community Enhancement ency not likely to benefit from program came to life because the the state’s borrowed money. At Buffalo Bills wanted $95.9 milthe time, she told the chairman lion for their stadium. The state of the Senate Finance Commitlumped it in with $329 million tee that it was a ‘‘scary thought’’ for unspecified community proj- that the money could be used as ects in the rest of New York. some kind of slush fund to be di-

dent of the York State Building &New Construction Trades Council. No one from Pataki’s staff, the Assembly, the Senate or the Empire State Development Corp. — which borrowed the money and handled the grant paperwork — ever asked mu-

One for me, one for you, one for you An agreement among the three men who run New York described how they would carve up the first pot of borrowed money in 1997:

“One-third of the $425 million authorized under the  Community Enhancement Facilities Assistance  Program shall be allocated to and available for projects  designated by the Governor, one-third shall be allocated  to and available for projects designated by the  Temporary President and Majority Leader of the Senate, and one-third shall be allocated to and available for the   projects designat designated ed by the Speaker of the Assembly Assembly.”  .”  vided at some later time. ‘‘My constituents, if they were here, would say resoundingly, we do not support the notion of a multimillion-dollar slush fund in the hands of three people in New York state,’’ she said on the Senate floor. Now, she’s a Republican who got to pour $500,000 from the slush fund into a community center for her hometown of Fabius. She laughs out loud when she reads the transcript now. As this year’s session came to

a close, she still bemoaned the secrecy of the process but said in an interview, ‘‘Putting the funds in the budget to be available for projects to be named at a later date is perfectly reasonable.’’

Authorities as back door For most of the 20th century, the state has given birth to authorities to relieve it from the burdens of building municipal projects. For example, the Dormitory Authority, as its name

she is helping with networking and fund raising, Malloy said. Johnson said Malloy recently suggested that Cox should have a role in setting up exhibits for the museum’s grand opening. Johnson’s vow: ‘‘Over my dead body.’’

suggests, helped build college dorms needed by the soldiers who came home from World War II. New York now has more than 700 authorities. Watchdogs criticize the bodies for corruption, waste and a lack of oversight. The state comptroller, calling for reform, referred to them as the state’s ‘‘secret government.’’ The authorities were meant to raise and spend their own money. But over time, they have developed into machines willing to do the government’s bidding for ventures that state finances or the law will not allow. Money flows back and forth between the state budget and the authorities’ budgets. In this case, the authorities come in handy because they can borrow money without the public’s permission. The state Constitution requires the governor and legislature to ask voters for approval to borrow money. New Yorkers set that requirement in 1846 after the state got stuck paying off  deadbeat private railroads’ debts it guaranteed. But the 1938 Constitution allowed the state to create inde-

pendent public authorities that can borrow their own money and pay off the debt with their own money. New York courts have allowed the state to spend tax money to pay off authority bonds, as long as the state doesn’t accept legal liability for those bonds. When a similar kind of authority debt was challenged, the state’s highest court ruled in 1993 that the state’s payments ‘‘constitute a permissible gift of money’’ to an authority, not a debt. In reality, the state’s credit rating would crash if it ever let the authorities default on their bonds, financial experts say. They say the state would have trouble borrowing money. The state’s way to get around voters — ‘‘back-door borrowing’’ through the authorities — is just part of the problem that former state Comptroller H. Carl McCall found with the first slush fund. ‘‘This program is troubling,’’ according to the comptroller’s 1997-98 budget analysis, ‘‘because it uses back-door borrowing for unspecified projects that are not limited to capital purposes; no criteria are included in the legislation on how spending decisions are to be made; and funds may be distributed through a memorandum of understanding agreed to by the governor and legislative leaders, rather than through an open process with public participation.’’ Current Comptroller Alan Hevesi said his office has not audited any of the borrowed-money programs or secured a list of the spending. To make sure the money is always there to pay off the debt, the governor and the legislature have set up a special account fed by the state’s personal income tax collections. This ensures the state pays bond holders even if it does not have enough money to pay for such necessities as public schools. The debt service is the only part of the state budget that legislators approve before the April 1 deadline. This year, the state approved its payment to Wall Street on time. Public schools didn’t learn about their share for operating expenses until August.

Don’t know, don’t care A spokesman for Silver said the only way to find out where the money went is to call each legislator. Legislators are more than willing to discuss the pork they were able to bring home. But they know little about the source of their windfalls. They do not know what their counterparts are getting. The average legislator knows this: Bruno or Silver, at any moment, could say he or she can have $50,000 or more for a project of the legislator’s choice, within the vague definition of a capital improvement for economic development, technology, community enhancement, transportation or the environment. ‘‘Sometimes you’re told, ‘Submit up to a million worth of  (projects),’ ’’ said state Sen. Ray Meier, R-Western in Oneida County. ‘‘It may be approved. It may not.’’ Sometimes, legislators said, they are given as little as 24 hours to produce a worthy project.

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’’The sooner you get in, the better for a couple reasons,’’ said Assemblywoman Joan Christensen, D-Syracuse. ‘‘You’re never sure how long it’s going to be there or if the rug’s going to be pulled out from you all of a sudden.’’ The legislators’ ignorance is motivated by the greater reality: ‘‘Securing’’ grants looks very good in campaign photos. Ask Sen. John Bonacic, RMount Hope in Orange County, if he knows what any other legislators are getting: ‘‘I do not.’’ Does he care? ‘‘I do not.’’

On the wrong tracks Legislators often announce their grants of borrowed money through election-year news releases and campaign appearances. The lawmakers promote their gifts on their Web sites but don’t mention that the money is borrowed. The New York Susquehanna & Western railroad spent $3 million in borrowed state money to improve tracks between Binghamton and Utica. The upgrades help the railroad’s freight service between those towns. The railway is owned by Walter Rich, who has a group of Upstate regional railroads and is a

Why? contributor to New York pol‘‘The majority conference has big iticians. treated me well and taken care of  The grant was announced by my district,’’ he said. its sponsor, Republican Sen. Thomas Libous, as a move to rePower to the legislator store daily passenger routes and improve freight service in a difSilver and Bruno allow legislators to use their own discretion ferent place — between Syracuse and Binghamton. to pick the groups they want to The railway says it has no fund. That leaves each legislator plans to haul passengers daily to develop his or her own perfrom Binghamton to either Syrasonal standards about giving public money to a private social cuse or Utica unless the state gives it more money. club, a religious institution or a One select group of passengroup that includes a relative. gers traveled on Rich’s train on The legislators are limited only by their own personal pref- the Binghamton-Syracuse route. erences: jazz or blues? soccer or In 2002, Pataki and a cast of Reice hockey? senior centers or day publican candidates rode a vintage train car provided by the care? Rich family on an old-fashioned Sen. John DeFrancisco, who plays the saxophone, spoke with campaign whistle-stop tour. The Republicans failed to disjazz saxophonist Jimmy Heath during a Syracuse concert about close the campaign contribution as required by law. the need for a place for kids to have jam sessions. The conversation led to a $250,000 grant for No competition an organization run out of a priIf you want a traditional grant vate home in Liverpool to buy a from a state government office, vacant building in downtown you might have to compete Syracuse. Some portion of the against other day-care centers or theater at the historic new Jazz Cenbuildings to tral will bear prove your IN THEIR DeFrancisco’s need and name, organvalue. Some OWN WORDS izers say. So departments From a July interview with state far, the project require Sen. John Bonacic, where he is is almost fully groups to go asked about state aid for the funded by boras far as hirold Woodstock farm: rowed state ing an audimoney. tor to examWhy did you choose that Hoffmann ine their project? encouraged her books; others That one was $7 million hometown to use a point of my money, $7 million spend system to of the governor’s money and $1 $500,000 of  rate proposmillion of Sheldon Silver. state money on als from apa new commuplicants. nity center. That covered fourWhen it comes to the state’s borrowed-money programs, evfifths of the cost. She said she had to repeat to the reluctant res- erything is informal. In most cases, community groups cannot idents of Fabius, population 1,974: ‘‘We can do this. We can find guidelines or a deadline to apply. At times a group will not do this.’’ see an application until after the The governor’s choices can seem equally arbitrary. There are legislator has told that group it won a grant. 11,000 churches in New York  The authorities that borrow state; 19 of them received borrowed state money. What church the money provide what little scrutiny there is for a project. was blessed above all others They process the paperwork for with more than $1 million from the projects they pay for and Pataki for renovations? The Cacheck for anything illegal. In one thedral of All Saints in Albany, program, that was a two-page located several blocks from the application. state Capitol and the governor’s In their private agreement that office. sets the rules for each program, In the absence of rules and re- Pataki, Bruno and Silver guaranview, lawmakers ignore conflicts tee any one of them can block  of interest. the others’ projects. The staffs of  The leaders allowed a Brook- the leaders and the authorities were unable to provide any evilyn Assemblyman, Darryl dence that the leaders have ever Towns, to sponsor a $500,000 used that veto power. grant this year to the private Representatives of the Dormischool where he once sat on the board of directors and where his tory Authority and Empire State Development said they could not children are enrolled. recall their offices ever rejecting The state does not require fina project picked by the leaders, ancial need. Pataki puts the state ever asking a group to pay back  into debt to help corporations its money, ever finding fraud by with annual revenues in the bila grant recipient or ever referring lions. one of the grants to a prosecutor. Kraft Foods is the secondlargest food and beverage comUse it or lose it pany in the world. The corporaSome legislators say it is bad tion — home of Maxwell House, public policy to run up debt. But Nabisco, Oscar Mayer and Post they plan to continue to fight to cereals — had revenue of nearly bring home the money. $30 billion in 2002. Last year, it Assemblyman William Magpaid its chief executive officer narelli, D-Syracuse, said he is $8 million. conflicted. Pataki had New York borrow ‘‘I think that on one hand, we have bonded probably more than $800,000 in 1999 to help Kraft I would have liked and I would pay for new equipment in its cream cheese processing plant in like to see us stop doing it,’’ he said. ‘‘On the other hand, when I Lowville. look around at my district, espePataki added $150,000 in state cially the city of Syracuse, I debt to help Guardian Industries don’t believe it’s inappropriate expand its glass manufacturing to be bonding out some of the plant in Geneva. Guardian Inthings that we do: for example, dustries is the 36th-largest prirenovating schools or providing vate company in America with playgrounds and fields.’’ an estimated revenue of $3.9 bilSen. Bonacic of Orange Counlion, according to Forbes magaty takes a position shared by zine. other legislators. Generally, he Guardian’s CEO is William said, he prefers paying cash for M. Davidson, who is 68th on the state’s operating expenses Forbes magazine’s list of richest and borrowing for capital immen in America. He also owns provements. the NBA champion Detroit PisBesides, he said, ‘‘If I don’t tons and the NHL champion use it, the money will go to other Tampa Bay Lightning. districts.’’

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$3 MILLION: NEW YORK SUSQUEHANNA & WESTERN RAILROAD

File photograph, 2002 / Michelle Gabel, staff photographer

GOV. GEOR GEORGE GE PATAK PATAKII acc accept epted ed a fre free e rid ride e on Walt Walter er and Kar Karen en Rich Rich’s ’s vin vintag tage e tra train in for an oldold-fas fashion hioned ed whis whistle tle-st -stop op cam cam-paign pai gn fro from m Bing Bingham hamton ton to Syr Syracu acuse se in 200 2002. 2. Nei Neithe therr Pat Pataki aki nor the Sta State te Rep Republi ublican can Comm Committ ittee ee dec declar lared ed the tra train in rid ride e as a cam campai paign gn cont contribu ributio tion. n. Five day dayss aft after er the tra train in sto stopped pped in Syr Syracus acuse, e, Wal Walter ter Rich Rich’s ’s rai railro lroad ad com company pany,, New Yor York k Sus Susque que-hanna han na & Wes Wester tern, n, app applied lied for a $3 mill million ion gra grant. nt. Sta State te Sen Sen.. Thom Thomas as Libo Libous, us, R-Bi R-Bingha nghamto mton, n, who spo sponsor nsored ed the gra grant, nt, boast boa sted ed th that at it — an and d $5 mi mill llion ion th that at Pa Pata taki ki aw awar arde ded d to Ric Rich’srail h’srailro road ad — wou would ld he help lp re rest stor ore e da dailyrail ilyrail pa pass sseng enger er se serv rvice ice betwee bet ween n Bing Bingham hamton ton and Syr Syracu acuse se by lat late e 200 2003. 3. Tha Thatt has hasn’t n’t happ happene ened. d.

Money came, passenger service didn’t  Railroad executive says SyracuseBinghamton line will start only if state taxpayers pay more money. By Mike McAndrew Staff writer

A New York state senator said passenger trains would run daily between Syracuse and Binghamton when the state borrowed $3 million and gave it to the New York Susquehanna & Western Railroad. ‘‘We’re ‘‘We’ re very excit excited ed to estab establish lish passe passenger nger raill ser rai servic vicee tha thatt con con-nects nec ts Bin Bingha ghamto mton n to the Amt Amtrak rak sys system tem,’’ ,’’ Sen.. Tho Sen Thomas mas Lib Libous ous,, R-Binghamt R-Bin ghamton, on, told a rail passe passenger nger assoc associaiation newsletter in June 2 0 0 2 wh en h e an Rich nounced the $3 million grant. gra nt. Rec Record ordss ide identi ntify fy Lib Libous ous as the grant’s sponsor. Newspaper News paperss and indus industry try newsl newsletter etterss quoted quote d Libous that year saying that he expected daily passenger runs to begin by late 2003. But two yea years rs after New Yor York k gav gavee NYS&W NYS &W the $3 mil millio lion n gra grant nt — and after Gov. George Pataki steered $5 million in other state grants to NYS&W — there is no regular passenger service to Binghamton Bingh amton.. What’ What’ss more, a NYS& NYS&W W

executive says the company has no plan to start it. ‘‘I would say that it’s in the possibility stage,’’ stage ,’’ said Nathan Fenn Fenno, o, NYS&W NYS&W’s ’s vice president. Passen Pas senger ger tra trains ins sto stoppe pped d run runnin ning g through throu gh Bingh Binghamton amton in 1970 1970.. NYS&W won’t revive daily passe passenger nger service to Binghamton, Fenno said, unless taxpayers subsidize the operation. NYS&W is owned by Walter G. Rich, who has a long history of contr contributi ibuting ng money to polit politician icianss and receiving tax money for his railroads. Rich has hosted fund-raisers for Pataki and Presiden Presidentt Geo George rge W. Bus Bush h at his Cooperstown mansion. Since 1999, Walter Rich and his railroad companies have contributed more than $102,000 to New York polit politician icians, s, inclu including ding $16,7 $16,750 50 to Pataki and $10,550 to Libous. Rich also owns OnTrack — a littleused passenger train that shuttles between Carousel Center and Syracuse University and which has rec receiv eived ed mor moree tha than n $8 million in state grants. In 200 2002, 2, fiv fivee day dayss bef before ore NYS&W submitted an application for the $3 million grant, Rich allowed Pataki to use one of his vinta vintage ge trains for a whist whistle-st le-stop op tour between Bingh Binghamton amton and Syrac Syracuse use as he campaigned for re-election. Pataki and the three other Republican politicians on board did not pay Rich to use the train and did not declare it in their

campaign filings. A spoke spokeswom swoman an for the Republican Republican Stat St atee Co Comm mmit itte teee sa said id th thee tr trai ain n ri ride de should have been disclosed as an in-kind contribution from Rich’s wife. ‘‘Due to a bookkeeping error, it was not reflected in the State Committee filing,’’ said Karin Kenne Kennett, tt, the Republicans’ spokeswoman, spokeswoman, in an e-mail. She said a $4,072 in-kind contribution would be declared on the next campaign report. While Libous talked of passe passenger nger service between Binghamton and Syracuse, NYS&W spent the $3 million grant on anothe ano therr lin linee — fro from m Bin Bingha ghamto mton n to Utica, Fenno said. In the grant application, the railroad talked of improving the tracks to Utica for freight trains and ‘‘expanded passenger service.’’ Fenno said NYS&W has no plans to revivee passe reviv passenger nger servi service ce betwe between en Binghamton and Utica, either. NYS&W spent another $5 million in taxpayers’ taxpa yers’ money fixin fixing g track trackss betwe between en Binghamton Bingh amton and Syrac Syracuse, use, Fenno said. Pataki steered that money to the railroad in the state’s 2001 budget. The company’ss fre ny’ freigh ightt tra trains ins can go fas faster ter now, Fenno said. He said the track improvements will help the region’s economy. Taxpayers are scheduled to be paying off the bon bonds ds for the $3 mil millio lion n loa loan n through 2013. Libous’ press officer said the senator would not comment about the grant.

A booming market in borrowed pork Here’s a scorecard of programs the state created with money borrowed through two state authorities — the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York (DASNY) and Empire State Development Corp. (ESDC):

Grant programs (abbreviation) Community Enhancement Facilities Assistance Program (CEFAP) Strategic Investment Program (SIP) Regional Economic Development, which includes: Centers of Excellence (COE) Community Capital Assistance Program (CCAP*) Empire Opportunity Fund (EOF) Generating Employment Through New York Science (GeNYsis) Multi-Modal Rebuilding the Empire State Through Opportunities in Regional Economies (RESTORE/CCAP) TOTALS

Athuethboorirtryowdoiningg Yoeriagrinated Aam utohuonritzed Bonds issued to date Boothnedr cisosuunasnecleacnodsts Ilnifteeroefsbt oonvdesr Available for grants Yreepaarys mfoernt   DASN DA SNY Y, ES ESD DC 19 1997 97 $425 $4 25,0 ,000 00,0 ,000 00 $344 $344,1 ,125 25,0 ,000 00 $5 $5,6 ,654 54,5 ,528 28 $9 $93, 3,22 225, 5,52 521 1 $316 $316,2 ,258 58,1 ,166 66 3, 5, 7 & 20 DASNY, E SD SDC 20 00 00 DASNY DAS NY,, ESDC ESDC 2002

$225,00 0, 0,000

$1 48 48,610 ,0 ,0 00 00

$2 ,1 ,180,401

$1 8, 8,854,988

$ 15 154,200 ,0 ,000 5

$1,450, $1, 450,000 000,000 ,000 See ind indivi ividua duall prog program ramss belo below w

ESDC ESDC

$224,000,483 $39,425,000

$3,992,374 $707,595

$55,150,061 $7,471,385

$220,000,000 1 10 0 $40,000,000 5 & 10

ESDC

$101,339,518

$1,916,587

$31,982,952

$100,000,000 10 1 0 & 20

DASNY

$63,880,000

$875,409

$12,914,912

$63,000,000 10 10

DASNY DASNY

$34,270,000 $80,820,000

$468,245 $1,095,489

$8,726,153 $19,521,375

$37,000,000 10 10 $85,000,000 10

$2,100,000,000 $1,036,470,001 $16,890,628 $247,847,347 $1,015,458,166

About the programs CEFAP helped break a budget stalemate and established a model for the other programs, when the Big Three of state government — the governor,, Senate majority leader and Assembly speake r — agreed each governor would control one-third of grants for “community facilities.”

CCAP: Grants of at least $50,000 each for capital improvement and development of arts, cultural resources, athletic, housing, child care, educational, recreational, transportation and economic development facilities.

SIP grants — each at least $250 ,000 — are for environmental, economic development, arts and cultural, and higher education/high technology

EOF: The Empire State Development Corp. says these grants of $100,000 to $60 million were competitive, meaning some applications

incubator projects. The Big Three each spends one-third of the money. Regional Economic Development: A stew of programs with up to $1.2 billion in borrowed money “to foster viable commercial uses of technology, facilitate creation or retention of jobs, increase business activity within a municipality or region of the state, or enhance education opportunity and quality of community life.” This year the state leaders added $250 million. COE: Multimillion-dollar grants promote emerging technologies at five centers: Buffalo (bioinformatics and life sciences), Albany (nanoelectronics), Rochester (photonics), Syracuse (environmental quality systems) and Long Island (wireless and information technology).

were accepted and some rejected. Gov. George Pataki controlled the funding, but the ESDC says its staff, not Pataki, ranked the applications and selected the winners. GeNYsis:  The Senate gives multimillion-dollar grants to universities and institutes. The program is for “certain research and technology initiatives.” Multi-Modal: This pays for transportation-system improvement. RESTORE/CCAP: The Assembly’s RESTORE grants are “for certain biotechnology or high-tech projects, education, transportation, workforce or community economic development projects.”

* DASNY bonding for CCAP and RESTORE are tracked together on the RESTORE line. ESDC’s total bonding for CCAP is on its own line. Note: The amount “available for grants” plus the issuance costs generally does not equal the amount of bonds issued. Bond-price premium s and discounts offered to investors can change the bond sales’ final yield for grants, state officials said. Sources: State Division of Budget, Dormitory Authority of the State of New York and the Empire State Development Corp. The Post-Standard

 

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BULLDOZERS LEVEL land LEVEL land in August for the new Bethel Woods Center for the Arts. It is being built near the fields of the 1969 Woodstock concert. Gov. Gov. George Pataki and two other elected officials arranged $14.8 million i n borrowed state money for the center. Billionaire Alan Gerry’s charity foundation owns the land and plans to build a $63 million complex/ Page Page A-7.

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Some ex-Guantanamo prisoners return to terror Despite gaining their free-

dom by signing pledges to renounce violence, at least seven former prisoners of the United States at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, have returned to terrorism, at times with deadly consequences. At least two are believed to have died in fighting in Afghanistan, and a third was recaptured during a raid of a suspected training camp in Afghanistan. Others are at large.

Sharon rejects demands for vote on Gaza exit Prime Minister Ariel Sharon

on Sunday rejected calls from Jewish settlers to hold a nationwide referendum on his plan to withdraw from the Gaza Strip, escalating an increasingly bitter dispute with former allies who now accuse him of leading Israel toward civil war.

Kerry: ‘January coming on Socialsurprise’ Security Sen. John

Kerry accused President Bush on Sunday of  planning a surprise second-term effort to privatize Social Security and forecast a ‘‘disaster for America’s middle class.’’ Republicans denied the charge as scare tactics. ‘‘It is just flat inaccurate,’’ said GOP Chairman Ed Gillespie. STORY, PAGE A-10

Bills survive clash of the winless Takeo Spikes returned an interception for a touchdown in Buffalo’s victory against Miami in a game between the NFL’s last two winless teams.

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ALBANY’S GIVE AND TAKE When state politicians hand out grants, contributions flow the other way By Michelle Breidenbach and Mike McAndrew  Staff writers

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hen the Central New York York Regional Market received an $8.4 million gift from the state Assembly in 1998, the market’s operators didn’t just say “thank you.” The Regional Market, run by a branch of state government, made $1,300 in campaign contributions to the Assembly Democrats responsible for the grant. The donations surprised the watchdog who oversees the market’s finances. “Wow,” “Wow ,” said state Comptroller Alan

and then-President Andy Russo to attend campaign fund-raisers for Bragman and Assembly Democrats.

Hevesi,“As when told of the contribution month. a general principle, these last agencies should not be making campaign contributions. And if they’re using public money for that purpose, it’s inappropriate and it may even be illegal.” Benjamin Vitale, executive director for the Syracuse farmer’s market created in 1933 by an act of the New York State Legislature, defended the contributions: “The board and all of us thought that it was very important to thank the people that got a lot of this stuff for us.” They had reason to be thankful. In 1998, Assemblyman Michael Bragman of  Cicero and Speaker Sheldon Silver appeared at the market with a mock 4foot-wide check that promised $8.4 million for renovations. Over the following three years, the market spent $1,300 on tickets for Vitale

The market’s windfall was then million the biggest grant to come from a $425 pot of pork-barrel spending the state legislature and governor created in 1997. Since then, the amount of those slush funds has grown to more than $1 billion. It’s all paid for with money borrowed on the state’s behalf by two large public authorities, which are loosely regulated offshoots of state government. The debt is paid off, plus interest, primarily with income taxes collected from New York’s York’s workers for as long as 20 years. The lack of rules and oversight over these secretive funds make them fertile ground for potential influence peddling and conflicts of interest. The Regional Market joins dozens of  other organizations in a political game GROUPS, PAGE A-6

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BUSINESSMAN  Alan Gerry (left) in July BUSINESSMAN Alan shows Gov. George Pataki a model of a proposed arts center. Gerry has contributed $125,000 to Pataki and state Republicans. Republican officials sponsored nearly all of the $14.8 million for the project. Said Gerry of Pataki: “I think he’s been very, very responsive, a man of the people.”

Muslim inmates who request it. They will be allowed to pray individually during the day and as a group several nights a week. During Ramadan, officials at the Justice Center adjust policies so that obser observant vant Muslims Muslims can participate in prayers and traditions central to their faith. Similar changes are made for Muslim

prisoners at the Onondaga County Co Corr rrec ecti tion onal al Fa Faci cili lity ty in Jamesville. ‘‘You ‘‘Y ou giv givee up som somee rig rights hts when you’re incar incarcerat cerated, ed, but we want to give every religious accommoda accom modation tion we can,’ can,’’’ said Sgt.. Jos Sgt Joseph eph A. Pow Powlin lina, a, who works wor ks in the Jus Justic ticee Cen Center ter’s ’s RELIGIOUS, PAGE A-10

Bagh Ba ghda dad, d, Ir Iraq aq —   The most feared militant group in Iraq, the movement of terror mastermind Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, declared itss al it alle legi gian ance ce to Os Osam amaa bi bin n Laden on Sunday, saying it had agreed with al-Qaida over strategy and the need for unity against ‘‘the enemies of Islam.’’ The dec declar larati ation, on, whi which ch appeared on a Web site often used as a clearinghouse for statements by militant groups, began with a Quranic verse encouraging Muslim unity and said al-Za al-Zarqawi rqawi considered bin Laden ‘‘the best leader for Islam’s armies against all infidels and apostates.’’ The statement, whose authenticity could not be independently confirmed, said the two had been in communication eight months ago and ‘‘vie ‘‘viewpoin wpoints ts were ex-

chan changed’’ ged’’ before the dialo dialogue gue was interrupted. ‘‘God soon blessed us with a resumption resum ption in commu communicat nication, ion, and the dignified brothers in alQaida understood the strategy of T aw aw hi hi d a nd nd J ih ih ad ad ,’ ,’ ’ t he he statement said. The Jordanian-born al-Zarqawi is suspected of about a dozen high-profile attacks in Iraq, including last year’s bombing of the U.N. headquarters in Baghdad, and the behea beheading ding of numerous foreign hostages. His relationship to bin Laden and the al-Qaida leadership has long been the subject of considerable era ble spe specula culation tion.. Alth Although ough many experts believe al-Zarqawi had longtime ties to al-Qa al-Qaida ida

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‘Everyone is nice’ here, Martha writes from camp The Associated Press

Residents of Alderson, W.Va., are adjusting to having celebrity homemaker Martha Stewart as their neighbor in the federal prison camp outside town, where the maven of good taste says ‘‘everyone is nice.’’ Curiosity-seekers still arrive in the town of 1,000 people in the Appalachian hills of southeastern West Virginia, about 270 miles southwest of Washington. ‘‘With Martha here and the fall season, it is easy for people to say ‘‘Let’s take a drive there,’ ’’ said Patti Grafton, owner of Wolf Creek Gallery. In a message posted Friday on her Web site, Stewart said she is adjusting well to the prison and described it as ‘‘like an old-fashioned college campus — without the freedom, of course.’’ ‘‘The camp is fine; it is pretty much what I anticipated,’’ she wrote. ‘‘The best news — everyone is nice — both the officials and my fellow inmates. I have adjusted and am very busy.’’ The prison opened in 1927 and inmates have included singer Billie Holiday, World War II figures Tokyo Rose and Axis Sally, and would-be presidential assassins Squeaky Fromme and Sara Jane Moore.

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NEW YORK’S SLUSH FUNDS

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$350,000: MICHAEL J. QUILL IRISH CULTURAL & SPORTS CENTRE

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that disregards laws and ethics to get the attention of the people who control these slush funds — the governor and legislators. The usual suspects for campaign contributions — wealthy business owners and unions — aren’t the only players in this game. Small community groups on tight budgets are finding ways to impress and influence the politicians. Libraries, fire departments and youth sports leagues are among the charities that made campaign contributions to the politicians who landed grants for them. The Post-Standard’s investigation of the state’s giveaways of borrowed money finds case after case of ethical questions. All across New York, it’s clear that when Albany politicians hand out taxpayers’ money they can often count on something in return.

Good karma in Bethel

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A 5-YEAR-OLD boy

plays on a brick plaza built in the shape of Ireland at the Michael J. Quill Irish Cultural & Sports Centre in Greene County. In the background is a replica of an Irish cottage. State Sen. John J. Bonacic, R-Mount

Hope, arranged a $250,000 grant for the monument and Sen. James L. Seward, R-Milford, ordered a $100,000 grant for the cottage. The center and its president, Kenneth Dudley, donated $1,400 to Bonacic and $200 to Seward.

Senators help park that wants to honor Pataki family 

Sometimes even a billionaire needs a little help. That’s the case with Alan Gerry, whose $1.2 billion in assets ranks him as the 234th wealthiest American, according to Forbes. His family foundation received almost $15 million in borrowed state money for some economic development rooted in peace, love, mud and rock ’n’ roll: The Gerrys plan to make a tourist attraction of the hilly field in Bethel where the 1969 Woodstock concert made history. Gerry, who lives in that area, became rich because Time

By Mike McAndrew

Warnerfor in his 1996 paid him $2.7 billion Cablevision company. Gerry gave $100 million to a family foundation that provides $45,000 annual salaries plus benefits for his two daughters and gives millions to charities. On the suggestion of one of  Gerry’s daughters, the foundation acquired the land around the Woodstock field and developed plans to build a concert pavilion there. Gerry went to Albany to ask  Pataki for help. In 2000, Pataki came up with $7 million. Sen. John Bonacic, R-Mount Hope, came up with $7 million. The late Assemblyman Jake Gunther, D-Forestburgh, came up with $800,000. The Republican governor and the Senate got the money from bonds issued by the Empire State Development Corp. The Dormitory Authority borrowed to come up with the Democratic Assembly’s part. In the past five years, Gerry, his wife, his company and the Gerrys who are foundation board members contributed a combined $254,150 to the state Republican committee and the campaigns for Pataki, Bonacic and Assemblywoman Aileen Gunther, who assumed her husband’s seat when he died. ‘‘I think George Pataki’s a hell of a guy,’’ Gerry said.

lived in a cottage in Ireland for her first three years, said Kenneth Dudley, president of the Quill Centre’s board of directors. Dudley said the Quill Centre intends to seek government grants and to raise money on its own to pay for the Pataki ancestral cottage. The Pataki cottage is part of  the Quill Centre’s plan to transform a 120-acre site in

GOV. GEORGE PATAKI’S

Staff writer

mother, Margaret Pataki  (right) cuts the ribbon at the Quill Centre on Sept. 1, 2001, in this photograph of the ceremony for the center’s brick plaza. With donations, center officials plan to build a replica of the Irish cottage in which Gov. Pataki’s maternal grandmother was born. From left are Mrs. New York America 2001, Christine Countryman, and Kenneth Dudley, president of the center’s

Gov. George Pataki’s mother pronounced ‘‘It’s a great day for the Irish’’ when she cut a ribbon at the Michael J. Quill Irish Cultural & Sports Centre’s new Irish Park in 2001. Officials at the Quill Centre — who received $350,000 in money borrowed by the state — hope the governor will visit next year. That’s when they plan to build a replica of the Pataki ancestral cottage. The governor’s maternal grandmother Courtesy of Kenneth Dudley, 2001

East Durham, Greene County, into a tourist destination. There’s talk of building a replica of an 1870s village in Ireland for a living history museum akin to Colonial Williamsburg in Virginia or Sturbridge Village in Massachusetts. For now, the Centre consists

of the Irish Park, which is an outdoor monument of 17,000 bricks laid out in the shape of  Ireland; a replica of a oneroom Irish cottage; a soccer field and baseball diamond; an aging motel and an old factory; and a monument to the late John E. Lawe, an Irish American who was president of the

from participating in any political campaign on behalf of any candidate for public office. Last year, The Post-Standard reported that Syracuse’s Everson Museum of Art gave $2,400 in campaign donations to seven candidates in an attempt to win grants. Attorney General Eliot Spitzer ordered the museum board to take a board-member training course. The museum asked the candidates to return the money. ‘‘There is an absolute prohibition’’ on tax-exempt not-for-

Transit Workers of America. Except for an annual Irish festival that the center hosts, few tourists visit. In 2001, Sen. John Bonacic, R-Mount Hope, arranged a $250,000 grant to build the Irish Park. The Quill Centre also received a $100,000 grant, thanks to Sen. James Seward,

IN THEIR OWN WORDS From the Internal Revenue Service guidelines for nonprofit, tax-exempt groups:

“... Organizations are  absolutely prohibited from  directly or indirectly   participating  participat ing in, in, or  intervening in, any 

Politics, charity mix The Post-Standard’s review of the projects winning borrowed money from the state shows at least 70 cases in which apparent nonprofits made contributions to a state campaign committee. In some but not all of the cases, the nonprofit gave money to the politician directly responsible for sponsoring its grant. That’s just part of the money trail between nonprofits and politicians. The newspaper counted only those groups that gave under their own name to candidates. In other instances, representatives of a group, such as employees and board members, made the donations. The Internal Revenue Service repeatedly has warned taxexempt not-for-profit organizations that they are prohibited

board of directors.

R-Milford, to help build its first replica of an Irish cottage. Dudley said the governor and his mother have given the Quill Centre the go-ahead to build the Pataki family cottage. Dudley said he saw Pataki at the 2003 Greene County Fair. Dudley recalled the meeting: ‘‘As I was walking up to say hi, he said, ‘You’re the guy who’s going to build my grandmother’s cottage.’ I don’t think he remembered my name, but he remembered the project.’’ He expects the one-room Pataki cottage to cost about $200,000. The center has not started raising money for it. ‘‘When we go out to do fund-raising, hopefully we can get some of friends of the governor to help us,’’ Dudley said. The Quill Centre also hopes to build replicas of the ancestral homes of Irish-American presidents John F. Kennedy, Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton, and a replica of the home of the founder of the Guinness Brewing Co.

Stephen D. Cannerelli / Staff photographer

A.B. WHITFIELD, the

co-director of the private K-8 Trey Whitfield School, stands on the roof of the school’s newly renovated building. The Brooklyn school is awaiting final approval of a $500,000 grant sponsored by Assemblyman Darryl Towns, D-Brooklyn. Towns’ two children attend the school and he used to serve on the school’s board of directors.

profit organizations making contributions to political campaigns, said Bruce Friedland, an IRS spokesman. The IRS can revoke an organization’s tax-exempt status and impose on it an excise tax if it engages in political activity, Friedland said. One example of a nonprofit making a campaign contribution is the Michael J. Quill Irish Cultural & Sports Centre in Greene County in the Catskills.

money to Bonacic since 1999, campaign records show. ‘‘I didn’t really look at that as a (political) donation as much as it was going out and meeting the candidate and mingling and telling our story,’’ Dudley said.

On group June 4,heard 2001,from the nonprofit Empire State Development, the state authority that financed a grant for the group, that its application for $250,000 was up for a board vote later that month. The money was awarded at the discretion of Sen. Bonacic, records show. On June 7, 2001, the Quill Centre contributed $200 to Bonacic’s re-election campaign. Kenneth Dudley, the Quill Centre’s president, has also contributed $1,200 of his own

clude village offices, theTwice library and the fire department. over the last four years, she got them other grants: $10,000 in member-item money to buy a thermal-imaging camera and $90,000 for self-contained breathing apparatus. In 2003, the Minoa Fire Department Inc., which operates as the private, not-for-profit side of  the village department, paid $500 to send 20 firefighters to support Hoffmann at a campaign fund-raiser at the Apulia Fire Department. The contribution

Hoffmann to the rescue Sen. Nancy Larraine Hoffmann announced in 2001 a $300,000 grant to help the village of Minoa build a new municipal building, which will in-

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Scarborough said he is sponsoring a $250,000 grant for the theater company, which hasn’t received the money yet. Scarborough said the contributions did not influence him. ‘‘I gave them this because they can make a difference in my community,’’ he said. ‘‘Government funding is the lifeline that keeps these groups going. So I think it is well spent.’’ Is it appropriate for a legislator to accept a contribution from an organization seeking a state grant? ‘‘One of the problems with this business is that people assume a quid pro quo,’’ Scarborough said. ‘‘If you’re operating on the basis that people assume a quid pro quo, then you have to act with that in mind. The problem for me is, and it might be hard to believe from a politician, is that I’m in this to help my community.’’

Pataki: Patron of the arts

Bard College — a liberal arts college on the Hudson River that is the eighth-most-expensive school in New York — unsuccessfully sought state grants in ly 1,800 fire departments re1998 and 2000 to help it pay for came from a $500 check Hoffceived grants of the borrowed a new performing arts center. mann’s campaign wrote to the money. Richard B. Fisher, a trustee of  Minoa department in 2000 for Bard College who was leading use of their fire barn for another the charge to build the center, No ‘quid pro quo’ campaign fund-raiser, treasurer and his wife made contributions Peter Cipriano Sr. said. The Fairport Little League This year, Minoa Fire Depart- made a $200 donation to Assem- of $61,400 — the maximum alment Inc. paid $100 to send four blyman David Koon, D-Fairport, lowed by law — to Pataki’s campaign in April 2002. Fisher in 2002, the same year it asked more firefighters to support Koon to land them a grant to im- is a former chairman of the MorHoffmann in Apulia. That prove two of its 14 Little League gan Stanley investment firm. money was donated by the pubThe donation is the only one fields. At his recommendation, lic at the department’s Field Fisher made to Pataki, a RepubNew York borrowed $50,000 for Days, where they raise money lican, in the past 5Ö years, rethe league. for equipment, uniforms and cords show. Fisher regularly needy families, he said. ‘‘Had I known they gave me a to Democratic candiThe fire department’s not-for- contribution, I would have sent it contributes dates. profit corporation has never filed back to them,’’ said Koon, a forFive months after Fisher’s dothe required paperwork with the mer player in the league. nation, Pataki notified his BudIRS to become tax-exempt, he ‘‘They’re a not-for-profit organi- get Division he would sponsor a said. It plans to in the future. Ci- zation. ... They shouldn’t have grant for Bard to help build the priano said the fire department is donated to my campaign.’’ $62 million Richard B. Fisher simply trying to support the peoCenter for the Performing Arts. The Black Spectrum Theatre ple who help them and trying to Bard had not yet submitted the Co. in Queens contributed $515 reward some firefighters with a two-page application for the to Assemblyman Bill Scarbofree picnic. rough, D-St. Albans, in 2000 and grant, records show. Thirteen ‘‘For us to get $100,000 from 2002. One of the contributions days after Bard applied, Pataki’s the state and the new fire barn, directive to give Bard $5 million was made in October 2002, 13 was approved by the Empire that’s a lot of money,’’ Cipriano days after the theater group apsaid. plied for a grant to help renovate State Development Corp. board. About 50 of New York’s near- its building. LAWMAKERS, PAGE A-7

 

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Fisher said he contributed to Pataki because he supports him, not to help Bard get its grant. ‘‘I think the governor is too sophisticated to get into that kind of thing,’’ Fisher said. He said Pataki sponsored the grant because of the quality of  the performing arts center and its economic impact. Well-heeled trustees of Bard donated most of the money needed to build the performing arts center. Fisher and his wife gave Bard $25 million. said the state grant was notFisher essential. ‘‘If you take the state’s $5 million out of the funding, the simple answer is we could have still done it,’’ he said. Pataki’s press secretary, Kevin Quinn, said Pataki awards grants on merit. An applicant’s political contributions do not influence the governor, Quinn said.

Keeping the Intrepid afloat Pataki, Bruno and Silver steered $5.75 million in borrowed money to the Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum, records show. The late Zachary Fisher, a wealthy and politically connected real estate magnate in New York City, founded the museum. It’s housed on the USS Intrepid — a World War II aircraft carrier that Fisher bought from the Navy in 1982 for $25 million. The ship, docked in the Hudson River on Manhattan’s west side, draws 600,000 visitors annually. Fisher family members and the family firm have been among the biggest contributors to New

David Lassman / Staff photographer BARBER GEORGE RAITE waits

for customers in his shop at the Regional Market’s three-year-old retail shopping area on Park Street in Syracuse. He said he pays $350 a month in rent. The market accepted an $8.4 million state grant to renovate the market buildings and to create the Commons, a retail shopping area.

New stores cost $1.6 million, plus interest  By Michelle Breidenbach Staff writer

The Central New York Regional Market is about commerce. Its story is about numbers: $8.4 million: The amount of state money state Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and then Majority Leader Michael Bragman announced they had secured to renovate the farmer’s market, a public authority created by New York state. The grant paid for demolition of old buildings and renovation of the market’s retail and

thority to pay for the grant. That the money was borrowed was not mentioned at the time of the announcement. 7: The number of years for taxpayers to make payments on the debt. $1.3 million:  The cost of interest on the debt. $350: The market’s contribution to Bragman’s re-election committee, May 1999. Less than one month after the state signed the paperwork to issue the money, the farmer’s market dipped into its public funds to send representatives to fundraisers for Bragman and Silver. $600: The amount the market contributed to the Democratic Assembly Campaign Committee, August 1999. $350: The market’s contribution to Bragman’s re-election committee, July 2001. ?: The number of jobs created by the expansion among vendors who rent space. ‘‘We don’t really track that stuff,’’

Executive Director Ben Vitale said. 0: The number of people the Regional Market added to its permanent staff  after the renovation. 0: The number of tenants the market had lined up for its new Commons retail shopping center before it invested $1.6 million of the state’s money in it. 6: The number of shop owners who have come and gone since the space, called the Commons, opened in 2001. 6: The number of current businesses at the Commons. $54,000: The loan Cindy and Jack  Barletta took out to open Wines de Vine there. $0: Profit they’ve made in three years, they say. $350: Monthly rent barber George Raite pays at the Commons. $10: Cost of an adult hair cut. 20: The number of customers Raite has on a good day.

York politicians in the past decade. They have contributed $350,000 since 1999, including $171,500 to Pataki. Pataki attended funeral services on board the ship for Intrepid Museum Foundation chairman M. Anthony Fisher and Fisher’s wife in 2003. The governor delivered a eulogy for Zachary Fisher in 1999 at a service on the carrier. Pataki’s first lieutenant governor, Betsy McCaughey, held her wedding reception on the Intrepid in 1995.

wholesale commission and the administration building,buildings, which includes the Commons. 3: The number of months between the announcement and the November 1998 election. 650: The number of permanent jobs Silver said the renovation would create and retain over five years. 4  to  4.5  percent: The interest rate on the bonds issued by another public au-

Business and unions

Campaign donations go in, millions come out 

While charities try to exert some influence and express gratitude through political donations, no one greases the skids like the businesses and unions of New York. Guardian Industries, which received $150,000 in borrowed state money for its Geneva plant, has contributed $12,763 to state politicians since 1999. That includes $2,500 to Sen. Michael Nozzolio, R-Fayette, who sponsored the Guardian grant. On a smaller scale, Dunk & Bright Furniture Store received $150,000 to improve its Syracuse store. The owner, Jim Bright, has contributed $1,450 to Hoffmann, who sponsored the grant. Bright said his contribution was unsolicited and not intended to help him land the grant. ‘‘We made the donations to support people that show a sincere effort in helping business in New York  state and in our area,’’ he said. The International Union of  Operating Engineers Local 17 in Hamburg applied Oct. 14, 2002, for a $50,000 grant to help build new offices and a training facility. On the same day, the union donated $250 to the Democratic Assembly Campaign Committee, a fund-raising arm controlled by Silver. That small donation is part of $11,655 Local 17 contributed to Assembly Democrats since 1999. The Assembly leadership approved the $50,000 grant.

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Businessman behind project gives to Pataki, who arranges grants. By Michelle Breidenbach Staff writer

Gov. George Pataki missed Woodstock ’69, but he’s been back to the garden twice since then. Unlike the half-million people who flocked to Max Yasgur’s muddymoney. field, the governor brought Pataki, Sen. John Bonacic and the late Assemblyman Jake Gunther came to the historic site in 2000 to announce nearly $15 million in state grants to help a wealthy Sullivan County businessman turn the site into a tourist attraction. Pataki returned this summer, four years later, to toss some ceremonial dirt. Alan Gerry sold his Cable-

friendship with the senator had nothing to do with All Seasons getting the grant. Simcuski said he never spoke with Hoffmann about the grant until the day she came to Canastota to announce it. Hoffmann also said Simcuski did not request the grant. The money was used to install drainage pipes in the parking lot, A view from both sides pave the lot and buy a generator. Silver spokesman Skip Carrier The grant passed through the said the Assembly is not influtown of Lenox. Simcuski was enced by campaign contributions the main contact for the grant at when awarding grants. In 2001, Sen. Nancy Larraine All Seasons, according Lenox town Supervisor Roccoto DiVeroHoffmann steered a $170,000 nica and documents. chunk of borrowed state money The Canastota company has to a Canastota corporation that contributed to her campaign and other connections to Hoffmann. Since 1999, All Seasons and its hired her former longtime chief  executives contributed $9,283 to of staff. Hoffmann’s campaign, including Raymond Simcuski handled grant requests while Hoffmann’s a $2,970 donation from the comchief of staff, he said. He left the pany seven days after Hoffmann announced the grant. senator’s staff in 1996 to take a job with All Seasons Services Inc., which runs dining, vending True to his school Hoffmann said All Seasons and office food and drink serdid not get preferential treatvices. He is vice president. Simcuski said his continued ment. The grant helped keep the

vision company to TimeWarner for about $2.7 billion and donated millions to his family foundation. The Gerry Foundation acquired the famous 37-acre farm and about 1,300 acres surrounding it. The Gerrys plan to build a concert pavilion suitable for the New York Philharmonic. The Bethel Woods Center for the Arts is expected to cost $63 million. The foundation has $100 million in assets, including $4 million in art, according to Gerry and the foundation’s 2001 tax forms. It paid an executive director $168,000. It paid each of Gerry’s two daughters about $45,000. The foundation has given away hundreds of thousands to hospitals, schools, museums and for a county beautification program. So why did such a wealthy

foundation need the state’s borrowed money? Gerry said he saw the venture as a partnership. ‘‘We’re doing a tremendous amount of infrastructure to bring roads and electricity and water onto the site,’’ he said. ‘‘It’s not unusual for the state to participate in projects around the state that are for the public good.’’ When Gerry wanted the state’s help for the project, he drove to Albany to meet with Pataki. He said he did not ask  Bonacic or Gunther for money. ‘‘Where do you go when you need help?’’ Gerry said. ‘‘You know, when I went to high school and I had a problem, I guess maybe I’m unusual, I went to see the principal. I didn’t start with the  janitor or the teacher’s assistant or someone who was

newly hired. I want to see the man who runs the show.’’ Gerry dropped out of high school, but he learned how to make a fortune. He contributed a chunk of it to Pataki, Bonacic, Gunther and the Republican Party. His family, the board members for the Gerry Foundation and his company have given Pataki’s re-election committee $148,950 over the past five years. They gave $12,200 to Bonacic’s committee and $6,000 to Aileen Gunther, who took her late husband’s seat. Gerry gave $85,000 to the New York Republican State Committee, according to campaign finance reports. ‘‘I’m a Republican, and I’ve been a contributor to the Republican Party ever since I was able to give away $10,’’ Gerry said. ‘‘That’s the American way.’’

company in Canastota, she said, and the campaign contributions did not matter. ‘‘Often, we know people who work in companies, and we don’t have a rule that we’ll only talk to strangers,’’ Hoffmann said. ‘‘This is a pretty small town.’’ A Brooklyn assemblyman also had a link with a grant recipient that extends beyond political donations. Assemblyman Darryl Towns,

The not-for-profit school of  500 pupils made a $500 contribution to Towns in December 2003 — four days before the school submitted a two-page application for the grant. Towns said his service on the Trey Whitfield board, his children’s attendance at the school, and the school’s contributions to his campaign did not influence his decision to get the school $500,000.

the borrowed pork to practically whomever they wish, community groups are put in a position to beg and cajole for money. Assemblyman William Magnarelli, D-Syracuse, said he once was lobbied at church. So groups have to be creative in courting elected officials. Sen. John DeFrancisco, RSyracuse, proposed finding a home for the Central New York  Jazz Arts Foundation and landed $250,000 in borrowed state

D-Brooklyn, is sponsoring $500,000 grant to the Trey aWhitfield School, a private elementary school that two of his children attend. The assemblyman said he is a former member of the school’s board of directors. He left the board about three years ago, before he started pushing to get Trey Whitfield a grant, Towns said. The school has contributed $1,470 to Towns since 1999, according to state election records.

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money forof it. the Thebuilding’s group expects some part theater will carry DeFrancisco’s name. The Quill Centre, the Irishthemed tourist attraction in the Catskills that got money sponsored by a Republican senator, plans to build a replica of the cottage in Ireland where Pataki’s grandmother was raised. Organizers hope to get Pataki’s supporters to donate, too. Still, direct campaign contributions remain a reliable way to show your appreciation to a

school pay for a $3.5 million renovation of a five-story building it bought. The school pledged to use the grant to renovate space it will lease to a YMCA. The YMCA will run after-school educational and recreational programs for youths and adults. The YMCA agreed to pay the school $4.5 million in rent over 20 years. The school has not yet received the state money. Because legislators can send

In a county-by-county breakdown of grants sponsored for seven borrowed-money programs and doled out by politicians, Albany County leads the way when measured against the county’s population. Grant Gra nt $ Total per County grants capita Albany Alb any $24 $246,5 6,562, 62,330 330 $837.0 $83 7.04 4 Tomp To mpki kins ns 30 30,2 ,245 45,0 ,000 00 313. 31 3.42 42 Schu Sc huyl yler er 5,09 5, 091, 1,00 000 0 264. 26 4.83 83 Essex 9,500,000 247.71 Erie 227,889,000 239.82 Sull Su lliv ivan an 17,0 17 ,075 75,0 ,000 00 230. 23 0.85 85 Renss Re nssela elaer er 27,0 27,074, 74,000 000 177.49 177 .49 Fran Fr ankl klin in 8,65 8, 650, 0,00 000 0 169. 16 9.16 16 Broo Br oome me 22,3 22 ,325 25,0 ,000 00 111. 11 1.33 33 Ots eg ego 6 ,7 ,7 27 27 ,5 ,50 0 1 09 09 .0 .08 Onond ndag aga a 48 48,4 ,453 53,5 ,515 15 105. 10 5.61 61 Monr Mo nroe oe 74,5 74 ,516 16,7 ,761 61 101. 10 1.34 34 One id ida 21 ,7 ,7 95 95 ,0 ,0 00 00 9 2. 2. 77 77 St.. La St Lawr wren ence ce 10, 10,310 310,00 ,000 0 92.11 92. 11 New Ne w Yo York rk 123 123,5 ,588 88,0 ,000 00 80.4 80 .40 0 Al le le ga ga ny ny 3 ,1 ,14 5, 5, 00 00 0 6 2. 2. 99 99 Chen Ch enan ango go 3,15 3, 150, 0,00 000 0 61.2 61 .28 8 Chem Ch emun ung g 5,56 5, 565, 5,25 250 0 61.1 61 .11 1 Lewis 1,550,000 57.53 Jeff Je ffer erso son n 6,05 6, 050, 0,00 000 0 54.1 54 .14 4 Putnam 4,825,000 50.39 Seneca 1,650,000 49.49 Ni ag aga ra ra 10 ,6 ,6 83 83, 74 74 5 4 8. 8. 60 60 Sche Sc hene nect ctad adyy 7,0 7,000, 00,000 000 47.76 47. 76 Suf fo fol k 6 7, 7, 42 42 4, 4, 00 00 0 4 7. 7. 50 50 Madison 2,965,000 42.70 Na ss ssa u 5 4, 4, 82 82 8, 8,5 00 00 4 1. 1. 08 08 Greene 1,745,000 36.21 Roc kl kl an and 9 ,8 ,8 77 77 ,0 ,0 00 00 3 4. 4. 44 44 Chau Ch auta tauq uqua ua 4, 4,46 465, 5,00 000 0 31.9 31 .95 5 Du tc tc he he ss ss 8 ,6 ,60 7, 7, 96 96 0 3 0. 0. 73 73 St eu eube n 2 ,8 ,8 76 76 ,4 ,40 0 2 9. 9. 14 14 Bronx 34,025,000 25.53 De la la wa wa re re 1 ,1 ,1 80 80 ,0 ,0 00 00 2 4. 4. 56 56 Rich Ri chmo mond nd 9,83 9, 839, 9,40 400 0 22.1 22 .17 7 Sc ho hoha ri rie 7 00 00, 00 00 0 2 2. 2. 16 16 Mont Mo ntgo gome mery ry 1,1 1,100, 00,000 000 22.13 22. 13 Fulton 1,200,000 21.79 Yates 530,000 21.53 West We stch ches este terr 19, 19,813 813,00 ,000 0 21.46 21. 46 He rk rk im ime r 1 ,3 ,3 50 50 ,0 ,0 00 00 2 0. 0. 95 95 Warren 1,225,000 19.35 Ulster 3,305,000 18.59 Ge ne ne se see 1 ,1 ,1 00 00 ,0 ,0 00 00 1 8. 8. 22 22 Ontario 1,725,000 17.21

C ottar rtarau lan dguss 1, 770,00 0,000 000 0 1 5..70 84 Catt Ca augu 1,15 150, 13.7 13 0 Wash Wa shin ingt gton on 825, 82 5,00 000 0 13.5 13 .52 2 Columbia 835,000 13.23 Orleans 551,255 12.48 Li vi vi ng ngs to to n 8 00 00 ,0 ,0 00 00 1 2. 2. 44 44 Orange 4,215,000 12.35 Cayuga 850,000 10.37 Kings 23,835,000 9.67 Clinton 700,000 8.76 Saratoga 1,645,000 8.20 Queens 17,832,250 8.00 Oswego 525,000 4.29 Wayne 300,000 3.20 Wyoming 100,000 2.30 Hamilton 0 0.00 Tioga 0 0.00 0. TOTAL $1,208 $1,208,235, ,235,866 866   $63.67 Sources: Dormitory Authority of the state of New York, Empire State Development Corp. and Census 2000.

helpful legislator. State election law has no rules on this practice, officials say. The state legislature’s Ethics Committee points to New York’s Public Officers Law, which offers some general guidelines. An officeholder should ‘‘give reasonable basis fornot the impression’’ that he or she can be improperly influenced, the law says. The politician should not ‘‘raise suspicion’’ that he is violating his public trust. The state comptroller’s office would not comment on the Regional Market’s campaign contributions without investigating. But the comptroller’s staff, which audits the Regional Market, said generally that public money cannot be used for partisan political campaigns. Bragman said he knew market officials went to his clambake fund-raiser but that he did not know who paid for the tickets. ‘‘When we were raising hundreds of thousands of dollars a year, I did not keep track of  every contribution,’’ he said. Vitale said that while he does not plan other campaign contributions, he has no regrets about the ones his board made. ‘‘For the amount of money we spent, whether people think it’s right or wrong, it really doesn’t matter,’’ he said. ‘‘If we had to do it all over again,’’ Vitale ‘‘weagain.’’ probably would do itsaid, all over

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BRICKLAYER Jason Williams of Hopkins & Reilly Mason Contractors works on the new Solvay Fire Station. Three years after BRICKLAYER Jason the company finished building the Cicero Commons gymnasium, the company is still waiting for its pay. Cicero’s $500,000 grant for the gym is stuck in a political fight between the Assembly’s leader and former Assemblyman Michael Bragman.

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Before the construction, then-Assemblyman Michael Bragman, D-Cicero, selected the town to receive a $500,000 grant for the gym at the Commons, a hometown project Bragman proposed and promoted. Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, also a Democrat, blocked the grant, according to Bragman. Bragman said he knows the reason: He made an enemy when he tried to oust Silver as speaker in 2000. For the past three years, Silver has kept Cicero’s grant application in a black hole called the Assembly Ways & Means Committee. The Cicero grant illustrates the kind of power that Gov. George Pataki, Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno and Silver can wield through their control of more than $1 billion from discretionary grant programs since 1997. The grants come from pots of money the state

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olitics can get you a grant from New York’s state government. But politics can cost you one, too. Just ask the town of Cicero and a handful of Syracuse-area construction companies that built the town a gymnasium in the new Cicero Commons. The gym opened in 2002. The contractors are still waiting to be paid.

borrows public authorities, have beenthrough called its New York’s York’s “secret which government.” The loose rules and lack of accountability in

the grant programs allow the three leaders to reward allies and punish rivals. And while there has been a growing call in Albany to reform the public authorities’ abuses, the change would have to be led by the three men who benefit most from the status quo. Silver spokesman Skip Carrier said last week  the Cicero grant application is undergoing normal Assembly review. The Assembly has questions about the project which the town has not answered, Carrier said. The grant delay has nothing to do with Silver’s relationship with Bragman, Carrier said. It took Silver and the Dormitory Authority of  the State of New York an average of 329 days to review and approve 100 other grants in the Strategic Investment Program. The Cicero application has been under review for 1,119 days. “We’re not counting on getting it,” Cicero Supervisor Chester Dudzinski said. CICERO, PAGE A-5

What’s on the state’s credit card? The $1 billion list From Rich Stadium to Carnegie Hall: a list of 1,720 borrowedmoney grants sponsored by the governor, Senate and A-6, A-7 Assembly/ A-6,

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Cicero is still waiting  for money  CICERO, FROM PAGE A-1

In state budgets, budgets, the legislature has authorized New York to directt publi direc publicc autho authoritie ritiess to borrow hundreds of millions of dollars la rs to pa pay y fo forr di disc scre reti tion onar ary y grants to be selected at a later date. Then, in priva privately tely negotiated negotiated deals, the three political leaders give them themselve selvess exclu exclusive sive control tr ol ov over er ho how w th thee bo borr rrow owed ed money will be divided and spent. In the Assembly, ‘‘the speaker has complete control over all of  thatt mon tha money, ey,’’ ’’ Bra Bragma gman n sai said. d. ‘‘Every ‘‘Eve ry membe memberr is petri petrified. fied. If  they don’t play ball, they’re not going to get any funds.’’ If th they ey do play ball, ball, Ne New w York’ss Democ York’ Democratic ratic Assem Assembly bly members memb ers and Repub Republican lican senators win access to money, which they regularly regularly use to annou announce nce grants during election season. ‘‘They’re ‘‘The y’re buying votes votes,, pure and simple,’’ said E.J. McMa McMa-hon, senior fellow at the Manhattan hat tan Ins Instit titute ute and a cri critic tic of  state finances.

No full accounting Pataki, Bruno and Silver have never given the public a full disclosure of how they recommended sp spen endi ding ng $1 $1.2 .2 bi bill llio ion n on 1,720 discr discretion etionary ary grant grantss since 1997. In 200 2000, 0, 18 Dem Democr ocrati aticc Assembly sem bly mem member berss sen sentt Sil Silver ver a letterr deman lette demanding ding an accou accounting nting the grant money. Silver did not respond, said one of the 18 signers, Assemblyman David Koon, D-Fairport. Koon said he does not know if  Silver penalized signing the letter. Underhim theforspeak speaker’s er’s mysterious myste rious syste system m of spend spending ing grant money, money, membe members rs have no idea of how much their peers receive, Koon said. ‘‘The general public needs to know kno w whe where re all the mon money ey is going in the state,’’ Koon said. Sen. Liz Krueger, D-Manhattan,, a min tan minori ority ty par party ty mem member ber with no access to the borrowed grants, said she has never seen a list of Senate grant recipients. ‘‘Nothin ‘‘No thing g is tra transpa nsparen rent,’’ t,’’ Kruege Kru egerr sai said. d. ‘‘E ‘‘Ever veryth ything ing is purposely hidden from the legislators.’’ Bruno and Silver’s staffs refused to provide The Post-Standard with a list of the grants selected by the legislature. The PostPost-Stan Standard dard obtai obtained ned the list by fil filing ing a Fre Freedo edom m of 

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A PAINTING of Christopher Columbus by Constance DelVecchio Maltese uses her husband, state Sen. Serphin Maltese, RQueens, as the model.

Senator seesin no conflict groups’ grants Dick Blume / Staff photographer

KURT WASHO of Hopkins & Reilly Mason Contractors works on the new Solvay Fire Station. The company is one of 23 contractors who are owed about $200,000 for building the Cicero

Commons gymnasium. The town was counting on a $500,000 grant that has been delayed by what former Assemblyman Michael Bragman calls a political fight.

Informati Inform ation on req reques uestt wit with h the Dormit Dor mitory ory Aut Author hority ity and the Empire Emp ire Sta State te Dev Develo elopme pment nt Corp. — the two public authorities the state used to borrow the money. Empire Empi re State Devel Developme opment, nt, which finances the grants for the governor gover nor and Sena Senate, te, ident identified ified its grant sponsors. But the Dormitory Authority said it doesn’t know the Assembly sponsors. Silver refused to disclose the identity ident ity of the Assembly sponsors. ‘‘We don’t see that as necessary,’’ said Carrier, his spokesman.

useful, too. In 2000, Brodsky announced announced he was giving a $30,000 grant to the Gre Greenbu enburgh rgh fire firefigh fighters ters union for equipment. That same year, the firefighters union’s political action committee contributed ute d $30 $300 0 to Bro Brodsk dsky’s y’s cam cam-paign, records show. When the grant money finally arrive arr ived d in 200 2003, 3, Bro Brodsk dsky y was able ab le to gi give ve th thee fi fire refi figh ghte ters rs union an extra $20,000. $20,000. Brods Brods-ky’ss gra ky’ grant nt cam camee fro from m mon money ey borrowed by the Dormitory Authority. Lastt wee Las week, k, Bro Brodsk dsky y sai said d he was unaware of the firefighters’ campaign contribution. McMahon, McMah on, of the Manhattan Manhattan Institute, said issuing bonds for the state’s state’s gra grant nt pro progra grams ms is a scam that few politicians want to stop. ‘‘Basicall ‘‘Bas ically, y, every everybody body is in the bag on thi this, s, bot both h par partie ties, s, both branches of government . . . ,’’ he said. ‘‘Nobody’s going to blow the whistle on what an outrage this is because they all have their own piece.’’

‘Back-door borrowing’ Pataki, Bruno and Silver have talked about the need to reduce New York’s debt levels and to eliminate elimi nate the use of publi publicc author th orit itie iess to bo borr rrow ow fo forr st stat atee spending. State Comptroller Alan Hevesi and Ass Assemb emblym lyman an Ric Richar hard d Brodsk Bro dsky, y, cha chairm irman an of the Assembly sembl y Comm Committee ittee on Corpo Corporarations,, Autho tions Authoritie ritiess and Commi Commisssions, also have urged reform. ‘‘Back-doo ‘‘Bac k-doorr borro borrowing’ wing’’’ is a term ter m use used d to des descri cribe be how the leaders avoid the state constitution ti on’s ’s re requ quir irem emen entt th that at ne new w long-term longterm debt be appro approved ved by voters. Instead of asking voters, the state directs public authorities to borrow the money and the state sta te pay payss off the aut author horiti ities’ es’ debt. The first of the grant programs

using borrowed money, Community Enhancement Facilities Assistance Program, began in 1997. In 1998, Pataki proposed changing it to a pay pay-as -as-yo -you-g u-go o pro pro-gram. Silver refused. Gov. Pataki’s press secretary, Kevin Kev in Qui Quinn, nn, sai said d Pat Pataki aki has done more than any other New York Yor k gov govern ernor or to red reduce uce New York’s rate of debt growth. The rate of growth of all statesupported debt has decreased by two-thirds since Pataki took office fi ce,, sa said id Mi Mich chae aell Ma Marr rr,, a spokesman for Pataki’s Division of Budget. All thr three ee lea leader derss pro propos posed ed plans in 1999 to curtail or ban back-door borrowing. A debt reform law the governor championed in 2000 restricted restricted the use of state debt to capital expenses only. In 2000, Pataki called for passage of a constitutional amendment banning ‘‘back-door’’ borrowing. Pataki and the legislature ensured the practice would continue this year, however, by adopting tin g a bud budget get tha thatt aut author horize ized d public pub lic aut author horiti ities es to bor borrow row $250 million more for the elected officials’ grants. Brodsky, the Assembly’s biggest publi publicc autho authority rity watch watchdog, dog, has hel held d pub public lic hea hearin rings gs fro from m Buffal Buf falo o to Lon Long g Isl Island and to demand man d aut author horiti ities es be mor moree accountable coun table.. But Brods Brodsky ky some some-times tim es fin finds ds pub public lic aut author horiti ities es

Too late to help While Whi le the there re may be no out out-rage in the state capital, there is somee amo som among ng the con contra tracto ctors rs waiting to get paid on the Cicero Commons job. In 2001, at the urging of Silver’s staff, the Dorm Dormitory itory Authority gave preliminary approval to th thee to town wn of Ci Cice cero ro’s ’s

$500,000 grant application. $500,000 application. The Cicero Cic ero Loc Local al Dev Develo elopme pment nt Corp. hired MCK Building Associates of Syracuse to build the gymnasium. When the grant to Cicero disappeared, appea red, MCK lost $500, $500,000 000 on the gym job. MCK responded by withh withholdin olding g about $200,000 in pay from more than 20 subcontractors. MCK owes Hopkins & Reilly Mason Mas on Con Contra tracto ctors rs mor moree tha than n $21,000 for brick work and owes Henderson Hende rson Johnson Co. nearl nearly y $15,000 for installing the gym’s walls and acoustic ceiling.

‘We’ve been stiffed before’ ‘‘We’ve been stiffed by people before, but I can’t recall offhand ever by this much,’’ said Lloyd Martin, Martin, the president president of  Henderson Johnson. The Commons’ owners can’t comee up wit com with h the money. money. The proj pr ojec ectt ha hass de defa faul ulte ted d on it itss bonds and its future is uncertain. So MCK is relying again on politics to secure its money. The company is paying lobbyist Patricia Lynch — Silve Silver’s r’s former press pre ss sec secret retary ary — $17 $17,00 ,000 0 to persuade Silver to give Cicero its grant. Mart Ma rtin in an and d ma maso sonr nry y fi firm rm owner Kevin Agostini said they do not blame MCK. ‘‘I hold it against the people who sto stoppe pped d the mon money ey fro from m coming: the politicians,’’ Martin said.

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Bethlehem: The town that borrowed pork forgot 

for community projects, Bethlehem’s 31,304 residents are ‘‘on Staff writers the wrong side of the street,’’ Legion Post Chairman Joe Van The little town of Bethlehem Deloo said. does not count on miracles. When the heating and coolThe war veterans in this AlTheir section of Albany bany County town will fry their County is the only area Upstate ing unit sputtered to a stop in own fish to raise money to heat where both legislators are lock- the 34-year-old Legion hall, the veterans devised a strategy. their bingo hall this winter. ed out from playing Santa They would write a letter to The American Legion Natha- Claus with borrowed pork barniel Adams Blanchard Post No. rel grants. Everywhere else Up- their Assemblyman, Pat Casale, 1040 is just down river from the state, residents can find at least R-Troy, and ask for the $22,000 it will cost to replace the sysCapitol, in a bedroom commuone legislator to cajole for state tem. Casale had just inherited nity for state workers. But livmoney for their museum, Little Bethlehem as part of his district ing close to the state leaders is League or startup business. in 2002, and he shares a politinot enough to win their support. Instead, workers there pay in- cal party with Gov. George Pacome taxes to fund the bortaki and Senate Majority Leader rowed pork in nearly every Joseph Bruno. Also, Casale Schenectady other part of New York. lives in Bruno’s district, just 90 i Troy When it comes to pork  across the Hudson River from Albany and Bethlehem. Albany ‘‘They ‘‘The y have  the majority ALBANY   RENSSELAER leader over there and he takes care of his,’’ Van Deloo figured, ‘‘then he’ll take care of  Bethlehem yours with what’s left over.’’ GREENE It didn’t work. 87 Casale told the veterans that i money was tight that year, Van Deloo said. The veterans have Rochester not been back to Casale. They never bothered to ask their senAlbany 90 i Buffalo ator, Neil Breslin, even though Syracuse he is the ranking minority 88 i 81 member on the Senate Finance i Committee and Van Deloo has known him all his life. 87 i In the last six years, Bruno Wrong political parties, no grants sponsored $8.1 million in borThe town of Bethlehem is in a corner of rowed pork barrel grants for his Albany County represented by lawmakers district, records show. of the minority party in the Senate and Breslin got $0. New York Assembly,, which means the town is cut Assembly In Bruno’s district, Clifton off from the discretionary grants of the majority. The Post-Standard Park Baseball got $75,000. By Michelle Breidenbach and Mike McAndrew

The little town of Bethlehem made the mistake of electing a Democratic state senator and a Republican assemblyman — both minorities in their houses.

Stephen D. Cannerelli / Staff photographer

AMERICAN LEGION Nathaniel Adams Blanchard Post No. 1040 Commander David Duff cooks sirloin tips for the post’s Friday dinner. The post in Bethlehem can’t do what others have done — secure state capital-improvement money from legislators. The town has elected minority-party legislators.

In Bethlehem, the Tomboys Girls Softball League got a $5,000 member item from former Assemblyman John Faso, R-Kinderhook, to help build concession stands, restrooms and a pavilion. That wasn’t borrowed state money. They raised the rest of the $95,000 from the town, their parents and donors approached at Price Chopper. Now, they’re trying to raise money batting on cages improvefor drainage the and field,to so they can put away their pumps and pails. ‘‘I kno know w I’v I’ve e  seen in the past where other leagues have secured funding,’’ Tomboys Board President Susan Burns said. ‘‘I know that they’ve secured grants through the legislature, which is why we’ve been trying.’’ Assemblyman Casale said he’s doing the best he can. Casale said he distributes in

his district an average of  $40,000 per year in ‘‘member items’’ — pork that is paid for by that year’s tax revenue. But Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, a Democrat, does not allow Republicans like Casale access to the millions in borrowed money, Casale said. Frequently,  the only help he can give to Bethlehem organizations like the American Legion is to buy a fish dinner, Casale said. ‘‘There’s 150 of us assemblymen. No one says here’s your 1/150th share of the program. It’s totally unfair the way the system works. It should be equal distribution of those funds,’’ said Casale, an assemblyman for 12 years. Casale includes the leader of  his own party in the criticism. ‘‘The governor has to take responsibility for this happening,’’ he said. ‘‘He is a big part of the whole problem here.’’

Picture of Columbus using him as model hung after college gets grant. By Michelle Breidenbach Staff writer

Sen. Se n. Se Serp rphi hin n Ma Malt ltes ese, e, RQueens,, lov Queens loves es the por portra trait it his wife painted of him as Christopher Columbus. Constance DelVecchio Maltese’s brush gave her h us u s ba b a nd nd a mane of blond hair, hai r, blo blowin wing g behi be hind nd a pa pair ir of sturdy shoulders. Maltese ‘‘She ‘‘S he us used ed the cheapest model,’’ the senator said. ‘‘Me.’’ The portrait hangs on the wall in Maltese’s Albany office. It’s also al so be been en on di disp spla lay y at th thee Queensborough Queensbo rough Community College Art Gallery. They put it in a sho show w wit with h Mrs Mrs.. Mal Maltes tese’s e’s other oth er Col Columb umbusus-era era por portra traits its afte af terr th thee se sena nato torr st stee eere red d a $415,000 $415 ,000 state gran grantt their way. Then The n the college college put the sen senaator’s tor ’s wif wifee on its fun fund-r d-rais aising ing committee. Maltes Mal tesee sai said d the col colleg lege’s e’s pres pr esid iden ent, t, an and d no nott hi hiss wi wife fe,, asked for the state grant. ‘‘That’s not her shtick,’’ Maltese said. Maltes Mal tese e als also o   said $250,000 in state grants that he secured for the Ita Italia lian n Cha Charit rities ies bal ballro lroom om had nothing to do with the fact that his brother is a vice presidentt and the gro den group up cla claims ims the senator as an honorary member. The new bal ballro lroom om cam camee in handy during this year’s Republican National Convention, when Pres Pr esid iden entt Ge Geor orge ge W. Bu Bush sh needed a venue to accept a key firefighte firef ighterr union endor endorsemen sement. t. Maltese, chairman of the Queens Republica Repu blican n Comm Committee ittee,, said he included the ballroom in his list of cho choice ice spots for the White White House to consider.

‘‘Ther ‘‘T here’s e’s nice,’’ no que questi stion, on, said, the place looks Maltese adding however, that the White House’s Hou se’s bull bulletpr etproof oof drap drapes es didn’t did n’t do muc much h for the atm atmososphere. Maltese’s choice of grant recipients reads a lot like his biography. rap hy. He’s a war veteran, veteran, an Italian-A Itali an-Americ merican an and the husband of a portrait artist. Maltese, a maj majori ority ty par party ty sen senato atorr sin since ce 1988, 198 8, has awarded awarded a chu chunk nk of his $4 milli million on in discr discretion etionary ary capital capit al impro improvemen vementt grant grantss to artists, artis ts, veter veterans ans and the Itali Italian an American club. ‘‘II th ‘‘ thin ink k th that at   everybody has their own indiv individual idual interests,’’ interests,’’ Maltese said. ‘‘I think like all the senators, we have a considerable amount of discretion as to where they go.’’ Maltese Malte se laugh laughed ed when asked if there is a conflict of interest in securing state grants for groups in which he is involved. ‘‘I doubt very much that that’s a problem,’’ said Maltese, a lawyer. ‘‘Un ‘‘Under der ordin ordinary ary circu circummstances, no, there’s no conflict of intere int erest st whe when n you don don’t ’t dra draw w any salary or you don’t draw any benefits or anything else. It just hasn’t come up.’’

Contributors Staff writers: Michelle Breidenbach and Mike McAndrew Staff photographers: Stephen D. Cannerelli and David Lassman Data editor: Jeff Rea Staff artist: Peter Allen Researcher: Bonnie Ross Project editor: John Lammers

 

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October 19, 2004

NEW YORK’S SLUSH FUNDS

The proof is in the pork: $1.2 billion list  T his is a list of the 1,720 grants sponsored by the governor and legislature since 1997 from borrowed pork-barrel slush funds. They total $1.2 billion. The Senate and Assembly, along with the governor’s office, control this money. Both the Senate and Assembly refused to supply a list of projects receiving these slush funds. The Post-Standard, under a Freedom of Information Law request, acquired the project lists from the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York and the Empire State Development Corp. Those are the two authorities which borrow the money at the request of state lead-

ers. Those lists were combined, and reprinted here. They may include mistakes made in the original authority records, may list a grant recipient’s headquarters city rather than the project’s location and may include grants that haven’t yet been paid. The Post-Standard reviewed those pots of money which are created by state borrowing and which are spent with liberal discretion by state legislators and the governor. The debt is paid off through future income tax revenue. State legislators said in interviews they had never seen a list of other legislators’ grants. Sources: Records of the Empire State Development Corp. and the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York 

KEY TO COLORS

Grant money borrowed by the Empire State Development Corp. (ESDC), an authority that generally handles discretionary grants controlled by the governor and the state Senate majority, both Republican.

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$500,000 $500,0 00 100, 10 0,00 000 0 100,000 50,0 50 ,000 00 50,000 50,00 0 50,00 50 ,000

Madison County

• Fer Ferri riss In Indu dust stri ries es In Inc. c.,, Mu Munn nnsv svil ille le $500 $5 00,00 ,000 • C an ana st sto ta ta I nd ndu st str ia l Dev el el . 38 2, 2, 00 00 0 Internatio national Boxing Boxing Hall of Fame, Fame, Canasto Canastota ta 250,000 250,0 00 • Inter • Town of Sullivan van Devel. Corp., Chitte hittenang nango o 250,000 250,0 00 • Village of Hamilton 250,000 • County Aquatic Vegetation Harvester, Wampsville 100,000 • Cazenovia College 100,000 • Chitt Chittenang enango Landing ng Museum Educ Education ation 100,000 100,0 00 • M orr is vivil lele A ux il ia ryry Co rp rp . 1 00 00, 00 000 Onei eida da Co Comm mmun unit ityy Ma Mans nsio ion n Ho Hous use e 100, 10 0,00 000 0 • On • Gr Grea eate terr O nei neida da Civic v ic Ce Cent nter er In Incc . 75,0 75 ,000 00 • SARDA Inc., Chittenango 68,000 • Arise @ Marshall Farms Indoor Riding Arena, Chitt. 65,000 • Madison County Chapter, NYSARC Inc., Oneida 58,000 • Canas Canastota tota Volu Volunteer nteer Fire Dept Renov Renovation ation 50,000 50,00 0 • Ca Caze zeno novi via a Me Memo mori rial al As Asso socc . In Incc . 50,0 50 ,000 00 • Greater Lenox Ambulance Service Inc., Canastota 50,000 • Heart of New York Foun Foundatio dation, n, Morr Morrisvill isville 50,000 50,00 0 • Herita ge Farm, Bouckville 50, 00 000 • Ma Madi diso son n Ha Hall ll As Asso soc. c. In Inc. c.,, Mo Morr rris isvi vill lle e 50,0 50 ,000 00 • N ew ew Wo od ods to to ck ck F re ree L ibra ry ry 5 0, 0, 00 00 0 • New Woodstock Free Library, Children’s Room 50,000 • Pl Plea easa sant nt Va Vall lley ey Gr Gran ange ge,, Ma Madi dison s on 50,0 50 ,000 00 • Village of Cazenovia 50,000 • Arise @ Marshall Farms Indoor Riding Arena, Chitt. 35,000 • SARDA Inc., Chittenango 32,000

Onondaga County

• Syracuse Ctr of Excellence in Environmental $10,000,000 • Metropolitan Devel. Foundation of Central New York Inc., Syracuse

8,400,000

Excc ell Ex ellus uUpstate s Ex Expa pans nsio ion, n, Sy Syra racc use use Devel. Foundation 5, 5,00 000, 0,00 000 0 (Metropolitan Inc.), Syr•acuSUNY se 5,000,000 • Carrier Dome, Syracuse 4,200, 00 000 • Syracuse University 3,000,000 • La Land ndma mark rk Th Thea eatr tre, e, Sy Syra racc use use 2,00 2, 000, 0,00 000 0 • Metropolitan Devel. Assoc. of Syracuse & Central 658,000 • Jewish Community Center of Syracuse Inc., DeWitt 600,000 • Metropolitan Devel. Foundation of Central New York Inc., Syracuse 500,000 • Skaneateles Recr Recreatio eational nal Charitable table Trus Trustt 500,000 500,0 00 • Sk Skan anea eate tele less Re Recr crea eati tion onal al Fac Facil ilit ityy 500, 50 0,00 000 0 • Syracuse M.O.S.T. 500,000 • Town of Cicero 500,000 • Village of East Syracuse 500,000 • Fa Fabi bius us Ar Area ea Co Comm mmun unit ityy Ce Cent nter er 400, 40 0,00 000 0 • South Salina Corr Corridor idor Busin Business, ess, Syrac Syracuse use 350,000 350,0 00 • Syr Syracu acuse se Young Men Men’s ’s Chr Christ istian ian As Assoc soc.. 300,00 300 ,000 0 • Village of Minoa 300,000 • Bo Boys ys & Girls r ls Clubs u bs of Sy Syra racc use use 250, 25 0,00 000 0 • Bo Boys ys & Girls r ls Clubs u bs of Sy Syra racc use use 250, 25 0,00 000 0 • Centr Central al NY Jazz Arts Foundation ation,, Liver Liverpool pool 250,000 250,0 00 250,000 • City of Syracuse • City of Syracuse 250,000 • Evers Everson on Museum of Art Art Expan Expansion, sion, Syrac Syracuse use 250,000 250,0 00 • Familycapped/Pediatric Respite House, DeWitt 250,000 • Hope Lod Lodge ge Renova ovatio tion, n, E. Syr Syracu acuse se 250,00 250 ,000 0 • Onondaga Park Botanical Garden/Arboret Garden/Arboretum um 250,000 • Syracuse YMCA 250,000 Center,, Jordan Jordan 250,000 • Town of Elbridge Community Center • Ci City ty of Sy Syra racc use use - Ca Cann nnon on St Stre reet et 200, 20 0,00 000 0 • El Elmc mcre rest st Ch Chil ildr dren en’s ’s Ct Ctr, r, Sy Syra racu cuse se 200, 20 0,00 000 0 • Del Delphi phi Falls ls Fir Fire e Co Building lding Pro Projec jectt 125,00 125 ,000 0 • Ha Harr rrie iett Ma Mayy Mi Mill llss De Deve vel. l.,, Syr Syrac acus use e 125, 12 5,00 000 0 • Fa Fabi bius us Ar Area ea Co Comm mmun unit ityy Ce Cent nter er 100, 10 0,00 000 0 • Fr Frie iend ndss of Jo Jowo woni nio, o, Sy Syra racc use use 100, 10 0,00 000 0 • Town of DeWitt 100,000 • Vil Villag lage e of Man Manilu iluss Rec Recrea reatio tion n Buildi lding ng 100,00 100 ,000 0 • B oy s & G ir ls C lu bs bs of S yr yra cu cu se se 8 7, 7, 00 000 • Mat Matild ilda a J. Gage Fou Founda ndatio tion, n, Fay Fayett ettevi eville lle 75,000 75, 000 • Syracuse Brick House/Women’s Halfway House 75,000 • So Solv lvay ay-G -Ged edde dess Yo Yout uth h Ce Cent nter er,, So Solv lvay ay 58,5 58 ,515 15 • Ci City ty of Sy Syra racu cuse se - Bo Bob b Ce Ceci cile le Ce Cent nter er 50,0 50 ,000 00 • Cit Cityy of Syr Syracu acuse se - Lew Lewis is Par Park k Pla Playsc yscape ape 50,000 50, 000 • Cit Cityy of Syr Syracu acuse se - St. Louis Ave Ave.. Culvert vert 50,000 50, 000 • E ast Si de Soccer, S yryracuse 50,000 • Francis House, Syracuse 50,000 • L iv erer po ol C en entr al al S ch cho ol ol Di st st. 50 ,0 ,00 0 • Mi Midd-St Stat ate e Yo Yout uth h Ho Hock ckey ey,, Syr Syrac acus use e 50,0 50 ,000 00 • No Nort rth h Ar Area ea At Athl hlet etic ic Cl Club ub,, Sy Syra racu cuse se 50,0 50 ,000 00 Otisco coe’s Community Comm Center, er,. Effo Marie 50,000 50,00 0 Peopl eLake ’s Equal Actiunity on & Cent on Comm. Comm Effort, rt,tta Syr. 50,000 50,00 0 • Otis • Sal Saltt Cit Cityy Pla Playho yhouse use Ren Renova ovatio tion, n, Syr Syracu acuse se 50,000 50, 000 • S en en ec eca Da ta ta I nf nfr a, a, N. S yr yra cu cu se se 5 0, 00 00 0 • Syr Syracu acuse se Com Commun munity ity He Healt alth h Cen Center ter Inc Inc.. 50,000 50, 000 • Syrac Syracuse use Fire Fight Fighters ers Asso Assoc., c., Loca Locall 280 IAFF 50,000 • Town of Clay 50,000 • To Town wn of Ly Lysa sand nder er,, Ba Bald ldwi wins nsvi vill lle e 50,0 50 ,000 00 • Town of Manlius Recreation Recreation Center, Center, Fayetteville 50,000 • Town of Salina 50,000 • Villa Village ge of of Jordan/Erie Erie Canal Wall Resto Restorati ration on 50,000 • Villa Village ge of Manlius us - Emer Emergency gency Gener Generator ator 50,000 • Village of Solvay 50,000 • Wes Westt Gen Genese esee e Athlet letic ic Clu Club, b, Cam Camill illus us 50,000 50, 000

Oswego County

• Oswe Oswego go EDZ/S EDZ/Scrib criba a Sewer Proje Project, ct, Oswe Oswego go • O per perat atio ion n O swe swego go Co Coun unty ty/I /IDA DA • Fri Friend endss of His Histor toryy in Ful Fulton ton, N.Y. Inc Inc.. • Town of Oswego Town Barn • Town of West Monr Monroe oe West Side Wate Waterr Dist. Dist. • Villa Village ge of Lacon Lacona/Lan a/Lancona cona Railr Railroad oad Depot

$250,000 000 75,0 75 ,000 00 50,000 000 50,000 50,000 50,00 0 50,000 50,00 0

FINGER LAKES Livingston County

• Superior Foundations Acquisition Demolition & Renovation, Lima $350,000 • 19 1941 41 Aircra r craft ft Mu Muse seum um,, Ge Gene nese seo o 250, 25 0,00 000 0 • Ch Chan ancc es es An And d Ch Chan ange ges, s, Ge Gene nese seo o 150, 15 0,00 000 0 • Lima Fire Dept. 50,000

Monroe County

• Center of Excellence in Photonics, Rochester $20,000,000 • Un iv erers it y o f R och esest erer 2 0, 0, 00 00 0, 0, 00 000 • Roc Roches hester ter Ins Instit titute ute of Tec Techno hnolog logyy 4,000, 4,0 00,000 000 • Roc Roches hester ter Ins Instit titute ute of Tec Techno hnolog logyy 4,000, 4,0 00,000 000 • Toron Toronto to NY High Speed Ferry, Roch Rochester ester 2,500,000 2,500 ,000 • Canadian American Transportation Systems, LLC, Rochester 2,466,667 • Toron Toronto-N to-NY Y High Speed Ferry Ferry,, Roch Rochester ester 2,466,667 2,466 ,667 • Great Greater er Roch Rochester ester Int’l Airport/Air Tran 2,000,000 2,000 ,000 • Baden Stree Streett Settlem ttlement ent of Roch Rocheste esterr Inc. 1,500,000 1,500 ,000 • Rochester Institute tute of Techn Technology ology IT Lab 1,500,000 000 • St. John Fish Fisher er Colleg ollege e Campus Campus,, Roches Rochester ter 1,250,000 000 • Geo George rge Eas Eastma tman Hou House, se, Roc Roches hester ter 1,000, 1,0 00,000 000 • Mon Monroe roe Co. Fro Fronti ntier er Fie Field, ld, Roc Roches hester ter 1,000, 1,0 00,000 000 • Roc Roches hester ter Bro Broadw adway ay The Theatr atre e Lea League gue 1,000, 1,0 00,000 000 • St. John Fisher Grad. School of Ed., Rochester 1,000,000 • Town of Webs Webster ter Socc Soccer/Ba er/Basebal seball Comp Complex lex 800,000 800,0 00 Naza Na zare th Coll llrvic e gice, ege ee, ofRo Roc Ro ceste heste hes ter 750, 75 0,00 000 0 Klei ein nreth Stee St eelCo l Se Serv Roc c hes h ter rr 600, 60 • Kl hes te te r I ns nst itu te te o f T ec ec h 5 00 ,0 ,00 0 • R oc he • Webster Community Rink 500, 00 000 • Bad Baden en Str Street eet Set Settle tlemen ment, t, Roc Roches hester ter 400,00 400 ,000 0 • Kn Know owlt lton on Bu Buil ildi ding ng ISG ISG,, Ro Roch ches este terr 400, 40 0,00 000 0 • Anth Anthony ony L. Jordan Health th Corp., Roch Rochester ester 250,000 250,0 00 • ESL Sports Centre Capital Improve., Rochester 250,000 • Jewish Community Center of Greater Rochester Rochester 250,000 Roches hester ter Fam Family ily Res Resour ource ce Net Networ work k 250,00 250 ,000 0 • Roc • Ro Roch ches este terr Pe Perf rfor ormi ming ng Ar Arts ts Ce Cent nter er 250, 25 0,00 000 0 • T ow ow n o f Gre ec ec e, R oc he st ste r 25 0, 0, 00 00 0 • T ow ow n o f Gre ec ec e, R oc he st ste r 25 0, 0, 00 00 0 • T ow ow n o f Ru sh sh L an an d P ur urc ha se se 2 50 ,0 00 00 • Village of Webster 250,000 • Vro Vroom om Road Wat Water er Dis Dist., t., Spe Spence ncerpo rport 250,00 250 ,000 0 • Cornell Cooperative Extension of Monroe County, Rochester 150,000 • Empire Precision Plastics Expansion, Rochester 150,000 • Molde Molded d Inter Interconn connect ect Devic Devices, es, Roch Rochester ester 100,000 100,0 00 • Na za za re re th th C ol oll eg eg e, e, R oc he st ste r 1 00 ,0 ,00 0 • Rochester City Ball et Inc. 100, 000 • South Wedge Planning Committee, Rochester 100,000 Town wn of Ri Riga ga Pa Pavil vilion, i on, Ch Chur urch chvi ville lle 100, 10 0,00 000 0 • To • Vi Viet etna nam m Ve Vets ts’’ Me Memo mori rial al,, Ro Roch ches este terr 100, 10 0,00 000 0

• Village of Fairport 100,000 • XLI Cor Corp. p. Ne New w Hea Headqu dquart arters ers,, Roc Roches hester ter 100,00 100 ,000 0 • Cent Center er for Yout Youth h Services ces Inc., Roch Rochester ester 75,000 75,00 0 • Chilili Fir Fire e Dep Depart artmen mentt Inc Inc., ., Roc Roches hester ter 75,000 000 • Webster Public Library 70,000 • La Lake kesi side de He Heal alth th Sy Syst stem em,, Br Broc ockp kpor ortt 63,4 63 ,427 27 • Arts & Cultural Council of Greater Greater Rochester Rochester Inc. 50,000 • Baden Street Settlement ement of Roch Rochester ester Inc. 50,000 • Cr Crest estwoo wood d Children’ ldren’ss Center ter,, Roc Roches hester ter 50,000 50, 000 • Eas Eastt Hou House se Pro Proper pertie tiess Inc Inc., ., Roc Roches hester ter 50,000 50, 000 • Fairport Little League 50,000 • Girl Scouts of Genesee Valley Inc., West Henrietta 50,000 • High Highland land Hospital of Roch Rochester ester,, New York 50,000 • LI LIFES FESPA PAN N of Gr Grea eate terr Ro Roch ches este terr In Inc. c. 50,0 50 ,000 00 • Naza zare reth th Co Coll lleg ege e of Ro Rocc hes heste terr 50,0 50 ,000 00 nf ie ld No rt rth ea ea st st F ir e Di st st . 50 ,0 ,00 0 • Pe nf • Town of Gates 50,000 • Town of Gates 50,000 • Town of Hamlin 50,000 en , S pe pen ce cer po rt rt 50 ,0 00 00 • T ow n o f Ogd en • Town of Rush 50,000 • Town of Webster Baseball 50, 00 000 • Town of Webster 50,000 50,000 • Village of Fairport IDA • Webste sterr Mus Museum eum and His Histor torica icall Soc Societ ietyy 50,000 50, 000 • Webster Soccer Assoc. 50,000

Ontario County

• S mi th th Op er era Ho us use , Ge ne nev a $4 00 00 ,0 00 Grea eate terr Ca Cana nand ndai aigu gua a Ci Civi vicc Ce Cent nter er 340, 34 0,00 000 0 • Gr • Cor Cornel nelll Ag. & Foo Food d Tec Tech. h. Par Park, k, Gen Geneva eva 310,00 310 ,000 0 • Gua rd rdi an an I nd ndu st st ririe s,s, Gen ev ev a 1 50 50, 00 000 • Finge Fingerr Lakes CC/Guardia ardian, n, Canan Canandaig daigua ua 100,000 100,0 00 • Gr Grea eate terr Ca Cana nand ndai aigu gua a Ci Civi vicc Ce Cent nter er 100, 10 0,00 000 0 • Smith Opera House, Geneva 75,000 • Cobble blesto stone Art Artss Cen Center ter,, Far Farmin mingto gton n 50,000 000 • Hydrant Hose, Geneva 50,000 • Mer Mercy cy Fli Flight ght Cen Centr tral al Inc Inc., ., Can Canand andaig aigua ua 50,000 50, 000 • Ontario County Chapter NYSARC, Canandaigua 50,000 • Ontario County Historical Society, Canandaigua 50,000

Schuyler County

• Watk Watkins ins Glen Inter Internatio national nal Speed Speedway way • Watkins Glen Intl. Speedway Sewer & Water • Clut Clute e Memorial Park Upgr Upgrade, ade, Watk Watkins ins Glen Glen • Wa tktk in s Gl en en Mo to to r Ra ci ci ng ng • US Salt, Watkins Glen

$2,800,000 $2,800,000 2,000,000 116,000 116,0 00 1 00 ,0 ,00 0 75,000

Seneca County Mynd nder erse se Librar b rary, y, Se Sene necc a Fa Fall lls •• My Seneca Senec a Co IDA Healt Health h Trng Center enter,, Waterloo • My Mynd nder erse se Li Libr brar ary, y, Se Sene necc a Fa Fall llss • Seneca Knit Devel/Seneca-Cay. Canal, Waterloo • Cay Cayuga uga/Se /Senec neca a Cultural t ural Par Park, k, Wat Waterl erloo oo • Wate terl rloo o o Me Memo mori rial al Da Dayy Mu Muse seum um

$500,0 $500 ,000 00 500,000 500,0 00 250, 25 0,00 000 0 225,000 125,00 125 ,000 0 50,0 50 ,000 00

Tompkins County

• Co Corn rnel elll Un Univ iver ersi sity, t y, It Itha hacc a $25, $2 5,00 000, 0,00 000 0 • Cornell University, Ithaca 500,000 • Cor Cornel nell Un Unive iversi rsity t y Baily ly Hall, l, Ithaca 500,00 500 ,000 0 • Cor Cornel nelll Universit versityy Du Duffi ffield eld Ha Hall, ll, Ith Ithaca aca 500,00 500 ,000 0 • Cornell University, Ithaca 500,000 • Cornell Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, Ithaca 500,000 • Paleo Paleo.. Resc Resch. h. Inst/Museu Museum of Earth, Itha Ithaca ca 500,000 500,0 00 • To Town wn of Ulysse y sses, s, Tr Trum uman ansb sbur urg g 500, 50 0,00 000 0 • Comm Communit unityy Rec. Rec. Facility ity ‘‘The Field,’’ ’’ Ithac Ithaca a 250,000 • Cornell University, Ithaca 200,000 • Paleo Paleontolo ntological Resea Research rch Inst Institute itute,, Itha Ithaca ca 200,000 • Bo Borg rgWa Warn rner er Mo Mors rse e Te Tecc In Inc. c.,, It Itha haca ca 150, 15 0,00 000 0 • Cornell Cooperative Extension Assoc. of Tompkins County, Ithaca 100,000 100,000 • Historic Ithaca • Historic Ithaca Inc. 100,000 • Sciencent encenter er Dis Discov cover er Mus Museum eum, Ith Ithaca aca 100,00 100 ,000 0 • Sciencent encenter er Dis Discov covery ery Mus Musuem uem, Ith Ithaca aca 100,00 100 ,000 0 100,000 • Village of Trumansburg • Ulys Ulysses ses Philo Philomathi mathic Libra Library, ry, Trum Trumansbu ansburg rg 90,000 • Wi Willo llow w Gle Glen n Cem Cemete etery ry Ass Assoc, oc, Dr Dryde yden n 80,000 80, 000 • Tompkins Cortland Community College, Dryden 75,000 Friends ds of Lansing Lansing Comm Community unity Libra Library ry Center Center 50,000 • Frien • YM YMCA CA of It Itha haca ca & To Tomp mpki kins ns Co Coun unty ty 50,0 50 ,000 00

Wayne County • County of Wayne, Lyons • Macedon Public Library

$200,000 100,000

Yates County

• Keuka College Comm. Athletic Complex, Keuka Park $370,000 • Town of Barr Barringto ington Excava Excavator, tor, Penn Yan 110,000 110,0 00 • Yates County Highway Dept Equip. Purchase, Penn Yan 50,000

WESTERN NEW YORK Allegany County

• Alfred University $2,500,000 • Mor Mornin ningsi gside de Wat Water er Sup Supply ply,, Wellsvill lsville e 300,00 300 ,000 0 lleed gan21st y ArCentu c, Welry lsvGrou ille p, Alfr 70,0000 • AAlfr Alfred Group, Alfred ed Stat Station ion 65,000 65,00 • Kingston Hotel, Cuba 60,000 • Allegany County Landfi Landfill ll Compact Compactor, or, Belmon Belmontt 50,000 50,00 0 • Cuba Circulating Library 50,000 • Sug Sugar ar Hill Dev Devleo leopme pment nt Cor Corp., p., Alf Alfred red 50,000 50, 000

Cattaraugus County

• City of Olean $500,000 • Coun County ty Dept Dept.. of Public Works Works,, Little Valle Valleyy 100,000 100,0 00 • New Pen Penn n Sec Second ondary ary Inc Inc., ., Lit Little tle Valley ley 100,00 100 ,000 0 • Catt Cattaraug araugus us Comm Community unity Act Action, ion, Salam Salamanca anca 50,000 50,00 0 • County Public Sfty Mobile Computer, Little Valley 50,000 • Cat Cattar taraug augus us County She Sherif riff, f, Lit Little tle Valley ley 50,000 50, 000 • Cattaraugus County Sheriffs Off/MCT, Little Valley 50,000 • Ca Catt ttar arau augu guss Ec Econ onom omic ic De Deve vel. l.,, Olean e an 50,0 50 ,000 00 • City of Salamanca Water Well Devel., Salamanca 50,000 • Ju Juni nior o r Da Dair iryy Ba Barn rn,, Li Litt ttle le Va Vall lley ey 50,0 50 ,000 00 50,000 • Limestone Vol. Fire Dept • Olean YMCA 50,000

Chautauqua County

• Cu Cumm mmin inss En Engi gine nes, s, Ja Jame mest stow own n $2,0 $2 ,000 00,0 ,000 00 • Ja Jame mest stow own n Co Comm mmun unit ityy Co Coll llege e ge 500, 50 0,00 000 0 Chauta utauqu uqua a IDA IDA,, Jam Jamest estown own 300,00 300 ,000 0 • County of Cha • Chau Chautauqu tauqua Ave Renew Renewal al Project, Lakewood 250,000 250,0 00 • Jamestown Comm. College Allied Health/Sci. Bldg 250,000 Chauta utauqu uqua a IDA IDA,, Jam Jamest estown own 200,00 200 ,000 0 • County of Cha • Brooks Memorial Hosp./Ob Renovations, Dunkirk 100,000 • Robert H. Jac Jackso kson n Cen Center ter,, Jam Jamest estown own 100,00 100 ,000 0 • Roge Rogerr Tory Peter Peterson son Inst Institute itute,, James Jamestown town 100,000 100,0 00 Stockton kton Comm Community unity Building, Stockton 100,000 100,0 00 • Stoc • Jamest estown own Tra Tracy cy Pla Plaza za Vet Vet’s ’s Mem Memori orial al 65,000 000 • Br Broo ooks ks Me Memo mori rial al Ho Hosp spit ital al,, Du Dunk nkir irk k 50,00 50 ,000 • Chau Chautauqu tauqua Haz/Mat Res.Vehicle, e, Falco Falconer ner 50,000 • City of Dunkirk 50,000 • Cou County nty of Cha Chautu utuqua qua IDA IDA,, Jam Jamest estown own 50,000 50, 000 • Jamest estown own Cha Chadak dakoin oin Bld Bldg g Ren Renova ovatio tion n 50,000 50, 000 • J am es to tow n F irire De pa pa rt rtm en en t 5 0, 0, 00 00 0 • Reg Lenna Civic Center Renovation, Jamestown 50,000 • Sun Sunset set Bay Vol Volunt unteer eer Fir Fire e Co #1, Irv Irving ing 50,000 50, 000 • SUNY Fredonia 50,000 • Villa Village ge of Fredo Fredonia nia Librar Libraryy Roof Roof Replace placement ment 50,000

Erie County

• Rich Stadium/Improvement Stadium/Improvements, s, Orchard Park • SUNY at Buffalo/Center of Excell./Land Use • Roswell Park/Center of Excellence, Buffalo • SUNY At Buffa Buffalo/Ce lo/Center nter of Excelle Excellence/ nce/Civic Civic •• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

$95,900,000 50,000,000 41,000,000 9,000,000 9,000 ,000 Hauptman Woodward/Ctr of Excell., Buffalo 8,000,000 Shea Sh ea’s ’s Th Thea eatr tre e ED EDF, F, Bu Buff ffal alo 1,90 1, 900, 0,00 000 0 Research Foun Foundatio dation n of SUNY SUNY,, Amhe Amherst rst 1,500,000 000 Shea’s O’Connell Preservation Guild, Buffalo 1,500,000 Buff Bu ffal alo o Zo Zoo o Se Sea a Lion / Ri Rive verr Ot Otte terr 1,25 1, 250, 0,00 000 0 Buffalo Buff alo and Erie Count Countyy Botanical Gard Gardens ens 1,000,000 1,000 ,000 Buff Bu ffal alo o Ch Chin ina, a, IS ISG/ G/Cap C ap Gr Gran antt 1,00 1, 000, 0,00 000 0 CSX CS X In Inte term rmod odal al,, Ja Jacc kso ksonv nvil ille le 1,00 1, 000, 0,00 000 0 Tonawanda Grain Mill Demo, Kenm Kenmore ore 1,000,000 000 Veridian dian Fligh Flightt Resea Research rch Cent Center, er, Buffalo 1,000,000 1,000 ,000 Olmsted Olms ted Center Build Building ing Proje Project, ct, Buff Buffalo alo 850,000 850,0 00 American Axle & Mfg. Inc. - Cheektowaga Facility 600,000 Advanced Info. Eng’ring Services (f/k/a Veridian), Buffalo 500,000 Buffal Buf falo o Olmste sted d Par Parks ks Con Conser servan vancy cy 500,00 500 ,000 0 Erie County Industrial Devel. Agency, Buffalo 500,000 Graycl ycliff iff Con Conser servan vancy cy Inc Inc., ., Amh Amhers erstt 500,00 500 ,000 0 Klei e inhan n hanss Mu Musi sic Ha Hall ll, Bu Buff ffal alo o 500, 50 0,00 000 0 Perry’s Ice Cream Wastewater Pretreatment, Akron 500,000 Shea’s She a’s Per Perfor formin ming g Art Artss Cen Center ter,, Buf Buffal falo o 500,00 500 ,000 0 Vill Vi llag age e of Lanca cast ster er In Indu dust stri rial al Pa Park rk 500, 50 0,00 000 0 Veridian dian Fligh Flightt Research Cente Center, r, Buff Buffalo alo 435,000 435,0 00 Asii Au As Auti tism sm Ce Cent nter er,, Wi Will llia iams msvi vill lle e 400, 40 0,00 000 0

Grant money borrowed by the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York (DASNY), an authority that generally handles discretionary grants controlled by the Democrats’ Assembly majority.

• Shea’s O’Connell Performing Arts Ctr, Buffalo 275,000 • Af Afric rican an Cultural t ural Cen Center ter of Buf Buffal falo o Inc Inc.. 250,00 250 ,000 0 • Al Albr brig ight ht-K -Kno noxx Ar Artt Ga Gall ller ery, y, Bu Buff ffal alo o 250, 25 0,00 000 0 • Alleyw l eyway ay Th Thea eatr tre e In Incc ., Bu Buff ffal alo o 250, 25 0,00 000 0 • Bob Lanier Ctr for Ed., Physical & Cultural Devel., Buffalo 250,000 • Buff Buffalo alo and Erie Count Countyy Hist Historica orical Society 250,000 • City of Buffalo 250,000 • City of Buffal Buffalo, o, Depart Department ment of Public Work Workss 250,000 250,0 00 • City of Tonawanda 250,000 • City of Tonawanda Community Devel. Agency Agency 250,000 • Lan Langst gston on Hug Hughes hes Ins Instit titute ute Inc Inc., ., Buf Buffal falo o 250,00 250 ,000 0 • National Ctr for Parenting & Char. Devel., Buffalo 250,000 • Studio Theatre Schl. dba Studio Arena Theatre, Buffalo 250,000 • Town of Cheektowaga 250,000 • Town of Cheektowaga 250,000 • Zo Zool ologic o gical al So Socc iety e ty of Bu Buff ffal alo o 250, 25 0,00 000 0 • Tn. of Tonawanda/N. Youngman Commerce Ctr, Kenmore 247,000 • Buffalo Zoo 100,000 • Erie County IDA, Buffalo 100, 00 000 100,000 • SUNY College at Buffalo • Town of Evans, Angola 100,000 • Vigila ilant nt Fir Fire e Com Compan pany, y, Wes Westt Sen Seneca eca 100,00 100 ,000 0 • Women for Hum Human an Rts Rts/D /Dign ignity ity,, Buf Buffal falo o 100,00 100 ,000 0 90,000 • Town of Lancaster • Village of Kenmore 80,000 • T ow own of T on ona wa wa nd a, a, Ke nm nmo re re 77 ,0 ,00 0 • N’hood Housing Services of S. Buffalo, Buffalo 75,000 75,000 • Town of Orchard Park • Alleyw l eyway ay Th Thea eatr tre e In Incc ., Bu Buff ffal alo o 60,0 60 ,000 00 • St Stud udio io Th Thea eatr tre e Sc Scho hool ol In Inc. c.,, Bu Buff ffal alo o 60,0 60 ,000 00 • St Stud udio io Th Thea eatr tre e Sc Scho hool ol In Inc. c.,, Bu Buff ffal alo o 60,0 60 ,000 00 • American Legion Tonawandas’ Post No. 264 Inc. 55,000 • Allent l entow own n As Asso socc . In Incc ., Bu Buff ffal alo o 50,0 50 ,000 00 • Boys & Girls Girls Clubs ubs of of the Nort Northtown htowns, Buffalo Buffalo 50,000 • Bud Bakewell Bruins Hockey Assoc. Inc., Buffalo 50,000 Buff ffal alo o Ol Olms mste ted d Pa Park rkss Co Cons nser erva vanc ncyy 50,0 50 ,000 00 • Bu • Buff Buffalo alo Philh Philharmo armonic nic Orch Orchestr estra a Socie Society ty Inc. 50,000 50,00 0 • City of Lackawanna 50,000 • Commun munity ity Con Concer cern n of WNY Inc Inc., ., Der Derby by 50,000 50, 000 • Daemen College, Amherst 50,000 • Eas Easter tern n Nia Niagar gara a Pro Projec jectt Pri Pride, de, Buf Buffal falo o 50,000 50, 000 • Excalibur ibur Leisu Leisure re Skills Cente Centerr Inc., Buff Buffalo alo 50,000 • Fe Fent nton on,, We Webe berr & Jo Jone nes, s, Ge Getz tzvi vill lle e 50,0 50 ,000 00 • GRO UP UP Mini n istri s tries es In Incc ., Bu Buff ffal alo o 50,0 50 ,000 00 Internatio Inter national naloInsti tute tute ofity Buffalo, Buff alo, NY p. Inc. North rth Buffal Buf fal Commun Com mun Devel. Dev el. Cor Corp. • No • Op er en en g C or p. p. , We st st S en ec eca • Shake Shakespea speare re in Delaware Park Inc., Buff Buffalo alo • Shea’s O’Connell Preservation Preservation Guild, Ltd., Ltd., Buffalo • Town of Eden • Town of Grand Island • Tow Town n of Hambur burg g Pol Police ice Dep Depart artmen mentt • Uj im a Co mp mpa ny ny In c. c. , Bu ff ff al al o

50,000 50,00 0 50,000 000 50 ,0 00 00 50,000 50,000 50,000 50,000 50,000 50,000 50, 000 5 0, 0, 00 00 0

Genesee County

• Unit United ed Memo Memorial rial Medic Medical al Cente Center, r, Batavia • Elb Elba a Was Wastew tewate aterr Sys System tem Imp Improv roveme ements nts • To Town wn of Pa Pavi vili lion o n Wa Wate terr Sy Syst stem em • Vi Vill llag age e of Oa Oakf kfie ield ld Bu Busi sine ness ss Di Dist st.. • Villa Village ge of Oakf Oakfield ield Main St Revit Revitaliza alization tion

$500,000 000 250,00 250 ,000 0 250, 25 0,00 000 0 50,00 50 ,000 50,000 50,00 0

Niagara County

• Niagar gara a Falls Con Conven ventio tion n Cen Center ter $4,126 $4, 126,00 ,000 0 • Ni Niag agar ara a Ex Expl plor ore, e, Ni Niag agar ara a Fa Fall llss 2,00 2, 000, 0,00 000 0 • Niagara University 2,000,000 • Co Conf nfer eren ence ce Ce Cent nter er Ni Niag agar ara a Fa Falls lls 500,0 50 0,000 • Old Ft. Niagara Visitors Ctr/Officers Club, Youngstown 286,000 Artpark ark & Co Audience ence Devel., ., Lewis Lewiston ton 250,000 • Artp • Old Ft. Niagara Asso Assoc. c. Inc., Youngstown 250,000 250,00 0 • Niagara University 233,745 • Ci City ty of Lo Lock ckpo port rt/C /Com ommu muni nity ty Bl Bldg dg.. 150, 15 0,00 000 0 150,000 • Silipos, Niagara Falls • Town of Lewiston 150,000 • Nut Nuttal talll Gea Gearr Cap Grant, Nia Niagar gara a Fal Falls ls 100,00 100 ,000 0 • Opportunities Unltd. of Niagara, Niagara, Niagara Falls 100,000 88,000 • City of North Tonawanda • City of North Tonawanda 50,000 • Kenan Center, Lockport 50,000 • Lewis Lewiston/N ton/Niagar iagara a Herita Heritage ge Toursim, Lewiston Lewiston 50,000 50,00 0 County Community College College,, Lockport Lockport 50,000 50,00 0 • Niagara County • Ri Rivi vier era a Th Thea eatr tre, e, No Nort rth h To Tona nawa wand nda a 50,0 50 ,000 00 • YWCA of the Tonawandas Inc., North Tonawanda 50,000

Orleans County

• County of Orleans Holley Business Park, Albion • Village of Lyndonville • Tow Town n of Gaines nes Hig Highwa hwayy Bar Barn, n, Albion • Albion 121 Nort North h Main Stree Streett Reno Renovatio vation n

$250,000 151,255 100,00 100 ,000 0 50,000 50,00 0

Wyoming County

• Cornell Coop. Ext. of Wyoming County, Warsaw

$100,000

Chemung County

• El Elmi mira r a Civic v ic Ce Cent nter er,, Elmira m ira $3,0 $3 ,000 00,0 ,000 00 • Clemens Center, Elmira 675,000 • Fi Five ve Ri Rive vers rs Co Coun uncc il BS BSA, A, El Elmi mira ra 500, 50 0,00 000 0 Elmira ira College lege Mur Murray ray Ath Athlet letic ic Cen Center ter 400,00 400 ,000 0 • Elm • Co Coac ach h US USA A Sp Spor orts ts & En Ent. t. Ct Ctr, r, El Elmi mira ra 350,0 35 0,000 • Ch em em un g Co un ty ty I DA DA, E lmi ra ra 2 90 ,2 ,25 0 • Natl. Soaring Museum N. Wing Expansion, Elmira 250,000 • Ern Ernie ie Dav Davis is Com Commun munity ity Cen Center ter,, Elm Elmira ira 100,00 100 ,000 0

Chenango County

$2,000 $2,0 00,0 ,000 00 1,000,000 1,000 ,000 100,000 50,0 50 ,000 00

Cortland County

• Cort Cortland land Count Countyy IDA IDA Photo Photo Vision on Syste Systems ms $150,000 • Cort Cortland land Count Countyy IDA IDA Photon Visio Vision n Systems Systems 145,000 • Co rtrtl an and Co mm un uni ty ty S er er vi vic es es 6 5, 00 00 0 • 1890 House Museum & Ctr for the Arts, Cortland Cortland 60,000 • City of Cortland 50,000 • Cortland County Community Action Program Inc. Inc. 50,000

Steuben County

Rockwell Rock Museum Muse um ofxcavat Western West ernHor Art, Corning Corn Town nwell of Har Hartsv tsvill ille/Exca e/E vator, or, Hornel nell l ing • Tow • Steu Steuben ben Coun County ty Agricultu cultural Society, ety, Bath • Tow Town n of Way Waylan land d Equipm ipment ent Pur Purcha chase se • T ro ro up ups bu rg rg D oz er er P ur urc ha se se

$1,500,000 250, 00 000 250, 25 0,00 000 0 250,00 250 ,000 0 200, 00 000 150,0 150,000 00 90,000 90, 000 76,400 76,40 0 60,000 60, 000 5 0, 0, 00 000

Tioga County NONE

1000 ISLANDS/TUG HILL Jefferson County

Lewis County

• Kraft Foods - Lowville $800,000 • Adirondack International Speedway, Beaver Falls 350,000 • Lewis Coun County ty IDA/Fi DA/Fiber ber Mark Corp, Lowville lle 150,000 150,0 00 • Lum Lumber ber Concen centra tratio tion n Yar Yard, d, Low Lowvil ville le 100,00 100 ,000 0 • Omniafi ltra, Beaver Falls 100,000 • Co Cons nsta tabl ble e Ha Hall ll,, Co Cons nsta tabl blev evil ille le 50,0 50 ,000 00

St. Lawrence County

• Cl Clar arks kson on Un Univ iver ersi sity ty,, Po Pots tsda dam m $4,5 $4 ,500 00,00 ,000 • St. Law Lawren rence U. Athl Fac Facil, il, Can Canton ton 2,000, 2,0 00,000 000 • Cl Clar arks kson on Univ iver ersi sity, t y, Po Pots tsda dam m 1,00 1, 000, 0,00 000 0 • St. Law Lawren rence ce U., Stu Studen dentt Ctr Ctr,, Can Canton ton 1,000, 1,0 00,000 000 • Diamond Match Cleanup/City of Ogdensburg 500,000 • Acco Brands, Ogdensburg 250,000 t y of O gde gdens nsbu burg rg Po Post st Off ffic ice e 250, 25 0,00 000 0 • City • Eva Cate Caten n Remington ngton Ed. Ctr, Ogde Ogdensbu nsburg rg 250,000 • Canton Fire Department 150,000 • Massena Indus. Park Park St. Lawerence IDA, IDA, Canton 100,000 • Cla Clark rk Hou House se Pre Preser servat vation ion,, Wad Waddin dingto gton n 60,000 60, 000 • Ogde Ogdensbu nsburg rg St. Lawer Lawerence ence River Boar Boardwalk dwalk 50,000 50,00 0 • For Fortt La Pre Presen sentat tation ion Co, Og Ogden densbu sburg rg 50,000 000 • Hill Top Top Manor Manor Housing Housing Dev. Fund Fund Co., Co., Colton Colton 50,000 50,00 0 • Ro Rose se Hill l l Fo Foun unda dati tion on,, Ma Mass ssen ena a 50,0 50 ,000 00 • Tow Town n of Mas Massen sena/T a/Town own Hall Ren Renova ovatio tion n 50,000 50, 000

ADIRONDACKS Clinton County

• Clint Clinton on Comm. Colle College ge Dorm Dorm,, Platt Plattsbur sburgh gh • SUN SUNY Y Pla Platts ttsbur burgh gh Fie Field ld Hou House se Upg Upgrad rade e • Count Countyy of Clint Clinton on Eleva Elevator, tor, Platt Plattsbur sburgh gh • Town of Mooers Fire Dept.

$300,000 000 250,00 250 ,000 0 100,000 100,0 00 50, 00 000

Essex County

• ORDA Bobs Bobsled/ led/ Luge Site, Lake Placid • NY Olympi Olympic Regl. Regl. Devel. Devel. Auth Auth., ., Lake Lake Placid

$5,000,000 $5,000,000 4,500,000 4,500 ,000

Franklin County

• Tr Trud udea eau u In Inst stit itut ute, e, Sa Sara rana nacc La Lake ke $4,5 $4 ,500 00,0 ,000 00 • Natural History Museum of the Adirondacks, Tupper Lake 2,500,000 • Paul Smith’s College 500,000 • Trudeau Inst. in Biomed Resch. Lab, Saranac Lake 500,000 • Paul Smith’s College Joan Weill Adirondack Lib 250,000 • Natural Hist. Museum of the Adirondacks, Tupper Lake 200,000 • Sa Sara rana nacc La Lake ke Ci Civi vic Re Rene newa wall Pl Plan an 100, 10 0,00 000 0 • State S t.t. Ice Arena - Malone 50,000 • Vi Vill llag age e of Tu Tupp pper er Lake Wa Wate terr To Towe werr 50,0 50 ,000 00

Hamilton County NONE

Warren County

• Woolworth worth Theat Theater er Proje Project, ct, Glen Glenss Falls $400,000 000 e n St Stre reet et Th Thea eate ter, r, Glens e ns Fa Fall llss 300, 30 0,00 000 0 • Glen • Adirondack Civil War Roundtable, Glens Falls 100,000 • Nort North h Creek Healt Health h Cent Center, er, Nort North h Creek 100,000 100,0 00 • United Cerebral Palsy Assoc. Tri- Counties, Queensbury 100,000 • War Warren ren Cou County nty Head Sta Start, rt, Glens Fal Falls ls 100,00 100 ,000 0 • City t y of Glens e ns Fa Fall llss Civic v ic Ce Cent nter er 75,0 75 ,000 00 • Glens Falls YMCA 50,000

MOHAWK Fulton County

• Fu Fult lton on Co Coun unty ty ED EDC, C, John hnst stow own n $250 $2 50,0 ,000 00 • Glove The Theatr atre e Res Restor torati ation, on, Glo Glover versvi sville lle 250,00 250 ,000 0 • Fulton County Radio Comm. Systems, Johnstown 200,000 • City of Johnstown 100,000 • County of Fulton/Bldg Improvement, Improvement, Johnstown 100,000 • Glover versvi sville lle Sal Saltt Sto Storag rage, e, Glo Glover versvi sville lle 100,00 100 ,000 0 • Promote Gloversville 100,000 • Redevel. Former Independent Leather Site, Johnstown 50,000 • YMCA of the Adirondack Foothills, Gloversville 50,000

Herkimer County • Herkimer County IDA • Ri Ricc hfi hfield/ e ld/Herk H erkim imer er Co Coun unty ty ID IDA A • Herkimer IDA/Hale Mfg

• DANC/NY Fiber Optic Optic Network, Watertown $2,500,000 • Th Thom omps pson on Pa Park rk Zo Zoo, o, Wa Wate tert rtow own n 600, 60 0,00 000 0 • City of Watertown 500,000 • North Country Info. Tech. Devel., Watertown 500,000 • Jeff Jefferson erson Coun County ty Seat Redev Redevel., el., Wate Watertown rtown 300,000 300,0 00 • Jeff Jefferso erson n Coun County ty Court Courthouse house, Wate Watertown rtown 250,000 • Je Jeff ffer erso son n Co Coun unty ty ID IDA, A, Wa Wate tert rtow own n 250,0 25 0,000 • County IDA/Woolwort IDA/Woolworth h Bldg Acq., Watertown 250,000 • Thompson Park 2000 Phase II, Wate Watertow rtown n 250,000 250,0 00 • DA DANC NC Fi Fibe berr Op Opti ticc Li Line ne,, Wa Wate tert rtow own n 150,0 15 0,000 /Interfac rface e Solut Solutions ions Inc., Wate Watertown rtown 150,000 150,0 00 • DANC/Inte • Cape Vincent Munic Municipal ipal Law Enfo Enforceme rcement 125,000 125,0 00

Montgomery County

• St. Johnsville & Florida Industrial Parks, Parks, Fonda $250,000 • Town of Amsterdam 250,000 • Amst Amsterdam erdam Water Waterfron frontt Foundation Inc. 200,000 200,0 00 • Amst Amsterdam erdam Water Waterfron frontt Foundation Inc. 150,000 150,0 00 • City of Amst Amsterdam erdam Edson St Indus Industrial trial Pk 100,000 100,0 00 • County Soil & Water Conservation Dist., Fultonville

Oneida County

• Grif Griffiss fiss Hangar 101 101 (Com (Commodor modore), e), Rome $3,000,000 Utica a Gate Gateway way Dist Dist.. Revit Revitalizat alization ion 2,500,000 2,500 ,000 • City of Utic • Grif Griffiss fiss Institute tute for Info. nfo. Assurance rance,, Rome Rome 1,500,000 1,500 ,000 • Hotel Utica, Utica 1,500,000 • Rome City School Dist. 1,500, 000 oof R ep ai ai r,r, Ut ica 1 ,20 0, 0, 00 00 0 • C on Me d R oo • Grif Griffiss fiss Local Devel. Corp.(‘‘GLDC’’ (‘‘GLDC’’), ), Rome 1,000,000 000 • Gr Grif iffi fiss ss Lo Loca call De Deve vel. l. Co Corp rp., ., Ro Rome me 1,000 00,0 ,000 00 • Gr Grif iffi fiss ss Lo Loca call De Deve vel. l. Co Corp rp., ., Ro Rome me 1,000 00,0 ,000 00 Grif iffi fiss ss Lo Loca call De Deve vel. l. Co Corp rp., ., Ro Rome me 1,000 00,0 ,000 00 • Gr • Stanley Stagehouse Expansion Phase 1, Utica 1,000,000 • Ro Rome me Do Down wnto town wn Re Revi vita tali liza zati tion on 750, 75 0,00 000 0 • Centr Central al New York Comm Community unity Arts Arts,, Utic Utica a 500,000 500,0 00 • Revere Copper Products Cap Grant/Loan, Rome 500,000 • Stanley Theatre, Utica 500,000 • City of Rome 400,000 • Upper Mohawk Valley Mem. Auditorium Auth., Utica 300,000 • Utica Mem. Auditorium 300,000 • C it y of R om ome /Ci ty ty Hal l P laz a 20 0, 0, 00 00 0 • Oneida County, Utica 200,000 • Nirvana Water Bottling Cap Grant, Forestport 150,000 • Oneida da Count Countyy Sport Sportss Auth Authority ority,, Oris Oriskany kany 150,000 150,0 00 • Rome Ba seseball Assoc. Inc. 150, 00 000 • CN CNY Y Co Comm mm.. Ar Arts ts Co Coun unci cill In Inc. c.,, Ut Utic ica a 100, 10 0,00 000 0 • Mohawk Ltd., Chadwick s 100,000 • Spe Specia ciall Met Metals als/Ni /Nitinol, t inol, Ne New w Har Hartfo tford rd 100,00 100 ,000 0 • To Town wn of Wh Whit ites esto town wn,, Wh Whit ites esbo boro ro 100, 10 0,00 000 0 • Utica College 100,000 • Ut Utica ica College lege Sci Scienc ence e & Tec Tech h Center 100,00 100 ,000 0 • Wi Will llow owva vale le Fi Fire re De Dept pt,, Ch Chad adwi wick ckss 100, 10 0,00 000 0 • City of Utica Gateway 90,000 • Inf Infrar rared ed Com Compon ponent entss Cor Corp. p. (IC (ICC), C), Ut Utica ica 85,000 85, 000 • Ut Utic ica a He Head ad St Star artt Ch Chil ildr dren en & Fa Fami milie lies 70,0 70 ,000 00 • City of Sherrill 50,000 • Kirkla r kland nd To Town wn Li Libr brar ary, y, Clinto i nton n 50,0 50 ,000 00 • Neighbor ghbor Cen Center ter.. of Ut Utica ica/Ro /Rome, me, Ut Utica ica 50,000 50, 000 • Ni Nirv rvan ana a In Infr fras astr truc uctu ture re,, Fo Fore rest stpo port rt 50,0 50 ,000 00 • Nor North th Utica c a Sen Senior ior & Children’ ldren’s Cen Center ter 50,000 50, 000 • NY Dist. Kiwanis, Taberg 50,000 • NYSA NYSARC RC - The The ARC, ARC, OneidaOneida-Lewis Lewis Chap., Utica Utica 50,000 50,00 0 • On Oneid eida a Cou County nty His Histor torica icall Soc Societ iety, y, Ut Utica ica 50,000 50, 000 • Steuben Memorial, Remsen 50,000 • Town of Whitestown Trail System, Whitesboro 50,000 • Village of Sylvan Beach 50,000 • Village of Sylvan Beach 50,000

Otsego County

• NYS&W Rail Passgr. & Freight, Cooperstown $3,000,000 • National Baseball Baseball Hall of Fame, Cooperstown 1,705,000 • SUNY Oneonta Academic Tech Center, Oneonta 500,000 • Gl Glim imme merg rgla lass ss Op Oper era, a, Co Coop oper erst stow own n 337, 33 7,50 500 0 • Glimmerglass Opera Storage/Set Facility, Cooperstown 250,000 • Orpheus Perf. Perf. Arts & Conf. Cente Center, r, Oneonta 250,000 • Upstate Home for Children Exp & Renovation, Oneonta 125,000 • Hart Hartwick wick Colle College ge Lab Equipment, Oneo Oneonta nta 110,000 • National onal Socc Soccer er Hall Hall of of Fame 2002, Oneonta 100,000 100,0 00 • Pony Farm Indus Indus.. Park/Cou Park/County nty IDA, DA, Oneo Oneonta nta 100,000 100,000 • Wilber Mansion, Oneonta • Hartwick College, Oneonta 50,000 • Oste Ostego go Nort Northern hern Cats Catskills kills BOCES BOCES,, Milfo Milford rd 50,000 • Village of Cooperstown 50,000

Schoharie County

• SUNY Cobleskill Small Scale Meat Processing • Villa Village ge of Coblesk Cobleskill ill Gas Line (Kint (Kintzz Plastics) astics) • Tow Town n of Wright ght Fir Fireho ehouse use, Gallupvil lupville le • Village of Cobleskill

CAPITAL Albany County

• Semat Sematech ech Nort North h (Fuller er Road) Road),, Albany $60,000,000 $60,0 00,000 • Albany Ctr of Excell. in Nanoelectronics (Fuller Road) 50,000,000 • Tokyo Elect Electron ron (Fuller er Road ), Albany 33,880,000 • Semat Sematech ech Nort North h (Fuller er Road) Road),, Albany 32,000,000 32,00 0,000 • Unive Universit rsityy at at Alba Albany ny Foundation ation,, Alban Albanyy 22,500,000 22,50 0,000 • The Research Foundation — SUNY, Albany 15,000,000 • Fuller Road Management Corp., Alba Albany ny 10,000,000 10,00 0,000 • Niaga Niagara ra Observa Observation tion Tower Tower Rehab. Rehab., Albany Albany 5,000,000 5,000 ,000 • Fuller Road Management Corp., Alba Albany ny 2,500,000 2,500 ,000 • Albany Medical Center 2,000,000 • P alace Theater, Al bany 2 ,000,000 • Arsenal Business & Technology Parnership Ltd., Watervliet 1,200,000 • Alb Albany any Ins Instit titute ute of Hi Histo story ry and Art 1,000, 1,0 00,000 000 • NYS Div of Military litary & Naval Naval Affairs, Affairs, Latha Latham m 1,000,000 000 • The Resea Research rch Foundation — SUNY SUNY,, Alba Albany ny 750,000 750,0 00 • S ie na na Co l eg ege , L ou oud on onv il le 66 6, 6, 00 00 0 • NYSDMNA/Veter NYSDMNA/Veterans ans Research Center, Latham 600,000 • Cathe Cathedral dral of All Saint Saintss Alban Albanyy - Wind Window ow 500,000 500,0 00 • Ca Cath thed edra rall of All Sa Sain ints ts,, Albany b any 500, 50 0,00 000 0 • Colle College ge of Saint Rose School of Ed., Alba Albany ny 500,000 500,00 0 • Palace Theatre - Albany 500,000 • Pu Purp rple le He Hear artt Ha Hall ll of Fa Fame me,, Al Alba bany ny 500, 50 0,00 000 0 • C ap ap it al al Di st st. YM CA, Al ba ny ny 4 25 ,0 ,00 0 • Olana Restoratio ration n & Visit Visitor or Ctr Dev, Alba Albany ny 350,000 • Ca Capi pita tall Re Repe pert rtor oryy Th Thea eatr tre, e, Al Alba bany ny 300, 30 0,00 000 0 • Ca Capi pita tall Re Repe pert rtor oryy Th Thea eatr tre, e, Al Alba bany ny 250, 25 0,00 000 0 • Co Coll lleg ege e of Sa Sain intt Ro Rose se,, Albany b any 250, 25 0,00 000 0 • Hope House, Albany 250,000 • L aS aS al al le S ch cho ol I nc nc. , A lb an an y 2 50 ,0 00 00 • S ie na na Co l eg ege , L ou oud on onv il le 25 0, 0, 00 00 0 • Cap Capita itall Rep Repert ertory ory Com Compan pany, Alb Albany any 100,00 100 ,000 0 • City of Watervliet 100,000 • PeterYoung Housing ng Indus.& Treatment,Albany 100,000 • YoungMen’s Christ Christian ian Org.of Capital Dist.,Albany 100,000 • Envir Environmen onmental Busines Businesss Assoc. Assoc. of of NYS, NYS, Albany Albany 75,000 75,00 0 • NYS AFL-CIO Kate Mullaney Hous House, e, Albany 75,000 75,00 0 • To Life Inc., Delmar 75,000 • Teams Teamsters ters Local 294 Train Training ing Scho School, ol, Alba Albany ny 65,000 • Research F’dation for Mental Hygiene/NY, Albany 51,330 • 820 River Stree Street/Syc t/Sycamor amore e St. St. Rehab. Rehab., Albany Albany 50,000 50,00 0 • Albany Civic Theater Inc. 50,000 • Alb Albany any Law Sch School ool of Union on Un Univer iversit sityy 50,000 50, 000 Altamont Program, Albany 50,000 • Ame r. Red Cro Cross ss of NE New Yor York, k, Alb Albany any 50,000 50, 000 • Capital Dist. YMCA East Greenbush Infra, Albany 50,000 • Cathedral of Saints in the City & Diocese of Albany 50,000 • Cat Cathed hedral ral Res Restor torati ation on Cor Corp., p., Al Alban banyy 50,000 50, 000 • Gu Guil ilde derl rlan and d Li Libr brar aryy Fo Foun unda dati tion on In Inc. c. 50,0 50 ,000 00 • Hi Hist stor oric ic Albany b any Fo Foun unda dati tion on In Incc . 50,0 50 ,000 00 • Hi ststo riri c Ch ererr y Hi l , Al ba ba ny 5 0, 0, 00 000 • Ne w Yo rkrk S ta ta te te P ol ice , Al ba ny ny 5 0, 0, 00 000 • Par Parson sons Child ld and Fam Family ily Cen Center ter,, Albany 50,000 000 Regional nal Food Food Bank of of NE New York, Latha Latham m 50,000 • Regio • Regional Food Bank of NE New York Inc., Inc., Latham 50,000 • Town of Berne 50,000 • University at Albany 50,000 WAMC MC Nor Northe theast ast Pub Public lic Radio, Al Alban banyy 50,000 50, 000 • WA

Rensselaer County

• Renss Rensselaer elaer Polyt Polytechni echnic Institute, tute, Troy $22,500,000 $22,50 0,000 • Junior Museum, Troy 2,000,000 • Rice Building, Troy 1,150,000 Hudson on Valle Valleyy Comm Community unity Colle College, ge, Troy 874,000 • Huds • Ren Renss ssela elaer er Cou County nty Wat Water er & Sew Sewer, er, Tro Troyy 300,00 300 ,000 0 • W.F W.F.. Bru Bruen en Res Rescue cue Squ Squad, ad, Ren Rensse sselae laerr 100,00 100 ,000 0 • Br Brun unsw swic ick k Sp Spor orts tsma man, n, Cr Crop opse seyv yvill ille 50,0 50 ,000 00 • Chinese Community Ctr of Capital Dist. of NY, Troy 50,000 • Rensselaer Cty Cty Ag. & Horticultural, Horticultural, Schaghticoke 50,000

Saratoga County

• Sa Sara rato toga ga Sp Spri ring ng Pk Pkg. g. Gara rage ge $1,0 $1 ,000 00,0 ,000 00 • C en te te r fo r Ho pe , Ba ls to to n S pa pa 2 50 50, 00 00 0 • Unlimi imited t ed Pot Potent ential ial,, Sar Sarato atoga ga Spr Spring ingss 100,00 100 ,000 0 • Clifton Park Baseball 75,000 • Town of Stillwater Riverfront verfront Park, Mechanicville Mechanicville 70,000 • Brookside Saratoga County Hist. Ctr, Ballston Spa 50,000 • Saratoga Springs Fire Dept. 50,000 • Town of Moreau Water Line Extension, S. Glens Falls

50,000

$500,000 500, 50 0,00 000 0 150,000

50,000

• Bi Bing ngha hamt mton on Un Univ iver ersi sity ty,, SU SUNY NY $15, $1 5,00 000, 0,00 000 0 • Broome County Vets. Memorial, Binghamton 2,000,000 • Bingha n ghamt mton on Mu Muni ni. St Stad adiu ium m 1,00 1, 000, 0,00 000 0 • Broo Broome me Count Countyy IDA/Vetera eterans ns Memo Memorial rial 1,000,000 1,000 ,000 • City of Binghamton 1,000,000 • Ve Vete tera rans ns Ar Aren ena, a, Bingha n ghamt mton on 700, 70 0,00 000 0 • Bro Broome ome Cou County nty IDA NLX NLX,, Bin Bingha ghamto mton n 500,00 500 ,000 0 • Broo Broome me Coun County ty Parks & Rec, Binghamton 300,000 300,00 0 • Ots ini ng ng o P ar ark , B ing ha ha mto n 30 0, 0, 00 00 0 • Boys & GirlsClub Family Cent Center, er, Endic Endicott ott 150,000 150,0 00 • Mod Modern ern Mar Market keting ing Con Conce cepts pts,, End Endico icott 100,00 100 ,000 0 • Tow Town n of New Win Windso dsorr Roa Roads, ds, Win Windso dsorr 100,00 100 ,000 0 • To Town wn of Ne New w Wi Wind ndso sorr Pa Park rk,, Windso n dsorr 75,0 75 ,000 00 • Boy Boys/G s/Girl irls Clu Club b - Wes Westt Bro Broome ome,, End Endico icott tt 50,000 50, 000 • Broo Broome me Comm Comm.. Colleg College e Playgd. aygd., Bingha Binghamton 50,000

• Corning Glass • Corning Community YMCA • Co Corn rnin ing g Tr Tran ansp spor orta tati tion o n Ce Cent nter er • Hor Hornel nelll Ar Area ea Ind Indust ustria riall De Devel vel.. Cor Corp. p. • Corning Community YMCA

125,000 50,000 50, 000 50,000

100,000 • Montgomery County Office for Aging Inc., Amsterdam

SOUTHERN Broome CountyTIER

• Na Natu tura rall Ga Gass Pi Pipe peli line ne,, No Norw rwic ich h • Norw Norwich ich Fireh Firehouse ouse Reco Reconst. nst. & Reno Renovatio vation n • Norwich BIDMA • Ch Chen enan ango go So Socc ccer er Cl Club ub In Inc, c, No Norw rwic ich h

• Village of Alexandria Alexandria Bay Waterfront ReDevel. • Tow Town n of Bro Brownv wnvill ille Wat Water er Dis Dist., t., De Dexte xterr • Village of Cape Vincent

$250,000 250,000 100,00 100 ,000 0 100,000

Schenectady County

• Arts Cent Center er & Theat Theatre re of Schenectady • Cit Cityy of Schene enect ctady ady/DO /DOT T Building lding • Schenectady County IDA/Western Gateway • Lit Little tle Ita Italy, ly, Public Par Parkin king, g, Sch Schene enect ctady ady • Pr Proc octo tors rs Th Thea eatr tre, e, Sc Sche hene necc tad tadyy • Sch Schene enecta ctady dy No North rthern ern Gat Gatewa ewayy Par Park k • Arts Cent Center er & Theat Theater er of Schenectady Inc. • City of Schenectady • Town of Glenv Glenville ille Schen Schenecta ectady dy PS Trng Fac.

$1,000,000 $1,000,000 1,000, 1,0 00,000 000 1,000,000 500,00 500 ,000 0 500, 50 0,00 000 0 425,00 425 ,000 0 300,000 300,0 00 300,000 300,000

Gillette tteCommunity Building ding Rest Restorati oration, oof n, Schenectady Schenecta Sche nectady Inc. Carver Center • Gille • Cen Center ter for For Forest est Pre Preser serve, ve, Sch Schene enecta ctady dy • City of Schenectady Downtown Revitalization • Schenectady Museum • Ellis Hospital tal Foun Foundatio dation n Inc., Sche Schenecta nectady • Jew Jewish ish Commun munity ity Cen Center ter,, Nis Niskay kayuna una • Town of Niskayuna • Northeast Parent & Child Society, Schenectady • Schenectady Arc • Town of Rotterdam

275,00 0 250,000 250,00 250 ,000 0 250,000 200,000 100,000 100,0 00 100,00 100 ,000 0 100,000 50,000 50,000 50,000

Washington County

• New Washingto ington n Coun County ty Jail, Ft. Edwar Edward d $500,000 • Cambridge Valley Head Start Center, Ft. Edward 250,000 • Cou County nty Fai Fairr Wa Water ter Sup Supply ply,, Gre Greenw enwich ich 75,000 75, 000

CATSKILLS Delaware County

Delaware are Count Countyy Indus Industria triall Park Park,, Delhi • Delaw • Catskill E Center, Delhi • Catskill E Center, Delhi • S UN UN Y De lh i/ Ac Aca de dem ic E qu qui p. p. • Town of Davenport/Roadside Davenport/Roadside Tractor & Mower • Delaw Delaware are County Firef Firefighte ighters rs Assoc Assoc., ., Hamden Hamden • Town of Andes Pool • Village of Sidney

$420,000 000 250,000 200,000 1 00 00 ,0 00 60,000 50,000 50,00 0 50,000 50,000

Greene County

• Route 9w Sewer Impro Improvemen vements, ts, Catsk Catskill ill $420,000 000 • Greene County IDA/Business & Tech Park, Catskill 300,000 • Cat Catski skill ll Mo Mount untain ain Fou Founda ndatio tion, n, Hunter 250,00 250 ,000 0 • Michael J. Quill Irish Cultural & Sports Ctr, East Durham 250,000 • Gre Greene ene Cou County nty/St /Stief iefel el Lab Labs, s, Cat Catski skill ll 100,00 100 ,000 0 Michael ael J. Quill Quill Villag Village/Pha e/Phase se II, East East Durham Durham 100,000 100,0 00 • Mich • Village of Hunter 100,000 • Gree Greene ne Coun County ty Catskill Point Rehab Rehab., ., Cairo 75,000 75,00 0 • Cornell Coop./NE Sustainable Landscape Learning Ctr., Cairo 50,000 • Town of Greenville 50,000 • Village lage of Hunter Par Parks ks & Rec Recrea reatio tion n 50,000 50, 000

Sullivan County

• Bethe Bethell Perf Performin orming Arts Cente Center, r, Liber Liberty ty $7,000,000 $7,00 0,000 • Beth Bethel el Performing Arts Cente Center, r, Liber Liberty ty 7,000,000 000 • Bethe Bethell Performing Arts Cente Center, r, LLC, Liber Liberty ty 800,000 800,00 0 • Sullivan County Fire Training Center, Monticello cello 645,000 • Sullivan County Fire Training Center, Monticello cello 480,000 Emer Em eral ald d Cor Corp Co rpor orat ate, e,Cen Mont Mo ntic icel l o tic lo 400, 40 0,00 000 Emeral ral d Corpor porate ate Center ter, , el Mon ticell ello o 200,00 200 ,000 00 • Eme • C en te te r fo r Di sc sco ve ve ry ry , H ar riri s 15 0, 0, 00 00 0 • Cats Catskill kill Regional Medic Medical al Cent Center, er, Harr Harris is 100,000 100,0 00 • Sullivan County Div. of Plan. & Comm. Devel., Monticello 100,000 • Mo nt nti ce ce l o F irire De pa pa rt rt me nt nt 5 0, 0, 00 00 0 • Sullivan County Comm. College, Loch Sheldrake 50,000 • Sulliv Sullivan an County County Visit Visitors ors Assoc Assoc.. Inc., Montice Monticello llo 50,000 • Town of Delaware Community Center, Hortonville

50,000

Ulster County

• City of Kingston • Uls Ulster ter Co Hud Riv Val Ctr Ctr,, Lak Lake e Kat Katrin rine e • C it y o fK in gs to to n, Ci ty ty Co ur t • Kin Kingst gston on Loc Local al Dev Devel. el. Cor Corp/ p/ Nas Nash h Hot Hotel el • Mid-Hudson Family Health Inst. Inc., New Paltz • SU SUNY NY Ne New w Pa Palt ltz/ z/’’ ’’Mi Mini ni Br Bran ancc h’’ h’’ • Ulst Ulster er Performing Arts Cent Center, er, King Kingston ston • Backs Backstage tage Studio Produc Productions tions Inc., Kings Kingston ton • Town of Lloyd, Highland • Town of Sauge Saugerties rties - Multi Funct Functional ional Rink

$500,000 460,00 460 ,000 0 30 0, 0, 00 00 0 250,00 250 ,000 0 250,000 250, 25 0,00 000 0 125,000 125,0 00 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,0 00

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• Wo od stst oc k Ar tsts B oa rd rd A N/ F 1 00 00 ,0 00 00 • Ga Gatew teway ay Com Commun munity ity Ind Indust ustrie ries, s, Kin Kingst gston on 75,000 000 • Town of Marlboro, Milton 75,000 • Ulst Ulster er Comm. College/Tech ege/Tech Equip., Stone Stone Ridge Ridge 60,000 • Ulst Ulster-Gr er-Greene eene Coun Counties ties Chapt Chapter, er, King Kingston ston 60,000 • Arts Society of Kingston 50,000 • Cit Cityy of Kin Kingst gston on Was Wastew tewate aterr Tre Treatm atment 50,000 50, 000 • Fa Fami mily ly of Wo Wood odst stoc ock k In Inc. c.,, Ki King ngst ston on 50,0 50 ,000 00 • Highland Fire Dept 50,000 • Project 2001- Renovation Capital Project, Kingston 50,000 • Town of Esopus, Port Ewen 50,000 • Town of New Paltz 50,000 • Town of Rosendale 50,000 • Town of Woodstock 50,000 Ulster ter Police ice Veh Vehicl icles, es, Lak Lake e Kat Katrin rine e 50,000 50, 000 • Town Uls

MID-HUDSON Columbia County

• Columbia-Greene County CC Day Care Ctr, Hudson $300,000 • Columbia Mem. Hosp./4ANursing Unit, Unit, Hudson Hudson 140,000 120,000 • Village of Chatham • Columbia County, Hudson 100,000 • Hudson Opera House 75,000 • Philmont Public Library 50,000 • Spencertown Fire House 50,000

Dutchess County

• Bard College Perf. Arts, Annandale-on-Hudson Annandale-on-Hudson $5,000,000 Kaatsbaan sbaan Int’l Danc Dance e Ctr Danc Dancers, ers, Tivoli 1,000,000 1,000 ,000 • Kaat • Marist st Colle College ge Tech Cente Center, r, Poughkeeps keepsie ie 500,000 • Marist st Colle College ge Digital tal Libra Libray, y, Poug Poughkeep hkeepsie sie 387,000 387,0 00 • Marist st Ctr for Linux Resc Resch., h., Poughkeeps keepsie ie 377,960 • Kaat Kaatsbaan sbaan Inter Internati national onal Danc Dance e Center Center,, Tivoli Tivoli 250,000 250,0 00 • Rhinebeck Perf. Arts 167,500 • Bar Bardav davon on Op Opera era Hou House, se, Pou Poughk ghkeep eepsie sie 149,00 149 ,000 0 • Dutc Dutchess hess Comm Community unity Colle College, ge, Pough Poughkeeps keepsie ie 131,000 131,0 00 • Family Partnership Cente Center, r, Poughkeeps keepsie ie 100,000 100,0 00 tarr Library, Rhinebeck 100,000 •• SJewish Comm. Ctr of Dutchess Dutchess Co., Poughkeepsie 75,000 • Mid-Hudson Children’s Musuem, Poughkeepsie 65,762 • Wi Wild lder erst stei ein n Pr Pres eser erva vati tion on,, Rh Rhin ineb ebec eck k 65,0 65 ,000 00 • Assoc. for Retar Retarded ded Citizens zens Dutc Dutchess hess Coun County ty 64,738 • S ce ce ni c Hu ds on , P ou gh ke ke ep eps ie 5 0, 0, 00 00 0 • Town of Pou Poughk ghkeep eepsie sie Spo Sports rts Comple plexx 50,000 50, 000 • Town of Rhinebeck 50,000 Felici icia Foo Foods ds Relocatio ocation, n, Poughk ghkeep eepsie sie 25,000 25, 000 • Fel

Orange County

• Town of Warwick $400,000 • Port Jervis/Turntable 300,000 • To Town wn of Wo Wood odbu bury ry,, Hi High ghla land nd Mi Mill llss 300,0 30 0,000 • Ci City ty of Mi Midd ddle leto town wn In Indu dust stri rial al Pa Park rk 250, 25 0,00 000 0 • Tow Town n of Mon Montgo tgomer meryy Wat Water er Lin Line e Ext Ext.. 250,00 250 ,000 0 150,000 • Town of Tuxedo • Fi Fiel eldc dcre rest st Wa Wate terr Pr Proj ojec ect, t, Ch Ches este terr 125, 12 5,00 000 0 • Village of Goshen 125,000 • To wn wn of C ra ra wf or ord , Pi ne ne B us h 12 0, 0, 00 00 0 • Bl oo oom in g Gr ov e Wat er er Dis t.t. 1 00 00 ,0 00 • Co Coun unty ty of O ran range ge,, Ne New w Ha Hamp mpto ton n 100, 10 0,00 000 0 • Eag Eagle le Val Valley ley Volunteer unteer Fir Fire e Co, Tux Tuxedo edo 100,00 100 ,000 0 • NE /De ve ve l./ OC OC CC CC, Ne wb wb ur gh gh 1 00 00 ,0 00 • Town of Montgomery 100,000 • Town of Montgomery/Neelytown Rd Water Dist #1 100,000 • To Town wn of Wo Wood odbu bury ry,, Hi High ghla land nd Mi Mill llss 100,0 10 0,000 • Tu Tuxe xedo do Vo Volu lunt ntee eerr Am Ambu bula lanc nce e Co Corp rpss 100, 10 0,00 000 0 • Villl lage a ge of Ki Kiry ryas as Jo Joel el,, Monr nroe oe 100, 10 0,00 000 0 age o f Wa sh sh in gt on onv il le 1 00 ,0 ,00 0 • Vi l ag • Middletown YMCA 75,000 • T ow n o f Mo nr oe oe/ Wa te te r Di st st 8 75 ,0 ,00 0 • UA Plumbers & Steamfitters Local 373, Mountainville 75,000 • Village of Washingtonvil le 75,000 • Village of Walden 70,000 • Occupations Occupations/Orange /Orange County Rehab., Middletown 55,000 • Ce rere br bra l P al als y C en en te te r,r, Go sh sh en en 5 0, 0, 00 000 • City of Port Jervis 50,000 • Deer Deerpark park Sr Sr Citizen Citizen Dial Dial A Ride Bus, Hugue Huguenot not 50,000 50,00 0 • Fa Fami mily ly He Heal alth th Ce Cent nter er of Ne Newb wbur urgh gh 50,0 50 ,000 00 • Fort Montgomery Fire Dept. 50,000 • Newb wbur urgh gh Je Jewi wish s h Co Comm mmun unit ityy Ct Ctrr 50,0 50 ,000 00 NFA A Cr Crew ew Bo Boat atho hous use, e, Ne New w Windso n dsorr 50,0 50 ,000 00 • NF • Or an an ge C ou oun ty ty A rc rc, N ew ewb ur gh gh 50 ,0 00 00 • Town of Bloom Blooming ing Grov Grove e Roof Replacemen cementt 50,000 50,00 0 wn o f M ou oun t Ho pe , Ot isv il le 5 0, 0, 00 00 0 • To wn • Villa ge of Greenwood Lake 50,000 • Villa Village ge of Highland and Falls Falls/Nor /North th End Drainage 50,000 • Village of Montgomery 50,000 • Vi Vill llag age e of Un Unio ionv nvill ille/St e /Stor orag age e Ga Gara rage ge 50,0 50 ,000 00 Villag l lage e of Wa Wald lden en Tr Truc uck k Pu Purc rcha hase se 50,0 50 ,000 00 • Greenville Vol. Ambulance Corp s Bldg, Port Port Jervis 20,000

Putnam County

• Putnam Comm. Hsg/Brewster Comm. Hsg, Carmel $2,000,000 • St. Lawrence U., Newell Fieldhouse & Fitness Ctr, Carmel 1,000,000 • To Town wn of Pa Patt tter erso son/ n/Gymn G ymnas asiu ium m 750, 75 0,00 000 0 • Hudson Valley Trust/Patterson Patterson Twn Hall, Carmel 375,000 • Ic Ice e Po Pond nd Ac Acqu quis isit itio ion, n, Br Brew ewst ster er 200, 20 0,00 000 0 • To Town wn of Pa Patt tter erso son n Re Recc rea reati tion on 200, 20 0,00 000 0 Phil ilip ipst stow own n To Town wn Ha Hall ll,, Co Cold ld Sp Spri ring ng 100, 10 0,00 000 0 • Ph • Pu Putn tnam am Co Co.. Sh Sher erif ifff Su Subs bsta ta., ., Ca Carm rmel el 100,0 10 0,000 • Alice Curtis Desmond & Hamilton Fish Library, Garrison 50,000 • Carmel Football Club 50,000

Rockland County

• Hav Havers erstra traw w Dnt Dntn n Wat Waterf erfron rontt Rev Revit. it. $2,000 $2, 000,00 ,000 0 • Herb Reisman Sports Complex- Ramapo, Pomona 500,000 • Jawonio, New City 450,000 • Moth Mother er & Child Conva Conval. l. Ctr, Spring Valle Valleyy 400,000 • New Square Comm. Revi/Mini Mall Sr. Ctr & Pk, Spring Valley 400,000 • Town of Haverstraw Bowline Pt. Park, Garnerville 375,000 • Dominican College Ctr for Health & Sci. Ed., Orangeburg 360,000 • Do Down wnto town wn Re Revi vita tali liza zati tion on,, Su Suff ffer ern n 300, 30 0,00 000 0 Star artt of Ro Rocc kla kland nd,, Ny Nyac ack k 300, 30 0,00 000 0 • Head St • Oran Orangeto getown wn Housing Auth Authorit ority, y, Orangeb Orangeburg urg 300,000 300,00 0 • Camp Venture Inc., Nanuet 250, 000 • He Helen len Ha Hayes yes The Theatr atre e Com Compan pany, y, Nyack 250,00 250 ,000 0 • MIIL Corp., Nanuet 250,000 • Rock Rockland land Center for the the Arts Arts Inc., West West Nyack Nyack 250,000 • Villag l lage e of Ha Have vers rstr traw aw/E /Eme meli line ne 175, 17 5,00 000 0 • Town ofOrangetown Seth House, Orangeburg Orangeburg 167,000 • Roda Comm Comm.. Ctr/Village Village of Kase Kaser, r, Mons Monsey ey 150,000 150,0 00 • Town of Haver Haverstra straw/Wat w/Watersl erslide, ide, Garn Garnervill erville 150,000 150,0 00 • Tow Town n of Ram Ramapo apo Par Parks ks & Rec Rec,, Suf Suffer fern n 150,00 150 ,000 0 • SUNY Rockland EMT/Paramedic Trng Equip., Suffern 104,000 • Adva Advanced nced Distr Distributi ibution on Syste Systems, ms, Oran Orangebu geburg rg 100,000 100,0 00 Hudson on Valle Valleyy Children’s Museum, Nanuet 100,000 • Huds • Jawonio, New City 100,000 • Mar Martin tin Lut Luther her Kin King g Cen Center ter,, Spr Spring ing Valley ley 100,00 100 ,000 0 100,000 • Nyack Center • Pearl River Revit./Pedestrian Safety, Orangeburg 100,000 • Coun County ty Build Building ing Trad Trades es Counc Council, il, New City 100,000 • Rock Rockland land Coun County ty Polic Police e Acad Academy, emy, Pomon Pomona a 100,000 • Roc Rockla kland nd GA GAA A Pla Playin ying g Fie Field, ld, Pea Pearl rl Riv River er 100,00 100 ,000 0 • Rockland Opportunity Opportunity Devel. Assoc. Assoc. Inc., Monsey 100,000 • Rockland Young Men-Young Women Hebrew Assoc., New City 100,000 • S pr ing Va l ey ey H ou sisi ng ng A uth . 10 0, 0, 00 00 0 • Town of Ramap Ramapo o Spor Sports ts Comp Complex, lex, Suffe Suffern rn 100,000 100,0 00 • Village of Spring Valley 100,000 • S en io r Ci titi ze zen C en en te te r,r, Mo ns ey ey 91 ,0 ,00 0 • Villag l lage e of Sl Sloa oats tsbu burg rg/S /Sal alt Sh Shed ed 80,0 80 ,000 00 • He Helen len Ha Hayes yes Pe Perf rf.. Ar Artt Ce Cent nter er,, Ny Nyac ack k 75,00 75 ,000 • Baldwin Fire Hq Renovation and Addition, Monsey 50,000 • Blauvelt Lions 50,000 • Com Commu munit nityy Out Outrea reach Cen Center ter Inc Inc., ., Monsey 50,000 50, 000 • JCC-Y of Rockland, New Ci tyty 50, 000 • Konb nbit it Ne Neg g La Laka kay, y, Sp Spri ring n g Va Vall lley ey 50,0 50 ,000 00 • New Square Comm. Impvmt. Council, Spring Valley 50,000 • Pea Pearl rl Riv River er Lod Lodge ge No 204 2041 1 BPO BPOE, E, Nanuet 50,000 50, 000 • Rockland Arc, Congers 50,000 • Roc Rockla kland nd Center for the Art Arts, s, Wes Westt Nya Nyack ck 50,000 50, 000 • Ro ck ck la nd C ou nt y B OC OCE S, S, Ny ac ack 5 0, 0, 00 00 0 • Rockland County Girl Scout Council Inc., New City 50,000 • To wn wn o f C la rk rks to tow n, Ne w C ity 50 ,0 ,00 0 • Town of Clark Clarkstown stown/Cong /Congers ers Lake, New City 50,000 • To Town wn of Ha Have vers rstr traw aw,, Ga Garn rner ervi vill lle e 50,0 50 ,000 00 50,000 • Town of Ramapo, Suffern • Town of Rama Ramapo/Cl po/Clark ark Senio Seniorr Center Center,, Suffern 50,000 • Village of Chestnut Ridge 50,000 50,000 • Village of Pomona • Vol. Counseling Serv. of Rockland County, New City 50,000

Westchester County

• Amer Amer.. Museu Museum m of of Natura Natural Hist., Hist., Purc Purchase hase $7,500,000 $7,50 0,000 • Houlihan Property/Westchester Property/Westchester Land Trust, Bedford Hills 1,000,000 • Caramoor, Katonah 750,000 • Caramoor Ctr for Music & the Arts Arts,, Katonah Katonah 750,000 750,0 00 • We Westc stches hester ter Art Artss Cou Counci ncil, l, Wh White ite Pla Plains ins 500,00 500 ,000 0 • Ph il isb ur g Ma no r,r, Ta rrrry to tow n 4 00 00, 00 000 • Wh White ite Pla Plains ins Per Perfor formin ming g Art Artss Center 400,00 400 ,000 0 • City of New Rochelle 300,000 • T ow n o f P elelh am am F ie ld Ho us e 30 0, 0, 00 00 0 • Yonkers Downtown Wtfrnt 300,000 • Children’ ldren’s Hos Hospit pital al Fou Founda ndatio tion, n, Val Valhal halla la 250,00 250 ,000 0 ldren’s Hos Hospit pital al Fou Founda ndatio tion, n, Val Valhal halla la 250,00 250 ,000 0 • Children’ • City of Mount Vernon 250,000 • City of New Rochelle 250,000 • Mo Moun untt Ki Kisc sco o Da Dayy Ca Care re Ce Cent nter erss In Inc. c. 250, 25 0,00 000 0 • Mo Mount unt Ver Vernon non Urban Ren Renewa ewall Age Agency ncy 250,00 250 ,000 0 • Mo Mount unt Ver Vernon non Urban Ren Renewa ewall Age Agency ncy 250,00 250 ,000 0 • Par Paramo amount unt Cen Center ter fo forr the Art Arts, s, Pee Peeksk kskill ill 250,00 250 ,000 0 • Village of Scarsdale 250,000 • Westchester Conservatory of Music, White Plains 250,000 • Ea stst ch che st st er er - S um umm er erf ie ld S t 2 00 ,0 00 00 • Westchester Inst for Human Devel Dental Van, Valhalla 200,000 Town wn of Ea East stcc hes heste terr Ga Gart rth h Ro Road ad 175, 17 5,00 000 0 •• To Family YMCA at Tarrytown 155,000 Conservatory of Westchester, White Plains 150,000 • Music Conservatory • Westchester Exceptional Exceptional Children’s Sch., N. Salem 135,000 • Villa Village ge of Pelham/Downtown Traff Traffic ic & Safety Safety 125,000 125,00 0 • Villa Village ge of Pelham Mano Manor/Pub r/Public lic Safet Safetyy Proj 115,000 • Town of Pelham 105,000 • A. A.A. A. Rau Rauso so Amv Amvets ets Pos Postt #40 #40,, Yon Yonker kerss 100,00 100 ,000 0 • Hu ds on R iv er ra ram a, a, Y on onk er er s 1 00 00, 00 000 • Mou nt nt Ki sc sco B oy s & Gi rlrl s Cl ub ub 10 0, 0, 00 00 0 • Moun Mountt Vernon Neighborh borhood ood Healt Health h Center Center 100,000 100,0 00 • To Town wn of Mo Moun untt Pl Plea easa sant nt,, Va Valh lhal alla la 100,0 10 0,000 • Vi Vill llag age e of Ta Tarr rryt ytow own n Se Seni nior or Ce Cent nter er 100,0 10 0,000 • Town of Eastchester/Scars Eastchester/Scarsdale dale Ave. Streetscape 80,000 • Ea ststchester - Recre ational 75, 00 000 • Somers Town Hall 70,000 Beczak zak Env Enviro ironme nmenta ntall Ed Cen Center ter,, Yon Yonker kerss 66,000 66, 000 • Bec • City of White Plains 60,000 • Town of Pelham Glover Field 52,000 50,000 • Ardsley Public Library • Beres Bereshith hith Cultu Cultural ral Inst Institut itute, e, Moun Mountt Vernon 50,000 • Boy Boyss & Gir Girls ls Clu Club b of Mou Mount nt Ver Vernon non Inc Inc.. 50,000 50, 000 • Boys & Girls Girls Clubs Clubs of N. Westch stchester ester,, Mt. Kisco 50,000 50,00 0 • Caramoor Ctr for Music & the Arts Arts,, Kato Katonah nah 50,000 50,00 0 • City t y of Mo Moun untt Ve Vern rnon on/H /Har artl tly Pa Park rk 50,0 50 ,000 00

• City of New Rochelle • City of New Rochelle • City of Yonkers • Dobbs F erry P ublic Library • El Elms msfo ford rd Un Unio ion n Fr Free ee Sc Scho hool ol Dist. s t. • Fa Fair irvi view ew Gr Gree eenb nbur urgh gh Ct Ctr, r, Sc Scar arsd sdal ale e • F riri en en ds of R ye Na tu tur e C en te te r • Friends of Rye Town Dock • Gree Greenburg nburgh Central Schoo Schooll Dist. Dist. #7, Hart Hartsdale sdale • Gr Gree eenb nbur urgh gh Pu Publ blic ic Li Libr brar ary, y, El Elms msfo ford rd • Greenburgh Uni. Fire Fighters Fighters Assoc., White Plains • Ha Hart rtsd sdal ale e Im Impr prov ovem emen ent, t, El Elms msfo ford rd • Hastings-on-Hudson • IrIrvi ving ngto ton n Unio ion n Fr Free ee Sc Scho hool ol Dist. s t. • Ke Kerr rryy Me Men’ n’ss As Asso soc. c. Bu Buil ildi ding ng,, Yo Yonk nker erss • Mercy College, Dobbs Ferry • Moun Mountt Pleas Pleasant ant Public ic Libra Library, ry, Pleas Pleasantvi antville lle • Moun untt Ve Vern rnon on City t y Sc Scho hool ol Dist. s t. • Music Conservatory of Westchester, Westchester, White Plains • Nodine Hill Commun munity ity Cen Center ter,, Yonker kerss • Paramount Cente Centerr for the Arts Inc., Peeks Peekskill kill • Part Partners ners for for a Bette Betterr Educatio Education, Sleepy Sleepy Hollow • Po Poli licc e At Athl hletic e tic Le Leag ague ue of Yo Yonk nker erss • Theodore D. Young Community Center, Elmsford • To Town wn of Pe Pelh lham am Re Recc rea reati tion on De Dept pt.. • Town of Rye, Port Chester • Tow Town n of Rye Rye-Cr -Crawf awford ord Par Park, k, Por Portt Che Cheste sterr • Town of Rye-O Rye-Otter tter Creek Bridge, Port Chest Chester er • Unio ion n Ch Chil ild d Da Dayy Ca Care re,, El Elms msfo ford rd • Valhalla Fire Dist. • Village of Ardsley • Village of Bronxville • Village of Bronxville • Village of Dobbs Ferry • Vi Vill llag age e of El Elms msfo ford rd-A -Ame meri rica can n Le Legi gion on • Villl lage a ge of Ha Hast stin ings gs-o -onn-Hu Huds dson on • Village of Pleasantville • Vi Vill llag age e of Pl Plea easa sant ntvi vill lle e Se Seni nior or Ce Cent nter er • Village of Sleepy Hollow • Village of Tarrytown • Village of Tuckahoe Vilalarn ge eroLfibTruacrkya, h oerr Ta rrytown •W • Wes Westch tchest ester er Art Artss Cou Counci ncil, l, Wh White ite Pla Plains ins • West Westches chester ter Art Artss Counc Council il Inc., Whit White e Plain Plainss • West Westches chester ter Art Artss Counc Council il Inc., Whit White e Plain Plainss • Whi te te P lai ns ns C it y S ch ch oo ool Di st st . • Yonkers Historical • YWC YWCA A of of White Plain Plainss & Centr Central al Westc estcheste hesterr

50,000 50,000 50,000 50,000 50,0 50 ,000 00 50,0 50 ,000 00 5 0, 0, 00 00 0 50,000 50,000 50,0 50 ,000 00 50,000 50,0 50 ,000 00 50,000 50,0 50 ,000 00 50,0 50 ,000 00 50,000 50,000 50,00 0 50,0 50 ,000 00 50,000 50,000 50, 000 50,000 50,000 50,0 50 ,000 00 50,000 50,0 50 ,000 00 50,000 50,000 50, 000 50,000 50,00 0 50,0 50 ,000 00 50,000 50,000 50,000 50,000 50,000 50,0 50 ,000 00 50,0 50 ,000 00 50,000 50,0 50 ,000 00 50,000 50,000 50,000 50 0,,0 00 00 5 0 50,000 50, 000 50,000 50,00 0 50,000 50,00 0 5 0, 0, 00 00 0 50,000 50,000

NEW YORK CITY Bronx County

• Ye Yesh shiv iva a Un Univ iver ersi sity ty,, Ne New w Yo York rk $15, $1 5,00 000, 0,00 000 0 • Bro Bronx nx Ove Overal rall Ec Econo onomic mic Dev Devel. el. Cor Corp. p. 5,185, 5,1 85,000 000 • Ne New w Yo York rk Bo Bota tani nica call Ga Gard rden en,, Br Bron onxx 2,15 2, 150, 0,00 000 0 • Ne New w Yor York k Bot Botani anical c al Gar Garden dens, s, Bro Bronx nx 2,000, 2,0 00,000 000 • Bro Bronx nx Ove Overal rall Ec Econo onomic mic Dev Devel. el. Cor Corp. p. 1,815, 1,8 15,000 000 • B ro ro nx Mu se se um of t he Ar ts ts 1 ,0 00 00, 00 00 0 • Bronx Lebanon Hospital 500,000 Ford rdha ham m Un Univ iver ersi sity ty,, Ne New w Yo York rk 500, 50 0,00 000 0 • Fo • 140 1405 5 Bos Boston ton Road Rea Realty lty Cor Corp., p., Bronx 400,00 400 ,000 0 • Mid Mid-Br -Bronx onx Sen Senior ior Cit Citize izens ns Cou Counci ncil Inc Inc.. 400,00 400 ,000 0 • Mind Mind-Buil -Builders ders Creat Creative ive Arts Co. Inc., Bronx 400,000 400,0 00 • Neighborhood Emergency Telephone System Inc., Bronx 400,000 • N’hood Enhancement for Trng Servs., New York 400,000 • Bet Beth h Abr Abraha aham m Hea Health lth Ser Servic vices, es, Bro Bronx nx 250,00 250 ,000 0 • Bronx House Inc. 250,000 • Mo Morri rris Par Park k Com Commun munity ity Ass Assoc oc., ., Bronx 250,00 250 ,000 0 • New York Westchester Square Med. Ctr, New York 250,000 • Urb an an He al th th P la n I nc nc. , B ro ro nx nx 2 50 50 ,0 00 00 • Hard Harding ing Park Home Homeowner ownerss Assoc Assoc., ., New New York York 200,000 200,0 00 onal Aid for Inter Interim im Needs Inc., Bron Bronxx 200,000 • Regional • St. Jerome’s School Historic Restoration, Bronx 200,000 • Yankee Stadium Anti-Terrorism Vehicle, Bronx 200,000 • Mosholu Montefiore Community Center, Bronx 125,000 • Br Bron onxx Co Coun unty ty Histor s toric ical al So Socc iety e ty 100, 10 0,00 000 0 • Bronx Historical Society 100,000 • Edgewater Park Vol. Hose Co. No. 1, Bron Bronxx 100,000 100,0 00 • King Kingsbri sbridge dge HeightsComm. Ctr Inc., Bron Bronxx 100,000 100,00 0 • Mosh Mosholu olu Mont Montefior efiore e Comm. Ctr, New York 100,000 100,0 00 • New York York Westch Westchester ester Squar Square e Medical cal Center Center 100,000 100,0 00 • Riverdale Neighborhood House Inc., New York 100,000 • The Mount Hope Hope Housing Housing Company Inc., Bronx 100,000 • YM-YWHA of the Bronx 100,000 • River Riverdale dale Neigh Neighborh borhood ood House House Inc., New York 75,000 75,00 0 Rive verd rdal ale e Senio iorr Se Serv rvic ices es In Inc. c.,, Br Bron onxx 75,0 75 ,000 00 • Ri • Br Bron onxx Co Coun unty ty Histor s toric ical al So Socc iety e ty 50,0 50 ,000 00 • Cit Citize izens ns Adv Advice ice Bur Bureau eau Inc Inc., ., Ne New w Yor York k 50,000 50, 000 Edgewa ewater ter Par Park k Vol. Hose Hose Co. No. 1, Bro Bronx nx 50,000 50, 000 • Edg • Family Suppo Support rt Syste Systems ms Unlimited Inc., Bronx 50,000 50,00 0 Hebrew Hebr ewPas Home fortion for the Aged Aged Ri.,verdale, verda le, Bronx Bronx 50,000 50,00 0 • Lat Latino ino Pastor toral al Ac Actio n Cen teratInc Inc., Bronx Bro nx 50,000 50, 000 • Mid Mid-Br -Bronx onx Sen Senior ior Cit Citize izens ns Cou Counci ncil Inc Inc.. 50,000 50, 000 • Mo Mosh shol olu u Pr Pres eser erva vati tion on Co Corp rp., ., Br Bron onxx 50,0 50 ,000 00 • Providence Rest, Bronx 50,000 • Rainbow Afte Afterr School Prog Programs rams Inc., Bron Bronxx 50,000 50,00 0 • River Watch Inc., Bronx 50,000 • River Riverdale dale Menta Mentall Health Health Asso Assoc. c. Inc., Inc., New New York York 50,000 • Woodycrest Center for Human Devel. Devel. Inc., Bronx 50,000

• Dia Center Center for for Arts - Beacon Beacon Mus., New York 2,000,000 000 • Nat’l Museum of Catholic Art & Hist., New York 2,000,000 • Nat’l Museum of Catholic Art & Hist., New York 2,000,000 • Simon Wies Wiesentha enthall Ctr NY Toler Tolerance ance Ctr 2,000,000 2,000 ,000 • NY Public Library, Astor, Lenox & Tilden Found. 1,750,000 • Consortium for Workers Workers Education, Education, New York 1,000,000 • Consortium for Workers Workers Education II, New York 1,000,000 • In trtre pipid M us eu m, m, Ne w Yo rk rk 1 ,0 00 00, 00 000 • Intr Intrepid epid Muse Museum um Foundation ation,, New York 1,000,000 000 • New School University 1,000,000 • NY Public Library, Astor, Lenox & Tilden Found. 1,000,000 • Roundabout Theatre, Gallo Opera House, New York 1,000,000 • WNET - 13, New York 1,000,000 • WNYC, New York 1,000,000 • Ma Mart rtha ha Gr Grah aham am Sc Scho hool ol,, Ne New w Yo York rk 750, 75 0,00 000 0 • Young Men & Women’s Hebrew Assoc., New York 750,000 • Met Metrop ropoli olitan t an Mu Museu seum m of Ar Art, t, New Yor York k 667,00 667 ,000 0 • Roun Roundabo dabout ut Theatre Theatre Compan Companyy Inc., New York York 600,000 600,0 00 • 92nd St Y Ca mps, New York 500,000 • Alliance of Resid Resident ent Theat Theatres/N res/NY, Y, New York 500,000 500,0 00 • Hos Hospit pital al fo forr Spe Specia ciall Sur Surger gery, y, New Yo York rk 500,00 500 ,000 0 • Ma rkrk etet Da ta ta I ns ite , Ne w Yo rk rk 5 00 ,0 00 00 • Museum of Jewish Heritage: A Living Memorial to the Holocaust, New York 500,000 • New 42nd St, New York 500,000 • Ne New w Yo York rk Ci City ty Ho Hous usin ing g Au Auth thor orit ityy 500,0 50 0,000 • New York University 500,000 a ywrig ight htss Ho Hori rizo zon, n, Ne New w Yo York rk 500, 50 0,00 000 0 • Playwr • Pl Play aywr wrig ight htss Ho Hori rizo zons ns In Inc. c.,, Ne New w Yo York rk 500, 50 0,00 000 0 • Renov. of NYS NYS Theater at Lincoln Ctr, Ctr, New York 500,000 • Ta ke ke th e F ie ld I nc nc. , N ew Yor k 5 00 00, 00 000 • Thirteen/WNET, New York 500,000 • Wo Wome men’ n’ss In Inte tera rart rt Ce Cent nter er,, Ne New w Yo York rk 500,0 50 0,000 • Ci City ty of Ne New w Yo York rk Pa Park rkss & Re Recr crea eati tion on 425, 42 5,00 000 0 • Ci City ty of Ne New w Yo York rk Pa Park rkss & Re Recr crea eati tion on 400, 40 0,00 000 0 • Lesbian an & Gay Comm Comm.. Servs Servs.. Ctr, New York 375,000 375,0 00 • YMCA of Greater New York 375,000 • Bethany II Housing Devel. Fund Corp., New York 350,000 NYC C De Dept pt.. of Ed Ed.. -B -Bro rook okly lyn n pr proj ojs. s. 350, 35 0,00 000 0 • NY Henr Stre Sett Se New w Yo York rk 300,0 30 2nnry dySSt t. reet Y,et Ne wttle Yleme oment rk nt,, Ne 250,0 0,000 00 • 9He • City Center of Music and Drama Inc., New York 250,000 • Ci City ty of Ne New w Yo York rk Pa Park rkss & Re Recr crea eati tion on 250, 25 0,00 000 0 • Ci City ty of Ne New w Yo York rk Pa Park rkss & Re Recr crea eati tion on 250, 25 0,00 000 0 • Ci City ty of Ne New w Yo York rk/P /Par arks ks & Re Recr crea eati tion on 250, 25 0,00 000 0 City ty of Ne New w Yo York rk/P /Par arks ks & Re Recr crea eati tion on 250, 25 0,00 000 0 • Ci • DOROT Inc., New York 250,000 • E. Harlem Harlem Council Council for Human Servs., New York 250,000 • E. Side Comm. Group for Sr. Services, New York 250,000 • Ft. George Comm. Enrich Enrichment ment Ctr, New York 250,000 • Good Goodhue hue Cent Center er Swimm Swimming ing Pool, New York 250,000 250,0 00 • Hous Housing ing Cons Conservat ervation ion Coords., New York 250,000 250,0 00 • International Communications Assoc., New York 250,000 • Jewis Jewish h Comm. Ctr in Manhattan, New York 250,000 • Lincoln Square Neighborhood Center, Center, New York 250,000 • New Yor York k Cit Cityy Depart artmen mentt of Edu Educat cation ion 250,00 250 ,000 0 • NY Public Library, Astor, Lenox & Tilden Found. 250,000 • Ne New w York rk-P -Pre resb sbyt yter eria ian n Ho Hosp spit ital al 250, 25 0,00 000 0 • Roun Roundabo dabout ut Theatre Theatre Compan Companyy Inc., New York York 250,000 250,0 00 • Take the Field, New York 250,000 • Take the the Field/Wa Field/Walton High High School, School, New York York 250,000 250,00 0 • W. Side Federation for Sr. & Supportive Hsg, New York 250,000 • YMCA of Greater New York 250,000 • YMCA of Greater New York 250,000 • YMCA of Greater New York 250,000 • YMCA of Greater New York 250,000 • YMCA of Greater New York 250,000 • Clay Pit Ponds St. Park Preserve Visitor, Visitor, New York 200,000 • NY Public Library, Astor, Lenox & Tilden Found. 200,000 • YMCA of Greater Greater New York York - Bronx, Bronx, New York York 200,00 200,000 0 • NY Public Library, Astor, Lenox & Tilden Found. 175,000 • Seventh Ave. Mennonite Comm. Devel. Corp., New York 175,000 • Auburn urndal dale Soc Soccer cer Clu Club b Inc Inc., ., New Yor York k 150,00 150 ,000 0 • NY NYC/P C/Park arkss & Rec Rec.. Car Carlos los Lillo Tri Triang angle le 150,00 150 ,000 0 Hill Neighborhood House House Inc., Inc., New York 150,000 • Lenox Hill • Lesb Lesbian ian and and Gay Comm Comm.. Servs. Servs. Ctr., Ctr., New New York York 150,000 • Ro Roos osev evel eltt Is Isla land nd Yo Yout uth h Pr Prog ogra ram m 150, 15 0,00 000 0 • Ar Armo mory ry Fo Foun unda dati tion, o n, Ne New w Yo York rk 125, 12 5,00 000 0 • YMCA of NYC, New York 110,000 • I Love Animals, New York 105,000 • Bank Street Colleg College e of of Educa Education, tion, New York 100,000 100,0 00 • Byrd Hoff Hoffman man Water Watermill mill Center, New York 100,000 100,00 0 • Doe Fund Inc., New York 100,000 • Dw Dwyer yer War Wareho ehouse use ReD ReDeve evel., l., New Yo York rk 100,00 100 ,000 0 • Ezra Med. Ctr Pediadontic Dental Wing, New York 100,000 • Hu ds on G ui ld I nc nc. , N ew ew Yo rk rk 1 00 ,0 ,00 0 • Inc Incarn arnati ation on Chi Childr ldren’ en’s Cen Center ter,, New Yor York k 100,00 100 ,000 0 Interp erpid id Mus Museum eum Fou Founda ndatio tion, n, New Yor York k 100,00 100 ,000 0 • Int • New Yor York k Cit Cityy Depart artmen mentt of Edu Educat cation ion 100,00 100 ,000 0 NewPubli York Yo rk City t y Missio sAstor, sion n So Soc c iety e tyx & Tilden Found. 100,000 100, 10 0,00 000 0 c Library, Leno • NY • NY Public Library, Astor, Lenox & Tilden Found. 100,000 • NY Public Library, Astor, Lenox & Tilden Found. 100,000 • NY Service ce Progr Program am for Older People Inc. 100,000 100,0 00 • St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York 100,000 • West Side Center for Community Life, New York 100,000 • Women’s Int Intera erart rt Cen Center ter Inc Inc., ., New Yor York k 100,00 100 ,000 0 • Women’s Project & Productions Inc., New York 100,000 • YM YMCA CA of Gre Greate aterr New Yor York k (Mc (McBur Burney ney)) 100,00 100 ,000 0 • Publicic School 158 Paren Parents’ ts’ Asso Assoc., c., New York 95,000 95,00 0 • Je Jewi wish sh Ch Chil ild d Ca Care re As Asso soc. c. of Ne New w Yo York rk 85,0 85 ,000 00 • Bergdorf Goodman Reloc Cap Grant, Grant, New York 76,000 • IsIsab abel ella la Ge Geri riat atri ricc Ce Cent nter er,, Ne New w Yo York rk 75,0 75 ,000 00 • Public School 183 Paren Parents ts Asso Assoc., c., New York 75,000 75,00 0 Publ blic ic Sc Scho hool ol 29 290 0 PT PTA, A, New Yo York rk 75,0 75 ,000 00 • Pu • Washington Heights Heights Comm. Servs. Servs. Inc., New York 75,000 • A Living Memorial to the Holocaust: Museum of Jewish Heritage, New York 50,000 • Boricua Col lege, New York 50,000 • Bridge Inc., The, New York 50, 00 000 • Burd Burden en Center for the Agin Aging g Inc., New York 50,000 50,00 0 • Ca Cari ring n g Co Comm mmun unit ityy In Incc ., Ne New w Yo York rk 50,0 50 ,000 00 • Cen Center ter for Jew Jewish ish His Histor toryy Inc Inc., ., New Yor York k 50,000 50, 000 • Ci City ty of Ne New w Yo York rk Pa Park rkss & Re Recr crea eati tion on 50,00 50 ,000 • City t y Pa Park rkss Fo Foun unda dati tion, o n, Ne New w Yo York rk 50,0 50 ,000 00 • Co Comp mput uter er Sc Scho hool ol MS 24 245, 5, Ne New w Yo York rk 50,00 50 ,000 • CYO Co Comm mmun unit ityy Ce Cent nter er,, Ne New w Yo York rk 50,0 50 ,000 00 • DOROT Inc., New York 50,000 Sixties Neighborhood Assoc. Inc., New New York 50,000 • East Sixties • Educ Education ational al Broa Broadcast dcasting ing Corp Corp., ., New York 50,000 • Gaelic Park Park/Rand /Randall’s all’s Islan Island d Park, New York 50,000 50,00 0 • Hos Hospit pital al fo forr Spe Specia ciall Sur Surger gery, y, New Yor York k 50,000 50, 000 • Italy-America Chamber of Commerce, New York 50,000 • Je Jewi wish sh Ch Chil ild d Ca Care re As Asso soc. c.,, Ne New w Yo York rk 50,0 50 ,000 00 • L en ox ox Hi l Ho sp sp ita l, Ne w Yo rk rk 5 0, 0, 00 000 • Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty, New York 50,000 • Moun untt Si Sina naii Hosp spit ital al,, New Yo York rk 50,0 50 ,000 00 • Mo vivi ng I ma ge I nc ., Ne w Y or ork 50 ,0 ,00 0 • Muse seum um of Mo Mode dern rn Ar Art, t, Ne New w Yo York rk 50,0 50 ,000 00 • Muse seum um of Mo Mode dern rn Ar Art, t, Ne New w Yo York rk 50,0 50 ,000 00 • New Yo York rk City t y Po Poli licc e De Depa part rtme ment nt 50,0 50 ,000 00 • NY Public Public Library, brary, Astor, Astor, Lenox Lenox & Tilden lden Found. Found. 50,000 50,00 0 Public Library, brary, Astor, Astor, Lenox Lenox & Tilden lden Found. Found. 50,000 50,00 0 • NY Public • NY Public Public Library, brary, Astor, Astor, Lenox Lenox & Tilden lden Found. Found. 50,000 50,00 0 • NY NYC C Par Parks ks & Rec Rec./F ./Fore orest st Pk. Pk.,, Ne New w Yor York k 50,000 50, 000 • Soc. of the Third St. Music School Settlement, New York 50,000 • St. Clare’s Hosptial and Health Center, New York 50,000 • Touro College, New York 50,000 • W. Harlem Harlem Comm. Preservat Preservation ion Org., Org., New York 50,000 • William F. Ryan Comm. Health Ctr Inc., New New York 50,000

• Walk the Walk, Woodside 65,000 • West Hamilton Beach Volunteer, Howard Beach 65,000 • Woo dh dha ve ve n/ n/R ic hmo nd Hi l V ac ac 65 ,0 ,00 0 • Yo Young ung Isr Israel ael of For Forest est Hi Hills lls Sen Senior ior Lea League gue 65,000 65, 000 • Sam Samuel uel Fie Field ld YM & YW YWHA HA Inc Inc., ., New Yor York k 60,000 60, 000 • Wa Walk lk th the e Wa Walk lk In Inc. c.,, Lo Long ng Is Isla land nd Ci City ty 60,0 60 ,000 00 • Amer. Legion Cont’l Post #1424, Disabilities Proj., Forest Hills 50,000 • Brewery Keenan Heisser Amer. Legion 1815, Glendale 50,000 • Comitato Trinactia Alcamo-Castellammare-Santa Ninfa, Glendale 50,000 Congregat regation ion Ohr Ohr Moshe Moshe Inc., Fresh Mead Meadows ows 50,000 50,00 0 • Cong • Cro Croch chera eran n Par Park k Ten Tennis nis Ass Assoc oc., ., Bay Baysid side e 50,000 50, 000 • CUNY School of Law at Queens College, Flushing 50,000 • De Deep epda dale le Ga Gard rden enss Co Corp rp., ., Li Litt ttle le Ne Neck ck 50,0 50 ,000 00 • Fo Fore rest st Hi Hill lls Co Comm mmun unit ityy Ho Hous use e In Incc . 50,0 50 ,000 00 • Gl Glen enri ridg dge e Se Seni nior or Ce Cent nter er,, Ri Ridg dgew ewoo ood d 50,0 50 ,000 00 • Glenri nridge dge Sen Senior ior.. Cit Citize izens ns S., Rid Ridgew gewood ood 50,000 50, 000 • Good Goodwill will Indus. ndus. of Greate Greater NY & N. NJ, NJ, Astori Astoria 50,000 50,00 0 • Greater Ridgewood Yth. Coun. Comm. Ctr, Glendale 50,000 • Kore Korean an War Vets Vets.. Mem. Assoc., Whitestone 50,000 50,00 0 • Leagu League e for Bette Betterr Communi Community ty Life Life Inc., Inc., Corona Corona 50,000 • Li Litt ttle le Ne Neck ck Do Doug ugla last ston on Yo Yout uth h Cl Club ub 50,0 50 ,000 00 • Lit Little tle Nec Neck k Dougla glasto ston You Youth th Clu Club b Inc Inc.. 50,000 50, 000 • Long Islan Island d Jewish Jewish Medical cal Cente Center, r, Glen Glen Oaks 50,000 50,00 0 • Mi Midd ddle le Vi Vill llag age e Vo Volu lunt ntee eerr Am Ambu bula lanc nce e 50,0 50 ,000 00 • Myrtle Ave. Business Improve. Dist., Ridgewood 50,000 Northpor hportt Cow Harb Harbor or Socc Soccer, er, Rich Richmond mond Hill 50,000 50,00 0 • Nort • On One e Sto Stop p Ric Richmo hmond nd Hil Hilll Blo Block ck As Assoc soc.. Inc Inc.. 50,000 50, 000 • Pu Publ blic ic Sc Scho hool ol 20 206, 6, Qu Quee eens ns,, Re Rego go Pa Park rk 50,0 50 ,000 00 • Qu Queen eenss Bor Boroug ough h Public Lib Librar rary, y, Jam Jamaic aica a 50,000 50, 000 • Qu Queen eenss Chi Child ld Guidance dance Cen Center ter,, Woodside de 50,000 50, 000 • Quee Queens ns Count Countyy Art and Cultural Cent Center er Inc. 50,000 • Queens Vill. Comm. for Mental Health, Laurelton 50,000 • Rock Rockaway away Theatre Compa Company ny Inc., Inc., Far Rocka Rockaway way 50,000 50,00 0 • Sam Samuel uel Fie Field ld YM & YWH YWHA A Inc Inc., ., Lit Little tle Nec Neck k 50,000 50, 000 • Seymour Perlmutter Comm. Ctr-Deepdale Comm. Council, Little Neck 50,000 Edward R. R. Miller Post Post 7336 7336 V.F.W, Glendale Glendale 50,000 50,00 0 • Sgt. Edward South Queens Boys & Club Inc., Sunn nnys ysid ide e Co Comm mmun unit ityyGirls Serv Se rvic ices es In Inc. c. Richmond Hill 50,000 50,0 50 ,000 00 • Su Thalia lia Spa Spanis nish h The Theatr atre e Inc Inc., ., Sun Sunnys nyside ide 50,000 50, 000 • Tha • NYC Outw Outward ard Boun Bound d Center Center,, Long Long Islan Island d City City 50,000 • Vietnam Vets of Amer., Queens Chapt #32, Glendale 50,000

Richmond County

• CU CUNY NY Co Coll lleg ege e of St Stat aten en Is Islan land $2,5 $2 ,500 00,0 ,000 00 • Jewis Jewish h Community Center of Staten Islan Island d 700,000 700,00 0 • Luther Forest Forest Technology Campus, Staten Island 700,000 • Comm. Ctr @ St Tho Thomas mas Par Parish ish, New New Yor York k 500,00 500 ,000 0 • Olym Olympia pia Activities vities Cente Centerr Inc., State Staten n Islan Island d 500,000 500,0 00 • O n Yo Your ur Ma Mark rk In Incc ., St Stat aten en Is Isla land nd 500, 50 0,00 000 0 • Mission of the Immaculate Virgin, Staten Island 499,400 • Mo Moun untt Lo Lore rett tto o CY CYO, O, St Stat aten en Is Isla land nd 400, 40 0,00 000 0 • Jewis Jewish h Community Center of Staten Islan Island d 300,000 300,00 0 • Holy Trinity-St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Ch., Staten Island 250,000 John n A. Nob Noble le Collectio lection, n, Sta Staten ten Isl Island and 250,00 250 ,000 0 • Joh • Meals on Whe Wheels els of Sta Staten ten Island and Inc Inc.. 250,00 250 ,000 0 • Mt. Sinai Skills & Devel. /382 Jersey St Acquis., Staten Island 250,000 • Snug Harb Harbor or Cultural Cente Center, r, State Staten n Islan Island d 250,000 250,0 00 • St Stat aten en Is Isla land nd Ch Chil ildr dren en’s ’s Mu Muse seum um 250, 25 0,00 000 0 • St Stat aten en Is Isla land nd Zo Zoo o Pu Publ blic ic Re Rest stor orat atio ion n 250, 25 0,00 000 0 • Staten Island Botan. Gardens/ Chinese Scholars Gdn 200,000 • Mt. Sinai Ctr for Comm. Enrichment, Staten Island 104,000 • College of Staten Island 100,000 • Sta Staten ten Isl Island and Men Mental tal Hea Health lth Soc Societ ietyy Inc Inc.. 100,00 100 ,000 0 • NYC Parks & Rec.-Historic Plaques, Staten Island 96,000 • Greek Ort Orthod hodox ox Commun munity ity Sta Staten ten Island and 90,000 90, 000 Camp mp St St.. Ed Edwa ward rds, s, St Stat aten en Is Isla land nd 50,0 50 ,000 00 • Ca • NY NYC C Par Parks ks and Rec Recrea reatio tion, n, Sta Staten ten Island and 50,000 50, 000 • Eas Eastt Sho Shore re Lit Little tle Lea League gue,, Sta Staten ten Island and 50,000 50, 000 Meal als on Wh Whee eels ls of St Stat aten en Is Isla land nd 50,0 50 ,000 00 • Me • Me Meal alss on Wh Whee eels ls of St Stat aten en Is Islan land In Inc. c. 50,0 50 ,000 00 • Mid-Island Little League Clubhouse, Staten Staten Island 50,000 • Mission of the Immaculate Virgin/Friendship, Staten Island 50,000 • NYC Dept. Dept. of Ed. - Public School 16, Staten Island 50,000 • St Stat aten en Is Isla land nd Bo Bota tani nic al al Ga Gard rden en 50,0 50 ,000 00 • Staten Island Botan. Botan. Garden Bldg P & Tuscan Gdn 50,000 • Staten Islan Island d Center for Inde Independe pendent nt Livin Living g 50,000 50,00 0 • St Stat aten en Is Isla land nd Ch Chil ildr dren en’s ’s Muse seum um 50,0 50 ,000 00 • St Stat aten en Is Isla land nd Me Ment ntal al He Heal alth th So Soci ciet etyy 50,0 50 ,000 00 • St Stat aten en Is Isla land nd Zo Zool olog ogic ical al So Soci ciet etyy In Inc. c. 50,0 50 ,000 00 • Van Pel Peltt Cem Cemete etery ry Fen Fence, ce, Sta Staten ten Isl Island and 50,000 50, 000 • West Shore Little League/ All Access, Staten Island 50,000 0 • Staten Island Industrial Park

LONGCounty ISLAND Nassau

Sephardic rdic Commu Community nity Youth Center, Center, Brooklyn yn 250,000 250,00 0 •• Sepha YMCA of Gr Grea eate terr Ne New w Yo York rk In Incc . 250, 25 0,00 000 0 • Broo Brooklyn klyn Botanic Gard Garden en Corp Corp., ., Broo Brooklyn klyn 235,000 • Kings County Lodge #168 Loyal Order of the Moose, Brooklyn 175,000 • BICA BICAC-Ho C-Housing using Devel. Fund Corp Corp., ., Broo Brooklyn klyn 150,000 150,0 00 • Ga Gate tewa wayy Ho Hous usin ing g Co Corp rp., ., Br Broo ookl klyn yn 150, 15 0,00 000 0 • Kings County Lodge #168 Loyal Order of the Moose, Brooklyn 125,000 • Ag Agudi udist st Cou Counci ncil of Gre Greate ater NY NY,, Bro Brookl oklyn yn 100,00 100 ,000 0 • Ag Agudi udist st Cou Counci ncil of Gre Greate ater NY NY,, Bro Brookl oklyn yn 100,00 100 ,000 0 • Ahi Ezer Hous Housing ing Devel. Fund Fund Inc., Broo Brooklyn klyn 100,000 100,0 00 • Brooklyn Music School 100,000 • Brownsville Community Devel. Corp., Brooklyn 100,000 • Gu Guar ardi dian anss of th the e Si Sicc k, k, Br Broo ookl klyn yn 100, 10 0,00 000 0 • Hebrew Academy Academy for Special Children, Brooklyn 100,000 • Oh Ohel el Children’ ldren’s Home & Fam Family ily,, Bro Brookl oklyn yn 100,00 100 ,000 0 • Bo Bobo bove verr Ye Yesh shiv iva a Bn Bnei ei Zi Zion on,, Br Broo ookl klyn yn 80,0 80 ,000 00 • Br Broo ookl klyn yn Yo Yout uth h Ch Chor orus us In Inc. c.,, Br Broo ookl klyn yn 75,0 75 ,000 00 • Builders for the Family & Yout Youth h Inc., Inc., Broo Brooklyn klyn 75,000 75,00 0 • Flatbush East Community Devel. Corp., Brooklyn 75,000 Ann Center Center for Resto Restor. r. & the the Arts, Arts, Brookly Brooklyn n 75,000 • St. Ann • Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corp., Brooklyn 50,000 • Bn Bnos os Me Mena nacc hem hem Sc Scho hool ol,, Br Broo ookl klyn yn 50,0 50 ,000 00 Boro ro Pa Park rk YM & YW YWHA HA,, Br Broo ookl klyn yn 50,0 50 ,000 00 • Bo • Br Brook ookdal dale U. Hos Hosp. p. Med Medica ical Ctr Ctr,, Bro Brookl oklyn yn 50,000 50, 000 • Brooklyn Academy of Music 50,000 • Builders for the Family & Youth Diocese of Brooklyn 50,000 • Ctr for Marit Marital al & Family Thera Therapy, py, Broo Brooklyn klyn 50,000 50,00 0 • Coun Council cil of Jewis Jewish h Orgs. Orgs. of Flatb Flatbush, ush, Broo Brooklyn klyn 50,000 50,00 0 • Episcopal Ch. of the Holy Spirit Jubilee Ctr, Brooklyn 50,000 • Erasmus Neighborhood Federation Inc., Inc., Brooklyn 50,000 • Gr Grav aves esen end d At Athl hlet etic ic As Asso soc. c.,, Br Broo ookl klyn yn 50,0 50 ,000 00 • Gu Guar ardi dian anss of th the e Si Sick ck In Inc. c.,, Br Broo ookl klyn yn 50,00 50 ,000 • Guardians of the Sick/5218 11th Ave Renov., Brooklyn 50,000 Special Children Inc., Brooklyn 50,000 • Hebrew Acad. for Special • Jewis Jewish h Comm. Ctr of Bens Bensonhur onhurst, st, Broo Brooklyn klyn 50,000 50,00 0 • Jewish Comm. Council of Greater Coney Island, Brooklyn 50,000 • King Emmanuel Comm. Service Devel., Brooklyn 50,000 • Ki King ngss Ba Bayy YM YM-Y -YWH WHA A In Inc. c.,, Br Broo ookl klyn yn 50,0 50 ,000 00 • King Kingsbor sborough ough Comm Community unity Colle College, ge, Brooklyn 50,000 50,00 0 • Maimonide monidess Medica icall Cen Center ter,, Bro Brookl oklyn yn 50,000 000 • Mc McDo Dono noug ugh h St St.. Co Comm mm Ct Ctr, r, Br Broo ookl klyn yn 50,0 50 ,000 00 • Mes Mesivt ivta a Eit Eitzz Cha Chaim im D’bobo obov, v, Bro Brookl oklyn yn 50,000 50, 000 • Mo Most st Pre Precio cious us Blo Blood od Chu Church rch, Bro Brookl oklyn yn 50,000 000 • Ne New w Wa Wayy Ci Circ rcus us Ce Cent nter er In Inc. c.,, Br Broo ookl klyn yn 50,0 50 ,000 00 • Ohel Childr hildren’s en’s Home Home & Family Servs., Servs., Brook Brooklyn lyn 50,000 50,00 0 • Ph Phil ilip ip Li Livi ving ngst ston on P. P.S. S. 26 261, 1, Br Broo ookl klyn yn 50,0 50 ,000 00

Queens County • Queens Vill. Comm. for Mental Health, Laurelton

• Grea Greater ter NY Auto. Dealer Dealerss Asso Assoc., c., New York 575,000 575,0 00 • Amer. Legion Continental Continental Post #1425, Forest Hills 500,000 • Bayside de Busin Business ess Asso Assoc.-Be c.-Bell ll Blvd., Bayside de 500,000 500,0 00 • NY NYC C De Dept. pt. of Edu Educat cation ion,, Lon Long g Island and Cit Cityy 500,00 500 ,000 0 • Qu Queen eenss Bor Boroug ough h Public Lib Librar rary, y, Jam Jamaic aica a 500,00 500 ,000 0 • Queens Vill. Comm. for Mental Health, Laurelton 500,000 • Zet Zeta a Zet Zeta a Lam Lambda bda Co., Cam Cambri bria Heights ghts 500,00 500 ,000 0 t ural Col Collab labora orativ tive e Jam Jamaic aica, a, Jam Jamaic aica a 450,00 450 ,000 0 • Cultural • Qu Queen eensbo sborou rough gh CC Art Gallery, lery, Bay Baysid side e 415,00 415 ,000 0 • Jewish Comm. Council of the Rockaway Peninsula 350,000 • Mount Sinai Hospital of Queens, Queens, Long Island City 305,000 • Cen Center ter for Women of NY, Kew Gar Garden denss 300,00 300 ,000 0 • Queensborough CC Oaland Bld & Tennis Cts, Bayside 300,000 • Alley l ey Po Pond nd En Envi viro ro.. Ct Ctr, r, Do Doug ugla last ston on 250, 25 0,00 000 0 • Bayside Historical S ociety 250,000 • Blac Black k Spect Spectrum rum Theat Theatre re Co. Inc., New York 250,000 250,0 00 • Cen Centra trall Queens YM & YWH YWHA, A, For Forest est Hills ls 250,00 250 ,000 0 • Co Coro rona na Co Cong ngre rega gati tion onal al Ch Chur urcc h 250, 25 0,00 000 0 • Ed. Ctr for Rus Russia sian n Jew Jewry ry Inc Inc., ., Reg Rego o Par Park k 250,00 250 ,000 0 • Glen Glenridge ridge Senio Seniorr Citiz Citizen en Cent Center, er, Ridge Ridgewood wood 250,000 250,0 00 Jamaic aica a NA NAACP ACP Day Car Care e Ctr Ctr,, St. Albans 250,00 250 ,000 0 • Jam • Qu Queen eenss Bor Boroug ough h Public Lib Librar rary, y, Jam Jamaic aica a 250,00 250 ,000 0 • Queens Borough Public Lib./Ridgewood Branch, Jamaica 250,000 • Quee Queens ns Theatre in the the Park Park Phase Phase II,, Flushing ushing 250,000 250,0 00 • Rock Rockaway away Artis Artists ts Alliance iance Inc., Rockaway Park Park 250,000 250,00 0 • Selfh Selfhelp elp Comm Communit unityy Servic Services es Inc., Flush Flushing ing 250,000 • Services ces Now for Adult Perso Persons, ns, Quee Queens ns Vill. 250,000 250,0 00 • South Queens Boys & Girls Girls Club, Richmond Hill 250,000 • St. Joh John’s n’s Universit versityy Law Sch School ool, Jam Jamaic aica a 250,00 250 ,000 0 • Wa Walk lk th the e Wa Walk lk In Inc. c.,, Lo Long ng Is Isla land nd Ci City ty 250, 25 0,00 000 0 • Fo Fore rest st Hi Hill llss Co Comm mmun unit ityy Ho Hous use e In Inc. c. 200, 20 0,00 000 0 • HB HBQ Q VB Li Litt ttle le Le Leag ague ue,, Li Litt ttle le Ne Necc k 200, 20 0,00 000 0 • Ja Jama maic ica a Ch Cham ambe berr of Co Comm mmer ercc e 200, 20 0,00 000 0 • Qu Queen eenss Co. Far Farm m Mus Museum eum,, Flo Floral ral Par Park k 200,00 200 ,000 0 • Ro Rock ckaw away ay Pe Peni nins nsul ula a (A (Art rtis ists ts’) ’) Pa Park rk 200, 20 0,00 000 0 • Unio Union n Turn Turnpike pike Busin Business ess Asso Assoc., c., Flushing 200,000 de 2 00 00 ,0 00 • Wal k th e W al k In c.c., Wo od sisi de • Elmc Elmcor or Yout Youth h & Adult Activi Activities ties Inc., Corona 175,000 175,0 00 • Sam Samuel uel Fie Field ld YM & YW YWHA HA Inc Inc., ., Qu Queen eenss 160,00 160 ,000 0 • Cit Cityy of New Yor York k Par Parks ks and Rec Recrea reatio tion n 150,00 150 ,000 0 • Italian Charities Ballroom Renovation, Elmhurst 150,000 • Ja Jama maic ica a Ch Cham ambe berr of Co Comm mmer ercc e 150, 15 0,00 000 0 • Quee Queens ns Child Guid Guidance ance Cente Center, r, Wood Woodside side 150,000 150,0 00 • Qu Queen eenss The Theatr atre e in the Par Park, k, Flu Flushi shing ng 130,00 130 ,000 0 • Au Aubu burn rnda dale le So Socc ccer er Cl Club ub,, Ne New w Yo York rk 100, 10 0,00 000 0 • Bayside de Community Volunteer Ambu Ambulanc lance e 100,000 100,0 00 • Bayside Historical S ociety 100,000

• Broad Hollow Bioscience Park, Farmingdale ngdale $20,000,000 • N. Shore-L.I. Jewish Research Inst., Manhasset 3,100,000 • Ho Hofs fstr tra a Un Univ iver ersi sity ty,, He Hemp mpst stea ead d 3,00 3, 000, 0,00 000 0 • Mo Moll lloy oy Co Coll lleg ege, e, Ro Rock ckvi vill lle e Ce Cent ntre re 1,51 1, 518, 8,00 000 0 • Vi Vill llag age e of He Hemp mpst stea ead d Do Down wnto town wn 1,50 1, 500, 0,00 000 0 • Crad Cradle le of Aviat Aviation ion at at Mitchell Mitchell Field, Syoss Syosset et 1,000,000 000 • Nort North h Shore Shore Univer University sity Hosp Hospital, ital, Manh Manhasset asset 1,000,000 1,000 ,000 • Main Str Street eet Rev Revita italiza lizatio tion, n, Ced Cedarh arhurs urstt 550,00 550 ,000 0 • City of Long Beach 500,000 • Gr Grea eatt Ne Neck ck Ar Arts ts Ce Cent nter er Ex Expa pans nsio ion n 500, 50 0,00 000 0 • Hofstra University/Black ty/Black Box Theater, Hempstead 500,000 • Long Islan Island d Child Children’s ren’s Muse Museum, um, Gard Garden en City 500,000 500,0 00 • Nort North h Shore Shore Univ Univ Hosp Hosp Incubator ncubator,, Manhass Manhasset et 500,000 500,00 0 • Pec Peconi onic Bra Branch nch of L.I L.I.. YMCA, Gle Glen n Cov Cove e 500,00 500 ,000 0 • Tilles les Cen Center ter LI Universit versity, y, Brookv okvill ille e 500,00 500 ,000 0 500,000 • Town of Hempstead • Town of Oyster Bay, Dept. of Intergovtl Intergovtl Affairs Affairs 500,000 • Un Union iondal dale Nei Neighb ghborh orhood Cen Center ter Inc Inc.. 500,00 500 ,000 0 • County DPW/So Franklin St. Recharge Basin, Mineola 425,000 • Join Jointt Bellerose Bellerose Bus. Dist. st. Devel., Beller Bellerose ose Vill. ll. 400,000 400,0 00 • Village lage Far Farms/ ms/Agro A gro Pow Power er Isg Isg,, Min Mineol eola a 400,00 400 ,000 0 • Res Restor torati ation on of Hew Hewlet lettt Hou House, se, Syo Syosse ssett 375,00 375 ,000 0 • Bus Busine iness ss Di Dist. st. Res Restor torati ation, on, Law Lawren rence ce 300,00 300 ,000 0 • Garden City Hist Historica orical Soc/Apostle Apostle Hous House e 260,000 • Ad Adelp elphi hi U. He Healt alth h & Rec Rec.. Ctr Ctr,, Gar Garden den Cit Cityy 250,00 250 ,000 0 • Amer American ican Airpower Museum, Farmingdale ngdale 250,000 250,0 00 • Firemen’s Field Club Clubhouse house,, Valle Valleyy Strea Stream m 250,000 250,0 00 • Glen Cove Public Library 250,000 ub, Locust Valley 250,000 • Grenville Baker Boys & Girls Club, • L.I L.I.. U. CW Pos Postt Science ence Lab Lab,, Brookv okvill ille e 250,00 250 ,000 0 • L yn ynb ro ro ok L itittl e F ie ld P ro ro jec t 2 50 ,0 ,00 0 • Mult Multipurp ipurpose Healt Health h & Rec. Ctr, Gard Garden en City 250,000 250,0 00 • Nass Nassau au County County Museum Museum of Art, Rosly Roslyn n Harbor 250,000 250,0 00 • Nassau Heritage, Firefighters Mus., Garden Garden City 250,000 • Pla Planti nting ng Fie Fields lds Fou Founda ndatio tion, n, Oys Oyster ter Bay 250,00 250 ,000 0 • Sout South h Shore Shore Y JCC Fire Protection, Oceansi Oceanside de 250,000 250,00 0 • St St.. Ch Chri rist stop ophe herr -O -Ott ttili ilie, e , Gl Glen en Co Cove ve 250,0 25 0,000 • SU SUNY NY Fa Farm rmin ingd gdal ale e Ba Base seba ball ll St Stad adiu ium m 250, 25 0,00 000 0 • Town of Hempstead Downtown Revitalization 250,000 • Town of No North rth Hem Hempst pstead ead,, Man Manhas hasset set 250,00 250 ,000 0 • Town of Oyster Bay 250,000 • Villag l lage e of Fr Free eepo port rt Su Sunr nris ise e Hw Hwyy 250, 25 0,00 000 0 age o f M as sa sap eq eq ua Pa rk rk 2 50 50 ,0 00 • Vi l ag • Wantagh Fire Dist. 250,000 • YMCAof Long Islan Island d Glen Cove Day Camp 250,000 Jointt Beller Bellerose ose Business ness Dist Dist./Str ./Streetsc eetscape ape 200,000 • Join • Mult Multipurp ipurpose Healt Health h & Rec. Ctr, Gard Garden en City 200,000 200,0 00 • City of Long Beach 160,000 • Ce Cent ntra rall Fa Fami mily ly Li Life fe Ce Cent nter er,, Ba Bald ldwi win n 150, 15 0,00 000 0 ewlett House, Syosset 150,000 •• HLan Landma dmark rk on Main St, Por Portt Was Washin hingt gton on 150,00 150 ,000 0 • Oyster Bay John Burns Park 150,000 • Time m e O ut ut Club u b of He Hemp mpst stea ead d In Incc . 150, 15 0,00 000 0 • CLASP Inc., Great Neck 125,000 • Merrick Shopping Area Improvement, Hempstead 125,000 • Sc Scho hool ol Hous use e Gr Gree een, n, O cea ceans nsid ide e 125, 12 5,00 000 0 • Vi Vill llag age e of Po Port rt Wa Wash shin ingt gton on No Nort rth h 125, 12 5,00 000 0 • Sid Jacobs Jacobson on Jewish Jewish Comm. Ctr Inc., nc., East East Hills Hills 107,000 • Broa Broad d Hollo Hollow w Biosc Bioscience ience Park, Farm Farmingda ingdale le 100,000 t y of Glen e n Co Cove ve Ha Harb rbor or Pa Patr trol ol 100, 10 0,00 000 0 • City • City of Long Beach 100,000 • Gard Garden en City Historical Socie Society ty - Apos Apostle tle Hr 100,000 100,0 00 • Grace Multi-Community Devel. Devel. Corp., Uniondale Uniondale 100,000 • Great Neck Arts Center 100,000 • L.I. Alzhe Alzheimer’ imer’s Foundation ation,, New Hyde Park 100,000 100,0 00 • L.I. Alzheimer’s Foun Found., d., Port Washington ngton 100,000 100,0 00 • Manh Manhasset asset/Grea /Greatt Neck Econ. Oppo Oppor. r. Counc Council il 100,000 100,0 00 • Mer Merillo illon Ath Athlet letic ic As Assn, sn, New Hyd Hyde e Par Park k 100,00 100 ,000 0 • Me Merr rric ick k JC JC/C /Cla lass ssro room om & Sc Scho hool ol Wi Wing ng 100, 10 0,00 000 0 • Mo Moll lloy oy Co Coll lleg ege, e, Ro Rock ckvi vill lle e Ce Cent ntre re 100, 10 0,00 000 0 • Na ssss au C ou nt y DA, M ine ol a 1 00 00 ,0 00 00 • National Center for Disability Services, Services, Albertson 100,000 • National Center for Disability Services, Services, Albertson 100,000 Port rt Wa Wash shin ingt gton on Yo Yout uth h Ac Acti tivi viti ties es 100, 10 0,00 000 0 • Po • Rev. Charles es Trexler Trexler Family Life Ctr, Roos Roosevelt evelt 100,000 100,0 00 • Sid Jacobson Jewish Community Center, East Hills 100,000 Nassau Communities Hospital, Oceanside 100,000 • South Nassau • Tilles Center for The Performing Arts, Arts, Brookville 100,000 • Town of He Hemps mpstea tead d Ho Housi using ng Aut Author hority ity 100,00 100 ,000 0 • Town of Hempstead Park 100,000 • Unif Unified ied New Cass Cassel el Comm Comm.. Revit Revit., ., West Westbury bury 100,000 100,00 0 • Villa Village ge of of Island sland Park Warw Warwick ick Rd Passi Passive ve Pk 100,000 100,0 00 • Village lage of Mas Massap sapequ equa a Pk. Bra Brady dy & Mans. 100,00 100 ,000 0 • Inwood Fire Dist. 85,000 • Epilepsy lepsy Fou Founda ndatio tion n of LI, Ga Garde rden n Cit Cityy 80,000 80, 000 • Village lage of Mas Massap sapequ equa a Pk/Sr Sr Cit Citize izen n Bus 75,000 75, 000 • Village lage of Rus Russel sell Gar Garden dens, s, Great Nec Neck k 75,000 75, 000 • Oyster Bay Traffic Light 67,500 • Hempstead Van Acquisition 51,000 • 1 in 9:9: Breast Cancer Actio Action n Coalition ition, Mineola 50,000 Afri rica can n Am Amer eric ican an Me Medi dia, a, Ro Roos osev evel eltt 50,00 50 ,000 • Af • Amer. Airpower Airpower Mus., Korean Vets., Farmingdale 50,000 • Ascent, Glen Head 50,000 • At Atlan lantic tic Ste Steame amerr Fir Fire e Co No. 1, Oys Oyster ter Bay 50,000 50, 000 • Atla Atlantic ntic Steamer Fire Co. No. 1, Oyst Oyster er Bay 50,000 50,00 0 • Be l mo rere Kn ig ht hts of C ol um umb us us 5 0, 0, 00 00 0 • Be Bell llmo more re-M -Mer erri ric k Yo Yout uth h As Asso socc . 50,0 50 ,000 00 • Boy Boyss & Gir Girls ls Clu Club b of Oys Oyster ter Bay Bay-E. -E. Nor Norwic wich h 50,000 50, 000 • Ca Calh lhou oun n Sp Spor ortt Bo Boos oste terr Cl Club ub,, Me Merr rric ick k 50,0 50 ,000 00 • Chamber of Commerce Commerce of the Bellmores, Bellmore 50,000 • City of Glen Cove 50,000

Pros Park l iB arnocoe, anc ek , lBr Broo klyn yn 50,0 50 00 uospe blpec ic SccthPa oork l 5Al 8,li ynookl yn 5 0,,000 00 0 •• PPr Rachel Rac hel’s ’s Pla Place ce Cha Charit ritabl able Tru Trust, st, Bro Brookl oklyn yn 50,000 50, 000 • St St.. An Anth thon onyy Ba Bapt ptis istt Ch Chur urch ch,, Br Broo ookl klyn yn 50,0 50 ,000 00 • St. Joseph’s College Patchogue Campus, Brooklyn 50,000 • Starting Point Services for Children Inc., Brooklyn 50,000 • St Sts. s. Si Simo mon n & Ju Jude de Ch Chur urch ch,, Br Broo ookly klyn 50,0 50 ,000 00 • Yeled V’Yalda da Early Child Childhood hood Ctr, Broo Brooklyn klyn 50,000 • Yeled V’Yalda Early Childhood Ctr Inc. (Head Start), Brooklyn 50,000 • YWCA of Brooklyn Inc. 50,000

Brolleg w nee Po Hoint utseBl , vd FlusRe hivital ngaliz Coll ege Poin Blvd Revit izat atio ion n •• Co College Colle ge Point Community Ambu Ambulance lance Corps Colonial nial Farm Farmhous house e Rest Restorati oration, on, Flora Florall Park • Colo • Fir Fire e De Depar partm tment ent - NYC NYC,, Lon Long g Island and Cit Cityy • Flushing Comm Community unity Volun Volunteer teer Ambu Ambulance lance • Gle Glen n Oak Oakss Vo Vol. l. Amb. Cor Corps, ps, Flo Floral ral Par Park k • Ita Italia lian n Cha Charit rities ies of Am Ameri erica ca,, Elm Elmhur hurst st • Ja Jama maic ica a Ch Cham ambe berr of Co Comm mmer ercc e • Jama Jamaica ica Estat Estates-Ho es-Hollis Vol. Amb., Bayside de • Little Neck Neck-Dou -Douglast glaston on Comm. Ambu Ambulance lance • Out Outdoor door Public Obse Observato rvatory, ry, Coro Corona na Park • Pop Poppen penhus husen en Ins Instit titute ute,, College lege Point nt • Pop Poppen penhus husen en Ins Instit titute ute,, College lege Point nt • Qu Quee eens ns Vi Vill llag age e Am Ambu bula lanc nce e Co Corp rpss • Quee Queens ns Women’s Cente Centerr Inc., Kew Gardens • St St.. Jo John hn’s ’s Un Univ iver ersi sity ty,, Ja Jama maic ica a • Whitestone Community Volunteer Ambulance • Unit United ed Veter Veterans ans Mutu Mutual al Hsg, Hsg, Belle Bellerose rose Manor • Qu Quee eens ns Ce Cent nter er fo forr Pr Prog ogre ress ss,, Ja Jama maic ica a • Forest Hills Vol. Amb. Corp • Glenda e ndale le Vo Volu lunt ntee eerr Am Ambu bula lanc nce e • Lindenwood Volunteer Ambulance, Ozone Park • Mi Midd ddle le Vi Vill llag age e Vo Volu lunt ntee eerr Am Ambu bula lanc nce e • Ridgew d gewoo ood d Vo Volu lunt ntee eerr Am Ambu bula lanc nce e • Sout South h Queens Queens Boys Boys & Girls Club, Club, Richmond Richmond Hill

City of Gl Glen Cove vechPo Poli lice ce Depa De part ment 50,0 50 ,000 00 Loen Long ngCo Bea Re Rehab. hab. of rtme of Ga StntPlaygrou Playground nd 50,000 •• City Doubl Do ubleda edayy Babcoc cock k Sr. Cen Center ter,, Oys Oyster ter Bay 50,000 50, 000 Empire ire Hos Hose e Ren Renova ovatio tion n Pro Projec ject, t, Mer Merric rick k 50,000 50, 000 • Emp • Epilepsy Foundation of Long Island, and, Garden Garden City 50,000 • Epilepsy Foundation of Long Island, and, Garden Garden City 50,000 • Floral Park Recreation 50,000 • Franklin Square Museum 50,000 • Frien Friends ds of Farmingdal ngdale Aths Aths., ., N. Mass Massapequ apequa a 50,000 50,00 0 • Frien Friends ds of LI Heritage tage Coind Coindre re Hall, Syoss Syosset et 50,000 50,00 0 • Friends of the Arts, Syosset 50,000 • Glen Cove Fire Department 50, 000 • Glen Cove-EMS Dept 50,000 • Great Neck Center for Visual & Peforming Arts Inc. 50,000 • Great Neck Senior Center 50,000 • Gre atat Ne ck ck S en eni or or Ce nt nt er I nc nc. 5 0, 0, 00 00 0 • Gr Grea eatt Ne Neck ck Un Unio ion n Fr Free ee Sc Scho hool ol Di Dist st.. 50,0 50 ,000 00 Haged gedorn orn Lit Little tle Village lage Sch School ool, Sea Seafor ford d 50,000 50, 000 • Ha • Hempstead Weirs 50,000 • Hi Hick cksv svil ille le Fi Fire re Di Dist st./R ./Res escu cue e Sy Syst stem em 50,0 50 ,000 00 50,000 • Hicksv ille Gregory Museum • Hicksv ille Gregory Musuem 50,000 • Holocaust Memorial & Ed. Ctr of Nassau County, Glen Cove 50,000 • Institute for Student Achievement, Lake Success 50,000 • Island Trees Tech Technolog nologyy Lab Mill, Levitt Levittown own 50,000 50,00 0

Kings County

• SU SUNY NY Down wnst stat ate, e, Br Broo ookl klyn yn $4,0 $4 ,000 00,0 ,000 00 • St St.. Fr Fran ancc is Co Coll llege, e ge, Br Broo ookl klyn yn 1,37 1, 375, 5,00 000 0 • Br Broo ookl klyn yn Ch Chil ildren d ren’s ’s Mu Muse seum um 1,30 1, 300, 0,00 000 0 • St. Francis College/Anthony J Genovesi Ctr, Brooklyn 1,000,000 • SUNY Down Downstat state e Medical cal Cente Center, r, Brook Brooklyn lyn 650,000 • Ag Agudi udist st Cou Counci ncil of Gre Greate ater NY NY,, Bro Brookl oklyn yn 600,00 600 ,000 0 • Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corp., Brooklyn 500,000 • Cypr Cypress ess Hills Local Devel. Corp Corp., ., Brook Brooklyn lyn 500,000 500,0 00 • Jewish Children’ ldren’s Mus Museum eum,, Bro Brookl oklyn yn 500,00 500 ,000 0 • Jewish Children’ ldren’s Mus Museum eum,, Bro Brookl oklyn yn 500,00 500 ,000 0 • Jewish Children’ ldren’s Mus Musuem uem,, Bro Brookl oklyn yn 500,00 500 ,000 0 • Local Develoment Corp. of Crown Heights, Brooklyn 500,000 • Ridgewood Bushwick Homecare Council, Brooklyn 500,000 • Ridgewood Bushwick Homecare Council, Brooklyn 500,000 Ridgewood ewood Bush Bushwick wick Yout Youth h Ctr, Broo Brooklyn klyn 500,000 500,0 00 • Ridg • Tr Trey ey Wh Whit itfi fiel eld d Sc Scho hool ol, Br Broo ookl klyn yn 500, 50 0,00 000 0 • Wild Wildlife life Conserv nserv.. Soc./NY /NY Aquari Aquarium, um, Brookl Brooklyn yn 500,000 • Yeled V’Yalda Early Childhood Center, Brooklyn 500,000 • F ort G rere en e As so so c. c. , B ro roo kl yn yn 3 50 50 ,0 00 • Biological Detec Detection tion Labor Laboratory atory,, Broo Brooklyn klyn 300,000 • Brooklyn Public Library 300,000 • St. Rosalia-Regina Pacis N’hood Improve. Assoc., Brooklyn 300,000 • S t.t. F ra ran ci ci s C ol le ge , B ro roo kl yn yn 3 00 00, 00 00 0 • Bo Boro ro Pa Park rk YM YM/Y /YWH WHA, A, Br Broo ookl klyn yn 295, 29 5,00 000 0 • Broo Brooklyn klyn Colle College ge of of the City Unive Universit rsityy of NY 250,000 250,0 00 • Broo Brooklyn klyn Colle College ge of of the City Unive Universit rsityy of NY 250,000 250,0 00 • Brooklyn Public Library 250,000 Community unity Assoc. Inc., Brooklyn 250,000 • Crow Hill Comm • Crown Heights, Brooklyn 250,000 • Delight ight Constr struct uction ion Cor Corp., p., Bro Brookl oklyn yn 250,00 250 ,000 0 • Edith & Carl Marks Jewish Cmnty Hse Bensonhurst 250,000 • Otsa Otsarr Family Servic Services es Adult Cente Center, r, Broo Brooklyn klyn 250,000 250,00 0 • Par Park k Slo Slope pe N’h N’hood ood Fam Family ily Ctr Ctr,, Bro Brookl oklyn yn 250,00 250 ,000 0 • Pratt Institute, Brooklyn 250, 000 • Sephardic Bikur Holim and Ma’Oz La’Ebyon, Brooklyn 250,000

New York County

• New York City Depar Department tment of Educa Education tion $37,000,00 $37,0 00,000 0 • Mem. Sloan-Kettering Cancer Ctr, New New York 10,000,000 • CUNY Econ Economic omic Devel. Corp., New York 5,000,000 5,000 ,000 • Mus. of Modern Art Queens Art Study, New York 5,000,000 • Carnegie Hall, New York 4,500, 000 • Intrepid, New York 3,750,000 Metr trop opol olit itan an Mu Muse seum um,, Ne New w Yo York rk 3,10 3, 100, 0,00 000 0 • Me • New Yor York k Str Struct uctura urall Bio Biolog logyy Cen Center ter 2,750, 2,7 50,000 000 • New York University School of Medic Medicine ine 2,500,000 2,500 ,000 • Bd. of Ed. of City of New York (Millenium H.S.) 2,000,000 • Ca Carn rneg egie ie Ha Hall ll Co Corp rp., ., Ne New w Yo York rk 2,00 2, 000, 0,00 000 0 • Co Colu lumb mbia ia Un Univ iver ersi sity ty,, Ne New w Yo York rk 2,00 2, 000, 0,00 000 0

$650,000

100,00 0,000 000 100, 10 100,000 100,000 100,00 0 100,00 100 ,000 0 100,000 100,0 00 100,00 100 ,000 0 100,00 100 ,000 0 100, 10 0,00 000 0 100,000 100,0 00 100,000 100,0 00 100,000 100,0 00 100,00 100 ,000 0 100,00 100 ,000 0 100,0 10 0,000 100,000 100, 10 0,00 000 0 100,000 85,000 85,00 0 67,2 67 ,250 50 65, 000 65,0 65 ,000 00 65,000 65,0 65 ,000 00 65,0 65 ,000 00 65,000 65,00 0

• Je Jeri ric ho ho Un Unio ion n Fr Free ee Sc Scho hool ol Dist. s t. 50,0 50 ,000 00 • Levittown Soccer Club 50,000 • Lo Long ng Be Beac ach h Ca Cath thol olic ic Re Regi gion onal al Sc Scho hool ol 50,0 50 ,000 00 • Lon Long g Bea Beach ch Cit Cityy School Dis Dist., t., Lid Lido o Bea Beach ch 50,000 50, 000 • Lon Long g Bea Beach ch Cit Cityy School Dis Dist., t., Lid Lido o Bea Beach ch 50,000 50, 000 • Long Beach Medica l Center 50, 000 • LI. Alz Alzhei heimer mer’s ’s Fou Found. nd., Por Portt Wa Washi shingt ngton on 50,000 50, 000 • L.I. U.U.-Mar Marine ine Sci Scienc ence e Equ Equip. ip.,, Bro Brookv okvill ille e 50,000 50, 000 • Long Islan Island d Unive Universit rsity-Pre y-Press ss Box, Broo Brookville kville 50,000 50,00 0 • Ma Manh nhas asse sett PA PALL Ba Base seba ball ll,, Mi Mine neol ola a 50,0 50 ,000 00 • Manh Manhasset asset PAL Buildi Building ng Constr Constructio uction, Mineola 50,000 50,000 • Manhasset Park Dist. • Manhasset Youth Council 50,000 • Massapequa Hist. Soc. 50,000 • Merr Merrick ick Chamber Chamber of Commerc merce e Downtown Downtown Rev 50,000 50,00 0 • Merrick Community Nursery 50, 000 • Me Merr rric ick k Es Esta tate tess Civic v ic As Asso socc ./Poo / Pooll 50,0 50 ,000 00 • Merrick Fire Dept. 50,000 • Me Merr rric ick k Librar b raryy Te Temp mpor orar aryy Anne nexx 50,0 50 ,000 00 • Me Merr rric ickk-No Nort rth h Me Merr rric ick k Li Litt ttle le Le Leag ague ue 50,0 50 ,000 00 Merr rric ickk-No Nort rth h Me Merr rric ick k Li Litt ttle le Le Leag ague ue 50,0 50 ,000 00 • Me • Mid Island and Y Jew Jewish ish Com Comm. m. Ctr Ctr,, Pla Plainv inview iew 50,000 50, 000 • Mill Neck Services 50,000 • Mineol n eola a Wilson l son Pa Park rk Sp Spor orts ts Fields e lds 50,0 50 ,000 00 • Nas Nassau sau Cou County nty De Dept. pt. Sr. Cit Cits., s., Min Mineol eola a 50,000 50, 000 • Na Nassa ssau u He Healt alth h Car Care e Cor Corp., p., Eas Eastt Mea Meadow dow 50,000 50, 000 • No North rth Bellmore/ lmore/N. N . Mer Merric rick k Lit Little tle Lea League gue 50,000 50, 000 • North Hempstead Housing Authority, Great Neck 50,000 • No Nort rth h Me Merr rric ick k Fi Fire re Di Dist st., ., Ne New w Yo York rk 50,0 50 ,000 00 North h Shor Shore e Child & Family, y, Rosly Roslyn n Heig Heights hts 50,000 50,00 0 • Nort • NYSARC Inc. - Nassau County Chapter, Chapter, Brookville 50,000 • Oceanside Fire Dist. 50,000 • Old Westbury Gardens 50,000 • Orde Orderr of the Sons of of Italy in America America,, Bellmore 50,000 50,00 0 • Order of Sons of Italy in Amer. Grand Lodge of NY, Bellmore 50,000 • Oyster Bay Allen Park 50,000 • Oyster Bay Fire Dept. 50,000 • PAL/Mineola Athletic Park 50,000 PlainviewPlain view-Old Old Bethp Bethpage age Centr Central al School Dist.

50,000 50,00 0

Plainv inview iew-O -Old ld Bet Bethpa hpage ge Pub Public lic Lib Librar raryy 50,000 000 •• Pla Portt Was Por Washin hingto gton n Police ice Dis Dist./ t./Saf Safe e Str Street eetss 50,000 50, 000 • Rabbi J Wohlberg Inst. Inst. for Adult Studies, Merrick Merrick 50,000 • Roosevelt Fire Dist. 50,000 • Ro slsly n Hi gh gh lan ds ds, H&L , E &H &H Co 5 0, 00 00 0 Nass ssau au Gu Guid idan ance ce Ce Cent nter er,, Se Seaf afor ord d 50,0 50 ,000 00 • SE Na • Sea Cliff Village Library 50,000 • S ea C li ffff Vo lun te te er F irire De pt pt . 50 ,0 ,00 0 • Si Sixt xth h Ba Batt ttal alio ion n Di Dist st., ., No Nort rth h Be Bell llmo more re 50,0 50 ,000 00 50,000 • South Hempstead Fire Dist. • South Nassau Communities Hospital, Oceanside 50,000 • South Shore Y, Oceanside 50,000 • St. Mic Michae haell & All Ang Angels els Chu Churc rch, h, Sea Seafor ford d 50,000 000 Aloysius Roman Catholic Church, Great Neck 50,000 • St. Aloysius • St. Mar Mary’s y’s Children ldren & Fam Family ily Svc Svcs, s, Syo Syosse ssett 50,000 50, 000 • Tempo Group, Woodmere 50,000 • Theodore Roose Roosevelt velt Sanc Sanctuary tuary,, Oyster Bay 50,000 50,00 0 50,000 • Town of Oyster Bay • United Cerebral Palsy Assoc. of Nassau County, Roosevelt 50,000 • Un Unit ited ed Ce Cere rebr bral al Pa Pals lsy, y, Ro Roos osev evel eltt 50,0 50 ,000 00 Vari riety e ty Pr Pree-Sc Scho hool olers, e rs, Oys yste terr Ba Bayy 50,0 50 ,000 00 • Va • Village of Bayville 50,000 • Village of Bayville 50,000 • Village of East Hills 50,000 50,000 • Village of East Hills • Village of Freeport 50,000 • Vi l ag age o f G re re at at Ne ck ck Es ta ta te te s 50 ,0 ,00 0 • Villa Village ge of Islan Island d Park Fireh Firehouse ouse Safet Safetyy Equip 50,000 • Vill. of Lattingtown Frost Creek Creek Inlet, Locust Valley 50,000 • Village of Malverne 50,000 • Village of Mineola 50,000 • Village of Rockville Center 50,000 • Village of Roslyn 50,000 • Village of Roslyn 50,000 • Village of Roslyn Grist Mill 50,000 • Villag l lage e of Ro Rosl slyn/B y n/Bus us Tr Tran ansi sit Pa Park rk 50,0 50 ,000 00 • Village of Sea Cliff 50,000 • Village of Sea Cliff 50,000 • Wantagh Football Club 50,000 • Want Wantagh agh Football/Mand /Mandalay Field Field & Clubhous Clubhouse e 50,000 50,00 0 • Westbury Comm. Ctr Renov 50,000 • Win th thr op Uni v. v. Ho sp sp , Mi ne ol ol a 5 0, 0, 00 00 0

Suffolk County

• Co Cold ld Sp Spri ring ng Ha Harb rbor or La Labo bora rato tory ry $20, $2 0,00 000, 0,00 000 0 • SUNY Stony Brook 18,000,000 • St Ston onyy Br Broo ook k Un Unive ivers rsit ityy St Stad adiu ium m 2,50 2, 500, 0,00 000 0 • Stony Broo Brook k Univers iversity ity Cance Cancerr Resear Research ch Ctr 1,500,000 000 • HMS Bount Bountyy at Mitc Mitchell hell Park, Gree Greenpor nportt 1,000,000 1,000 ,000 North rth Bab Babylo ylon n You Youth th Ctr Ctr,, Lin Linden denhur hurst st 1,000, 1,0 00,000 000 •• No Portt Jef Por Jeffer ferson son Bay Bayles les Shi Shipya pyard rd Bld Bldg g 1,000, 1,0 00,000 000 • Town of Babylon Oak Beach Park, Lindenhurst 1,000,000 • Village of Patchogue 1,000,000 • Villa Village ge of Port Jeff Jefferso erson/Bay n/Bayles les Shipyard 1,000,000 1,000 ,000 • Suff Suffolk olk Y Jewish Jewish Communiy Center, Center, Comma Commack ck 750,000 750,0 00 • Conn Connetquo etquot & Prosp Prospect ect Aves Drainage, nage, Islip 560,000 560,0 00 • Gurw Gurwin in Jewis Jewish h Geria Geriatric tric Center, Comm Commack ack 500,000 500,0 00 • L.I. Mus. of Amer. Art Hist. & Carriages, Stony Brook 500,000 • To Town wn of Is Isli lip p Tr Traf affi ficc Sa Safe fety ty Pr Prog ogra ram m 500, 50 0,00 000 0 • Town of Islip ip Dr Drain ainage age Imp Improv roveme ements nts 440,00 440 ,000 0 • To Town wn of Ba Baby bylo lon, n, Linden n denhu hurs rstt 425, 42 5,00 000 0 • Beth Bethel-Lau el-Laurel Hill Comm Comm.. Pres Pres., ., E. Setau Setauket ket 360,000 360,0 00 • Villl lage a ge of Pa Patc tcho hogu gue e Pe Perf rf Ar Arts ts 360, 36 0,00 000 0 • Three Villa Village ge Hist Historic orical al Socie Society, ty, Setauket 325,000 • To Town wn of Ba Baby bylo lon, n, Linden n denhu hurs rstt 325, 32 5,00 000 0 • Br Bren entw twoo ood d Un Unio ion n Fr Free ee Sc Scho hool ol Di Dist st.. 300, 30 0,00 000 0 ent wo od od S r.r. C en te te r,r, I slsl ip 3 00 ,0 ,00 0 • Br en • Brookhaven Amphitheater At Bald Hill, Medford 300,000 • Grea Greatt So. Bay ‘‘Y’’ Child Care, Hunt Huntingt ington on 300,000 300,0 00 • St. Charle harless Hosp. Hosp. & Rehab. Ctr, Ctr, Port Jeffe Jefferson rson 300,000 300,0 00 Medford 300,000 • Town of Brookhaven/Levitt & Baldhill,l, Medford • Town of Islip Long Island MacAr MacArthur thur Airport 300,000 300,00 0 • Village of Patchogue 300,000 • East Islip Beach Reple Replenish nishment, ment, Centr Central al Islip 290,000 290,0 00 Ctr Bldg Renovations, West Babylon 275,000 • Community Ctr • L on g I slsl an an d C ar es es, B re re nt nt wo od od 2 75 75 ,0 00 • Bay Shore Partnership Hsg Devel. Fund Com, Hauppauge 250,000 Bayp ypor ortt He Heri rita tage ge As Asso soc. c.,, Ba Bayp ypor ortt 250, 25 0,00 000 0 • Ba • Dowlin ling g College lege Ren Renova ovatio tions, ns, Oak Oakdal dale e 250,00 250 ,000 0 • Gre atat S o. B ay ay Ay , Hu nt ing to to n 2 50 ,0 ,00 0 • Gurwin Jewish-Fay J. Lindner Residences, Commack 250,000 • He Hecks cksche cherr Mus Museum eum of Art Art,, Huntin tingt gton on 250,00 250 ,000 0 • Hunt Huntingt ington on Township Cham Chamber ber of Comm Commerce erce 250,000 250,0 00 • Mou nt nt S ina i Ci vi vi c As so so c. c. In c. c. 2 50 ,0 ,00 0 • Partners for Prog./ Woolworth Theater, Commack 250,000 • Por Portt Jef Jeffer ferson son Ice Har Harbor borfro front nt Par Park/R k/Rink ink 250,00 250 ,000 0 • Stony Brook U/Pedi ediatr atric ic Bone Mar Marrow row 250,00 250 ,000 0 • S uf fo fo lk C ou oun ty ty P AL AL , Y ap aph an an k 2 50 ,0 00 00 Suffol folk Spo Sports rts Hall of Fam Fame, e, Pat Patcho chogue 250,00 250 ,000 0 • Suf • Three Villa Village ge Hist Historic orical al Socie Society, ty, Setauket 250,000 • To Tour uro o La Law w Ce Cent nter er,, Hu Hunt ntin ingt gton on 250, 25 0,00 000 0 • To Town wn of Ba Baby bylo lon, n, Linden n denhu hurs rstt 250, 25 0,00 000 0 • Tow Town n of Riv Riverh erhead ead/Ca /Calve lverto rton n ReD ReDeve evel. l. 250,00 250 ,000 0 • Village lage of Por Portt Jef Jeffer ferson son,, Ha Harbo rborwa rwalk lk E 250,00 250 ,000 0 • We stst ha mp mpt on B ea ea ch ch T he he at re re 2 50 50, 00 000 • YMCA of Lo Long ng Is Isla land nd/S /Smi mith thto town wn 250, 25 0,00 000 0 illmmun ageunit ofity A iogra tyvrams illms e Ct 240,00 8,000 0000 Comm ym Prog Pr Ctr, r, De Deer er Pa Park rk 200, 20 • VCo • Educ Education ational al & Cultur ultural al Center at at Stony Stony Brook 200,000 • Med. Alliance for Family Support, Pt. Jefferson Jefferson 200,000 • Su Suff ffol olk k C. Wa Wate terr Au Auth thor orit ity, y, Oa Oakd kdal ale e 200, 20 0,00 000 0 • To Town wn of Ba Baby bylo lon, n, Linden n denhu hurs rstt 200, 20 0,00 000 0 • Br Bren entw twoo ood d Se Seni nior o r Ce Cent nter er,, Is Isli lip p 175, 17 5,00 000 0 • Bro Brookh okhave aven n Sen Senior ior Nut Nutrit rition ion,, Mt. Sin Sinai ai 175,00 175 ,000 0 • Am Amer eric ican an Le Legi gion on Po Post st 94 94,, Ba Baby bylo lon n 169, 16 9,00 000 0 • Thomas I Conerty Outreach Center, Brentwood 165,000 • Pec Peconi onic Riv River er Spo Sportm rtman’ an’s, s , Man Manorv orvill ille e 150,00 150 ,000 0 • Nor North th Bab Babylo ylon n Youth Ctr Ctr,, Lin Linden denhur hurst st 140,00 140 ,000 0 • Town of Broo Brookhave khaven/Mas n/Mastic tic Pool, Medf Medford ord 135,000 135,00 0 • Ba Bayp ypor ortt-Bl Blue ue Po Poin intt Sc Scho hool ol Dist. s t. 125, 12 5,00 000 0 • To Town wn of Sm Smit itht htow own/ n/Ol Old d Do Dock ck Bl Bluf ufff 112,0 11 2,000 • Brunswick Hospital Cntr Renovation, Amityville 100,000 • Go Gord rdon on He Heig ight htss Fi Fire re Di Dist st., ., Me Medf dfor ord d 100, 10 0,00 000 0 • No rtrt hp or ort F ir e De pa rt rtm en t 10 0, 0, 00 00 0 • Ra in bo w C hihi me s,s, Hun titi ng to to n 10 0, 0, 00 00 0 • Three Village Comm. Youth Ctr, Pt. Jefferson Station 100,000 • Village of Bellport 100,000 • Village of Bellport 100,000 • Village lage of Bellport/ lport/Highwa H ighwayy Sid Sidewa ewalk lk 100,00 100 ,000 0 • Village of Patchogue 100,000 • YM YMCA CA of Lon Long g Island and Inc Inc., ., Huntin tingto gton n 100,00 100 ,000 0 • Brookhaven Ambulance 80,000 • Village of Amityville 75,000 • Gre en en be lt & Bo he mi mi a R ec ec, I slsl ip 7 0, 00 00 0 • Se Seat atuc uck k En Envi viro ronm nmen enta tall As Assn sn,, Is Isli lip p 60,0 60 ,000 00 • Village of Lindenhurst 60,000 • Ar Artt Lea League gue of Lon Long g Island, and, Hu Hunti ntington ngton 50,000 000 • Babylon Central Fire & Rescue Alarm, Lindenhurst 50,000 • Cent Center er for Devel.al .al Disabilitie ilities, s, Wood Woodbury bury 50,000 50,00 0 • Central Islip Civic Council 50,000 • Ch Cher erry ry Gr Grov ove e Co Comm mmun unit ityy As Asso soc. c. In Inc. c. 50,0 50 ,000 00 • Connetquot Central School Dist. of Islip, Bohemia 50,000 • Family Servic Service e Leagu League e of Suff Suffolk, olk, Hunt Huntingto ington n 50,000 50,00 0 • F riri en en ds of L I He riri ta ta ge , S yo yo ss ss et et 50 ,0 ,00 0 • Huntington First Aid Squad, Huntington Huntington Station 50,000 • Huntin gton Hospital/Be ds 50,000 • Hunt ntin ingt gton on St Stat atio ion n En Enri ricc hme ment nt 50,0 50 ,000 00 • Hu Hunt ntin ingt gton on To Town wn of Ch Cham ambe berr FD FDN N 50,0 50 ,000 00 • Huntington YMCA 50,000 • Lauder Museum Exterior Renovation, Amityville 50,000 Island Citizens for Community, Huntington 50,000 • Long Island • Long Island Gay and Lesbian Youth Inc., Bayshore 50,000 • Long Island Maritime time Muse Museum, um, West Sayville le 50,000 50,00 0 • L.I. Netw Network ork of Comm. Services, ces, Hunt Huntingt ington on 50,000 50,00 0 Long g Island and Wom Women’ en’s Coa Coalit lition ion,, Bay Baysho shore re 50,000 50, 000 • Lon orth Amityvi le Taxpaye rs rs •• NNo North rth Fer Ferry ry Co. Inc Inc,, She Shelte lterr Island and Heights ghts nc. • North Lindenhurst Volunteer Fire Department Inc. • Nor North th Sho Shore re Holiday iday Ho House use,, Hun Huntin tingto gton n • Olph School, Lindenhurst • Peco Peconic nic River River Sport Sportsman’ sman’s Club Club Inc., Inc., Manorvi Manorville lle Sachem hem Cen Centra trall Sch School ool Dis Dist., t., Holbrook brook • Sac • Selde Selden n Cent Centereac ereach h Yout Youth h Assoc., Cente Centereac reach h • S mi mit ht ow own YMC A, A, Hu nt nti ng ngt on on • SS Cy Cyri ril & Me Meth thod odiu ius, s, De Deer er Pa Park rk Hugh gh of Lin Lincol coln, n, Hu Hunti ntingt ngton on Sta Statio tion n • St. Hu • Three Villa Village ge Central School Dist Dist., ., Stony Stony Brook Brook • To ur uro L aw aw Ce nt nte r,r, Hu nt nti ng to ton • To wn wn of Ba by by lon , L ind en en hu rs rst Brookhave khaven/Str n/Street eet Signs Signs,, Medf Medford ord • Town of Broo • Town of Islip/Haz Response Team, Ronkonkoma • Village of Ocean Beach • Village of Patchogue • Village lage of Por Portt Jef Jeffer ferson son Bay Bayles les Shi Shipya pyard rd • Village lage of Por Portt Jef Jeffer ferson son Ice Ska Skatin ting g Rin Rink k • We West st Bab Babylo ylon n Fir Fire e Dis Dist., t., Wes Westt Bab Babylo ylon n • We stst ha mp mpt on Be ac ach Th ea eat re re • Whaling ing Museu useum m Phase Phase II, Cold Cold Spring Spring Harb Harbor or • YMCA at Gl Glen en Co Cove ve,, Hu Hunt ntin ingt gton on

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Campaign letters: To the point  For Rossi: I have had enough

of blackmail, politics-as-usual and excuses. I believe Joe Rossi will be a great asset for us in Albany. He will fight hard to demand change, not just ask for another two years to fix a problem that has held us hostage for so long. The system is not broken; it just needs someone willing to get all the Assembly to participate in the process and take the power of the speaker and majority leaders and put it back in the hands of our representatives we elected. Remember — if they are in office now, vote them out; that’s the best start — a clean slate. — Don Kelly,  Cicero

Aid and comfort: John Kerry

To anyone even considering voting for Ralph Nader — protect the environment, plant a ‘‘Bush’’ in Texas and vote Kerry/Edwards Nov. 2.

Huge difference: John Kerry is not ‘‘pro-abortion.’’ That’s a ridiculous assertion by Republican campaigners. He is ‘‘prochoice,’’ like anyone else who believes it’s a woman’s right to ‘‘choose.’’ There is a huge difference. — Nate Rafferty,  Auburn

Lost trust: We are Republicans, and we are voting for John Kerry. Our commander in chief  must never send our men and women in uniform into danger

is andsame unpatriotic. Heanti-American is following the pattern he used during the Vietnam War, when he gave aid and comfort to the communists. Kerry is now giving aid and comfort to the terrorists with his ‘‘blame America’’ attitude. He is unfit to command our armed forces.

unless the safety of our nation is at risk. When war is necessary, he must provide our armed forces with a clear mission and the tools to succeed. We have watched George Bush abandon his pursuit of Osama bin Laden to chase Saddam Hussein, creating chaos in Afghanistan and — Rudolph Zona,  Liverpool Iraq. We have heard horror stories about our troops lacking body armor while their families Demeaning to vets: I don’t at home struggle to get by with understand how so many good reduced benefits. Mr. Bush, we Americans can be swayed by the don’t trust you any more. rhetoric of the Bush administra— Susan Galbraith,  Fayetteville; tion and the Republican Party. I Robert and Bertha Ossont and Christopher Croft,  New Woodstock could write about the economy, my decreasing ability to make ends meet, education, the war — Unfit to serve: I am a Vietthe list is endless. The area that nam-era veteran. I don’t care brings up the most emotions for how John Kerry got or was me is the demeaning remarks and actions relating to John Ker- awarded his medals. His service, as far as I’m concerned, was his ry’s Purple Hearts. service. I take exception to Mr. I served four years in the Kerry’s outright untruthfulness, Army Security Agency, two in indignation and aspersions cast Vietnam. I was very lucky — I upon all Vietnam veterans. He was never injured. I was so had the audacity to accuse the ashamed of the Republicans who troops in Vietnam of being war chose to place a purple Bandcriminals, baby killers, rapists Aid on their cheeks to mock  and more. Mr. Kerry’s desire to John Kerry’s Purple Hearts. It be the commander in chief is a dishonored all men and women further indignity to all who injured or killed in combat. served during the Vietnam era. I cannot visit the Vietnam Wall in Washington, D.C., without a flood of tears. Why have I not heard a single remark from the current administration about their efforts to encourage absentee voting from our servicemen and women overseas? Are they afraid of the result?

— Larry G. Bear,  Baldwinsville

Kerry was right: There’s something wrong with the way a lot of you Vietnam vets are  judging John Kerry’s 1970s antiwar activities. Should we have been there? No. Which has nothing to do with you: You just — Richard Caza,  Clay showed up to do your duty. So did John Kerry. I won’t tell you that gave him the right to speak  Pathetic campaign: Characout. That right is what every ter, integrity and honesty are American soldier fights for. I human traits genuinely admired also know his statements about in a candidate. Our first Republimassacres and war crimes fueled can president, Abe Lincoln posunjustifiable treatment of returnsessed all these traits and more. ing vets. The vast majority of  Yet while running for the presiAmericans who served never did dency, he was ridiculed, cajoled things like that. But they hapand defamed beyond human enpened. And Kerry’s most fredurance. Most often, Lincoln quent and damning statements simply ignored the attacks. were about not sending more Americans to the hell you surJohn Kerry’s negative camvived. paigning is pathetic. Abe would not look favorably on Kerry’s — Howard Evans,  East Syracuse degradation of his opponent. — Tom Cooney,  Chittenango

Pleasing Osama: As he in-

sists on staying the course in Iraq, President Bush makes the ultimate sacrifice he was too privileged to make in his youth. The problem is, he’ll never admit this ill-gotten war was called unwinnable by Donald Rumsfeld, and the definition of a quagmire by Dick Cheney in 1991. And so we fulfill the doctrine of Osama-been-Forgotten that all the Americans wanted to do was take over an oil-rich Arab country.

‘Slush Funds’

— John DiBernardo, East Syracuse

Character flaws: George Bush’s failure to fulfill his obligations in the National Guard shows a basic dishonesty and lack of character. Many shrug off Bush’s Guard service as occurring well in he past. However, those character defects are still evident. He misled our nation into war. He is causing irreparable harm to the environment. He intentionally and grossly underestimated the cost of his programs, and muzzles those in his administration who want to report honest estimates. — Gloria and Martin Sage,  Syracuse

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Don’t look for decision on this election night To the Editor: Does anyone believe this election will be over Nov. 2? Both parties, more than ever, believe this election is for the soul and future of America. With the likelihood of this year’s margin being razor-thin-close in about 15 states, each of those state’s vote totals will be contested. No one is going to concede as Gore did in 2000. I expect the electoral process will again be held up by press secretaries, media pundits, highpowered Washington lawyers, lobbyists and political insiders. In the end, this will be yet another election decided by the courts, not the people. As foul as this election season has been, the post-election season may end up being far worse.

David Aldinger Liverpoo The Associated Press

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Send Albany a message: Change business-as-usual

New York government and the ‘‘Big Three’’ do just that — and still get the money they want. That’s because the taxpayers are the ‘‘bank,’’ and we never ask questions (or To the Editor: It is time for the electorate to say, ‘‘Enough get answers). The taxpayers give money to a special group of politicians to spend on speis enough.’’ The three individuals who concial projects to keep them in office. trol our state government need to be sent a In your series, you stated that a secretive message: We will not stand for any further slush fund under the control of Bruno, Pataki mismanagement of our tax dollars! and Silver was used to pay special interests. They have wasted millions upon millions Is spending more money and creating more with late budgets, and apparently have no debt in the best interest of New York? qualms about spending millions to keep their Mark Bitz is raising awareness at cohorts in line by awarding them payoffs for www.freenys.org. We have to get back on their support, as described in your series on track. When it’s time, I will vote the incumthe state slush funds. bent out and the challenger in — RepubliI will not vote for any incumbent at the can, Democrat, Independent, whatever. I will state level. I ask that you do the same. The continue to do it until New York becomes freshman Assembly members and senators the great state it used to be. can go to Albany carrying the message that Mike Kompf we demand constitutional change in how the Baldwinsville state conducts our business. Earle Ireland Cicero

State should stay out of local projects To the Editor: Your report on our state leaders and their willingness to expend money which is not theirs is interesting. Our elected representatives over the years have enacted various means to keep themselves in perpetual power. Money furthers their political purpose. Not only is what they do immoral, but if the state were a private corporation, probably illegal. I do not see the need for the state to fund various community projects. Let the state take care of state business. Elected representatives say they want reform. What a complete hoax. They created the disorder for their own greed and are not going to correct it. If they are serious, they will let the voters decide on a statewide ballot to limit elected officials to no more than two terms in any office, without perks and pensions, not allowed to accept gifts, etc. Now that would be reform — getting rid of the people who caused the problem. James L. Cummings Cummings Liverpool

So-called representatives exploit shameless loophole To the Editor: Is reform necessary? Yes! Our state leaders have once again proven just how far they will go to accommodate their needs. What about the taxpayers, you say? The very people who put these ‘‘crooks’’ where they are seem oblivious to their continued treachery. The state constitution is ignored, the power for decision remains in the hands of a select few, i.e. Pataki, Bruno and Silver. Our hard-earned tax money is used to reward friends of campaign contributors. Take a look at health-care issues, education, lack of jobs and problems with basic human needs. See a budget always delayed, programs that suffer, and a Legislature that always votes itself a raise. I resent our state government continually digging a bigger hole of debt. This apathetic, don’t-know, don’t-care attitude of the people of this state needs to change! The state constitution requires voter approval of any new state debt. However our so-called representatives have found a loophole to allow their manipulations to continue. Have we lost our way? Are we so anesthetized to ‘‘business as usual’’ that we can’t see what is happening before our very eyes? When election time rolls around, remember what has transpired. Write or call your local representatives and express your anger, frustration and disgust. Use the tools you have to tell them all: New York state has had enough.

Incensed: : Hey voters! Did you read

about New York slush funds, as reported by Thethe Post-Standard? Nice job, staffers. Are you as incensed as I am over the whole thing? Some people think nothing can be done about it. Folks! Apathy (do nothing) is our worst enemy. Granted, 20 years or more of abuse cannot be fixed in one year; but it’s time to get things started in the right direction by letting our representatives know how we feel. In addition, be sure to remember this report when you go to the polls. — Larry Lemanczyk,  Syracuse

Keep after them! These articles are fantastic. I’m glad to see The Post-Standard at the front line. Keep after them! Let them (the politicians) know things are not going to continue like normal. We will be adopting the Brennan Center’s resolutions. I’m hoping for criminal charges before long. Graft and kickbacks are criminal, I believe. — George P. Hogle,  Liverpool

Wrong priorities: I am appalled that our

politicians can possibly justify the distribution of funds with no accountability and no chance for the voters to be involved in how our tax dollars are spent. What disturbs me further is that the North Area Athletic and Education Center lost some funding. How can it be more important to give $15 million in state grants to build a tourist attraction or $200,000 for an Irish Cottage than to fund a program for 1,300 kids in need of afterschool activities. We need some new people in Albany with better fiscal responsibility. — Karen Wolff,  DeWitt

Racketeering? What informative articles regarding the three elected godfathers of New York state! In any other enterprise, such participants would be charged with racketeering. — David Bean,  Syracuse

What can we do? I read your articles on

New York’s slush funds with great interest. You have assumed the leadership to bring New York back to solvency. How can the citizens slow down careless spending? Vote those responsible out of office? — Joe Greco,  Onondaga Hill

In the toilet: Your paper has done a great expose on the corrupt New York government. You’ve only confirmed what I’ve known (and personally witnessed) for years. This state is in the toilet and there’s no hope. I hope all your readers do as I do at the ballot box this year and vote against every state incumbent up for re-election. Regardless of their party, Sandra K. La Duc it’s truly time to ‘‘throw the bums out.’’ Liverpool

‘Big Three’ use taxpayers as their private bank To the Editor: If my family was in financial trouble, I would cut out the ‘‘extras’’ like vacations, that new TV I wanted, etc., until I was back  on my feet. If I went to the bank to borrow money, the bank might ask me for a list of  my annual expenses. If I mentioned a $100,000 expense called ‘‘slush,’’ do you really think the bank would lend me money?

— Scott Grimshaw,  Marcellus

Speaks for itself: Asked about campaign donations from organizations receiving these massive grants about which the people know little or nothing, Gov. Pataki’s press secretary replied: ‘‘Pataki awards grants on merit. . . . An applicant’s political contributions do not influence the governor.’’ The series speaks for itself. Yet I will be interested in whom The Post-Standard endorses for local, state and national office. — Melvyn Shindler,  Syracuse

Charity should not promote irresponsibility To the Editor: It is time for taxpayers to tell our representatives to stop their foolish mandates and laws. As a taxpayer, I don’t mind paying for food stamps so people can eat. I do mind seeing people buy soda, chips and various snacks with my tax money. I don’t mind paying for Medicare/Medicaid for the less fortunate. I do mind paying for Viagra and fertility drugs so they can reproduce. They can’t pay their own way in this world, but want to bring in more children for others to support. I don’t even mind that low-income people get all their tax dollars back at the end of the year. I do mind that we give them thousands of dollars extra for each child they can’t support. The list of stupid moves could go on and on; but until taxpayers start calling their representatives, nothing will change. Now it’s up to us to take action, before more businesses and people move out of New York.

B. Grevelding North Syracuse

Carriers do deserve praise for being there To the Editor: That was a nice picture Oct. 9. I think it’s great to recognize carriers for the good work they do. They deserve a lot of praise. I also want my carrier to be recognized. He is there just like the mail — rain, snow, shine — only earlier. Going between the parked cars is tough in winter. So say ‘‘Thanks a lot’’ to Ed La Mott.

Irene Miller DeWitt

What SU fans lack is big bucks, not passion To the Editor: Why must we continue to endure letters from people no longer living here bad-mouthing Syracuse University fans? I don’t know how much college football tickets in Georgia cost, but I’m not paying $32 to sit in an upper-level, end-zone seat when the game is on TV. For the record, SU fans don’t lack passion, they lack the money Jake is charging to watch an inferior product.

Thomas Grow Liverpoo

Respect for farmers knows no bounds To the Editor: Thank you for the recent articles featuring the ever-changing challenges facing farmers and agriculture in New York state. As a teacher, I recently had the privilege of getting to know many such individuals. My respect, admiration and love for farmers seems endless. When we yuppies complain about getting up early for work, remember the dairy farmer who got up at 4 a.m. to make sure the cows were milked so we could pour it on our cereal. Remember how many of their bodies are gnarled by farm accidents producing the

food Remember the‘‘me’’ work ethic we theyeat. still hold in this generation. When we move to the country, remember they were there first. Welcome the open expanses that fields of corn or hay provide the eye. Don’t complain about the smell. Remember: Farms need far less taxable services than we do. Farmers are real people who don’t hide behind any political agenda — they are too busy working.

Ann Furze Clay