NYC-Area Abortion Providers Receive $10M To Expand: Hochul

NEW YORK CITY — New York City-area abortion providers will get $10 million as the state positions itself as a national "safe harbor" for women seeking the procedure after Roe v. Wade's reversal, said Gov. Kathy Hochul.

Hochul announced Tuesday that 13 downstate programs with 63 clinics and facilities will receive the first awards from a new state abortion provider fund.

Providers are expected to use the money to expand capacity as states across the nation enact abortion bans after the Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade, she said.

"We want them to hire more people," she said.

"We're at the very beginning of what we believe will be a major influx of people in search of women's health care."

The awardees are, according to the Governor's Office:

• Long Island Jewish Medical Center: two clinics
• Nassau Health Care Corporation: one clinic
• New York City Health & Hospitals Corporation - Harlem: one clinic
• New York City Health & Hospitals Corporation - Jacobi: one clinic
• New York City Health & Hospitals Corporation - Kings: one clinic
• New York City Health & Hospitals Corporation - Lincoln: one clinic
• Planned Parenthood of Central and Western NY Inc.: nine clinics
• Planned Parenthood of Greater New York: 23 clinics
• Planned Parenthood Hudson Peconic, Inc.: 10 clinics
• Planned Parenthood of North Country New York Inc.: seven clinics
• Public Health Solutions: two clinics
• Staten Island University Hospital: three clinics
• Upper Hudson Planned Parenthood: three clinics

The next round of awards will be $15 million for independent clinics, Hochul said.

Security grants will also be awarded soon as New York officials anticipate threats against abortion providers and women traveling across state lines to increase, Hochul said. She anticipated cases to come from other states such as Texas with a private right of action that allow private citizens to sue women who seek abortions or help another person get one.

"It's still surreal to anticipate that there could be vigilantes out there hunting down women, and that trail may lead them to New York," she said. "It may lead them to one of our providers."