UWS Got Millions In NYC's 2023 Budget: Here's Where It's Going

UPPER WEST SIDE, NY — The record-high $101 billion budget passed by the City Council on Monday includes millions of dollars coming to the Upper West Side.

The local funding includes improvements to schools, museums, and parks in the neighborhood.

The majority of the money secured for the UWS was sponsored by Council Member Gale Brewer.

Among the entities receiving the most money from the budget include local firehouses, Dinasaur Playground in Riverside Park, and the American Museum of Natural History.

Patch combed through the budget to find all the areas and organizations on the Upper West Side where budget money will be going.

Aging

• Metropolitan New York Coordinating Council On Jewish Poverty: $75,000

Schools

• Sarah Anderson and the Center School Auditorium: $115,000
• The Emily Dickinson School Auditorium: $155,000
• Lillian Weber School of the Arts Ventilation Improvement: $100,000
• Richard Rodgers School Science Classroom Conversion: $50,000
• Jessie Isador Straus Student Bathroom Upgrades: $300,000
• The Center School Technology Upgrades: $117,000
• The Computer School Technology Upgrades: $100,000
• Lafayette Academy Technology Upgrades: $50,000
• Community Action School Technology: $100,000
• West End Secondary School Media Center: $100,000
• The Maxine Greene High School Technology Upgrade: $50,000
• Manhattan School For Children Smart Boards: $50,000
• UA School For Green Careers Hydroponics Lab: $125,000
• PS 452 Auditorium Upgrade: $100,000
• Law, Advocacy & Community HS Technology Upgrade: $100,000
• Manhattan Hunter High School Technology Upgrade: $50,000
• Special Music School A+ Mobile Stem Lab: $50,000

Fire Department

• FDNY Engine 40 (131 Amsterdam Ave.): $100,000 in 2023 + $1.1M in 2024
• FDNY Engine 74 (120 W. 83rd Street) $100,000 in 2023 + $1.1M in 2024

Housing Preservation & Development

• West Side Federation For Senior And Supportive Housing: $250,000
• Strykers Bay Apartment Repairs: $100,000
• The Fortune Society Residence Conversion: $600,000
• The Fortune Society Supportive Housing: $240,000
• Encore Community Service Residence Renovations: $100,000
• John Jay College Of Criminal Justice WiFi Upgrade: $90,000

New York Public Library

• NYPL Technology Upgrade For All Upper West Side branches: $100,000

Parks And Recreation

• Riverside Park Stairwell Reconstruction: $600,000
• Sol Bloom Playground Renovations (West 91st Street): $3.18M
• Dinosaur Playground Improvements In Riverside Park: $5.9M
• Central Park Conservatory Harlem Meer Center Renovations: $100,000
• Parks: Tree And Tree Guards For Upper West Side: $250,000
• Riverside Park: $901,000
• City Parks Foundation: $75,000

Police

• Security Cameras For Upper West Side: $320,000

Cultural Affairs

• New-York Historical Society New LGBTQ+ Museum: $93,000
• Seaport Museum Entrance Construction: $75,000
• Symphony Space Livestream and Recording Equipment: $69,000
• NYC Ballet Sound System: $75,000
• American Museum of Natural History Roof Restoration: $100,000
• American Museum of Natural History: $6M
• Children's Museum of Manhattan: $4.5M