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Commuter Railroads Combine for Record Day
May 22, 2025 | 4:45 PM EDTGovernor Hochul announced the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s two commuter railroads — the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) and Metro-North Railroad — each broke post-pandemic ridership records on Tuesday, May 20 with the LIRR carrying 285,050 riders and the Metro-North Railroad carrying 255,638 riders.
Supporting New York State Arts and Culture
May 22, 2025 | 3:55 PM EDTGovernor Hochul announced that the FY 2026 opportunity guidelines for $81.5 million in New York State Council on the Arts grants are now available for nonprofit arts and culture organizations and individual artists across New York State.
More Than $37 Million for Local Water Infrastructure Projects
May 22, 2025 | 1:52 PM EDTGovernor Hochul announced the Environmental Facilities Corporation Board of Directors approved over $37 million in financial assistance for water infrastructure improvement projects across New York State.
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Governor Hochul announced new statewide crime data and highlighted the need for public safety investments and reforms included in her Fiscal Year 2024 budget.
La Gobernadora Hochul anunció hoy que el Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños de Hunter College y el Instituto de Estudios Dominicanos de City College recibirán $3 millones para apoyar operaciones e iniciativas en curso en sus instituciones para preservar la cultura y la historia de los neoyorquinos latinos.
La gobernadora Hochul anunció hoy que Thruway Authority comenzará un proyecto multimodal de $13,9 millones a lo largo de la ruta 9 de South Broadway en el pueblo de Tarrytown en el condado de Westchester.
Governor Hochul announced that the Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College and the Dominican Studies Institute at City College will receive $3 million to support ongoing operations and initiatives at their institutions to preserve the culture and history of Latino New Yorkers.
La gobernadora Hochul anunció hoy que se otorgaron $13,5 millones a 14 proyectos a través de la tercera ronda de la competencia Buildings of Excellence de más de $48 millones que reconoce el diseño, la construcción y la operación de edificios multifamiliares limpios, resistentes y con bajas emisiones de carbono o neutrales en carbono.
Governor Hochul announced that the Thruway Authority will commence a $13.9 million multimodal project along South Broadway Route 9 in the Village of Tarrytown in Westchester County.
Governor Hochul hosted a community roundtable with local leaders and elected representatives in Central New York, led by administration officials, to discuss the New York Housing Compact.
Governor Hochul announced $13.5 million was awarded to 14 projects through the third round of the more than $48 million Buildings of Excellence Competition recognizing the design, construction and operation of clean, resilient, and low-carbon or carbon neutral multifamily buildings.
La gobernadora Hochul anunció hoy que Schrödinger, Inc., cuya plataforma computacional basada en la física está transformando la forma en que se descubren las terapias y los materiales, invertirá $7,6 millones para expandir las operaciones en su sede en la ciudad de Nueva York.
Governor Hochul announced the start of construction on Huntington Apartments, a $24 million adaptive re-use of the 19th-century era Huntington Building in Seneca Falls.