$444 Million In COVID-19 Funds Coming To LI, Queens Colleges​​

WASHINGTON, DC — Over $444 million in emergency funding from the American Rescue Plan is on its way to colleges, universities, and students across Long Island and Queens to help with the financial fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. Rep. Thomas Suozzi announced Wednesday.

About half of the funding received by each public and private non-profit institution receives, and all funding received by for-profit institutions must be spent on emergency cash assistance grants to students who are facing financial difficulty, hunger, and other hardship, according to a news release. The funding will also help colleges and universities safely re-open, which will “boost local businesses that rely on the student and faculty population,” Suozzi said.

The American Rescue Plan has set aside $36 billion for nearly 3,500 public and private, nonprofit colleges and universities across the United States.

“The pandemic has made financial uncertainty for students much worse,” said Suozzi, whose constituency includes the north shore from eastern Queens to Suffolk County. “This plan requires that most of this funding must be used to assist college students facing financial difficulties. Help is on the way.”

Here’s a list of the funding, which includes an asterisk next to the names of schools in Suozzi’s congressional district.

The breakdown for Long Island is as follows:

• State University of New York at Stony Brook: $53,830,978
• Suffolk County Community College: $45,320,205
• Nassau Community College: $38,449,409
• State University of New York at Farmingdale:$22,254,442
• Long Island University: $21,809,870*
• SUNY College at Old Westbury: $16,804,964*
• Hofstra University: $16,107,212
• Adelphi University: $14,720,577
• New York Institute of Technology: $12,170,280*
• Saint Joseph's College: $10,975,629
• Molloy College: $8,959,688
• New York College of Health Professions: $1,640,624*
• United States Merchant Marine Academy: $1,388,228*
• VEEB Nassau County School of Practical Nursing: $1,010,811*
• Western Suffolk BOCES: $1,133,708Rabbinical College of Long Island: $454,931
• New York College of Traditional Chinese Medicine: $189,202
• Shor Yoshuv Rabbinical College: $184,610
• Webb Institute: $88,362*

Total: $267,493,730

Here’s the breakdown for Queens:

• CUNY Queens College: $51,931,565
• CUNY LaGuardia Community College: $48,792,766
• Queensborough Community College‐CUNY: $41,670,718
• CUNY York College: $24,529,339
• Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology: $6,344,498
• Metropolitan Learning Institute: $2,437,292
• Rabbinical Seminary of America: $637,111
• CUNY School of Law: $417,451
• Beis Medrash Heichal Dovid: $243,820
• Yeshiva Shaar Hatorah-Grodno: $110,014
• Yeshiva of Far Rockaway Derech Ayson: $58,297
• Yeshiva Zichron Aryeh: $32,582

Total: $177,205,453

A full list of funds released for colleges and universities across New York State can be found here.

Suozzi encouraged any students who are experiencing financial difficulty due to COVID-19 to contact their educational institutions for more information about how they can apply for an emergency grant.

Updated guidance from the Department of Education can be found here, outlining who can apply for the funding, how the funds can be used, and the specifies for all the students enrolled on or after March 13, 2020, the date of the declaration of the national emergency, and their eligibility to receive emergency grants.

More information about the funding can be found if you click here.