Hell's Kitchen Got Millions In NYC's 2022 Budget: Here's Where

HELL'S KITCHEN, NY — The record-high $99 billion budget passed by the City Council last week includes millions of dollars flowing to Hell's Kitchen.

Billed as a "recovery budget" by Mayor Bill de Blasio and Council Speaker Corey Johnson, the spending package for the 2022 fiscal year — which starts Oct. 1 of this year — was bolstered by billions of dollars in federal stimulus funds.

Besides major citywide items like a $15 million "baby bonds program" and $4 million for CUNY scholarships, the budget also includes smaller neighborhood funding allocated by Hell’s Kitchen’s Council member: Speaker Johnson.

Patch reviewed the 2022 capital budget document and picked out some notable neighborhood funds:

Parks

Hell's Kitchen parks:

• High Line Renovations: $2,900,000
• Pier 84 Dog Run, Hudson River Park: $105,000
• Clinton Cove Sculpture, Hudson River Park: $105,000

Chelsea parks:

• Chelsea Park: $1,600,000
• Hudson River Park Trust — Chelsea waterside: $250,000,
• Chelsea waterside Phase II: $1,000,000

Schools

School technology upgrades:

• P.S. 51 Elias Howe: $60,000
• High School for Environmental Studies: $50,000
• Beacon High School: $50,000
• City Knoll Middle School: $77,000

Other funding:

• High School for Environmental Studies — new water fountains: $50,000
• P.S. 111 Adolph S. Ochs: $100,000 (unspecified project)

Other projects:

• The Dorothy Ross Friedman Residence — new fire safety system: $250,000
• Columbus Branch Library: $300,000 (unspecified project)

Theater:

• Playwrights Horizons: $72,000
• Second Stage Theatre — Hayes Theater envelope restoration: $350,000

The separate expense budget also includes many smaller allocations to neighborhood groups like Hartley House, the 52nd Street Project and Chekpeds.

To search through the full list of projects Johnson sponsored in District 3, search his name in the expense budget or capital budget documents.

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