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Sep 22, 2026

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Governor's OfficeTIER 1

Hochul opens Climate Week with $80M in EFC water grants: $35M awarded now (NYCHA Dyckman Houses $6.7M, Long Beach $6.1M, Lewis County $2.3M for stormwater; $16.8M Green Innovation grants to eight projects from Buffalo to Westchester; $3.1M in engineering-planning grants for 63 local wastewater projects) and a $45M Green Resiliency round opening for applications in October

Sept. 21 release. Green Resiliency Grants are funded by the 2022 $4.2B Environmental Bond Act; Green Innovation and planning grants come from the Clean Water State Revolving Fund. The release ties the awards to the FY27 budget's $3.75B water-infrastructure plan and claims $10.6B committed to clean-water projects since 2021. Announcement, not a new appropriation.

Aug 7, 2026

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Governor's Office / LongIsland.comTIER 3

Hochul announces $434M in water infrastructure financing and grants, framed as affordability

EFC board approved $434M in low-cost financing and state/federal grants for water and sewer projects statewide on Aug 7, including $361M for 11 NYC drinking water and sewer projects (City Tunnel No. 3 shafts, Kensico-Eastview tunnel, Hillview Reservoir cover). Hochul cast it in affordability terms: "Affordability means investing before problems become crises." First installment of the $3.75B clean water plan in the FY2027 budget; release notes federal IIJA supplemental funding to the State Revolving Funds ceases this year.