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Community nonprofits request discretionary and capital funds for legal, housing, youth and social‑service programs
Summary
Dozens of Queens nonprofits used the borough budget hearing to request discretionary and capital funding: requests included legal referral support for immigrant children, capital for community centers, supportive‑housing renovations, workforce development, food access and mental‑health residency funding.
A wide array of Queens nonprofit providers presented expense and capital funding requests during the borough’s FY26 preliminary budget hearing.
Sierra Craft, executive director of Eyecare (a coalition providing free legal representation to unaccompanied immigrant children), requested an $5,000 expense allocation to support a centralized legal referral program Eyecare says serves more than 500 youth annually. “Without an attorney, young immigrants only have about a 15 percent chance of winning their case. With the support of Eyecare attorneys, their success rate exceeds…
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