Governor Kathy Hochul today revealed almost $7.6 million will be supplied to 21 animal shelters and gentle societies throughout the state through the New York State Companion Animal Capital Fund, which remains in its 5th round. The financing will support building, remodelling, and growth jobs that will boost animal care and health and help guarantee adoptions for New York’s dogs and cats. As the very first in the country to money capital jobs for animal shelters, New York State continues to show its dedication to protecting safe housing and look after protected dogs and cats as they wait for adoption.
“Animal shelters and gentle societies throughout New York supply necessary look after dogs and cats as they await their brand-new households and permanently houses,” Governor Hochul said. “New York’s Companion Animal Capital Fund is making a genuine distinction for our shelters and gentle societies, and the animals in their care, assisting them make crucial upgrades to much better look after the animals and supply higher assistance for the staff and volunteers that look after them.”
Since the launch of the Companion Animal Capital Fund program in 2017, which is administered by the Department of Agriculture and Markets, the state has actually devoted over $33 million to the program, consisting of funds devoted in this year’s spending plan. The 5th round of moneying granted builds on previous efforts to balance out the expenses connected with capital jobs run by New York State animal shelters, such as refurbishing dog kennels, enhancing medical centers, or building more effective shelters to lower total functional expenses. Projects moneyed this year consist of brand-new home for extra cats, brand-new medical centers, and enhanced outside areas, and shelter remodellings to consist of extra kennels.
Competitive grants were granted to shelters based upon a requirement evaluation, comprehensive job description, and reasonableness of cost. The following shelters are getting an award in this round of the program:
Capital Region
- Albany County Sherriff’s Office (Albany, Albany County): $500,000 to develop an auxiliary animal shelter in collaboration with the Mohawk Hudson Humane Society.
- City of Schenectady (Schenectady, Schenectady County): $200,000 for upgraded bigger kennels.
New York City
- Animal Care & Control of NEW YORK CITY (Manhattan, New York County): $143,175 to equip their brand-new shelter system with upgraded equipment, setup of brand-new kennel tops, a brand-new washer and clothes dryer, and replacement of an aged hot water heater.
- Brooklyn Bridge Animal Welfare Coalition (Brooklyn Heights, Kings County): $164,719.67 for shelter growth, style of cat wards devoted to health and compatibility, setup of windows, and the development of a full-service medical suite.
Mohawk Valley
- Animal Shelter of Schoharie Valley (Howes Cave, Schoharie County): $500,000 for the remodelling of a medical suite and roofing system remodelling.
Southern Tier
- Broome County Humane Society (Binghamton, Broome County): $110,879 to enhance cat housing and dog kennel style, and acquisition of a generator and a grooming basin.
Finger Lakes
- Finger Lakes SPCA of CNY (Auburn, Cayuga County): $482,491.50 for a brand-new center style consisting of heating and cooling system.
- H.S. of Rochester (Lollipop) (Fairport, Monroe County): $500,000 for the redesign of kennels, to increase animal capability, and broaden the seclusion ward.
- Wayne Co. Humane Society (Lyons, Wayne County): $500,000 for a brand-new and upgraded shelter center consisting of brand-new heating and cooling.
- Wyoming Co. (Warsaw, Wyoming County): $318,318 to enhance center style, upgrade mechanical equipment, and supply outside enrichment location.
- Wyoming Co. SPCA (Attica, Wyoming County): $62,825.89 for roofing system replacement, repair work of driveway and parking lot, get cat caging and update record keeping innovation.
Hudson Valley
- Hudson Valley SPCA (Pomona, Rockland County): $200,000 to upgrade dog kennels, change cat enclosures, and boost animal capability.
- Hudson Valley Animal Rescue & Sanctuary (Poughkeepsie, DutchessCounty): $398,495 to increase animal capability consisting of quarantine location.
North Country
- Jefferson Co. SPCA (Watertown, Jefferson County): $200,000 to broaden shelter size and obtain brand-new heating and cooling system.
- Potsdam Humane Society (Potsdam, St. Lawrence County): $100,067 for housing and ecological enhancements, consisting of updates to utility room, caging, heating, and remodelling of floor covering.
- Lewis Co. Humane Society (Lowville, Lewis County): $500,000 for brand-new heating and cooling system, brand-new laundering equipment, development of cat seclusion room, and to fix and update harmed shelter structures.
Long Island
- Town of Oyster Bay (Oyster Bay, Nassau County)- $200,000 for shelter remodelling and brand-new heating and cooling system.
- Town of North Hempstead (Manhasset, Nassau County) – $200,000 for brand-new heating and cooling system.
- Ada Howe Kent Memorial Shelter (Calverton, Suffolk County): $200,000 for brand-new shelter center with seclusion location, consisting of brand-new kennels for dogs and cats.
- Pioneers for Animal Welfare Society (Hicksville, Nassau County): $200,000 for deposit of brand-new center.
Western New York
- Erie County SPCA (W. Seneca, Erie County): $200,000 to enhance kennels and outside workout location, refurbish cat healing and nursery location, obtain brand-new heating and cooling system and security system.
New York State Agriculture Commissioner Richard Ball said, “Animal shelters supply a lot more than simply a sanctuary; from using necessary healthcare to everyday enrichment activities, the hardworking staff at gentle societies, shelters, and SPCAs throughout the state work relentlessly to supply the very best look after dogs and cats while they wait to be embraced into their permanently households. Over the last couple of years, we have actually seen the financing from the Companion Animal Capital Fund go to crucial upgrades and jobs that imply much better look after New York’s animals. We are happy to reveal this latest round, which will build on the successes we have actually seen up until now.”
Executive Director of the New York Animal Protection Federation Libby Post said, “The members of the NYS Animal Protection Federation are so grateful to the Governor and the legislature for making this moneying a reality. We have actually seen the direct outcomes of this financing at shelters throughout the state. New structures, brand-new air handling systems, brand-new kennels and cat condominiums, brand-new facilities that keeps homeless buddy animals healthy so that they’re all set for adoption. Because of the increased attention paid to animal criminal offenses by police in addition to the results of COVID, expulsions and the economy, more animals are entering into our shelters. This has actually put a pressure on the shelters however with this capital financing numerous will have the ability to upgrade and broaden to satisfy these continuous obstacles.”
State Senator Michelle Hinchey said, “Our regional animal shelters exceed and beyond to supply a safe house for the animals in their care, and yet numerous throughout our state remain in significant requirement of capital financing to broaden and upgrade their centers. The Companion Animal Capital Fund contributes in assisting animal shelters make those much-needed enhancements, and I was happy to promote for it in the State Budget. I thank Governor Hochul for making this latest round of grant financing available so that animal shelters throughout New York State can continue to keep animals happy and healthy as they wait for adoption.”
Assemblymember Donna Lupardo said, “The Companion Animal Capital Fund makes life much easier for our shelter animals and their caretakers. The jobs moneyed this year will upgrade and broaden centers to enhance the health and wellness of animals as they await their permanently houses. I’m extremely delighted to see that my own regional shelter in Broome County has actually been granted funds to broaden their work offering a healthy location for buddy animals and an inviting environment for future adopters.”
According to the New York State Animal Protection Federation, more than 150,000 animals each year are given non-profit and municipality-run shelters and gentle societies. The New York State Companion Animal Capital Fund will help these companies continue to supply safeguarding services to regional neighborhoods, promote much better look after the animals, and help with more adoptions.
