§ 14-03 General Eligibility Requirements.
RCNY § 14-03
Applicants must meet the following eligibility criteria: (a) Eligible Geographic Areas.
(1)Proposed projects must be primarily located within a Designated Service Area identified by DSBS in the Application.
(b)Eligible Recipients. To be eligible to receive grants, an Applicant must at a minimum comply with the following criteria: (1) Applicant must demonstrate a capability to provide Commercial Revitalization activities to a Designated Service Area and advance the goals of the Neighborhood 360 program; (2) Applicant must be incorporated as a not-for-profit corporation and operate, or have the authority to operate, in New York, in accordance with applicable law; (3) Applicant is in compliance with all applicable annual city, state and federal filing requirements that are relevant to the Applicant's type of organization, including New York State Charities Bureau filings; and (4) Applicant does not owe any unpaid taxes to the City or State, is not engaged in any litigation against the City, and, along with any officers, directors or members, has demonstrated the requisite business integrity to receive public tax dollars.
(c)Eligible Activities. All eligible activities must be Commercial Revitalization Activities that generally address the Neighborhood 360 Program needs of a Designated Service Area. Eligible Commercial Revitalization Activities include, but need not be limited to, the following: (1) Neighborhood beautification projects (e.g. landscaping, plantings, public art); (2) Supplemental sanitation and public safety services (e.g. sidewalk cleaning, garbage bagging, security camera installation); (3) Public space activation, maintenance and management (e.g. public plazas/parks/markets); (4) Local branding and marketing campaigns (e.g. shop local campaigns, banners); (5) Production and coordination of local events (e.g. street fairs, festivals, performances, tours); (6) Planning for BID formation or BID boundary expansion; (7) Merchant organizing; (8) Retail recruitment and retention strategy development; (9) Minor physical improvements located in or on publicly owned streets, sidewalks, pathways, right of ways, parks, publicly accessible open spaces or any public facility (e.g. outdoor/street furniture and amenities, lighting, art installations); (10) Neighborhood planning studies; (11) Tracking business and neighborhood conditions; (12) Organizational development (e.g. governance support, strategic planning, performance measurement); (13) General program administration (e.g. staffing).
(d)Applicants must follow any additional eligibility requirements outlined in the Application which will be made available online at www.nyc.gov/sbs or by directly contacting DSBS. (Added City Record 7/29/2016, eff. 8/28/2016)
