§ 43-1423 Grant Disbursements and Administration.
RCNY § 43-1423
a. Administration of grants. The grant administration contractor shall review all invoices and all other documents provided by the applicant pursuant to this subchapter prior to awarding grant funds, in order to ensure that services and/or activities comply with this subchapter. b. Disbursement of grants.
1.Grants are payable to the grantee or the qualified vendor, except that a green property certification grant is payable to the vendor who produced the certification plaque and a green job training grant may be paid to a workforce development organization or to a contractor associated with a project at a remedial site or to a party on an environmental project recognized by the Office that employs a participant from a workforce development organization for full-time work. A community based organization conducting place-based community brownfield planning can receive the technical assistance grant or the BOA local match grant on a lump sum basis if the organization has an executed agreement with the Office.
2.Grants are distributed on a first-come, first-served basis and based on available appropriations.
3.Enrollment grants may be reimbursed in the year following the award year if funds are no longer available in the award year and are available in the subsequent year.
4.Pre-development and environmental investigation grants are awarded subject to the grant award limits pursuant to 43 RCNY § 43-1422 and subject to the grant payment percentage limit applied to eligible costs for approved services and activities in schedule B. A preferred community development project where the developer is a not-for-profit corporation is not subject to the grant payment percentage limit. (Amended City Record 12/28/2015, eff. 1/27/2016; amended City Record 3/21/2019, eff. 4/20/2019)
