$100M Funding Available to Support
Green Infrastructure, Water Projects
ALBANY—New York State officials announced on Monday nearly $100 million in new grant funding to support nature-based and green infrastructure projects designed to reduce flood risk and enhance community resilience to extreme weather.
Two programs—the Resilient Watersheds Grant (RWG) Program, managed jointly by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and New York State Environmental Facilities Corporation, and the Community Resilience and Flood Risk Reduction Grants Program administered by the New York State Department of State—
are part of the state’s investments that provide communities with the resources necessary to strengthen infrastructure, enhance water quality and protect New Yorkers.
The two climate resiliency grant programs are funded through the $4.2-billion Clean Water, Clean Air and Green Jobs Environmental Bond Act of 2022. Both programs are available to eligible municipalities and nonprofit organizations.
Resilient Watersheds Grant (RWG) Program: $60 million is available to advance projects that take a comprehensive approach to build community resilience, reduce flood and ice jam risk, strengthen infrastructure and protect New Yorkers from the impacts of extreme weather. Eligible RWG projects include dam, bridge, culvert and other barrier removal, culvert replacements, stream and floodplain restoration, streambank stabilization and property buyouts. The RWG program is administered jointly by DEC and EFC. RWG builds on the success of DEC’s Resilient NY program, which delivers state-of-the-art studies of flood-prone, high-risk watersheds across the state. Complete information can be found at: https://dos.ny.gov/clean-water-clean-air-and-green-jobs-environmental-bond-act-2022-community-resilience-and-flood
Community Resilience and Flood Risk Reduction Grant Program: $40 million is available through DOS two categories—$20 million for Coastal Rehabilitation and Resilience, which includes projects that will strengthen climate resiliency within, and draining into, the New York State Coastal Area and the Coastal Nonpoint Source Boundary; and $20 million for Inland Flooding and Local Waterfront Revitalization Program Implementation, which includes climate resiliency projects for eligible communities that have participated in the DOS Local Waterfront Revitalization Program. The New York State Coastal Atlas is available here. Additional details on the grant program can be viewed at: https://dos.ny.gov/clean-water-clean-air-and-green-jobs-environmental-bond-act-2022-community-resilience-and-flood
Applications can be submitted through the Consolidated Funding Application (CFA) portal at https://apps.cio.ny.gov/apps/cfa/ and are due by 4 p.m. on Fri., June 26, 2026. Additionally, DOS, DEC and EFC will co-host a live webinar to provide further information on the programs on Tues., April 7, from 10:30 a.m. to 12 noon.
Published: March 31, 2026