Gov. Kathy Hochul on Monday announced 30 awards totaling $25 million to expand health-care services across New York, including Staten Island, helping those with developmental disabilities and addressing longstanding barriers to comprehensive medical and dental care.
The statewide initiative, part of Hochul’s 2025 State of the State and enacted in the FY26 Budget, prioritizes projects that expand dental care access, improves facilities for wheelchair users, creates sensory-friendly environments for neurodiverse patients, and increases specialty health services in underserved areas.
NYU College of Dentistry received the largest award, $5.48 million, to expand its Oral Health Center for People with Disabilities. The funding will create dedicated treatment space for children and adolescents with disabilities and add eight new treatment rooms, nearly doubling clinical capacity. The expansion is expected to serve more than 3,300 pediatric patients with disabilities annually in New York City and surrounding areas…