DASNY Press Releases

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced the grand opening of the SBH Binghamton Evaluation Center, a new addiction treatment facility at the former Broome County Developmental Center. The facility will include 50 Medically Supervised Withdrawal and Stabilization beds, also referred to as Detox beds, and will operate 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services is providing $1.5 million in annual operational funding for the program. Syracuse Behavioral Health was selected as the facility operator through a Broome County Request for Proposals process.
New York State Homes and Community Renewal and the Independent Living Center of the Hudson Valley today announced that the final phase of the Center’s $900,000 renovation is complete, allowing the organization to expand and better serve more than 1,500 people each year seeking support for a variety of physical, intellectual, and emotional disabilities. The work was accomplished with $500,000 from HCR and made the building more accessible and sustainable.
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced the award of nearly $700 million in funding to One Brooklyn Health - a new unified health care system - to support the state's ongoing efforts to transform the health care system and increase access to quality care throughout Central Brooklyn.
ALBANY, N.Y. -- Gerrard P. Bushell, President and CEO of The Dormitory Authority of the State of New York (DASNY), announced today that the Johnson City, Whitney Point and Waverly Central School Districts are among nine districts in the Southern Tier Region that will collectively achieve $2.5 million in net present value savings as a result of DASNY’s refunding more than $47 million of their outstanding bonds.
ALBANY, N.Y. -- Gerrard P. Bushell, President and CEO of The Dormitory Authority of the State of New York (DASNY), announced today that the East Irondequoit and Brockport Central School Districts are among six districts in the Finger Lakes Region that will collectively achieve $2.3 million in net present value savings as a result of DASNY’s refunding more than $28 million of their outstanding bonds.
ALBANY, N.Y. -- Gerrard P. Bushell, President and CEO of The Dormitory Authority of the State of New York (DASNY), announced today that the Norwich, Oswego, and Greene Central School Districts are among ten districts in the Central New York Region that will collectively achieve $3.8 million in net present value savings as a result of DASNY’s refunding more than $70 million of their outstanding bonds.
ALBANY, N.Y. -- Gerrard P. Bushell, President and CEO of the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York (DASNY), announced today that the City School District of Albany is among five districts in the Capital Region that will collectively achieve nearly $1.5 million in net present value savings as a result of DASNY’s refunding nearly $30 million of their outstanding bonds.
ALBANY, N.Y. -- Gerrard P. Bushell, President and CEO of The Dormitory Authority of the State of New York (DASNY), announced today that the Indian River, Lowville Academy, and Ticonderoga Central School Districts are among seven districts in the North Country Region that will collectively achieve $2.3 million in net present value savings as a result of DASNY’s refunding more than $47 million of their outstanding bonds.
ALBANY, N.Y. -- Gerrard P. Bushell, President and CEO of The Dormitory Authority of the State of New York (DASNY), announced today that the Amsterdam, Rome, and Fort Plain Central School Districts are among 11 districts in the Mohawk Valley Region that will collectively achieve $2.4 million in net present value savings as a result of DASNY’s refunding more than $46 million of their outstanding bonds.
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced the completion of a $5.6 million supportive housing development for chronically homeless individuals living with HIV and AIDS. The new 26,000-square-foot Albany Damien Center will provide 20 permanent supportive apartments - 18 studio apartments and two one-bedroom apartments - for 22 chronically homeless people living with HIV/AIDS.