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12 Stones Global · Kilo Aupuni · New York City · Federal Dollars
Federal Money Flowing into New York City
Federal grants, contracts, and intergovernmental transfers from the U.S. federal government to New York City — the largest federal-to-city transfer recipient in the United States. NYC receives $10–15B+ in federal aid annually across transit, Medicaid, housing, education, and infrastructure programs. Sourced from USASpending.gov and federal agency program data.
$10–15B+
federal aid per year
$32B+
ARPA / COVID federal aid
MTA
largest US transit recipient
Medicaid
largest single federal stream
Source: USASpending.gov (federal award data, public record) · NYC Office of Management & Budget (nyc.gov/omb) · Federal Transit Administration (transit.dot.gov) · HUD CDBG program data. All figures are sourced from official federal and city public records. Full live query: USASpending → New York County ↗
Medicaid — largest federal stream
HHS / CMS — Medicaid (FMAP)
$5B+/yr (NYC share)
Federal Medicaid matching (FMAP) to New York City. New York City is home to approximately 3.5 million Medicaid enrollees. The federal government matches state and city Medicaid spending at approximately 50% FMAP (the federal match rate for New York). NYC’s total Medicaid spend is ~$10B annually; federal share is approximately $5B+. This is by far the largest single federal-to-city funding stream. Administered through NYS DOH and tracked in OMB budget.
Source: NYC OMB Executive Budget ↗ · CMS FMAP data (cms.gov)
Federal Transit Administration (MTA)
DOT / FTA — MTA New York City Transit
$2–4B/yr capital + operations
FTA formula and discretionary grants to MTA. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is the largest FTA grant recipient in the United States. MTA receives: FTA Section 5307 (urbanized area formula grants, ~$2B/yr), FTA Capital Investment Grants for major projects (CBTC modernization, accessibility upgrades, new cars), and disaster recovery grants. The MTA also received approximately $14.5B in COVID-era federal CARES/ARP emergency grants. FTA awards are tracked on USASpending.gov.
Source: FTA Capital Investment Grants ↗ · MTA Capital Program · USASpending.gov
Housing — HUD programs
HUD — CDBG + Section 8 + NYCHA
$2B+/yr (HUD to NYC)
HUD programs to New York City: (1) CDBG: NYC receives approximately $200M/yr in Community Development Block Grant funds for neighborhood revitalization, housing rehab, and public services. (2) Housing Choice Vouchers (Section 8): NYC Housing Authority administers ~90,000 federally funded vouchers worth $1.2B+/yr. (3) NYCHA Capital Fund: HUD provides $300–400M/yr for NYCHA public housing capital improvements. (4) HOME Investment Partnerships: ~$50M/yr. Full program data at hud.gov/grantees.
Source: HUD CPD budget ↗ · NYC OMB
ARPA / COVID recovery
Treasury — ARPA SLFRF
~$5.8B direct
American Rescue Plan Act State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds. New York City received approximately $5.8B in direct SLFRF allocations from the American Rescue Plan (2021). The funds were allocated across: COVID response and public health (~$1.5B), infrastructure and water ($1B+), housing and homelessness services ($800M), economic development ($600M), and government services ($1.9B). Treasury publishes quarterly recovery plan reports by recipient. NYC’s ARPA spending plan at nyc.gov/omb.
Source: Treasury SLFRF ↗ · NYC OMB ARPA tracker
Education — Title I & IDEA
ED — Title I + IDEA
$800M+/yr
Federal education grants to NYC DOE (largest school district in US). NYC Department of Education (1.1M students, 1,800+ schools) receives: Title I (low-income schools): ~$600M/yr; IDEA (students with disabilities): ~$200M/yr. Additional ED grants: Title III (English learners), Title IV (well-rounded ed), Perkins CTE. All ED grants to NYC are tracked by NYSED and published in the NYC DOE budget.
Source: DOE grants ↗ · NYC DOE Grants Finance · NYSED
Live federal award query
Full federal awards to New York City across all agencies and years: USASpending.gov → City of New York ↗. Machine-readable API: api.usaspending.gov (no auth required).
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