Queens College, Queensborough Community College
get emergency funding under American Rescue Plan
TIMESLEDGER | QNS.COM | MAY 21-MAY 27, 2021 5
BY CARLOTTA MOHAMED
Two City University of
New York (CUNY) colleges
in Queens have received
emergency funding under
the American Rescue Plan,
the most recent COVID-19 relief
package that was passed
by Congress and signed into
law by President Biden in
March.
Congresswoman Grace
Meng, who helped to pass
the package, announced
more than $93.6 million
in emergency funding for
colleges, universities and
students in her congressional
district. The funding
includes $51,931,565 for
Queens College in Flushing
and $41,670,718 for Queensborough
Community College
in Bayside.
The funds will help the
local institutions cope with
the severe financial fallout
from the COVID-19 pandemic
and continue safely serving
their students. At least
half of the funding each
institution receives will be
distributed in the form of
emergency cash assistance
grants to students who are
facing hunger, homelessness
and other hardship.
“These critical funds will
be a huge boost to these two
exceptional institutions in
Queens and will provide
needed relief to struggling
students,” Meng said. “Our
students are our future. We
must make needed investments
to ensure that COVID-
19 is not a barrier to them
finishing their studies. I am
glad to see that funding from
the American Rescue Plan
continues to make its way to
my district.”
The American Rescue
Plan provides $36 billion for
nearly 3,500 public and private,
nonprofit colleges and
universities nationwide.
Queens College President
Frank Wu said the funds
will benefit students eligible
for federal financial aid with
emergency grants to help
cover expenses associated
with any component of the
student’s cost of attendance
or for emergency costs that
arise due to COVID-19, such
as tuition, food, housing,
healthcare (including mental
health care) or childcare.
It will also assist the college
in offsetting any detrimental
effects caused by the
pandemic including revenue
loss and extraordinary pandemic
related expenses.
“We are deeply appreciative
to New York’s federal and
local legislators, especially
Congresswoman Grace Meng
— a devoted friend of the college
— for their continued
support of our mission to
educate a talented, diverse
and hardworking student
population,” Wu said.
Queensborough Community
College President Dr.
Christine Mangino shared
Wu’s sentiments, saying
they are “deeply grateful”
to Meng for her tireless
support of QCC and public
higher education.
“The American Rescue
Plan will help to ensure that
our students can continue
to achieve their dreams of
earning a college degree and
successfully enter the workforce,
or continue their studies
at some of the best colleges
and universities across
the country,” Mangino said.
Reach reporter Carlotta
Mohamed by e-mail at cmohamed@
schnepsmedia.com
or by phone at (718) 260–
4526.
Queensborough Community College in Bayside.
Photo courtesy of Queensborough Community College
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