According to a release from the Pollution Prevention Institute:

“Two Rochester-area agencies, five New York City-based agencies and a Long Island agency will receive this year’s grant awards. The organizations and projects they will be working on with funds from the grants are as follows:

• NCS Community Development Corporation, Rochester: Let’s Do Deconstruction Initiative Project
• Coalition to Prevent Lead Poisoning, Rochester: Healthy Home/Lead Awareness for Parents DVD
• Pratt Center for Community Development, Brooklyn: Retrofit NYC Outreach Training
• East Williamsburg Valley Industrial Development Corporation, Brooklyn: Clean Air for North Brooklyn
• Newtown Creek Alliance, Brooklyn: Green Infrastructure Outreach Initiative
• Green Home NYC, Manhattan: Green Buildings, Green Cities: Waste Prevention
• Center for Health, Environment and Justice, Manhattan: PVC-Free Purchasing for Pollution Prevention
• Citizens Campaign Fund for the Environment, Long Island: Long Island Water Protection Campaign

The New York State Pollution Prevention Institute is housed at Rochester Institute of Technology and provides state-wide, comprehensive and integrated programming in technology research, development and diffusion, training and education aimed at making New York state more sustainable for workers, the public, the environment and the economy. The institute was created in 2008 through a grant from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. Additional partners include Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Clarkson University, State University of New York at Buffalo and New York’s 10 Regional Technology Development Centers.”

To read the entire release click here.