New York City Mayor Eric Adams and Council Speaker Adrienne Adams will announce a new pilot initiative to expedite the city’s discretionary funding process. Launching this fall, the Discretionary Grant Pilot will replace the city’s traditional contract process with direct grant agreements for approximately 100 organizations.

"Non-profits provide essential services to New Yorkers through city contracts and funding, but far too often are paid late for their work and forced to shoulder excessive administrative burdens,” said Speaker Adams in a news release coming out Thursday. “This new Council discretionary grant pilot program, in partnership with Mayor Adams' administration, will remove excessive barriers to get non-profits their funding faster and with less red tape.”

With the pilot elim

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