New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 9 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › Subtitle U - Division of Criminal Justice Services › Chapter V - Neighborhood Preservation Crime Prevention Act › Part 6160 - Neighborhood Preservation Crime Prevention Act Guidelines › Section 6160.1 - Introduction

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a) Experience in
				  community crime prevention programs has shown that the most lasting positive
				  results are achieved when the crime prevention effort is made by the people who
				  inhabit the area affected by the crime problem. Therefore, the funding emphasis
				  for this program will be on neighborhood crime prevention projects done by
				  neighborhood residents on a volunteer basis. Special consideration will also be
				  given to those projects proposing to address crimes against the elderly
				  persons, and youth crime prevention. The "neighborhood" can be a residential
				  one, a business one, or a school one. Proposed projects will also be analyzed
				  in light of their potential for reproduction in other areas of the
				  State.
(b) The overall goals are to
				  encourage neighborhood participation in problem solving and crime prevention
				  and to foster the growth of alliances among existing community organizations,
				  elected officials, the private sector, and law enforcement in their shared
				  responsibility for the control of crime. These in turn result in improved crime
				  reporting, increased understanding of the criminal justice system, increased
				  return of stolen property to owners, and increased willingness to bear witness
				  in court.
(c) Successful projects
				  to date have had several common elements, of which only a few can be written
				  into grant-award contracts. Among these are the extensive involvement of
				  volunteers (trained and organized) in the project, the willingness to help out
				  other programs trying to get started or solve a problem, and an attitude of
				  we-can-help-solve -our-own-problems-together.
(d) Neighborhood volunteers take pride in
				  their work, and feel they have a stake in the project's success and in the
				  improvement of quality of life in the area being served. They are the project's
				  own best advertisement and source of recruitment efforts. Most important, crime
				  goes down and the momentum of their success expands their efforts to other ways
				  of improving their neighborhood (cleaning up the park, helping senior citizens
				  do shopping, getting streetlights repaired, using the school for programs after
				  hours, all week), which reinforce neighborhood cohesiveness and in turn help
				  reduce crime.
(e) Funds made
				  available under this act will be awarded on a competitive, merit basis. The
				  application deadline(s) will be announced well in advance of its (their)
				  occurrence(s), as established each year by the Commissioner of the Division of
				  Criminal Justice Services.
(f)
				  Regardless of the particular crime prevention activity, projects must be based
				  on the substantial participation of people who live/work/attend school in the
				  area being served. They must include volunteers in key roles and the bulk of
				  the project activity must be done on a volunteer basis.
(g) Applicants should also demonstrate, where
				  applicable, what other support and assistance is available in addition to that
				  to be awarded under this act. This would include volunteer support other than
				  the crime prevention activities (hours donated or tasks done); cash donations
				  by individuals, businesses, or groups, for general purposes of the project or
				  specific needs of a project activity; services provided (photocopying, office
				  space, typing, artwork); materials or equipment provided; and the
				  like.