City Hall is rolling out a new pilot program aimed at cutting red tape and speeding up payments for small nonprofits.

Mayor Eric Adams and City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams on Aug. 21 announced the Discretionary Grant Pilot, which will launch in fall 2025 and replace the lengthy contract process with direct grant agreements. The initiative will start with about 100 nonprofits that each receive $25,000 or less in City Council discretionary funding.

“When nonprofits thrive, our city and our people thrive. New York City’s nonprofits do the work millions of our city’s residents rely on — delivering meals to seniors, providing legal services to immigrants, connecting people to housing, caring for our young people and so much more," said Mayor Adams. "In order to ensure that these organizati

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