Throggs Neck Houses on track for upgrades and safety improvements with state aid. – Three NYCHA complexes in the Bronx will get nearly $4 million in state grants to bolster safety measures and upgrades, officials said. The money will be spread across the Sack Wern, Pelham Parkway, and Throggs Neck public housing developments, said state Sen. Jeff Klein, who helped secure the funds.

“The residents of these buildings were in need of long overdue upgrades to their kitchen facilities, required additional safety lighting, and requested help with their grounds,” Klein (D-Throggs Neck) said in a statement. “These improvements will go a long way to not only enhancing the quality of life for these working families, but ensuring their safety as well,” he added.

More than $2 million will be used to install lighting in common areas at the Pelham Parkway Houses, where security cameras were recently installed.

Pelham Parkway Houses will benefit from state grants. Another $400,000 will go toward updating appliances at the Sack Wern Houses, and $1.5 million will be used to construct a baseball field at the Throggs Neck Houses.

“It has been years since NYCHA has seen funding from the state,” said City Councilman Ritchie Torres, whose mother lives in the Throggs Neck Houses. “The senator’s commitment… is the beginning of a new era of state reinvestment in public housing,” he said.