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Federal grants to New York State Department of Motor Vehicles

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New York State Department of Motor Vehicles in Albany, New York received $23.3 million in federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, across 4 awards. Its largest program was Commercial Driver's License Program Implementation Grant, with $23.3 million. In fiscal 2025 more was taken back from its awards than added, a net -$838,200.

From USAspending.gov award records, updated November 7, 2026.

By year

Federal grants to New York State Department of Motor Vehicles by fiscal year
Fiscal yearAwardsAmount
FY 20211$4.1 million
FY 20221$5.4 million
FY 20231$7.3 million
FY 20241$7.3 million
FY 20250-$838,200

An award funded in several years counts in each of them, so yearly awards add up to more than the five-year total.

Programs that fund New York State Department of Motor Vehicles

Every program, fiscal 2021 to 2025
ProgramAwardsAmount
Commercial Driver's License Program Implementation Grant 20.2324$23.3 million

Awarding agencies

AgencyAwardsAmount
Department of Transportation4$23.3 million

Largest awards

The 4 largest awards by money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025
AwardProgramFirst actionAmount
The purpose of this award to the New York state department of motor vehicles is to support training skills test examiners, contracting to change to the modernized skills test, programming for school bus driver restrictions, translating knowledge tests and driver manuals for additional two languages
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Commercial Driver's License Program Implementation GrantSeptember 14, 2023$7.3 million
The purpose of this award to the New York state department of motor vehicles is to maintain proper staffing levels to administer and monitor large volumes of cdl tests in accordance with fmcsas cdl testing and clp standards performed statewide by third-party partners in accordance with fmcsas cdl te
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Commercial Driver's License Program Implementation GrantSeptember 23, 2024$7.3 million
The purpose of this award is to provide funding to the New York state department of motor vehicles to hire 12 senior motor vehicle license examiners mvles to ensure that third party examiners are complying with testing standards hire 36 additional state examiners to continue supporting skills testin
ASST_NON_69A3602240854CDL0NY_069 on USAspending
Commercial Driver's License Program Implementation GrantJuly 20, 2022$6.3 million
FY2021 cdlpi grant program
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Commercial Driver's License Program Implementation GrantSeptember 14, 2021$4.1 million

Amounts are net obligations: money committed, minus any amounts taken back. They are not payments. See how our data works.

Questions people ask

How much federal grant money does New York State Department of Motor Vehicles get?

$23.3 million in 4 grant awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025, as obligations reported to USAspending.gov.

Which agency gives New York State Department of Motor Vehicles the most?

The Department of Transportation, with $23.3 million in 4 awards.

What is New York State Department of Motor Vehicles's largest federal grant?

$7.3 million under Commercial Driver's License Program Implementation Grant, with its first action in the period on September 14, 2023. That counts only the money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025.

Other grant recipients in Albany

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