Town Of Niskayuna

Town Of Niskayuna, operating as its Engineering Department, is a U.S. local government entity that acts exclusively as a sub-recipient on federal grant awards, with no prime contract or grant vehicles and no participation in federal procurement vehicles. The town has received four federal grant sub-awards totaling $712 thousand across the past thirteen years, all routed through New York State intermediaries rather than direct federal grants.

The town's federal footprint is split evenly between two customer agencies: the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance (two Byrne JAG sub-awards) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency Headquarters Financial Assistance Awards (two sub-awards). The DOJ awards, dated December 12, 2025 and March 10, 2025, were sub-granted through the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services for law enforcement operations and equipment. The FEMA award, dated March 28, 2024, funded COVID-19 response activities for the period of March 1 through September 14, 2021, and was sub-granted through the New York State Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services.

Activity has been minimal and sporadic. One award appears in 2012; the next award does not surface until 2024, followed by two awards in 2025. The town operates as a subordinate grant recipient only — it does not hold prime contracts, does not sit on federal procurement vehicles, and does not perform subcontract work. The grant work itself is administrative pass-through from state intermediaries to the local government entity for emergency management and public safety spending. Federal contractors seeking teaming relationships, subcontract opportunities, or vehicle participation should not view this vendor as a viable partner for federal procurement work.