Here are five notes:
1. The Caring Neighborhoods initiative will put $20 million toward building 13 new health centers. The funding will expand some existing health centers as well.
2. The Health and Hospital Corporation will use $12 million of the funding to build five centers in Brooklyn, Staten Island, Manhattan and Queens. Six centers in the Bronx, Brooklyn and Queens will expand.
3. The Health and Hospital Corporation expects to start the projects in mid-2016 and finish at the end of 2017.
4. The New York City Economic Development Corporation plans to award $8 million for the creation of eight health centers in underserved areas.
5. Mayor de Blasio is pushing for new health centers as part of his campaign initiatives.
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