New York City will receive $80.8 million of the $175 million allocated to the state from the national American Recovery and Reinvestment Act that Congress passed in February, according to a statement released Thursday by the office of U.S. Senator Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.).

Columbia has requested stimulus funds for its $7 billion Manhattanville

campus expansion project, which university officials say is expected

to proceed as planned despite the recession.

The millions in funding announced Thursday is part of the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant program, which "will provide formula grants for projects that reduce total energy use and fossil fuel emissions, and improve energy efficiency nationwide," the Schumer statement explained.

The project is a part of the U.S. Green Building Council's "Leadership

in Energy and Environmental Design" pilot program and of Mayor

Michael Bloomberg's PlaNYC Challenge Partner program, which means Columbia has committed to reduce its greenhouse-gas emissions

by 30 percent over the next decade.