Bay Ridge Library secures new roof with funding from Borough President
Thursday, August 28 was a great day for Brooklyn, and an even greater day for the Brooklyn Public Library’s Bay Ridge branch – just one of 10 cultural institutions to receive funding from the borough president’s capital budget which, this year, places 37 percent of its funding in the hands of the arts.
“This is really a group effort,” announced Borough President Eric Adams from the second floor of the Bay Ridge Library which, thanks in part to Adams’ $500,000 allocation as well as a separate allocation of $200,000 from Councilmember Vincent Gentile, can finally go ahead with getting a new roof. “When you talk about funding libraries and cultural institutions, we don’t do it alone.”
Adams thanked his colleagues in government for the bi-partisan effort in giving taxpayer dollars back to the taxpayers.