$3.5M secured in state funding for Brooklyn libraries
An additional $3.5 million in funding for much-needed renovations and upgrades to Brooklyn’s public libraries has been secured by State Senator Iwen Chu (D–NY) of Dyker Heights, South Slope, Windsor Terrace, Kensington, Sunset Park, Borough Park, Bensonhurst and Gravesend.
According to The City, a local news consortium, as of June 2023, Brooklyn has a $383 million capital shortfall for necessary repairs and maintenance of its buildings.
With the new money allotted, the BPL system will receive $3,522,392 — according to a press statement delivered to the Brooklyn Eagle from the office of Sen. Iwen Chu on Aug. 28 — the second highest among the 197 projects statewide funded by the State Aid for Library Construction Program this year in the 2023-24 state budget.