Brooklyn Public Library partners with city on fair housing plan education program

August 7, 2024 Brooklyn Eagle Staff

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BOROUGHWIDE — THE BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY IS COLLABORATING with New York City’s other two library systems and the Department of Housing Preservation & Development on the Where We Live NYC comprehensive fair housing plan. The project, which began on Aug. 1, provides information on the plan and allows them to engage with interactive displays, events and resources in 21 branches of the Brooklyn Public Library (BPL), New York Public Library (NYPL) and Queens Public Library (QPL) systems. This 6-week campaign at City libraries is part of a broader public engagement plan that includes conversations with fair housing stakeholder organizations, public workshops and a collaboration with youth filmmakers to produce videos on fair housing issues.

Informed by feedback from this public engagement, HPD and its agency partners will then use the information and feedback from the public engagement process to update the Where We Live NYC plan. Set for release in fall 2025, the new plan will incorporate new data on segregation and housing discrimination and will introduce bold new strategies to advance opportunity for all New Yorkers. The Central Library at Grand Army Plaza, and six other BPL branches will participate, including Brooklyn Heights, Crown Heights (New York Ave.), Flatbush (Linden Blvd). Kings Bay (Nostrand Ave.), New Lots and Sunset Park (42nd St.)

The Where We Live NYC 2025 plan will be the first step towards implementing Local Law 167, which establishes a “Fair Housing Framework for New York City” that Mayor Eric Adams signed in 2023.

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