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Affordable housing initiatives combined with library development
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Tony Marx discusses the New York Public Library's plans to combine library development with affordable housing initiatives, maximizing the use of library properties.
- Mentions eagerness to produce new libraries with housing built on top
- Highlights the Inwood library project with 75 units of 100% affordable housing
- Expresses intention to utilize air rights above libraries for the first time
- Notes plans to move forward with similar projects on Grand Concourse and Bloomingdale at 100th Street
- Emphasizes administration's agreement with this approach
Tony Marx
0:24:03
We want to do more that includes colocation.
0:24:08
We are, again, with Brooklyn and Queens inspiring us, eager to produce new libraries and housing on top of those.
0:24:20
Inwood, where I grew up, has a new library with a 75 units of a % affordable housing.
0:24:31
We are looking forward that's the first time we've ever used our air above the libraries.
0:24:37
We wanna do more of that, and we are so delighted that the administration agrees with us on this.
0:24:45
So we are ready to move on the Grand Concourse.
0:24:49
We're ready to move on Bloomingdale at a Hundredth Street, and we are looking for more opportunities.