Bronx school projects granted a third of total capital improvement budget

Ruben Diaz

Bronx schools are set to receive $12.2 million for capital
improvements, according to the New York Daily News, approximately a
third of the total amount allocated for local infrastructure
improvement in the borough’s 2011 fiscal year budget. Schools just
edged out housing initiatives, which are set to receive $9.58 million
— about 25 percent of the capital improvement funds. Bronx Borough
President Ruben Diaz said that his office is aiming to upgrade
educational facilities across the board. “My office will continue to do
everything that it can to make sure that Bronx students have the best
possible facilities in which to learn,” Diaz said. Among the earmarked
projects in the 2011 budget are a green roof for Public School 71
Pelham Bay and a new Westchester Square library branch. [NYDN]

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