{"id":432618,"date":"2025-12-08T05:51:29","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T05:51:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/432618\/"},"modified":"2025-12-08T05:51:29","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T05:51:29","slug":"50-million-gift-to-new-york-public-library-will-support-adult-education-programs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/432618\/","title":{"rendered":"$50 million gift to New York Public Library will support adult education programs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Readers and patrons of the New York Public Library<\/a> have a gift to be excited about this holiday season \u2013 a $50 million donation from a pair of culture-loving philanthropists.<\/p>\n

Just months after giving $50 million to promote contemporary dance at Manhattan\u2019s Lincoln Center, philanthropists Lynne and Richard Pasculano<\/a> announced that they were giving an equal amount to endow the library\u2019s adult education programs.<\/p>\n

Library officials said the early Christmas present could not have come at a better time. The adult education programs support English-as-a-second-language courses, workforce development and digital tech literacy, all of which have been in high demand since the influx of migrants over the last several years.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis extraordinary gift will open so many doors of opportunity for New Yorkers and greatly advance the library\u2019s mission to foster lifelong learning,\u201d said NYPL President and CEO Anthony Marx.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are immensely grateful to our longtime donors Lynne and Richard Pasculano for their support, vision, and generosity. The New York Public Library was built on a foundation of philanthropy, and Lynne and Richard\u2019s incredible legacy at the Library marks an important milestone in that story.\u201d<\/p>\n

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New York Public Library President Anthony Marx. (Getty)<\/p>\n

One of the first places asylum seekers often go<\/a> after getting set up in a hotel is a public library, where they can get an ID card \u2014 for free \u2014 and help with various government paperwork.<\/p>\n

According to Marx, the library is the largest non-municipal provider of English language instruction. In 2025, English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) attendance has already surpassed 200,000, exceeding last year\u2019s figures.<\/p>\n

The library\u2019s TechConnect program offers thousands of digital literacy courses each year that empower New Yorkers to learn everything from basic computer skills to app development.<\/p>\n

And its career services division helps applicants with workforce development programs, including support for those starting businesses, resume refinement, and interview preparation.<\/p>\n

The gift builds upon previous donations from the Pasculano family totalling $18.5 million to support adult learning at the library,<\/p>\n

In March, the Pasculano family gave $50 million to Lincoln Center, the largest the performing arts center has ever received for program initiatives.<\/p>\n

Lincoln Center executives said\u00a0 the gift would help revive the city\u2019s dance industry after the coronavirus pandemic, which economically hurt many of the city\u2019s arts groups.<\/p>\n

New York Public Library, which has 90 branches across Manhattan, Bronx and Staten Island, relies on public and private funding.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Readers and patrons of the New York Public Library have a gift to be excited about this holiday…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":432619,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,1370,728,405,403,5294,5296,50,5226,5225,5228,5227,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-432618","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-latest-headlines","10":"tag-local-news","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-city","13":"tag-new-york-county","14":"tag-new-york-news","15":"tag-news","16":"tag-newyork","17":"tag-newyorkcity","18":"tag-ny","19":"tag-nyc","20":"tag-united-states","21":"tag-united-states-of-america","22":"tag-unitedstates","23":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","24":"tag-us","25":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115682389926291089","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432618","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=432618"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432618\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/432619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=432618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=432618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=432618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}