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Review of Library Renovation Costs Warranted

NEW YORK CITY-The head of the New York Public Library at a State Assembly committee meeting on Thursday said that the library would commission a study to determine if the $300-million renovation cost to its flagship branch is too high.

By John Jordan | Updated on June 28, 2013

NEW YORK CITY-The head of the New York Public Library at a State Assembly committee meeting on Thursday said that the library would commission a study to determine if the $300-million renovation cost to its flagship branch is too high.

“We know there is skepticism about our numbers,” Tony Marx, president of the New York Public Library told state lawmakers. “We understand that there needs to be an independent cost estimate and will provide one as soon as we have a design.”

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