The lending library comes at the request of the head of the Roosevelt Island Japanese Society, who sought a Japanese-language library for those residents fluent in Japanese and as a source of cultural enrichment. The library will include novels, reference books, periodicals and more, and will be housed in the Roosevelt Island Public Library

This program will create a legitimate library as a cultural and historical resource for our Japanese residents that exists nowhere else, and support Roosevelt Island's great diversity.

“Our district is richly multicultural, and we are pleased to be able to support many different immigrant communities,” said Kallos. “This project exemplifies our   campaign’s ethos of service. We won’t until the election to start working for the people of the Upper East Side and Roosevelt Island.”

Please help us grow this initiative by buying these books for our lending libary.