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PARSIPPANY, N.J. - The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation awarded the Ukrainian Institute of America a $70,000 matching funds grant.
The grant, the second of its kind for the institute in the past seven months, comes at a point when the Manhattan-based organization's aging landmark headquarters building continues to undergo an array of refurbishments and improvements, most recently to the physical appearance and condition of the mansion.
The commissioner of the state office, Bernadette Castro, told the UIA in a letter dated May 14 that the Institute was the recipient of the award, which is earmarked for restoration work on the French Renaissance mansion, UIA President Walter Nazarewicz told The Weekly.
In a statement made public that same day, New York State Gov. George E. Pataki announced that the grant to the UIA was part of a larger disbursement of funds from the Environmental Protection Fund. The fund awarded a total of $2.4 million to 12 open space, recreation and historic preservation projects...