Brooklyn Public Library ends passport services after State Department order

The Brooklyn Public Library ended its passport application services on Friday after being ordered to do so by the federal government. 

Last fall, the U.S. Department of State sent cease-and-desist letters to hundreds of nonprofit libraries across the country, telling them they were no longer eligible to take part in the Passport Acceptance Facility Program. The Brooklyn Public Library — the only one of New York City’s three library systems to offer passport services — was among them.