When the Long Island High School for the Arts was in danger of closing six years ago, Billy helped by donating $1 million to the program from his Foundation. He and the Foundation recently pledged an additional $1.5 million to LIHSA.

“We are incredibly proud of LIHSA’s momentum and positive impact on the next generation of artists from Long Island,” Billy and Alexis Joel said in a statement. “The vision of Nassau BOCES and the LIHSA team to develop a creative [Career and Technical Education] curriculum inspired us to continue our support.”

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