 Nearly 300 households were members by 2006 , and in the same year , the New York State Office of Parks , Recreation and Historic Preservation awarded the synagogue a grant of $ 350 @,@ 000 for exterior restoration of the sanctuary . The grant was part of a million @-@ dollar capital campaign that the membership intended to carry out in 2008 , as the synagogue building still required extensive repairs : the roof leaked , causing interior damage , and ( along with the gutters ) needed to be replaced ; interior columns were taped to prevent plaster from falling off them ; the sanctuary doors needed to be replaced ; and the stained glass windows needed to be removed , the metal holding them repaired , and their wooden framing replaced . In 2007 the New York Landmarks Conservancy 's Sacred Sites Program awarded Baith Israel Anshei Emes grants totaling $ 17 @,@ 500 , for copper roof and masonry restoration . 
