Brooklyn Public Library petition drive at the Fifth Avenue Festival last Sunday. Photo credit: Brian Hedden
You know its an annual song-and-dance: the Mayor’s Executive Budget threatens to slash library funding, the City Council comes through at the last minute to restore funding. Happens every year.
Doesn’t mean we can start taking our libraries for granted. As long as the threat is made, it has to be answered, by everyday New Yorkers like me and like you.
This year, the Brooklyn Public Library (one of three library systems in the City) is facing a $20,600,000 cut in funding by June 30. This means the closure of 16 branch libraries, the termination of 300+ library employees, and a sharp decline in weekend hours. Repeat: that’s just for the Brooklyn system alone.
Please let your Councilmember know that you support the restoration of funding to the Brooklyn Public Library! Use the BLP’s online page to create a standard or custom note for your Councilperson and the Mayor.
Please do this today!
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