Dear City Elected Officials,

We, the undersigned, care about libraries in our communities and we want them to stay open. We rely on the Queens Library every day to provide access to free computers, free classes, free books and materials, free afterschool programs for our kids, and free adult education.


We urge the City Council and the Mayor of New York City to stabilize library funding and fully restore the proposed cut to funding to Queens Library next year. At 35%, or nearly $30 million, this cut will force over half of the libraries in Queens to close altogether. It will slash open hours to the lowest levels in recent memory. It will add hundreds of talented library staff to the unemployment rolls. This is at a time when we are turning to library services more than ever. Now is the time to support public libraries. Please help us save Queens Library by fully restoring the proposed budget cut for next year.



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Queens Library Could Face Closure Under Suggested City Budget Cuts

“Our libraries cannot sustain cuts of these proposed levels at a time when they are experiencing some of the highest number of visitors in history and providing much-needed resources to the public,” said City Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer (D-Sunnyside), chairman of the Council’s Cultural Affairs and Libraries Committee.

 

“Once again the New York City Council has been posed with the task of fighting to restore funding to the institutions and organizations that our city residents love dearly,” he added.

 

Read the full story on TimesLedger.com.

Save Our Library

"Tens of millions of our neighbors use free library resources or attend free library programs," writes Thomas W. Galante, President and CEO, Queens Library, in a Letter to the Editor in the Queens Chronicle.  "They enjoy quiet reading time, sharpen their skills for their next big job, use the computers, prepare for an important exam for work or school, find out more about a health condition or email a friend far away. To allow that, libraries must remain open for service at least five days a week, or more." Read the full Letter.

Save Our Libraries

“We want the mayor [Bloomberg] to hear our voices,” Queens Borough President Helen Marshall said at a rally held at Queens Library at Flushing to speak out against proposed budget cuts that would eliminate library jobs and hours of service. “Save our libraries.” See the full story from the Queens Gazette.

  • May
    28
    10:30 AM
    Read In for Queens Library
    We'll be reading to the children to demonstrate that libraries count. Be there.
  • May
    28
    11:00 AM
    Central Rally with Local 1321
    Join Local 1321, library staff and library lovers to advocate on behalf of Queens Library. We must see the proposed budget cuts restored to save jobs and service hours.
  • May
    29
    2:00 PM
    "The Unhappy Library" Rally
    If the library budget is cut, library-users will be very unhappy. Join us to sign petitions and push back proposed budget cuts.