New York City Library Faces Harshest Budget Cut in History

[eleny]

"......the proposed cut just announced is the largest in the Library's history...a devastating $37 million for the upcoming fiscal year.

If this cut becomes reality when the final City budget is adopted next month, we will be forced to drastically reduce programming, service hours, and staffing. Libraries would be open on average just four days a week; more than one in four library jobs would be eliminated. Almost six million fewer items would be circulated. Most impacting to New Yorkers would be the need to close ten libraries."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-new-york-public-library/library-faces-harshest-bu_b_566545.html

A petition you can sign created and written by Council Member Vincent J. Gentile - http://petitiononline.com/nyclibs/petition.html

I grew up in NYC and loved the library. This is such sad news.