What a good morning to say a huge thank you to CM Virginia Maloney in District 4 for supporting our demand to dedicate 0.5% of the city expense budget to our NYC library systems!
Thank you for being a library champion!
council.nyc.gov/district-4/
Yesterday Mayor Mamdani released his executive budget for FY27, and NYC PLAN is disappointed to see that it falls $97million short of his promise to fund our libraries at 0.5% of the city expense budget.
Our libraries deserve stable and increased funding, and we’re ready to continue this fight!
We’re thrilled that 11/51 Council Members know how important our libraries are, and are publicly supporting our call to dedicate 0.5% of NYC’s budget to libraries.
Is your CM on the list? Check out our scorecard!
Or use our guides, & tell your CM this matters to you!
nycplan.org/scorecards/
NYC PLAN is delighted to be tabling at next wknds Black Zine Fair at Powerhouse Arts in BK:
BZF is free and open to the public, and will be full of zines, workshops, creativity and joy.
We hope to see you there - come say hello to us!
Sat, May 9
11am-6pm
withfriends.events/event/WFzHwJ...
We’re hosting a Library Propaganda & Art Fair on June 13!
Would you like to share your library related art and propaganda with other New Yorkers?
We invite tablers to sell items AND share free items with the public. Submit an application to table here : forms.gle/8yyADQGqV7jn....
Excited to share that Council Member Harvey Epstein has signed on in support of our demand to benchmark public library funding at 0.5% of the city expense budget.
Thanks to CM Epstein for being a library champion!
council.nyc.gov/district-2/
Sat, May 9 in Brooklyn, New York
withfriends.events
What a delightful episode!
Listen to two of our own talk about NYC PLAN, the NYC Library budget dance, the power of having a community-led library advocacy group separate from the library itself, and how you can join our work.
Perfect listen for a rainy day!
www.librarypunk.gay/e/164-nyc-pl...
On June 13th, we’re hosting a Library Art and Propaganda Fair!
It’ll be an all-ages artistic celebration: library-centric art, zines, and ephemera - plus activities for kids, readings, a photobooth and more.
The event is free and open to all, RSVP here:
www.eventbrite.com/e/public-lib...
New York City Council
council.nyc.gov
forms.gle
NYC PLAN is at the Black Zine Fair in Brooklyn today talking to New Yorkers about our demand to dedicate 0.5% of the city expense budget to our library systems
Come by and say hi!
We’re talking with Abby and Hal about NYC Public Library Action Network (PLAN)! Learn about what they’re doing, how you can help, how you can copy them, and what’s working for them by having a communi...
