HELP SAVE THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY

The Library received notification of another 4%, or $5 million, cut to its fiscal year 2010 funding bringing the total proposed fiscal year 2010 City cut to $28.2 million. The Management and Budget which outlines the devastating effect this level of cut would have to our staff and services. The impact of the proposed additional $5million cut would be 125 more layoffs which would result in a total reduction of 18% of the workforce. Average weekly hours and days of service would be reduced. It is important for you to know how we are vigorously fighting against these cuts. Please if you uses the library for research, reading, watching of movies or to use the computer than you know the importance of having the library open with staff members there to help with you. Please contact your City Council member and the Mayor. In addition, we are also rolling out an aggressive on-line advocacy campaign giving all of our on-line users the opportunity to voice their opposition to these devastating budget cuts using nypl.org, email and social media. It is critical in these very difficult economic times that the voices of support for the Library are heard by the budget decision makers in as many ways possible and in great numbers.