City Council Campaign Update Lynn Schulman, Christopher Marte, Lincoln Restler, and Shahana Hanif have become the first four members of City Council to agree to our demand to raise the city’s library budget to 0.5% of the city’s budget in FY’27 and beyond. We also got our first No – Inna Vernikov, who is otherwise […]
Thank you all so much! Firstly, we want to thank everybody who attended our Manhattan People’s Assembly on October 4th! Besides hearing from our speakers and panelists, it was amazing to hear all of your creative ideas for bolstering the library’s place against the fascists dismantling so many of our cultural and community institutions. Not […]
NYC Public Library Action Network (NYCPLAN) is hosting our second people’s assembly! Come learn how you can advocate for our libraries. Over the summer, we hosted our first People’s Assembly in Brooklyn, an event where we discussed our visions for how funding impacts library workers and our communities. This October, we’re bringing it to Manhattan! […]
NYC Public Library People’s Assembly: Manhattan Edition Over the summer, we hosted our first People’s Assembly in Brooklyn, an event where we discussed our visions for how funding impacts library workers and our communities. This October, we’re bringing it to Manhattan! Join us on Saturday, October 4th at the Society for Ethical Culture on the […]
Our reaction to the outcome of the NYC Democratic mayoral primary, whose winner has adopted our demand to commit 0.5% of NYC’s budget to libraries and our response to the Library Budget for FY26
In response to the NYC FY2026 Budget, adopted this June, the Brooklyn Public Library, the New York Public Library, and the Queens Public Library released a joint statement thanking City Leaders for investing in public libraries (https://investinlibraries.org/). While we understand their gratitude, barely avoiding budget cuts is insufficient – our libraries need increased, sustained funding. […]
A wind-up newsletter for the NYC mayoral Democratic Primary on June 24, 2025, a breakdown of the candidates’ stances on libraries, and a call to sign our open letter
A People’s Assembly (PA) is a facilitated gathering where community members discuss key community issues and collectively problem-solve and decide how to address them. The NYC Public Library Action Network (NYC PLAN) invites New Yorkers to join us on May 17 to discuss library funding and to share our visions for our local libraries. Come […]
Information about our NYC Public Library People’s Assembly on May 17, 2025, mayoral forums and debates in May and June, and a call to action