Press Release for General CirculationMay 26, 2026 For questions or comments please contactAbby Emerson (emerson dot abby at gmail dot com)Michael Kranz (mjkranz at proton dot me) NEW YORK, NY — This morning, May 26, 2026, the NYC Public Library Action Network (PLAN) held a rally on the steps of City Hall, in collaboration with […]
Join the NYC Public Library Action Network (NYC PLAN) for an all-ages artistic celebration of public libraries. On June 13, NYC PLAN is hosting a Library Art and Propaganda Fair! What’s a Library Propaganda Fair, you ask? It’s an all-ages artistic celebration of free, open access to information and this vital third space that welcomes […]
Mayor Mamdani broke his promise to end the budget dance. His May 12th Executive Budget proposal was $97 million short of his promise to public fund libraries at 0.5% of the city’s expense budget. But the fight isn’t over! Join NYC PLAN and comrades on the steps of City Hall from 10:30-11:30am on Tuesday, May […]
NYC PLAN has been organizing since 2024 to increase and sustain the annual funding for the three public library systems, partially as a response to Mayor Adams’ repeated cutting and restoring of funding. Our demand is to fund libraries at 0.5% of the city budget. Mayor Mamdani accepted and campaigned on this 0.5% promise, only […]
For questions or comments please contactHilarie Ashton (hilarie dot ashton at gmail dot com)orMichael Kranz (mjkranz at proton dot me) NYC Public Library Action Network (PLAN) is disappointed to see that public libraries did not receive their due in Mayor Mamdani’s 2027 Executive Budget. The budget is a step in the right direction as it […]
It’s Budget Time in NYC There was some hope that NYC public libraries might actually avoid the dreaded yearly budget dance this year. Mayor Mamdani had committed to fund public libraries at 0.5% of the city expense budget during his campaign and reaffirmed this intention in December after he won. When the preliminary budget was […]
Testify at the Libraries Subcommittee Hearing at City Council on Wednesday 3/18! On Wednesday March 18 at 9:30 am, the NYC Council Libraries Subcommittee is holding a hearing about the preliminary budget. Given the disappointing results from Mayor Mamdani’s budget announcement, this hearing is especially important. We want to encourage New Yorkers to testify at the […]
The Mayor’s Preliminary Budget is Terrible for NYC Public Libraries
Join us on March 21 for a discussion about our visions for NYC libraries. Make the Road New York in Queens 104-19 Roosevelt Ave, Corona, NY 11368 Saturday, March 21st, 2026 from 1:00pm to 4:30pm (with free lunch provided starting at 12:00pm) NYC Public Library Action Network (NYC PLAN) is hosting our third people’s assembly! A […]
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 […]