Press Release for General CirculationJuly 1, 2026 For questions or comments please contactNYC PLAN (info@nycplan.org) Yesterday, the NY City Council voted to adopt the FY27 budget, ending the six-month process of setting and negotiating a budget for the City of New York. NYC Public Libraries received only $538,076,000, or 0.43% of the city expense budget. […]
On Monday, May 26, 2026, NYC PLAN held a rally featuring library advocates, elected officials, and youth to demand 0.5% of the city budget for our libraries. The transcript of the rally is included below: Dylan Flesch: Thank you so much, everyone, for being here for libraries today. We are NYC PLAN, the Public Library […]
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