Why Is New York City Planning to Sell and Shrink Its Libraries?

Defend our libraries, don't defund them. . . . . fund 'em, don't plunder 'em

Mayor Bloomberg defunded New York libraries at a time of increasing public use, population growth and increased city wealth, shrinking our library system to create real estate deals for wealthy real estate developers at a time of cutbacks in education and escalating disparities in opportunity. It’s an unjust and shortsighted plan that will ultimately hurt New York City’s economy and competitiveness.

It should NOT be adopted by those we have now elected to pursue better policies.

Tuesday, October 22, 2013

PHOTO GALLERY: October 22, 2013 Delivery of Petition To Mayor Bloomberg at City Hall

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Citizens Defending Libraries presented Mayor Michael Bloomberg with a petition of more than 15,000 signatures at City Hall on Tuesday, Oct. 22, urging him to halt his plan to shrink and sell New York's public libraries to private developers.

This issue resonated with voters in the recent election, perhaps no more distinctly than in the race for public advocate, in which Letitia James, a firm supporter of libraries who opposed Bloomberg's plan to shrink and sell them, won a resounding 60-40 victory.

This petition drive demonstrates that supporting the libraries is good politics and good policy.
Petition with more than 15,000 signature in box.  Citizens Defending Libraries co-founders Michael D. D. White and Carolyn McIntyre
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CDL cofounders with Comptroller Liu and Democratic Public Advocate candidate Tish James
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Library Defenders Deliver 15,000+ Petitions To City Hall (Go to CDL YouTube channel for best viewing)

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More than 15,000 signatures creates some heft
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Comptroller John Liu
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Tish James
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State Senator Velmanette Montgomery
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Carolyn McIntyre
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City Councilman Jumaane D. Williams
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Theodore Grunewald of the Committee to Save the New York Public Library explains destruction of NYPL's "Central Library Plan"

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Green party's James Lane
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Marjorie Hirsch with yet another library petition also being delivered
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Lynn Rosen of Lynn's Kids International
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Talking with News 12
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Independent Mayoral Candidate Randy Credico
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Credico and Williams
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