PRESS RELEASES/MEDIA ADVISORIES

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CONTACT:
Carolyn E. McIntyre, Michael D. D. White

Michael White, 718 (area code) 834-6184, MDDWhite (-at-) aol.com

Carolyn McIntyre, 917 (area code) 757-6542 cemac62 (-at-) aol.com

2013

   •    April 16, 2013 Open Letter from CDL To Brooklyn Public Library Trustees Delivered At Trustees Meeting  

   •    April 18, 2013 Press Release: City Comptroller John C. Liu Criticizes Underfunding and Sell-off of NYC Public Libraries to Private Real Estate Developers

    •    April 2, 2013 Press Release And Open Letter To Mayoral Candidates From Citizens Defending Libraries

    •     February 27, 2014 Open Letter from Carolyn McIntyre To Brooklyn Heights Association Delivered At It’s Annual Meeting That Day

    •    March 5, 2013 Press Release About CDL's Rally At Friday March 8, City Council Hearing On Library Budget

2014

    •    May 8, 2014- May 7th & 8th 2014- Our Press Release and Breaking News Headlines As NYPL Does About-Face Abandoning Its Central Library Plan

    •    April 8, 2014 Open Letter from CDL To Brooklyn Public Library Trustees Delivered At Trustees Meeting- Plus Information About the Meeting

   •    Monday, September 15, 2014 Press Release: Citizens Audit and Investigation of Brooklyn Public Library- FOIL Requests

2015 

    •    Friday, February 13, 2015 MEDIA ADVISORY (& Press Release): Library Lovers Gather on Valentine's Day to Speak and Sing of Aching Hearts

    •    Friday, May 15, 2015  Our Message For the May 15, 2015 City Hall Rally to Respond to de Blasio's Budget Underfunding the Libraries 

    •    Wednesday, June 17, 2015  Where Is The Transparency?- Handout to Community Board 2 Land Use Committee the day of its June 17, 2015 Hearing About Whether To Sell and Shrinks The Brooklyn Heights Library

    •    Monday, July 13, 2015 PRESS RELEASE & NEWS ADVISORY- Brooklyn Community Board 2 Votes Wednesday, July 15th On Proposed Fire Sale of Major Public Asset, Central Destination Library In Downtown Brooklyn

    •    Tuesday, July 14, 2015 NEWS ADVISORY- Brooklyn Community Board 2 Votes Wednesday, July 15th On Proposed Fire Sale of Major Public Asset, Central Destination Library In Downtown Brooklyn

    •    Thursday, July 16, 2015  Brooklyn Borough President, Eric Adams To Hold Uniform Land Use Review Procedure Public Hearing, August 18, 2015, On Whether Brooklyn Heights Library, Brooklyn's Central Destination Library In Downtown Brooklyn Should Be Sold And Shrunk 

    •    Monday, August 17, 2015 PRESS RELEASE & NEWS ADVISORY- Tuesday, August 18th, Eric Adams To Hold First Ever Borough President Hearing On Proposed Fire Sale of Major Public Asset, Central Destination Library In Downtown Brooklyn

    •    Tuesday, August 18, 2015  Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams Still Taking Testimony On Whether Brooklyn Heights Library, Brooklyn's Central Destination Library In Downtown Brooklyn Should Be Sold And Shrunk

    •    Monday, August 24, 2015  PRESS RELEASE: Donald Trump Connected To Sell-Off of NYC Libraries? This Explains Exactly How.

    •    Monday, September 7, 2015  New York City Planning Commission To Hold Uniform Land Use Review Procedure Public Hearing, September 22, 2015, On Whether Brooklyn Heights Library, Brooklyn's Central Destination Library In Downtown Brooklyn Should Be Sold And Shrunk

    •    Friday, September 11, 2015  PRESS RELEASE & NEWS ADVISORY- Citizens Defending Libraries Connect the Dots Save Our Libraries March, Saturday

    •    Sunday, November 1, 2015  PRESS RELEASE & NEWS ADVISORY- NYC planning commissioners challenged to recuse themselves on Monday's library vote.

    •    Tuesday, November 17, 2015  MEDIA ADVISORY- A First Ever City Council Hearing: Should Brooklyn's Second Biggest Library Be Sold and Drastically Shrunk

    •    Thursday, November 19, 2015  How to Submit Testimony To City Council And Its Land Use Disposition Subcommittee About The Proposed Sale And Drastic Shrinkage of the Brooklyn Heights Library

    •    Tuesday, December 8, 2015  MEDIA ADVISORY- City Council Votes On Library Sell Off Program Prototype This Week- Should Brooklyn's Second Biggest Library Be Sold and Drastically Shrunk? Comptroller weighing in.

    •    Monday, December 14, 2015  PRESS RELEASE & ADVISORY- City Council Vote On Library Sell-Off & Shrinkage Program Prototype Imminent- As Comptroller & Public Advocate weigh in de Blasio raids DOE funds to promote sales

    •    Tuesday, December 15, 2015  PRESS RELEASE & ADVISORY- City Council Vote On Library Sell-Off & Shrinkage Program Prototype- Many questions to be asked about backroom deal involving de Blasio

    •    Wednesday, December 16, 2015  Citizens Defending Libraries Statement About Today's City Council Vote Approving the Sale and Shrinkage of Brooklyn Heights Library (stated by BPL president Linda Johnson to be a "model" for future NYC library deals)

    •    Sunday, December 20, 2015  PRESS RELEASE: De Blasio, reversing campaign pledge, commences selling NYC libraries delivering, in Grinch mode, huge shrinkage

    •    Monday, December 28, 2015   TOP TEN REASONS TO BELIEVE THAT COUNCILMAN STEVE LEVIN WAS REALLY ON THE DEVELOPER'S SIDE PROMOTING A SELL-OFF RATHER THAN PROTECTING THE PUBLIC AGAINST A BAD LIBRARY SALE

2016

    •    Sunday, January 31, 2016  Love Brooklyn Libraries Files Complaint With Attorney General Eric Schneiderman That Brooklyn Public Library Understates Capital Funds In Order to Sell Heights Library

    •    Wednesday, February 3, 2016   PRESS RELEASE: Brooklyn Public Library Trustees Looking To Put Writers Out Of Work Create Story That Writes Itself- Their Bios

    •    Sunday, February 28, 2016  MEDIA ADVISORY- Citizens Demand Brooklyn Borough Board Postpone Critical Vote on Future of Brooklyn Heights Library- A Call for Transparency, Full Investigation of BPL Hoaxes & Bid-Rigging

    •    Monday, February 29, 2016  PRESS RELEASE- Citizens Demand Brooklyn Borough Board Postpone Critical Vote on Future of Brooklyn Heights Library- A Call for Transparency, Full Investigation of BPL Hoaxes & Bid-Rigging

    •    Monday, February 29, 2016  MEDIA ADVISORY-Sale of Brooklyn Heights Library Before Brooklyn Borough Board TONIGHT - Despite Community Calls For Transparency, Full Investigation of BPL Hoaxes & Bid-Rigging