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.

Wednesday, November 6, 2019

Statement of Carolyn McIntyre, WBAI Local Station Board Chair Respecting Today's Ruling By Judge Melissa Crane That WBAI Radio Station Should Be Put Back On The Air, And Resume Broadcasting Under Local Control

The following is the statement of Carolyn McIntyre, WBAI Local Station Board Chair, released today respecting today's ruling by Judge Melissa Crane that the WBAI Radio Station should be put back on the air, and resume broadcasting under local control.

Carolyn McIntyre, WBAI Local Station Board Chair
November 6, 2019 Statement
For Post Court Decision Release

November 6, 2019

First, I want to thank Arthur Schwartz, our attorney representing us and the Pacifica Board for his crucial work to get WBAI back on the air. All of us may think of making sacrifices for the communities we care about, but Arthur’s work goes way beyond what we could expect.

What the public needs to know most is that WBAI was not taken off the air by Pacifica: The Pacifica National Board acted quickly to immediately reverse the actions of the group of rogue individuals who unleashed their attack in secret shutting down WBAI. What is most frightening is that, with our station seized and taken off the air, we were unable to broadcast to our listening community facts about what actually happened. Now, resuming our normal local broadcasting, we will able to get the word out about this and other important issues.

The actions taken by the renegades have, unfortunately, been extremely destructive, not only to WBAI, New York’s Pacifica Network terrestrial radio station but also to the entire Pacifica Network. The silver lining, however, may be that with the extra attention that WBAI’s shut down garners, WBAI, whose listenership has been resurging, will be become stronger and more listened to than ever. .

. . We look to bring back all our old listeners and as well as adding new ones who look for voices that represent their concerns and communities. WBAI 99.5 FM is the only exclusively listener supported radio. That listener support will be especially important as we seek to recover from the setback of this attack.
Carolyn McIntyre
WBAI Local Station Board Chair
Contact:
Carolyn McIntyre, WBAI Local Station Board Chair
        -or-
Michael D. D. White, WBAI Local Station Board Vice-Chair
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