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Katy Hershberger

@katyhersh.bsky.social

Work at Publishers Lunch. Writing at NYTBR, Washington Post, LitHub, Slate, Longreads, etc. KatyHershberger.com

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NYC Public Library Action Network@nycplan.org · 6mo ago

While a candidate, @mayor.nyc.gov pledged to commit 0.5% of the city’s budget to public libraries. Unfortunately, Mayor Mamdani has broken this promise in his preliminary FY27 budget, released yesterday, where he allocated 0.39% to libraries. This amount is well below the promised 0.5%

Image showing Mayor Mamdani looking frustrated, with a text overlaid that reads “NYC Public Library Action Network” at the top, and in large bold letters text that reads “Mayor Mamdani did not honor his commitment to allocate 0.5% of the city expense budget to NYC public libraries in his preliminary budget” and then in smaller font below, there is text that reads “visit NYCPLAN.ORG for more information”
Katy Hershberger@katyhersh.bsky.social · 6mo ago

I would not be a journalist without WaPo - their arts coverage, their local influence, their internships - starting as a teenager when they had a program for kids to write about high school theatre. Heartbroken for their staff, readers, the whole news ecosystem.