As part of Summer Streets, NYC PLAN will be tabling on Saturday, August 8th, with Library Freedom Project. We’ll be at the Harlem Rest Stop on Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard between 110th Street and 113th Street - come say hi!

NYC’s Adopted FY27 Budget Still Fails Our Public Libraries, and provides $91,132,000 less to libraries than Mayor Mamdani promised. NYC PLAN will continue pushing to see library budgets equal 0.5% of the total budget in the FY28 budget and beyond. Full response: nycplan.org/press-releas...

@mayor.nyc.gov & @council.nyc.gov There’s still time to stand up for libraries and allocate 0.5% of the budget to them this year! We know you understand how crucial the services our libraries provide are to the city and we’re counting on you. 📸 Roxas Timmons w/Human Flower Productions

@mayor.nyc.gov & @council.nyc.gov NYC is the home to writers and scholars who depend on our library systems, and who are calling on you to commit 0.5% of the budget to our libraries! We need places for tomorrow’s talent to discover their love for the written word. docs.google.com/document/d/e...

Good morning NYC! With only a few days left in this years budget cycle, you can make a huge impact on library funding by calling your CM today: Tell them funding our libraries at 0.5% of the budget is essential and important to you. Easy how to here: nycplan.org/actions/libr...

@mayor.nyc.gov broke his promise to allocate 0.5% of the budget when he released his preliminary budget last month. The good news? @council.nyc.gov can secure the funding our libraries so desperately need, but they need to hear from us! shorturl.at/UK71f 📸 Roxas Timmons w/Human Flower Productions

@mayor.nyc.gov your constituents are counting on you to keep your promise and fund our NYC library systems at a minimum of 0.5% of the budget. New Yorkers can’t wait for libraries to be funded “someday” - the time is now to make good on your promise!

@virginiamaloney.bsky.social @chiosse.bsky.social @speakermenin.bsky.social @shaunabreu.bsky.social @ericdinowitznyc.bsky.social @cmjengutierrez.bsky.social @cmcrystalhudson.bsky.social NYC patrons and library workers are counting on you - push to dedicate 0.5% of the budget to our libraries!

@council.nyc.gov and @mayor.nyc.gov : New Yorkers are counting on you to help us dream big for libraries. Secure necessary funding by allocating 0.5% of the budget to NYC libraries today! 📸 Roxas Timmons w/ Human Flower Productions

City budget negotiations are moving towards an adopted FY27 budget, and your City Council Members need to hear from you - weigh in and tell them to fund our public libraries at 0.5% of the city expense budget. Easy steps with scripts and facts on our action page here: nycplan.org/actions/libr...

Library Budget Phone Bank 2026

We’re emailing and calling city councilmembers on the Budget Negotiating Team (BNT) directly to ask them to dedicate 0.5% of the overall city budget to our libraries. Are you in any of these BNT…

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@mayor.nyc.gov your Executive Budget released last month falls 97 million short of the 0.5% you promised during your campaign. @council.nyc.gov we’re counting on you to secure necessary funds for NYC’s public libraries and allocate at least 0.5% of the overall budget to our three library systems.

@mayor.nyc.gov and @council.nyc.gov : NYers have made it clear that our libraries deserve stable and increased funding. We are counting on you to honor your promise and fund our essential library systems at a minimum of 0.5% of the overall city budget! 📸 Roxas Timmons w/Human Flower Productions

@council.nyc.gov NYC needs you to allocate at least 0.5% of the overall budget to our library systems. The complex technical work they do, both behind the scenes and socially in our communities,is essential for NYC. Don’t take our libraries for granted! 📸 Roxas Timmons w/Human Flower Productions

@mayor.nyc.gov NYC’s authors and scholars call on you with this letter to fulfill your campaign pledge and commit 0.5% of the city’s annual budget to its public libraries, this year and throughout your tenure as mayor. 📸 Roxas Timmons with Human Flower Productions docs.google.com/document/d/e...

We are asking the NYC City Council @council.nyc.gov to advocate for library workers and patrons as the NYC budget season heats up and commit to allocating 0.5% of the budget to public libraries. Make sure your Council Member knows where you stand! ➡️ shorturl.at/UK71f

@cmcrystalhudson.bsky.social Please stand up for libraries and allocate them 0.5% of the budget this year! We know you understand how crucial the services our libraries provide are, we urge you to fund them adequately so they can continue to serve all NY-ers! 📸 R Timmons, Human Flower Productions

@cmjengutierrez.bsky.social Please stand up for libraries and allocate 0.5% of the budget to them this year! We know you understand how crucial the services our libraries provide are to the City. We urge you to fund them adequately so they can continue to serve all NY-ers!

@ericdinowitznyc.bsky.social Please stand up for libraries and allocate 0.5% of the budget to them this year! We know you understand how crucial the services our libraries provide are to the City. We urge you to fund them adequately so they can continue to serve all NY-ers!

@shaunabreu.bsky.social You have a chance to be a true library champion and commit to giving 0.5% of the City Budget to our public libraries. We urge you to lead the Council Majority and pledge to support the vital work of our City’s 3 library systems! 📸 Roxas Timmons w/ Human Flower Productions

@speakermenin.bsky.social You have a chance to be a true library champion and commit to giving 0.5% of the City Budget to our public libraries. We urge you to lead the Council and pledge to support the vital work of our City’s three library systems! 📸 Roxas Timmons w/ Human Flower Productions

Mayor Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov broke his promise to allocate 0.5% of the budget when he released his preliminary budget last month. The good news? The City Council can secure the funding our libraries so desperately need, but they need to hear from us! Send them our letter: shorturl.at/UK71f

@chiosse.bsky.social Thanks for being an ally to libraries and pledging to fight for 0.5% of the budget for libraries. We hope that you will keep your commitment in mind and help advocate on the behalf of patrons and library workers alike as budget season comes to a close! 🤞

Mayor Mamdani’s Executive Budget is $97 million short of his commitment to fund libraries at 0.5% of the city expense budget, and NYC deserves better. @mayor.nyc.gov : Keep your promise and ensure the FY 2027 Adopted Budget will include at least 0.5% for libraries. We’re counting on you!

@virginiamaloney.bsky.social Thanks for being an ally to libraries and pledging to fight for 0.5% of the budget for libraries. We hope that you will keep your commitment in mind and help advocate on the behalf of patrons and library workers alike as budget season comes to a close! 🤞

Are you a writer, author, or scholar based in NYC? New York City deserves the kind of writers and thinkers that only consistently well-funded public libraries can ensure. Help us call on the Mayor and City Council to fund our library systems with our open letter: forms.gle/SvQYwiyiHqXT...

Open letter from NYC based writers, authors, and scholars to the Mayor re: public library budget

NYC Public Library Action Network is asking writers, authors, and scholars based in New York City’s five boroughs to sign on to an open letter to Mayor Mamdani asking him to fulfill the promise he mad...

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There are less than two weeks left to secure 0.5% of the NYC City Budget for libraries! Help us hold @mayor.nyc.gov accountable to his promise - write to your @council.nyc.gov Member today + let them know how vital funding our libraries is for our communities. shorturl.at/UK71f

On June 13th, we’re hosting a Library Art and Propaganda Fair! It’ll be an all-ages artistic celebration: library-centric art, zines, and ephemera - plus activities for kids, readings, a photobooth and more. The event is free and open to all, RSVP here: www.eventbrite.com/e/public-lib...

Yesterday Mayor Mamdani released his executive budget for FY27, and NYC PLAN is disappointed to see that it falls $97million short of his promise to fund our libraries at 0.5% of the city expense budget. Our libraries deserve stable and increased funding, and we’re ready to continue this fight!

NYC PLAN is at the Black Zine Fair in Brooklyn today talking to New Yorkers about our demand to dedicate 0.5% of the city expense budget to our library systems Come by and say hi!

We’re hosting a Library Propaganda & Art Fair on June 13! Would you like to share your library related art and propaganda with other New Yorkers? We invite tablers to sell items AND share free items with the public. Submit an application to table here : forms.gle/8yyADQGqV7jn....