NYC library cuts stand in Mayor Adams’ $112 billion budget proposal
Mayor Eric Adams proposed a nearly $112 billion spending plan on Wednesday that reverses unpopular cuts to schools and police, fire and sanitation services but leaves libraries with a multimillion-dollar hole that will mean continued Sunday closures at nearly all branches.
City Comptroller Brad Lander said in a statement that Adams’ budget “shows signs of a brighter fiscal future for New Yorkers — if we can achieve the strong management needed to deliver it.” He urged the mayor and Council to restore funding to CUNY, which he called the city’s “best driver of economic mobility.”and the public. A $24 million cut last fall prompted virtually all neighborhood branches to close on Sundays and drop down to six-day-a-week service.
Endowment funds tend to be earmarked for certain programs. The libraries have also argued that the city is legally obligated to cover their operating expenses under a historic agreement from 1901. But experts say the recovery has been uneven, with the poorest New Yorkers facing higher rents and inflation without substantial wage increases.
State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli criticized the mayor for not adding money to the city’s rainy-day reserves, saying it “underlines the lack of a systematic process to buffer against future uncertainty.”
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