Take action to let our state law makers know that libraries are essential!
Help us protect New York State's libraries and library systems. We need to tell the New York State Legislature to reject the $2.4 million cut in Library Aid Governor David Patterson is proposing in the 2010/2011 Executive Budget.
This bill will be the fifth cut in less that two years and will bring Library Aid down from $102 million in 2007 to $84.5 million in 2010. These cuts combined total an $18 million or 18% reduction in funding for library services. Libraries are part of our safety net - they are essential to lifelong learning, jobs and opportunity, quality of life and community empowerment. |
