Union says city should start new chapter in library funding
The city’s largest municipal union is pushing for a new system of funding libraries that would use a percentage of property taxes to cover the costs of keeping them open.
District Council 37, along with its four library chapters — Brooklyn Library Guild 1482, Quasi-Public Employees Local 374, Queens Library Guild Local 1321, and New York Public Library Guild Local 1930— held a rally outside City Hall on March 12 to launch a campaign for the establishment of a baseline funding model for New York City’s public library systems, including the Brooklyn Public Library.
The rally served as a follow up to testimony union members delivered at a budget hearing before the City Council’s Committee on Cultural Affairs, Libraries and International Intergroup Relations on March 8.