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Congratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
EXCLUSIVE: Mayor de Blasio cuts library funding after using Park Slope branch as a satellite office
New York Daily NewsMayor de Blasio is slashing millions in funding for the city’s public libraries after using the Park Slope branch as his personal satellite office for years.
The mayor worked from the Park Slope Library at least 52 times since taking office in 2014 through this past Jan. 31, according to his public schedules. In all, he’s held events and meetings at libraries across the city on at least 73 occasions during that time, though the Park Slope branch is by far his favorite.
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“It’s fundamentally wrong and hypocritical to take so much from our libraries only to slash their budgets in return,” said Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer, chair of the cultural affairs and libraries committee. “All libraries ever do is try to help every New Yorker in any way possible, and that includes Mayor de Blasio."
De Blasio’s budget proposal takes the extraordinary step of including the library funding cuts in future budgets. “That’s unprecedented,” Van Bramer said.
The mayor worked from the Park Slope Library at least 52 times since taking office in 2014 through this past Jan. 31, according to his public schedules. In all, he’s held events and meetings at libraries across the city on at least 73 occasions during that time, though the Park Slope branch is by far his favorite.
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“It’s fundamentally wrong and hypocritical to take so much from our libraries only to slash their budgets in return,” said Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer, chair of the cultural affairs and libraries committee. “All libraries ever do is try to help every New Yorker in any way possible, and that includes Mayor de Blasio."
De Blasio’s budget proposal takes the extraordinary step of including the library funding cuts in future budgets. “That’s unprecedented,” Van Bramer said.
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