“Our libraries cannot sustain cuts of these proposed levels at a time when they are experiencing some of the highest number of visitors in history and providing much-needed resources to the public,” said City Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer (D-Sunnyside), chairman of the Council’s Cultural Affairs and Libraries Committee.

“Once again the New York City Council has been posed with the task of fighting to restore funding to the institutions and organizations that our city residents love dearly,” he added.

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