Kid Gets a Library Card

Notable rite of passage gives her access to vast stores of knowledge and also the computers with games on them

You can help protect the Brooklyn Public Library from cuts by sending a note to your city council member and Mayor Adams, who—in addition to further reductions in education spending—has proposed vast cuts to services and hours in the public library systems of New York City in the upcoming budget, even as the NYPD blows through its half-billion dollar overtime allocation for fiscal year 2023. Libraries have consistently demonstrated their value to this city as safe and equitable spaces for New Yorkers of all ages. They support our citizens for a fraction of the cost of the carceral negligence our tax dollars otherwise fund. A library card is a powerful statement; bear it with pride.

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