Across Brooklyn, libraries are doing more than ever: helping entrepreneurs launch businesses, supporting job seekers, hosting English conversation groups, and offering in-demand classes on everything from Excel basics to 3D printing. We’re proud to serve as community connectors, providing free, trusted spaces open to all.
But after years of fighting cuts, our operating budgets are essentially flat , while we face rising costs, staff shortages and delayed building repairs–we’re at a turning point. Without renewed investment in branches that are, on average, 70 years old, we can’t keep pace with growing needs. Brooklyn deserves the strong libraries this moment demands.
As city leaders shape the next budget, this is our chance to secure the libraries of the future. With the right investment, we can boost library services, strengthen infrastructure, and ensure every neighborhood has access to beautiful, safe public spaces.
Time and time again, the voices of library supporters like you have made all the difference in securing the funding libraries need. Will you speak out for libraries by signing and sending a letter? It only takes a minute.
Send a letter today: Invest in libraries. Protect what makes our city stronger.
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