NEW YORK -- Funding for New York City libraries is being fully restored in the 2025 fiscal year budget. That means libraries will return to being open seven days a week.

Facing a giant budget deficit, Mayor Eric Adams proposed cuts to New York libraries. But they play an outsize role in the city, offering services and safety. By Michael Kimmelman A city is only as ...

As the New York Public Library’s magnificent 42nd Street reading room prepared to close temporarily because of the virus, regulars wondered when they would be back.

The majority of New York City public libraries will be forced to cut their hours yet again and open just five days a week if Mayor Eric Adams' proposed $58.3 million budget cuts go ahead, the ...

In March, Mayor Eric Adams proposed a $58 million cut to the city’s three public library systems—the New York Public Library, the Queens Public Library, and the Brooklyn Public Library. The mayor has ...

The cuts are part of a budget-slashing package Mayor Eric Adams sent last week to the New York City Council, which seems poised to rubber-stamp its every stupid, mean-spirited, city-killing detail.… ...

NEW YORK -- There is no longer 7-day New York Public Library service offered in New York City. The move that saves the city $23.6 million-- but that number only amounts to 0.021% of the city's ...