Queens Library

Libraries are places of wonder for all ages. As children…to sit in story time, get their first library card. As teens…a place to meet friends while doing homework. As adults…a place to get that NYTimes best seller, old favorite or DIY information. They are the hub of each community and to lose a library is a sad thing that undermines the ties of the community.

In Queens we have over 70,000 books a day that we check back in and 70,000 going out.

Ask many Americans what tax-supported institution yields more social benefits, cultural enrichment and low-cost entertainment than any other — and a likely answer will be the public library.

What would you say if your community library had to close its doors? What if you couldn’t take out a book over the weekend for your child’s school project because not a single library was open? What if the shelves were bare? What would you say if afterschool programs, computer classes, and English lessons at the library were slashed in half or eliminated all together? The current New York City budget proposes to cut library aid by over 30%, which would drastically slash library services in our community.