Statement on the Fiscal Year 2017 Budget

The following is a joint statement on the Fiscal Year 2017 New York City budget from the City's three library systems (Brooklyn Public Library, New York Public Library and Queens Library):

"New Yorkers win with this investment in libraries -- our expanded hours, education programs for all ages and efforts to close the digital divide will continue, and we hope to build on them in the years to come.  By strengthening our libraries now and in the future with this historic baselining, the Mayor and City Council will help strengthen all of New York's communities."