Those who wish to keep our Cadman Plaza Library should know that Mayor de Blasio’s new budget proposes selling off libraries and reducing funding.

At the cost of a phone call, we can defend our local library and prevent its sale to high-end condo developers.

If you care, call Mayor de Blasio’s office to tell him to appropriately fund our libraries so they won’t be sold off and shrunk. Tell him he must relent in negotiations with the city council and provide the funding libraries need. He should take the advice offered because everyone agrees the libraries should be properly funded.

On May 5, 2015, The New York Times decried defunding and shrinking of our libraries in an editorial: New York City’s Libraries Need Money,

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/06/opinion/new-york-citys-libraries-need-money.html?mwrsm=Email

During his campaign, Bill de Blasio called for a stop to selling off the libraries. And now, our local library is on the verge of being sold. Tell the Mayor that we don’t give our permission to sell off such a vital community asset.

To call Mayor de Blasio use the following numbers:

Jonathan Viguers: (347) 331-3607 (General City Hall Number for transfer over is: (212) 788-3000.)