NEW YORK (PIX11) — Public libraries in Manhattan, Queens, and Brooklyn will be forced to close on weekends after Mayor Eric Adams announced the full list of proposed cuts to city fu…
I’m pretty sure that program was costing them more money to run than it was making, thus why they cut back on it. Anybody who bothered to sign up was a pretty heavy borrower of e-books, and those are expensive on the library’s side.
I live in NYS. so my state income taxes fund the Brooklyn Library. Even after you get a library card, you have to recertify which is bullshit. This is not SNAP. I qualify to borrow ebooks without being shamed for not living in the boroughs.
I wonder if they will reconsider their decision to let non New Yorkers use the Brooklyn Library now? I was paying $50 a year and it was a bargain.
I’m pretty sure that program was costing them more money to run than it was making, thus why they cut back on it. Anybody who bothered to sign up was a pretty heavy borrower of e-books, and those are expensive on the library’s side.
I live in NYS. so my state income taxes fund the Brooklyn Library. Even after you get a library card, you have to recertify which is bullshit. This is not SNAP. I qualify to borrow ebooks without being shamed for not living in the boroughs.