| New York’s budget crisis continues to threaten library funding.
Governor Paterson has called for cuts to library funding for the fifth time in two years. If his executive budget proposal is adopted by the Legislature, library funding would be pushed back to a level not seen since 1998. These cuts are unacceptable.
That’s why your elected officials need to hear your voice in Albany on Tuesday, March 2, during the New York Library Association's Library Day 2010. You can help them fully understand why library funding must not be cut again.
Join library advocates from the Four County Library System and all across the state for face-to-face meetings with your representatives in the Senate and Assembly. This is your chance to showcase the importance of your public library and public library system.
Four County has chartered a bus, and you can expect to arrive in Albany around 10:45am and depart around 4pm. In between are appointments with your legislators. Choose from one of three pick-up points:
- 7:25am at Wegmans in Johnson City
- 8:25am at McDonald's in Sidney
- 8:55am at the Neptune Diner in Oneonta
These times are approximate so please be early, and be sure to bring photo ID for security checkpoints.
Registration is mandatory – seating is limited. Call Sherry Gorman, administrative assistant, at 607-723-8236 ext.305 no later than February 23. Provide your name, your cell number or daytime phone, the name of the public library within Broome, Chenango, Delaware or Otsego County that you represent, and identify your pick-up point.
In addition, you can click the red-white and blue “Become a Library Advocate” icon on our home page to send a quick fax message to your legislators urging them to reject the latest cuts to libraries.
Please take action, because the threat to library funding has never been more real. |
