Did you hear the news? Mayor Eric Adams unveiled an Executive Budget that STILL leaves library funding down $58.3 million. Make your voice heard and send City leaders a clear message: #NoCutsToLibraries !

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“It was awesome to meet the people I *always* see on the television,' the child narrator says

New: Mayor Adams told the head of NYC's police oversight board this week she can stay on the panel as long as she accepts a demotion — an offer that came after his top public safety deputy, Phil Banks, requested her resignation.

w/ Graham Rayman nydailynews.com/2024/04/25/as-…

Photos: Firefighters Cordero and Kukulski from Engine Company 257 worked for 15 minutes to resuscitate a cat found in a fire apartment in Brownsville. #LloydMitchellPhotography #FDNY #Firefighting #Fireservice #Photojournalism #BrooklynPaper #Journalism #Cats #Animalslover

Same guy who said this: columbiaspectator.com/news/2024/04/1…

Spent the day off from the Trump trial talking to Columbia students about the months of planning that went into their encampment and the “ridiculous” narrative about outside agitators floated by Mayor Adams, Kaz Daughtry and others apnews.com/article/inside…

Adams can't help but acknowledge he's just using the library cuts as a negotiating tactic, & it's a way to make the City Council & others continue to focus on this relatively small amount of $ with an outsized social footprint. Like last year (twitter.com/TweetBenMax/st…).

the icon, the legend, seen here (with a few other Park icons) youtube.com/watch?v=GNFqMx…

This week marks the opening of the Unisphere, built for the 1964 World's Fair, and sixty years later it remains an indelible landmark of the borough of Queens.

For more photographs and records regarding the World's Fair, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, visit our website!

I know a lot is going on right now, but today is the 10th anniversary of the Flint water crisis, and none of the residents have been paid from the $656 million settlement. theemancipator.org/2024/04/25/env…

“We got DOH lists and were calling people: ‘Hi, I see that you gave birth 3 years ago. Would you like a seat for your kid?’” he said, noting that the teams who used to do this outreach have been disbanded. “This is the type of aggressive outreach that we need to fill 3K seats.”

May 22nd -- LCA Show in Albany!

🚨BREAKING: City College of New York students and faculty have erected CUNY’s first Gaza Solidarity Encampment.

As the world's borough, we welcome all, and yes, that includes 🛸🛸🛸🛸

From the construction of City Water Tunnel No. 3 to the repair of the Delaware Aqueduct to the upgrade of the Newtown Creek Wastewater facility, Vinny Sapienza has made major contributions to projects that will serve the City of New York for generations!

The saga of a Brooklyn Heights co-op building’s switching from oil to electric heat tells both a success story and a cautionary tale about what it takes to reinvent a century-old residence for a greener new era.

thecity.nyc/2024/04/25/ele…

Rice was asked to resign as chairwoman after criticism of the fatal police shooting of Kawaski Trawick and efforts to increase the power and budget of the oversight agency. After 2 years as interim chairwoman, appointed by the mayor, City Hall referred to Rice as a “holdover.”

On CBSNewYork Mayor Eric Adams repeats 'it was never a decision by City Hall to tell Library's to close on Saturdays and Sunday.'

But the city cut over $58 million in funding to the 3 public library systems — money they depend on to operate.