Mayor Eric Adams proposed a $114.5 billion budget for the coming year that dials back migrant spending while ramping up allocations for shelter beds, tax cuts and infrastructure. But he acknowledged uncertainties posed by a sluggish commercial office market and the policies of the incoming Trump administration.The preliminary budget for Fiscal Year 2026, released Thursday, paints a sunnier financial picture compared to the last two years, when escalating costs for asylum seekers prompted the mayor to make unpopular budget cuts that the City Council fought to reverse. With fewer migrants arriving in the city, the Adams administration is now lowering the estimated cost of the crisis to another $6 billion between the current year and next year, down from a previous projection of $8.4 billion. The city has already spent some $6.9 billion on the migrant crisis since 2022.Adams’ new financial plan will be negotiated with the City Council ahead of the July 1 start of the next fiscal year. At $114.5 billion, it would be about the same size as the current year’s budget, which stood at $115 billion as of November.The improving financial picture comes at an opportune time for Adams, who can pursue his difficult re-election bid this year without needing to defend new cuts to parks or libraries.“Because we set the table for success, we were able to ensure the continuity of critical programs as well as make strategic new investments in public safety, affordability and quality of life,”... Continue reading at 'Crains New York'
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Take a tour of one of the biggest libraries in Cambridge without leaving your home. Head on down to Newnham College with us. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2020-11-09 11:30:00 UTC ]
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The UK Parliament’s Joint Committee on Human Rights has opened an inquiry into the issue of freedom of expression, in part seeking to address if hate speech law is in need of an update. It is inviting interested parties to contribute written evidence by 6th December. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-11-09 10:54:37 UTC ]
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Specialist mental health publisher Trigger Publishing is launching a new book series next year, focusing on "empowering people to help others with their mental health". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-11-09 07:44:22 UTC ]
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Imagine bookstores, libraries and life really, without Anne Frank, The Little Prince, the Quran, and Murakami. This is what a world without literary translators would look like—our literary travels would be devoid of global textures and much, much less rich. Through the work of translators,... Continue reading at Electric Literature
[ Electric Literature | 2020-11-06 12:00:00 UTC ]
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Host David Lankes catches up with Christopher Cox, Dean of Libraries at Clemson University, to talk about the lessons Clemson—and academic libraries more broadly—are learning in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-11-06 05:00:00 UTC ]
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The Horror Writers Association, in collaboration with United for Libraries, Book Riot, and Booklist are excited to announce Summer Scares 2021. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2020-11-05 11:35:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House executives this week confirmed that the publisher is extending its "temporary" digital license terms for e-books and digital audio in libraries and schools through March 31, 2021. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-11-05 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Tool contains publisher’s image libraries while encouraging public to upload their own photographs. Continue reading at Media Week
[ Media Week | 2020-11-04 14:41:51 UTC ]
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Three libraries, including two major metropolitan downtown facilities, have seen vandalism related to voter intimidation in the last two weeks. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2020-11-02 11:35:00 UTC ]
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Take a virtual tour of some of the world's most haunted libraries, and learn the history behind the hauntings of these bookish spaces. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2020-11-02 11:30:00 UTC ]
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With the election days away, this is the perfect time to remember that public libraries exist in a political as well as a civic space. In this episode, hosts David Lankes and Nicole Cooke talk to John Chrastka, head of EveryLibrary, the country’s only political action committee for libraries,... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-10-30 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Brooklyn’s Greenpoint library and environmental education center, by Marble Fairbanks and Scape, points to a climate-literate future. Here’s how. I have spent a lot of time in libraries in my day. But not one like this.Read Full Story Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2020-10-23 12:15:29 UTC ]
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Six years after moving to D.C. and deciding it's not for me, there’s still something holding me back from leaving: the libraries. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2020-10-19 10:30:00 UTC ]
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David McKee’s now-revered picture book Tusk Tusk was once banned in a number of libraries in the UK, the illustrator said after celebrating winning this year’s BookTrust Lifetime Achievement Award. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-18 16:44:34 UTC ]
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Religion publishers are addressing the modern needs of parents and couples in new books on mental health, LQBTQ issues, addiction, and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-10-16 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Each week 'The Skillset Podcast' will illuminate the complex issues facing libraries and other key institutions in these unprecedented times. Episode One, available now, features hosts David Lankes and Nicole Cooke in discussion with Tamara King, Head of Community Engagement at the Richland... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-10-16 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Viewers of Netflix’s recent documentary "The Social Dilemma" will now know, more acutely than ever, the impact that platforms like Twitter and Instagram are having on our lives, including unprecedented rises in pre-teen suicides and self-harm admissions to hospital. Hearing about addictive,... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-15 16:27:55 UTC ]
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Speaking at the launch for the Frankfurt book fair – this year focused online – the novelist said authors’ observations could ease the burden of the diseaseThe celebrated Israeli novelist David Grossman has called on his fellow writers to be “trenchant witnesses” to the Covid-19 pandemic, and to... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2020-10-14 12:54:03 UTC ]
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Getting an MLIS to work in libraries while working a full time job can be challenging, and this librarian shares her experience. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2020-10-12 10:30:00 UTC ]
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The anxiety that libraries can sometimes give me is of a cosmic nature, for something ineffable affects my sense of self when I realize that the majority of human interaction, expression, and creativity shall forever be unavailable to me. The post A Fraternity of Dreamers appeared first on The... Continue reading at The Millions
[ The Millions | 2020-10-09 10:00:48 UTC ]
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