https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/akemgz/public-library-budgets-are-being-slashed-police-have-more-cash-than-ever

No one was all that surprised to learn that New York City Mayor Eric Adams wants to cut costs by gutting public libraries. Under the administration’s recently announced “Program to Eliminate the Gap” (PEG), New York City public libraries may face up to $13.6 million in cuts between now and June 2023, followed by another $20.5 million in cuts over the next two fiscal years.

But while the move is not shocking, librarians are nonetheless troubled by the cuts, which come at a time when budgets for the New York Police Department (NYPD) and other police departments around the country are expanding.