Hike library budgets, NY ed czar urges

Anonymous Patron writes The New York Daily News reports state education czar Richard Mills said New Yorkers should stop cheering when library services are restored and start demanding that lawmakers increase library funding. The $90 million budget for public libraries, which are an arm of the state Education Department, was sliced by 5% this year, he said. It has not been bumped upward since 1997, when it was raised by 5%.”