News & Events

  • Rally at the NYPL Trustees Meeting, Wednesday, Nov. 20th (at 42nd Street Library)!

    Please join us Wednesday, November 20th, during the New York Public Library’s quarterly trustees meeting to tell the trustees: Don’t waste money on the extravagant, destructive “remaking” planned for the historic 42nd Street Library, and don’t sell the Mid-Manhattan Library! As Bill DeBlasio prepares to take office and the NYPL administration prepares to reveal its…

  • Photos from November 4th Rally

    Monday’s rally outside the New York Public Library’s annual fundraising gala was a great success!  We thanked donors for their support of the library, and handed out nearly a thousand leaflets explaining our concerns about the wasteful and destructive Central Library Plan.  We also highlighted the irony of the gala featuring Mayor Bloomberg as a…

  • Rally at 42nd Street Library Monday, Nov. 4th – Tell Bloomberg to Save the 42nd Street and Mid-Manhattan Libraries!

    Please join us this coming Monday, November 4th, to greet Mayor Bloomberg and tell him to spend taxpayer money on library needs, not an extravagant, destructive remaking of the historic 42nd Street Library. The New York Public Library’s annual fundraising gala at the 42nd Street Library should be a celebration of creation, not demolition.  We…

  • State Assembly Committee Hearing on Libraries 10/31! (POSTPONED)

    UPDATE – AT THE REQUEST OF THE NYPL, THE ASSEMBLY HEARING HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL DECEMBER 13TH (SAME TIME AND LOCATION) Assembly Member Micah Kellner, Chair of the Committee on Libraries and Education Technology, has called another public hearing on the sale of New York City library buildings to private developers on Thursday, October 31, in…

  • CITY COUNCIL HEARING ON LIBRARIES SEPT. 30!

    MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD AT A CITY COUNCIL HEARING ON THE FUTURE OF OUR PUBLIC LIBRARIES! On Monday, Sept 30, 2013, at 1:00 p.m. at 250 Broadway, 16th Floor Committee Room, a very important Public Hearing about Capital Construction Needs and Potential Disposal of Libraries in NYC will take place. The Agenda can be found…

  • Come to the NYPL’s Trustees Meeting & Rally to Save Our Public Libraries! 9/25

    THE COMMITTEE TO SAVE THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY URGES YOU TO Come to a meeting of the NYPL Trustees! LET THEM KNOW YOU ARE WATCHING! WHERE: COUNTEE CULLEN LIBRARY – NYPL 104 West 136th Street near Malcolm X Blvd. (Lenox Ave.) 135th St. stop on the 2 or 3 train 135th St. stop on…

  • PUBLIC ADVOCATE AND COMPTROLLER CANDIDATE FORUM ON PUBLIC LIBRARIES

    Wednesday, September 4th 10 a.m. to noon (Doors open 9:30 a.m.) The Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Education Center 3940 Broadway, New York City, NY 10032 A, C or 1 subway to 168th Street On Wednesday, September 4, candidates for Public Advocate and Comptroller will discuss one of the most under-reported issues…

  • “The Hidden History of New York City’s Central Library Plan”

    The Nation magazine has just published an in-depth investigative report by Scott Sherman on the New York Public Library’s quest to monetize its assets. Sherman was the first to uncover the NYPL’s renovation plans in late-2011, and has been following the story for two years. The article, “The Hidden History of New York City’s Central…

  • Mayoral Forum on Libraries

    MAYORAL FORUM ON PUBLIC LIBRARIES AUGUST 30 The Committee to Save the New York Public Library is cosponsoring a MAYORAL FORUM ON PUBLIC LIBRARIES with Citizens Defending Libraries. Friday, August 30, 8 – 10 a.m. Kane Street Synagogue 236 Kane Street, Brooklyn (Between Court St and Tompkins Pl.  F or G trains to Bergen, or…

  • Refuting Marx’ Comments on the July 24 Leonard Lopate Show

    On July 24, Anthony Marx, President of the New York Public Library, defended the Central Library Plan on WNYC’s Leonard Lopate Show.  Those comments, which offered a false picture of the virtues of the plan, are refuted below. Marx referred to the stacks as if they were mere bookshelves easily taken down and made part…

  • 2 Lawsuits Filed to Prevent Demolition of 42nd Street Stacks; Recap of Past Weeks’ Developments

    In recent weeks there have been so many developments in the effort to stop the Central Library Plan, it’s been hard to keep up! So here is a re-cap, as well as ways you can get involved. BILL DE BLASIO TAKES OUR SIDE! Last Friday New York City Public Advocate and mayoral candidate Bill de…

  • Bill de Blasio Holding Press Conference on His Opposition to the Central Library Plan July 12!

    The Committee to Save the New York Public Library is joining Public Advocate and mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio at a press conference TOMORROW, July 12, where he will announce his opposition to the Central Library Plan and the sale of New York City public libraries for private development. What:   Press Conference with Public Advocate…