The main branch of the New York Public Library. Even if the de Blasio administration ends the budget dance on operating funds, the library systems still must convince Council members to support capital needs.
A baselined budget doesn’t mean there aren’t big challenges for the city’s three systems.
The mayor laid out a 2015 budget steeped in progressive policies, heavy on uncertainty and laced with criticism of his predecessor.
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