Are you a NYC resident? Do you care about our public libraries? If yes, please sign up to testify in person or via Zoom for this Tuesday's hearing of NYC's Committee on Cultural Affairs, Libraries, and International Intergroup Relations. council.nyc.gov/testify/ - hearing is at 10am - ThreadSky

prisonculture.bsky.social • 6 days ago

Are you a NYC resident? Do you care about our public libraries? If yes, please sign up to testify in person or via Zoom for this Tuesday's hearing of NYC's Committee on Cultural Affairs, Libraries, and International Intergroup Relations. https://council.nyc.gov/testify/ - hearing is at 10am

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piglet.bsky.social•6 days ago

i submitted a written comment.

don't let the good be the enemy of the done. you don't have to be eloquent to add your crumb of weight to public opinion. case study attached.

prisonculture.bsky.social•6 days ago

Thanks. Unfortunately they only accept written testimony 72 hours before hearings. 3 business days.

piglet.bsky.social•6 days ago

their website says after? called for confirmation, but voicemail for now.

"Members of the public can sign up to testify at virtual public hearings via Zoom Web, Zoom Phone, or in-person. Written testimony may be submitted up to 72 hours after hearing has been adjourned."

if so, this is my script.

piglet.bsky.social•6 days ago

oh! i believe i have confirmed via inspecting their web form. when you select "written" testimony, the hearings dropdown updates to include hearings from 3 days ago. so, good news! we should be able to comment on this hearing until March 21st.

prisonculture.bsky.social•6 days ago

thank you

jratrodgerville.bsky.social•6 days ago

Keep the libraries open and free from censorship.

lanafamily96.bsky.social•6 days ago

Please don't skip l need your help 💔💔

prisonculture.bsky.social•6 days ago

The public hearing is Tue 3/18 starting at 10am. Agencies will present first and then public testimony. You can testify in person in Council Chambers in City Hall or via Zoom. To sign up, go to https://council.nyc.gov/testify/ and follow the instructions.

prisonculture.bsky.social•6 days ago

Where it says “Select a hearing,” choose Tue, Mar 18 @ 10:00 AM – Committee of Cultural Affairs, Libraries, and International Intergroup Relations from the drop down. In the “subject of testimony” field, write a quick description of what your testimony is about: e.g., library budget, Sunday service

prisonculture.bsky.social•6 days ago

You will likely only have 2 minutes. This goes very quickly! Council may cut you off if you go over by more than a few seconds, so practice reading your testimony out loud ahead of time.

I will be testifying and if you're a NYer, I think you should too.

rabbiariel.bsky.social•6 days ago

yes, I attended a hearing where I was to testify for three minutes and at the start of the hearing it was announced that the time would be cut to two minutes per person. I'm still seething.

prisonculture.bsky.social•6 days ago

NYC Plan is calling for public library funding to be increased from 0.42% to at least 0.5% of the total city budget in this upcoming fiscal year. This would translate to $92,166,000 ($92 million) in public library funding in the FY '26 cycle. or a 19% increase in total library funding.

torrent-empress.bsky.social•3 days ago

Is it too late to submit written testimony? I saw this too late

prisonculture.bsky.social•3 days ago

It appears that written testimony can be submitted up to 72 hours after the hearing.

toomuchtelly.bsky.social•6 days ago

Is it better to testify via Zoom or written?

prisonculture.bsky.social•6 days ago

You can't do written anymore because you need to submit written testimony 3 business days in advance. So it's either zoom or in person now.

toomuchtelly.bsky.social•6 days ago

Got it, will Zoom

prisonculture.bsky.social•6 days ago

wonderful! thank you so much.

nursetawny.bsky.social•6 days ago

I’m testifying via zoom too, but isn’t the cut off for written submissions 72 hours after the public hearing is over? I’m pre-caffeinated so maybe I’m reading this wrong. From the link you posted.

prisonculture.bsky.social•6 days ago

and thanks for testifying.

prisonculture.bsky.social•6 days ago

You can't submit written testimony but you can testify in person or on zoom. You don't need to pre-submit testimony for that.

neurograce.bsky.social•6 days ago

Yea, you can submit up to 72 hours after. You can see when you select what hearing you want that if you have selected written testimony you can choose hearings from the past (obviously can't do that if you have selected in-person or zoom)

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