Save NYPL

Right now, there isn’t a single public library open anywhere in the Bronx, Brooklyn, or Manhattan on Sundays. Across the city, millions of students, scholars, inventors, and readers lack a qui...

https://savenypl.org/keep-the-42nd-street-library-open-on-sundays/

The greatest publicly accessible research library in the world is being converted into a tourist trap by day and a party venue by night. Despite the pandemic, despite the battered economy, despit...

https://savenypl.org/the-vandals-are-inside/

On Thursday the State Review Board voted unanimously to recommend the Carnegie Libraries of NYC to the State and National Registers of Historic Places. This means that the remaining 56 libraries ...

https://savenypl.org/major-victory-landmarking-nycs-carnegie-libraries/

Next Tuesday, November 12th—a week from today—from 5:30 to 7:00pm, the NYPL will hold a public meeting about “Midtown Campus Updates” at the Central Library in Astor Hall (42nd & 5th, in ...

https://savenypl.org/nypl-master-plan-meeting-next-tuesday-november-12-530-7pm/

On September 18th, the New York Public Library cancelled a planned event with Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman’s private foundation after protests about his abuse of human rights. We woul...

https://savenypl.org/nypl-cancels-pro-dictator-event-after-csnypl-protest/

Last week, the New York Times reported on NYPL’s decision to keep the stacks at the 42nd Street Library empty indefinitely. In a letter to the editors published just before his passing, our fr...

https://savenypl.org/edmund-morris-on-nypls-stacks-study/

On Tuesday, February 5th, the Landmarks Committee of Community Board 5 met to discuss proposed changes to the 42nd Street Library that would create a new entrance and terrace on 40th Street. The ...

https://savenypl.org/alterations-to-42nd-street-library-raise-alarm/

This week we are launching a petition to expand the hours at the 42nd Street Library. Please join us in calling on library leaders to make longer hours a critical component of their 42nd Street L...

https://savenypl.org/petition-to-expand-hours-at-nypl/

In what has become an unfortunate annual tradition, the 42nd Street Library will be closed on Sundays for the remainder of the summer. With the Mid-Manhattan Library currently undergoing renovati...

https://savenypl.org/closing-time-reduced-nypl-hours-burden-readers/

  At two public meetings in November and December last year, NYPL revealed its Master Plan governing renovations to the 42nd Street Library. Here is our response. At a time when misinformation s...

https://savenypl.org/response-to-nypls-master-plan-3/