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QUESTION
What percentage of the public library system's budget comes from city funding?
1:00:37
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The presidents and CEOs of the public library systems in New York City state the percentage of their budgets funded by the city.
- Brooklyn Public Library receives 85% of its budget from city funding.
- Queens Public Library receives around 90%-92% of its budget from city funding.
- New York Public Library receives about 60% of its budget from city funding, per an agreement with Andrew Carnegie.
Carlina Rivera
1:00:37
So what percentage of the system's budget is city funding?
1:00:40
You do all this with the with with these funds What percentage of the system's budget is city funding?
Dennis Walcott
1:00:48
Good question.
Linda Johnson
1:00:49
For Brooklyn, it's 85%.
Dennis Walcott
1:00:51
Foot queens is roughly 90%, 92%, give a take.
Tony Marx
1:00:57
And we're a slightly different animal.
1:00:58
We're at about 60%.
Carlina Rivera
1:01:01
Still all above.
Tony Marx
1:01:02
Essential.
1:01:02
Essential 60%.
1:01:04
It's the, you know, the lion's share for the branches as per an agreement signed with Andrew Carnegie.