Comptroller Lander addresses the ongoing cuts to libraries and cultural programs, highlighting their disproportionate impact on various communities. He urges for restorations to these institutions' budgets.

• Cuts to libraries and cultural programs have an outsized impact on students, immigrants, and many others they serve
• The Comptroller urges the City Council to make restorations to cultural institutions and libraries
• Highlights that the city has not increased funding for COLAs (Cost of Living Adjustments) for staff in cultural institutions and libraries
• Emphasizes the disparity between these workers and other city workers who have received cost of living adjustments