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QUESTION
What programs and services will be impacted by budget cuts to the Brooklyn Public Library?
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The Brooklyn Public Library president explains that budget cuts will necessitate reducing programming by a third, impacting non-grant funded programs.
- Fewer citizenship classes and visits to senior centers and nursing homes
- Creative aging classes and programs for older adults reduced
- Young adult literacy programs cut by 50%
- Fewer teen internships and stipends
- Scaling back teen takeover initiative and events
- Reduction in technology and arts workshops for teens
- Closure of a teen tech center on Saturdays
- 50% reduction in library visits to children/families in hospitals
- Book distribution to children cut by half
- Cuts to multi-session art classes for older adults