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Impact of insufficient capital investment on library branch closures
1:19:09
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Tony Marx explains how insufficient capital investment leads to emergency closures of library branches, resulting in significant loss of service hours.
- Insufficient capital investment leads to emergency closures of library branches
- In FY 2024, over 4,000 hours of service were lost due to emergency closures
- Marx emphasizes that they can do better with proper investment
- He calls for a partnership and system that provides assurance of funding
- The goal is to produce the level of service New Yorkers expect and deserve
Tony Marx
1:19:09
you.
1:19:09
Can can I just add?
1:19:11
Look.
1:19:11
I mean, when we because we have insufficient capital investment to maintain and enhance our facilities, we lose serious amounts of time where we have to close branches because of emergency uses.
1:19:30
In in f y twenty four, we lost over four thousand hours in our branches because of we didn't have the investment in capital to keep them going.
1:19:46
You know, what can I say?
1:19:51
We can do better than this.
1:19:55
We are proven that we can do better than this, but we need a partnership and a system that will give us the assurance of funding so that we can produce for New Yorkers what they expect and should expect.