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Importance of baseline funding for future planning
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Dennis Walcott emphasizes the critical need for baseline funding to allow Queens Public Library to plan properly for the future and respond to community needs.
- Having funds baselined is crucial for proper future planning
- The library leadership loves to plan and respond to future needs
- Investment in baseline funding allows for proper planning
- The Speaker and Council recognize the value of libraries and have included them as a priority for the upcoming city budget
- With proper funding, libraries can be there for communities and all New Yorkers, whatever dreams they have and challenges they face
Dennis Walcott
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Having these funds baselined is critical so we can properly plan for the future.
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The beauty of Linda, Tony, and our teams is that we love to plan.
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We love to respond to future needs.
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But having investments to allow us to do that will allow us to plan properly.
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We know that the speaker and the council recognize the values of libraries and that is why we are thrilled that the speaker has included us as a priority for the upcoming city budget to address these outstanding needs and invest in our future.
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In turn, we can be there for our communities, for all New Yorkers, whatever dreams they have and challenges they face.
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Like Tony and Linda, we are out there in the public.
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In Queens, we always like to talk about every Queens resident lives a mile to a mile and a half of a Queens public library, and I know that exists for both Linda and Tony as well.
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We're there for them.
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We're serving their needs.