by admin | Jun 19, 2019 | Advocacy, News
Know someone deserving of this NYLA Advocacy recognition? https://www.nyla.org/max/4DCGI/cms/review.html?Action=CMS_Document&DocID=39&MenuKey=career Purpose To recognize and honor an individual who, or a group that, has made a far reaching, sustained...
by admin | Jun 4, 2019 | Advocacy, News
For the first time in years, there is an active bill in both houses of the NYS Legislature. Add your name in support for ensure that every student in NYS has access to a certified school library media specialist. New York State Education Law denies primary school...
by Rebecca | Mar 7, 2019 | Advocacy
The New York State Complete Count Commission has announced seven public hearings across the state to gain public input and hear from Census experts and advocates. Each meeting of the Commission will be open to the public and webcast. The events will feature detailed...
by admin | Dec 17, 2018 | Advocacy, News
Over sixty library supporters, including librarians, trustees, administrators and students spent the morning at Pine Grove Middle School chatting with newly-elected and re-elected legislators about services offered by their community and school libraries and to ask...
by admin | Mar 23, 2018 | Advocacy, News
The NYS Legislature has released their “one house” budget proposals for this year’s budget and the bills include the single largest increase in funding to the Library Construction Aid Program ever – a $50M addition to the program, for a total of $64M! This is in...
by admin | Mar 6, 2018 | Advocacy, News
Around sixty Central New York library staff and supporters converged on the State Legislative Office Building and Capitol in Albany to meet with regional Assemblymembers and Senators. Restored funding for libraries and construction aid was the focus of the...
by admin | Feb 7, 2018 | Advocacy, News
Governor Cuomo has cut $10 million from Library Capital Construction funding in his 2018-19 State budget. This means that $14M will need to be shared by ALL public library systems across the state. What can we do? The New York Library Association (NYLA) is collecting...
by admin | Feb 6, 2018 | Advocacy, News
Real People. Real Dollars is an effort to drive more library advocates to the NYLA Online Advocacy Center and increase awareness of Library Advocacy Day. Originally started by the Mid-Hudson Library System in 2016, now going statewide! Libraries from across the state...
by admin | Jan 23, 2018 | Advocacy, News
ADVOCACY NEWS Copies of written testimonies and the video recording of the January 10, 2018 Assembly Standing Committee on Libraries and Education Technology, public hearing on library funding, are available at: http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/libdev/future/index.html....
by admin | Dec 12, 2017 | Advocacy, News
On December 1, CLRC held its annual Legislative Breakfast at La Casita Cultural Center with over 50 people attending the event. Thank you to our regional legislators for attending and/or sending a representative to speak with library supporters (trustees, friends,...
