Public libraries across the city reopened for Sunday service on July 14 following the restoration of funding in the recent city budget.
Nearly all library branches across the city had been closing on Sundays since last year, owing to tens of millions of dollars in budget cuts imposed by Mayor Eric Adams. The cuts proved unpopular, and before shaking hands on a budget deal for the current fiscal year, Mayor Adams and the City Council agreed to restore $58 million in funding to the New York, Brooklyn, and Queens Public Libraries.
