Showing posts with label STATEMENT FROM COUNCIL MEMBER ANDY KING. Show all posts
Showing posts with label STATEMENT FROM COUNCIL MEMBER ANDY KING. Show all posts

Friday, June 26, 2015

STATEMENT FROM COUNCIL MEMBER ANDY KING, ON BEING CHOSEN TO CHAIR SUBCOMMITTEE ON LIBRARIES



  "I am humbled and honored to be chosen by my colleagues to chair the Subcommittee on Libraries at this historic time in which the #investinlibraries campaign has forced  us to confront how important these facilities are in our neighborhoods. As a member of the Cultural Affairs Committee, since I entered the City Council in 2012, I have been working on how we, in the Council, can effectively fund and promote the important work our city's three library systems do in our communities every day. I am a Bronx native who grew up going to the New York Public Library and it has helped to make me who I am today. I promise I will remain committed to ensuring our libraries remain the beacons of light they have been for over a century," said Council Member Andy King, the third-ever council member to hold the position.