Spoke with the librarys president and ceo anthony mark, about the hoyt of the institution as well as its Current Operations and future. Lets start with numbers. How big is the New York Public Library . How many employees, budget, et cetera . Guest a Public Library combines the largest circulating Branch Library system in america, 88 branches, in every neighborhood in the burroughs, as well as four Important Research libraries, this one being the crown jewel at the center of the system and also the shop berg center in hard harlem. We have 2100 employees, a budget of 280 million a year, operating, about half from the city of new york, largely to pay for the circulating Library System in the neighborhoods. The other half comes from return of a billion dollar en. Com that employs me, a trust, and that we raise somewhere between 80 and 100 municipal a year. Theres also 100 million a year. Theres also somewhere in the vicinity of 40 or 50 million a year of capital improvements, again mostly
Joyce appleby would you doing these days . Guest i am waiting for spring to arrive in mexicos lichens are guarding. Host i still writing . Guest no i am not or teaching i decided after nine books sizes start reading other peoples books and that is what i have been doing with great pleasure. Great pleasure. Host to miss being a ucla . Guest and his the people but no. Retirement is wonderful. Just wonderful you can do what you want to do you have time to read the newspaper for two hours in the morning if you want. No. The only downside is it chipolte page. Host what booker you best known for do you think . I dont know possibly inheriting the revolution which is a social history of the first generation of americans those born after 1776 with no colonial background they heard about the tradition from their fathers and grandfathers and if not that then perhaps the history of capitalism. I really dont know. You would have to ask somebody else that question. Host are you still active with the
Equitable Public Access is essential and will be taking Public Comment as follows. First Public Comment will be taken on each item of this agenda. And then we will take those waiting on the telephone line. For those watching either channel 26, 28, 78 public call in number is streaming across the screen. Once connected entered the meeting id at 2469and then pound and pound again when connected you will hear the meeting discussions youll be hearing in listen mode only. When Public Comment is called, those inperson should line up to speak and those on the telephone line. If youre on telephone please remember to turn down your tv and all listening devices that you may be doing. You may submit Public Comment in writing. Email them to the Committee Work at elisasamif you submit Public Comment via email it will be forwarded to the supervisor sxz added as part of the official file. You may also send your written comment to see our office at city hall. Items acted upon are expected to appeal on
Generalet at sfgov tv. Madam clerk do you have announcements. Clerk allow inperson tenant and in Public Comment while supervising access to via telephone. The board of recognizes the equitable Public Access is essential and will be taking Public Comment as follows. First Public Comment will be taken on each item of this agenda. And then we will take those waiting on the telephone line. For those watching either channel 26, 28, 78 public call in number is streaming across the screen. Once connected entered the meeting id at 2469and then pound and pound again when connected you will hear the meeting discussions youll be hearing in listen mode only. When Public Comment is called, those inperson should line up to speak and those on the telephone line. If youre on telephone please remember to turn down your tv and all listening devices that you may be doing. You may submit Public Comment in writing. Email them to the Committee Work at elisasamif you submit Public Comment via email it will b
Capitol dome. Lots going on down there. Well have an update from Melanie Alnwick with the late off the some issues we are following today nationally. It is tuesday, january 29th. Im Sarah Simmons im wisdom martin. Welcome to fox 5 morning news. Lets bring in gwen now to talk about weather for the day. A little bit of fog this morning. We dont have the freezing rain like we had yesterday or the sleet which is really good. There are a few kind of scattered showers to areas to the west. Dont be friesed if you feel a little bit of a dribble here and there. Other than that, not much happening. Lets have a look at our maps. Well put this all together for you. A lot of moisture in the atmosphere from yesterday. You can see that activity coming in from the west but it is very scattered in nature and it is moving its way to the southeast. 42degrees at Reagan National. The same at dulles. 37 at b wait a minute thurgood marshall. I want to tell you that our highs were actually in the low 40s. Tod