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Virtual Library Advocacy Day
February 26th, 2021, via Zoom
Your voice is needed on Friday, February 26 to convey to your local representative the importance of library services in our state. New York State funds its library infrastructure through sets of regional systems (public, school, and multitype research systems), and that funding is again threatened in the executive budget released earlier this year. A series of meetings is scheduled with North Country legislators to impress upon them the value of libraries, and you’re invited to participate. Click here to view availability and email Christi to sign up for the appropriate appointment(s).
Attendees should live or work within the district being represented, and be available for a planning meeting on Thursday, February 11 from 1:00-2:30 pm.
Schedule of Meetings:
9:00 AM | Assemblyman Simpson | District 114 |
9:30 AM | Assemblyman Smullen | District 118 |
10:00 AM | Assemblyman Jones | District 115 |
10:30 AM | Assemblyman Blankenbush | District 117 |
11:00 AM | Senator Stec | District 45 |
11:30 AM | Senator Griffo | District 47 |
1:00 PM | Senator Ritchie | District 48 |
1:30 PM | Assemblyman Walczyk | District 116 |
2:30 PM | Assemblyman Barclay | District 120 |
Additional background:
The proposed $87M allocated for NY’s Library Aid Program represents a 7.5% cut to the budget enacted last year (of which 20% was withheld and has still not been distributed) and is 15% underfunded according to the $102.6M authorized in NY Education Law (which is an outdated figure that itself is lower than it ought to be).
The legislature can restore these cuts to Library Aid through its budget process, but that doesn’t happen automatically. They need to hear from us. Last year, the governor’s budget cut $20M from Library Construction Aid, and with the Covid chaos of last spring, that cut stuck and public libraries had $14M for capital improvements. That same $14M has been proposed in this year’s executive budget, and needs to be corrected. The construction needs of public libraries in NYS is estimated to be $1.5B.
Additional Resources
NYLA Library Advocacy
Read more about NYLA’s Advocacy Resources.
NYS District & Representative Information
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Regional State Representatives

William A. Barclay
Albany Office
Legislative Office Building 933
Albany, NY 12248
Phone: 518-455-3751
District Office - Fulton
Phone: 315-598-5185

Ken Blankenbush
Albany Office
Legislative Office Building 322
Albany, NY 12248
Phone: 518-455-5797
Fax: 518-455-5289
District Office - Carthage
Suite 2
Carthage, NY 13619
Phone: 315-493-3909
Fax: 315-493-4045

Joseph A. Griffo
Albany Office
172 State Street, Capitol Building
Room 413C
Albany, NY 12247
Phone: 518-455-3334
Fax: 518-426-6921
District Office - Utica
Utica, NY 13501
Phone: 315-793-9072
Fax: 315-793-0298

Billy Jones
Albany Office
Room 551
Albany, NY 12248
Phone: 518-455-5943
District Office - Plattsburgh
Phone: 518-562-1986

Daniel G. Stec
Albany Office
Legislative Office Building
Room 711B
Albany, NY 12247
Phone: 518-455-2811
Fax: 518-426-6873
District Office - Glens Falls
Suite 3
Glens Falls, NY 12801
Phone: 518-743-0968
Fax: 518-743-0336

Patty Ritchie
Albany Office
Albany, NY 12247
District Office - Ogdensburg
330 Ford St.
(Basement Of City Hall)
Ogdensburg, NY 13669
Phone: 315-393-3024
Fax: 315-393-3063
District Office - Oswego
Oswego, NY 13126
Phone: 315-342-2057
Fax: 315-342-2162
District Office - Watertown
Watertown, NY 13601

Robert Smullen
Albany Office
Legislative Office Building 527
Albany, NY 12248
Phone: 518-455-5393
District Office - Herkimer
Herkimer, NY 13350
Phone: 315-866-1632
District Office - Johnstown
Room 108 City Hall
Johnstown, NY 12095
Phone: 518-762-1427
Fax: 518-762-9871

Matthew Simpson
Albany Office
Legislative Office Building 721
Albany, NY 12248
Phone: 518-455-5565
District Office - Elizabethtown
PO Box 217
Elizabethtown, NY 12932
Phone: 518-873-3803
District Office - Glens Falls
Glens Falls, NY 12801
Phone: 518-792-4546

Mark Walczyk
Albany Office
Legislative Office Building 940
Albany, NY 12248
Phone: 518-455-5545
District Office - Canton
Canton, NY 13617
Phone: 315-386-2037
Fax: 315-386-2041
District Office - Watertown
Dulles State Office
Watertown, NY 13601
Phone: 315-786-0284
Fax: 315-786-0287