Beginning Sept. 7, 11 additional library branches across New York City will offer service on Sundays, thanks to new operational funding of $2 million secured in the City’s Fiscal Year 2026 budget. The expansion was championed by the New York City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams and council members and encompasses three Bronx libraries: Kingsbridge, Mott Haven and Baychester.

City Council officials said expanding 7-day library service to at least 10 additional branches was a proposal first outlined in the speaker’s 2025 State of the City address, and the city council subsequently included the funding proposal in its Fiscal Year 2026 Preliminary Budget Response as a priority for the adopted budget.

City council officials said this $2 million is in addition to a $15 million increase in opera

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