Dozens of NYC's libraries have shut their doors to the public in 2022, as the highly transmissible omicron variant has driven up infections and exposures among staff. But library officials tell Gothamist that bibliophiles may soon see a return to normalcy.
— which covers Manhattan, the Bronx and Staten Island — at least 34 branches either closed their doors or slashed their hours this month.
At many locations, signs appeared this month and last announcing the closures “until further notice” — a bleak reminder of the systemwide shutdowns that accompanied the first weeks of the pandemic andOutside the Tompkins Square branch of the NYPL on Monday morning, a steady stream of would-be patrons approached the door, only to turn away when they learned it was locked. Branch regulars lamented that it had been that way since Thursday.
On Monday, for the first time in weeks, the Queens Public Library reported no closures related to COVID cases or staff shortages, the system’s president, Dennis Walcott, told WNYC/Gothamist.
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