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b'We speak with George Abro of the New York Progressive Action Network about the recent midterms election and why he thinks New York Dems did so badly. \\n\\nThen, we hear from Indy reporter Ben Mankoff. \\nThe disparities within the NYC school system are a frequent topic of conversation on this radio station and elsewhere, but what\\u2019s lesser known is that public-school libraries are disappearing. The city Department of Education\\u2019s (DOE) Office of Library Services doesn\\u2019t have reliable data, but the available figures indicate that over 60% of city high schools do not have the state-mandated library media specialist on staff, and more than 40% don\\u2019t have any library space. \\n\\nIn the November/December issue of The Indypendent, substitute-teacher-turned-librarian Ben Mankoff wrote an article investigating what is going on with the New York City Schools public libraries.'