
NYC public libraries to end late fees for overdue books and materials
CBSN
New York City's public libraries will no longer charge late fees and will waive existing fines for overdue books and other materials, city officials announced Tuesday.
Late fees had already been suspended since March 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic and will now be permanently eliminated, elected officials and leaders of the city's three public library systems said in a news release.
The New York Public Library began reopening the rest of its available locations in July.

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