Voting for the trustee election and proposed budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025 will be held at both library locations on Thursday, June 5 from 10 AM to 9 PM. Public Information Sessions on the Budget are scheduled for Monday, May 12 at 7 PM at the Village Branch Community Room and on Tuesday, May 13 at 7 PM in the Main Library Board Room.

The Library offers so much to people of all ages! We can help you apply for a passport, notarize your documents, or fax, scan and print for you. You can borrow museum passes to places such as the Intrepid, American Museum of Natural History, the Guggenheim Museum and 11 others. You can participate in painting classes, hiking club, visits with a psychic, food tastings, book clubs galore, lectures, art programs, yoga and meditation classes, coding for kids, family movies, events for teens such as babysitting training and volunteer opportunities, storytime sessions and movement classes for young children. You can borrow digital books, movies and music using our Libby and Hoopla apps. We’re way more than just books, but we have those, too!

Proposed Budget 2025-26
Revenue
Grants, Fines, Fees, Commissions	$80,000
Fund Balance	$312,205
Tax Levy & Debt Service	$6,679,960
TOTAL REVENUE	$7,090,165
Expenses
Library Materials	$231,950
Operations & Maintenance	$599,902
Organizational Expenses	$167,425
Debt Service	$641,700
Technology & Equipment	$131,100
Programming	$71,800
Subtotal Expenses	$1,843,877
Personnel	$3,465,894
Benefits	$1,780,394
Subtotal Personnel/Benefits	$5,246,288
TOTAL EXPENSES	$7,090,165

Respectfully, Haverstraw King’s Daughters Public Library Board of Trustees

Richard Freeman, President; Stephen Cobb, Vice President; Gail Kaiser, Financial Officer; Bernadette Koop, Secretary; Eileen Bookman, Trustee; Sonia Burgos Crannage, Trustee; Teriann DiCarlo, Trustee.