ALBANY – Thirty public libraries in the region have been awarded state funding through the education department to help pay for construction and renovation projects.
The grants range from as little as $2,500 to Morton Memorial Library and Community House in Rhinebeck to as much as $172,491 to Finkelstein Memorial Library in Spring Valley.
The funding will cover projects ranging from expansions to infrastructure upgrades, interior renovations and ADA compliance issues.
The projects include:
Claverack Free Library – $88,973
Hudson Area Association Library – $5,259
Morton Memorial Library – $2,500
Mid-Hudson Library System office building – $24,862
Mid-Hudson Library System Auditorium – $46,435
Millbrook Library – $58,795
Hyde Park Library District – $33,672
Stanford Free Library $136,061
Brewster Public Library – $107,835
The Desmond-Fish Library – $48,361
Elting Memorial Library – $5,810
Highland Public Library $81,653
Kingston Library – $66,168
Marlboro Free Library – $22,512
Gardiner Library – $7,396
Albert Wisner Public Library – $157,333
Goshen Public Library – $105,936
Highland Falls Library – $23,490
Josephine-Louise Public Library – $30,450
Port Jervis Free Library – $10,980
Thrall Public Library – $72,248
Tuxedo Park Library – $9,855
Finkelstein Memorial Library – $172,491
Haverstraw King’s Daughters Public Library – $4,568
Haverstraw King’s Daughters Library – Village Branch – $10,099
New City Free Library – $98,305
Tomkins Cove Public Library – $46,963
West Nyack Free Library – $7,714
Liberty Public Library – $33,040
Western Sullivan Public Library – $29,274
