New City Library
Serving the communities of Bardonia, Congers, and New City.

| Hours | Address and Phone | Staff | Trustees | Policies |

The New City Free Library was founded in 1936 and was originally housed in the New City School. Books were provided primarily by the school and by public donation. The library received $100 in state aid, and matching funds were raised by Library Committee bake sales, tea parties, book sales, and fashion shows.

In 1942, the New City Library Committee, "an unincorporated association of citizens" offered New City School District #5 the books it owned in an arrangement whereby the School Board would support the New City Free Library, and the Committee would continue to handle library business and select books.

By 1950 the school district could no longer support the library due to centralization and the need to convert the spaced used by the library into a classroom. A request was made to the Town Board of Supervisors for a $500 annual fee to support the library. A local attorney donated his legal services to incorporate the Library Committee as the New City Free Library Association, and applied for a charter with the State Education Department.

A provisional charter was obtained in 1951, along with a grant of $100. The library moved to the basement of the school while plans for a building went forward, paid for by contributions from the townsfolk, donated materials, and a charter membership fee to the library of five dollars. The New City Fire Department donated land on Maple Avenue.

In 1953 the library opened, financed primarily through yearly membership drives. The library was open twelve hours per week. 1956 saw the first discussions of obtaining library support from the taxpayers, and in 1958 a petition supporting tax support through the school district was adopted. The library's annual budget was $5,000.

Today the library is a modern facility serving nearly 50,000 people, in the communities of Bardonia, Congers, and New City, with a collection of about 170,000 volumes and a circulation of over one half million.

Address and Phone

New City Library
220 N. Main Street
New City, NY 10956-4000

Phone: (845) 634-4997 or (845) 634-4962

Fax: (Administration office) (845) 634-0173
Fax: (Reference desk) (845) 634-4401

Library Hours

Monday -- Thursday 9:00 am -- 9:00 pm
Friday 12:00 noon -- 6:00 pm
Saturday 9:00 am -- 5:00 pm
Sunday 12:00 noon -- 5:00 pm

Summer Hours:
Saturday 10:00 am - 2:00 PM,
Closed on Sundays.

The Staff : (845) 634-4997

Interim Director:  Rita Fogelman, ext. 111

Administrative Assistant: Jodi Smith, ext. 112
Business and Facilities Manager: Ellen Ellis, ext. 113
Head of Maintenance: Vincent Mallozzi, ext. 129

Head of Adult Services: Cynthia Hoffman, ext 115
Head of Audio Visual Services: Harriet Wollenberg, ext. 120

Head of Children's Services: Susan Schuler, ext. 133
Head of Circulation: Gail Seidenfrau, ext. 101
Head of Community Relations and Local History: Sally Pellegrini , ext. 139

Head of Technical Services: Sue Telesca, ext. 118

Children's Librarian: Marie McDermott, ext. 141
Children's Librarian: Arlene Sandner, ext. 122
Children's Librarian: Kapila Sankaran, ext 104
Collection Development Librarian: Nancy Moskowitz, ext. 140
Collection Development Librarian: Karen Ostertag, ext. 128
Reference Librarian: Marianne Silver, ext. 137
Teen Services Librarian: Mary Phillips, ext. 114

The Board of Trustees:  nclboard@rcls.org

Robert Martin, President (New City, NY)
Terri Thal, Vice President (New City, NY)
Harry Bloomfeld, Treasurer  (New City, NY)
Amanda Trigg, Secretary  (New City, NY)

Paul, Aney  (Nanuet, NY)
Jeffrey Greenberg (New City, NY)
Matthew Mulrooney (Congers, NY)
Tom Ninan (New City, NY)
 

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