Recently Asked Questions

We have become aware that a recent l

Are incorporated "Friends", who do not receive over $50 thousand, do not have paid staff, and are only able to provide the funds to the library, required to register [with the New Yo

For public libraries seeking school ballot funding, there's some gray area around whether a petition with signatures of eligible school district voters needs to be submitted to the s

A recent article appeared in a local newspaper that was describing the local efforts of a group called Moms for Liberty to have certain books removed from school libraries because th

We have two individuals in our community, within 500 feet on either side of the library, that have been identified as sex offenders on the NYS website.

Is it legal for a library board to approve expenditures (without a referendum) for a capital project from its operating funds (or operating fund balance) to bridge a shortfall in bon

We are a small municipal library serving a village of 6500 & a town population the same size.

We have become aware that a recent law in New York shortened the statute of limitations to collect consumer debts.  Does this affect our library’s ability to enforce and col

Can a school district library board mandate that trustees take a one-year break after two terms?

I am looking for general information on the possible impact of Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILOT) agreements on library tax levies.