Valley Cottage Free Library

We are a public library located in Valley Cottage, New York serving residents of the Nyack School District. Valley Cottage Library a not-for-profit corporation chartered by the New York State Education Department in 1959. It is organized to serve the educational and cultural needs of the community of the Nyack School District. It is concerned with providing materials for literacy, education, and cultural purposes and serves as a community and neighborhood meeting place. The Library is chartered to serve the residents of Valley Cottage (population. 9,038 as of the 2020 US Census) and it also provides equal services to all Nyack Residents. For the year ended December 31, 2023, the Nyack School District provided approximately 84% of the Librarys funding primarily through tax assessments. Additionally, the organization received 11% of its funding from grants, which was primarily one time funding that was used for building repairs and improvements.Operating under a seven-member Board of Trustees, the Library participates in community-driven initiatives and enhancement efforts through developing p