New York State Library

2022 State Aid for Summer Reading Program Allocations for Public Library Systems

Per Education Law 273(9) State Aid for Summer Reading Programs

Funding Source: NYS Love Your Library Fund (State Finance Law section 99-1)

Public Library System Counties Served 2020 Census Population % System Population is of State Population 60% of Funds Apportioned According to % of System Pop to State Pop [1] 40% of Funds (Equal Amount Per System) Total Final Allocation
Brooklyn 1.000 2,736,074 13.54% $12,192 $2,608 $14,800
Buffalo-Erie 1.000 954,236 4.72% $4,252 $2,608 $6,860
Chautauqua-Cattaraugus 2.001 204,699 1.01% $912 $2,608 $3,520
Clinton-Essex-Franklin 3.000 164,779 0.82% $734 $2,608 $3,342
Finger Lakes 5.000 311,066 1.54% $1,386 $2,608 $3,994
Four County 4.000 348,735 1.73% $1,554 $2,608 $4,162
Mid-Hudson 4.805 645,001 3.19% $2,874 $2,608 $5,482
Mid York 3.000 360,280 1.78% $1,605 $2,608 $4,213
Mohawk Valley 4.000 290,631 1.44% $1,295 $2,608 $3,903
Monroe County 1.000 759,443 3.76% $3,384 $2,608 $5,992
Nassau 1.000 1,395,774 6.91% $6,220 $2,608 $8,828
New York 3.000 3,662,652 18.13% $16,321 $2,608 $18,929
Nioga 3.000 311,397 1.54% $1,388 $2,608 $3,996
North Country 4.000 369,333 1.83% $1,646 $2,608 $4,254
Onondaga 1.000 476,516 2.36% $2,123 $2,608 $4,731
Pioneer 4.000 306,106 1.52% $1,364 $2,608 $3,972
Queens 1.000 2,405,464 11.91% $10,719 $2,608 $13,327
Ramapo-Catskill 3.195 858,193 4.25% $3,824 $2,608 $6,432
Southern Adirondack 4.000 367,655 1.82% $1,638 $2,608 $4,246
Southern Tier 5.000 266,860 1.32% $1,189 $2,608 $3,797
Suffolk 1.000 1,525,920 7.55% $6,799 $2,608 $9,407
Upper Hudson 2.000 475,978 2.36% $2,121 $2,608 $4,729
Westchester 1.000 1,004,457 4.97% $4,476 $2,608 $7,084
Grand total: 62.001 20,201,249 100.00% $90,016 $59,984 $150,000

[1] Sixteen dollars added to Column E so as to ensure each public library system received an equal amount under the sixth column.

Last Updated: June 14, 2022