Central In The Manhasset Community

As a member of the Board of Trustees of the Manhasset Public Library, I will channel some of the best practices and lessons learned over a 20-year career in commercial real estate to assist the library reach its full potential and to ensure that it remains central to life in our community going forward.
For the last six years, I have lived in Munsey Park with my wife Jill and our two children. Our family uses the Manhasset Public Library extensively; indeed it is my kids’ love of the library and our reliance on the many services that it provides to all of Manhasset’s children that drives my candidacy for this position.
At a time when people are using libraries more than ever before—and while governments are being asked to do more with less—the importance of maintaining (and even increasing!) the array of programming now offered by the Manhasset Public Library cannot be overstated. The library has a unique place in our community in that it serves every segment of the population. A recent report by the Center for an Urban Future speaks to exactly to this, citing the library’s importance to a diverse constituency including senior citizens, immigrants, students and even freelance workers.
In particular, as we move towards a “knowledge economy” much thought needs to be given to how we maintain the digital advantage that the library now enjoys and how that benefit can be transferred to our students via cocurricular activities and other academic enrichment programs.
I look forward to having these conversations with you, my friends and neighbors, and speaking for you as a member of the board of trustees of the Manhasset Public Library.
I would be honored to have your support and humbly ask for your vote in the April 15th election.
Bill Harvey