What’s Open, Closed On Presidents Day 2022 In New City

NEW CITY, NY — Presidents Day is Monday, and since it is a federal holiday, not everything will be open around Clarkstown on that day, including senior programs.

Services such as the local government, the U.S. Post Office, banks and public schools will be closed on Monday.

But New City gets a treat afterward, as the library will reopen at its temporary "express" location Tuesday at its new Express location at 198 S Main St., between the New City Cinemas and DeCicco Family Market.

Plus, there is something you can do: get working on Clarkstown's Virtual Photo Contest. Submit a photo of something unique that you have captured. The contest will run from Monday through March 6. E-mail photo to c.tosto@clarkstown.org. Please include name, address, and phone number. Winner will be announced the following week and will receive a prize. Good luck!

Here’s a breakdown of how the holiday could affect your routine.

• Pearl River library: Closed
• Nanuet library: closed
• West Nyack library: closed
• Nyack library: closed, no AARP tax help
• Federal, state, local government offices: Closed
• Public schools: Closed
• Public libraries: Closed
• Post offices: Closed
• Banks: Closed
• State/city courts: Closed

Transportation:

Transport of Rockland (TOR) bus routes will operate a Saturday schedule and TRIPS paratransit service will offer ADA-only service on Presidents’ Day, Monday. Here are the details:

• TOR will operate Saturday service on routes #59, 91, 92, 93, 94 and Loop 3; plus, Regular service
• on Loops 1 and 2. TOR routes #95 and 97 will not operate.
• TRIPS paratransit buses will operate ADA-only service.
• Hudson Link buses will operate Holiday service.
• Clarkstown MiniTrans buses will not operate.
• Coach USA Rockland Coaches will operate reduced service
• Coach USA Shortline will also operate limited service and the Orange Westchester Link (OWL) busservice will not operate.
• Coach USA (Exit 14) Express will operate Limited Morning service with buses departing Exit 14 at6:30 and 7:20 a.m., plus Evening service from Midtown at 4:00, 5:00 and 6:00 p.m.
• Monsey Trails will operate special holiday service. www.monseybus.com.
• Metro-North Hudson Line and Port Jervis Line trains will operate Weekend service
• NJT Main/Bergen Line and Pascack Valley trains will operate Weekend service
• The Haverstraw-Ossining Ferry is suspended due to ice conditions on the Hudson River.

Trash and recycling:

• Most will not be collected; check with your local municipality.

The holiday, which was originally established in 1885 to honor President George Washington, will provide a much-appreciated three-day weekend for many.

Washington’s Birthday became Presidents Day in the late 1960s as part of the Uniform Monday Holiday Act. The bill proposed that the country celebrate holidays on Monday rather than when birthdays fell on the calendar, so workers could have a three-day weekend.

During the debate of that bill, it was proposed that Washington’s Birthday be renamed Presidents Day to celebrate the birthdays of both President Abraham Lincoln’s on Feb. 12 and Washington's on Feb. 22.

Congress actually rejected the name change in the 1968 version of the bill. However, after the bill went into effect in 1971, Presidents Day became the commonly accepted name.