Tuesday, May 20, 2014

Why is the Board of Trustees of Queens Library Refusing to Cooperate with the NYC Comptroller?

Any library be it academic or public much use their funds responsibly to provide resources and services to its community.  Much has been written about the misuse of funds by Director Thomas Galante.  What is realy bothering me more is the refusal of the Board of Trustees to provide financial information to NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer as reported in the Queens Chronicle.

It is obvious that they are trying to hide something.  My experiences with using the Queens Library have been positive over the years.  The staff at the local Mitchell Linden branch is very friendly and I've enjoyed the concerts I have seen at the down town Flushing location.

The article states that the Comptroller is going to State Supreme Court to force the library to turn over the financial documents to him.  I wish there was an easy way to get rid of the library trustees.  This is a very sad situation especially since resources at the local branches are not adequate.

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