Queens Library Board votes to keep denying NYC comptroller’s demands
“Continuing to defy the city comptroller and insisting on adhering to an agreement reached with one of his predecessors in 1997, the Queens Library again decided last night to withhold documents that...
View ArticleGonzalez: Queens Library President Thomas Galante is trying to muzzle his board
“The embattled head of the Queens Library is trying again to clamp down on information — this time from its own board of trustees. Queens Borough President Melinda Katz labeled the new ploy by Thomas...
View ArticleQueens Library reforms stall after passing State Assembly
“The state Assembly passed a Queens Library reform bill Monday, but it is unlikely to even come up for a vote in the state Senate. The bill, authored by Assemblyman Jeffrion Aubry (D-East Elmhurst) and...
View Article8 Are Removed as Queens Library Trustees
“Eight members of the Queens Library board of trustees were dismissed on Wednesday by Mayor Bill de Blasio and the borough president, Melinda Katz, according to the mayor’s office. The board members...
View ArticleQueens Borough President Melinda Katz urges court to allow her to remove...
“Queens Borough President Melinda Katz is urging a Brooklyn federal court to dismiss a lawsuit filed by six trustees of the scandal-plagued Queens Library. The trustees, seeking to block her ouster of...
View ArticleQueens Library carrying out expensive probe of leaks about director Thomas...
“The Queens Library is spending big bucks to investigate leaks of confidential information about board meetings to the Daily News. Lawyers for six former trustees suing to get their positions back...
View ArticleMayoral donor spared the ax in Queens library scandal
“Mayor de Blasio and Borough President Melinda Katz spared only one Thomas Galante backer when they axed eight other trustees who had supported the disgraced Queens Public Library honcho — and it turns...
View ArticleHint of Scandal Embroils Queens Library’s Leaders
“There it is atop the Queens Public Library’s headquarters: The roof deck at the heart of an inquiry into misused money, where some say the president of the library, Thomas W. Galante, likes to take...
View ArticleGonzalez: Queens Library chief likely to be suspended in upcoming meeting
“Thomas Galante will soon be checking out as Queens Library chief. The library’s revamped board of trustees is expected to approve a resolution Thursday night to indefinitely suspend Galante, the...
View ArticleQueens Library chief Thomas Galante placed on paid leave pending results of...
“The story of embattled Queens library chief Thomas Galante entered a new chapter Thursday night after he was put on indefinite leave by the board.NY Daily News)
View ArticleAfter Queens scandal, bills introduced to open up books at city libraries
“After Queens library boss Tom Galante was revealed to be blowing library cash on perks for himself and his cronies, legislation will be introduced in the City Council Wednesday to force city libraries...
View ArticleQueens Library set to hire 50 new employees and replace private cleaning crew...
“The embattled Queens Library is hiring 50 more staffers and ending its use of private cleaning crews, its temporary new leader announced last week. “Queens Library staff are the best in the world,”...
View ArticleEx-Queens Library trustees lose case against BP Melinda Katz
“A federal judge has dismissed the lawsuit brought against Borough President Melinda Katz by six former Queens Library trustees who had sought to have their dismissals overturned by the court, Katz...
View ArticleQueens Library boss faces possible dismissal
“Queens Library Director Thomas Galante could be fired next week, following a review by the library’s new trustees into his wild spending of tax-payer money on lavish meals, expensive concert tickets,...
View ArticleQueens Library fires Thomas Galante for wild spending
“The board of the Queens Public Library closed the book on lavish spender Thomas Galante Wednesday night. Galante, 54, was fired from his roles as CEO and president after the board met to vote on his...
View ArticleFormer Queens Library head Thomas Galante to sue over firing
“Disgraced former Queens Library president Thomas Galante says he’ll sue the library’s board for firing him over allegations that he abused a library credit card to make personal purchases.The...
View ArticleConstruction to begin on long-delayed Queens Library branch
“Better late than never. A long-delayed Queens library is finally getting off the ground, with construction set to begin in the next few weeks, officials will announce Thursday. Workers have begun...
View ArticleQueens Library Fills Void After Closure of City’s Last Sheet Music Store
“The musical void left by the reported closure of the New York’s last classical sheet music store is being filled by the Queens Library. The institution has built the city’s largest collection of music...
View ArticleEXCLUSIVE: NYC City Controller Scott Stringer urges DA, IRS to probe...
Financial abuse at Queens Library was so out of control that city Controller Scott Stringer is urging the IRS and local prosecutors to launch criminal probes against both Thomas Galante, the library’s...
View ArticleAudit Details $310,000 in Prohibited Expenses by Queens Library’s Leaders
“In a sweeping critique of past spending and accounting practices at the Queens Library, a city audit released on Wednesday detailed more than $310,000 in prohibited expenses by the former president of...
View ArticleBorough Aid to Queens Library Is Restored
“The Queens borough president has allocated $14 million to the Queens Library for capital improvements, her office announced on Monday, a year after she withheld such funds after an investigation into...
View ArticleAxed Queens Public Library director suing for over $2M
“The fired director of the Queens Public Library is suing his former employer for more than $2 million, claiming his ouster over wild misspending was a political hatchet job. Thomas Galante made...
View ArticleQueens Library goes after ex-CEO for $200G
“Didn’t he have a library card? The ex-CEO of the Queens Library expensed books he bought on Amazon for his Kindle, the library says in court papers.The library filed the complaint about Thomas Galante...
View ArticleEx-schools Chancellor Walcott to become Queens Library CEO
“It looks like the Queens Library is about to be run by the book.Respected former city Schools Chancellor and Deputy Mayor Dennis Walcott is poised to take over as CEO of the Queens Library, the Daily...
View ArticleDennis Walcott gets hands-on as Queens Library CEO
“Some Queens Library staffers got a first look at their new boss last Friday and were probably stunned — and heartened — by what they saw.Clad in a sweatshirt, jeans and boots, Dennis Walcott hopped...
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