EAGLE EXCLUSIVE: Brooklyn Public Library in line for audit, says Comptroller Stringer
NOTE: This is the second article in our series devoted to our exclusive sit-down interview with New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer.
City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer told the Brooklyn Eagle on Thursday that the Brooklyn Public Library (BPL) is in line for a top-to-bottom audit, and a “broad range of fiscal issues” will be examined.
The audit plan was triggered by allegations of unchecked spending at the Queens Borough Public Library, Stringer said. According to the New York Daily News, Thomas Galante, president of the Queens system, spent $140,000 last year to renovate his office, including $27,000 for a rooftop deck where he “grabs a smoke.” This comes on top of a salary of almost $400,000, and other perks.