The hiatus in media coverage of the New City Library does not mean that all is well. It is more a case of the media's limitations on which issues to cover. New City Library Watch has only one issue: the New City Library.



The hiring of a new director has not changed the fact that the Board of Trustees is controlled by a majority that does not operate openly, violates its own bylaws, and makes bad decisions.



The August board meeting brought up issues that left us with the following questions:



1. Why was the attorney who prepared Mr. Freedman's contract instructed to name him the director when, on May 7, the board voted to hire him as INTERIM DIRECTOR? (The board never voted to hire him as director.) 2. Why does Mr. Ninan want to increase the director's salary one month after his contract was signed?

3. Why was the newly-hired director's contract extended for 3 more years one month after it was signed? 4. Why did these issues come to a vote before the board without first being considered by the Personnel and Finance Committee?