Three other nominees were rejected earlier this summer amid ongoing tensions between the Assembly and the Bronson administration on the role and future of the board.
The nine-member Library Advisory Board is made up volunteers who help plan library activities and projects, and the board makes recommendations to the mayor’s administration and the Assembly on matters related to the public library. Four seats have been vacant since April.
Assembly members who voted against the appointments cited concerns about the nominees’ personal politics, citing previous public testimony they had reviewed. “We’ve been speaking for months about the concern about this library being a battleground for freedom of speech,” Brawley said. “And I just have serious concerns.”
“We’re looking for qualified people who are interested in the library who have spent time here with their families,” he said. “We’re not looking for partisans. We’re looking for people who are engaged, and are going to be here and follow the the library advisory board and commit to the meetings.”
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