An incredible story of shameless corruption by a “public servant” has been exposed by the New York Daily News. Sure we’ve all heard of banksters and Congress getting away with wild amounts of theft and lawlessness at the public’s expense and then walking off even wealthier for it, but it appears the epidemic of theft is spreading fast throughout society.
Meet Thomas Galante, head of the Queens Library. As ”chief executive” of the library, we find out that his many duties consisted of a taxpayer funded $329,000 salary, a sports car, $140,000 in renovations to his office, including a $26,000 private smoking deck.
Oh, but that’s not it. No, that’s just the tip of the iceberg. Galante was also working a side job as a “business consultant” for the Elmont Union Free School District in Long Island, a role that earned him an additional $143,000 annually. Wait, it gets even better. Now that all of this has been uncovered, he is set to receive a $2 million golden parachute if he is fired. $2 million for a head librarian.
This guy has learned very well from his proximity to Wall Street.
From the Daily News:
Queens Borough President Melinda Katz is demanding that trustees of the Queens Library rein in their out-of-control chief executive, Thomas Galante, and eliminate a secret $2 million golden parachute in his employment contract.
The Daily News reported earlier this month that Galante received a whopping $392,000 salary in 2013, plus a sports car, to run the borough’s taxpayer-funded library system. And The News was first to report that he spent nearly $140,000 on renovations to his executive offices — including a $26,000 private smoking deck.
At the same time, Galante has been raking in nearly $200,000 annually while moonlighting as a business consultant to a Long Island school district, new documents obtained by the The News show.
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