NYC Mayor & Borough President Appoint New Queens Trustees

摘要

New York City mayor Bill de Bksio on August 12 appointed Jnkay Hsu (pictured), founder of the community development organization Coalition for Queens (C4Q), to the Queens Library (QL) Board of Trustees. On August 19, Queens Borough President (QBP) Melinda Katz followed with the appointment of Robert Santos, a former VP of the New York Public Library (NYPL). The appointments fills two of eight positions left vacant since July 23, when de Blasio dismissed two of the library's trustees and Katz dismissed six, citing those members' support of embattled QL president and CEO Thomas Galante as the primary reason for their release. The move was made possible by a state law recently enacted to grant the lawmakers this power. Hsu brings an impressive resume to the volunteer position. After earning a degree in economics from Harvard, he served as a U.S. Army infantry officer in Iraq, where he led the development and launch of an Iraqi-run radio station in Salah ad-Din province and was awarded a bronze star tor exceptionally meritorious service against an armed enemy, according to a profile in the Atlantic. After returning home to Flushing. NY, in 201 1, Hsu founded C4Q to promote development of a technology sector within Queens. Last year, at age 29, he served as the youngest member, of the de Blasio administration's transition team.