From School Library Journal:
A year after SLJ reported on the contentious dispute over a proposal to add a children’s room to the East Hampton Library in New York, the kids of the posh summer community are no closer to seeing it become a reality.
Library Director Dennis Fabiszak has said that the East Hampton Village Board of Zoning Appeals has expressed concern that an expanded children’s collection would lead to more library usage by those who live in the less affluent areas of Springs and Wainscott. . .
. . . The proposed 6,800-square-foot addition to a community that includes Martha Stewart, Rudolph Giuliani, and Katie Couric as summer residents would enable the library to add 10,000 additional children’s books to the library’s collection. Last year, the Long Island library ranked last for books available per child.
In the past, the zoning board had raise questions regarding the children who would use the library and the communities from which they came. The library serves not only the Village of East Hampton but also the less affluent communities of Springs and Wainscott.