The New York Public Library (NYPL) made it into the New York Times again, barely a month after an article critical of the library's proposed costly renovation of its 42nd Street flagship building, and the latest headline isn't pretty: "Ex-Librarians Feel Muzzled on Project." The "muzzle" referred to is a "nondisparagement agreement," which those leaving the library after a 2009 reorganization have been required to sign in return for getting severance pay as part of a buyout NYPL offered. It seems incongruous, critics say, for an institution that stands for free speech to suppress it.
展开▼
