The New York Public Library has been selling off some of its art treasures to bolster its budget. What’s wrong with that, asks Lee Rosenbaum? “The library’s art disposals were marred by undue haste and inadequate oversight by its trustees and the New York State Attorney General’s office. By selling the public’s patrimony to buttress the budget, rather than contributing or raising the money themselves as should have been their first priority, the library’s board and administration took the easy way out.”