NY Pols: Turnbull Must Quit Harlem Boys Choir

New York Congressman Charles Rangel and former NYC Mayor David Dinkins have stepped into the middle of the dustup over the future of the Harlem Boys Choir, telling founder Walter Turnbull that it is time for him to step aside and turn the organization over to someone with better management skills. “Haunted by a sex scandal, the choir is battling eviction from its rent-free space in a city school as well as accusations of shoddy bookkeeping and financial ruin so severe it owes roughly $3 million in unpaid taxes. At least 59 liens and judgments have been filed against the choir by federal, state and local governments since 1988.” Rangel and Dinkins are attempting to raise $500,000 to forestall the eviction, but are making it clear that Turnbull’s ouster will be a condition of their continued assistance.