TIMES, THURSDAY, MAY 15, 2014 • 6 GOING BY THE BOOKS? The board agreed to provide City Comptroller Scott Stringer with information based on an agreement reached with then-Comptroller Alan Hevesi in 1997. Stringer is seeking court intervention invalidating that agreement and mandating that Queens Library turn over all of its financial documents. “Queens Library believes in accountability and transparency,” according to a statement issued by the library. “The library has released all requested financial documentation in accordance with the court ordered agreement of 1997. The audit rules have been the standard for several previous administrations. It appropriately includes audit authority over every dime provided by the City, fines and fees collected and book sale funds.” The settlement between Hevesi and Queens Library came after a similar imbroglio over transparency which ended up in a courtroom. In the agreement, Hevesi agreed not to audit “revenues to nor expenditures from ... any financial records—past, present or future—regarding any library funds other than fines and fees, city funds and all interest earnings on fines, fees and city funds.” Stringer and Queens Borough President Melinda Katz slammed the board’s decision in statements sent to the Times Newsweekly last Friday, May 9. “What happened last night at the Queens Borough Public Library was a disgrace,” Stringer said. “It is a shame that the members of the Queens Library board who voted against their own colleagues’ resolution have continued to embrace library management’s antiby Robert Pozarycki Infuriating several elected officials, Queens Borough Public Library’s board of trustees voted last Thursday, May 8, to rebuff calls for full financial disclosure in an ongoing city audit. -SEE LIBRARY ON PG. 27- Qns. Library Gives Financial Info, But Stringer Wants Full Disclosure Bicyclist Killed In Oz. Pk. Hit-&-Run Cops Seek Van Driver Who Took Victim’s Life by Robert Pozarycki Police are continuing to seek the driver who fled in his van after running down a bicyclist on an Ozone Park street on Sunday night, May 11, it was reported. The identity of the victim—a 40- year-old male—was not disclosed by law enforcement sources pending family notification. Reportedly, the hit-and-run accident occurred at about 9:37 p.m. Sunday in the vicinity of Rockaway Boulevard and 90th Street. According to information obtained by police, the victim was pedaling westbound on Rockaway Boulevard when he was sideswiped the driver’s black Mercedes-Benz van, which was traveling in the same direction. Just after the bicyclist fell to the ground from the impact, police said, the van ran him over. Reportedly, the driver stopped the van and got out momentarily to check for damage. Seconds later, authorities said, the driver returned to the van and sped away westbound on Rockaway Boulevard. Members of the 102nd Precinct and EMS units rushed to the scene. Paramedics brought the victim, who suffered severe head trauma, to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, where he later died. An inquiry by the NYPD Collision Investigation Squad is ongoing, police said. Anyone with information regarding the hit-and-run accident that could prove helpful is asked to contact Crime Stoppers by phone at 1-800-577-TIPS, by text message to 274637 (enter information, then the code TIP577) or online at www.nypdcrimestoppers.com. All calls and messages will be kept confidential. ©Times Newsweekly - 2014 - WERST ©Times Newsweekly - 2014 - PUGMO Own A Building? Check Out Our Rates FREE INSURANCE QUOTES PACKAGE POLICY FIRE/DWELLING LIABILITY $1,000,000 LOSS OF RENTS - ACTUAL LOSS DEDUCTIBLE $1,000 Specializing In Apartment Buildings and Structures in Ridgewood and surrounding areas. WE HAVE MANY COMPANIES & PROGRAMS. LET US QUOTE YOUR AUTO/LIFE/HOME. DON’T DELAY- CALL TODAY AND SAVE! Se Habla Español GRACEMOSER INSURANCE AGENCY SERVING OUR COMMUNITY SINCE 1949 73-06 Metropolitan Avenue (2nd Floor) Middle Village, NY (Near 73rd Place) Phone 718-326-1982 • Fax 718-326-2662 www.gracemoseragency.com
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