Two top executives accused of looting the former Gloria Wise Boys & Girls Club of $1.2 million – including $875,000 for lefty radio network Air America – got off with a slap on the wrist yesterday when they were ordered to repay a mere $70,000.
As part of the plea deal worked out with the state Attorney General’s Office late last year, Charles Rosen and Jeffrey Aulenbach will not serve any jail time – a move that continues to anger residents of Co-op City, where the taxpayer-funded club was based.
Bronx state Supreme Court Justice John Byrne decided to sentence Rosen and Aulenbach under the terms of the plea deal. Byrne had postponed sentencing in December after Co-op City residents presented him with petitions and hundreds of letters of protest.
Rosen will have to pay $38,575 in restitution, while Aulenbach has to repay $32,363.