"Audit Faults Staten Island Yankees" NY Times 04/25/06

AUDIT FAULTS STATEN ISLAND YANKEES

New York Times, April 25, 2006

The Staten Island Yankees owe the city $570,202 in utility fees and late payment charges, according to an audit issued yesterday by City Comptroller William C. Thompson Jr. The audit also accused the minor-league baseball team of failing to properly count and report attendance. The team has a 20-year lease with the city's Economic Development Corporation for exclusive use of the Richmond County Bank Ballpark. The audit noted that the comptroller's office and the team disagreed on how to properly count attendance. Josh Getzler, an owner of the team and its chief operating officer, said the team has "been working closely with the E.D.C. to satisfy all of the comptroller's concerns."

SEWELL CHAN (NYT)