Estelle Cooper, the former administrator of Flushing Meadows-Corona park, has been named in investigations of $90,000 that was misspent by a conservancy group she ran, the New York Post reported.
Cooper also ran Unisphere Inc. – a non-profit conservancy group that worked to revive the park. She spent 18 years overseeing the large park before resigning in January.
Officials told The Post the 82-year-old was part of three separate investigations into the misspending. Unisphere board members were suspicious of deals Cooper made with the Parks Department, The Post reported, and a camp run by her daughter. Members had then noticed thousands of dollars had been taken out of the group’s funds without approval.
