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Sam Zherka strip club ownernamed to phantom MountVer non police boar dOriginally published March 12 2013 632 PM

Updated March 12 2013 724 PM

By TIMOTHY OCONNOR timothyoconnorcablevisioncom

Photo credit Timothy OConnorNewsday | Strip club owner Sam Zherka was appointed as a liaison to the Mount Vernon Civilian

Advisory Board for Police Affairs in October by Mayor Ernie Davis The board has no members and it was a position that does not

exist (March 12 2013)

When Mayor Ernie Davis appointed Sam Zherka as a liaison to the

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Mount Vernon Civilian Advisory Board for Police Affairs in October he

named the strip club owner to a position that doesnt exist on a board

that has no members Newsday has learned

It doesnt exist because I havent configured it yet Davis said

Tuesday declining to discuss why he appointed Zherka or what role

he envisioned for him

Zherka who owns the Westchester Guardian weekly newspaper and

is part owner of a Manhattan strip club called Cheetahs is ineligible

to be a board member regardless because he lives in Katonah

PHOTOS Mayor Ernie Davis supporters attend fundraiser in Mount

Vernon | Property owned by Mount Vernon Mayor Ernie Davis

MORE Mt Vernon Mayor Davis pays tax bill on condo | Complete

coverage Mount Vernon politics

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The board created in 1982 to handle residents complaints against

the Police Department should consist of 12 members each of whom

has lived in Mount Vernon for at least three years according to the

city code

The mayor is authorized to appoint seven members and five

associates The city code details what role each of the members

who are not paid should play and a liaison is not one of the defined

positions

The chairperson shall meet with any group or individual expressing

a grievance concerning police policy action or procedure in order

that the board may adequately discuss and make recommendations

concerning said grievance the city code states

The code calls for the second deputy police commissioner to be the

chairman and the member designated to discuss the panels

recommendations with the police commissioner The city doesnt

currently have a second deputy police commissioner

There have been no advisory board members or meetings since at least 2006 current and former

Mount Vernon officials said Recently ousted Police Commissioner Carl Bell said he had not heard of

such a board until Davis started talking about Sam Zherka being a liaison to the panel

One law enforcement source familiar with the Mount Vernon Police Department called Zherkas

appointment a get-out-of-jail-free card noting that Zherka might use his position to skirt city

ordinances

Zherka 46 said he doesnt know yet what his role will be and denied he would use the post for his

own benefit

I was appointed as a liaison When the board is put together well know better he said of his duties

Zherka was arrested at City Hall in October 2008 following a dispute with former Mayor Clinton

Youngs chief of staff Yolanda Robinson He was found guilty of two counts of disorderly conduct

after an October 2009 trial He filed two federal lawsuits against the city both of which were

dismissed

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Damon Jones the head of the Westchester chapter of Blacks in Law Enforcement said he repeatedly

has called on Mount Vernon to appoint members to the board

How do the citizens of Mount Vernon have any redress when they are victims of police crimes he

asked Thats why this board is supposed to be there

Some members of the Police Department are being investigated by the FBI and the US attorneys

office for alleged ties to street gang members Newsday reported Feb 22 That probe is in its

preliminary stages said sources familiar with the case

Residents of Mount Vernon interviewed Tuesday did not know Mount Vernon had a Civilian Advisory

Board for Police Affairs

I never heard of it Carmen Grant said as she did laundry in King-Cal Laundromat on South Fifth

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Grants home was robbed by five gun-wielding teenagers two years ago she said Only one person

was arrested and that was because she showed the police the alleged perpetrator on Facebook

I had to do my own investigation she said I wanted to complain but we feared retaliation by the

police I didnt know there was someplace else to turn

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Mount Vernon Civilian Advisory Board for Police Affairs in October he

named the strip club owner to a position that doesnt exist on a board

that has no members Newsday has learned

It doesnt exist because I havent configured it yet Davis said

Tuesday declining to discuss why he appointed Zherka or what role

he envisioned for him

Zherka who owns the Westchester Guardian weekly newspaper and

is part owner of a Manhattan strip club called Cheetahs is ineligible

to be a board member regardless because he lives in Katonah

PHOTOS Mayor Ernie Davis supporters attend fundraiser in Mount

Vernon | Property owned by Mount Vernon Mayor Ernie Davis

MORE Mt Vernon Mayor Davis pays tax bill on condo | Complete

coverage Mount Vernon politics

VIDEO Mayor outlines vision for Mount Vernon | Ernie Davis

supporters slam media coverage | Conflict of interest possible in

Davis probe

The board created in 1982 to handle residents complaints against

the Police Department should consist of 12 members each of whom

has lived in Mount Vernon for at least three years according to the

city code

The mayor is authorized to appoint seven members and five

associates The city code details what role each of the members

who are not paid should play and a liaison is not one of the defined

positions

The chairperson shall meet with any group or individual expressing

a grievance concerning police policy action or procedure in order

that the board may adequately discuss and make recommendations

concerning said grievance the city code states

The code calls for the second deputy police commissioner to be the

chairman and the member designated to discuss the panels

recommendations with the police commissioner The city doesnt

currently have a second deputy police commissioner

There have been no advisory board members or meetings since at least 2006 current and former

Mount Vernon officials said Recently ousted Police Commissioner Carl Bell said he had not heard of

such a board until Davis started talking about Sam Zherka being a liaison to the panel

One law enforcement source familiar with the Mount Vernon Police Department called Zherkas

appointment a get-out-of-jail-free card noting that Zherka might use his position to skirt city

ordinances

Zherka 46 said he doesnt know yet what his role will be and denied he would use the post for his

own benefit

I was appointed as a liaison When the board is put together well know better he said of his duties

Zherka was arrested at City Hall in October 2008 following a dispute with former Mayor Clinton

Youngs chief of staff Yolanda Robinson He was found guilty of two counts of disorderly conduct

after an October 2009 trial He filed two federal lawsuits against the city both of which were

dismissed

Galleries

Mt Vernon City CouncilsRich Thomas

Property owned by MountVernon Mayor Ernie Davis

Stories Photos

71013

Sources Suffolk subpoenas Nassau cops inshooting

71013

PD 10-foot shark washes up in Long Beach71013

Neighbors petition against $6M complex71013

Teens honor teammate killed in crash71013

Pirates Booty makelay off all LI workers

Comptroller

Airconditioning

Bookkeeper Full Charge

Nurse Rn Supervisor

Ophthalmic TechScribe

View all top jobs Post your resume

search jobs

sear

Feds investigate MountVernon finances

Feds probe Mt VernonsHurricane Katrina relief fund

Mount Vernon budgetdeadline looms


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YorkJuvenex Spawwwjuvenexspacom

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