The CEO of financially reeling furniture giant Jennifer Convertibles drunkenly mowed down an MTA security guard who was crossing a Queens highway on foot last night, authorities said.
Harley Greenfield, 65, of the Upper East Side, had “slurred speech and glassy eyes” after his 2010 Chevrolet Cobalt struck the victim, Mohammed Rohman, 45, late Wednesday on the southbound Whitestone Expressway, a law-enforcement source said.
Rohman, a married father of two from Bangladesh who had been taking a meal break, then was run over by a 2008 Audi A4.
The Summit Security employee, who had worked as a guard at the nearby MTA bus depot, was pronounced dead at the College Point scene.
Greenfield, one of the founders of Woodbury, LI-based Jennifer Convertibles, admitted to having one vodka and a glass of wine, a source said.
The sofa-bed retail maven was given a portable Breathalyzer test at the scene, though the results were not immediately released. He later refused to take an official Breathalyzer test when taken into custody at the 109th Precinct by police.
Cops then obtained a warrant to draw his blood and test it for alcohol.
Greenfield, who has been charged with operating a motor vehicle while impaired by alcohol, was awaiting arraignment in Queens Criminal Court. The Audi’s driver was not charged.
Greenfield’s family declined to comment at their York Avenue residence.
At Rohman’s home in Jamaica, Queens, his wife, Rowshan Ara Begam, 32, was mourning the death of her husband of 17 years, along with their 12-year-old daughter Marjana and another daughter, Moontarin, age 6.
Begam said, “I loved him very, very much. I miss him and I wish none of this ever happened. We’re all praying for him.”
Marjana said, “He was a great father, really caring. He always asked if we were doing our homework , always gave us lots of advice, and made sure that we knew right from wrong.”
“Now that he’s gone will always remember him,” she said.
Family spokesman Mostafa Shafiq Housnine, said, “He is the only guy working in his family. How can they survive?”
“It’s shocking,” said Housnine. “We need justice. This is not a subject of rich or poor, this is about justice.”
Greenfield’s company has been reeling in recent months from spiraling losses.
On Tuesday, Jennifer Convertibles reported that in the second fiscal quarter, which ended Feb. 27, the company recorded a net loss of $6.4 million compared to a $2.3 million loss for the same period a year before.
The company had a total net loss of $13.3 million for the last two fiscal quarters combined.
Jennifer Convertibles’ continued losses over two of the past three years, and a decrease in shareholder equity, led the American Stock Exchange to boot the company’s stock from being traded on the exchange on March 8.
The company now is being traded on the Over the Counter Bulletin Board.