State auditors say a city group hired to conduct motorcycle-safety training doled out $46,000 for a tricked-out pickup truck, paid for unexplained trips to Arizona and the Dominican Republic, and had some instructors without driver’s licenses.
State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli said yesterday that the Motorcycle Association of New York State is losing the contract it first secured in 1998.
The audit includes accusations against some of its top officials, and the findings are being sent to the state attorney general.
The truck was a Ford Lariat that was to be used for towing motorcycles. It was decked out with premium wheels, “jewel-effect headlamps” and lots of chrome.
But it couldn’t tow motorcycles and didn’t fit in the association’s $300-a-month parking-garage space.