Aug. 22, 2025 By Bill Parry

A St. Albans man was charged with grand larceny for allegedly stealing more than $872,000 that was meant to feed the needy from a Queens charity where he worked as an administrator, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced Friday.

Otto Starzmann, 60, of Anderson Road, was arraigned in Queens Criminal Court on Aug. 21 on charges of grand larceny in the second degree and criminal possession of stolen property for taking funding meant to provide fresh produce to families experiencing food insecurity, according to the Queens DA’s office. Starzmann allegedly spent $429,508 of the money to buy 22 acres of land in upstate Warwick, NY, and more of the charity’s funds to pay for architectural services and to pad his own bank account.

According to the charges an

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