Met Council officials reportedly met with other Jewish nonprofit leaders about the closure today – the same day the met Council’s chief legislative patron, New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, was arrested by the FBI for allegedly taking millions of dollars in kickbacks.
Metropolitan Council On Jewish Poverty To Go Out Of Business
Shmarya Rosenberg • FailedMessiah.com
The Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty will likely dissolve itself and cease to exist, the Daily News has just reported.
The scandal-ridden anti-poverty arm of the New York City Jewish community will reportedly parcel out its programs to various other nonprofits and shut its doors.
Met Council officials reportedly met with other Jewish nonprofit leaders about the closure today – the same day the met Council’s chief legislative patron, New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, was arrested by the FBI for allegedly taking millions of dollars in kickbacks.
The Met Council’s former Modern Orthodox CEO, William E. Rapfogel, is serving a state prison sentence of up to 10 years for stealing at least $9 million from the agency. The embezzlement scheme involved doling out some of the stolen money to politicians’ campaign war chests. Silver was not indicted in that scheme and no evidence was publicly shown that Silver benefitted in any way from it. Still, the suspicion that he did benefit remains. Two other top Met Council officials, one a haredi rabbi, also pleaded guilty in the scheme, as did the Met Council’s Breslov hasidic insurance broker.
Rapfogel and Silver were close friends, and Rapfogel’s wife Judy is Silver’s chief of staff.
The Met Council reportedly wanted to merge with another nonprofit but was unable to find one with the right range of services.
So now the Met Council will reportedly give their existing state and city service contracts to several other nonprofits. That process, however, will require city and state approval.
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