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Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty

William Rapfogel arrives for his sentencing hearing in New York state Supreme Court, July 23, 2014 (Richard Drew/AP Images via JTA)
July 19, 2017, 9:35 pm
Ex-Met Council CEO wins early release from prison
William Rapfogel, who stole $9 million from the New York Jewish nonprofit he headed, serves less than 3 years of his term
By JTA
William Rapfogel, left, then the head of the Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty, and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg attend the social service agency's annual legislative breakfast in 2008. (photo credit: Metropolitan Council via JTA)
February 13, 2015, 10:18 pm
Met Council’s former insurance brokers sentenced
Two men ordered to pay $1.5 million, serve five years probation after pleading guilty to 20-year scam
By JTA
A homeless person in New York (illustrative photo: CC BY rduta/Flickr)
February 5, 2015, 11:28 pm
Where will NY’s poor Jews turn now?
Abrupt demise of FEGS, the city’s major Jewish social service organization, stuns community
By Julie Wiener
New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver outside federal courthouse after his arraignment on bribery and corruption charges, Jan. 22, 2015 (Photo credit: Yana Paskova/Getty Images/JTA)
January 23, 2015, 1:28 pm
Silver’s arrest a 2nd strike for NY Orthodox power brokers
State Assembly speaker is deeply connected to Met Council on Jewish Poverty’s William Rapfogel, convicted of corruption in 2013
By Uriel Heilman
August 21, 2014, 5:24 am
Met Council’s new CEO to step down
David Frankel will resign from his position by December after little more than a year
By JTA
June 18, 2014, 11:14 am
Ex-CFO of NY charity gets 4 months for kickback scheme
Three other defendants awaiting sentencing for stealing from New York Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty
By JTA
May 7, 2014, 2:37 am
Ex-CFO of Met Council pleads guilty in kickback scheme
80-year-old Herbert Friedman to spend 4 months in jail, pay $775,000 in restitution
By JTA
William Rapfogel, left, then the head of the Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty, and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg attend the social service agency's annual legislative breakfast in 2008. (photo credit: Metropolitan Council via JTA)
April 23, 2014, 8:04 pm
Ex-head of NY aid agency for poor Jews pleads guilty to larceny
William Rapfogel will get at least three years behind bars, plus pay $3 million restitution
By JTA
November 16, 2013, 6:24 am
New arrest made in in Rapfogel theft case
New York insurance company owner charged with helping former Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty chief steal over $7 million
By JTA
A Hatzalah ambulance in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, New York (photo credit: Tariqabjotu/Wikimedia Commons)
October 1, 2013, 5:12 am
Hatzalah CEO quits amid insurance scam allegations
Criminal complaint states ambulance service chief conspired with the head of Met Council in $5 million con
By JTA
William Rapfogel, left, then the head of the Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty, and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg attend the social service agency's annual legislative breakfast in 2008. (photo credit: Metropolitan Council via JTA)
August 27, 2013, 6:36 pm
NYC freezes Met Council funding, probes Rapfogel
The former CEO is accused of participating in a kickback scheme with an insurance provider
By JTA
August 20, 2013, 1:38 am
NYC Jewish poverty org replaces ousted director
Met Council taps head of city’s finance department to take over for ex-chief suspected of fiscal improprieties
By JTA
William Rapfogel, left, then the head of the Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty, and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg attend the social service agency's annual legislative breakfast in 2008. (photo credit: Metropolitan Council via JTA)
August 17, 2013, 4:09 am
Officials shocked by NY Jewish leader’s firing
With details of financial scandal still to emerge, William Rapfogel’s dismissal from anti-poverty group elicits sharp response
By Josh Lipowsky
Former Met Council CEO William Rapfogel, right, shown with Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz (photo credit: JTA)
August 17, 2013, 2:32 am
NYC suspends millions in funding to Met Council
Move follows firing of Jewish organization’s long-time director over accusations of financial misconduct
By JTA
Former Met Council CEO William Rapfogel, right, shown with Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz (photo credit: JTA)
August 13, 2013, 12:23 am
NYC Jewish poverty council fires CEO
Allegations of financial malfeasance at center of investigation of William Rapfogel
By JTA
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