New York City’s finance commissioner will be taking over a prominent city charity a week after its longtime CEO was fired amid a state criminal investigation.
David Frankel is poised to replace William Rapfogel at the Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty at the end of September.
The charity last week said it was terminating Rapfogel because of “financial irregularities” and “apparent misconduct.”
Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has launched a criminal investigation with Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli.
The nonprofit has long had strong political backing. It has collected more than $26 million in government grants in recent years.
Last week, Rapfogel apologized for “the mistakes” that led to his departure.
(AP)
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Many are completely heartbroken and flabbergasted that David Frankel has been selected to replace William Rapfogel as head of the Met Council on Jewish Poverty.
It is a terrible match and makes no sense!
As Commissioner of NYC Finance, Frankel displayed no compassion for the elderly and working poor in our
City.
He completely dismantled the well respected Community Outreach Division at Finance, which primarily focused on helping seniors and people with disabilities stay in the homes they owned for years.
Due to sharply escalating property taxes, this population has had a hard time paying their real estate taxes (including water charges) without qualifying for personal property tax exemptions.
Frankel’s draconian policies made it increasingly hard for homeowners to qualify.
As a result, many homeowners ended up in the lien sale, and were forced to sell the homes they raised their children in.
And Frankel couldn’t care less!
I feel so sorry for the Met Council’s client base with this appointment, putting David Frankel at the helm.
It is a death knell for the impoverished in our City.