Charges that Justice Aaron J. Levy of the Supreme Court is operating an orphan asylum without authority, from the State were made at the meeting of the State Board of Charities. Justice Levy is president of the Hebrew National Orphan House, which owns property at 507 Tuckahoe Road, Yonkers, where 260 children are housed.
Dr. Lee Frankel, vice-president of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, and chairman of the special committee of the State Board of Charities, reported that the charter under which Justice Levy’s orphanage was being operated had been issued only to a religious organization for the purpose of holding religious services, and contained no permit to conduct an institution for the care of children.
The orphanage receives no public funds, but nine teachers from the New York City Board of Education are assigned to it, as an annex of Public School 7. The property is valued at about $200,000.
The need for temporary shelters for children whose parents are ill is still felt, according to Mr. Frankel. It was intimated that Justice Levy might be permitted to transform his orphanage into such a temporary shelter. It was also suggested that he would join the Federation for the Support of Jewish Philanthropic Societies.
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