Met Council also distributed more than 2,100 Visa credit cards each loaded with up to $500 per family prescreened by the social service agency, who need extra assistance to buy food for the holiday.
William Rapfogel, the ousted leader of the Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty in New York, pleaded guilty to first-degree larceny for his role in a scheme to steal more than $7 million from the social service agency.
