▁with ▁the ▁U J A - F eder ation ▁of ▁New ▁York . ▁Met ▁Council ▁also ▁partners ▁with ▁Food ▁Bank ▁For ▁New ▁York ▁City , ▁City ▁Har vest ▁and ▁Mas bia . ▁ ▁The ft ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 4 ▁In ▁January ▁ 2 0 1 4 , ▁David ▁C ohen , ▁former ▁Met ▁Council ▁Executive ▁Director , ▁and ▁Herbert ▁Fried man , ▁Chief ▁Fin an cial ▁Officer , ▁were ▁ar ra igned ▁in ▁Manh attan ▁C riminal ▁Court ▁on ▁charges ▁of ▁grand ▁lar cen y , ▁money ▁la und ering , ▁and ▁consp i racy . ▁William ▁Rap fog el , ▁former ▁Met ▁Council ▁CE O , ▁was ▁arrested ▁four ▁months ▁earlier . ▁They ▁were ▁accused ▁of ▁receiving ▁$ 7 ▁million ▁in ▁kick back s ▁over ▁ 2 1 ▁years ▁from ▁the ▁Met ▁Council ' s ▁ins urance ▁bro ker ▁Joseph ▁Ross . ▁According ▁to ▁court ▁papers , ▁Ross ▁said ▁that ▁Rap fog el ▁used ▁some ▁of ▁his ▁share ▁of ▁the ▁kick back ▁c ash ▁to ▁make ▁contributions ▁to ▁political ▁campaign s ▁and ▁political ▁organizations , ▁and ▁Fried man ▁helped ▁transfer ▁some ▁of ▁that ▁c ash . ▁C ohen , ▁Fried man , ▁Rap fog el ▁and ▁Ross ▁were ▁all ▁sent enced ▁to ▁prison , ▁and ▁the ▁Met ▁Council ▁was ▁awarded ▁nearly ▁$ 9 ▁million ▁in ▁rest itution . ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁The ▁New ▁York ▁Times , ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁strong ▁supp or ters ▁of ▁the ▁Met ▁Council ▁was ▁Assembly ▁Spe aker ▁Silver , ▁who ▁helped ▁ste er ▁millions ▁of ▁dollars