Posted on 12/31/2018 5:53:03 PM PST by Enterprise
The caucus of black New York state lawmakers run a charity whose stated mission is to empower “African American and Latino youth through education and leadership initiatives” by “providing opportunity to higher education” — but it hasn’t given a single scholarship to needy youth in two years, according to a New York Post investigation.
The group collects money from companies like AT&T, the Real Estate Board of New York, Time Warner Cable, and CableVision, telling them in promotional materials that they are “changing lives, one scholarship at a time.”
The group — called the Association of Black and Puerto Rican Legislators, Inc. — instead spent $500,000 on items like food, limousines, and rap music, the Post found.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailycaller.com ...
Tax fraud. I’m sure the IRS will be all over this in no time. (NOT)
That's probably true. lol
It appears that members of Association of Black and Puerto Rican Legislators, Inc have been victims of intellectual arrest and are therefore qualified to receive stipends from the fund.
LMAO too!...... Where’s Sharpton & Jackson???
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