{"id":436268,"date":"2022-04-23T16:49:16","date_gmt":"2022-04-23T13:49:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/brooklyn-subway-shooter-suspects-social-service-group-pays-execs-big-bucks\/"},"modified":"2022-04-23T16:49:16","modified_gmt":"2022-04-23T13:49:16","slug":"brooklyn-subway-shooter-suspects-social-service-group-pays-execs-big-bucks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/brooklyn-subway-shooter-suspects-social-service-group-pays-execs-big-bucks\/","title":{"rendered":"#Brooklyn subway shooter suspect&#8217;s social-service group pays execs big bucks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3bb9b70287f\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" 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prompting critics to call for greater oversight.<\/p>\n<p>James, who terrorized New Yorkers by allegedly opening fire on a rush hour N Train earlier this month, attended group therapy at Argus Community Inc. at 760 East 160th Street in the months before the April 12 shooting, which injured 29 people.<\/p>\n<p>The group has $84.3 million worth of contracts with the state and raked in $35.5 million from all sources during its 2020 fiscal year \u2014 but paid out $24.2 million in salaries and ended up running a $1.5 million operating deficit, according to its audited financial statements.<\/p>\n<p>Argus shelled out more than $450,000 to  longtime CEO Richard Weiss in 2019, and more than $200,000 to five other executives, according to its most recent tax filing.<\/p>\n<p>Another four Argus honchos rake in more than $125,000, the documents show.<\/p>\n<p>Councilman Robert Holden (D-Queens), who has <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/legistar.council.nyc.gov\/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=5534248&amp;GUID=FCFA78FD-79E1-4BF7-B6AC-925EDC99F797&amp;Options=ID|Text|&amp;Search=108\">introduced a bill<\/a> which would require the city to report on the performance of city homeless shelters, said he wasn\u2019t surprised by the organization\u2019s fat salaries.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/argus-community-2.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"James attended therapy sessions at Argus Community Inc. in the Bronx before the shooting.\" class=\"wp-image-22011957\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/argus-community-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/argus-community-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/argus-community-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>James attended therapy sessions at Argus Community Inc. in the Bronx before the shooting.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">J.C. Rice for NY Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s kind of par for the course\u00a0with a lot of the so-called not-for-profits. You would think the CEO or the leadership would take a salary cut if the not-for-profit is in the red,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Attorney Maria Danzilo, a Democrat running for state Senate in Upper Manhattan, was shocked by the group\u2019s expenses.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat are they doing for all that money \u2026 There has been inadequate oversight of our <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social<\/a> service providers \u2026 You need oversight of these entities. They have high payrolls and there are no metrics to make sure they are doing their jobs,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>James, who said he had a diagnosed mental illness, attended group therapy sessions at Argus, a former participant told The Post. It isn\u2019t clear why he stopped, and Argus didn\u2019t return messages.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/frank-james-subway-shooter-1.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"James allegedly injured 29 people in a mass shooting at a Sunset Park subway station on April 12, 2022.\" class=\"wp-image-22011968\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/frank-james-subway-shooter-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/frank-james-subway-shooter-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/frank-james-subway-shooter-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>James allegedly injured 29 people in a mass shooting at a Sunset Park subway station on April 12, 2022.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">YouTube \/ prophetoftruth88<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe Frank James thing, obviously it\u2019s not an exact <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">science<\/a> with mental health.. but there should be a way to gauge their performance,\u201d Holden said.<\/p>\n<p>The accused shooter ranted about the city\u2019s mental health services in hundreds of videos he posted on social media, at one point declaring, \u201cMr.\u00a0Mayor, I\u2019m a victim of your mental health program.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Argus provides drug, HIV and behavioral health treatment, as well as clean needles, to homeless and other troubled individuals. It offers dozens of programs including state-mandated screening of those arrested for drunk driving and operates two homeless shelters in Harlem.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/richard-weiss-argus-ceo.jpg?w=851\" alt=\"Argus CEO Richard Weiss was paid $450,000 in 2019.\" class=\"wp-image-22011963\" width=\"317\" height=\"378\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/richard-weiss-argus-ceo.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=628 634w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/richard-weiss-argus-ceo.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=471 475w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/richard-weiss-argus-ceo.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=314 317w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/richard-weiss-argus-ceo.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=157 158w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/richard-weiss-argus-ceo.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 317px) 100vw, 317px\"\/><figcaption>Argus CEO Richard Weiss was paid $450,000 in 2019.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Senator Ruben Diaz\/Flickr<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>The group\u2019s main headquarters has also seen a host of 911 calls in the last 16 months: 52 calls for the Bronx location in 2021 and 25 such calls so far this year, the NYPD said. <\/p>\n<p>Last year 29 of those emergency calls were requests for an ambulance, nine crimes including larceny, and one disorderly group. In 2022, 14 of the calls have been for ambulances and six for crimes including robbery and larceny, plus three burglaries of a construction site and parked vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>While Argus pays its bosses well the largesse <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>arently doesn\u2019t extend to its workers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the worst organization you can work for. They really just pay the executives all the money and crumbs for everyone else,\u201d one former employee griped on job site Indeed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis company is very cheap. Salaries are horrible,\u201d a current employee chimed in on job reviewer Glassdoor.<\/p>\n<p>Clients too complained about the quality of service online, with one Google Maps reviewing saying staff were \u201cunprofessional and very disrespectful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis place should be shut down. All they care about is$$$$$$$$,\u201d another wrote.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/argus-community-1.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Argus employees have complained about poor pay at the nonprofit.\" class=\"wp-image-22011972\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/argus-community-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/argus-community-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/argus-community-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Argus employees have complained about poor pay at the nonprofit.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">J.C. Rice for NY Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In 2018, when Argus was looking to open a new methadone clinic in Harlem, locals complained, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/gothamist.com\/news\/harlem-residents-fight-clinic-for-addicts-we-would-like-them-to-go-away\">according to Gothamist<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a cross between The Walking Dead, The Wire, and Mardi Gras,\u201d one Harlemite told the outlet, of drug clinics nearby. \u201cWe\u2019ve said to the police we don\u2019t care for them to be arrested, we\u2019re not looking for them to be thrown in jail \u2026 What we really just would like them to do is go away.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The organization reported $12.7 million in federal state, and local grants, plus another $13.1 million from Medicaid, food stamps and Supplemental Security Income, or SSI, during its 2020 fiscal year, the most recent available.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\">\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Name<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Title<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Argus pay<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Other pay<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Total<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Richard Weiss<\/td>\n<td>CEO<\/td>\n<td>$384,832<\/td>\n<td>$65,374<\/td>\n<td><strong>$450,206<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>James Schiller<\/td>\n<td>COO<\/td>\n<td>$241,373<\/td>\n<td>$38,902<\/td>\n<td><strong>$280,275<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Matthew Armandi<\/td>\n<td>CFO<\/td>\n<td>$255,848<\/td>\n<td>$12,432<\/td>\n<td><strong>$268,280<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dan Lowy<\/td>\n<td>SVP<\/td>\n<td>$190,302<\/td>\n<td>$26,966<\/td>\n<td><strong>$217,268<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Cynthia De la Rosa<\/td>\n<td>SVP<\/td>\n<td>$187,088<\/td>\n<td>$29,693<\/td>\n<td><strong>$216,781<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><figcaption><em>Source: 2019 IRS Form 990<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It\u2019s also supported by the New York Times Company Foundation, the JP Morgan Chase Foundation, and several wealthy families\u2019 private foundations, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.arguscommunity.org\/annual-report\/\">according to its annual report<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>One of Argus\u2019 affiliates, BOOM!Health, provided needles which junkies use to shoot up in the Bronx\u2019s Patterson Playground, which The Post revealed last has the most loose needles of any park in the borough.<\/p>\n<p>Charity watchdog Charity Navigator said the company spends 13.4 percent of its expenses on administration, and 86.6 percent on services. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cGiven the size of the organization, I do not see anything alarming regarding executive compensation for this organization,\u201d said Charity Navigator\u2019s Kevin Doyle, who added the watchdog considers Argus\u2019 expense number to be \u201creasonable.\u201d\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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