New York City briefs

City to take over

charity under probe

The city's finance commissioner will take over a prominent charity a week after its longtime chief executive was fired amid a state criminal investigation, officials said Monday.

David Frankel is poised to replace William Rapfogel at the Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty at the end of September.

The charity last week said it was terminating Rapfogel because of "financial irregularities" and "apparent misconduct."

State Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman has launched a criminal investigation with Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli.

The nonprofit has long had strong political backing. It has collected more than $26 million in government grants in recent years.

Last week, Rapfogel apologized for "the mistakes" that led to his departure.

First lady to speak at

Arthur Ashe Kids' Day

Michelle Obama is taking her "Let's Move!" campaign to Arthur Ashe Kids' Day.

The first lady will speak during Saturday's festivities, the unofficial kickoff to the U.S. Open, tennis' last Grand Slam tournament of the year.

She'll join defending women's champ Serena Williams, former champions Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic, along with celebrities including singer Ariana Grande, who has the hit song "The Way."

Obama participated in activities at the event in 2011.

She has been leading a national campaign to get kids more active and eating healthy meals.

Car of former city

official set ablaze

A former city councilman's car was set on fire in his driveway in an apparent random arson attack, the NYPD said Monday..

Eric Gioia served three terms, from 2002 to 2009. He told the New York Post he woke to a loud thump early Sunday and saw his Mercury Mariner in flames outside his Queens home.

Police said there's "no specific evidence" that Gioia's car was targeted.

They said a man was caught on a surveillance camera setting a fire to a nearby trash bin before setting the SUV ablaze.

Water main break

shuts subway line

A subway line between Manhattan and the Bronx was shut down for more than four hours Monday during the morning rush because of a water main break.

Officials said the No. 6 line was running normally by 10:18 a.m. Service had been suspended about 6 a.m. in both directions between Hunts Point Avenue in the Bronx and 125th Street in Harlem.

During the shutdown, shuttle buses ran between the two points.

The water main break was near 140th Street and Bruckner Boulevard in the Bronx.

Two suspects sought

in bias attack

Police say an interracial couple was attacked by a group of men who shouted racial and ethnic slurs at them as they left a Queens restaurant.

According to the Daily News, Jacob James-Vogel and his wife, Billie, had just left the eatery around 2 a.m. Saturday when three men attacked them. They were not seriously injured.

Police arrested Nikolaos Katsos and charged him with assault and harassment. The two other suspects remain at large.

It was not immediately clear if Katsos had a lawyer.

Compiled from wire

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