Two years after he was sacked in disgrace from the helm of the 92nd Street Y, former executive director Sol Adler has hanged himself in his Brooklyn home, police said Saturday.
The body of Adler, 60, was found by his wife in his oceanfront Sea Gate home shortly before 11 a.m. Friday, authorities said.
Adler had been fired from his $430,000-a-year post at the Y in 2012, after a two-decade career as director.
Under his tenure, the Y had raised more than $80 million and doubled its number of programs, growing into one of the country’s premier cultural institutions.
But two years ago, the organization became mired in a corruption scandal.
An anonymous letter had revealed that the married Adler had been engaging in a long-term romantic relationship with Catherine Marto, his personal assistant.
The nonprofit released a statement at the time explaining that Adler had been ousted due to his “undisclosed long-term personal relationship” with Marto.
Meanwhile, Marto’s ex-convict son-in-law, the Y’s director of facilities, had been fired under suspicion of taking kickbacks from vendors.
Several other employees were terminated “for engaging in and failing to report suspected inappropriate behavior,” as the Y’s board explained in a letter to staff.
No criminality is suspected in Adler’s death.