NYC launches investigation into Kushner Cos. false filings

[riversedge]

Source: AP




NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City council member launched an investigation Monday into the Kushner Cos.? routine filing of paperwork falsely claiming zero rent-regulated tenants in its buildings, saying that the deception should have been uncovered long ago because the documents are online for all to see.

Councilman Ritchie Torres said the city’s buildings department should have spotted the falsified numbers because they were contradicted by tax documents filed with another city agency.

“The scandal is not only the deception of Kushner Cos., the scandal is the dysfunction of the city bureaucracy,” said Torres, chair of the city council’s investigations committee. “The right hand of city government didn’t know what the left hand was doing.”
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The falsified documents allowed the Kushner Cos. to escape extra scrutiny during construction projects, when the family real estate developer was run by Jared Kushner, who is now senior adviser to his father-in-law, President Donald Trump. Housing Rights Initiative, a watchdog group, said the falsified documents made it easier for the Kushner Cos. to harass rent-regulated tenants so that it could push out low-paying tenants and replace them with higher paying ones.

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Read more: https://apnews.com/f3f4a3eaf6da4675a7119a7ba9bb41b6/NYC-launches-investigation-into-Kushner-Cos.-false-filings

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[Dopers_Greed]

1. Oh boy

[IllinoisBirdWatcher]

2. K & R

[sheshe2]

3. drip drip drip

[FakeNoose]

4. This is the stuff old man Trump was doing on a regular basis

... going back 50 years. How far back is the statute of limitations on these filing violations?
Each violation represents another New York family - homeless and financially ruined. For shame!

[True Blue American]

5. And the walls

Came tumbling down!

[BigmanPigman]

6. YEAH! AG Schneiderman is on it too!!!

"Also Monday, the office of New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said it was also looking into the issue and planned a meeting with tenants’ representatives in coming days. Both Torres and Schneiderman are Democrats."

Schneiderman is THE MAN!

[George II]

8. That's great, thanks!

[riversedge]

10. The more the merrier!!

[George II]

7. Slap them with a billion dollar fine. Better yet, seize the property that they lied about.

Convert them all to low-income housing.

[Pepsidog]

9. And after jail give them community service cleaning toilets.

[Skittles]

11. LOCK HIM UP! LOCK HIM UP!

[BlancheSplanchnik]

12. 😁

*snorf*

[onecent]

13. Good Deal!!