Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito Dodges Questions About Her Tax Returns

[hrmjustin]

BY ANNIE KARNI

The new Speaker of the City Council, Melissa Mark-Viverito, evaded questions Saturday about why she only released her tax returns late Friday night -- two days after firmly securing her spot as City Council Speaker.

“The information was released as it was made available,” she said, claiming that it could not have been released any earlier than Friday night, well known as the dumping ground for bad news. “It was made available when it was available.”

Speaking briefly to reporters huddled in the rain outside of the Rev. Al Sharpton’s National Action Network, Mark-Viverito admitted her failure to disclose additional rental income from her East Harlem home on public Conflict of Interest Board forms “was a mistake."

The Daily News reported that Mark-Viverito failed to report $92,600 in rental income from her East Harlem townhouse on city disclosure forms.

http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics

[WhiteTara]

1. Oh hell. This is so first grade politics

you don't lie on your tax returns if you want to be in public office.