AP Exclusive: Kushner Cos. filed false NYC housing paperwork

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What a class-A jerk! I am convinced there is a sub-species of humans with zero conscience, heart, or any ability to feel empathy or compassion for others. The article gives examples of how construction was used as a weapon against the tenets, forcing them to move. i.e. drilling in the middle of the night!

NEW YORK (AP) — When the Kushner Cos. bought three apartment buildings in a gentrifying neighborhood of Queens in 2015, most of the tenants were protected by special rules that prevent developers from pushing them out, raising rents and turning a tidy profit.

But that’s exactly what the company then run by Jared Kushner did, and with remarkable speed. Two years later, it sold all three buildings for $60 million, nearly 50 percent more than it paid.

“It’s bare-faced greed,” said Aaron Carr, founder of Housing Rights Initiative, a tenants’ rights watchdog that compiled the work permit application documents and shared them with The Associated Press. “The fact that the company was falsifying all these applications with the government shows a sordid attempt to avert accountability and get a rapid return on its investment.”

New York City Council member Ritchie Torres, who plans to launch an investigation into permit applications, said: “The Kushners appear to be engaging in what I call the weaponization of construction.”

https://apnews.com/002703e70347481cb993027d04f543cc

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1. This sounds very illegal!

In all, Housing Rights Initiative found the Kushner Cos. filed at least 80 false applications for construction permits in 34 buildings across New York City from 2013 to 2016, all of them indicating there were no rent-regulated tenants. Instead, tax documents show there were more than 300 rent-regulated units. Nearly all the permit applications were signed by a Kushner employee, including sometimes the chief operating officer.

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2. This is why Mueller is not the most feared person in DC.....

NY's AG general is, but he's sitting there with his fingers laced and a smile on his face that says "go ahead, fuck with Mueller, issue pardons, I DARE YOU, and NY will nail ALL your asses to the wall on State charges." Mueller is going to be able to do what Mueller is doing because the crimes by drumpfs cabal in NY are the backup plan they can't do anything about..........

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3. We all want justice and it helps to know that NY AG has clout.

I just feel like they all will get away with all this corruption and greed and damaging our country.
But seeing this article... we might see actual justice.

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4. I've seen 3 or 4 threads about this today

but I have yet to find out if what Kushner did was illegal and if he can be brought up on some kind of charges. Do you know? Someone on DU is sure to know a lot more about this than I. Hoping someone will weigh in on this.

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5. I don't see anything in the article about "illegal" or "arrests"

WHY NOT!!!!???

It sounds illegal to me.

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6. Exactly. That's what I'm saying.

It's pissing me off. It feels like it would be a felony for a garden variety Real Estate Joe but because it's Kushner it's just information to pass on. Damn.