New York Mayor Bill de Blasio mentioned Friday that the city —"due to the opportunity of a legal act" — notified Manhattan prosecutors after inform
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio mentioned Friday that the city —”due to the opportunity of a legal act” — notified Manhattan prosecutors after information experiences that the Trump Group gave conflicting details about earnings and bills to metropolis tax officers and buyers.
“It is a actual downside, and I feel there may very well be some actual publicity right here,” de Blasio advised WNYC when a reporter requested if the town had carried out an inquiry into the experiences, by that radio station and ProPublica, of discrepancies in how President Donald Trump‘s firm reported monetary info to completely different entities.
“It was checked out [by the city] and one of many particular points inside your story — or ProPublica story initially — was referred to the district lawyer as a result of there’s the opportunity of a legal act having been dedicated,” mentioned de Blasio, who till September had sought the Democratic nomination for president in 2020.
ProPublica and WNYC reported in October that paperwork confirmed that Trump’s companies gave lenders and New York Metropolis tax authorities “completely different figures” for “some bills, income and occupancy figures for 2 Manhattan buildings.”
“The discrepancies made the buildings seem extra worthwhile to the lender — and fewer worthwhile to the officers who set the buildings’ property tax,” the information website famous.
Nancy Wallace, a…