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Councilman Who Pleaded Guilty to $82,000 Tax Fraud Is Expelled
Chaim Deutsch, a Brooklyn Democrat, was removed for violating his oath of office, officials said.
Chaim Deutsch, a city councilman from Brooklyn, had said he had no plans to step down after his guilty plea.Credit.Kevin Hagen for The New York Times
April 27, 2021Updated 10:30 p.m. ET
After he pleaded guilty last week to federal charges of evading $82,000 in taxes, Chaim Deutsch said he had no intention of stepping down from his seat on New York’s City Council.
On Tuesday, he was forced to change his plans.
Corey Johnson, the Council speaker, said that after initially believing that Mr. Deutsch, a Brooklyn Democrat, could not be expelled automatically, the Council had decided after a review in consultation with city lawyers that the law mandated that he be ousted immediately.
Brooklyn Lawmaker Expelled From City Council For Tax Evasion Is Weighing Legal Rights
arrow Chaim Deutsch in 2014 William Alatriste for the New York City Council
Hours after getting expelled from the New York City Council for pleading guilty to tax evasion, Council Member Chaim Deutsch said he was weighing legal action in response to Council Speaker Corey Johnson’s “sudden decision” to expel him from office.
“Councilman Deutsch is evaluating all of his legal rights and options in the face of this sudden decision by the Speaker,” said Henry E. Mazurek, an attorney for the lawmaker who s represented Southern Brooklyn since 2014.
Audrey Strauss, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jonathan D. Larsen, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation ( IRS-CI ), and Margaret Garnett, Commissioner of the New York City Department of Investigation ( DOI ), announced that Chaim Deutsch, a New York City council member, was charged and pled guilty today in Manhattan federal court to filing a false tax return in connection with outside income he received from his real estate management corporation. Deutsch pled guilty before United States Magistrate Judge James L. Cott.
U.S. Attorney Audrey Strauss said: New York City Council Member Chaim Deutsch admitted today that he defrauded the IRS in connection with his real estate business. As an elected official and community leader, Deutsch had a particular responsibility to follow the law. Instead, over a multi-year period, Deutsch concealed his true business income to avoid paying hi
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Albany may have been soaking up all of the crime and corruption attention lately, but New York City is getting back in the game. Brooklyn City Council Member Chaim Deutsch has
pleaded guilty to federal tax fraud charges, fessing up to filing false information that allowed him to avoid $82,000 in taxes.