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Brooklyn Lawmaker Expelled From City Council For Tax Evasion Is Weighing Legal Rights
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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.
Brooklyn Council Member Chaim Deutsch Pleads Guilty To Tax Fraud • Updated: April 22, 2021 1:18 p.m.
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City Council Member Chaim Deutsch, who represents southern Brooklyn, has pleaded guilty to tax fraud related to outside income from his real estate management company.
According to the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Deutsch filed a personal tax return for the 2015 calendar year that included false and fraudulent information concerning his income and business expenses in connection with operating Chasa Management. Prosecutors say that the tax returns for 2013 through 2015 included evasions of $82,076 in taxes.
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By Reuvain Borchardt
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Binyomin Bendet, an attorney from Midwood, has become the sixth Democrat and seventh overall candidate to declare for the 48th City Council District in the 2021 election, seeking to replace the term-limited Chaim Deutsch.
“I believe that I represent the community’s values,” Bendet told
Hamodia in an interview shortly after he announced his candidacy late last month. “I know the political slant of the district and the values that they have, and a lot of the issues that they have. And I believe that I am a person that’s qualified.”
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By Reuvain Borchardt
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Steven Saperstein, candidate for the 48th New York City Council District.
Early results are in for the fundraising race in the 48th New York City Council District election, and Steven Saperstein is the big winner.
Saperstein, who began raising money long before any of the other five candidates for the seat – which includes portions of Midwood, Gravesend, Brighton Beach, Manhattan Beach and Sheepshead Bay – being vacated at the end of this year by the term-limited Chaim Deutsch, has raised $49,591 through January 11, more than triple any other candidate, most of whom are bunched together within less than $1,300 of each other.