Sam Antar

Exposed: The MTA’s $900 Million Congestion Pricing Hoax

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Statistical Evidence Reveals a Manufactured Success Story The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) has been trumpeting a stunning economic claim: congestion pricing allegedly sparked a $900 million surge in total retail sales (both taxable and non-taxable) south of 60th Street in Manhattan in January 2025. This eye-popping figure has been repeatedly promoted by MTA officials, Governor Hochul, and echoed by press […]

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Letitia James Spent $41K Taxpayer Funds on Private Jet Flights While Campaigning

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Private Jets, Missing Contracts, and Troubling Parallels to Campaign Travel Executive Summary Over a 13-month period, New York Attorney General Letitia James’ office spent $41,807 in taxpayer funds on private jet travel. The flights were paid to a vendor used by no other New York State agency, with no visible contracts, passenger records, or travel justifications in public databases. Several

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Corruption

EXPOSED: Every Explanation for AG Letitia James’ Missing Unit Opens New Can of Worms

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Attorney General Letitia James built her career prosecuting fraud—but our investigation reveals a two-decade discrepancy in her own property records that suggests she may have committed it herself. Since acquiring her Brooklyn property in 2001, James has entered into multiple mortgages and modifications consistently describing it as a 4-unit building, despite official records classifying it as a 5-unit dwelling. No

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AG Letitia James’ Building Permits Raise Serious Questions

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A Tale of Two Standards New York Attorney General Letitia James has made a name for herself prosecuting landlords and real estate fraudsters. Yet our investigation reveals troubling discrepancies in her own property filings—irregularities that would likely result in stiff penalties for most New Yorkers. Documents from the NYC Department of Buildings show a pattern of inconsistencies about a Brooklyn

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Corruption, Crime

Exposed: Letitia James’ Handwritten Mortgage Modifications Raise Fraud Questions

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On a mortgage document buried deep in New York City’s property records, someone scrawled words that could now haunt Attorney General Letitia James: “…not more than 6 residential units…” The seemingly innocuous modification potentially allowed James to circumvent federal lending rules that explicitly limited eligibility to properties with no more than four units. But that’s just one of several handwritten

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FOIL Requests Launched: Investigating Letitia James’ Questionable Property Disclosures

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In light of the troubling financial disclosure inconsistencies detailed in my investigative reports, I’ve filed formal Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) requests with both the New York State Commission on Ethics and Lobbying in Government (COELIG) and the Office of the New York State Attorney General. This post explains why these formal actions are necessary and what they might accomplish.

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Accountability on Trial: Letitia James’ Shocking Financial Disclosure Failures

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Exclusive: Continuing Investigation Uncovers More Decade-Long Transparency Issues in Property and Mortgage Disclosures [UPDATED March 9, 2025: This article has been expanded with additional details about the classification of loans and more precise analysis of disclosure requirements for mortgages vs. home equity lines of credit.] Just when we thought we had uncovered the full extent of New York Attorney General

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Running Interference: How The Real Deal Shields NY Attorney General Letitia James from Financial Disclosure Scrutiny

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The Real Deal recently published an article by Erik Engquist titled “How the city’s wacky property taxes confuse even fraudsters,” which fundamentally misrepresented my investigation into New York Attorney General Letitia James’ financial disclosures. Instead of examining the documented pattern of financial disclosure inconsistencies I uncovered, The Real Deal chose to run interference for a powerful public official by attacking

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Exposing a Decade of Letitia James’ Financial Misreporting

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Uncovering Financial Discrepancies in Letitia James’ Property Holdings When New York Attorney General Letitia James secured a $355 million judgment against Donald Trump for allegedly misleading financial statements, she declared it a victory for “transparency and accountability.” However, our recent investigations into Letitia James’ financial discrepancies reveal a troubling pattern of transparency issues spanning more than a decade. From hidden

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Crazy Eddie’s Hidden Ledger: A CFO’s Confession

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The Art of Obstruction As CFO of Crazy Eddie during the 1980s, I orchestrated what would become one of retail’s most notorious financial frauds. Our approach to covering our tracks was methodical and two-pronged. First came destruction. Our office shredders operated around the clock, turning potentially incriminating documents into confetti. But for the mountain of paperwork we couldn’t immediately destroy,

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