Letitia James, New York’s Attorney General, has built her career on exposing deception. But a quiet real estate transaction in Norfolk, Virginia—carried out just weeks before the Trump fraud trial she championed—now raises serious questions about her own compliance with New York law. A declaration buried in legal filings states her intent to make a Virginia house her principal residence: […]
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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CorruptionPrivate 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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CorruptionAttorney 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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Corruption, CrimeA 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, CrimeOn 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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Corruption, CrimeIn 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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Corruption, CrimeExclusive: 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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Corruption, CrimeThe 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
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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