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New York City Investigating Kushner Cos. Properties Over Falsified Paperwork Claims

Amid allegations company routinely misled city regulators to get rid of low-income tenants.

Authorities in New York have reportedly opened investigations into more than a dozen properties owned by White House senior adviser Jared Kushner’s family real-estate company after reports of falsified paperwork. New York City’s Department of Buildings is probing possible “illegal activity” involving construction work permits at 13 Kushner Cos. buildings, the Associated Press reports. The investigations come after a review by the AP uncovered more than 80 applications by the company claiming to have no rent-regulated tenants, when it actually had hundreds of such tenants. The filings, submitted between 2013 and 2016, were seen as a way for the company to force out low-income tenants to bring in higher-paying residents and boost profits. Kushner Cos. has denied submitting knowingly false information and decried the accusations as “politically motivated attacks.”