Former president Donald Trump’s golf resort in Westchester, New York, effectively “took money out of the pockets of local school meal programs,” according to a former federal prosecutor.
Danya Perry, who once served as assistant U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, appeared on MSNBC on Thursday night to discuss the Westchester County district attorney’s investigation into whether Trump’s golf course misled local officials about the property’s value to reduce its taxes.
The investigation was first reported by the New York Times on Wednesday.
Host Rachel Maddow noted that after the town of Ossining assessed the value of the golf course at $15 million, the Trump Organization claimed it was worth only $1.4 million. Meanwhile, on financial disclosures, Trump reported the golf course’s value at more than $50 million.
“Lying is one thing, but lying to tax authorities for the purpose of reducing your tax burden is a crime, and that appears to be what’s under investigation by yet another state prosecutor, even as […]
This makes no sense? Tax assessors determine the taxable value of all property. Owners can argue all they want, but the assessor makes the final determination. The assessor is a democrat. Ossining NY is a democRat. stronghold. Plus, in NY State, school districts food service departments operate on their own separate P&L. The lunch line is their wonky source of revenue. They can receive Federal surplus food supplies, but receive NO local school tax dollars to fund cafeteria operations. School tax dollars go to teachers, highly overpaid administrators, transportation, facilities and educational supplies. And a HUGE percentage goes to employee benefits & the overly generous NYS pension system. A website called “SeeThroughNY” is accessible to all. It shows the ridiculous retirement sums paid to retired NY government employees who contribute NOTHING into it. (and they get social security checks on top of it too). It’s another of the reasons NY is a failing democRat run state.
Well … Today our local school newsletter noted that the Federal Government has been providing FREE lunches for EVERY school district for 2020-2021, and just extended the program to include 2021-2022! So this article is another nothing burger … Hope Joe doesn’t reverse this Trump policy.