ACORN, the Working Families Party and Political Corruption: Part 3, Who’s Paying the Rent?
by Publius[Ed: This excerpt is Part 3 from a series originally reported by City Hall. Part I can be seen here, Part II can be seen here. Lead reporter on the investigative series was Edward-Isaac Dovere.]
The Working Families Party has irregularly reported rent payments over the years on its state campaign finance disclosures, leading some to question whether the Party has been getting what could be considered large in-kind contributions in the form of office space.
Also among the recipients of rent payments was an entity called NYOSCI, listed on multiple documents as having an address in New Orleans identical to one used by many ACORN entities on incorporation documents.
NYOSCI has been the recipient of most of the Party’s recent rent payments, though some have also been made to Community Labor Administrative Services, a group also reporting the 2-4 Nevins Street address on records with the State Board of Elections.
Rent does not seem to be Community Labor Administrative’s main purpose: not only has the entity received funding from SEIU and the Amalgamated Transit Union Fund for New York, but the company consulted for the 2005 Council campaigns of Jessica Lappin and Dan Garodnick, the 2003 Council campaign of Robert Jackson, the 2001 Council campaigns of Hiram Monserrate and James Sanders, the 2001 comptroller campaign of Bill Thompson and the 2001 mayoral campaign of Mark Green.
Listed services include field and GOTV, printing, office expenses, IT support, phone banking, database purchase and voter files. Oscar Owens, the Working Families Party database consultant, provided the database construction and maintenance for Community Labor Administrative, according to interviews.
While the database software is remembered as quite good, no campaign is listed as having paid the Community Labor Administrative for it after 2005.
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ACORN Holing from the left, what a suprise
This stuff is gonna make me a conspiracy nut yet.
Hey Eric Holder …. America is doing the work for you … Geezz , just have your lawyers do some "cut & paste" from BG site and you have your case !!!!!
I have a friend that just quit the government, was ex-special forces, about as solid as they come.
He told me some stuff prefaced with "I feel like covering my head in tin foil before I tell you this"
I felt like covering my head in tin foil after he did. I really don't know what to think about some of the stuff going on in the world.
Well good then. I knew I was paranoid, just not sure if I was paranoid enough.
Like I said earlier Just because we'er paranoid doesn't mean there it isn't happening
I think he's hiding in a closet with Jennings
This is interesting…..
http://finance.senate.gov/press/Gpress/2009/prg09...
Breaking News !!! Visor-gate scandal on NBC !!!!
http://hotair.com/archives/2009/12/17/video-today...
Hey NBC how about some scandal … ACORN, SEIU, Kevin Jennigs, New Black Panthers need more???
these idiots are actually breathing???? how come??? oooohhh…doesn't take any level of intelligence to breathe…..just that sucking sound…….they all should hold their breath, and turn blue
ACON's Bertha Baghdad Bob Lewis paying the rent…..Oh My!
yes, very interesting!
The unions, Acorn & Working Families Party are playing shell games with large sums of $$.
CWA has $293,800 going to Data Field Svcs same Brooklyn, NY address– indicated as Consultant/Research under the heading of Representational Activities. File# 000-188
http://kcerds.dol-esa.gov/query/getPayerPayeeQry….
The first lady met with SEIU retirees to discuss healthcare reform
http://www.seiu.org/2009/12/1199seiu-retirees-mee...
I can't wait until the repubs get elected next year. Acorn SEIU are going to be crappin in their pants.
menarik sekali
Community Labor is Acorn!! http://www.acloc.org/
Hmmm, the Teacher's union is involved with this…some strange stuff in their financials reported to the DOL…..
52 Broadway Realty Corp and 50 Broadway Realty Corp — both listed as Non-profits belonging to the AFT http://www.melissadata.com/Lookups/np.asp
The AFT/UFT Local #2 in NY pays 52 Broadway Realty Corp $1,571,411 & $64K as rent/utilities and pays 50 Broadway Realty Corp $510K as rent. Working families pays them $2K for catering, see here: http://www.elections.state.ny.us:8080/reports/rws...
other unions are paying them both too…including the doctors union. The AFT is located at 52 Broadway.
See here: Name = 52 Broadway Realty and = 50 Broadway Realty
http://kcerds.dol-esa.gov/query/getPayerPayeeQry….
The NY state federation of the AFT from Latham NY (DOL file #070-581) gives $49K to Working Familes and
pays $1,167,74952 rent to 52 Broadway Realty Corp; Colliers ABR, Inc., A/A/F
Hicksville, NY 11802-5755
through this realtor…. http://www.colliers.com/Markets/NewYork/
Aren't they really paying rent to their own non-profit?
SEIU pays $25,971 to 52 Broadway Realty Corp.
Looks like the same scheme over and over in each city? I would like to see who owns the rented property, hopefully they will be on the up and up because people will do hard time for money laundering. Follow the money!
50 Broadway in NY- SEIU Doctors –and another Realty company the unions are paying into…Westside Realty in Chicago which you can't find as a company, but it does come up with the same 300 So. Ashland address in Chicago.
http://seiu10md.sweb.localsonline.org/admin/Asset...
Doctors Coucil (file #513-840) is the SEIU, they pay 50 Broadway Realty $174,419 as rent….but they are really paying the AFT's non-profit title company.
Look at the links I posted below, they are shuffling money. I don't know if it is illegal for the unions to pay their own non-profit (title companies?) rent but my guess is they are evading taxes or something….if not money laundering.
I'm sick of Acorn, can we please just lock up every person in the gov who has the slightest connection to this outfit.
There is nothing good about it. Thyey have stolen 10's of millions of dollars from hardworking taxpayers. every salaried employee should be locked up unless they blow the whistles.
http://finance.senate.gov/press/Gpress/2009/prg09...
Hmmm, they are listed as lobbyists? Bertha for NY with the Elysian Fields, New Orleans, LA address.
http://www.nyc.gov/lobbyistsearch/search?lobbyist...
Absa Hair Braiding
Mutual Housing Ny Acorn
New Majority Education Fund
New York City Parent Organizing Consortum
New York City Parent Orgnzng
Project Vote
Working Families Party
http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&source=hp&a...
Wow….look who comes up on the reverse look up on the phone #. Bloomberg, Lewis and others.
http://www.whitepages.com/search/Replay?facebook_...
Working Families Party(718) 222-3796
2 Nevins St
Brooklyn, NY 11217 40.6838 -73.982
Get Map & Directions »
Neighborhood: Boerum Hill
WORKINGFAMILIESPARTY.ORG
File #000-137
http://kcerds.dol-esa.gov/query/getOrgQry.do
SEIU to:
Community Labor at 1024 Elysian Fields in LA $518K
ACLOC (Acorn) at 1024 Elysian Fields in LA and 2609 Canal in LA $104K, $35K, $630K
Citizen Svs at 1024 Elysian Fields $85K also Citizen Services at 2101 So. Main Little Rock, AR $64K
http://www.acloc.org/
They sure are shuffling the cash around.
Same SEIU file, $151,730 to Working Families same Brooklyn address.
Project Vote is at that address in Brooklyn too. This is what comes up when you reverse lookup the phone #
http://www.whitepages.com/search/ReversePhone?ful...
That would work, but you'd definitely have too include the fake-prez
This is all so disturbing, and we must remember that the republicans have let them get away with this cr@p for years also!! We need Sarah Palin…those 'good ole boys' in Washington don't scare her one bit!!! I say put the pit bull in the pen, and let her run the lawbreakers out!!!
Acorns roasting on an open fire,
Jack and Hannah nipping on your nose,
America now knows your a big fat liar,
And all because these folks dressed up as pimps and ho's.
Everybody knows your a turkey with no more dough,
Help to make the season bright.
Obamabots with their eyes all aglow,
Will find it hard to sleep tonight.
They know that someone's going to pay;
We're loaded with videos that we will play.
And every taxpayer demand you to be tried,
To see if acorns are better fried.
And so I'm offering this simple phrase,
To patriots from one to ninety-two,
Although its been said many times, many ways,
A very Merry Christmas to you
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