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July 11, 2008: “I don’t see anything unfair about it, and I didn’t even know it was a deal.” July 15, 2008: Representative Charles B. Rangel has decided to move his campaign office out of one of four rent-stabilized apartments he leases in Harlem, his spokesman said. Mr. Rangel’s spokesman said the congressman would not discuss details of [...] Mr. Rangel, who has a net worth of $566,000 to $1.2 million, according to Congressional disclosure records, paid a total rent of $3,894 monthly in 2007 for the four apartments at Lenox Terrace, a 1,700-unit luxury development of six towers, with doormen, that is described in real estate publications as Harlem’s most prestigious address. [...] Robert Byrd has been bumped down to Exhibit B for this classic abuse of taxpayer dollars. Congressman Charles Rangel swung a $2-million earmark to create a public service career center in his New York district. The name that would adorn the center? Mr. Rangel’s own. When a House critic objected to using taxpayers’ money for his [...] |
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