Remember, Rangel wanted those earmarks for a building to be erected in Harlem and named for him. These individuals are quite shameless.

Report: Rangel Has Four Rent-Stabilized Apartments

Rep. Charles Rangel has four rent-stabilized apartments, one of which is used as a campaign office, the New York Times reported on its Web site. Three of the apartments are located on the 16th floor. Two or all three of them may be combined, making one “penthouse.” The campaign office is on the 10th floor.

According to state and city regulations, rent-stabilized apartments are only to be used as primary residences. (emphasis added)

Mr. Rangel paid $3,894 a month for his four apartments in 2007, according to the Times’ Web site. All four apartments are in Lenox Terrace, a luxury development in Harlem owned by the Olnick Organization where Governor Paterson also has a home.

Despite a joint income of $270,000 last year for Mr. Paterson and his wife, the couple pays $1,250 a month for a two-bedroom. Mr. Paterson also has a home in upstate New York and has access to the Governor’s Mansion in Albany. [snip]

These state and city regulators don’t understand. Rangel is in congress. Rangel supports Obama. Rangel is a Democrat. Most importantly, Rangel is black. All of these conditions confer immunity for any transgressions and from finger pointing

Patterson isn’t congress, but he is a governor. Patterson supports Obama. Patterson is a Democrat. And Patterson is black.

What’s not to understand? This is NY, what about MA, RI or CT? Are they pure of all mis and malfeasance?

In VT, everything all ready belongs to the people’s collective and we haven’t enough apartments to have luxury. Besides, using the oxymoronic rent stabilized luxury apartment appellation clues you to La-La land’s boundaries. Only a liberal would dare use that term!

This is not to say that Republicans don’t engage in naughtiness, but they don’t seem to associate in this type of petty, rip off the poor we say we protect actions. Just a higher class of malefactors, I deduce.

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