Constituent Services
A retired NYPD officer contacted my office looking for assistance with the IRS. The officer's disability pension was tax-exempt, however, five years ago the IRS sent him a debt notice for failure to pay taxes on his pension.
The officer's accountant sent all of the necessary paperwork to the IRS to prove that the man was tax-exempt, but the officer continued to receive notices of debt due. The IRS placed a lien on his house and started taking $310 out of his monthly social security check.
My office recently helped a private school in our district serving children with special needs recover $158,800 owed to them by the Department of Education for reimbursement.
Under the law, the city is responsible for reimbursing private schools for the tuition of special needs children that require an individual education plan (IEP) that cannot be provided at a public school.
Recently, a constituent and his attorney contacted my office looking for assistance in contacting the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
Several weeks ago, a local veteran contacted my office looking for assistance with receiving thousands of dollars in pension checks from the U.S. Military.
Two years ago, a fraud alert was placed on his bank account which stopped him from receiving his pension payments. The veteran opened a new bank account, however, his pension checks were still not being deposited. He then turned to our office for help.
Recently, my office helped SH5 Construction Corp in Gravesend, Brooklyn, secure a $360,000 loan increase from the Small Business Administration (SBA). SH5 Construction Corp is a woman-owned and operated full-serve construction company that has nearly two decades of experience working on government contracts for New York State, New York City, property owners, and contractors.
Recently a constituent who is a single father and Purple Heart recipient contacted my office looking for assistance with expediting his request for disability from the Veterans Administration (VA).
Several months ago, a constituent came into our office with her accountant looking for assistance with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The IRS had been giving her and her accountant the run around for quite some time, and with no options left to exercise, she turned to our office for help.
Although this constituent was still receiving social security payments, she had not received tax refunds from 2019 or 2020 or any COVID-19 stimulus checks because the IRS considered her to be deceased.
A Staten Island resident recently contacted my office for assistance with finding his aunt, an elderly American citizen living in Zacatecas, Zacatecas Mexico for several years, who had recently become unreachable.