The Patriot Post® · Rangel Neglects Last Year's Rent

Charles Rangel, who’s serving his 22nd term as a representative of Harlem, stopped paying $7,253 per month in office rent last year, according to the New York Post, and taxpayers doled out $87,000 to cover his malfeasance. “His staffers’ excuse? They lost the lease, according to state Office of General Services correspondence,” reports the Post. It gets worse: “The state says it allowed Rangel in March 2013 to enter into a new sweetheart deal in which he could postpone paying six months of rent. That ‘abatement’ money has still not been paid, nor has the other six months of missed rent from 2013, a OGS official said.” Oh, and did we mention it’s also Republicans’ fault? Spokeswoman Hannah Kim added this ridiculous excuse to the mix: “As everyone knows, the GOP sequester not only constrained our nation’s economy, but also strained the budget of congressional offices.” If you dig deep enough, we bet it’s ultimately George W. Bush’s fault. Apparently, laws are only for the little people.