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| GZ Mosque developer has a tax problem | |
| 2010-08-30 | |
Sharif El-Gamal, the leading organizer behind the mosque and community center near Ground Zero, owes $224,270.77 in back property tax on the site, city records show.
El Gamal himself is an interesting character. A few years ago he was a waiter. Then he sold real estate and then became owner of a real estate company and a developer. The delinquency is a possible violation of El-Gamal's lease with Con Edison, which owns half of the proposed building site on Park Place. El-Gamal owns the other half but must pay taxes on the entire parcel. El Gamal's spokesman essentially said, "trust us". | |
| Posted by:lord garth |
| #4 El-Game-the-System should ask the Treasury Secretary for advice on how to handle it. I'm sure Timmy would have an answer. >:-( |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2010-08-30 21:23 |
| #3 A fly-by-night But since the property was wrecked by 9/11 and probably hasn't been earning to pay taxes, they've probably had ten years worth of empty pockets & unpaid taxes. IIRC, downtown Manhattan property taxes are appallingly high. |
| Posted by: Mitch H. 2010-08-30 13:30 |
| #2 Confiscation grounds? |
| Posted by: newc 2010-08-30 10:44 |
| #1 I wonder who the money is behind Sharif El-Gamal? He picked up the former Burlington coat factory for a song--around $4 million. Still that' s a lot of money for a recently transformed waiter. It would not surprise me if Bloomberg waived these taxes all in the interest of "religious tolerance (sarc)." |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2010-08-30 09:02 |