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Ground Zero mosque honcho provides shady proof of property tax pay with doctored statements
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_lo…The real estate developer who wants to put a mosque near Ground Zero tried to pull a fast one Tuesday about his property tax woes.
When the Daily News contacted developer Sharif el-Gamal about the $30,000 he owed the city in back property taxes for the future Islamic center in lower Manhattan, he insisted he had already taken care of it.
"The check was sent in," Gamal insisted to The News during an interview about 3:30 p.m. "The taxes have been paid."
Gamal was supposed to be making quarterly payments for a $224,000 tax bill his company had run up last year on the Park Place building.
But he missed a scheduled $30,000 payment that was due on Oct. 3.
When the Daily News asked for proof of payment, Gamal forwarded an email receipt from the city Finance Department's online payment system showing a $30,435.11 payment made on Oct. 5 at 1:54 p.m.
The email receipt Gamal forwarded had a receipt number of WWW23334165.
There was a problem, however.
The Finance Department says that payment was actually made yesterday at 3:55 p.m. - roughly half an hour after Gamal claimed he'd already paid.
The Finance Department sent over what they say is the real receipt, which had the same code number of WWW23334165.
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- Political only in that conservatives are racist against all muslims.DrBombay
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