Milton Street Owes Money To Everybody

Milton Street’s City Council at-large campaign isn’t drawing too much attention. Maybe people know he can’t top singing on top of a coffin or maybe he’s just being held down by the man. (Fight for Room 215 reports he was turned away from a debate on Saturday.)

So how’s a former elected official already slated to go on trial in October — it was pushed back from the day before the primary — for corruption and tax charges get some media attention? Simple, of course: Have the city go after Uncle Milt for owing almost 400 grand in taxes.

A recent review by the city’s revenue department showed Milton owes $392,573 in taxes. It’s based on the federal indictment the government handed down in November, which charged him with failing to report $2 million in taxable income.

Milton, of course, is defensive:

“It’s totally absurd, because, number one, I’ve never earned that much money,” Street said. “I’m not getting into the airport stuff because it’s the subject of a federal investigation. But if the city is trying to protect its own ass based on figures they can’t substantiate, that’s up to them.”

“I don’t want to get into the federal charges because I am going to deal with that after the election,” Street told the Daily News last week. “But I will tell you, what goes into the wash will come out in the rinse. That’s when the facts will come out.”

Stay strong, Milt. Only a few more days ’til you’re City Councilman-elect Milton Street.

City going after Milton for 392G in taxes [Daily News]
Poor Milton [Fight for Room 215]