Rangel Un-Moved; Office Still in Stabilized Apt.

September 29, 2008

Three months after Rep. Charlie Rangel admitted he improperly converted a rent-stabilized apartment into his political campaign office – and promised to give it up – the embattled pol still has not moved out.

For the past decade, Rangel’s political operation has been headquartered in a $682-a-month, one-bedroom apartment at Lenox Terrace – the same Harlem building where he has three other rent-stabilized apartments for personal use.

And even with the furor over his sweet rental deals continuing, Rangel doesn’t plan to move his operations to a $4,000-a-month renovated brownstone at 193 Lenox Ave. until mid-October, according to his lawyer, Josh Galper.

Read more: (Chuck Bennett, “Rangel Un-Moved; Office Still in Stabilized Apt.,” New York Post, 9/29/08)