WASHINGTON — Domenic Recchia may chair the City Council’s Finance Committee, but that doesn’t mean he’s mastered paying his own taxes on time.
The Brooklyn Democrat, who is running for Congress, was slapped with a lien for $2,657 on a property that houses his law office.
The city issued the lien in 2010 for the Gravesend Neck Road property, which Recchia co-owns with his wife, Kimberly.
And in the spring of 2001, Recchia got hit with a lien of $49.74. It was settled by that August.
In 1997, he had a tax lien against him for $441. He satisfied it eight months later, city records reveal.
Recchia’s campaign said the $2,657 lien was the result of a snafu that occurred when he paid off the loan on the building.
“Council Member Recchia’s taxes have been paid in full. When a bill was sent to the wrong address, he made payment as soon as he was aware of the discrepancy,” said spokeswoman Ashleigh Owens.
The Recchias bought the property that drew the $2,657 lien in 2000 for $330,000, according to property records.
Recchia’s campaign lists that same address on its federal campaign filings.
Recchia’s congressional campaign disclosed monthly payments totaling $1,750 to Kimberly for “rent/office space” — without revealing that Domenic is a co-owner of the property.
Recchia’s campaign said it just maintains a desk in the commercial office building, and that it paid the $250-a-month rent in order to avoid having Recchia’s wife potentially bump up against an in-kind contribution limit.
Recchia is seeking his party’s nomination to take on Republican Rep. Michael Grimm in a district that includes Staten Island and part of Brooklyn.