The state Attorney General’s Office is investigating state Sen. Shirley Huntley and her ties to nonprofits that have soaked taxpayers for more than $400,000, The Post has learned.
News of the probe comes a week after The Post revealed the Queens Democrat tried to funnel $155,000 to her Parent Workshop nonprofit and as new questions emerge about the shady group.
State records show that a $30,000 member item secured by Huntley in 2008 for The Parent Workshop went to two consultants, one of whom was listed as living in a Huntley family home.
Sherman Russell, 71, received $15,000 in 2008 and 2009 from the nonprofit founded by Huntley, purportedly to conduct workshops for parents and students on navigating the school system, the documents show.
Russell is listed on a state charity form as treasurer of The Parent Workshop, and his address is given as the same Valley Stream home as Huntley’s daughter, Pamala Corley.
Other public documents show he lives in Huntley’s Jamaica home, where he was registered to vote in 2010.
Russell and another consultant, David Gantt — who also earned $15,000 — were purportedly paid for conducting 24 workshops for parents and making “outreach visits” to schools and community groups, according to documents submitted by The Parent Workshop to the state for payment.
Gantt, 43, is a $37,169-a-year community associate for a city Housing Authority community center in Queens. He did not return calls for comment.
Huntley refused to answer questions about her charity or the AG probe.
Huntley’s husband, Herbert, who answered the door at the couple’s Jamaica home, said Russell didn’t live there.
Patricia Savage, who headed the charity and now works for Huntley as an $85,000-per-year “confidential assistant,” did not return phone calls.
Vanessa Sparks, the president since August 2010, said she had never heard of Russell or Gantt.
The Post revealed last week that Huntley started The Parent Workshop in 2006, eight months before being elected. Once in office, she authorized the $30,000 grant and tried to send another $125,000 a year later. She said she dropped the larger grant after being told it was inap propriate.
Her daughter also ran a taxpayer-funded nonprofit out of the family home.
Attorney General Eric Schneiderman’s office declined comment.