Nassau County Legislature. Maji Melesa Pilip, the Republican candidate for the 3rd Congressional District special election, listed assets in his county financial information that were not included in his filing as a federal candidate, newly obtained county records show. This was revealed in the records.
In her county filing last May, Pilip detailed investments she made with her husband, including a co-op and a health care startup. His campaign disputed the ethics watchdog's opinion, arguing that a federal report Mr. Pillip recently filed with the House clerk's office did not require disclosure of the holdings.
In both county and federal disclosures, Pilip also reported income from her husband, Dr. Adalbert Pilip's medical business, New York Comprehensive Medical Care, although her campaign claims she stopped working there in 2021. was.
Newsday obtained Nassau's financial disclosures this week through a state Freedom of Information Act request last month. Unlike her House disclosures, the amount and range of her income were redacted. The county said the information is being withheld from public release to prevent invasion of privacy.
Pillip initially reported income of $50,000 in each of the past two years from his medical practice to the House clerk, where he worked as the operations manager, he said. Pilip spokesman Brian Devine said the House disclosure was a draft that was submitted in error. In a revised version filed a few days later, Pilip reported no income from the practice in 2023 and $13,472 in 2022.
According to federal disclosures, Pilip and her husband have paid between $100,000 and $250,000 in income taxes to the Internal Revenue Service as of April 2023. The camp insists the debt has been paid.
The county's May 2023 disclosure also listed a debt owed to the IRS, but did not specify the amount or date.
Pilip, 44, of Great Neck, is running in a Feb. 13 special election to replace ousted Republican Rep. George Santos in New York's 3rd Congressional District, which covers South Shore areas including north Nassau and the South Shore area. He will face Democrat Tom Suozzi, 61, of Glen Cove. Massapequa and parts of eastern Queens.
The personal finances of Mr. Pilip and Mr. Suozzi, who held the 3rd District seat from 2017 to 2022, are based on fabrications about Mr. Santos' background and defrauding campaign donors for personal gain. He is under scrutiny following federal criminal charges of lying in disclosure.
In the Nassau disclosure, Pilip said her husband was an owner or partner in three businesses in addition to the major health care companies listed in federal filings. The venture includes Infuse Chi, described in a 2022 news release as an “all-natural electrolyte hydration” powder.
Devine said in a statement that these businesses are “off track and have no value whatsoever. Therefore, it is not appropriate to report these entities.” [the federal] Disclosure. “
County forms listed Maj and Adalbert Pilip as owners of the co-op in addition to their Great Neck home. Devine said that legally Maj Pilip lives in a co-op and does not receive any rental income, and that an attorney familiar with federal reporting guidelines advised the campaign that the information would not be subject to disclosure. Stated.
The property is listed in county filings under the investment category, and Kedrick Payne, senior director of ethics at the Campaign Legal Center, a nonprofit watchdog group in Washington, D.C., said the property is listed as an investment under federal financial disclosure laws. “Even if there is investment property, it is mandatory to disclose it.'' I can't get rental income. ”
But Devine responded: “Any attempt to characterize otherwise the appropriate treatment of this property is either based on a lack of journalistic knowledge or politically motivated.” Ta.
