November 8, 2019
Two New York City real estate development companies,
Mica Gabe Brooklyn LLC and
Brooklyn Warehouse 180 LLC, will pay
$3 million to resolve claims that they secured a New York tax break, Section 421-a, by falsely stating that building service employees would be paid prevailing wages when, in fact, employees hired at the buildings were paid less than the wages required by law. The $3 million settlement consists of $2.5 million in damages under Section 421-a and the New York False Claims Act, and $415,000 in back wages. The investigation was initiated with the filing of a whistleblower complaint under the NY FCA by local union
32BJ SEIU, which will receive a portion of the damages as a whistleblower reward.
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