Queens Crap (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
Deadbeat butt-head owes 'red' state NY $19M By FREDRIC U. DICKER and MAGGIE HABERMAN, NY Post The No. 1 New York state tax deadbeat is a Queens man who owes an eye-popping $19 million on cigarette taxes, newly released records show. Gui Hong Chen, an Elmhurst man according to state records, tops the list of 200 corporate tax deadbeats, which was released along with the 200 top personal...
Gothamist (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
... in July. ( According to the Post , the No. 1 New York state tax deadbeat is a Queens man named Gui Hong Chen who owes $19 million in unpaid cigarette taxes.) And with a $3 billion budget gap looming, some lawmakers want even tougher enforcement. One bill being considered in Albany would give state agencies the right to deny renewals of professional licenses (everything from medical...
Capitol confidential (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
The biggest tax cheat in New York, Gui Hong Chen, has been located. He’s in federal pen after pleading guilty to a host of trafficing charges. He still owes the state $19 million in cigarettes taxes. Chen pleaded guilty in June 2008 in U.S. District Court in Manhattan to a variety of federal trafficing charges including [...]
Capitol confidential (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
With a state tax debt of more than $19 million, Gui Hong Chen could help Gov. David Paterson a lot. But the Rev. Al Sharpton and a host of car dealers statewide could also pitch in to fill New York’s massive budget deficit. According to lists of the top 200 corporate scofflaws and top 200 personal [...]
New York Post (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
The No. 1 New York state tax deadbeat is a Queens man who owes an eye-popping $19 million on cigarette taxes, newly released records show. Gui Hong Chen, an Elmhurst man according to state records, tops the list of 200 corporate tax deadbeats, whi...
