Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez owes $2,000 in back taxes from a failed business venture, according to a new report.
In 2012, Ocasio-Cortez founded Brook Avenue Press, a publishing company that, as of Friday evening, still has an unpaid tax warrant with an outstanding balance of $2,088.78, according to the New York Post.
New York state dissolved the company in 2016, public records show.
“She just thinks she’s better than everyone else. Clearly, she’s worse,” said Hank Sheinkopf, spokesman for Ocasio-Cortez’s chief June primary opponent, Michelle Caruso-Cabrera.
A spokesperson for the congresswoman from the Bronx told the New York Post the tax bill was issued “in error.”
“The congresswoman is still in the process of contesting the tax warrant. The business has been closed for several years now, and so we believe that the state Tax Department has continued to collect the franchise tax in error,” the spokesperson said. “As anyone who’s tried to contest a tax bill in error knows, it takes time.”
Ocasio-Cortez’s congressional office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
