Zuccotti Park Owners Owe City $139K in Back Taxes

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Source: NBC New York

The company that owns Zuccotti Park is among the scores of businesses that owe the city tens of thousand dollars in back taxes.

Brookfield Properties and its parent company Brookfield US Corp owe the city more than $139,000 in business taxes dating back to 2006, according to financial records obtained by the Daily News.

At least one councilman called the debt “ironic” given the amount of time and money the city has poured into securing the park since the Occupy Wall Street protesters claimed it as their national headquarters in September.

“Occupy Wall Street has been talking about economic disparity … and here’s Brookfield Properties, which has worked with the mayor to keep the messengers out, not paying their share,” Brooklyn Councilman Jumanne Williams, who was arrested last month at an Occupy Wall Street protest, told the News.

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