Yonkers Insider: 2023 Campaign Trail: Shanae Williams calls on US Attorney & Attorney General's Office to Investigate Johnson.

 

SHANAE WILLIAMS CALLS ON THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY’S OFFICE AND NEW YORK STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO LAUNCH AN INVESTIGATION INTO COUNTY LEGISLATOR CHRISTOPHER JOHNSON   May 24, 2022 – On May 23, 2023, Yonkers Councilwoman and Candidate for Westchester County Legislator District 16, Shanae Williams, sent a letter to the White Plains division of the US Attorney’s Office and the Office of NYS Attorney General calling for an immediate investigation into County Legislator Christopher Johnson’s fraudulent activities related to the two homes he owns using Federal mortgage programs. Documents of both Johnson’s mortgage documents and occupancy monitory declaration were attached in the letter.  Mr. Johnson’s condo at 421 North Broadway is a unit that was purchased by him under the City of Yonkers’ Affordable Housing Program, which was funded by Federal dollars, in 2010. Each year he is required to sign an occupancy monitory declaration swearing that he is the primary residence of the unit. On May 31, 2022 he signed that declaration and subsequently closed on his new house in District 15 on June 10, 2022. To purchase the new home at 34 Rosehill Terrace using a Federal Housing Administration loan, he signed a document stating that his primary residence will be 34 Rosehill Terrace in order to qualify for the loan with favorable financing conditions.              “While there is a housing shortage and affordable housing crisis facing our nation, it is troubling to see County Legislator Johnson allege two residences to try to fool Federal Housing programs. He lied on official documents when he alleged both 421 North Broadway and 34 Rosehill Terrace to be his primary residence,” states Candidate Shanae Williams. “We need to have faith in our elected officials to have integrity and it is evidently clear that Johnson’s fraudulent activities warrant a full investigation.”