NEW YORK — House Republican leaders demanded Tuesday that embattled Rep. Charles Rangel be removed from his post as chairman of a tax-writing committee while an ethics panel reviews his personal finances.
Rangel, D-N.Y., has been besieged for months by reports raising questions about his finances and living arrangements. His ownership of four rent-controlled apartments in New York was already under investigation by the House ethics committee when new revelations surfaced that he had an unusual financial deal for his beach vacation home in the Dominican Republic.
Rangel’s lawyer acknow ledged he had not reported some $75,000 in rental income on the property over two decades, and that for more than a decade he paid no interest on his mortgage for the property.
