ACCORDING TO NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE RECORDS, ON MAY 20, 1983, LETITIA JAMES AND HER FATHER, ROBERT JAMES, TOOK OUT A REAL ESTATE LOAN FROM KADILAC FUNDING LTD. FOR $30,300 AS “HUSBAND AND WIFE.” FOR THE RECORD, LETITIA JAMES’ MOTHER IS NELLIE JAMES. THE DAMNING EVIDENCE SHOWS JAMES REFINANCED HER BROOKLYN APARTMENT BUILDING UNDER THE HAMP PROGRAM, CLAIMING IT HAD JUST FOUR UNITS. BUT THE OFFICIAL CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY TELLS A DIFFERENT STORY: THE LAFAYETTE AVENUE PROPERTY ACTUALLY BOASTS FIVE APARTMENTS. THAT LIE SCORED HER A 2.7% GOVERNMENT-BACKED LOAN, A DEAL RESERVED FOR LANDLORDS WITH FOUR UNITS OR FEWER. ON TOP OF THAT, JAMES CRIED FINANCIAL HARDSHIP TO SEAL THE DEAL, DESPITE RAKING IN OVER $126,390 IN 2011. SHE DIDN'T INVITE ME.
