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Millionaire Rep. Dan Goldman has racked up 84 tickets in 6 years
 By Jon Levine   
February 11, 2023 12:30pm

He’s off to a fined start.

Freshman Democratic Rep. Dan Goldman’s two luxury vehicles have amassed at least 84 traffic and parking violations in the last six years.

The congressman and multi-millionaire has been fined $6,515 for violations by his 2019 Lincoln Navigator Reserve and a 2014 Range Rover, both registered to him at his $27 million, six-bedroom condo in Tribeca, according to city Finance Department records. He lives there with his wife and five children.

The orange avalanche of summonses flies in the face of the 46-year-old lawmaker’s purported commitment to safer streets.

“Ensuring that our streets are safe begins with our city fleet,” he said in January, touting a pilot program to reduce speeding and other violations by city-owned vehicles by outfitting them with active, intelligent speed-assistance technology. “I look forward … at the federal level to keep New Yorkers safe on the road.”

His enormous, gas-guzzling SUVs also raise questions about Goldman’s rhetoric as a Green New Deal champion.

“I am proud to join the House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition in the fight for environmental justice and a comprehensive and equitable green energy transition,” he said just this week.  ...
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He's an heir to the Levi-Strauss blue jean fortune, so a real man of the people. Oh yes, also a liar:
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... Goldman has already made a name for himself on the House Oversight Committee, where he falsely declared this week that The Post’s reporting on Hunter Biden was inaccurate. He has in the past spread misinformation about The Post’s Hunter Biden reporting — including the now thoroughly debunked claim that its release was part of a Russian “disinformation campaign.” ...
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