Add The New York Post on Google The millionaire parents of the silver-spoon socialist DSA leader were slapped with a $2,500 fine after they were caught renovating their ritzy Brooklyn row home without permits.
The parents of Gustavo Gordillo, boss of the New York City chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America, were slapped with a summons for the $1.4 million rehaul of their Decatur Street digs in Bed-Stuy where their self-proclaimed anti-capitalist nepo baby lives.
The property, which was purchased for just under $1 million but was valued around $1.5 million before the extensive work, made headlines last week when The Post revealed the DSA co-chair had been living in the elite spot despite claiming residency in a Crown Heights apartment.
The coverage led to a surprise visit from the Department of Buildings days later when they city first issued the stop-work order since the construction permits for the front facade and inside overhaul expired earlier this year.
The fine was issued to Chuciutto LCC, a dummy corporation created by Gordillo’s Florida residing folks and used to buy the place in 2019 for just under $1 million.
Gordillo’s father, also named Gustavo, confirmed to The Post that his son was living at the Bed-Stuy home and that he also used the LLC to rent his son a $2,600-a-month apartment in the Lower East Side from 2016 to 2019.
But just weeks prior, 38-year-old socialist tricked a New York Times reporter about where he lived by providing mail and his union card when pressed as part of a glowing profile.
Gordillo hadn’t lived in the one-bed, one-bath apartment Crown Heights for months by that point — and had been hauled into court for allegedly not paying rent dating back to late last year.
The DSA co-chair was also publicly portraying himself as a union electrician in a series of media appearances following the win of his socialist comrade Mayor Zohran Mamdani.
He even parlayed the alleged pressure of the gig while juggling the duties of the DSA to convince the group’s members to pay him a $95,000 salary with benefits, a cushy package they approved last month.
However, Gordillo was fired by IBEW Local 3 in March after failing to show up for work for a “prolonged” period of time with less than two years under his belt as an apprentice.
Mamdani has stood by Gordillo regardless, telling reporters Tuesday that he should not step down as co-chair.
The dishonesty didn’t appear to deter potential DSA presidential pick, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who posed with Gordillo Wednesday in the first public post from him or the democratic socialist club since the scandal broke last week.
Calls to Gordillo, as well as his parents, were not returned.
