Jared, you’ve got ‘problems’

CITY POLS piled on Jared Kushner’s real estate company Monday following reports it filed dozens of bogus construction applications, with Mayor de Blasio saying the company could “have a problem on their hands.”

City Councilman Ritchie Torres said he’d launch an investigation to examine how Kushner Cos. “may have averted accountability, harassed tenants, and sought to use construction as a method of harassment.”

Torres’ vow outside Kushner Cos. headquarters in Midtown came a day after tenants’ rights watchdog Housing Rights Initiative revealed the real estate giant had filed paperwork falsely claiming no rent-stabilized tenants were living in 34 of its buildings between 2013 and 2016.

The false claim came to light through contradictory paperwork filed with the Department of Buildings and Department of Finance. The company told the Department of Buildings it had no rent-regulated tenants — but tax filings indicated there were over 300 rent-regulated units in the 34 buildings.

Residents of some of those buildings say they endured constant construction intended to drive them out of their homes, making way for pricier rents.

“It's not acceptable to lie when you're filling out a form for the city government. So let’s be really clear here. If it proves to be true that they lied to evade regulation, they have a problem on their hands,” de Blasio said.

Controller Scott Stringer also fired off a letter calling for closer monitoring of landlords and tougher penalties for those who harass tenants.

Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law, stepped down as CEO of the company last year before becoming a senior adviser at the White House.

“The investigation is trying to create an issue where none exists. Kushner Cos. did not intentionally falsify (Department of Buildings) filings in an effort to harass any tenants,” a company spokesman said.

But Housing Rights Initiative, which has already filed two class action lawsuits against Kushner alleging similar schemes, saw a pattern. “Kushner Cos. appears to be breaking the law with reckless abandon,” said Aaron Carr, executive director of Housing Rights Initiative. “A reprehensible pattern of misconduct has manifest itself across the company’s 20,000 unit portfolio.”

“Where there is smoke, there is Kushner,” he added.