Kushner’s co. ‘lied’ to force out tenants

Jared Kushner’s real-estate company purchased three apartment buildings in Queens, then forced out the residents — and made a huge profit in the process — by allegedly filing false paperwork, according to a tenants’-rights group.

Kushner Cos., which bought the Astoria properties in 2015, allegedly filed documents with the city claiming the buildings had no rent-regulated units, when in fact there were at least 94, says Aaron Carr, founder of Housing Rights Initiative.

Regulated tenants have protections others do not.

Had the company been honest, there would have been stricter oversight of construction crews and unscheduled, on-site sweeps by inspectors to prevent harassment of tenants.

Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law and close aide, was still running the company at the time. It was later able to sell the buildings for $60 million, nearly 50 percent more than it paid.

The group uncovered the allegedly shady dealings and sent work-permit application documents outlining them to The Associated Press.

“The fact that the company was falsifying all these applications with the government shows a sordid attempt to avert accountability and get a rapid return on its invest- ment,” Carr said. “It’s barefaced greed.”

In all, Kushner Cos. filed at least 80 false applications for 34 buildings in the city from 2013 to 2016, all claiming there were no rent-regulated tenants, according to HRI.

But tax documents show there were more than 300 regulated units in the buildings.

After filing the paperwork for the Astoria buildings,the company allegedly subjected the residents to months of construction — which they believe was part of a plan to push them out.

Mary Ann Siwek, 67, who lives in an East Village apartment building where the company allegedly pulled the same stunt in 2013, knows what that’s like.

“You heard the drilling in the middle of night,” she told the AP. “The hallways were always filled with lumber and sawdust and plaster.

She claimed she even got an offer of at least $10,000 to pack up and leave.

“I know it’s pretty horrible, but we can help you get out,” Siwek remembered a man telling her. “We can offer you money.”

She said she didn’t take the cash and instead sued.

The company sent the AP a statement, saying, “Kushner would never deny any tenant their due-process rights.”