A New York City councilwoman vying for a Congressional seat is reportedly facing a $25,000 debt in unpaid rent after allegedly occupying a luxury apartment without proper authorization for five months. This claim comes from both her former landlord and court documents.

Councilwoman Julie Won, a Democrat from Queens, along with her family, recently left their one-bedroom residence at the upscale Skyline Towers, situated on Long Island City’s waterfront. Their departure occurred just days after receiving eviction notices from the condo’s owner, Justin Chae, a prominent political consultant in NYC and a former friend of the family.

The 67-story, glass-clad skyscraper boasts an array of high-end facilities, including a fitness center complete with a swimming pool, spa and sauna, yoga studio, and an array of other luxury offerings.

Won, however, has contested these allegations, telling The Post that neither she nor her husband, political strategist Eugene Noh, ever signed a lease for the posh apartment. She accuses Chae of fabricating her signature on a false lease agreement.

Chae, who owns the unit valued at nearly $1 million, claims he had agreed to let the couple and their two children live there rent-free starting November 2024, under a one-year lease agreement, which he reportedly shared with The Post.

He offered the free rent as a bonus to Noh, a fellow Korean-American, for agreeing to work as vice president of campaigns at Chae’s company, Legion Outreach Consultants. Their families have known each other since the 1980s, Chae said.

The business relationship never worked out, and Noh’s employment was terminated on June 26, according to the petition Chae filed in Queens Housing Court.

Chae told The Post he agreed to let the family reside there rent-free until the end of 2025 and then charge $5,000 monthly rent if they wanted to stay.

However, the couple never paid a cent and started “ghosting” Chae in April by ignoring calls and other messages, the landlord claims.

Chae said he plans to file additional court papers seeking $25,000 owed in rent for the first five months of the year. There’s a hearing on the case scheduled for June 30.

“Chae can’t believe his friends would take advantage of him this way,” said his spokesman, longtime Democratic consultant Hank Sheinkopf.

Won, however, accused Chae of “politically extorting her” while she’s running for higher office and predicted the lease agreement he provided to The Post will never hold up in court. She also threatened to countersue him over a “clearly political smear job.”

“This is a gross misrepresentation of reality but unfortunately thousands of families face the same kind of intimidation and abuse by landlords across the city,” she said. “I look forward to setting the record straight in court especially since there’s no executed lease — nor has there been a service of a predicate notice as required by law.”

However, Won failed to address an Oct. 17, 2024 email exchange between Chae and Noh provided to The Post that shows her husband saying he “signed” the lease — and whether it’s possible he also signed her name, too. The couple also didn’t address allegations that they never paid rent.

Won, who is running in a crowded field in the June 23 Democratic primary to replace retiring Rep. Nydia Velázquez in New York’s 7th Congressional District (covering parts of Queens and Brooklyn), claimed in a May 26 interview published by The New York Editorial Board that she and her husband currently pay “over $4,000” monthly for rent.

She didn’t mention her ongoing landlord-tenant dispute but said she moved to LIC “where it’s extremely expensive” because “Council security” suggested she enroll her “children in a school where there’s more Asian children, so that they can blend in more.”

Won — who represents LIC, Sunnyside and other parts of Western Queens — earns $148,500 annually.

Noh reportedly planned to buy out parts of Chae’s consulting business last year, but Chae said they never agreed to a deal.

Noh now operates his own political consulting business similar in name to Chae’s — called Legion Consulting. It’s earned $268,696 in city, state and federal campaign work since August, according to records.

Noh’s biggest client since breaking off from Chae is ex-Mayor Eric Adams. He racked up $104,735 in payments working as Adams’ contracted campaign manager during the Democratic ex-mayor’s failed 2025 re-election bid as an independent.

Won, a member of the Council’s Progressive Caucus, endorsed now-Mayor Zohran Mamdani in last year’s Democratic primary.

The couple claimed to QNS.com in July that they were unfairly targeted by “sexist” and “misogynistic” media scrutiny of their relationship because they backed different mayoral candidates.

Velázquez has endorsed Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso to succeed her, while Mamdani is backing fellow socialist and state Assemblywoman Claire Valdez (D-Queens).

Recently unveiled bodycam footage reveals a tense exchange between Mackenzie Shirilla’s father and Ohio police officers following her arrest for the deaths of two individuals. In the footage, he labels her a “foolish 18-year-old” and insists that authorities refrain from questioning her.

Dubbed ‘Hell on Wheels,’ Mackenzie was taken into custody on November 4, 2022, following a tragic incident where she drove her car into a building, resulting in the deaths of her boyfriend, Dominic Russo, 20, and their friend, Davion Flanagan, 18.

Steven Shirilla, Mackenzie’s father, arrived at the Strongsville Police Department shortly after her arrest and engaged in a heated discussion with officers for nearly three minutes, describing the situation as ‘unbelievable.’

The newly disclosed video, acquired by Fox News, captures Steven demanding, “I need to speak with my daughter,” emphasizing their lawyer’s directive that the police should not engage in any conversation with her.

He further expressed his disbelief, stating, “It’s unbelievable, I mean she’s 18.”

He then became angered at the decision to arrest Mackenzie on a weekend, arguing that authorities should have instead contacted him so he could have brought her into the station himself.

An officer was heard calmly explaining that his daughter was arrested that day because that was when a judge signed the warrant.

Steven only escalated his rhetoric, accusing officers of having a ‘creeper out on the front lawn watching’ the family at their home. 

Mackenzie Shirilla’s father, Steven Shirilla, lashed out at Ohio police after his daughter’s arrest in 2022, calling her a ‘dumb 18-year-old’ and demanding they not question her

In July 2022, Strongsville Police Department responded to a crash in which a Camry struck a brick building at nearly 100 mph, with Mackenzie identified as the driver

Makenzie was arrested on November 4, 2022, months after crashing her car into a building and killing her boyfriend, Dominic Russo, 20, and their friend, Davion Flanagan, 18

Pacing back and forth, he repeatedly said police were ‘not allowed’ to question his daughter and insisted he be allowed to speak with her so she wouldn’t talk to investigators and wouldn’t ‘open her mouth.’ 

An officer reminded him that Mackenzie is 18 and can speak for herself – something Steven quickly pushed back on. 

‘Yeah, but she’s a dumb 18-year-old that just turned 18,’ he said. When his wife, Natalie Shirilla, protested with a slight laugh, he doubled down, adding, ‘All the kids nowadays are dumb.’

Once again, officers denied his request to see her, stating that Mackenzie would need to invoke her Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination in order to speak to anyone.

As Steven began to walk out of the station, he yelled, ‘She’s not allowed to speak to you guys, I’m telling you that,’ and added before leaving, ‘Don’t ask her any questions!’ 

Mackenzie was ultimately convicted of murder in August 2023 and is currently serving two concurrent sentences of 15 years to life at the Ohio Reformatory for Women. 

The case drew national attention, fueled in part by disturbing details about Mackenzie’s behavior before the crash. Her actions have returned to the spotlight following the release of the Netflix documentary The Crash.

Since the series dropped, Fox 8 News learned that Steven would not be returning to his teaching position as an art teacher at Mary Queen of Peace School. 

Steven spent nearly three minutes arguing with officers in the station, where he called Mackenzie’s arrest ‘unbelievable’

In camera footage obtained by TMZ, a police officer at the scene of the crash can be heard saying: ‘Radio, this car’s split in two’

Judge Nancy Margaret Russo, who presided over the case, described Mackenzie’s actions as ‘controlled, methodical, deliberate, intentional, and purposeful’

Steven repeatedly said police were ‘not allowed’ to question his daughter and insisted he be allowed to speak with her so she wouldn’t ‘open her mouth’

‘Catholic school personnel decisions are the purview of each school in the Diocese of Cleveland,’ Catholic Diocese of Cleveland told Fox News Digital. 

‘Due to privacy considerations, neither the schools nor the Diocese ordinarily discuss personnel issues publicly,’ they added. ‘However, we can confirm that Mr Steve Shirilla will not be returning to Mary Queen of Peace School.’

Steven’s explosive tirade at the station came less than four months after officers with the Strongsville Police Department responded to a crash in which a Camry struck a brick building at nearly 100 mph, with Mackenzie identified as the driver.

‘Radio, this car’s split in two,’ one police officer could be heard saying in newly resurfaced body camera footage obtained by TMZ as he crossed a field of debris.

Mackenzie, 17 at the time, was pulled from the car and flown to MetroHealth after being wedged between the driver’s seat and door, while Dominic and Davion were pronounced dead after being extricated from the wreckage. 

At trial, prosecutors argued the crash was no accident and pointed to video evidence they said showed deliberate action rather than a loss of control. Judge Nancy Margaret Russo, who presided over the case, agreed. 

‘This was not reckless driving – this was murder,’ she said when delivering her verdict in 2023. ‘She had a mission, and she executed it with precision. The decision was death.’

A grand jury presentation showed the car going 90mph in a 35mph zone, with data indicating full acceleration and no braking seconds before the crash.

Mackenzie has long maintained that she suffered a medical emergency behind the wheel

A grand jury presentation showed the car going 90 mph in a 35 mph zone, with data indicating full acceleration and no braking seconds before the crash

Mackenzie was convicted of murder in August 2023 and is currently serving two concurrent sentences of 15 years to life at the Ohio Reformatory for Women

Judge Russo described Mackenzie’s actions as ‘controlled, methodical, deliberate, intentional, and purposeful,’ concluding that she intended to kill the two young men.

She was convicted on multiple counts, including aggravated vehicular homicide and felonious assault, and sentenced to a lengthy prison term with the possibility of parole. 

Meanwhile, Mackenzie has long maintained that she suffered a medical emergency behind the wheel in the early morning hours of that fateful morning, when she crashed her Toyota Camry into the Plidco Building. 

When she later found out that her case was back in the news, Mackenzie was caught laughing in a jailhouse phone call with her mother.

They giggled as they said ‘the Daily Mail published’ her claims of innocence in exclusive reporting that saw former inmates allege she has become a prolific lesbian behind bars, and has been disciplined a number of times for flouting prison rules. 

In their call, the pair laughed together as Mackenzie speculated that her case could be picked up by Kim Kardashian, who has attempted to publicize several inmates’ claims of innocence in recent years. 

But after her appeal for a new trial was denied in March, the now-21-year-old will not face the possibility of parole until 2037. 

In a pointed statement, former Vice President Mike Pence has made it clear that individuals involved in the January 6 Capitol attack, particularly those who assaulted police officers, damaged property, or attempted to hinder the certification of the 2020 presidential election results, should not be granted pardons. Speaking on HBO’s “Real Time with Bill Maher,” Pence emphasized that such actions should not be forgiven, nor should offenders receive any form of financial compensation.

The discussion arose during an interview with host Bill Maher, who pressed Pence on the motives of the rioters at the Capitol. This included those who infamously chanted threats against Pence himself. According to reports shared with the House committee investigating the incident, President Trump allegedly reacted with approval to these chants as the chaos unfolded.

Pence distinguished between those who may have been swept up in the events of that day and those who committed violent acts. “I had no problem with the president pardoning people who got caught up in that day,” he noted. However, he drew a firm line against extending clemency to those involved in violent crimes, asserting, “For anyone who assaulted a police officer, anybody that violated and vandalized the seat of our government and sought to disrupt the counting of electoral college votes, those people never should have been pardoned and they should never get a dime.”

On the other hand, former President Trump, at the onset of his second term, had issued broad pardons to several January 6 defendants, which included individuals convicted of assaulting law enforcement. Trump defended these actions, citing perceived unfair treatment by the judicial system as a primary reason for his decision to issue the pardons.

On the first day of his second term, Trump issued mass pardons to Jan. 6 defendants, including individuals convicted of assaulting law enforcement officers. Trump has listed a number of reasons for pardoning rioters, namely their treatment by the prosecution and the justice system.

The Trump administration recently abandoned plans for a $1.776 billion “anti-weaponization” fund that was part of a settlement between Trump and the IRS in a $10 billion lawsuit over the leak of his tax returns.

The fund, which was designed to compensate those who believe they were unfairly targeted by the federal government during previous administrations, faced sharp criticism from lawmakers in both parties over concerns that the money would benefit Jan. 6 rioters.

Two law enforcement officials that were injured during the riots sued to block payouts from the fund, arguing that it could settle claims brought on by any Jan. 6 rioters who committed acts of violence.

Pence has been publicly critical of efforts to “rewrite” the history of what happened at the Capitol riot.

“I’ve certainly seen evidence of that, particularly, I was offended on the anniversary of January 6 when the White House put out a timeline that literally blamed Capitol Hill police for the riot that took place that day,” the former vice president said in an interview.

On Sunday, ZAKA, the emergency response group, reported a series of suspected drive-by shootings occurring between Kochav Yair and Tzur Natan. These incidents tragically resulted in one fatality and injuries to five individuals. Of those injured, two were in serious condition, while three sustained moderate injuries, as per early assessments from the incident site.

Medical teams from Magen David Adom (MDA) confirmed the death of a man in his thirties who had suffered gunshot wounds. The paramedics attended to the injured before transporting them to Meir Medical Center in Kfar Saba and Beilinson Hospital in Petach Tikvah for further care.

The Israel Police noted that a shooting took place at a gas station in Kochav Yair. This incident left two people injured, as confirmed by medical responders.

Responding paramedics from MDA found a man, roughly 30 years old, who showed no vital signs due to severe injuries and was declared deceased at the scene. They also treated and rushed another individual, around 40 years of age, in critical and unstable condition with similar penetrating injuries, to Meir Medical Center.

They were also providing medical treatment and evacuating to Meir Medical Center a man approximately 40 years old in serious and unstable condition, with penetrating injuries.

The Israel Defense Forces said troops were dispatched alongside other security personnel to the areas of Sal’it and Tzur Yitzhak following reports of multiple shooting incidents, where they neutralized the terrorist at the scene.

Soldiers and medical teams were conducting searches for additional terrorists and providing treatment to the wounded, while reinforcements were en route, the IDF said.

Police from the Central District, including Tira station officers, were at the scene gathering evidence and searching for suspects.

The circumstances are under investigation.

Magen David Adom said a report was received at 10:40 a.m. of two men wounded on Route 5533 near Tzur Natan, where medics are treating two casualties, including one who is unconscious.

In a separate incident nearby, MDA said a report was received at 10:37 a.m. of a man wounded at the entrance to Tzur Yitzhak, with medics evacuating a 31-year-old man in moderate condition with a penetrating injury to Beilinson Hospital.

The Prime Minister’s Office said that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a situational assessment and “is monitoring the deadly shooting attack along the seam line.”