A Queens legislator hit the jackpot — literally — according to financial-disclosure forms he filed Thursday.
Among the credit-card debts, loans and routine outside income reported by city officials as part of their mandated annual reports, one item stood out: “gambling winnings” by City Councilman Erich Ulrich. Turns out Ulrich won more than $10,000 from a slot machine during a visit last year to the Resorts World Casino at Aqueduct, not far from his district.
“I guess I’m just a lucky guy,” he said.
In more mundane filings, Brooklyn DA Ken Thompson said he collected $250,000 to $500,000 from his old law firm, Wigdor Law LLP, while Staten Island DA Michael McMahon earned between $100,000 and $250,000 from Herrick Feinstein, the government-affairs firm.
Not all city elected officials were as fortunate. Some owed tens of thousands of dollars, according to their filings with the city’s Conflicts of Interest Board.
Bronx DA Darcel Clark listed bills of between $5,000 to $48,000 on each of her three credit cards, plus another $5,000 to $48,000 from Lexus Financial Services, for a total of $20,000 to $192,000 in debts.
Council members Rory Lancman, Ben Kallos, Vincent Gentile and Inez Dickens also ran up some hefty tabs.
Lancman listed between $20,000 and $192,000 in credit-card debt, offset by between $5,000 and $48,000 he earned in attorney’s fees. Kallos and Gentile each owed between $25,000 and $240,000, and Dickens owed $17,844.