The New York City Council’s Italian-American Caucus have filed an ethics complaint against Councilman Chi Ossé, accusing him of making a bigoted remark about the name of a Big Apple contractor.after he made a comment about Brooklyn-based Dragonetti Brothers Landscaping — a city contractor convicted of insurance fraud.
Still, City Council Minority Leader Joe Borelli told The Post on Friday he had filed a complaint with the Chair of Council’s Ethics Committee, saying caucus members felt “harassed and discriminated” against over Ossé’s remarks.Ossé made on the record during a budget hearing this week, in which he suggested that an Italianwith the City of New York,” a statement from the caucus said.
Ossé made the remark as he probed Parks Department officials as to why Dragonetti Brothers continued to be considered for city contracts — despite pleading guilty last year to evading more than $1.1 million in insurance premiums between 2017 and 2019. Meanwhile, two local Italian American groups waged their own separate complaints over Ossé’s comments in letter addressed to City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams — including one requesting his immediate resignation.