WASHINGTON — Rep. Gregory Meeks lives pretty large for someone without any assets — at least that’s what he claims on his latest financial disclosure.
For the third year in a row, Meeks (D-Queens) reported no assets — no retirement account, no investments, no savings — on his annual financial disclosure to Congress.
That’s despite living in a posh house for which he spent $830,000 in 2006. At the time, it was valued at more than $1.2 million.
Meeks, who is being probed by the feds over missing charity money and other possible wrongdoing, lives off his $174,000 congressional salary and his wife’s salary as a senior policy associate at the New York Academy of Medicine.
Meeks’ office did not immediately return calls inquiring about his latest financial disclosure.
His beggarly financial reports have helped rank him among the poorest members of Congress, though he’s known to frequent pricey restaurants in New York and DC.
He hasn’t reported any investments since he sold off a $13,000 Merrill Lynch fund in 2006.
He owes between $50,001 and $100,000 to Ozone Park real-estate agent Edul Ahmad for a “personal loan.”
An Ahmad neighbor said Meeks often takes questions at meetings for a community group, Locust Grove Civic Association, where Ahmad’s wife is a highly involved member.
Meeks also listed a “personal loan” of $10,001 to $15,000 owed to the Congressional Federal Credit Union.
Meeks did not report any debts in the previous two disclosures.
He has attracted scrutiny since a federal probe was launched over questions — first raised by The Post — about what became of money collected by a charity for Hurricane Katrina victims.
The Post first reported that Meeks’ New Yorkers Organized to Assist Hurricane Families paid out only $1,392 of the roughly $31,000 it collected for victims of the disaster in New Orleans. Meeks has denied wrongdoing.
A federal grand jury slapped him with a subpoena in April demanding records as part the expanding corruption probe, which also targets two other Queens Democrats, state Senate President Malcolm Smith and former Rep. Floyd Flake.
Additional reporting by Christina Carrega