After Paying $12000 Integrity Fee for Queens EB5 Condo Project Man Sues US CIS in SDNY

After Paying $12000 Integrity Fee for Queens EB5 Condo Project Man Sues US CIS in SDNY by Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book Substack SDNY COURTHOUSE, May 28 – A man saying he invested $800,000 into a Flushing, Queens condo and medical office space project has sued US CIS seeking to force them to his "Form I-485 application for adjustment of status and application for a travel document."    There are 59 other EB-5 investors in the $48 million project, which is sponsored by the Regional Center NY Entrepreneurs Fund LCC and say it will create 892 permanent, full-time direct and indirect jobs.    The plaintiff complains he paid a $12,160 "integrity fee," beyond the application fees.   The case has been assigned to U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Judge Jennifer H. Rearden. But it was SDNY Magistrate Judge Stewart D. Aaron who held a conference on May 28. Inner City Press covered it.   Magistrate Judge Aaron said he didn't want to know which party would reject his jurisdiction, if they did, only that they file a joint decision. He mentioned that Judge Rearden as a District Judge has a "heavy criminal docket," which Inner City Press can attest to. Magistrate Judges, on the other hand, mostly only go criminal for one duty week every few months.   This case is Hu v. Edlow, et al., 1-26-cv-2354 (Rearden / Aaron) *** Your support means a lot. As little as $5 a month helps keep us going and grants you access to exclusive bonus material on our Patreon page. Click here to become a patron. Feedback: Editorial [at] innercitypress.com Mail: Box 130222, Chinatown Station, NY NY 10013 Other, earlier Inner City Press are listed here, and some are available in the ProQuest service, and now on Lexis-Nexis.  Copyright 2006-2026 Inner City Press, Inc. To request reprint or other permission, e-contact Editorial [at] innercitypress.com