The local district attorney's office investigated some construction work on a piece of property owned by Carrión, in response to a report by the "New York Daily News". In 2007, Mr. Carrión had a porch and balcony added to his Victorian home on City Island, Bronx. According to documents obtained by the "Daily News" from the contractor, Nationwide Maintenance of the Bronx, and from the New York City Department of Buildings, “the project’s estimated cost was $50,000. Carrión wound up paying less than half of the estimate — $24,000.