Councilman Chi Ossé was arrested at a demonstration outside a Brooklyn brownstone that is the site of an eviction dispute.
Ossé and other protesters have alleged a woman was being evicted due to deed theft, but a spokesman for the New York attorney general’s office told NY1 that the office does not consider this a case of deed theft involving fraud or a scam.
The councilman has been a leader in the fight against deed theft and says the practice disproportionately affects Black homeowners.
Ossé joined NY1 political anchor Errol Louis on “Inside City Hall” Thursday to discuss his arrest and more.
“I was shaken up a little bit yesterday,” saying he had a minor concession. “But it’s less about me what took place yesterday and more about this epidemic of deed theft that we are seeing impacting New Yorkers across the five boro as well as across the state. People are being pushed out of their homes, and as an elected official and as a person, that’s an issue that I greatly take an issue with.”
He represents neighborhoods in central Brooklyn, including all or parts of Bedford-Stuyvesant and Crown Heights.
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