{"id":206446,"date":"2026-04-22T20:44:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T20:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/206446\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T20:44:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T20:44:09","slug":"new-york-city-councilmember-arrested-during-an-anti-eviction-protest-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/206446\/","title":{"rendered":"New York City councilmember arrested during an anti-eviction protest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON (TNND) \u2014 New York City Council Member Chi Oss\u00e9 was arrested Wednesday while participating in a protest regarding an eviction of one of his constituents, according to the New York City Police Department.<\/p>\n<p>Video footage posted to Oss\u00e9\u2019s X page shows him and other protesters blocking police officers trying to get to the residence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCouncil Member Chi Oss\u00e9 was just arrested while defending his constituent, Carmella Charrington, from eviction,\u201d Oss\u00e9\u2019s post reads. \u201cThis is the result of deed theft and the ongoing displacement of Black homeowners in Bed-Stuy. Our office is closely monitoring this situation and will provide updates as this develops.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One of Oss\u00e9\u2019s aides <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2026\/04\/22\/nyc-councilmember-chi-osse-arrested-at-anti-eviction-protest-00886771?utm_medium=bluesky&amp;utm_source=dlvr.it\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">told the Politico news outlet<\/a> that the politician was being held at a police precinct in Bedford-Stuyvesant after his arrest.<\/p>\n<p>Oss\u00e9 is an ally of <a href=\"https:\/\/thenationaldesk.com\/news\/americas-news-now\/city-run-grocery-stores-to-be-in-every-borough-in-nyc-mayor-mamdani-says-costco-target-missouri-kansas-city\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani<\/a>, who called his arrest \u201cconcerning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s exactly something that we\u2019re going to follow up on, not just on the nature of this arrest, but also what was the underlying issue that was being protested,\u201d Mamdani said during a press conference. \u201cI know he\u2019s been on the front lines of fighting deed theft. It\u2019s especially prevalent in his Council district, and I appreciate, frankly, the efforts that he\u2019s led in the past on ensuring that this is front of mind for all of us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mamdani said Tuesday afternoon that Oss\u00e9 was released from custody.<\/p>\n<p>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is a pleasure to work alongside Council Member Oss\u00e9, a leader in his community and a partner in building a safer and more affordable New York City,\u201d he wrote on X. \u201cI am grateful he is out of custody.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WASHINGTON (TNND) \u2014 New York City Council Member Chi Oss\u00e9 was arrested Wednesday while participating in a protest&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":206414,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[9,24,55,54,56],"class_list":{"0":"post-206446","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-city","8":"tag-new-york","9":"tag-new-york-city","10":"tag-new-york-city-headlines","11":"tag-new-york-city-news","12":"tag-ny"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=206446"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206446\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/206414"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=206446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=206446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}