{"id":206589,"date":"2026-04-22T22:50:31","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T22:50:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/206589\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T22:50:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T22:50:31","slug":"nyc-councilman-chi-osse-arrested-charged-after-eviction-protest-in-brooklyn-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/206589\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC Councilman Chi Oss\u00e9 arrested, charged after eviction protest in Brooklyn"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Brief<\/p>\n

NYC Council Member Chi Oss\u00e9 was arrested Wednesday morning while protesting the eviction of a constituent in Brooklyn.<\/p>\n

A video posted to Oss\u00e9\u2019s X account states the eviction was the result of deed theft.<\/p>\n

Authorities have not yet released official details regarding the specific charges or the events that led up to the arrest.<\/p>\n

BROOKLYN – New York City<\/a> Council Member Chi Oss\u00e9 was arrested<\/a> while protesting an elderly woman’s eviction<\/a> in Brooklyn<\/a> on Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n

NYC Council Member arrested<\/p>\n

What we know<\/p>\n

Video posted to the councilman’s X account<\/a> shows the moment he was forced to the ground by an NYPD<\/a> officer, handcuffed, then escorted to a police vehicle.<\/p>\n

The post says Oss\u00e9, who represents Brooklyn\u2019s 36th District, was arrested while defending one of his constituents from eviction near 200 Jefferson Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant<\/a>. She has reportedly lived in the house for six decades.<\/p>\n

“This is the result of deed theft and the ongoing displacement of Black homeowners in Bed-Stuy,” the caption reads.<\/p>\n

The NYPD says Oss\u00e9 is being charged with obstruction and disorderly conduct. FOX 5 NY’s Arthur Chi’en reports that the councilman is being treated for a head injury.<\/p>\n

Oss\u00e9 speaks out<\/p>\n

What they’re saying<\/p>\n

At a press conference following the arrest, Oss\u00e9 said that he will be filing a misconduct report against the officers who “slammed him to the ground.”<\/p>\n

The councilman also claimed that two other people suffered concussions during the incident.<\/p>\n

NYPD responds<\/p>\n

What we don’t know<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, the NYPD said that Oss\u00e9 was one of four people arrested at the protest.<\/p>\n

Officers said they were called out to the home shortly before 8 a.m. Wednesday. The NYC Sheriff’s Office and NYC Marshals were at the home to evict a person who they said was a ward of the state of Georgia, was supposed to be in Georgia and hadn’t been seen for several years.<\/p>\n

Police said that officers first arrested two people who were blocking the gate in front of the building. That’s when officials said Oss\u00e9 pushed past officers and tried to block the gate himself. When officers moved to arrest him, too, the NYPD said Oss\u00e9 flailed his arms to stop the officers. In the tight quarters, officers took Oss\u00e9 to the ground “as is within guidelines for making an arrest for someone committing obstruction of a governmental administration.<\/p>\n

All four protesters arrested on Wednesday face the same charges as Oss\u00e9.<\/p>\n

The backstory<\/p>\n

Oss\u00e9 called on New York Gov. Kathy Hochul<\/a> to enforce a temporary eviction moratorium on NYC properties with possible deed theft and fraud during an announcement with The People\u2019s Coalition to Stop Deed Theft this past February.<\/p>\n

“Deed theft is one of the most pervasive and least discussed housing crises in New York,” Oss\u00e9 said. “No one should be forced out while the courts are still determining whether a home was stolen. A temporary stay on eviction proceedings in these cases is necessary to achieve longer-term solutions to protect homeowners experiencing the unspeakable devastation that is deed theft.”<\/p>\n

“Homeownership cannot be left out of the debate over housing justice in this city. Ending deed theft as we know it is how we will protect generational wealth, stabilize communities, and deliver real housing justice for New Yorkers.”<\/p>\n

The Source<\/p>\n

Information from this article was sourced from the X account of New York City Council Member Chi Oss\u00e9, the NYPD and the New York City Council website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Brief NYC Council Member Chi Oss\u00e9 was arrested Wednesday morning while protesting the eviction of a constituent…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":206590,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[2834,2494,81898,9,56,63,51410,65,64,103],"class_list":{"0":"post-206589","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-city","8":"tag-arrested","9":"tag-chi-osse","10":"tag-eviction-proceedings","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-ny","13":"tag-nyc","14":"tag-nyc-council","15":"tag-nyc-headlines","16":"tag-nyc-news","17":"tag-nypd"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206589","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=206589"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206589\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/206590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=206589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=206589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}