quizzed by a freelance journalist<\/a>. <\/p>\n\u201cIt originated from deed theft, but it was an eviction proceeding,\u201d she continued. \u201cAnd we had been involved in that case for some time. We analyzed it. But, at the end of the day, I\u2019m glad that the council member focused on bringing to light the problem of deed theft.\u201d<\/p>\n
Attorney General Letitia James contradicted her own office Friday on an alleged deed theft case. Paul Martinka for NY Post<\/p>\n
Councilman Chi Oss\u00e9 was arrested Wednesday protesting an eviction in the case. X \/ @OsseChi<\/p>\n
Oss\u00e9 and three protesters were arrested after two-hour standoff outside the Jefferson Avenue brownstone, where city sheriff\u2019s and marshals were slated to conduct a legal eviction. <\/p>\n
The lefty councilman \u2014 who claimed that NYPD officers gave him a concussion as they pulled him to the ground \u2014 argued his constituent Carmella Charrington had been the victim of deed theft and was being wrongly tossed from her home.<\/p>\n
But James\u2019 office had investigated the situation and concluded it was a property dispute between the heirs and relatives of the home\u2019s former co-owners.<\/p>\n
Records show the property has a complicated history, but was ultimately bought by a company, 227 Group LLC, for $1.4 million in a sale that was approved by a Georgia court-appointed conservator overseeing the estate of Charrington\u2019s dad.<\/p>\n
But Charrington claims the conservator for dad Allman \u2014 a ward of the state who suffers from Alzheimer\u2019s, court records show \u2014 broke the law by signing off on the sale and never filed documents showing where the $1.4 million went.<\/p>\n
Charrington had recently been ordered to bring her father to court. But she failed to do so and ended up spending five days in Rikers Island on a contempt charge.<\/p>\n
She was released one day before NYC sheriff\u2019s officers and marshals tried to evict her on a judge\u2019s order, leading to the protest and Oss\u00e9\u2019s arrest as he tried to block authorities.<\/p>\n
A representative from 227 Group LLC vehemently denied the deed theft accusation.<\/p>\n
James\u2019 office did nothing to clear up the confounding comments by the attorney general after Mamdani\u2019s announcement.<\/p>\n
\u201cAttorney General James has long said that the displacement of Black and Brown families from their generational homes is a crisis, and she has led the fight against it for years,\u201d her office said in a statement.<\/p>\n
Oss\u00e9 spoke Friday, along with James, at Mayor Zohran Mamdani\u2019s event announcing a new deed theft office. Paul Martinka for NY Post<\/p>\n
Former city Comptroller Scott Stringer agreed that deed theft was a serious problem, but castigated Oss\u00e9\u2019s grandstanding protest.<\/p>\n
\u201cAny blatant political stunt that trivialized this critical issue does nothing for so many New Yorkers having their homes sold out from under them,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Mamdani\u2019s new anti-deed theft office will be led by nonprofit lawyer Peter White, an activist from Access Justice Brooklyn, which specializes in foreclosures and other legal housing woes.<\/p>\n
\u201cThanks to the efforts of Attorney General James and State Senator Zellnor Myrie,\u00a0New York State finally made deed theft a crime in 2023,\u201d Hizzoner said in Brooklyn Friday.<\/p>\n
\u201cYet we know that injustice persists.\u00a0That is why today I am proud to announce City Hall will lead that work through the creation of New York City\u2019s first ever office of deed theft prevention.\u201d<\/p>\n
The office under the city Department of Finance, however, could be effectively toothless. The very state law that Mamdani touted gives New York\u2019s Attorney General\u2019s Office, now run by James, sole jurisdiction in deed theft cases.<\/p>\n
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