{"id":284860,"date":"2026-07-02T14:18:44","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T14:18:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/284860\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T14:18:44","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T14:18:44","slug":"join-a-discussion-on-deed-theft-at-brooklyns-weeksville-heritage-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/284860\/","title":{"rendered":"Join a Discussion on Deed Theft at Brooklyn&#8217;s Weeksville Heritage Center"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Homeowners will get a chance to tell their stories on how they prevented deed theft on July 9. For those who are willing, staff at the center will record the oral histories. <\/p>\n<p>Join Brooklyn residents and community stakeholders on July 9 for a discussion on deed theft and how homeowners have fought off speculators.<\/p>\n<p>The event, hosted by NYC Planning Commissioner Leah Goodridge, will begin at 5:30pm at the\u00a0<a data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.weeksvillesociety.org\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1783037951461000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1VeYxbmp7lofuCQZrjqR0z\" href=\"https:\/\/www.weeksvillesociety.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/www.weeksvillesociety.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Weeksville Heritage Center<\/a>\u00a0that will include a tour of the center, followed by a night of community where neighbors share their stories of how they have fought deed theft.<\/p>\n<p>Speakers including Yolande Nicholson and Sherease Torain, and the discussion will be moderated by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newschool.edu\/nssr\/faculty\/darrick-hamilton\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Professor Darrick Hamilton<\/a>, the Henry Cohen Professor of Economics and Urban Policy at the New School For Social Research.<\/p>\n<p>Weeksville will also record the oral histories of communities impacted by deed theft.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Register <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/the-power-of-the-story-neighbors-share-how-brooklyn-fought-deed-theft-tickets-1992934708361\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> for the event.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"screenshot-2026-07-02-at-94256-am\" id=\"file-4440627\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/screenshot-2026-07-02-at-94256-am.png;w=960.png\"\/>&#13;<br \/>\n. Photo: Supplied\/NYC Planning&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Homeowners will get a chance to tell their stories on how they prevented deed theft on July 9.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":284861,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,22100,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-284860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-deed-theft","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284860","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=284860"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284860\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/284861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=284860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=284860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=284860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}