Deed Fraud Questions Arise in Case of Woman Fighting for East New York Home
After months of trying to track down an elusive heir to the abandoned East New York house Sybil "Tam...
Tag: Eviction
Crown Heights Tenants Protest Eviction and Deregulation of Rent-Stabilized Housing
By Oscar Fock, Brooklyn Paper In 40 degree weather and drizzling rain, a crowd gathered in Crown ...
Seized From Its Owners, Brooklyn’s ‘Eco-Yogi Slumlord’ House Could Be Yours
By Rachel Holliday Smith This article was originally published on February 12 at 5:01 a.m. E...
Eviction Rates Soar as Legal Aid Society Calls for Passage of Statewide Good Cause Bill
By Sarah Belle Lin, amNY New York City marshals have evicted tenants at a rate that has increased...
Happy Days Diner on Montague Street Closes After More Than 20 Years in the Neighborhood
Montague Street staple Happy Days Diner closed its doors for the final time in November, ending a ru...
Owner Departs on ‘Vacation’ Before Eviction, Leaving Bed Stuy Cafe Staff Unpaid: Workers
The owner of Bed Stuy’s former Cafe Tucum left the country for a Brazilian holiday a few weeks bef...
Bed Stuy Family Watches as Possessions Thrown in Trash, Locks Changed in Alleged Deed Theft Case
Earlier this month, Salvanita and Moses Foster got a phone call. Someone was changing the locks on t...
Foreclosure Sale of Bay Ridge Building Paused After Alleged Landlord Fraud
​​A bankruptcy claim has temporarily paused a foreclosure sale that would put dozens of occupant...
Tenants Coalition Warns Bushwick Renters About Private Equity-Backed Landlord
A landlord’s rapid expansion in Brooklyn has brought together a coalition of half a dozen City Cou...
An Ocean Hill Family Is One of More Than 12,000 in Brooklyn Facing Eviction This Year
For several years, Erica Samuels has shared her Ocean Hill basement apartment with her college-age d...
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