Open Newsroom: A Talk on Property Fraud, Deed Theft and Speculation in Brooklyn

Open Newsroom: A Talk on Property Fraud, Deed Theft and Speculation in Brooklyn

A crowd of people came out in Bedford-Stuyvesant Monday to talk about a pernicious issue in the neighborhood: property fraud, deed theft and predatory real estate speculation.THE CITY newsroom, which has completed many investigations on the topic, led a community conversation, hosted by JPMorgan Chase at their Brooklyn Community Banking Branch in Bed-Stuy, with experts who help New Yorkers grapple with the problem every day.Marco Villegas, progr…

Naming and Shaming Deed Theft Scammers

Good morning! To read the Spew on the website, click here.Want to watch last week's mayoral forum at the Public Theater, hosted by Hell Gate and New York Focus, in glorious 4k multi-cam? You can watch the whole thing here. And you can see some great clips from it on our Instagram page.At an occasionally-fraught midday rally on the steps of City Hall on Tuesday, elected officials announced a set of measures to prevent deed theft, and stop the cyc…