After Brooklyn Council Member Chi Ossé was arrested and later released Wednesday during a protest over an alleged deed-theft eviction in Bedford-Stuyvesant, fellow elected officials renewed pressure on Gov. Kathy Hochul to halt evictions in suspected deed-theft cases, while the governor’s office pointed to existing protections without backing the proposed moratorium.
Ossé was arrested at 212 Jefferson Ave., where supporters had gathered outside a home at the center of a property dispute. Video posted to his Instagram account showed him confronting officers before they pulled him over a fence and took him into custody. His office said he had been arrested while defending constituent Carmella Charrington from eviction and linked the case to deed theft and the ongoing displacement of Black homeowners in Bedford-Stuyvesant.
