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Mamdani launches deed theft office and pauses NYC tax lien sales for six months

By Adam Daly
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Posted on April 24, 2026

Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Friday announced the creation of New York City’s first Office of Deed Theft Prevention, after a week in which Council Member Chi Ossé’s arrest at a Brooklyn eviction protest thrust deed theft and displacement back into the spotlight. 

The mayor, however, stopped short of endorsing the eviction moratorium advocates have demanded. He also announced that the city would put a six-month pause on lien sales for outstanding city debts owed by property owners.

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