New York City has created its first Office of Deed Theft Prevention, a move officials say will help protect homeowners from a growing scam that has displaced families across Central Brooklyn and other neighborhoods.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced the new office in Bed Stuy, calling deed theft a long‑standing crisis that has stripped residents, particularly Black and brown homeowners — of generational wealth and housing stability.
“Deed theft not only disproportionately robs Black and brown New Yorkers of their homes, it also robs them of the stability that home provides,” Mamdani said…