My Brooklyn Report

This mixed used, 2 story property at 698a De Kalb Avenue in the northern section of Bedford Stuyvesant has a lot in common with other homes in the neighborhood. It is exhibit A in an 82 count indictment brought by the Kings County District Attorney’s office against 7 co-conspirators in a mortgage fraud ring that managed [...]

House Theft isn’t new. It’s a crime that knows no racial, economic or neighborhood boundaries. Real Estate is attractive to the criminally inclined.

In a City that still employs a fundamentally flawed deed recording process, it’s a miracle that there aren’t more victims of this heinous crime that’s intentionally perpetrated on the weak and elderly.

Margaret Franklin happens to be one of many victims that have had their homes stolen. What’s painful about this story is that Margaret was hospitalized and dying of cancer when she was targeted.