Mayor's Office of Deed Theft Prevention

Rule Changes

Referred the Robinson case to investigators in September 2026

A city lawyer asked a Brooklyn housing court on Friday to pause the eviction of a Crown Heights family so investigators could examine whether the deed to their home was forged. It was the first time Mayor Zohran Mamdani's administration had used a 2023 state law that lets local governments seek such stays. The judge declined.

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