Council Member Arrested at Eviction Protest at Disputed Brooklyn Brownstone

Key Points:

• Brooklyn Councilmember Chi Ossé was arrested while protesting the eviction of Carmella Charrington, a longtime Bedford-Stuyvesant resident, from her family home amid a contentious property dispute involving alleged deed theft.
• NYPD officers arrested Ossé and three others on charges of obstruction of governmental administration and disorderly conduct after marshals, backed by police, attempted to evict Charrington, who has been fighting the eviction linked to a conservatorship case involving her father.
• The home has been embroiled in a complex legal battle involving competing claims from family members and LLCs, with Charrington’s family alleging deed theft, while the New York Attorney General’s office has classified the case as a property dispute.
• Ossé described his arrest as violent and traumatic and plans to file a misconduct report, emphasizing the need for more resources to protect homeowners from deed theft, a practice that can strip families of generational wealth.
• Mayor Zohran Mamdani expressed concern over Ossé’s arrest and pledged to investigate both the incident and the underlying property dispute, highlighting the issue of deed theft as a priority in his administration.