An investigation from the nonprofit news organization The City sheds light on groups of real estate speculators who have seized the deeds of Black- and Latino-owned brownstones in gentrifying neighborhoods, evicting tenants and clearing the path for massive house flips. Two journalists at The City, senior reporters George Joseph and Samantha Maldonado, discuss their reporting and what lawmakers could do to curb this predatory activity.
→ A House Divided: How a Band of Speculators Seized Deeds of Black-Owned Brooklyn Brownstones
→ The Speculator Bros Ripping Off Heirs and Evicting Tenants Across NYC
→ 3 Speculators, 119 Homes, 57 LLCs
→ Little Oversight, Deals Signed in the Dark: How Speculators Cash In When NYC Homeowners Die Without Wills
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