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The struggle to keep a Brooklyn grandmother in her family home escalated on Wednesday when police arrested Councilmember Chi Ossé as he protested her possible eviction.
Ossé was pulled to the ground and handcuffed, face-down, during a confrontation over the Bedford-Stuyvesant brownstone where longtime resident Carmella Charrington is fighting to stay put — even as new owners say they have a legal right to the building.
The conflict over 212 Jefferson Ave. raised questions over “deed theft,” when ownership of a property changes hands through forged documents, foreclosure-rescue scams and other mechanisms. A previous investigation by THE CITY uncovered numerous cases where speculators and scamsters targeted fragmented families in Black and Latino neighborhoods.
The office of state Attorney General Letitia James said the complex dispute is not a case of deed theft, while residents say it is.
If she and her family lose the house, Carmella Charrington said, “It’d be devastating. It’s four generations of irreparable harm.”
Weather 🌤️
Mostly sunny, with a high near 68, going down to 51 at night.
MTA 🚇
In Brooklyn, no Manhattan-bound Q trains between Avenue M and Parkside Avenue. Find all the MTA’s planned changes and the latest delays here.
Alternate side parking 🚙
It’s in effect today, April 23.
By the way…
Car-Free Earth Day is back on Saturday, featuring open streets and programming focused on climate change and sustainability across the boroughs.
Our Other Top Stories
No express checkout: Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s city-owned grocery stores will need Walmart-style scale if they’re going to push prices down and reverse supermarket sticker shock, experts say.
Mamdani’s “Rikers Czar”: Sources tell THE CITY that the mayor has selected Dana Kaplan as his point-person to ensure the Rikers Island jail complex closes for good. Kaplan formerly worked at the Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice and the Independent Rikers Commission.
Reporter’s Notebook
Congestion Green Makes Trucks Clean
A city program that provides rebate incentives to businesses that replace diesel trucks with greener alternatives will now have $20 million more from congestion pricing tolls, officials announced Wednesday.
Since starting in Hunts Point in 2012, the NYC Clean Trucks Program has replaced 714 diesel trucks with new electric, hybrid, compressed natural gas or clean diesel vehicles.
The program is open to owners and operators in the nine-county New York metropolitan area and in four New Jersey counties and provides rebate incentives from $12,000 to $340,000 per truck replacement.
Officials made the announcement on Earth Day to highlight the latest in a series of gains from the vehicle-tolling program that started in January 2025.
Incentives vary on fuel type and truck size. Information on eligibility requirements is available here.
— Jose Martinez
Things To Do
Here’s what’s going on around the city this week.
Thursday, April 23: National Library Week brings a free screening of “The Librarians,” a documentary about librarians fighting book banning across the country, followed by a panel at the Brooklyn Public Library Central Branch. Free, at 6 p.m.
Thursday, April 23: Enjoy a conversation with photographer Steve Parke to celebrate his new book, “Prince: Black, White, Color,” a collection of over 250 exclusive photographs of Prince, followed by a signing at Rizzoli Bookstore. Free, at 6 p.m. Reserve a spot here.
Friday, April 24: Join park rangers to celebrate Arbor Day by mulching trees and removing invasives at Little Bay Park. Free, from 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.
THE KICKER: Did you spot the correction that savaged the Mets this week? Happily, their losing streak is finally over.
Thanks, as always, for reading. Make it a great Thursday.
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