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4/23/2026, 11:30:55 AM
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Brooklyn Council member Chi Ossé released from police custody this afternoon.
I'm sorry if I'm a little spacey.
My head My head would hit the pavement pretty hard today.
Police pushed Council member Ossé to the ground and arrested him as he tried to help a constituent, Carmela Charrington, who was battling eviction this morning from her Bed-Stuy home.
It's horrible that they would do that to even him.
Ossé has been working to help Charrington reverse what she says was an act of deed theft.
Bad actors, who she says duped her elderly father and stole the title to their Brooklyn building.
We've been in this property for over 60 years, and we were trying to explain this to the courts and let the courts know that whatever they did was illegal.
News of the arrest hit as Mayor Eric Adams was attending an unrelated news conference in Queens.
He's like face down on the floor getting handcuffed.
You know, are you able to comment on
>> incredibly concerning to hear.
And that's exactly something that we're going to follow up on.
Mayor Adams promised to make deed theft one of his top housing priorities during the campaign.
The Council member is rightly passionate about tackling the scourge of deed theft.
But Mayor Adams' NYPD quickly today coming under scrutiny for its handling of the situation, which began when marshals and the city sheriff this morning called for police backup.
They said protesters had made it impossible for them to complete a court-ordered eviction that had been signed by a judge.
Ossé said he would file a misconduct complaint.
>> They slammed me against the concrete.
Mayor Adams later posted he had seen the concerning footage and was in touch with Commissioner Tisch about the nature of the arrest.
>> As soon as I saw that video, that's the conversation we started to have because what New Yorkers want to know is that everything that they're seeing is actually in line with what it should be.
Outside the 79th Precinct, Council Speaker Julie Menin also said she had spoken with Commissioner Tisch.
I spoke to the police commissioner to ask for his immediate release.
The NYPD says their takedown of Council member Ossé was within department guidelines for an arrest involving someone who they say was trying to commit an act of obstruction of governmental administration.
They say that Council member Ossé resisted officers' efforts to restrain him and pushed past the police when they tried to stop him from blocking the eviction.
Council members said more needs to be done to stop deed theft, which they say is up 300% in New York City and disproportionately target senior citizens and communities of color.
I went up to Albany to pressure the governor to do right by the people of New York and do right by black homeowners in keeping them in their home.
home. The governor bailed on our meeting.
meeting. A source close to Hochul said Council member Ossé had been invited to attend a meeting in Albany with the governor's housing team, but not with the governor herself.
spokesperson said in a statement,
"Council member Ossé has been a strong advocate for his community, and the governor is relieved he is out of custody. No New Yorker should be cheated out of the opportunity to keep their home."
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