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| ライセンス | クリエイティブ・コモンズ 表示-改変禁止 2.1 |
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| 説明 | August 18, 2011 -NYC Residents Band Together to Prevent Eviction of Elderly Bed-Stuy Homeowner.UPDATE: The Eviction Defense prevented Ms. Ward's scheduled eviction. She and her team have bought a few days to negotiate. Her future is still uncertain.NEW YORK, NY – Ms. Mary Lee Ward, an 82 year-old African American grandmother who resides at320 Tompkins Avenue, Bedford-Stuyvesant Brooklyn, is facing a foreclosure related eviction from herhome of 44 years.The current owner, “768 Dean Inc,” holder of scores of other properties in the neighborhood, has hireda marshal to remove her from the premises. A NYC based organization plans on being theretoo.The group, calling itself Organizing for Occupation or O4O, vowed to defend Ms. Ward and blockthe eviction, even if it means engaging in non-violent civil disobedience in order to force the NYCmarshal to back down. O4O is calling for folks to gather at 320 Tompkins Ave this Friday morning.Ms. Ward—like so many in Bed-Stuy— is a victim of deceptive and predatory lending practicesperpetrated by banks and speculators. Her lender, Delta Funding, was shut down by the governmentfor preying upon elderly people of color in Queens and Brooklyn. The broker at Tarheel Funding losthis license and was prosecuted for fraud.But her loan lived on, bought and sold by different financial institutions over the course of ten years.When the house was sold at auction in 2008, estate speculator “768 Dean Inc” picked it up as lucrativeasset in a changing neighborhood. |
| 撮影日 | 2011-08-18 21:38:48 |
| 撮影者 | michaelpremo , New York City |
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