Peter White, an attorney at a Brooklyn legal nonprofit, was appointed as the director of the Mayor’s Office of Deed Theft Prevention.

A woman fighting eviction from the home her family has lived in for 60 years has drawn community support and outrage in Brooklyn. Carmella Charrington and her family say they’ve been victims of attempted deed theft to take their family’s brownstone at 200 Jefferson Ave.

In the back rooms of Brooklyn Housing Court, a small crew of court navigators has been quietly untangling the bureaucratic knots that push some CityFHEPS voucher holders to the brink of eviction. By chasing down missing approvals,

Two homes, both described as the area’s oldest, are up for sale. A search through 200 years of deeds reveals their true origins.