A House Divided: How a Band of Speculators Seized Deeds of Black-Owned Brooklyn Brownstones

A House Divided: How a Band of Speculators Seized Deeds of Black-Owned Brooklyn Brownstones

BY GEORGE JOSEPH AND SAMANTHA MALDONADO BY GEORGE JOSEPH AND SAMANTHA MALDONADO Four years ago, Deborah Thomas got a call from an unknown number. The stranger on the line introduced himself as Eddie Doran and informed her that he was a new co-owner or soon to be co-owner of her home — a two-story brownstone just blocks away from the upscale restaurants […]