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Public Testimony

Sandy Nurse (re-testifying) on foreclosure fraud and deed theft

New York City Council · Sep 9, 2026 · starts 5:57:12 · 2 min 14 sec

Nurse, returning to testify as a member of the public, raises foreclosure fraud, deed theft, and predatory equity as deep issues affecting Black and Latino homeowners for generations. She calls for 'clean hands' requirements and state and federal involvement to stop fraud.

Sandy Nurse

Well, hello.

Sandy Nurse

How's it going, Sanchez?

Member of the Public - Eustacia Smith

Affordable senior housing is a cost-effective way to meet seniors'complex needs for both shelter and care.

Sandy Nurse

City nurse and, of course, a member of the Housing and Building Committee.

Member of the Public - Eustacia Smith

Affordable senior housing is a cost-effective way to meet seniors'complex needs for both shelter and care.

Council Staff

Don't hold the mic, okay?

Sandy Nurse

So I want to address what was called, what they say, like, the foreclosure issue in the court made a problem that we've been facing for, like, far so long.

Member of the Public - Eustacia Smith

Affordable senior housing is a cost-effective way to meet seniors'complex needs for both shelter and care.

Member of the Public - Eustacia Smith

Affordable senior housing is a cost-effective way to meet seniors'complex needs for both shelter and care.

Sandy Nurse

You have, like, foreclosures that have been, a lot of people complaining about for, like, generations, generations, this far.

Member of the Public - Eustacia Smith

Affordable senior housing is a cost-effective way to meet seniors'complex needs for both shelter and care.

Sandy Nurse

So it's deep debt, deep fraud.

Member of the Public - Eustacia Smith

Affordable senior housing is a cost-effective way to meet seniors'complex needs for both shelter and care.

Sandy Nurse

A lot of things I heard about it over my 10 years of my journey about the legal home conversion that have been downplaying the home ownership.

Member of the Public - Eustacia Smith

Affordable senior housing is a cost-effective way to meet seniors'complex needs for both shelter and care.

Member of the Public - Eustacia Smith

Affordable senior housing is a cost-effective way to meet seniors'complex needs for both shelter and care.

Sandy Nurse

The base so far for everything, for fire hazard to a lot of poor building maintenance and a rise of complaint.

Member of the Public - Eustacia Smith

Affordable senior housing is a cost-effective way to meet seniors'complex needs for both shelter and care.

Member of the Public - Eustacia Smith

Affordable senior housing is a cost-effective way to meet seniors'complex needs for both shelter and care.

Sandy Nurse

So this is why what happens to make sure that they keep to have clean hands.

Member of the Public - Eustacia Smith

Affordable senior housing is a cost-effective way to meet seniors'complex needs for both shelter and care.

Sandy Nurse

So clean hands have to be like...

Member of the Public - Eustacia Smith

Affordable senior housing is a cost-effective way to meet seniors'complex needs for both shelter and care.

Sandy Nurse

For the make sure the preparatory equity make sure um those like these like these um landlords don't have to put their hand on the tenants and of course the homeowners have been living there for like for

Member of the Public - Eustacia Smith

Affordable senior housing is a cost-effective way to meet seniors'complex needs for both shelter and care.

Member of the Public - Eustacia Smith

Affordable senior housing is a cost-effective way to meet seniors'complex needs for both shelter and care.

Member of the Public - Eustacia Smith

Affordable senior housing is a cost-effective way to meet seniors'complex needs for both shelter and care.

Sandy Nurse

whatever 60 years or like for like for far too long so i was said i've heard about a lot of black um homeowner black latino mostly um

Member of the Public - Eustacia Smith

Affordable senior housing is a cost-effective way to meet seniors'complex needs for both shelter and care.

Member of the Public - Eustacia Smith

Affordable senior housing is a cost-effective way to meet seniors'complex needs for both shelter and care.

Sandy Nurse

Yeah, but I got to know homeowners that have been like, that have been living here for generations and have been prey by the predatory equity or the so-called loan scam or the so-called tire fraud.

Member of the Public - Eustacia Smith

Affordable senior housing is a cost-effective way to meet seniors'complex needs for both shelter and care.

Member of the Public - Eustacia Smith

Affordable senior housing is a cost-effective way to meet seniors'complex needs for both shelter and care.

Member of the Public - Eustacia Smith

Affordable senior housing is a cost-effective way to meet seniors'complex needs for both shelter and care.

Sandy Nurse

Yes, fraud is a bigger issue and we need to stop this fraud in the track.

Member of the Public - Eustacia Smith

Affordable senior housing is a cost-effective way to meet seniors'complex needs for both shelter and care.

Sandy Nurse

So the theft and the other things.

Sandy Nurse

So let me be clear.

Member of the Public - Eustacia Smith

Affordable senior housing is a cost-effective way to meet seniors'complex needs for both shelter and care.

Sandy Nurse

Make sure that clean hands should be the must.

Member of the Public - Eustacia Smith

Affordable senior housing is a cost-effective way to meet seniors'complex needs for both shelter and care.

Sandy Nurse

That's 100%.

Sandy Nurse

And we had to get the state and federal level involved.

Sandy Nurse

Fancy shout out to Connelly Rivera, who also from New York State Federation for the Affordable Housing.

Member of the Public - Eustacia Smith

Affordable senior housing is a cost-effective way to meet seniors'complex needs for both shelter and care.

Member of the Public - Eustacia Smith

Affordable senior housing is a cost-effective way to meet seniors'complex needs for both shelter and care.

Sandy Nurse

Thank you for the time.

Member of the Public - Eustacia Smith

Affordable senior housing is a cost-effective way to meet seniors'complex needs for both shelter and care.

Sandy Nurse

My don't be moved up.

Pierina Ana Sanchez

Perfect.