“I am now 88 years old — very hard to start again.” Ray Cortez, a former cabdriver who claims to be a victim of deed theft, says he is fearful that he’ll be kicked out of a townhouse near the Barclays Center that he bought in 1969 for about $20,000.
Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2023.says he is a victim of deed theftRay Cortez, a former cabdriver, says he is fearful that he’ll be kicked out of the three-story townhouse near the Barclays Center that he and his first wife bought in 1969 for about $20,000. The property’s value has since ballooned upwards of $2 million.
Justin Jose Lim of the Legal Aid Society, which is representing Cortez in the eviction matter, said the case is on track to go to trial, but a housing court judge on Friday could give them more time to try and shore up evidence to get it dismissed. According to Cortez and his lawyers, he was duped into giving up ownership of his home by a man he met through church shortly before the financial crisis of 2008 — a time when fraud was a persistent feature of the city’s housing market andBecause of his dementia, the exact details of what transpired are hazy for Cortez.
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