PARK SLOPE, Brooklyn (WABC) \u2014 A 90-year-old Brooklyn man is fighting to stay in the home he says was sold out from under him years ago without his knowledge \u2014 and now his neighborhood is joining the fight to keep him from being evicted.<\/p>\n
Flanked by neighbors, family, and lawmakers, Ray Cortez is fighting eviction from the only home he\u2019s known for over half a century.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe was the victim of an egregious deed theft scam, we believe that because there is ongoing efforts to continue to take his house, this is warranted investigation,\u201d said Assemblywoman Jo Ann Simon.<\/p>\n
In two days, Cortez is expected in housing court.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is very troubling that our city is allowing this to happen, I call for an expedited investigation and to end the eviction proceedings,\u201d said Council Member Shahana Hanif.<\/p>\n
His son worries about the toll this is taking on his elderly father.<\/p>\n
This has been a years-long saga for Cortez. In August, he proudly showed Eyewitness News the brownstone in which he raised his three children and bought in 1969 for just under $20,000. Now, located steps from the Barclays Center, it\u2019s worth around $3 million.<\/p>\n
But in 2006, Cortez says a fraudster conned him out of the title \u2014 then secretly took out an almost $700,000 loan on the house and disappeared.<\/p>\n
\u201cHopefully Attorney General James and District Attorney Gonzalez will finally look into this and do justice by my father,\u201d Cortez Jr. said.<\/p>\n
The Brooklyn DA\u2019s office had the following response:<\/p>\n
\u201cWe conducted thorough investigations in 2019 and 2022, striving to find any means to assist Mr. Cortez. Unfortunately, even if we had uncovered evidence of a crime, legal constraints prevent us from taking action due to the statute of limitations.\u201d<\/p>\n
But Cortez\u2019s attorneys say the DA\u2019s office never told them about previous investigations, in addition, the fraudster has an active claim on the foreclosure sale \u2014 making a statute of limitations moot.<\/p>\n
Attorney General Letitia James\u2019 office would only say that they have been in touch with Cortez\u2019s attorneys.<\/p>\n
Despite the back and forth in the case, residents of this tightknit Park Slope community say one thing is crystal clear \u2013 Cortez does not deserve this trauma in his twilight years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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