How a Subprime Mortgage Crisis Led to the Rise of Crime in East New York

All Of It with Alison Stewart | Jan 29, 2025

A new book posits that the roots of the rise in crime in East New York, Brooklyn, can be linked directly to a subprime mortgage scandal decades earlier. Author Stacy Horn discusses her new book, The Killing Fields of East New York: The First Subprime Mortgage Scandal, a White-Collar Crime Spree, and the Collapse of an American Neighborhood.

This segment is guest-hosted by Tiffany Hansen.

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