The killing fields of East New York : the first subprime mortgage scandal, a white-collar crime spree, and the collapse of an American neighborhood

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Title:

Author:

Horn, Stacy, author.

Edition:

First edition.

Publication Date:

2025

Publication Information:

New York : Gillian Flynn Books, a Zando imprint, 2025.

Physical Description:

342 pages : map ; 24 cm

ISBN:

9781638931225

Abstract:

A compulsively readable hybrid of true crime and investigative journalism, The Killing Fields of East New York reveals how white-collar crime reduced a prospering neighborhood to abandoned buildings and empty lots. Following the dual threads of the hunt for the network of criminals behind the first subprime mortgage scandal and the ensuing downfall of East New York, Stacy Horn weaves a compelling narrative of government failure, a desperate community, and ultimately the largest series of mortgage fraud prosecutions in American history. The Killing Fields of East New York deftly demonstrates how different types of crime are profoundly entangled, and how the crimes committed in nice suits and corner offices are just as destructive as those committed on the street.

Corporate Subject:

United States. Federal Housing Administration -- History -- 20th century.

Subject Term:

Commercial crimes -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century.

Subprime mortgage loans -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century.

Subprime mortgage loans -- Corrupt practices -- New York (State) -- New York.

Political corruption -- New York (State) -- New York.

Loans -- Corrupt practices -- New York (State) -- New York.

White collar crimes -- New York (State) -- New York.

Subprime mortgage loans.

Geographic Term:

East New York (New York, N.Y.) -- History -- 20th century.