T
he sale of the development site at 717 Bushwick Avenue is complicated by a questionable chain of ownership linked to the Nuwaubian Nation, a Black supremacist cult. The group's leader, Dwight York, has been in prison since 2002 for child sexual abuse and financial crimes. His daughter, Ummkhayr Abdula Muhammad Mabry, claims she and her siblings have a right to an interest in the property and any rent collected by the owners.

    Mabry filed a lawsuit on November 7 against the current owner, Holy Trinity Seed Ministries of Nuwaup, alleging that the deed may have been fraudulently transferred. She also sued two previous owners, including Patricia Lewis, who signed over ownership to the Nuwaubians after a corporation in Georgia was dissolved.

    The property is being marketed with an adjacent building at 719 Bushwick Avenue for $15 million by Ron Spurga, who has ties to the owner but declined to disclose them. Mabry's lawyer, Brian K. Robinson, could not be reached for comment, and Lewis refused to discuss the matter. The lawsuit seeks to stop the sale of the property, which has a combined 14,000 buildable square feet with its adjacent building.