COURTS IMPOSES BROAD DE-FACTO EVICTION MORATORIUM WITHOUT LEGISLATIVE AUTHORIZATION
Thousands of New Yorkers may in eviction proceedings and not even know it. Since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, landlords have filed evictions proceedings against over 66 thousand New York City residential tenants.
By: Robert M. Link
Thousands of New Yorkers may in eviction proceedings and not even know it. Since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, landlords have filed evictions proceedings against over 66 thousand New York City residential tenants. However, many tenants are in the dark because the landlord has waited months, in some cases over a year, to serve the petition and notice of petition.