evictions

Gabrielle Vines says she lived in the apartment for years before her grandmother’s death. The property owner says she can’t prove it.

The city comptroller’s office found private managers sued to evict nearly 10% of tenants in public housing campuses they run last year.

Carolina Tejeda received an emergency grant from the city to stop an eviction, but says she’ll be back in the same situation without ongoing housing aid.

New state eviction protections leave out a huge swath of renters. Are you covered?

Governor Kathy Hochul signed a bill that will increase the amount of a rental subsidy available from a state-funded program meant to help those facing homelessness.

Landlords in New York State won’t be able to start eviction proceedings against commercial or residential tenants until August 31st, instead of on May 1st, if the bill passes as expected.

February 26th was the state’s deadline for tenants to file with the courts or their landlords if they wanted an extension of the eviction moratorium due to pandemic-related hardships.

Tenant advocates say the state’s eviction moratorium did exactly what it was intended to do during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The legislation protects tenants from evictions until May 1st.

Both the State Senate and Assembly are anticipated to pass the legislation Monday during a special session.