New York will ban most evictions for another five months as tenants struggle to pay rent, reports The Democrat & Chronicle.
The New York legislature called for a special session Monday to vote on the COVID-19 Emergency Eviction and Foreclosure Prevention Act, a bill that will allow a tenant to submit a document stating financial hardship related to the pandemic to postpone an eviction.
A landlord will not be allowed to begin eviction proceedings until at least May 1 and eviction cases that are already working their way through the courts will be halted for six days.
“From the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic we have understood that housing security must be an essential part of our effort to protect the health and wellbeing of all New Yorkers,” said Democrat state Sen. Brian Kavanagh, the bill’s author. “We are delivering real protection for countless renters and homeowners who would otherwise be at risk of losing their homes.”
The bill also provides protections for property owners with 10 or fewer rentals.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday said he would approve the bill.
“We have an agreement with them on a housing moratorium bill,” he said at a press conference. “As soon as that bill is passed, I’ll sign it.”
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