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NEW YORK CITY- New York State officials have pressed pause on all eviction proceedings indefinitely amid the Coronavirus outbreak, also known as COVID-19, according to a memo from the state's Chief Administrative Judge Lawrence Marks, which took effect at the start of the week.
Tenant advocates and elected officials had introduced legislation to enact a moratorium to halt evictions in the face of the coronavirus outbreak, arguing that evictions would increase homelessness and thus worsen the spread of COVID-19.
A coalition of 29 landlords pledged not to execute eviction warrants for 90 days. The court system had issued a one-week moratorium in New York City, which had lead to the landlord-guarantee.
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Mariah Brown
Mariah Brown is the New York Bureau Chief and Real Estate Reporter for GlobeSt.com, covering the New York Metro area, Northeast region and national real estate trends. She is responsible for producing multi-media content, including articles, podcasts and video. Before joining the GlobeSt team, she served as a New York Times fellow, reported for the Associated Press in New York and Philadelphia and several other New York City-based outlets.
