Update: Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed the bill into law on Tuesday, including the measure extending the eviction moratorium to Aug. 31.
State lawmakers passed a bill Monday to extend eviction protections for tenants affected by the COVID-19 pandemic amid growing calls for them to protect landlords from further income losses.
Both the COVID-19 Emergency Eviction and Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2020, touted as one of the strongest pieces of anti-eviction legislation in the nation, and the COVID-19 Emergency Protect Our Small Businesses Act of 2021, meant to provide eviction and foreclosure protection for small businesses, went into effect in late Dec. 2020 and expired on May 1, 2021.
Lawmakers disputed potential financial impacts on private adult-care facilities Tuesday before voting to require adequate numbers of nurses and all care staff in hospitals and congregate facilities under state law.
The Legislature continued reforms included in the 2021-22 budget Tuesday with the passage of A108-B/S1168-A to require all New York hospitals to meet certain staffing levels, maintaining a base nurse to patient ratio.
The measure passed unanimously 63-0 in the Senate.
The Legislature also voted 54-9 in the Senate and 125-25 in the Assembly to pass A7119/S6346, requiring nursing homes to establish minimum staffing standards and all patients receive an average of 3.5 hours of care each day.
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Birmingham: Declaring the COVID-19 pandemic “absolutely” managed despite lagging vaccinations, Gov. Kay Ivey said Monday that she will end a health order meant to guard against the spread of an illness that has killed nearly 11,000 people statewide. Citing improved infection rates, fewer hospitalizations and more widespread immunizations, Ivey said the current order recommending that people follow health guidance and requiring some precautions for senior citizens and long-term care facilities will end May 31, barring a sharp rise in cases. The declared state of emergency will end July 6, she said in a statement. “For over a year now, Alabamians, like people around the globe, have made sacrifices and adjusted to a temporary ‘new normal.’ We have learned much since last year, and this is absolutely now a managed pandemic. Our infection rates and
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ALBANY, N.Y. (WHCU) – Governor Cuomo has signed legislation extending a moratorium on evictions.
The acts being extended are the COVID-19 Emergency Eviction and Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2020 and the COVID-19 Emergency Protect Our Small Businesses Act. The extension’s goal is to protect tenants and homeowners who are still facing economic troubles due to the pandemic.
Assemblyman Chris Friend opposed the legislation, saying the extension is the wrong approach to stabilizing affordable housing during the pandemic. State Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins says the extension ensures tenants, homeowners, business owners, and small landlords won’t have to worry about getting kicked out.
ALBANY â Tenants, landlords and property owners months behind on rent or property taxes can start applying for billions of dollars of available relief at the end of the month, officials said, as the state Legislature voted Monday to extend the stateâs eviction moratorium four more months.
Until Monday, state executives did not release a time frame or other details as New York waits to distribute its total $2.4 billion in Emergency Rental Assistance Program COVID-19 rent relief for tenants, homeowners, small landlords and business owners. The state budgeted $100 million toward the fund.
Between 800,000 and 1.2 million households are behind in paying rent of the stateâs 4.1 million tenant households, lawmakers have said, citing statistics from state housing agencies.