New York extends moratorium on evictions until end of August
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The announcement comes a day after Cuomo announced that the state would lift capacity limits for businesses starting May 19.
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo has extended New York state’s moratorium on evictions until the end of August.
The moratorium, which was previously extended until May 1, was initially put in place at the beginning of the pandemic. Cuomo signed legislation Tuesday that prohibits evictions for tenants and businesses owners until Aug. 31.
“As we approach the light at the end of the COVID-19 tunnel, it is critical that we continue to protect both New York’s tenants and business owners who have suffered tremendous hardship throughout this entire pandemic,” Cuomo said in a press release.
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.
Johnson Newspaper Corp. ALBANY 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 state’s 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. North Country Assemblyman Billy Jones of Chateaugay Lake broke ranks with most of his fellow Democrats by voting against the extension “To date, we have yet to provide direct support to the small landlords who are still without the rent income they need to pay their own bills,” Jones said in a statement. “It is not the fault of the small landlords that their tenant
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New York State extends eviction moratorium to August 31
The legislation aims to help New Yorkers who are experiencing economic hardships due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Author: WGRZ Staff Updated: 11:15 PM EDT May 4, 2021
ALBANY, N.Y. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is extending the state s eviction moratorium.
The governor signed an extension to the COVID-19 Emergency Eviction and Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2020 and the COVID-19 Emergency Protect Our Small Businesses Act on Tuesday. The legislation aims to help New Yorkers who are experiencing economic hardships due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Under this legislation, protections prohibiting residential and commercial evictions, and foreclosure proceedings have been extended until August 31. Also included in this legislation are protections prohibiting credit discrimination and negative credit reporting related to the pandemic.