City landlords and Rent Stabilization Association sue to block state eviction moratorium
Buck Ennis
Small property owners in the city are challenging the constitutionality of the state’s current ban on foreclosures and evictions, which they called “downright unconscionable” in a lawsuit filed in New York Southern District Court on Thursday.
The Rent Stabilization Association, which represents more than 25,000 landlords of rent-stabilized apartments, as well as a handful of individual owners, are seeking to block state authorities from implementing and enforcing the moratorium and to declare it unconstitutional.
The Covid-19 Emergency Eviction and Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2020 was originally set to expire in April, but Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced a four-month extension through Aug. 31 on Wednesday in a major blow to the city’s landlords.
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