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Despite the Big Apple's recovery, which has seen rent prices surge anew, landlords and tenants are still suffering from the overhang of the pandemic's worst days.
Despite the Big Apple's recovery, which has seen rent prices surge anew, landlords and tenants are still suffering from the overhang of the pandemic's worst days.
EXPLAINER: Will New York eviction relief efforts be enough? By MARINA VILLENEUVE New York eviction moratorium ending The moratorium on evictions in New York is coming to an end. But the backlog in the courts means that eviction proceedings could take months. ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - A federal freeze on most evictions enacted last year is scheduled to expire Saturday, after President Joe Biden’s administration extended the original date by a month. The moratorium, put in place by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in September, was the only tool keeping millions of tenants in the...
“Ban killer drones!” – Antiwar activists support whistleblower Daniel Hale By Martha Grevatt posted on July 19, 2021 Daniel Hale, a former Air Force intelligence analyst, faces up to 10 years in prison for releasing documents relating to the Pentagon’s drone program. The documents expose atrocities and the existence of “kill lists” that name people targeted for assassination. Hale pleaded guilty to one count of violating the 1917 Espionage Act. However, he is scheduled to be sentenced in federal court July 27 for providing classified documents on the drone program to The Inter...
New York Rent Relief Application Snags Frustrate Landlords and Tenants Share this story Hiram Alejandro Durán/THE CITY With the 18 buildings Valentina Gojcaj owns or manages in The Bronx saddled with $787,000 in arrears from tenants who haven’t paid rent during the pandemic, she made a list of 53 residents owing more than $5,000. She then submitted the landlord portion of the paperwork necessary for those people to have their rent paid by the state’s federally-funded $2.4 billion relief program. But only four tenants, Gojcaj said, have so far done their part to apply for the program. “...