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The governor's proposed budget did not include funding for the state-run Homeowner Protection Program, or HOPP, a network of legal service providers and counselors aimed at preventing foreclosures. Program supporters say the omission 'makes no sense' as New York grapples with a housing crisis, which Hochul's administration has centered as a policy focus this year.
Tuesday, March 16, 2021 In December, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed the COVID-19 Emergency Eviction and Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2020, which provided a moratorium on residential eviction and foreclosure proceedings until May 1, 2021. This act, however, did not provide any extensions of the moratorium on commercial evictions and foreclosures originally provided by Executive Order 202. The latest extension of the commercial ban (pursuant to Executive Order 202.91) expired on February 22, 2021. On February 22, 2021, Governor Cuomo issued Executive Order 202.95, which genera...