Amid Pandemic Unknowns, War Over New York Evictions Still Burns Hot
(Barbara Leonard photo/Courthouse News) MANHATTAN (CN) — New York is getting on its feet again after a long year battling Covid-19, but federal appeals court judges dug in Wednesday to landlords’ claims of continuing hardships stemming first from an eviction moratorium and now a state law that lets tenants pay rent with their security deposits. The landlords are fighting the law now as they appeal for an injunction against the moratorium that the District Court denied them. For the state, however, the law is wholly separate from the temporary eviction ban that triggered the fight in the ...
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