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For the third year in a row, the Bronx is leading the state in 2021 eviction filings, according to the public eviction filing database. There have been eviction filings against more than 2% of all the households in Bronx County so far this year. This number includes eviction filings from January 1 to Sept. 20, according to the site. Data…

On Monday, the weekly jobless benefit boost will end and the federal eviction moratorium already ended, leaving many Americans concerned about how they will handle the effects of the pandemic.

Labor Day 2021 represents a perilous crossroads for millions of Americans

Two New York State Assembly members have tested positive for COVID-19 following Wednesday’s special session where legislators voted to extend the pandemic-related eviction and foreclosure moratorium, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie said Friday. Both of them had been vaccinated. Charles Fall, a Democrat who represents New York’s 61st Assembly District, covering the North Shore of Staten Island, and Inez Dickens,...

The Democratic-led Legislature voted Wednesday to extend an eviction and foreclosure moratorium for commercial and residential tenants who fell behind on their rent because of hardships caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

New York state legislators are working through a rare special session to extend an eviction moratorium – but some landlords are unhappy about it. Gilma Avalos reports.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is calling the state legislature into a special session Wednesday in hopes of extending an eviction moratorium and adding protections for tenants and property owners who fell behind on their rent or their mortgage because of hardships caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. NBC New York’s Anjali Hemphill reports.

If lawmakers decide to extend the moratorium, they will have to change how it works, as the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on Aug. 12 nixed part of the moratorium that allowed tenants to pause eviction proceedings simply by filing a form declaring they’d had a pandemic-related hardship

The new governor is taking a drastic step, calling lawmakers back to Albany to work out an extension on the eviction moratorium. NBC New York’s Gus Rosendale reports.

The State of New York’s eviction moratorium is set to expire Tuesday — just before midnight. Romney Smith has the latest.

With the U.S. Supreme Court’s strike down of the Biden administration’s temporary federal ban on evictions and New York’s own eviction ban set to expire, Gov. Kathy Hochul is calling on state lawmakers to return to Albany for a special session to extend the moratorium.

With New York’s eviction moratorium set to expire Tuesday, renters have until midnight to file for rental asisstance in order to protect themselves from eviction. NBC New York’s Romney Smith reports.

The Supreme Court on Friday blocked an eviction ban that had been put in place by the Centers for Disease Control. Andrew Siff reports.

Gov. Kathy Hochul’s promise to get more COVID-19 rental assistance money into the hands of struggling New York tenants takes on new urgency after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the Biden administration’s temporary federal ban on evictions

New York’s eviction moratorium is set to expire at the end of August while New Jersey residents have protections through the end of 2021. NBC New York’s Romney Smith reports.

The Supreme Court’s decision blocks the temporary ban on evictions enacted because of the coronavirus pandemic.

The court’s action late Thursday ends protections for roughly 3.5 million people in the United States who said they faced eviction in the next two months.

A federal appeals court says a pause on evictions designed to curb the spread of the coronavirus can remain in place for now

A federal judge is refusing landlords’ request to put the Biden administration’s new eviction moratorium on hold, though she ruled that the freeze is illegal

The court said New York could no longer enforce a provision that allows renters to stave off eviction by submitting a hardship declaration form that tells the state they lost income or had more expenses during the pandemic or that moving would harm their health