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In September, landlord Douglas Ritter tried to evict the Garcia family in court, but the courts were backlogged. By the time the case came in front of a judge in January, the family had applied for the state’s Emergency Rental Assistance Program. Because of that, their case was stayed indefinitely. The family says Ritter is now using illegal means to make them leave.
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New York’s eviction moratorium expired over the weekend, but tenants who applied for rent relief through the state’s Emergency Rental Assistance Program cannot be legally evicted, even if their application is still being processed.
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The state’s eviction moratorium put in place at the beginning of the pandemic is set to expire on Saturday and Gov. Kathy Hochul announced this week the state has run out of money for its rental assistance program. Does that mean people who can't afford their rent will be out on the street?
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The "Stay in Your Home" campaign will be in the parking lot of the Delavan Grider Community Center, off Moselle Street, at 4 p.m. Wednesday.
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The state legislature Wednesday evening approved an extension of New York’s pause on evictions.
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Democrats in New York will return to Albany Wednesday to extend the state’s eviction moratorium, confirm officials to lead the state’s marijuana legalization roll-out, and approve changes to the state’s open meetings law, Gov. Kathy Hochul said Tuesday evening.
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Extending the eviction moratorium is more complicated than it sounds.
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The court has agreed to partially lift a ban on evictions for renters in New York state, which was already scheduled to expire at the end of the month.
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Sen. Charles Schumer is blasting Albany for not getting out the billions of dollars intended for paying rent to keep people from being evicted.