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Since the issuance of an Order by the CDC on September 4, 2020 which extended the moratorium on residential evictions for non-payment of rent through December 31, 2020, for covered persons, Governor Cuomo has issued additional Executive Orders (“EO”) and Judge Marks has issued an Administrative Order (“AO”) which seeks to permit the court to move forward with housing court proceedings while creating additional obstacles to delay evictions.

Pursuant to authority granted by the Trump administration, the CDC will publish an Order on September 4, 2020 which extends the moratorium on residential evictions for non-payment of rent through December 31, 2020, covering additional residential renters which were not previously covered under the CARES Act.

Effective August 13, 2020, with respect to commercial eviction matters commenced prior to March 17, 2020, the court may proceed in the normal course except no eviction of any commercial tenant...

Chief Administrative Judge Lawrence Marks issued Administrative Order 160/20 concerning the revised procedure for addressing residential eviction proceedings.

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced an emergency rental assistance program to help keep low-income families throughout New York in their homes.

Many a landlord of rent regulated apartments has all too frequently encountered the factual scenario where there is a potential successor to a rent regulated apartment...