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ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER 160/20 ISSUED AUGUST 13, 2020 AND COMMERCIAL EVICTIONS
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...
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER 160/20 ISSUED AUGUST 13, 2020 ALLOWS CERTAIN RESIDENTIAL EVICTIONS TO PROCEED
Chief Administrative Judge Lawrence Marks issued Administrative Order 160/20 concerning the revised procedure for addressing residential eviction proceedings.
COVID-19 RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced an emergency rental assistance program to help keep low-income families throughout New York in their homes.
DNCT OBTAINS SUMMARY JUDGMENT FOR LANDLORD IN SUPREME COURT ACTION AGAINST A SUCCESSOR TENANT FOR ARREARS THAT ACCRUED PRIOR TO THE SUCCESSION LEASE
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...
COMMERCIAL NONPAYMENT PROCEEDINGS AS OF JULY 6, 2020
As we noted in a blog post in early May 2020, in an effort to help those impacted by COVID-19 address their rent obligations, Governor Cuomo issued Executive Order 202.28, wherein the Governor ordered, among other things, that...
TENANT SAFE HARBOR ACT
On June 30, 2020, Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into effect the Tenant Safe Harbor Act, the aim of which is to help keep residential tenants in their homes following the COVID-19 pandemic by allowing only money judgments, and not evictions, for unpaid rent that comes due while restrictions are in place due to COVID-19 on businesses, public accommodations, and nonessential gatherings.
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