{"id":13595,"date":"2022-02-10T14:10:10","date_gmt":"2022-02-10T19:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.law.duq.edu\/juris\/?p=13595"},"modified":"2022-02-10T14:11:36","modified_gmt":"2022-02-10T19:11:36","slug":"new-york-tenants-face-eviction-after-safe-tenant-harbor-act-expires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.law.duq.edu\/juris\/2022\/02\/10\/new-york-tenants-face-eviction-after-safe-tenant-harbor-act-expires\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Tenants Face Eviction After Safe Tenant Harbor Act Expires"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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By Rebeca Chieffallo, Staff Writer <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In June 2020, the Tenant Safe Harbor Act was signed into law for the state of New York. [1]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Tenant Safe Harbor Act was sponsored by Senator Brad Hoylman and Assembly Member Jeffrey Dinowitz. [2]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Senator Hoylman recognized a moral obligation to keep New Yorkers in their homes throughout the course of the pandemic, achieved through the Tenant Safe Harbor Act. [3]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Tenant Safe Harbor Act was designed to keep \u201cthose New Yorkers most affected financially during this pandemic… [protected] from eviction,\u201d Senator Hoylman said. [4]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the time of the Act\u2019s passing, the NYU Furman Center estimated that 1,156,800 rental properties in New York had at least one resident suffer a job loss as a result of the pandemic. [5]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Act\u2019s original expiration date of May 2021 was extended to August 2021, resulting in five New York landlords pushing for reform. [6]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The landlords sued various officials, arguing that the Tenant Safe Harbor Act violates due process of the 14th<\/sup>Amendment through its barring of available legal action landlords would normally have in the face of their tenant\u2019s hardship. [7]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The United States Supreme Court, in a 6-3 decision, granted the landlords\u2019 request to lift the eviction ban during the course of the issue\u2019s litigation. [8]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once the Tenant Safe Harbor Act reached its deadline on August 31, 2021, Governor Kathy Hochul called the State Legislature back into session to extend the eviction ban through additional legislation. [9]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This legislative extension of the Tenant Safe Harbor Act also included various changes, including the opportunity for landlords to contest tenant hardship declarations in which eviction was asked to be sparred, and the tenant\u2019s current situation was explained.[10]<\/sup><\/a> Landlord\u2019s contest to such declarations allowed them a court hearing as well. [11]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to the ability to contest, landlords still had the option to seek removal of tenants who failed to submit the declarations, damaged property, or created conditions unsafe or unhealthy to the other tenants. [12]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the acts resigning, Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz said that it was important to keep New Yorkers safe in the face of the Delta COVID-19 variant. [13]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis law will help thousands of families keep a roof over their heads and doors open for small businesses as… we all work together on a recovery from this deadly pandemic,\u201d Assemblyman Dinowitz said. [14]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The resigned Tenant Safe Harbor Act\u2019s deadline was met on Saturday, January 15th<\/sup>. [15]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the time of the act\u2019s expiration, an estimated 590,000 families were still behind on their rent payments. [16]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, these tenants are not without options. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tenants have the option to apply for the Emergency Rental Assistance Program, which could provide up to 18 month\u2019s rent if approved. [17]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Additionally, legal representation is suggested for those at risk of eviction. [18]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cea Weaver is a housing advocate and campaign coordinator for Housing Justice for All. [19]<\/sup><\/a> Housing Justice for All is a statewide coalition comprised of more than 80 organizations that all work to represent the unhoused and tenants of rental properties. [20]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Weaver recognizes the struggles New York tenants are going to face as a result of the eviction ban\u2019s expiration. [21]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s going to be painful,\u201d Weaver said. [22]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[1]<\/sup><\/a> https:\/\/www.nysenate.gov\/newsroom\/press-releases\/brad-hoylman\/tenant-safe-harbor-act-sponsored-senator-brad-hoylman-signed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/sup><\/a> Id.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/sup><\/a> Id.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/sup><\/a> Id.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/sup><\/a> https:\/\/furmancenter.org\/thestoop\/entry\/understanding-the-potential-magnitude-of-rent-shortfalls-in-new-york-state<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/sup><\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/legal\/government\/us-supreme-court-lifts-new-yorks-pandemic-related-eviction-ban-2021-08-12\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/sup><\/a> Id.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/sup><\/a> Id.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/sup><\/a> https:\/\/www.amny.com\/new-york\/newest-new-york-eviction-moratorium-takes-effect\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/sup><\/a> Id.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/sup><\/a> Id.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/sup><\/a> Id.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/sup><\/a> Id.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/sup><\/a> https:\/\/www.amny.com\/new-york\/newest-new-york-eviction-moratorium-takes-effect\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/sup><\/a> https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2022\/01\/14\/new-yorks-eviction-ban-expires-saturday-what-renters-need-to-know-.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/sup><\/a> Id.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/sup><\/a> Id.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/sup><\/a> Id.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/sup><\/a> Id.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/sup><\/a> https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2022\/01\/14\/new-yorks-eviction-ban-expires-saturday-what-renters-need-to-know-.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/sup><\/a> Id.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/sup><\/a>  Id.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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