In order to address the August 31, 2021 expiration of various New York State eviction and foreclosure moratoria, and in light of the United States Supreme Court’s (SCOTUS) recent invalidation of certain provisions of New York...more
The U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) has again determined that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) lacks the authority to institute a nationwide prohibition of evictions under the guise of preventing the...more
A federal eviction moratorium issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that was scheduled to expire on July 31, 2021, has recently been extended, but faces some serious challenges and is causing...more
On Tuesday May 4, 2021, Governor Cuomo signed an extension of the “COVID-19 Emergency Protect Our Small Businesses Act of 2021” (collectively, the “Act”) prohibiting residential and commercial evictions, foreclosure...more
5/7/2021
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New York ,
Residential Leases
In a February 25, 2021 decision, U.S. District Judge J. Campbell Barker found that the nationwide eviction moratorium issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”) exceeds the scope of its constitutional...more
By Executive Order 202.70, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has further extended – through Jan. 1, 2021 – the moratorium prohibiting the initiation of a proceeding or enforcement of (i) an eviction of a commercial tenant for...more
10/26/2020
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Commercial Mortgages ,
Commercial Tenants ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Eviction ,
Executive Orders ,
Foreclosure ,
Governor Cuomo ,
Landlords ,
Moratorium ,
New York
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has extended the Tenant Safe Harbor Act through Jan. 1, 2021 to protect residential tenants suffering financial hardship “as we recover from this crisis." In contrast, the hardship for owners, who...more
A recent challenge to the constitutionality of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Executive Order 202.28 in Elmsford Apartment Associates, LLC et al. v. Andrew Cuomo (U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, Case No....more