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Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul was sworn in as the 57th Governor of New York on August 24, becoming the first female Governor in New York’s long history. She succeeded three-term Governor Andrew Cuomo, who resigned in the...more
On June 23, 2021, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced an end to the state disaster emergency he first declared on March 7, 2020 to contain the spread of COVID-19. Citing significantly reduced rates of infection and...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
On May 5, 2021, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed a bill that extends the moratorium on evictions and foreclosures for residential tenants and small businesses to August 31, 2021. The previous moratorium expired May 1,...more
On May 4, 2021, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law a bill passed by the New York State legislature extending to August 31, 2021 the existing eviction moratorium for residential tenants and independently owned...more
On May 3, 2021, the New York State Senate voted to extend the moratorium on foreclosure and eviction actions provided in the COVID-19 Emergency Eviction and Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2020 (S.9114/A.11181)(the “Eviction...more
On March 9, 2021, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law the New York State COVID-19 Emergency Protect Our Small Businesses Act of 2021 (S471A/A3207) (the “Act”). After a full year of commercial tenants and commercial...more
In his recent State of the State Address, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo indicated a desire to stay mortgage foreclosures, commercial evictions and foreclosures through May 1, 2021. On March 9, 2021, the Governor’s desires...more
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
Effective February 1, 2021, the California Legislature and Governor Gavin Newsom approved Senate Bill (“SB”) 91 – Eviction Protection and Relief Act in further response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. In essence, SB 91...more
On December 28, 2020, New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo signed into law the COVID-19 Emergency Eviction and Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2020 (the “Act”), an act designed to prevent—until May 1, 2021—both evictions of...more
The COVID-19 pandemic (COVID-19) has caused many New Yorkers to experience financial hardship as they face a surge in unemployment due to COVID-19-related business closures and deal with the resultant difficulties to pay...more
Since declaring a State of Emergency on March 7, 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has issued a number of Executive Orders providing protections for both commercial and residential...more
On December 28, 2020, New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo signed the COVID-19 Emergency Eviction and Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2020 (EEFPA) which became effective immediately. The new law includes separate components...more
On December 28, 2020, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law the COVID-19 Emergency Eviction and Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2020 (the “Act”) passed by the New York State Legislature. The Act (S.9114/A.11181) is...more
On Monday, December 28, 2020, Governor Andrew Cuomo signed the COVID-19 Emergency Eviction and Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2020. Among other things, this legislation (S.9114/A.11181) extends certain residential foreclosure...more
The New York State Legislature has adopted legislation (S.9114 / A.11181) which extends the moratorium on residential evictions to more than one year from the initial Executive Order 202.8 in March of 2020, through May 1,...more
New York State has extended the moratorium on commercial evictions and foreclosures through January 31, 2021. Governor Andrew Cuomo’s Executive Order 202.81 extends the previous deadline of January 1, 2021...more
On October 20, 2020, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo issued Executive Order 202.70, which continued through January 1, 2021 the moratorium on initiating a proceeding or enforcement of (a) an eviction of any commercial tenant...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
New York State has extended the moratorium on commercial evictions and foreclosures through January 1, 2021. Governor Andrew Cuomo’s Executive Order 202.70 extends the previous deadline of November 3, 2020, in order to “align...more
On October 5, 2020, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed Executive Order 202.67, extending the moratorium on commercial evictions and foreclosures through November 3, 2020...more
On September 18, 2020, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo issued Executive Order 202.64, which continued through October 20, 2020 the moratorium on initiating a proceeding or enforcement of a) an eviction of any commercial tenant...more
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
On March 20, 2020 the governor of the state of New York, Andrew M. Cuomo, issued Executive Order No. 202.8 – Continuing Temporary Suspension and Modification of Laws Relating to the Disaster Emergency, which provided for a...more