New York extends eviction moratorium until May 1st

[Tyler Brown]

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The short version is that no evictions may be brought for non payment of rent against anyone who declares that they have been financially impacted by the Coronavirus until at least May 1st.

I have property in NYC and Long Island, and I was talking to my lawyer a few months ago about needing to evict a problem tenant.  It wasn't even over rent - they were breaking their lease in almost every possible way and making life miserable for the neighbors.  And these were tenants that had great credit and perfect background checks.

He said that while technically the law only applies to evictions due to a nonpayment of rent and theoretically a landlord could still evict for other reasons, it's a moot point because courts aren't hearing any eviction cases for any reasons short of them literally burning your house down.  And even if you do somehow get an eviction order, the Marshalls aren't enforcing them for any reason.

I have a two family house in NYC now with one unit that's for rent, but most of the people interested in it so far have been questionable at best.  Honestly I think I might just let it sit vacant until after this expires.  The rent from this unit falls under the "nice to have" category and not "absolutely need it"   Of course there's a good chance it'll just get extended again.