Covid Eviction Process Help (Upstate NY)

[Chris Platis]

• Tenant is 4 months behind on rent and has stayed beyond Notice of Non-Renewal of Lease

• Tenant was served a NON-RENEWAL OF LEASE 3 months ago, followed by a certified mail 14-DAY PAY OR VACATE NOTICE, which prompted tenant to send me a certified mail HARDSHIP DECLARATION FORM from NYS. 
• I have now been sending Certified LATE RENT NOTICES each month, including full balances due.

• Tenant will not communicate with me, and had turned down a very gratuitous Cash for Keys proposal when this all started. 

What should I do at this point? Anybody else stuck in NY with this position? Local court is not accepting any new paperwork until at least May 1 (when current moratorium ends), which leaves me pretty helpless currently. 

I realize this is probably better suited to ask a lawyer and that these are very difficult and uncertain times. Wanted to ask the BP community because you've all had great insight in the past, and I also wanted to submit my experience in case somebody else is going through something similar and unsure how to proceed. Thanks all, stay well