Upstate NY tenant eviction

[Adam A.]

Have been searching for a means of removing enormous problem tenants of ours. Due to the eviction moratorium I currently have two units in a 6-unit building where the tenants haven't paid rent in nearly 8 months each. One unit is a family that's moderately messy but do well enough to keep to themselves. The other unit has become a nightmare with the tenant changing the locks, destroying the interior of the apartment, selling drugs and constantly having traffic in and out of the apartment, and making life miserable for everyone in the building. Had gone served the 14-day notice and had everything set to begin non-payment eviction prior to the end of May when the NYS Eviction Moratorium was to be lifted, when two days prior to May the moratorium was extended through August. These two units alone are on track of having lost us 10K in profit this year.

Anyone have any luck performing evictions during these times? Family business and we typically do all of our own evictions but I'd be happy to hire an attorney. There's got to be something I can do, at this point NYS has so badly neglected landlords and become so tenant friendly it's making me wish I owned these rentals anywhere else.