Unpaid rent / follow up

[Tony Merchan]

I have a tenant who hasn’t payed rent since March ,Been 5 month without pay .My attorney started eviction process ,Tenant was surprise he was served with legal paper ..I mean what was I suppose to do ? .. this was two weeks ago . Haven’t herd from my tenant every since . Today I drove to the property to take out the garbage and notice a Uhaul truck , tenants are moving out without any notice , ? Are you kidding me . I don’t want this tenant taking advantage of their future landlord, since he hasn’t been to court yet && it won’t reflect on credit . What would you guys do in this case ? Would you take him to small claims court ? Located in NY .

Thanks