Months after the start of the pandemic, New York City is faring much worse economically than the rest of the country. Black and brown communities have disproportionately shouldered the burden of the economic and public health fallout from COVID-19. We explore the data, and recommend urgent state and federal action.
As New York's universal eviction moratorium is set to expire, we review pre-pandemic eviction data and the latest U.S. Census survey measuring COVID-19’s economic toll. We find that New York’s Black renter households face the greatest eviction risk.
Researchers and the media have extensively documented that people of color are more likely than white people to be exposed to COVID-19, require hospitalization, and die. This issue brief describes the cumulative impact of health policy and financing decisions in New York in the last 30 years that have created these conditions, and proposes recommendations for addressing them moving forward.
With a rising number of New York City households unable to pay rent in recent months, we explore short and long term solutions to prevent an unfolding eviction crisis.