Assembly-Line “Justice”: Eviction Attempts Reach Record Highs in 2022

Policy Brief | Jan. 2023

Assembly-Line “Justice”: Eviction Attempts Reach Record Highs in 2022

Oksana Mironova, Samuel Stein

Summary:

From 2020 to 2021, New York held off a sharp increase in evictions with rental assistance programs and an eviction moratorium. With the end of the moratorium in early 2022, eviction filings climbed sharply.

This brief explores New York's intensifying eviction crisis, urging the State to adopt statewide Right to Counsel and prohibit winter evictions.

Issues: Affordable Housing, The Unheard Third

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