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Housing Court is open in NYC

The Housing Courts in NYC are open. Most cases are moving forward online. Filing a hardship declaration can delay the case until after August 31. Cases without hardship declarations are being scheduled. Tenants with emergencies like illegal lockouts or emergency repairs can file cases. Also, landlords can file new cases.

Hardship Declaration can pause evictions until August 31, 2021

Court cases are currently being schedule. Tenants can be protected against eviction until after August 31 by submitting a hardship declaration. You can use evictionfreeny.org to file a copy of the hardship...

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If you receive a nonpayment petition:

You need to answer. There are new COVID-related defenses. Answers can be filed by: calling the housing court in your borough (the number is on the papers). It might take several calls...

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