There are two eviction moratorium bills in the NYS legislature: S8788B & S8667.
We enthusiastically support S8667 and are calling on the NYS legislature to go back to session and pass this bill! 1/8
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AND bc of the backlog in court, OCA has said that COVID-19 related cases (for rent owed starting Mar '20) won't be on the calendar until Jan '21. The simple fact: S8788 is unlikely to help a single NY fight their eviction. (The 26 senators signed onto it should know that.) 4/8
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WHO IS COVERED: S8667 (our bill) covers commercial AND residential tenants, and foreclosures! S8788B (remember, "B" stands for "BAD") just covers residential tenants. And as described above, doesn't even really do that. 5/8
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WHO PAYS FOR IT: Because 8667 (good bill, we love) covers commercial tenants & foreclosures, it pushes the social cost of the eviction moratorium up the ladder to those at the very top. Not small landlords. Not mom & pop businesses. Banks & corporate lenders. 6/8
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You can check these bills out for yourself here: S8788B: https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/s8788 … S8667: https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/s8667 … 7/8
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NY's eviction moratorium expires in LESS THAN ONE MONTH. We need to take action to avoid a mass humanitarian crisis. Call your State Senator and join us! 8/8http://bit.ly/evictionfreeny
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