Chapter 381 of the Laws of 2020 (S.9114), COVID-19 Emergency Eviction and Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2020

The record

Jurisdiction

New York

Level

State

Authority

N.Y. Const. art. III

Issued

2020-12-28 Dec. 28, 2020

Effective

2020-12-28 (immediately) (read as 2020-12-28)

End

Stays to May 1, 2021; extended to Aug. 31, 2021 (ch. 104) and Jan. 15, 2022 (ch. 417) (read as 2021-09-30)

In force

Dec. 28, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021

Quarters

2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Courts and public officesOther

Addressees

• residential landlords, tenants, mortgagees, homeowners and courts

Functions reached

• PM property management
• SV servicing and foreclosure
• CL court process
• ML mortgage lending

Collection

New York NY

Operative words

'NOTICE TO TENANT: If you have lost income or had increased costs during the COVID-19 pandemic, or moving would pose a significant health risk for you or a member of your household due to an increased risk for severe illness or death from COVID-19 due to an underlying medical condition, and you sign and deliver this hardship declaration form to your landlord, you cannot be evicted until at least May 1, 2021 for nonpayment of rent or for holding over after the expiration of your lease.'... Any eviction proceeding pending on the effective date of this act... shall be stayed

Enforcement

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