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January 20, 2022

New York Housing Activists Call for Passage of Good Cause Eviction Bill as Eviction Moratorium Ends
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Here in New York, housing activists are demanding passage of a tenants'
rights bill that would require landlords to provide "good cause" for
evictions. The Good Cause Eviction bill would bar landlords from
removing a renter without a court order and would give tenants the right
to renew a lease in most cases. It would also cap rent increases for
existing tenants. About 100 lawmakers have co-sponsored the bill, which
is stalled in Albany pending the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and
other Democratic leaders. This comes as New York officials allowed a
moratorium on evictions to expire Saturday - even as daily COVID
infections reached their highest level of the pandemic. On Friday,
police arrested at least 16 protesters who blocked a busy intersection
near Governor Hochul's Manhattan office.

Raquel Namuche: "I am prepared to do whatever it takes to help protect
my neighbors who are most at risk of being homeless because the governor
won't act to provide stronger tenant protections to tenants."

Alexis La Frese: "People are dying, and Governor Kathy Hochul is doing
nothing about it. And until she does something, we will not stop."



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