Federal government issues eviction ban for most tenants
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The CDC said a 1944 law gives the agency broad authority to stop the spread of disease.
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Letter: Congress must step in to fix the unemployment and rental crises
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Áine Duggan is president and CEO of The Partnership for the Homeless.
Read MoreLegal Aid urges state lawmakers to pass measure halting evictions
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“The legislature has the power to enact a robust and meaningful moratorium on eviction.”
Read MoreIt's now up to lawmakers to set eviction policy, top New York judges say
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“Those are matters for the other two branches of government to deal with.”
Read MoreMayor surprised by Fresh Meadows shelter-hotel info, despite letter from lawmakers
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“I don’t have knowledge of a single location with 100 former inmates.”
Read MoreQueens lawmakers press mayor to cancel tax lien sale during COVID pandemic
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“In the midst of a pandemic that has caused skyrocketing unemployment, the sale must be canceled.”
Read MoreSt. John’s senior strives for seat in City Council
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“Most people don’t think young people can lead, but we have been leading the social movement.”
Read More25,000-member NYC Bar urges city to guarantee WiFi in homeless shelters
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“Allowing the lack of access to remain unaddressed is unacceptable.”
Read MoreLIRR now cross-honors Metrocards to last stops in Queens during subway shutdown
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Overnight commuters previously had to pay extra after Jamaica and Flushing.
Read MoreNew York court system delays evictions until at least Oct. 1
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“Judges can hang their hats on this language and do what they want to do as human beings, which is not evict people right now.”
Read MoreIn NYC, working class communities of color still bear COVID’s economic impact: report
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“Excluded workers like me urgently need relief.”
Read MoreMayor calls on state to institute lasting eviction moratorium
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“It should not be something that just has to be renewed all the time.”
Read MoreCity will house homeless in hotels until COVID crisis subsides, Mayor says
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The discovery of an effective vaccine will “be the watershed moment,” de Blasio said.
Read MoreQueens Housing Court trials will resume in September
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“The limited resumption of in-person” trials “has become necessary.”
Read MoreAnti-homeless protest planned outside Fresh Meadows shelter-hotel
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The protest will take place Thursday.
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