Evicted New Yorkers are getting the boot at rates not seen in years.<\/p>\n
New York City marshals are averaging 1,500 evictions a month this year, Gothamist reported<\/a>. <\/p>\n The last time this many locks were changed was in 2018, when marshals carried out roughly 1,666 monthly evictions.\u00a0<\/p>\n Citywide evictions have been steadily increasing since 2022. Kevin C Downs for The New York Post<\/p>\n New Yorkers wait in line at the Bronx Housing Court. Bloomberg via Getty Images<\/p>\n At least 11,253 households across the five boroughs were evicted by marshals between Jan. 1 and Aug. 15 of this year, according to data from the city\u2019s Department of Investigation. Evictions previously slowed during the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent eviction freeze, but rates have been on the rise since 2022 when the moratorium was lifted.\u00a0<\/p>\n Eviction proceedings can take months or even years, and less than 10% of landlords actually get the formal go-ahead from a judge to kick their tenants out.<\/p>\n Although completed evictions are up, the number of cases filed by landlords has actually decreased. Initiated proceedings dropped from 10,500 per month in 2024 to 9,531 per month this year, according to state court data.\u00a0<\/p>\n Landlords like Ann Korchak attributed this year\u2019s uptick to understaffed housing courts making progress on backlogged pandemic-era cases. Korchak, also a spokesperson for the group Small Property Owners of New York, called evictions \u201ca last resort.\u201d<\/p>\n City marshals, who carry out evictions for landlords, took in nearly $20.5 million last year. J.C.Rice<\/p>\n \u201cEveryone wants to live harmoniously but we need the revenue to run the properties,\u201d Korchak told Gothamist.\u00a0<\/p>\n Increased activity in New York\u2019s housing courts are keeping the city\u2019s 29 marshals busy. City marshals \u2014 officials hired by landlords to carry out the grunt work of evictions \u2014 took in nearly $20.5 million last year, according to a revenue report. Their combined profit was up from $19.5 million in 2023 and $14 million in 2019.<\/p>\n Evictions are carried out across all five boroughs, although the majority of cases filed since 2021 have been concentrated in The Bronx. More than 9% of households in The Bronx received court notices last year, Gothamist reported.<\/p>\n The increased rate of evictions comes at the same time that the pace of net job growth in New York City has all but ceased, the New York Times<\/a> recently reported.\u00a0The Robin Hood Foundation warned<\/a> last month that one in four low-income New Yorkers can\u2019t reliably cover rent.<\/p>\n Tenant safety nets help stem the tide of evictions for some, but not all. AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n \u201cFor a lot of renters, they don\u2019t have much in the way of personal savings and one missed paycheck, a layoff, an unexpected expense can be the precipitating factor for an eviction case,\u201d Peter Hepburn of Princeton University\u2019s Eviction Lab told Gothamist.<\/p>\n Experts say safety nets for tenants, like the city\u2019s right-to-counsel program, help keep New Yorkers in their homes, but protections can be uneven and programs remain understaffed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Evicted New Yorkers are getting the boot at rates not seen in years. 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