September 30, 2021
A Second Circuit panel declined to block New York tenants' eviction protections late Wednesday, reasoning that landlords could not use their lawsuit against a previous eviction shield law to challenge the current one.
September 15, 2021
New York's latest residential eviction protections cannot be blocked on the basis of an August U.S. Supreme Court injunction because the new law resolves the very issue that the injunction raised, a top state judge told the Second Circuit.
July 28, 2021
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Wednesday signaled that she may tap her colleagues to consider an emergency application from New York landlords seeking to block enforcement of the state's coronavirus anti-eviction law.
July 26, 2021
Several New York landlords and their trade group are urging the Second Circuit to reverse a June ruling keeping the state's coronavirus pandemic anti-eviction law alive, claiming the lower court misapplied case law and that eviction protections are no longer justified.
June 28, 2021
A Second Circuit judge on Friday declined to enter an emergency order blocking enforcement of a New York law preventing most pandemic-era residential evictions, but referred the injunction issue to a three-judge panel and expedited the appeal of an order keeping the law alive.
June 21, 2021
Several New York landlords and their trade group are continuing to seek an emergency order blocking enforcement of a state law preventing most coronavirus pandemic-era residential evictions, saying a lower court gave too much deference to state lawmakers.