Judith Goldiner, Attorney-in-Charge of the Civil Law Reform Unit at The Legal Aid Society, penned an op-ed in today’s Times Union calling on New York Governor Andrew Cuomo to set aside the temporary half-measures that have been imposed in recent months in favor of a robust and meaningful moratorium on evictions to prevent an unprecedented statewide housing and homelessness crisis. Housing advocates have warned that 400,000 in New York City alone can no longer afford to pay their rent.

“The future of thousands of families and tenants across New York should not be relegated to OCA or any other state entity,” Goldiner writes. “Cuomo has the power to enact a robust and meaningful moratorium on evictions to prevent an unprecedented housing and homelessness crisis that will devastate low-income families already struggling to get by and cost taxpayer dollars.”

Read the full piece here.