Evictions executed by New York City Marshals between January 1, 2023 and July 31, 2023 increased by over 259 percent compared to the same time period in 2022, up from 1,640 to 5,890, as reported by AMNY.

In July 2023 alone, City Marshalls executed 747 evictions citywide — a 123 percent increase from last July’s total of 335. In total, 9,984 households have suffered an eviction since the State’s moratorium ended in January of 2022.

The Legal Aid Society is calling on Governor Kathy Hochul, Senate Majority Leader Stewart-Cousins and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie to enact “Good Cause” eviction, critical budget-neutral legislation that would provide millions of tenants in unregulated units with basic protections against exorbitant rent increase and unjust evictions.

This past legislative session, Governor Hochul and the Legislature failed to advance any meaningful policy to address New York’s spiraling housing crisis, which will continue to displace families from their homes and communities.

“New York’s eviction machine is in full swing, and this will only worsen so long as Albany lawmakers fail to advance policies to equip tenants with basic, common-sense rights,” said Judith Goldiner, Attorney-in-Charge of the Civil Law Reform Unit at The Legal Aid Society. “Next session, Governor Hochul and Legislature leaders must finally enact ‘Good Cause’ to provide our clients the relief they deserve before more New Yorkers are displaced from their homes and communities, compounding the local homelessness crisis.”