NY eviction ban: Tensions rise between Syracuse landlords and tenants, as rent help sits unspent
Updated Dec 30, 2020;
Posted Dec 30, 2020
This house at 823 Valley Drive was the scene of the alleged crime for the city s first unlawful eviction charge. As tenants and landlords lose income in the pandemic, and evictions are banned under a state moratorium, landlords increasingly are taking matters into their own hands, advocates say.
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SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Shannon Baker was two months and nine days late with rent this summer when, during a record heat wave and a global pandemic, her landlord shut off her electricity at the Valley Drive apartment she shared with her two kids.