New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo (D) on Monday announced he will extend the eviction moratorium — set to expire Oct. 1 — to next year, continuing protections for tenants as well as homeowners who have been unable to pay rent and mortgage during the public health crisis, the (Albany) Times Union reported. Cuomo said that he will sign an executive order extending the eviction moratorium, known as the Tenant Safe Harbor Act, to Jan. 1. It also protects homeowners from foreclosure for nonpayment of mortgages during the coronavirus pandemic. The extended protection builds on an extension Cuomo approved recently to protect commercial tenants and property owners from eviction or foreclosure. Protection for commercial property owners and tenants extends to Oct. 20.
