Monthly evictions in NYC have reached their highest rate since 2018 — with 1 borough hit the hardest

Evicted New Yorkers are getting the boot at rates not seen in years.

New York City marshals are averaging 1,500 evictions a month this year, Gothamist reported.

The last time this many locks were changed was in 2018, when marshals carried out roughly 1,666 monthly evictions.

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At least 11,253 households across the five boroughs were evicted by marshals between Jan. 1 and Aug. 15 of this year, according to data from the city’s Department of Investigation. Evictions previously slowed during the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent eviction freeze, but rates have been on the rise since 2022 when the moratorium was lifted…

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