More than 8,000 New York City households were evicted from their apartments in the first half of the year amid a deep affordable housing crisis that has fueled record-high rents citywide.
City records show New York City marshals completed an average of 1,345 evictions per month from January to June, approaching the rate of removals from the years prior to the COVID-19 pandemic and a temporary halt on evictions.
The monthly average is a decrease compared to the first six months of last year, when there were 1,514 evictions per month…