City marshals have removed more than 11K households this year
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- NYC evictions reached a seven-year high, returning to pre-pandemic levels, with city marshals removing more than 11,200 households so far this year.
- This surge is attributed to housing courts clearing a backlog of cases filed after the pandemic moratorium lifted in 2022.
- Despite the increase in evictions, eviction filings have slowed, and legal protections like the right-to-counsel program have blunted the impact for tenants.
New York City evictions are back to pre-pandemic levels as landlords force delinquent tenants out at the fastest clip since 2018.
City marshals have removed more than 11,200 households so far this year — averaging 1,500 a month — Gothamist reported, using data from the Department of Investigations. That pace is higher than any year since 2018, when monthly evictions peaked at about 1,666 per month…