The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday lifted New York state's ban on residential evictions during the COVID-19 pandemic, handing a victory to a group of small landlords that challenged a moratorium that had been slated to expire on Aug. 31.
The justices granted an emergency request by the landlords to lift the ban on eviction proceedings while litigation over the dispute continues. The nine-member court's three liberal justices dissented from the decision.
Some landlords in the state could still could face another barrier. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Aug. 3a new 60-day federal moratorium on residential evictions to combat the spread of COVID-19, focused on jurisdictions with high infection rates. The five New York landlords sued various officials to stop the law's enforcement after legislators extended its May expiration to the end of August. The landlords said they have been "pushed to the brink of disaster" even as many other pandemic-related restrictions have eased. Though all of their tenants stopped paying rent - some even before the pandemic - they said they have been unable to proceed with evictions.
The law also requires landlords to provide the declaration form to the tenants, which they said compels them to deliver a message they do not support in violation of their First Amendment right to free speech.
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