rich 1.0 Action Network https://actionnetwork.org <link href='https://actionnetwork.org/css/style-embed-v3.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' /><script src='https://actionnetwork.org/widgets/v6/form/stop-eviction-defend-communities-change-housing-court?format=js&source=widget'></script><div id='can-form-area-stop-eviction-defend-communities-change-housing-court' style='width: 100%'><!-- this div is the target for our HTML insertion --></div> Housing Justice For All and NYS Tenant Bloc https://actionnetwork.org/groups/hj4a-tenant-bloc https://can2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/forms/photos/000/418/743/normal/received_1643640362452451.png Evictions are violent. Evictions threaten the life and safety of poor, Black and brown New Yorkers -- those who have borne the brunt of the COVID-19 crisis and the crisis of police violence -- most of all. Sign this pledge to stand with us to resist your eviction and your neighbors evictions. Fight to cancel rent! On June 22, Governor Cuomo is planning to re-open New York’s courts. In normal circumstances, evictions are a violent, traumatic and destabilizing process. They are even more so during this public health crisis. As Cuomo prepares to open courts, the State has not done one thing to protect tenants or account for the fact that millions of New Yorkers -- many of the Black and brown -- have permanently lost jobs and income. We’re demanding a true, universal eviction moratorium until the following measures have been taken: Governor Cuomo, Chief Judge Janet DiFiore and local governments across the state must: Cancel rent payments for the duration of the 2020 COVID-19 crisis. Expand Right to Counsel to cover everyone, and make sure that renters facing eviction know about it! Pass Good Cause Eviction, so all tenants have defenses in court and the right to renew their lease. Slow down eviction cases. Regardless of when courts reopen, we can expect there to be a barrage of eviction cases. We need to slow down the pace of housing court to ensure that tenants are safe and protected. Hold landlords accountable, and make housing court a place where tenants fight for safe, dignified housing -- not an eviction mill. Make necessary health, safety, and accessibility upgrades to eviction courts. By signing this pledge, I am signing on to support these demands. I am joining my neighbors to fight evictions, and signing on to join the fight to stop all eviction courts across the State from re-opening. To read more about our demands visit here. https://actionnetwork.org/forms/stop-eviction-defend-communities-change-housing-court