World News – GB – New Yorkers use coronavirus eviction ban to avoid paying rent

When Andrew Cuomo banned evictions this year, it was because there were fears that hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers who were unemployed during the pandemic would be driven from their homes. which could lead to a further increase in infections

The state governor likely didn’t consider the move would affect nightclub impresarios and Instagram influencers who rent huge summer residences in the Hamptons

But in recent months, as the ban on evictions has been extended, landlords and realtors in some of Long Island’s wealthier enclaves have complained that unscrupulous tenants are moving into homes in expensive beach, then refused to pay rent or move outside « We’re not talking about the poor, » one owner told The New York Post

Eviction, Hamptons, rental, coronavirus