Good Cause Eviction Struck Down in Upstate New York

Justice Sandra Sciortino and Newburgh mayor Torrance Harvey (Facebook, Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons) A judge struck down Newbur...

December 1, 2022
9:08 PM

Justice Sandra Sciortino and Newburgh mayor Torrance Harvey (Facebook, Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons) A judge struck down Newburgh's good cause eviction law Tuesday, ruling that the legislation conflicted with state property laws. The upstate city's year-old law required landlords would need to show good cause, such as proof of missing payments, to evict tenants, even if their leases had expired. The legislation also demanded that landlords justify a rent hike above 5 percent in eviction proceedings.

Kevin Rebong