rent

Residents eligible for the city’s rental assistance program must have experienced a COVID-19-related hardship, such as a loss of income or employment since March 2020 and earn either equal to or less than 50 percent of the Area Median Income.

Lawmakers announced legislation Friday that would cancel rent for all tenants in New York through the COVID-19 state of emergency, and 90 days thereafter.

“Evictions are violence. They can mean the death of people and their families, especially during a health pandemic."

"They’re going to be flooded with evictions that happen all the time."

The types of apartments rented in Binghamton do not give tenants much opportunity to organize into a collective bargaining unit.