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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.
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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.
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“Evictions are violence. They can mean the death of people and their families, especially during a health pandemic."
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"They’re going to be flooded with evictions that happen all the time."
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The types of apartments rented in Binghamton do not give tenants much opportunity to organize into a collective bargaining unit.