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Update Eviction : The economic fallout from COVID-19 has led to fears of a tsunami of eviction filings, with an estimated 735,000 households having lost employment income in New York City as of early June. In this post, we summarize key data that provide insights into recent trends in eviction filings in New York City housing courts. Since March, a combination of federal, state, and local orders has limited the eviction process, and prevented the worst-case scenario thus far. Nevertheless, there has been some activity in housing court.

US Immigration update : Rule will significantly increase the costs of applying for several immigration benefits. First DHS is drastically increasing filing fees- for naturalization applications. DHS is contravening international treaty obligations by imposing a new fee on already vulnerable asylum seekers. Third, DHS is gutting fee waivers and considerably narrowing the eligibility for those fee waivers it must provide.

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