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For New Yorkers at risk of eviction, the city launched a new service

StateScoop: To help New York City renters avoid or navigate evictions as a result of the pandemic-driven economic downturn, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced a new online portal Monday that centralizes virtually all of the city’s tenant-protection services.

The new “tenant resource portal” guides users that have eviction-related questions through a short survey to personalize the city or community resources that can help them. The survey, available in English and Spanish, starts by asking users to choose between three problems, including if their landlord locked them out of their apartment, if they received a paper eviction notice or if their landlord only provided verbal notice of eviction.

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