{"id":2682,"date":"2024-02-28T21:04:20","date_gmt":"2024-02-28T21:04:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/data\/?page_id=2682"},"modified":"2025-10-09T14:22:27","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T14:22:27","slug":"unlawful-evictions-in-nyc","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/data\/unlawful-evictions-in-nyc\/","title":{"rendered":"Unlawful Evictions in NYC"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nAs of Aug 2024 – Aug 2025<\/small><\/strong><\/p>\n
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Illegal Lockouts<\/h2>\n

1,814
\nHousing Court Cases<\/small><\/em><\/p>\n

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Illegal Evictions<\/h2>\n

54
\nNYPD Criminal Court Summons<\/small><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Read the Press Release <\/i><\/a><\/p>\n

Download the Data <\/i><\/a><\/p>\n

Data Team Home <\/i><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Unlawful evictions are a widespread <\/a> yet under-enforced problem in many gentrifying and Black and brown communities where housing insecurity, speculation, and poor conditions are prevalent. Unlawful evictions are a Class A misdemeanor <\/a> and the NYPD are even supposed to arrest <\/a> owners who illegally evict their occupants. However, landlords rarely, if ever, face accountability because tenants often feel disempowered or lack the time and resources to bring their landlord to court. Unlawful evictions further erode tenants\u2019 rights, concentrate power among unscrupulous property owners, and increase housing instability and homelessness. Anyone can be unlawfully evicted, but most often it is people living in informal situations, e.g. roommates, subletters, renting a room, illegal basements, etc.<\/p>\n

A yearly data review (August 2024\u2013August 2025) highlights key trends in unlawful and enforced evictions across the city and which communities are most impacted. <\/p>\n