{"id":8477,"date":"2024-01-08T10:31:32","date_gmt":"2024-01-08T15:31:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsettlement.org\/casa\/?p=8477"},"modified":"2024-01-08T10:31:32","modified_gmt":"2024-01-08T15:31:32","slug":"residents-still-recouping-lost-income-fighting-eviction-almost-4-years-after-start-of-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsettlement.org\/casa\/2024\/01\/08\/residents-still-recouping-lost-income-fighting-eviction-almost-4-years-after-start-of-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Residents still recouping lost income, fighting eviction almost 4 years after start of COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><a href=\"https:\/\/bronx.news12.com\/residents-still-recouping-lost-income-fighting-eviction-almost-4-years-after-start-of-covid-19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Originally published by NEWS12, Marisa Marcellino and Adolfo Carrion<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-8477-1\" width=\"640\" height=\"359\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/newsettlement.org\/casa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/01\/CASA-News12-1.5.24.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/newsettlement.org\/casa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/01\/CASA-News12-1.5.24.mp4\">https:\/\/newsettlement.org\/casa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/01\/CASA-News12-1.5.24.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"block\">It\u2019s been almost four years since COVID-19 began impacting New Yorkers, and many residents are still struggling to get back lost income and avoid eviction.<\/p>\n<p class=\"block\">Community Action for Safe Apartments (CASA) rallied outside of Bronx Housing Court on\u00a0Thursday\u00a0to ensure their members have a place to live as evictions are on the rise.<\/p>\n<p class=\"block\">The rise in evictions can be attributed to New York City\u2019s COVID-19 Eviction Ban being lifted on Jan.\u00a015,\u00a02022, according to CASA. Some residents say they\u2019re still reeling from the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p class=\"block\">&#8220;We&#8217;ve been working so hard from\u00a09 a.m. to 5 p.m., some people with two or three jobs and not being able to afford it anyway because we&#8217;re missing an income,\u201d said CASA leader Mercedes Escoto.<\/p>\n<p class=\"block\">Many members of CASA are fighting their cases in housing court as they try to avoid eviction. Some have applied for the state\u2019s Emergency Rental Assistance Program, but still feel it isn\u2019t enough.<\/p>\n<p class=\"block\">\u201cWe don&#8217;t have no support whatsoever from the city, we&#8217;re going to have to take matters into our own hands to be able to fix this issue,\u201d said Escoto.<\/p>\n<p class=\"block\">CASA is holding an eviction-free Bronx campaign meeting from\u00a06 p.m.\u00a0to 8 p.m. on Thursday at 35 Marcy Place.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Originally published by NEWS12, Marisa Marcellino and Adolfo Carrion &nbsp; It\u2019s been almost four years since COVID-19 began impacting New Yorkers, and many residents are still struggling to get back lost income and avoid eviction. 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