Supreme Court temporarily blocks part of New York's eviction moratorium

An unsigned order from the Supreme Court temporarily blocks part of New York's eviction moratorium that was instituted due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

New York's eviction moratorium had prevented landlords from challenging self-certified claims of financial difficulties by their tenants, which placed a hold on eviction proceedings, The Hill reported. The Supreme Court's order doesn't stop a tenant from mounting a "hardship defense" in eviction court proceedings.

"This scheme violates the Court's longstanding teaching that ordinarily 'no man can be a judge in his own case' consistent with the Due Process Clause," the Supreme Court's order reads.

The order remains in effect during a legal challenge currently in a New York federal appeals court.