At an event featuring Acting Chief Judge Anthony Cannataro of the New York Court of Appeals hosted at law firm Foley & Lardner, protestors gathered outside of the building, and inside disrupted proceedings to call attention to the court system’s management of a flood of new eviction cases that have hit housing courts after pandemic moratoriums lapsed. Photos: Jason Grant/ALM
Protesters on Monday evening took over an event in Manhattan featuring Acting Chief Judge Anthony Cannataro of the New York Court of Appeals, pressuring him to halt thousands of eviction cases they say are moving forward illegally against city tenants who don’t have counsel.
“You can uphold the law. Will you commit to stopping all eviction cases?” one woman shouted at Cannataro, standing up suddenly among rows of attorneys seated inside the 35th floor offices of Foley & Lardner on Park Avenue.
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