Police Enforcement of Unlawful Evictions, 2020-2021

In 2020 and 2021, tenants filed far more cases in Housing Court alleging lockouts than the number of NYPD arrests and summonses for the crime of unlawful eviction.

Only includes criminal cases where unlawful eviction is the top charge at arraignment.
Chart: Ishan Thakore for THE CITY Source: Housing Court data from the NYS Office of Court Administration (OCA) via the Housing Data Coalition in collaboration with the Right to Counsel Coalition; 2020 NYPD Summons data via NYC Open Data; 2020-2021 Arrest and Summons data via OCA and the NYS Division of Criminal Justice Services. Get the data Embed