New York laws on squatting prevent homeowners from locking doors or turning off utilities to make squatters leave the home or property.
To evict a squatter, New York landlords and homeowners send notices informing the people they must pay the amount of rent owed or move out. If the person has not moved out, landlords can file a summary eviction proceeding with the county.will remove the squatters.
The New York state Capitol before Gov. Kathy Hochul delivers her State of the State address, Jan. 10, 2023, in Albany. In Watertown, New York, last week a landlord threatened to stop investing in properties in the town if squatters aren’t given strong consequences. "I went to court for a person I didn’t even put on my lease," landlord Ed Smalls said at a city council meeting."I didn’t even know them!""The law is the law, we must interpret the law for our area and make sure it’s not just for New York and Albany, because up here it’s different," he said.
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