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New York’s Emergency Rental Assistance Program states that pending applications to the primarily federally funded program pause all eviction proceedings, as long as the tenant is not found to be causing a persistent nuisance. New York is among several states to pause cases at least temporarily while such applications are being processed, to prevent premature evictions.