All New York evictions are suspended until October 1, a state judge decreed last week, modifying Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s earlier mandate allowing the courts to halt evictions through September 4 if they chose to. 

In extending the moratorium, Chief Administrative Court Judge Lawrence Marks cited the judiciary’s concern about a “sudden high-volume influx of eviction matters,” the New York Law Journal reported.

Like Cuomo’s earlier suspension, Marks’ order does little to protect the 14,000 tenants whose evictions began before the coronavirus pandemic. It may provide more safety for those renters than Cuomo’s mandate, which did not place any requirement on carrying out pre-pandemic eviction.