NEW YORK CITY L & T COURTS ALL COUNTIES
COMMERCIAL WARRANTS FOR EVICTIONS ISSUED
FOR BUINESSES CITYWIDE 1994- 2016
Request for statistics may be directed to OCA Office of Court Research or to Carol Alt, NYC Civil Court Chief Clerk.
Republican MAYOR GIULIANI: 8 years 65,989 ave. per year 8,250
Republican MAYOR BLOOMBERG : 12 years 83,211 ave. per year 6,934
Compares to
Democrat MAYOR KOCH : 4 years 17,433 ave. per year 4,360
Democrat MAYOR DINKINS : 4 years 27,909 ave. per year 6,980
MAYOR GIULIANI: 1994 8,305
1995 6,824
1996 8,860
1997 8,819
32,808
1998 8,848
1999 9,137
2,000 7,812
2001 7,384
33,181
MAYOR BLOOMBERG: 2002 7,444
2003 7,665
2004 8,070
2005 6,950
30,129
2006 7,147
2007 6,998
2008 6,714
2009 7,582
28,441
2010 6,560
2011 6,259 24,641
2012 5,824
2013 5,998
Mayor de Blasio 2014 5,851 17,680
2015 6,512
2016 5,317
TOTAL WARRANTS FOR EVICTIONS ISSUED 1994-2013 149,200 ( Giuliani & Bloomberg)
Mayor de Blasio 2014- 16 17,680
ESTIMATED CLOSING OF ALL SMALL BUSINESSES 450,000 – 490,000** Many businesses relocated and started over and went out of businesses more than one time. 1994-2016
ESTIMATED NEW YORKERS’ LOSS OF JOBS 3.4 MILLION -3.9 MILLION*
* Many New Yorkers lost their jobs more than one time due to the businesses closing.
Est. 1,000-1,200 business per month close Est. ave. 8,000-9,000 jobs lost per month
Bloomberg ave. 2012 485 per month evicted by courts 3 years De Blasio ave 491 evictions per month
Bloomberg ave. 2013 499 per month evicted by courts 3,928 jobs lost per month
De Blasio ave. 2014 488 per month evicted by courts 3 years est De Blasio ave businesses closing
De Blasio ave. 2015 542 per month evicted by courts 1,200 -1,400 per month
De Blasio ave. 2016 443 per month evicted by courts 10,000 jobs per month
NYC Court Eviction of Immigrant Commercial Tenants 2013-2016
De Blasio administration
8,840 Court warrants to evict immigrant owners issued
(half businesses owned by immigrants, SBS statement)
70,000 Immigrants loss jobs ( ave. business 8 employees
USA Latin Chamber largest study of Hispanic businesses ever in NYC 2009)
26,500 est. immigrant businesses forced to close under de Blasio administration. (est. Sung Soo Kim, city’s leading authority of small businesses *)
212,000 Immigrants lost jobs
245 immigrant businesses per month are evicted by NYC Courts
1,960 immigrant jobs lost per month
* Sung Soo Kim , known as the “Godfather of Small Business”, is widely recognized as the city’s leading authority on small businesses. He founded the Korean American Small Business Service Center, the oldest small business service center in NYC; co-founding the New York City Small Business Congress and Coalition to Save New York City Small Businesses. He is responsible for creating the Small Business Bill of Rights given to elected officials since 1991. He was Chairman of the Mayor’s First Small Business Advisory Board, appointed by Mayors Dinkins and Giuliani. Over two decades he consulted on many of city’s small business regulations. He is the major reason Korean families invested in NYC to achieve their American Dream. Six days a week for over 30 years, Mr. Kim dealt with the problems facing small business owners.. In three decades he negotiated over 50,000 new and renewal commercial leases for his members. In thirty years he went to court to represent his members against warrants and eviction notices in over 4,000 cases. Before the Small Business Services agency and Giuliani’s big store Republican Trickle Down economic policies, the city’s economic policy for small businesses was most influenced by Mr. Kim as Chairman of the Mayor’s Small Business Advisory Committee. He refused to take a salary for his Chairmanship and later refused to take any government funding, grants, or establish a BID in Flushing Queens.