Thousands of New Yorkers, emerging from the Covid pandemic, are behind on their rent. The Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP), a state subsidy program for tenants and landlords, has helped but has been marked by slow responses and has expired. The City, an independent news organization, hosted a March 21 virtual panel on rental crisis issues facing New York tenants. Included were moderator Rachel Holliday Smith, The City journalist; Lakisha Morris, director of operations at Catholic Charities Community Services; Leah Goodridge, managing attorney for housing policy at Mobilization for Justice, and Nakeeb Siddique, director for housing at the Legal Aid Society’s Brooklyn office.