Last year was the most profitable on record for the city's marshals, according to revenue data on the city's open data portal. Income for 28 active Marshals totaled more than $19 million in 2023, up from the $11 million they made in 2022.
Most cities and states use salaried city sheriffs, not private contractors, to carry out evictions, according to Eric Dunn, litigation director at the National Housing Law Project.
When evictions rise, marshals profit. New York City marshals get paid per eviction by private litigants—typically landlords—and the city gets a cut. The more orders they serve, the more they make.
In New York City and Albany, legislators want the government to take a closer look at the marshal system to see if it needs to be tweaked—or eliminated.
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