The clock is now ticking for tenants in New York state after the federal eviction moratorium expired Saturday.

State tenants still have time to prepare before the state moratorium is set to expire on August 31.

A tenant union says before the pandemic, it was seeing about 8,000 evictions each year and expects it to be way more once the moratorium ends.

"Our community is already in terrible shape,” said Rochester City-Wide Tenant Union organizer Barbara Rivera. “This moratorium ending and for them not to extend it, it’s just going to get worse for people. Rent is high already. Minimum wage is not high enough for us to pay our bills. Some people have to work three jobs or even try work for right now. Rent is high and it’s not getting any better. I know that the market rate for a two bedroom apartment is close to a 1-k almost $1,400. That's a lot even for people on a fixed income, single parents, elderly. It’s our housing system is in terrible shape and it’s not going to get any better protection for tenants so they can be able to afford and to be able live in their home."

Earlier this week, a group of landlords in New York City asked the Supreme Court to halt the state ban on evictions, claiming they've suffered significant financial hardship due to the moratorium.

They also argue the eviction moratorium violates their right to due process by allowing tenants to put eviction proceedings on hold without showing proof they were impacted by the pandemic.

The moratorium expiring puts more than 3.6 million Americans at risk of being evicted from their current residences amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.