Under New York's stay at home order, moving is an essential service. For those whose leases is up, or are moving into a new house, that likely still means a strict timeline, despite most everything else being shut down to keep people from spreading COVID-19.

Abby Brenker, 29, had planned to save some money by having family help her move from Manhattan's Upper East Side to Greenpoint in Brooklyn. Now, the only help will come from her boyfriend, but she still feels guilty.

"Even if I'm renting a car and doing it myself, you know, like having my boyfriend come and help me still puts him out into the world more than he would be," Brenker said.

Sofia Audas, 28, and her husband had been planning to move to Florida at the end of May with their 1- and 3-year-old sons. But as the situation in New York City worsened, they decided to rent a car and leave two months early, taking only essentials.

"We decided what's best for our family right now is probably just to get out of the city and just, like, leave our apartment and hope that we can come back," said Audas.

Virginia Jimenez, 30, has been struggling for weeks to sublet an empty room in her Washington Heights apartment in time to make rent. But she says her landlord gave her a break.

"He was like, 'worry about feeding yourself, pay what you can, if you can,'" Jimenez said. "So he's been really, really kind about it."

Governor Andrew Cuomo has temporarily ordered a stop to evictions. The New York state legislature is considering bills to freeze rent payments for 90 days.