Court administrators say they have extended until further notice a moratorium on eviction warrants or default judgments for failure to answer in cases involving New York City premises hit hardest by Hurricane Sandy.

map of NYC areas hardest hit by Sandy

Judge Fern Fisher (See Profile), the chief administrator of the city’s Civil Court, said her directives define the areas where the most serious post-Sandy disruptions persist, and where litigants are most at risk of being disadvantaged by the storm.