N.Y. General Business Law § 608: Unlawful detention of goods

§ 608. Unlawful detention of goods. 1. Notwithstanding the provisions

of section 7-209 of the uniform commercial code, no warehouseman shall

have a lien on any household goods stored by him in a particular case

where the charges demanded for storage are in excess of the charges

permitted by this article.

2. It shall constitute an unlawful detention of goods for a

warehouseman to refuse to surrender household goods stored by him for a

consumer bailor upon payment by the consumer bailor of the storage

charges permitted by this article.