N.Y. Penal Law § 241.02: Harassment of a rent regulated tenant in the second degree

§ 241.02 Harassment of a rent regulated tenant in the second degree.

An owner is guilty of harassment of a rent regulated tenant in the

second degree when, with intent to induce a rent regulated tenant to

vacate a housing accommodation, such owner intentionally engages in a

course of conduct that:

1. impairs the habitability of a housing accommodation; or

2. creates or maintains a condition which endangers the safety or

health of the dwelling's tenant; or

3. is reasonably likely to interfere with or disturb, and does

interfere with or disturb, the comfort, repose, peace or quiet of such

rent regulated tenant in his or her use and occupancy of such housing

accommodation including, but not limited to, the interruption or

discontinuance of essential services. The good faith commencement and

pursuit of a lawful eviction action by an owner against a rent regulated

tenant in a court of competent jurisdiction shall not, by itself,

constitute a "course of conduct" in violation of this subdivision.

Harassment of a rent regulated tenant in the second degree is a class

A misdemeanor.