N.Y. Real Property Actions & Proceedings Law § 853: Action for forcible or unlawful entry or detainer; treble damages

§ 853. Action for forcible or unlawful entry or detainer; treble

damages. If a person is disseized, ejected, or put out of real property

in a forcible or unlawful manner, or, after he has been put out, is held

and kept out by force or by putting him in fear of personal violence or

by unlawful means, he is entitled to recover treble damages in an action

therefor against the wrong-doer.