NYSentencing

§ 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  inter-
fere  with  or disturb, the comfort, repose, peace or quiet of such rent
regulated tenant in his or her use and occupancy of such housing  accom-
modation  including,  but not limited to, the interruption or discontin-
uance 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.
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