New York Consolidated Laws, Penal Law - PEN § 241.02 Harassment of a rent regulated tenant in the second degree

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.