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N.Y. Penal Law § 241.07 — Aggravated harassment of a rent regulated tenant

Current through 2026 legislative session (LBDC text via OpenLegislation as of 2026-07-17)

Part of Article 241: Harassment of Rent Regulated Tenants, New York Penal Law.

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Full text of N.Y. Penal Law § 241.07

Statutory text current through the 2026 legislative session (LBDC text via OpenLegislation as of 2026-07-17). This publication reproduces the text of the Consolidated Laws of New York as provided by the New York State Senate's Open Legislation service (Legislative Bill Drafting Commission statutory text); it is not the official statutes of the State of New York.

N.Y. Penal Law § 241.07Primary source, current through the 2026 legislative session (LBDC text via OpenLegislation as of 2026-07-17)
241.07 Aggravated harassment of a rent regulated tenant. An owner is guilty of aggravated harassment of a rent regulated tenant when: 1. With intent to induce three or more rent regulated tenants occupying different housing accommodations in two or more residential buildings to vacate such housing accommodations, such owner intentionally engages in a systematic ongoing course of conduct that: (a) impairs the habitability of such housing accommodations; or (b) creates or maintains a condition which endangers the safety or health of one or more of the dwellings' rent regulated tenants; or (c) is reasonably likely to interfere with or disturb, and does interfere with or disturb, the comfort, repose, peace or quiet of one or more of such rent regulated tenants in their use and occupancy of such housing accommodation including, but not limited to, the interruption or discontinuance of essential services. 2. Such owner commits the crime of harassment of a rent regulated tenant in the first degree as defined in section 241.05 of this article and has previously been convicted within the preceding five years of such crime. 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 "systematic ongoing course of conduct" in violation of paragraph (c) of subdivision one of this section. Aggravated harassment of a rent regulated tenant is a class D felony.

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What class of felony is aggravated harassment of a rent regulated tenant in New York?

Aggravated harassment of a rent regulated tenant is a Class D Felony in New York under N.Y. Penal Law § 241.07.

Which New York statute covers aggravated harassment of a rent regulated tenant?

Aggravated harassment of a rent regulated tenant is governed by N.Y. Penal Law § 241.07 (Aggravated harassment of a rent regulated tenant).

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