N.Y. Real Property Actions & Proceedings Law § 853 (2026)

§ 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.