No owner or anyone acting for the owner may interfere with a tenant's privacy, comfort, or quiet enjoyment of the tenant's apartment.
Interference includes reducing services or engaging in baseless court proceedings.
Harassment is a serious violation of a tenant's rights. The Unit is staffed with attorneys who specialize in this area of the rent laws. They respond to all complaints of harassment made within New York State related to rent regulated housing. The Rent Regulation Reform Act of 1997 increased the fines for tenant harassment, and made them uniform for rent controlled and rent stabilized apartments. In addition, DHCR will permit no rent increases once there has been a finding of harassment until there is a finding that the harassment has ended.