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Landlord Harassment of Commercial Tenants

<i><b>Part Two of a Two-Part Article</i></b><p>As discussed last month, in <i>Lansaw v. Zokaites</i>, the tenants (and bankruptcy petitioners) complained of certain harassment that occurred prior to the filing of their bankruptcy petition. Let us turn now to the court's analysis of the landlord's post–bankruptcy-petition behavior.

21 minute read April 02, 2017 at 12:02 AM
By
Janice G. Inman
Landlord Harassment of Commercial Tenants

Last month, we considered the problem of landlord harassment of commercial tenants, looking first at a law that recently went on the books in New York City to provide a private right of action by tenants against offending landlords; known as the Non-Residential Tenant Harassment law, it is codified as Chapter 9, Title 22 of the New York City Administrative Code.

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