New York Laws
Article 29-I - The Storage of Household Goods
608 - Unlawful Detention of Goods.

ยง 608. Unlawful detention of goods. 1. Notwithstanding the provisions
of section 7-209 of the uniform commercial code, no warehouseman shall
have a lien on any household goods stored by him in a particular case
where the charges demanded for storage are in excess of the charges
permitted by this article.

2. It shall constitute an unlawful detention of goods for a
warehouseman to refuse to surrender household goods stored by him for a
consumer bailor upon payment by the consumer bailor of the storage
charges permitted by this article.