ยง 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.
Structure New York Laws
RPA - Real Property Actions and Proceedings
Article 8 - Waste and Other Actions and Rights of Action for Injury to Real Property
801 - Who Liable to Action for Waste.
803 - Alterations or Replacements of Structures by Person Having Estate for Life or Years.
811 - Action for Waste by Heir, Devisee or Grantor of Reversion.
812 - Action for Waste by Ward Against Guardian.
813 - Action for Waste by Grantee of Real Property Sold Under Execution.
815 - Judgment in Action for Waste Against Tenant of Particular Estate.
817 - Action for Waste Against Joint Tenant or Tenant in Common.
821 - View in Action for Waste.
831 - Action by Reversioner or Remainderman.
833 - Recovery of Fee Damages by the Owner of a Possessory Estate for Life or for Years.
843 - Fences and Structures, When Private Nuisance.
851 - Action Against Certain Persons Holding Over as Trespassers.
853 - Action for Forcible or Unlawful Entry or Detainer; Treble Damages.
871 - Action for the Removal of Encroaching Structures.
881 - Access to Adjoining Property to Make Improvements or Repairs.