REAL PROPERTY ACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS LAW
S 853 Actions 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 violience or by unlawful means, he is entitled to recover treble damages in an action therefor against the wrongdoer.
Added from Real Prop. Law S 535; amended by Laws 1981, Ch. 467, eff. July 7, 1981, adding references to unlawful etnry , detainer or means.
NOTE: This says that if your landlord does manage to illegally evict you, you can sue im for three times the damages you suffer. BE SURE TO MAKE A POLICE REPORT AND KEEP RECEIPTS FOR THE EXTRA EXPENSES YOU INCUR.