2006 New York Code - Vexatious Suits.

 
    §  70. Vexatious suits. If a person vexatiously or maliciously, in the
  name of another but without the latter's consent, or in the name  of  an
  unknown  person,  commences  or  continues, or causes to be commenced or
  continued, an action or special proceeding, in a court, of record or not
  of record, or a special proceeding before a judge or a  justice  of  the
  peace; or takes, or causes to be taken, any proceeding, in the course of
  an  action  or  special  proceeding  in  such a court, or before such an
  officer, either before or after judgment or other  final  determination;
  an  action  to recover damages therefor may be maintained against him by
  the adverse party to the action or special proceeding; and a like action
  may be maintained by the person, if any, whose name was thus used. He is
  also guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment  not  exceeding
  six months.