2010 New York Code
BNK - Banking
Article 13-D - (660 - 674-A) MISCONDUCT RELATING TO BANKING ORGANIZATIONS
674-A - Unlawful undertakings.

§ 674-a.  Unlawful undertakings. 1. Every undertaking, whether written
  or oral, express or implied, constituting or  contained  in  a  contract
  heretofore  or hereafter entered into, directly or indirectly, between a
  banking   organization,   bank   holding   company,   national   banking
  association,  federal  savings  and  loan association or foreign banking
  corporation and the owner of an interest in real property located in the
  state,  which  bars  such  owner  from  leasing,  selling  or  otherwise
  disposing  of  any  interest  in  real  property  to  any  other banking
  organization,  bank  holding  company,  national  banking   association,
  federal  savings  and  loan  association  or foreign banking corporation
  shall be null and void.
    2. Any banking organization, bank holding  company,  national  banking
  association,  federal  savings  and  loan  association,  foreign banking
  corporation or any other entity or person injured  in  his  business  or
  property  by  reason  of  an  undertaking which violates subdivision one
  hereof may sue on account thereof and be entitled to recover three times
  the amount of the damages sustained, and the  cost  of  suit,  including
  reasonable attorneys' fees.
    3.  If  any  provision  of  this  section,  or the application of such
  provision to any individual, company  or  circumstance,  shall  be  held
  invalid,  the  remainder  of  this  section, and the application of such
  section to individuals, companies or circumstances other than  those  to
  which it is held invalid, shall not be affected thereby.

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