New York Civil Rights Law Section 81 - Commencement or threat of action unlawful.

  81. Commencement or threat of action unlawful. It shall be unlawful
  for any person, either as a party or attorney, or in behalf  of  either,
  to  file,  serve  or  cause  to be filed or served, or threaten to file,
  serve or cause to be filed or served, any process or  pleading,  in  any
  court  of  the state, setting forth or seeking to recover a sum of money
  upon any cause of action abolished by this article, whether  such  cause
  of action arose within or without the state.

Last modified: February 3, 2019