New York General Business Law Section 608 - Unlawful detention of goods.

  608. Unlawful detention of goods. 1. Notwithstanding the provisions
  of section 7-209 of the uniform commercial code, no  warehouseman  shall
  have  a  lien  on any household goods stored by him in a particular case
  where the charges demanded for storage are  in  excess  of  the  charges
  permitted by this article.
2.   It  shall  constitute  an  unlawful  detention  of  goods  for  a
  warehouseman to refuse to surrender household goods stored by him for  a
  consumer  bailor  upon  payment  by  the  consumer bailor of the storage
  charges permitted by this article.

Last modified: February 3, 2019