There are probably specific laws that control landlord / tenant rent disputes. (law.stackexchange.com)
Landlord / Tenant: Unhealthy or unsafe conditions, failure to make repairs or provide promised amenities, deposit and rent disputes as well as illegal eviction tactics were included. (entrepreneur.com)
The Deputy First Assistant State Attorney General, Harvey J. Golubock, said the savings bank in its efforts to question Andrew Cuomo and others was «seeking to inject an irrelevant element of scandal into what is otherwise an ordinary commercial rent dispute.» (nytimes.com)