Gov. Andrew Cuomo, New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio are set to launch a coordinated crackdown on landlords accused of trying to harass tenants from their rent-stabilized apartments. Schneiderman and de Blasio announced on Thursday an aggressive new effort to go after property owners who use illegal tactics to force out tenants paying lower rent.

The Tenant Harassment Prevention Task Force will take particular aim at landlords that use harassment to force current occupants to vacate their apartments in order to fetch higher rents or convert rent-regulated buildings to luxury condominiums. The joint task force will confront the rise in complaints that landlords are using a variety of tactics, including disruptive and dangerous renovation and construction projects, to force tenants into vacating rent-regulated apartments.