Neighbor's gate damaged my property

[seantzou]

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? New York

I own a semi-detached home in NYC. Directly adjacent to our property is a large rental building (owned by a large building management company as opposed to a small residential owner like myself) that is separated from our via a 10 foot space that leads to the back of our buildings. This space is the neighboring building's property. Sometime during the past week, the building next door decided that they would construct a large metal gate to restrict access to this private easement space.

The problem is that when constructing this gate, they blatantly drilled several holes into the brick face of my house and are using that to secure this gate of theirs and had done so without giving me notice or obtaining my consent. Moreover, a large SUV parks in this space, and comes literally less than 1 inch away from the side of my building. There is already damage done to the side of my house by this gate and there is potential for further damage should this vehicle ever hit the gate that is secured to the side of my house.

Am not sure on what my options are. Does this constitute property damage or tresspassing? Thank you for your time and consideration of this issue.

regards,
Sean Tzou

[JETX]

Contact the property owner in WRITING (certified RRR) and demand that they remove their encroachment on your property and repair any damages that they have caused.