1.   And vacancy decontrol spurs some landlords to harass tenants to move, Keating said.

2.   As part of his plan, Pataki has proposed criminal penalties for landlords who harass tenants.

3.   Both have called for vacancy decontrol, mandatory escrow payments during housing disputes and tougher penalties against landlords who harass tenants.

4.   Bruno would also stiffen penalties for landlords who harass tenants in an attempt to force them out.

5.   But advocates for tenants said the plan, like one offered by Pataki, would encourage landlords to harass tenants and would drive up rents throughout the city.

6.   But tenant advocates say vacancy decontrol will encourage landlords to harass tenants to leave their apartments.

7.   In early June, three city district attorneys said vacancy decontrol would encourage landlords to harass tenants.

8.   It would impose jail sentences and other stiffer penalties on landlords who harass tenants.

9.   Mostly, though, those pledges amount to supporting the construction of affordable housing and toughening punishments for landlords who harass tenants.

10.   Pataki also called on Sunday for tougher civil and criminal penalties for landlords who harass tenants to make them vacate apartments.