Can anyone tell me if the laws are different for evicting a tenant out of an owner occupied two unit in NY.

The only differences at times are rules if the landlord owns over a certain amount of rentals, but that normally does not change the procedure, only requirements on landlords.
Also it can differ if this is a rent controlled unit.

But why do they want to evict, non payment, breaking lease or so what

can anyone tell me if the laws are different for evicting a tenant out of an owner occupied two unit in NY.
Non payment and allowing other people to live in unit without landlords permission. They haven't paid in 2 months now

If you have not evicted before ( assuming you are the landlord) I would hire an attorney to do the notice letter and the formal filing paperwork, I know you can do it yourself, but NY can be a little pro renter at times, and you can reuse the same paper work once an attorney draws it up on the next tenant,

Also there should be forms available on places like LegalZoom: Online Legal Document Services: LLC,Divorce,Wills,Incorporation & More (http://www.legalzoom.com) or other similar legal forms sites.

My only suggestion, don't let it ever go two months again, start after they are late on that first month.

can anyone tell me if the laws are different for evicting a tenant out of an owner occupied two unit in NY.


No, laws are the same (as Fr Chuck said, assuming it's not rent controlled) as long as the unit is legal.

I know rumor is that NYS is pro-tenant; I have never had a problem (I'm a landlord) but maybe people aren't aware of the process and their mistakes cost them - ?

You can also always hire an Attorney to handle it.