MALICIOUS INTERFERENCE WITH CONTRACT RIGHTS A party may have a claim for malicious interference with contract rights

where:

a party who, having knowledge of a contract; and without reasonable justification or excuse; induces one of the parties to break the contract; by reason of which the other party sustains damage; and may be liable for the damages.

See Dome Prop. Mgmt., Inc. v. Barbaria, 47 A.D.3d 870, 870, 850 N.Y.S.2d 208, 209 (N.Y. App. Div., 2d Dep t 2008) [1-5]. Statute of Limitations Contractual claims are governed by a six year statute of limitations. See New York Civil Practice Law and Rules 213(2).