The Manhattan District Attorney's Narcotics Eviction Program examines the Narcotics Eviction Program—a program created by Manhattan District Attorney Robert M. Morgenthau that systematically uses the Real Property Actions and Proceedings Law, a civil statute, to remove drug dealers from residential and commercial buildings. Between June 1988 and August 1994, the program evicted drug dealers from 2,005 apartments and retail stores. The program's success stems from the fact that witnesses can give the police anonymous tips about drug dealing without having to testify in court and although the district attorney can undertake an eviction proceeding if necessary, the program gives landlords a strong incentive to take action themselves because it furnishes them with police laboratory analyses and search and seizure reports.