Legal Question in Civil Litigation in New York

Last year, I exercised poor judgment and had an affair. Iw as married, she had a long term boyfriend.

The affair was exposed and by way of trying to alleviate the issue somewhat, I discussed the matter with boyfriend, who had a deep concern that my wife know about the affair. She already had. I offered to allow him to speak to her if she was comfortable.

As you might imagine, she was not, but for me, she left him a voicemail explaining that she does indeed know and asked him not to get in touch. To leave it be. Previous to this he expressed a desire as well to just move on.

Then the next day he wrote my wife an email, carefully couching details of the affair he recently discovered he thought I might not have told her.

She deleted the email and we have not pursued the matter, as we are still dealing with the aftermath of my foolishness privately.

My question is, if this person continues to insist on trying to contact my wife, can it be considered harassment? Would there be some legal means we could pursue against him should he insist on continuing? I'm not claiming I'm going to try to sue him if he writes 1 or 2 more emails. I just want to know what the legal limits are that I can enforce.

There is also the possibility that associates of his MAY attempt to poison the well for me with certain people in my industry. I understand that I earned this ethically to a certain extent, but if it becomes an excessively aggressive campaign to drive me out of my business, what rights can I exercise legally?

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