Title 9 Part 2105

It shall be unlawful, regardless of any contract, lease or other obligation heretofore or hereafter entered into, for any person to demand or receive, any rent for any housing accommodations in excess of the maximum rent, or otherwise to do or omit to do any act, in violation of any regulation, order or requirement under the Act or this Subchapter, or to offer, solicit, attempt or agree to do any of the foregoing.

The maximum rents and other requirements provided in this Subchapter shall not be evaded, either directly or indirectly, in connection with the renting or leasing or the transfer of a lease of housing accommodations by requiring the tenant to pay, or obligate himself for membership or other fees, or by modification of the practices relating to payment of commissions or other charges, or by modification of the services furnished or required to be furnished with the housing accommodations, or otherwise.

No tenant shall be required to change his term of occupancy; for example, a tenant on a monthly basis shall not be required to change to a weekly basis, and a tenant on a weekly basis shall not be required to change to a daily basis.

L. 1964, ch. 244

Regardless of any contract, agreement, lease or other obligation heretofore or hereafter entered into, no person shall demand, receive or retain a security deposit for or in connection with the use and occupancy of housing accommodations, except (a) if the demand, collection, or retention of such security deposit was permitted under the rent regulations promulgated pursuant to the federal Act, and said security deposit does not exceed the rent for one month in addition to the authorized collection of rent; or (b) if the demand, collection, or retention of such security deposit was pursuant to a rental agreement with the tenant and said security deposit does not exceed the rent for one month (or for one week where the rental payment period is for a term of less than one month) in addition to the authorized collection of rent and provided (1) that said security deposit shall be deposited in an interest-bearing account in a banking organization on and after September 1, 1970; (2) the person depositing such security money shall be entitled to receive, as administration expenses, a sum equivalent to one percent per annum upon the security money so deposited; (3) the balance of the interest paid by the banking organization shall be held in trust until repaid or applied for the rental of the housing accommodations, or annually paid to the tenant; and (4) so long as the landlord complies with the provisions of section 7-103 of the General Obligations Law.

It shall be unlawful for any officer or employee of the commission, or for any official adviser or consultant to the commission, to disclose, otherwise than in the course of official duty, any information obtained under the Act, or to use any such information for personal benefit.

It shall be unlawful for any landlord or any person acting on his behalf, with intent to cause the tenant to vacate, to engage in any course of conduct (including, but not limited to, interruption or discontinuance of essential services or filing of false documents with or making false statements to the commission) which interfere with or disturbs or is intended to interfere with or disturb the comfort, peace, repose or quiet of the tenant in his use or occupancy of the housing accommodations. (See section 10, subdivision 5 of the Act.)