Section 26-412. Prohibitions

a.  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  applicable  maximum  rent  established
  therefor  by  the  city rent agency or otherwise to do or omit to do any
  act, in violation of any regulation, order or requirement  of  the  city
  rent  agency  under  the state enabling act or under this chapter, or to
  offer, solicit, attempt or agree to do any of the foregoing.
    b. It shall be unlawful for any person to remove or attempt to  remove
  from  any  housing  accommodations  the tenant or occupant thereof or to
  refuse  to  renew  the  lease  or  agreement  for  the   use   of   said
  accommodations,  because  such tenant or occupant has taken, or proposes
  to take, action authorized or required by the state rent act or by  this
  chapter or any provision of this code, the multiple dwelling law, or the
  health  code  of  the  city  of  New  York,  or any regulation, order or
  requirement thereunder.
    c. It shall be unlawful for any officer or employee of the  city  rent
  agency or for any official adviser or consultant to the city rent agency
  to  disclose,  otherwise  than  in  the  course  of  official  duty, any
  information obtained under this chapter, or to use any such  information
  for personal benefit.
    d.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any person, with intent to cause any
  tenant to vacate housing accommodations or to  surrender  or  waive  any
  rights  of such tenant under this chapter or the regulations promulgated
  thereunder, to engage in  any  course  of  conduct  including,  but  not
  limited  to,  interruption or discontinuance of essential services which
  interferes with or disturbs or is intended to interfere with or  disturb
  the  comfort, repose, peace or quiet of such tenant in his or her use or
  occupancy of the housing accommodations.
    e. It shall be unlawful for any person to make any statement or  entry
  false in any material respect in any document or report submitted in any
  proceeding  before  the  city  rent  agency or required to be kept filed
  under this chapter or any regulation, order or  requirement  thereunder,
  or  to  wilfully omit or neglect to make any material statement or entry
  required to be made in any such document or report;
    f. It shall be unlawful for a landlord or a successor in  interest  to
  use  housing  accommodations  or the site on which same were located for
  any purposes other than that specified in the certificate of eviction.