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 division) which interferes 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.
N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 9 § 2505.6