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.
N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 9 § 2105.2