They recently (June) made this illegal in NYC. Whether it's enforced is a different matter. Problem is with the laws generally favoring tenants here, there ar

They recently (June) made this illegal in NYC. Whether it's enforced is a different matter. Problem is with the laws generally favoring tenants here, there are litigious bad apples and no one wants a tenant who can game the system and get 6-12 months of free lodging because they know how. After 30 days, you have squatter rights which means the court system needs to evict you if you're naughty, and that can take a long time. On the flip side, if you as a tenant ended up in housing court and won (i.e. it wasn't your fault), you were in that database.