9 NYCRR § 2522.5 — Lease agreements (Rent Stabilization Code, via Cornell LII)

(2) For housing accommodations in hotels
rented to an occupant who has never had a lease, such occupant may at any time
during his or her occupancy request a lease and the owner must, within 15 days
after such request, grant a lease commencing on the date such request was made
at a rent which does not exceed the legal regulated rent, for a term of at
least six months. The hotel occupant who requests such a lease becomes a
permanent tenant but the lease need not be renewed. Notwithstanding the above,
an owner shall not refuse to grant a lease or to extend or continue a tenancy
in order to prevent the hotel occupant from becoming a permanent tenant, except
to the extent that the owner may be permitted to do so by law pursuant to a
warrant of eviction, or other order of a court of competent jurisdiction, or a
governmental vacate order.

(3) In
addition, where a hotel occupant has not requested a lease, an owner shall not
refuse to extend or continue a tenancy solely in order to prevent the hotel
occupant from becoming a permanent tenant.

(b) Renewal lease.