N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 9, § 2200.14
No payment of rent need be made unless the land lord tenders a receipt for the amount to be paid when so requested by a tenant. The landlord shall issue to every tenant either a rent bill or rent receipt at the time of each rental payment. The receipt may be imprinted on the tenant's check or money order tendered in payment for rent. All statements on such bill or receipt shall be legible, and there shall be printed in ink or stamped thereon, where the premises are a multiple dwelling: