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NYC Admin Code › Chapter 2: Housing Maintenance Code › Subchapter 2: Maintenance, Services, and Utilities › Article 12: Miscellaneous Services and Facilities

§ 27-2051 Maintenance of rooming units

A manager, who may be the owner, shall reside in every rooming house or multiple dwelling used for single room occupancy, except that two adjoining or connected rooming houses may be under the same supervision. The manager shall be responsible for the operation and maintenance of the dwelling.

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NYC Admin Code, as published by American Legal Publishing, the City's official publisher
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No amendment date in the official history
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Matched the official code on October 1, 2026

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