NYC Admin Code › Chapter 2: Housing Maintenance Code › Subchapter 2: Maintenance, Services, and Utilities › Article 13: Janitorial Services

§ 27-2052 Definitions

When used in this article:

(a) Janitorial services means: Cleaning and maintenance, including the making of minor repairs; the furnishing of heat and hot water, where supplied from a central source; the removal of garbage, refuse, ashes and wastes from the premises; and the removal of snow, ice, dirt and other matter from the sidewalk and gutter.

(b) Janitor means a person employed to perform janitorial services.

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

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