NYC Admin Code › Chapter 2: Housing Maintenance Code › Subchapter 2: Maintenance, Services, and Utilities › Article 13: Janitorial Services
§ 27-2053 Obligations of owner
a. The owner of a multiple dwelling shall provide adequate janitorial services.
b. In a multiple dwelling of nine or more dwelling units, the owner shall either:
(1) Perform the janitorial services himself or herself, if he or she is a resident owner; or
(2) Provide a janitor; or
(3) Provide for janitorial services to be performed on a twenty-four-hour-a-day basis in a manner approved by the department.
c. The owner of a multiple dwelling or his or her managing agent in control shall post and maintain in such dwelling a legible sign, conspicuously displayed, containing the janitor's name, address (including apartment number) and telephone number. A new identification sign shall be posted and maintained within five days following a change of janitor.
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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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