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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.

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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