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What is NYC RCNY § 55-01?

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An owner must keep a record of the following documents for five years, and produce such documents upon request of the Department: (1) documentation of annual notification to tenants by the owner to make stove knob covers or permanent stove safety knobs with integrated locking mechanisms available for apartments; (2)

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Effective: 12/15/2018Last amended: 6/30/2022

§ 55-01 Records.

RCNY § 55-01

An owner must keep a record of the following documents for five years, and produce such documents upon request of the Department: (1) documentation of annual notification to tenants by the owner to make stove knob covers or permanent stove safety knobs with integrated locking mechanisms available for apartments; (2) a list of units for which stove knob covers or permanent stove safety knobs with integrated locking mechanisms were made available; (3) a list of written requests received from units for stove knob covers or permanent stove safety knobs with integrated locking mechanisms and attempts to make them available; (4) a list of units where, after written request by the tenant, stove knob covers or permanent stove safety knobs with integrated locking mechanisms could not be made available for the particular stove in the unit, with documented proof that compatible knob covers or permanent stove safety knobs with integrated locking mechanisms for such stove are unavailable or that the stove was not a gas-powered stove. (Added City Record 11/15/2018, eff. 12/15/2018; amended City Record 5/31/2022, eff. 6/30/2022)

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