NYC Administrative Code

§ 27-2054 — Residence of person performing janitorial services; limitation on number of dwelling units served.

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What is NYC AC § 27-2054?

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This section mandates that janitorial service providers for multiple dwellings of nine or more units must reside within a specified distance from the dwelling, unless the owner resides there. It limits the number of units a janitor can service to sixty-five. Applies to building owners employing janitorial services.

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§ 27-2054 Residence of person performing janitorial services; limitation on number of dwelling units served.

AC § 27-2054

The person who performs janitorial services for a multiple dwelling of nine or more dwelling units (other than where janitorial services are performed on a twenty-four-hour-a-day basis under paragraph three of subdivision b of section 27-2053 of this article) shall reside in or within a distance of one block or two hundred feet from the dwelling, whichever is greater, unless the owner resides in the multiple dwelling. Where two or three multiple dwellings are connected or adjoining, it shall be sufficient, however, that the person who performs janitorial services resides in one of these, but no person who performs janitorial services for more than one multiple dwelling may service more than sixty-five dwelling units. Regardless of residence the janitor must have a telephone where the janitor may reasonably be expected to be reached.

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