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Article 13 - JANITORIAL SERVICES¶

Section 27-2052¶

Section 27-2052

  § 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.

Section 27-2053¶

Section 27-2053

  §  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.

Section 27-2054¶

Section 27-2054

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

Section 27-2055¶

Section 27-2055

  §  27-2055  Certification  of  competency.  a.  Except  as provided in
subdivision b of this section, the owner who is  required  to  employ  a
janitor  shall  certify  in  writing to the department that such owner's
janitor is competent to  perform  janitorial  services  required  to  be
performed  by  this  article  in  a  competent fashion and is capable of
operating the incinerator and the furnace, boiler  and  other  machinery
that  provides  central heat and hot water. The owner shall submit a new
certificate of the janitor's competency to the department no later  than
sixty days after hiring a new janitor.
  b.  No  such  certification shall be required concerning a janitor who
has satisfactorily completed a course of not  less  than  fifteen  hours
given  or  approved  by  the department of buildings in the basic skills
required for the performance of janitorial services. Such course  should
include,  but  need  not  be limited to, instruction on operation of the
central heating plant; replacement of the smoke pipe from the furnace to
the chimney;  and  the  making  of  necessary  minor  repairs,  such  as
replacement  of  washers  and  water  faucets.  Courses  approved by the
department of buildings may be offered by a school,  association,  labor
union or other public agency.
  c.  This  section  shall become effective on June thirteenth, nineteen
hundred sixty-eight.

Section 27-2056¶

Section 27-2056

  § 27-2056 Exemption of New York city housing authority. The provisions
of  this  article  shall  not be applicable to the New York city housing
authority.