N.Y. Multiple Dwelling Law § 50-c: Rights of tenants to operate and maintain a lobby attendant service

§ 50-c. Rights of tenants to operate and maintain a lobby attendant

service. 1. Tenants of every class A multiple dwelling containing eight

or more apartments shall be entitled to maintain and operate a lobby

attendant service for such multiple dwelling at any time or times when

an attendant hired or furnished by the owner thereof shall not be on

duty. Such lobby attendants so maintained by such tenants shall be

engaged solely for security purposes and shall perform no acts or duties

other than those which shall be directly related to the safety and

security of occupants and visitors to such building while in and about

the public portions thereof and no owner shall unreasonably hinder,

interfere with, obstruct or prohibit the maintenance and operation of

such service, provided that each attendant so engaged by tenants shall

at all times when on duty be stationed at and remain in the entrance

halls or public lobbies of the building adjacent to the main entrance

thereto, and provided further that no owner of such building shall be in

any manner liable or responsible for any injury to any such attendant or

for any damage or injury arising out of or resulting from any act or

omission of any such attendant or for the payment of any wages or other

compensation to such attendants. The lobby attendants furnished,

operated or maintained by tenants pursuant to this section may consist

of or include tenants or other occupants of the multiple dwelling and

may include either volunteer or paid personnel or a combination thereof.

2. Any agent, owner or other person who shall unreasonably interfere,

hinder, obstruct or prohibit the installation, maintenance and operation

of any such lobby attendant or shall unreasonably hinder or interfere

with the performance of the duties of such lobby attendant engaged

pursuant to this section, shall be guilty of a violation with a maximum

fine not to exceed fifty dollars.