N.Y.C. Admin. Code § 27-999: § 27-999 Inspection and test requirements.

Every new and existing device listed in article one of this subchapter shall be subjected to inspections and test requirements as follows:

(a) Elevators, dumbwaiters and escalators to the requirements specified in the reference standard RS 18-1 except that:

(1) Governor operated elevator car safeties shall be tested with no load in the car at the lowest operating speed.

(2) Instantaneous type car safeties, without governors, operated only as a result of the breaking or slackening of the hoist ropes shall be tested with no load in the car.

(b) Moving walks to the requirements specified in the reference standard RS 18-1.

(c) Lifts, conveyors, and amusement devices shall be inspected and subjected to the test requirements of the applicable reference standards and shall be tested to confirm the load capacity and safety of operation of the equipment, including tests of all operating protective safety devices, adequacy of the structural supports, and anchorage to floors, walls, ceilings and foundations.

(d) All other devices shall be subject to such inspections and tests as the commission may require.