Int. No. 425
By Council Member Koppell
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the replacement of lock cylinders.
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision a of section 27-2043 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended to read as follows:
a. The owner of a dwelling shall provide [a] an operational key lock in the entrance door to each dwelling unit and at least one working key at all times. In a class A multiple dwelling such door shall be equipped with a heavy-duty latch set and a heavy duty dead bolt operable by a key from the outside and a thumb-turn from the inside. The owner of a class A multiple dwelling shall replace the cylinder in each key lock in the entrance door to a dwelling unit at the beginning of each tenancy of such dwelling unit.
§2. This local law shall take effect immediately.
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