§ 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.