Section 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.