New York Laws
Title 1 - Sanitation
376 - Mercantile Establishments and Restaurants.

ยง 376. Mercantile establishments and restaurants. Every mercantile
establishment and restaurant shall be so constructed, equipped and
maintained as to provide reasonable and adequate protection to the
lives, health and safety of all persons employed therein and frequenting
the same.

Every room in a mercantile establishment or restaurant and every part
thereof and all fixtures therein shall at all times be kept sanitary.
Floors shall be kept in safe condition. Suitable receptacles shall be
provided and used for the storage of waste and refuse, and shall be
maintained in a sanitary condition.