N.Y. Lab. Law § 355

§ 355. Periodic inspection. 1. The commissioner shall inspect every\nhouse in which industrial homework is permitted, and the materials\nissued to the industrial homeworker.\n 2. If the commissioner finds that any home in which homework is being\ndone is not clean, he shall order the tenant at once to clean it.\n 3. If the commissioner finds that a house or any home in which\nhomework is being done is in an unsanitary condition, or that there is\nan infectious or communicable disease therein, he shall at once notify\nthe commissioner of health, or the chief health officer of the district\nin which such house or home is situated.\n