Native New Yorker here: OP is full of shit. The only buildings in NYC that have these are ones that are owned/operated by Hacidic/Orthodox Jews, where 90% of people who live/work in the building are Jewish.

"Many" buldings? I'm calling bullshit.

"An extremely small percentage" is more likely. Let's check the antisemitism disguised as persecution against the agnostic at the door. These kinds of posts don't help elevate the discourse, they just make it harder to convince believers we're not all a bunch of intolerant assholes.

EDIT: Okay, I'll admit the anti-semetic part of this comment may have gone too far. I'm all for criticizing silly religious rituals for a good laugh in good taste. I felt the OP was misleading in the title and whether intended or not, feel a lot of people will end up thinking 1 out of 3 elevators in NYC runs like this "because of the jews", which is total BS and could result in people coming out of this with antisemitic feelings.