Title MDW, Multiple Dwelling

§ 186. Extension roofs. The under-surface of the roof of any extension\nshall be fire-retarded or sprinklered unless such ceiling has already\nbeen plastered in a manner satisfactory to the department.\n

§ 187. Egress. 1. Except as provided in paragraph g of subdivision\nthree of section one hundred seventy-one, egress from every apartment on\neach story shall be provided as follows:\n a. If a dwelling is two stories or less in height, or if it is three\nstories including a base…

§ 188. Bulkheads and scuttles. Except as provided in paragraph g of\nsubdivision three of section one hundred seventy-one, bulkheads and\nscuttles shall conform to the following provisions: 1. Every required\nbulkhead to and through the roof shall be fireproof or constructed of\…

§ 189. Stair and public hall construction. Except as provided in\nparagraph g of subdivision three of section one hundred seventy-one,\nstairs and public halls shall conform to the following provisions:\n 1. In a dwelling more than a basement and three other stories in\nheight o…

§ 190. Cellar stairs. 1. Except as provided in paragraph g of\nsubdivision three of section one hundred seventy-one, and except as\notherwise provided in subdivision two hereof, every stair leading from a\ncellar to the floor above shall be constructed of incombustible\nmaterial…

§ 191. Wainscoting. Wainscoting in any stair or public hall shall be\nremoved unless such wainscoting is backed against a fire-retarded wall\nor the stair or hall is equipped with a sprinkler system conforming to\nthe provisions of section one hundred eighty-seven. Where wainsco…

§ 192. Cellar entrance. a. If there is a cellar, there shall be an\nindependent entrance thereto from outside the dwelling by means of a\nmetal fire ladder or fireproof stair leading to an opening in the\noutside cellar wall at least two feet six inches in width and six feet\nin…

§ 193. Frame buildings. No frame building shall be erected or\nmaintained upon the same lot with a dwelling converted after April\ntwenty-eighth, nineteen hundred thirty, nor shall any frame building not\noccupied on April thirteenth, nineteen hundred forty, as a multiple\ndwell…

§ 194. Sprinkler heads in rooms. 1. On and after July first, nineteen\nhundred fifty-seven, in every room used for class B occupancy whether in\na class A or class B non-fireproof converted dwelling, there shall be\none or more sprinkler heads. Such sprinkler heads shall be inst…

§ 2. Legislative finding. It is hereby declared that intensive\noccupation of multiple dwelling sites, overcrowding of multiple dwelling\nrooms, inadequate provision for light and air, and insufficient\nprotection against the defective provision for escape from fire, and\nimprop…

§ 200. Water-closets. Water-closet compartments or bathrooms\ncontaining water-closets in converted multiple dwellings shall comply\nwith the applicable provisions of section seventy-six.\n

§ 210. Application of article seven and other provisions to tenements.\nExcept as provided in section two hundred forty-eight, the provisions of\nthis article shall apply only to tenements, as defined in subdivision\neleven of section four, occupied as such before April eighteen…

§ 211. Height and bulk. 1. No tenement shall be increased in height so\nthat its height shall exceed by more than one-half the width of the\nwidest street upon which it stands. Except as otherwise provided in\nsubdivision four of this section, no non-fireproof tenement shall be\…

§ 212. Yards and courts. 1. No tenement shall be enlarged or its lot\ndiminished in any way which would leave any yard or court less in any\ndimension than the minimum dimensions prescribed for yards or courts in\nsection twenty-six.\n The restrictions of this subdivision shall …

§ 213. Lighting and ventilation of rooms. 1. No tenement, its lot or\nany room, public hall or stairs therein shall be so altered as to have\nits light or ventilation diminished in any way not approved by the\ndepartment.\n 2. In every tenement erected after April twelfth, ninet…

§ 214. Size of rooms. 1. In every tenement erected after April\ntwelfth, nineteen hundred one, the sizes of living rooms shall meet the\nfollowing requirements:\n a. In each apartment there shall be at least one living room\ncontaining at least one hundred twenty square feet of …

§ 215. Alcoves. No part of any room shall be enclosed or subdivided,\nwholly or in part, by a curtain, portiere, fixed or movable partition or\nother contrivance or device unless each such enclosure or subdivision\nshall contain a separate window conforming to the provisions of …

§ 216. Rooms in basements and cellars. No room in the basement or\ncellar of any tenement shall be occupied for living purposes unless\nthere is a written permit therefor as provided in subdivision five of\nsection three hundred and it either is part of an apartment which\ncompl…

§ 217. Lighting and ventilation of public halls and stairs. 1. In\nevery tenement erected after April twelfth, nineteen hundred one, which\nexceeds four stories in height or is occupied by three families or more\non any story, every public hall shall have at least one window ope…

§ 218. Alterations. 1. Any non-fireproof tenement erected after May\nfifteenth, nineteen hundred two, having apartments extending from street\nto yard and having one or more outer courts on a side lot line four feet\nor more in width or inner courts which alone or together with …

§ 230. Chimneys and fireplaces. In every existing tenement which is\nnot heated from a central heating plant there shall be adequate flues or\nchimneys through every floor with a fireplace or place for a stove\nproperly connected with one of such flues or chimneys for every\napa…

§ 231. Egress. 1. Every non-fireproof tenement exceeding two stories\nin height and every fireproof tenement erected after May sixteenth,\nnineteen hundred thirteen, shall have at least two independent means of\negress, which shall extend from the ground story to the roof, be lo…

§ 232. Fire-escapes. 1. All fire-escapes erected after April\neighteenth, nineteen hundred twenty-nine, shall be arranged and\nconstructed in conformity with the provisions of section fifty-three.\n 2. As specifically indicated in subdivision nine of section\nfifty-three, a wire…

§ 233. Bulkheads and scuttles. 1. Every tenement, except as in this\nsection otherwise provided, shall have in the roof a fireproof bulkhead\nwith a fireproof door and after January first, nineteen hundred\nfifty-seven, the door shall be self-closing. Bulkheads existing on April…

§ 234. Stairs and public halls. 1. In every tenement erected after\nApril eighteenth, nineteen hundred twelve, all stairs shall extend from\nthe entrance story to the roof, except as otherwise provided in section\ntwo hundred thirty-three, and the stairs and public halls shall e…

§ 235. Stairs in non-fireproof tenements. 1. Every non-fireproof\ntenement erected after May fifteenth, nineteen hundred two, containing\nmore than twenty-six apartments or suites of rooms above the entrance\nstory shall have an additional stair for every additional twenty-six\n…

§ 236. Stairs in fireproof tenements. 1. Except as in this section\notherwise provided, every fireproof tenement erected after May\nfifteenth, nineteen hundred two, containing more than thirty-six\napartments or suites of rooms above the entrance story shall have an\nadditional …

§ 237. Stair construction. 1. Every stair in a tenement erected after\nApril twelfth, nineteen hundred one, shall be accessible on the entrance\nstory from a street or street court, or from an inner court which\nconnects directly with a street.\n 2. All such stairs shall have ri…

§ 238. Stair and entrance halls. All stair and entrance halls in\ntenements shall be constructed as provided in this section.\n 1. In tenements erected after April twelfth, nineteen hundred one:\n a. On every story there shall be fireproof doors and assemblies with\nthe doors se…

§ 239. Tower fire-escapes and supplemental stairs. In fireproof\ntenements tower fire-escapes or stairs which are supplemental to the\nstairs required by law may be installed providing such tower\nfire-escapes or stairs shall be shut off from all other parts of the\ndwelling by …

§ 240. First tier of beams. 1. In all tenements erected after April\ntwelfth, nineteen hundred one, which are five stories or more in height,\nthe first floor above the lowest cellar, or, if there be no cellar,\nabove the basement or other lowest story, shall be fireproof; and a…

§ 241. Partitions; fire-stopping. 1. In tenements erected after April\neighteenth, nineteen hundred twelve, wood stud apartment partitions\nwhich are directly over each other shall run through the wood floor\nbeams and rest upon the plate of the partition below. In fireproof\nte…

§ 242. Cellar and basement stairs in non-fireproof tenements. 1.\nCellar stairs in non-fireproof tenements erected after April twelfth,\nnineteen hundred one, which are occupied by three families or more on\nany story or which are five stories or more in height, shall be governe…

§ 243. Cellar and basement stairs in fireproof tenements. In fireproof\ntenements erected after April eighteenth, nineteen hundred twelve, the\ncellar and basement stairs shall be located, arranged and constructed as\nprovided in section one hundred six for fireproof dwellings e…

§ 244. Spaces under stairs. In non-fireproof tenements erected after\nApril twelfth, nineteen hundred one, no closet of any kind shall be\nconstructed or maintained under any stair leading from the entrance\nstory to the upper stories, and such space shall be kept entirely open\…

§ 245. Cellar entrance. In tenements erected after April twelfth,\nnineteen hundred one, there shall be an entrance to the cellar, or to\nthe basement or other lowest story if there be no cellar, from the\noutside of the tenement.\n

§ 248. Single room occupancy. 1. It shall be unlawful to occupy any\nframe multiple dwelling for single room occupancy. It shall be unlawful\nto occupy any other existing class A dwelling or part thereof as a\nrooming house or furnished room house or for single room occupancy\nu…

§ 25. Application of article three. Except as otherwise expressly\nprovided, all the provisions of this article shall apply to every\nmultiple dwelling erected after April eighteenth, nineteen hundred\ntwenty-nine. Except as otherwise expressly provided, only the following\nenum…

§ 250. Water-closets. Water-closet compartments in tenements shall\ncomply with the applicable provisions of section seventy-six.\n

§ 251. Vent flues. Supplementary water-closet compartments and\nbathrooms in fireproof tenements shall be ventilated and lighted in\naccordance with the applicable provisions of section seventy-six.\n

§ 252. Privacy. In every apartment of three or more rooms in any\ntenement erected after April twelfth, nineteen hundred one, there shall\nbe access to every living room and bedroom and to at least one\ncompartment or bathroom containing a water-closet without passing\nthrough a…

§ 26. Height, bulk, open spaces. 1. Dwellings affected. a. This\nsection, except as may specifically be provided otherwise in articles\nsix and seven, shall apply to all dwellings erected, enlarged, converted\nor altered pursuant to plans filed on or after December fifteenth,\nn…

* § 260. Recovery of rent for certain non-complying premises\nrestricted during emergency period. 1. Legislative finding. It is hereby\ndeclared that in cities of this state with a population of over one\nmillion there exists an acute shortage of dwelling accommodations\navailab…

* § 261. Recovery of possession of certain non-complying premises\nrestricted during emergency period. 1. Legislative finding. The public\nemergency which existed at the time of the enactment of and which was\ndeclared in chapter six hundred seventy-five of the laws of nineteen\…

§ 262. Alteration of uncompleted buildings. The provisions of this\nchapter relating to multiple dwellings erected after April eighteenth,\nnineteen hundred twenty-nine, shall not apply to any fireproof building\nstructurally enclosed but uncompleted on April first, nineteen hun…

* § 264. Conversion of certain dwellings. 1. Notwithstanding any\ninconsistent provision of this chapter or of any other law, it shall be\nlawful until July first, nineteen hundred forty-nine, for any owner to\nconvert a non-fireproof dwelling which is not of frame construction,…

§ 275. Legislative findings. It is hereby declared and found that in\ncities with a population in excess of one million, large numbers of\nloft, manufacturing, commercial, institutional, public and community\nfacility buildings have lost, and continue to lose, their tenants to\n…

§ 276. Definition of an artist. As used in this article, the word\n"artist" means a person who is regularly engaged in the fine arts, such\nas painting and sculpture or in the performing or creative arts,\nincluding choreography and filmmaking, or in the composition of music on\…

§ 277. Occupancy permitted. Any building in any city of more than one\nmillion persons which at any time prior to January first, nineteen\nhundred seventy-seven was occupied for loft, commercial, institutional,\npublic, community facility or manufacturing purposes, may,\nnotwith…

§ 278. Application of other provisions. 1. The provisions of this\narticle apply to buildings with residential, mixed or joint living-work\nquarters or artists' occupancy as herein provided and to such buildings\nonly. In addition to the provisions of this article, the following…