Section 16

Section 16. Whenever it is necessary to improve the lighting of any hall, corridor, cellar, basement, or other part of a two- family dwelling, rooming-house, or tenement, used in common by two or more families, in addition to the provisions for this purpose otherwise stated in this act, the Chief of the Division of Housing and Sanitation may order the walls and ceiling, or both, to be painted or white-washed, kalsomined, or papered in white or other approved light color.