NY Mult Dwell L § 187 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MDW - Multiple Dwelling Article 6 - Converted Dwellings Title 2 - Fire Protection 187 - Egress.

§  187.  Egress.  1.  Except as provided in paragraph g of subdivision   three of section one hundred seventy-one, egress from every apartment on   each story shall be provided as follows:a. If a dwelling is two stories or less in height, or if it  is  three   stories including a basement in height and conforms to the conditions of   subdivision four of section one hundred seventy-seven, a single means of   egress from each story to the street shall be sufficient.b.  Every  other  dwelling  shall have either two independent means of   egress or one means of egress equipped with a sprinkler system.c. At least one means of egress shall be  a  stair  extending  to  and   through  the  roof  by  a bulkhead, except that a scuttle may be used in   lieu of a bulkhead if the dwelling does not exceed a basement and  three   other  stories  in  height, or if it does not exceed a basement and four   other stories in height and is occupied by not more than two families on   any story, and except that no bulkhead or scuttle, or  stair  or  ladder   leading  thereto, shall be required where the roof is a peak roof with a   pitch of more than fifteen degrees.d. Whenever a second means of egress is required, it shall, except  as   provided in paragraph f, extend from the entrance story to the roof, and   shall  be  located  eight  feet  or  more from the first means of egress   unless separated therefrom by a public hall or elevator vestibule.  Such   second  means  of  egress  shall be directly accessible at each story to   each apartment without having to pass through the first means of egress.e. A required second means of egress  shall  be  either  a  system  of   outside  fire-escapes,  constructed  and arranged as provided in section   fifty-three for fire-escapes erected after  April  eighteenth,  nineteen   hundred  twenty-nine, a fire-stair, a fire-tower or a connection with an   adjoining dwelling as provided in paragraph f below.f. If the department upon the application of the owner shall  deem  it   feasible  and  so  permit,  the  owner  shall  provide, and at all times   maintain unobstructed, a first means of egress extending by means  of  a   stair from the street through a bulkhead to the roof and thence from the   roof  of  such dwelling to the roof of an adjoining dwelling and through   such adjoining dwelling to the street and a second means of egress  from   each  apartment  to  a  room  on the same story or level in an adjoining   dwelling by means of a balcony. Every such balcony shall comply with the   requirements for a fire-escape balcony, except that  its  minimum  clear   width  shall  be  two  feet  instead  of three feet. If at any time such   access to  the  street  shall  in  the  opinion  of  the  department  be   obstructed  or  be  otherwise  unsafe  the  department  shall revoke the   permit, and upon such revocation the owner  shall  provide  one  of  the   other types of egress permitted in this section.g.  When  the  department  shall  find  it  impractical  to  erect  an   independent fire-escape and shall refuse to permit egress  by  means  of   balconies  to  an  adjoining  dwelling,  the  department  may permit the   erection or use of a fire-escape to which the occupants of such dwelling   have safe, unobstructed access  in  common  with  the  occupants  of  an   adjoining dwelling.h.  Where  a required means of egress leads to a yard less than thirty   feet in depth, except as provided in paragraph f of subdivision four  of   section  one hundred seventy-seven, there shall be access from such yard   to the street through a court or fireproof passage, or to  the  yard  or   court  of  adjoining  premises  by a gate or door through an intervening   fence, or, if the department deems such gate or door  impracticable  and   so  certifies, by a ladder to the top of an intervening fence or wall or   by such other means as the department may require.2. Where a sprinkler system is required such system shall be  equipped   on  each  story  with one or more automatic sprinkler heads with fusible    struts which shall be constructed to fuse at a  temperature  not  higher   than one hundred sixty-five degrees Fahrenheit and all of which shall be   constructed,  located and arranged in every stair and entrance hall, and   in  every closet opening therefrom, in such manner as the department may   require. Such system may be attached to the city water  supply  main  if   the  normal minimum pressure thereon, measured in pounds per square inch   at the street level at the point of connection with said  main,  is  not   less  than  the  number  of  stories  in  the  height  of  the dwelling,   multiplied by five, plus fifteen. If such  normal  minimum  pressure  is   less than the required amount or such system is not attached to the city   water  supply  main, it shall be supplied with water from a tank located   on the roof of the dwelling of such capacity  and  construction  as  the   department   may  deem  necessary.    Such  sprinkler  system  shall  be   maintained continuously in good repair and serviceable condition.