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NY Mult Dwell L § 105 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MDW - Multiple Dwelling Article 4 - Fireproof Multiple Dwellings Title 1 - Fire Protection 105 - Separation and Ventilation of Stairs.

§ 105. Separation and ventilation of stairs. 1. In a dwelling in which   one or more passenger elevators are maintained and operated opening upon   a  public  hall  at every story, all stairs, fire-stairs and fire-towers   shall be completely separated from one another and from  every  elevator   shaft  by  fireproof  walls.  They  shall  be  constructed  of fireproof   material throughout and shall  contain  no  wood  or  other  inflammable   material of any kind, except that handrails of hardwood may be provided.2.  Access  to  stairs,  fire-stairs and fire-tower balconies from any   public vestibule or other public hall shall be through  fireproof  doors   and  assemblies,  with  the  doors  self-closing and at least three feet   wide, or through pairs of such doors at least four feet wide, containing   in either case a fixed sash  glazed  with  wire  glass  at  least  three   hundred sixty square inches in area.3.  Every  stair  hall  shall be ventilated by a window, or by movable   louvres in the skylight having  an  opening  of  at  least  one  hundred   forty-four  square  inches,  or  by  an  opening of at least one hundred   forty-four  square  inches  near  the  top  of  the  stair   shaft   and   communicating directly with the outer air. If a window is provided which   does  not  open  upon a street or yard, it shall be fireproof and glazed   with wire glass of good quality and have no pane more than three hundred   sixty square inches in area.
NY Mult Dwell L § 106 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MDW - Multiple Dwelling Article 4 - Fireproof Multiple Dwellings Title 1 - Fire Protection 106 - Cellar and Basement Stairs.

§  106. Cellar and basement stairs.  A cellar or basement stair may be   located inside the dwelling, but shall not be located underneath a stair   leading to the upper stories unless  it  is  a  basement  stair  leading   upward from a basement which is the main entrance story of the dwelling,   or  unless  it is a stair leading downward from the entrance story which   is separated by a fireproof arch from the stair leading upward from  the   entrance  story.    Except  as otherwise provided in subdivision five of   section fifty-two,  all  inside  cellar  or  basement  stairs  shall  be   entirely  enclosed  with  fireproof walls and be provided with fireproof   doors and assemblies, with the doors self-closing, at all openings.
NY Mult Dwell L § 108 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MDW - Multiple Dwelling Article 4 - Fireproof Multiple Dwellings Title 1 - Fire Protection 108 - Partitions.

§  108.  Partitions.    All  partitions  shall  rest directly upon the   fireproof floor construction and never upon any wood flooring, and shall   extend to the fireproof construction of the floor or roof above.
NY Mult Dwell L § 115 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MDW - Multiple Dwelling Article 4 - Fireproof Multiple Dwellings Title 2 - Sanitation 115 - Interior Water-Closets and Bathrooms.

§  115.  Interior  water-closets  and bathrooms. Interior water-closet   compartments and bathrooms contained  in  fireproof  multiple  dwellings   shall comply with the applicable provisions of section seventy-six.
NY Mult Dwell L § 116 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MDW - Multiple Dwelling Article 4 - Fireproof Multiple Dwellings Title 2 - Sanitation 116 - Water-Closets in Certain Class B Multiple Dwellings.

§   116.   Water-closets   in  certain  class  B  multiple  dwellings.   Water-closets contained in certain  class  B  multiple  dwellings  shall   comply with the applicable provisions of section seventy-six.
NY Mult Dwell L § 117 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MDW - Multiple Dwelling Article 4 - Fireproof Multiple Dwellings Title 2 - Sanitation 117 - Employees' Water-Closets.

§  117.  Employees'  water-closets. Water-closet compartments provided   for domestic servants of tenants in multiple dwellings shall comply with   the applicable provisions of section seventy-six.
NY Mult Dwell L § 121 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MDW - Multiple Dwelling Article 4 - Fireproof Multiple Dwellings Title 3 - Certain Class a Multiple Dwellings Erected Prior to December 15, 1961 121 - Prohibiting Advertising That Promotes the Use of Dwelling Units in a Class a Multiple Dwelling for Other Than Permanent Residence Purposes.

§ 121. Prohibiting advertising that promotes the use of dwelling units   in  a  class  A  multiple  dwelling  for  other than permanent residence   purposes. 1. It shall be unlawful  to  advertise  occupancy  or  use  of   dwelling  units  in a class A multiple dwelling for occupancy that would   violate subdivision eight of section four of  this  chapter  defining  a   "class  A" multiple dwelling as a multiple dwelling that is occupied for   permanent residence purposes.2. Any person found to have violated the provisions of subdivision one   of this section shall be liable for a civil penalty of not more than one   thousand dollars for the first violation, five thousand dollars for  the   second  violation  and seven thousand five hundred dollars for the third   and subsequent violations.3. For the purposes of this section, the term "advertise"  shall  mean   any  form  of  communication  for  marketing  that is used to encourage,   persuade or manipulate viewers, readers or  listeners  into  contracting   for  goods  and/or  services  as  may  be  viewed  through various media   including, but not limited to, newspapers, magazines, flyers, handbills,   television commercials, radio, signage, direct mail,  websites  or  text   messages.4.  Notwithstanding  the  provisions of section three hundred three of   this chapter, in a city with a population of one  million  or  more  the   provisions  of  this  section shall be enforced by the mayor's office of   special enforcement.
NY Mult Dwell L § 141 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MDW - Multiple Dwelling Article 5 - Non-Fireproof Multiple Dwellings Title 1 - Fire Protection 141 - Height.

§ 141. Height. Any such dwelling which is seventy-five feet or less in   height  above  the  curb  level  and  has  six stories or less may be of   non-fireproof construction.
NY Mult Dwell L § 142 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MDW - Multiple Dwelling Article 5 - Non-Fireproof Multiple Dwellings Title 1 - Fire Protection 142 - Sub-Curb Uses.

§ 142. Sub-curb uses. 1. When such a dwelling is more than eighty feet   in  height  measured from the lowest point of the yard or of any curb on   which any part of the dwelling faces, whichever is lower, and  any  room   in  such  dwelling below the level of the highest curb which any part of   such dwelling faces is occupied for  living  purposes  as  permitted  in   paragraph  f  of subdivision one of section thirty-four, the yard at the   level of such highest curb shall be set back so as to be at least  eight   feet  greater  in  depth  than the yard below such level unless the yard   opens directly upon a street.2. If such a dwelling is erected upon an interior lot running  through   from street to street, the wall of the dwelling facing the lowest street   shall,  at  the  level  of  the  highest  curb on which any part of such   dwelling faces, be set back at least eight feet.3. The setback of the yard  or  wall  required  by  each  of  the  two   preceding subdivisions shall be a fire-terrace. Nothing herein contained   shall  be  construed  to  permit  a yard of smaller dimensions below the   level of such fire-terrace than required by paragraph f  of  subdivision   one of section thirty-four.4.  From  each apartment below the level of such highest curb at least   one means of egress shall lead directly to such fire-terrace in a manner   approved by the department. Such fire-terrace shall be  protected  by  a   guard  railing  approved  by  the  department, and shall afford safe and   unobstructed access  either  directly  to  a  street  or  to  a  covered   fireproof  passage at least three feet in width and seven feet in height   leading directly and without obstruction to a street.5. In all portions of such dwellings below the level  of  the  highest   curb  all structural members, partitions, furrings and ceilings shall be   constructed of incombustible materials.6. Apartments may also be occupied for living purposes in cellars  and   basements  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  subdivision six of   section thirty-four.
NY Mult Dwell L § 143 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MDW - Multiple Dwelling Article 5 - Non-Fireproof Multiple Dwellings Title 1 - Fire Protection 143 - Construction of First Floor.

§  143.  Construction  of  first  floor.  1. The first floor above the   lowest cellar, or, if there be no cellar, above the lowest story,  shall   be  fireproof  or,  if  the dwelling be three stories or less in height,   fire-retarded. Said first floor shall be unpierced except  for  a  stair   leading to a cellar as provided in section one hundred fifty, for lawful   pipes,  conduits  and  ducts and for dumbwaiter and elevator shafts. Any   such dumbwaiter and elevator shafts shall be equipped  at  all  openings   below  the said first floor with fireproof doors and assemblies with the   doors self-closing.2. Whenever the lowest cellar does not extend over more than half  the   area of the dwelling, that portion of the first floor directly over such   cellar   and  the  entire  second  floor  above  such  cellar  shall  be   constructed as in this section prescribed for the first floor above  the   lowest  cellar.  Whenever the lowest cellar extends over more than half,   but not all, of the area of the dwelling, only that portion of the first   floor directly over such cellar need be constructed as in  this  section   prescribed for the first floor above the lowest cellar.
NY Mult Dwell L § 144 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MDW - Multiple Dwelling Article 5 - Non-Fireproof Multiple Dwellings Title 1 - Fire Protection 144 - Egress From Dwellings.

§  144.  Egress from dwellings. 1. A dwelling three or more stories in   height shall have at least two means of egress  extending  to  the  roof   from  an  entrance  story,  street, court or yard. The entrances to such   means of egress at every story shall be at least  fifteen  feet  distant   from  each other unless they are on opposite sides of a public hall. One   means of egress shall be a stair constructed as provided in section  one   hundred  forty-eight.  The other means of egress shall be either another   such  stair  or  a  fire-escape  constructed  as  provided  in   section   fifty-three.2.  If  the  number of living rooms on any story, or in any section of   any story, above the entrance story exceeds twenty, there  shall  be  an   additional  stair,  or  fire-stair, extending from the entrance story to   the roof for each twenty rooms or fraction  thereof  on  such  story  or   section thereof in excess of twenty, except that no additional stair, or   fire-stair,  shall  be  required for such excess on any story or section   thereof if the number of living rooms thereon does not exceed thirty and   if in addition one  stair  serving  such  story  or  section  and  every   entrance  hall  or  other public hall connected therewith are everywhere   four feet six inchs or more in clear width.3. There shall be accessible from every apartment two means of  egress   from  the dwelling, one of which shall be a stair within fifty feet from   a means of egress from such apartment. For such dwellings erected  under   plans  filed  in  the department after September first, nineteen hundred   fifty-one, such stair  shall  also  be  enclosed  and  comply  with  the   provisions of section one hundred forty-eight.4.  Whenever  more  than  two stairs are required, one or more of such   stairs may be fire-stairs or  fire-towers,  provided  that  there  shall   never  be more than one such fire-stair or fire-tower for each two other   required stairs.
NY Mult Dwell L § 145 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MDW - Multiple Dwelling Article 5 - Non-Fireproof Multiple Dwellings Title 1 - Fire Protection 145 - Fire-Escapes.

§  145.  Fire-escapes.  Every  fire-escape shall be located, arranged,   constructed and maintained as provided in section fifty-three.
NY Mult Dwell L § 146 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MDW - Multiple Dwelling Article 5 - Non-Fireproof Multiple Dwellings Title 1 - Fire Protection 146 - Egress From Apartments.

§ 146. Egress from apartments. 1. There shall be at least two means of   egress  from  every  apartment or suite. Such means shall be remote from   each other.  Except  where  it  opens  into  a  stair  as  permitted  in   subdivision three, one means shall be to a public hall connecting with a   stair,  fire-stair  or fire-tower, not more than fifty feet distant from   such means. In dwellings erected under plans  filed  in  the  department   after   September   first,   nineteen  hundred  fifty-one,  such  stair,   fire-stair or fire-tower shall be enclosed. The other required means  of   egress  shall  open  either directly upon a fire-escape or directly on a   fire-tower balcony or a public vestibule or other public hall connecting   with a stair, fire-stair or fire-tower balcony.2. Except as hereinafter provided for dwellings two stories or less in   height such balcony, vestibule, hall or stair shall  be  separated  from   the  public  hall or stair on which the first means of egress opens by a   fireproof wall, unpierced unless by an opening equipped with a fireproof   door and assembly with the door self-closing. Such  door  shall  not  be   held  open  by any device whatever. In a dwelling two stories or less in   height, the separating wall may be fire-retarded on both sides  in  lieu   of being fireproof.3.  In a dwelling three stories or less in height and occupied by four   families or less on each story, and in any section of a class A dwelling   which is two stories or less in height and occupied by four families  or   less  on  each  story,  a  means  of  egress  from an apartment may open   directly into a stair without the intervention of a public hall.
NY Mult Dwell L § 147 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MDW - Multiple Dwelling Article 5 - Non-Fireproof Multiple Dwellings Title 1 - Fire Protection 147 - Bulkheads and Scuttles.

§  147.  Bulkheads  and  scuttles.  1. Except as otherwise provided in   subdivision two of this section, every required  stair,  fire-stair  and   fire-tower  in  dwellings  three  stories or more in height shall have a   bulkhead constructed as provided for fireproof dwellings in section  one   hundred  four,  except  that the bulkhead of any required stair which is   not required to be fireproof may be built of wood covered on the outside   with twenty-six gauge metal and on the inside with wire  or  metal  lath   covered  with  two  coats  of  cement  plaster  or  other fire-retarding   material approved by the department.2. Such a dwelling which is two stories or less in height, or is three   stories  in  height  and  erected  pursuant  to  plans  filed  with  the   department  on  or  after  May  first,  nineteen  hundred fifty-nine and   occupied by not more than one family on each story, shall be provided at   each required  stair,  fire-stair  or  fire-tower  either  with  such  a   bulkhead  or  with  a  scuttle  at least two feet by three feet in size,   located in the ceiling of the public  hall  on  the  top  story  and  so   arranged  as  to  provide  direct  and uninterrupted access to the roof.   Every such scuttle shall be arranged to  be  readily  opened,  shall  be   covered on the outside with metal and shall be provided with stairs or a   stationary  iron ladder or ladders leading thereto and easily accessible   to all the tenants of the dwelling.3. No bulkhead or other superstructure on the roof shall be  used  for   human occupancy.4. When a dwelling has a pitched or sloping roof with a pitch or slope   of  more than fifteen degrees, no bulkhead or scuttle or stair or ladder   leading thereto shall be required.
NY Mult Dwell L § 148 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MDW - Multiple Dwelling Article 5 - Non-Fireproof Multiple Dwellings Title 1 - Fire Protection 148 - Public Stairs.

§ 148. Public stairs. 1. Every stair, fire-stair and fire-tower shall,   except  as  otherwise  provided  in  subdivisions three and four of this   section and section one hundred forty-nine, be constructed  as  provided   for  fire-stairs  in  sections  one hundred two and one hundred five for   fireproof dwellings.2. Every stair, fire-stair and fire-tower shall be at least three feet   in clear width throughout, and at all floor levels shall  have  landings   at least three feet six inches in clear width.3.   Every  stair,  fire-stair  and  fire-tower  shall  be  completely   separated from every other stair, fire-stair  and  fire-tower  and  from   every public hall and shaft by fireproof walls, with fireproof doors and   assemblies,  with  the  doors  self-closing and without transoms, at all   openings, except that in dwellings two stories or less  in  height  such   walls may be fire-retarded on both sides in lieu of being fireproof. The   doors  giving access to such stairs shall not be held open by any device   whatever.4. Except in the case of an interior enclosed stair separated from and   directly accessible to the public hall by a self-closing fireproof  door   and  except  as provided in subdivision five, there shall be provided to   light and ventilate every stair at  every  story  a  window  or  windows   opening  on a street, court, yard or space above a setback. At least one   such window shall be at least two feet six inches  wide  and  five  feet   high unless it opens on a street, in which case its minimum height shall   be four feet. The aggregate area of such window or windows at each story   shall  be  at least eighteen square feet. On the top story a ventilating   skylight may be substituted for a window. At the entrance  story  or  at   the  roof  level  a sash door, such as described in section thirty-five,   opening to the outer air may be substituted for such window.5. In a dwelling occupied by two families or less on every story:a. If such dwelling is three stories or less in height, there  may  be   provided  for  any stair, in lieu of windows, a stairwell sixteen inches   or more in clear width extending from the entrance story to the roof.b. If such dwelling is a class A dwelling and is two stories  or  less   in  height,  there  may be provided for any stair, in lieu of windows, a   stairwell six inches or more in clear width. For the  purposes  of  this   paragraph  a  section  of  a  class  A multiple dwelling may be deemed a   separate multiple dwelling.c. If such dwelling is two stories in height and has no public hall on   the first story, no stairwell or stair windows need be provided.
NY Mult Dwell L § 151 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MDW - Multiple Dwelling Article 5 - Non-Fireproof Multiple Dwellings Title 1 - Fire Protection 151 - Spaces Under Stairs.

§  151.  Spaces under stairs. 1. It shall be unlawful to have a closet   of any kind under any public stair.2. The space beneath every stair from the foot of the stair to a point   where the soffit is four feet or more above the floor shall be  entirely   enclosed with unpierced fire-retarded partitions. Such enclosure beneath   a  flight  of public stairs leading from the entrance story to the story   next above shall be fireproof.3. Any unenclosed portion of the space  beneath  a  flight  of  public   stairs  leading from the entrance story to the story next above shall be   left entirely open and kept clear and free from encumbrance.
NY Mult Dwell L § 152 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MDW - Multiple Dwelling Article 5 - Non-Fireproof Multiple Dwellings Title 1 - Fire Protection 152 - Fire-Stopping.

§  152.  Fire-stopping.  1. In every wall where wooden furring is used   every course of masonry from the under side to  the  top  of  any  floor   beams  shall  project a distance of at least two inches beyond each face   of the wall that is not on the outside of  the  dwelling;  and  whenever   floor  beams  run  parallel  to a wall and wooden furring is used, every   such beam shall always be kept at least two inches away from  the  wall,   and  the  space between the beams and the wall shall be built up solidly   with brickwork from the under side to the top of the floor beams.2. Whenever a wall is studded off, the space between an inside face of   the wall and the studding at any  floor  level  shall  be  fire-stopped.   Every  space  between  beams  directly over a studded-off space shall be   fire-stopped by covering the bottom of the beams  with  metal  lath  and   plaster and placing a loose fill of incombustible material at least four   inches  thick  on  the  plaster between the beams, or hollow-burned clay   tile or gypsum plaster partition blocks, at least four inches  thick  in   either  case  and  supported by cleats, shall be used to fill the spaces   between beams.3. Partitions which are not parallel with the  wood  floor  beams  and   which  separate  one  apartment  or suite from another or any part of an   apartment or suite from a public hall or  other  part  of  the  dwelling   outside  the  apartment  or  suite  shall  be  filled  in  solidly  with   incombustible material between the floor beams from  the  plate  of  the   partition below to the full depth of the floor beams.4.  If a dwelling is within ten feet of another non-fireproof building   or of a side lot line, such dwelling shall have its  eaves  or  cornices   built up solidly with masonry.5.  The  wooden frames in any cornice on any row of buildings shall be   separated between buildings by a complete fire-stop.6. Every space between stair  carriages  of  any  non-fireproof  stair   shall  be fire-stopped by a header beam at top and bottom. Where a stair   run is not all in one room or open space, the stair carriages shall have   an intermediate firestop, so located as to cut off communication between   portions of the stair in different rooms or open spaces.  The  underside   and stringers of every unenclosed stair of combustible material shall be   fire-retarded.7.  All  partitions required to be fire-retarded shall be fire-stopped   with   incombustible   material   at   floors,   ceilings   and   roofs.   Fire-stopping  over  partitions  shall  extend  from  the ceiling to the   underside of any roofing above. Any space between the top of a partition   and the underside of roof boarding shall be completely fire-stopped.
NY Mult Dwell L § 160 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MDW - Multiple Dwelling Article 5 - Non-Fireproof Multiple Dwellings Title 2 - Sanitation 160 - Water-Closets.

§   160.   Water-closets.   Water-closet   compartments   in  class  B   non-fireproof  multiple  dwellings  shall  comply  with  the  applicable   provisions of section seventy-six.