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NY Mult Dwell L § 28 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MDW - Multiple Dwelling Article 3 - Multiple Dwellings--General Provisions Title 1 - Light and Air 28 - Two or More Buildings on Same Lot.

§  28.  Two or more buildings on same lot. 1. If any separate multiple   dwelling  is  erected   after   April   eighteenth,   nineteen   hundred   twenty-nine,  upon the rear of a lot which has another multiple dwelling   on the front or upon the front of  a  lot  which  has  another  multiple   dwelling on the rear, access shall be provided to the rear dwelling from   a  street  by  means  of  an  unobstructed court at least twenty feet in   width.2. Except as otherwise provided for motor  vehicle  storage  space  in   section  sixty and for dwellings erected, enlarged, converted or altered   pursuant to plans filed prior to December  fifteenth,  nineteen  hundred   sixty-one  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  subdivision one of   section twenty-six, if any building or dwelling is placed on the rear of   the same lot with a multiple dwelling or a multiple dwelling  is  placed   anywhere  on  the  same  lot  with another building, there shall be left   between the two buildings an open space unoccupied from  the  ground  up   and  at  least  forty  feet in depth, measured in the direction from one   building to the other for the first one hundred twenty-five  feet  above   the curb level, and eighty feet above that point. The provisions of this   subdivision  requiring  an  open  space  eighty  feet  in  depth between   portions of buildings in excess of one hundred  twenty-five  feet  above   the curb level shall not be applied when both such portions are towers.3. If on the rear of a lot any such building or any portion thereof is   used  for  business  purposes, a separate passageway at least three feet   six inches wide and seven feet high shall be provided leading from every   such open  space  adjacent  to  such  building  to  a  street.  No  such   passageway shall connect with, go through or form a part of any entrance   hall  or  other public hall of a multiple dwelling upon the front of the   lot.
NY Mult Dwell L § 29 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MDW - Multiple Dwelling Article 3 - Multiple Dwellings--General Provisions Title 1 - Light and Air 29 - Painting of Courts and Shafts.

§ 29. Painting of courts and shafts. The exterior surface of all walls   of  all  courts and shafts of multiple dwellings, except of outer courts   opening on a street, and courts having  dimensions  of  at  least  fifty   percent  in excess of the minimum set forth in section twenty-six, shall   be of a lightcolored brick or stone, or  be  thoroughly  whitewashed  or   painted  a light color by the owner and be so maintained. Such whitewash   or paint shall be renewed whenever necessary, as may be  determined  and   required by the department.
NY Mult Dwell L § 32 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MDW - Multiple Dwelling Article 3 - Multiple Dwellings--General Provisions Title 1 - Light and Air 32 - Alcoves.

§ 32. Alcoves. 1. Every alcove, except a lawful cooking space, opening   from  any  room in any multiple dwelling erected after April eighteenth,   nineteen hundred twenty-nine, shall be separately lighted and ventilated   as provided for other rooms in section thirty. It  shall  have  a  floor   area of at least seventy square feet, a least horizontal dimension of at   least  seven feet and an opening at least sixty square feet in area into   the room which it adjoins.2. Except for cubicles permitted in lodging houses,  no  part  of  any   room  in  any multiple dwelling erected after April eighteenth, nineteen   hundred twenty-nine, shall be enclosed or subdivided at any time, wholly   or in part, by a curtain, portiere, fixed or movable partition or  other   contrivance  or  device, unless each such enclosure or subdivision shall   contain a separate window as required for a room by section thirty and a   floor space of at least seventy square feet.
NY Mult Dwell L § 35 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MDW - Multiple Dwelling Article 3 - Multiple Dwellings--General Provisions Title 1 - Light and Air 35 - Entrance Doors and Lights.

§  35.  Entrance doors and lights.  In every multiple dwelling erected   after April eighteenth, nineteen hundred twenty-nine, every door  giving   access  to  an  entrance hall from outside the dwelling shall contain at   least five square feet of glazed surface. The width of every  such  door   shall be at least seventy-five per centum of the required clear width of   such  entrance  hall  as  provided  in section fifty, except that when a   series of such entrance doors is provided their  aggregate  clear  width   shall  not be less than seventy-five per centum of the required width of   the entrance hall and the clear width of each of  the  doors  separately   shall  be  at  least  two  feet six inches.   Such a door opening upon a   street or a court extending to a street may be  of  wood.  Such  a  door   opening  upon  a yard or upon a court not extending to a street shall be   fireproof.The owner of every multiple dwelling  shall  install  and  maintain  a   light  or lights at or near the outside of the front entrance-way of the   building which shall in the aggregate provide not less than fifty  watts   incandescent   illumination  for  a  building  with  a  frontage  up  to   twenty-two feet and one hundred watts incandescent  illumination  for  a   building  with  a  frontage  in excess of twenty-two feet, or equivalent   illumination and shall be kept burning from sunset every day to  sunrise   on the day following. In the case of a multiple dwelling with a frontage   in  excess  of twenty-two feet, the front entrance doors of which have a   combined width in excess of five feet,  there  shall  be  at  least  two   lights,  one  at  each  side  of  the  entrance  way,  with an aggregate   illumination of one hundred fifty watts or equivalent  illumination.  In   enforcing this provision the department shall permit owners to determine   for   themselves   the   actual  location,  design  and  nature  of  the   installation of such light or lights to meet  practical,  aesthetic  and   other  considerations,  so  long as the minimum level of illumination is   maintained.
NY Mult Dwell L § 36 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MDW - Multiple Dwelling Article 3 - Multiple Dwellings--General Provisions Title 1 - Light and Air 36 - Windows and Skylights for Public Halls and Stairs.

§  36.  Windows and skylights for public halls and stairs. 1. In every   multiple dwelling  erected  after  April  eighteenth,  nineteen  hundred   twenty-nine, one at least of the required windows provided to light each   public  hall  or part thereof shall be at least two feet six inches wide   and five feet high. Every required window in such a hall shall open upon   a street, court, yard or space above a setback. On the top story of such   a dwelling a ventilating  skylight  of  the  same  dimensions  shall  be   accepted in lieu of a window for that story.2. In every multiple dwelling erected after April eighteenth, nineteen   hundred  twenty-nine,  there  shall  be  in the roof, directly over each   required  stair,  fire-stair  and  fire-tower,  a  ventilating  skylight   provided  with  ventilators  having  a  minimum  opening of forty square   inches or with fixed or movable louvres. The roof of every such skylight   shall be glazed with plain glass and equipped with suitable wire screens   above and below. The glazed area of every  such  skylight  shall  be  at   least  twenty  square feet, except that in a class A dwelling or section   thereof two stories or less in height and occupied by not more than  two   families  on each story and in dwellings three stories in height 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, the glazed area of such a skylight need be only nine  square   feet.  In  lieu of a skylight a window of the same area as prescribed in   subdivision one may be provided. If such a window is used in lieu  of  a   skylight,  fixed louvres having a minimum opening of forty square inches   shall also be installed in or directly adjacent to such window.3. When any  stair,  fire-stair  or  fire-tower  in  such  a  dwelling   terminates  at  the level of a setback of an outer wall and such setback   consists of a terrace at least four feet in width, measured between  the   inside  of  the  parapet wall and the wall of the building, and at least   ten feet in length, measured parallel to the wall of the building, there   may be provided in lieu of such a skylight a fireproof door and assembly   with the door self-closing giving access from such stair, fire-stair  or   fire-tower  to  such terrace. Such door shall have a panel at least five   square feet in area glazed with wire glass and shall  be  equipped  with   fixed  or  movable  louvres  with  an  opening  of at least forty square   inches.
NY Mult Dwell L § 37 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MDW - Multiple Dwelling Article 3 - Multiple Dwellings--General Provisions Title 1 - Light and Air 37 - Artificial Hall Lighting.

§  37.  Artificial  hall  lighting.  1. In every multiple dwelling the   owner shall provide a light or lights, each  of  at  least  sixty  watts   incandescent  or  twenty  watts  cool  white  fluorescent  or equivalent   illumination, for every vestibule and  entrance  hall  in  every  public   hall,  stair,  fire-stair  and  fire-tower on every floor. Said light or   lights shall be located as prescribed by the department, but,  in  every   stair,  fire-stair  or  fire-tower,  shall be so located that every part   thereof shall be lighted.2. Except as provided in subdivision three, every such light shall  be   turned  on  by the owner at sunset every day and shall not be turned off   by the owner until the following sunrise. Every such light shall be kept   burning daily from sunset until sunrise, but if it becomes  extinguished   and  remains  so  without the knowledge or consent of the owner he shall   not be liable. The burden shall be upon the owner to show that the light   became and remained extinguished without his knowledge or consent.3. Every light in every fire-stair and fire-tower at every story,  and   in  every  stair and public hall at every story where there is no window   opening to the outer air, shall be kept burning continuously except that   this provision shall not apply to public halls lighted  as  provided  in   subdivision eleven of section two hundred seventeen.4. When the natural light in any public hall in a multiple dwelling is   not  sufficient  to  permit  a person to read the names on a mail box or   other receptacle for mail, the owner shall install  a  lighting  fixture   directly over such mail box or receptacle and maintain it in serviceable   condition,  so  that  a  light  may  be  turned  on  at any time for the   convenience of tenants or the mail carrier.
NY Mult Dwell L § 50 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MDW - Multiple Dwelling Article 3 - Multiple Dwellings--General Provisions Title 2 - Fire Protection and Safety 50 - Entrance Halls.

§  50.  Entrance halls. Every entrance hall in every multiple dwelling   erected after April eighteenth, nineteen hundred twenty-nine,  shall  be   at  least four feet in clear width from the entrance to the first stair,   and beyond that shall be at least  three  feet  eight  inches  in  clear   width.  If  such  an entrance hall is the only entrance to more than one   flight of stairs, the required width of such hall shall be increased  in   every  part,  for each such additional flight of stairs, by one-half the   width required for one flight of stairs.
NY Mult Dwell L § 50-C (2021)
2021 New York Laws MDW - Multiple Dwelling Article 3 - Multiple Dwellings--General Provisions Title 2 - Fire Protection and Safety 50-C - Rights of Tenants to Operate and Maintain a Lobby Attendant Service.

§  50-c.  Rights  of tenants to operate and maintain a lobby attendant   service. 1. Tenants of every class A multiple dwelling containing  eight   or  more  apartments  shall  be entitled to maintain and operate a lobby   attendant service for such multiple dwelling at any time or  times  when   an  attendant  hired  or  furnished by the owner thereof shall not be on   duty.  Such lobby attendants so maintained  by  such  tenants  shall  be   engaged solely for security purposes and shall perform no acts or duties   other  than  those  which  shall  be  directly related to the safety and   security of occupants and visitors to such building while in  and  about   the  public  portions  thereof  and  no owner shall unreasonably hinder,   interfere with, obstruct or prohibit the maintenance  and  operation  of   such  service,  provided that each attendant so engaged by tenants shall   at all times when on duty be stationed at and  remain  in  the  entrance   halls  or  public  lobbies of the building adjacent to the main entrance   thereto, and provided further that no owner of such building shall be in   any manner liable or responsible for any injury to any such attendant or   for any damage or injury arising out of or resulting  from  any  act  or   omission  of any such attendant or for the payment of any wages or other   compensation  to  such  attendants.  The  lobby  attendants   furnished,   operated  or  maintained by tenants pursuant to this section may consist   of or include tenants or other occupants of the  multiple  dwelling  and   may include either volunteer or paid personnel or a combination thereof.2.  Any agent, owner or other person who shall unreasonably interfere,   hinder, obstruct or prohibit the installation, maintenance and operation   of any such lobby attendant or shall unreasonably  hinder  or  interfere   with  the  performance  of  the  duties  of such lobby attendant engaged   pursuant to this section, shall be guilty of a violation with a  maximum   fine not to exceed fifty dollars.
NY Mult Dwell L § 51 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MDW - Multiple Dwelling Article 3 - Multiple Dwellings--General Provisions Title 2 - Fire Protection and Safety 51 - Shafts, Elevators and Dumbwaiters.

§  51.  Shafts, elevators and dumbwaiters.  1. Every shaft constructed   after April eighteenth, nineteen hundred twenty-nine,  in  any  multiple   dwelling  shall  be enclosed on all sides with fireproof walls and shall   have fireproof doors and assemblies at  all  openings,  with  the  doors   self-closing.  Dumbwaiter  shafts,  except those adjoining public halls,   may be constructed with walls of gypsum plaster blocks approved  by  the   department, at least two inches thick if solid and at least three inches   thick if hollow.2.  All dumbwaiter doors constructed after such date shall be fastened   by an interior lock in the shaft operated and controlled from a  central   point in the cellar or lowest story if there be no cellar.3. The doors of every elevator shaft constructed after such date shall   be  provided  with  an  automatic  device  approved by the department to   prevent the normal operation of the elevator unless the hoistway door at   which the car is standing is closed and locked, or unless  all  hoistway   doors  are  locked  in  a  closed position. Such doors may have a vision   panel of wire glass not exceeding one square foot in area.4. Every elevator installed after such date shall be equipped  with  a   gate  with an automatic device approved by the department to prevent the   normal operation of such elevator unless such gate is closed.5. When any elevator or dumbwaiter constructed after such  date  opens   into more than one stair, elevator vestibule or other public hall on any   floor,  such elevator or dumbwaiter shall be placed in a separate shaft.   Not more than three elevators or two dumbwaiters shall ever be placed in   the same shaft.6. Every dwelling erected after such date which exceeds six stories or   sixty feet in height shall  be  equipped  with  one  or  more  passenger   elevators,  operative  at  all  times,  at  least  one of which shall be   accessible to every apartment above the entrance story.7.  In  every  multiple  dwelling,  elevator  shafts,  not  previously   enclosed  to  the satisfaction of the department, shall be enclosed with   fireproof walls and shall have fireproof doors and assemblies, with  the   doors self-closing.
NY Mult Dwell L § 51-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws MDW - Multiple Dwelling Article 3 - Multiple Dwellings--General Provisions Title 2 - Fire Protection and Safety 51-A - Peepholes.

§ 51-a. Peepholes.  In every multiple dwelling the owner shall provide   and  maintain a peephole in the entrance door of each housing unit. Such   peephole shall be located, as prescribed by the department, but shall be   so located as to enable a person in such housing unit to view  from  the   inside  of  the  entrance  door  any  person  immediately outside of the   entrance door to such housing unit. The provisions of this section shall   not apply to  hotels  or  apartment  hotels  or  to  college  or  school   dormitories.
NY Mult Dwell L § 51-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws MDW - Multiple Dwelling Article 3 - Multiple Dwellings--General Provisions Title 2 - Fire Protection and Safety 51-B - Mirrors in Connection With Self-Service Elevators.

§  51-b.  Mirrors  in  connection  with self-service elevators. In all   multiple dwellings in which there are one or more self-service passenger   elevators, there shall, pursuant to such regulations as  the  department   shall  prescribe,  be  affixed  and  maintained  in each such elevator a   mirror which will enable persons prior to entering into such elevator to   view the inside thereof to determine  whether  any  person  is  in  such   elevator.
NY Mult Dwell L § 51-C (2021)
2021 New York Laws MDW - Multiple Dwelling Article 3 - Multiple Dwellings--General Provisions Title 2 - Fire Protection and Safety 51-C - Rights of Tenants to Install and Maintain Locks in Certain Entrance Doors.

§  51-c.  Rights  of  tenants to install and maintain locks in certain   entrance doors. Every tenant of a multiple dwelling, except a tenant  of   a  multiple  dwelling  under  the supervision and control of a municipal   housing authority, occupied by him, except  as  a  hotel  or  motel,  or   college  or  school  dormitory,  shall  have  the  right  to install and   maintain or cause to be installed and maintained in the entrance door of   his particular housing unit in such multiple dwelling, a lock,  separate   and  apart  from  any lock installed and maintained by the owner of such   multiple dwelling, not more than three inches in  circumference,  as  an   ordinary  incident to his tenancy, provided that a duplicate key to such   lock shall be supplied to the landlord or his agent  upon  his  request;   and  every  provision  of any lease hereafter made or entered into which   reserves or provides for the payment by such tenant  of  any  additional   rent,  bonus,  fee  or  other charge or any other thing of value for the   right or privilege of installing and/or maintaining any such lock, shall   be deemed to be void as against public policy and wholly unenforceable.
NY Mult Dwell L § 54 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MDW - Multiple Dwelling Article 3 - Multiple Dwellings--General Provisions Title 2 - Fire Protection and Safety 54 - Cellar Entrance.

§ 54. Cellar entrance. There shall be a direct entrance to the cellar,   or  to the lowest story if there be no cellar, from the outside of every   multiple dwelling  erected  after  April  eighteenth,  nineteen  hundred   twenty-nine,  except  that  in  non-fireproof multiple dwellings erected   after such date which are three stories or less in height  and  occupied   by  not  more  than two families on any story, any stair leading to such   cellar or lowest story may be located inside the dwelling provided it is   enclosed in fireproof walls and fireproof doors and assemblies with  the   doors self-closing, at both the level of such cellar or lowest story and   that  of  the  story  above.  No  such  outside entrance existing in any   multiple dwelling on April  eighteenth,  nineteen  hundred  twenty-nine,   shall be obstructed.
NY Mult Dwell L § 55 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MDW - Multiple Dwelling Article 3 - Multiple Dwellings--General Provisions Title 2 - Fire Protection and Safety 55 - Wainscoting.

§  55.  Wainscoting.  1.  Whenever the surface of walls, partitions or   ceilings in any  apartment  or  suite  of  rooms  of  any  non-fireproof   multiple  dwelling  is covered, sheathed or wainscoted wholly or in part   after April eighteenth,  nineteen  hundred  twenty-nine,  such  covering   shall  be  backed  solidly with plaster. In fireproof multiple dwellings   such covering shall be backed solidly and continuously  or  filled  with   incombustible  material.    In  the  case  of  walls  and  partitions in   fireproof dwellings, such  backing  and  filling  shall  extend  to  the   fireproof floor construction and in non-fireproof dwellings to the floor   beams. All such backing and filling shall be fire-stopped.2.  No wood wainscoting other than fireproofed wood complying with the   provisions of section fifty-eight shall be erected in any  public  hall,   stair or shaft of any multiple dwelling.
NY Mult Dwell L § 57 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MDW - Multiple Dwelling Article 3 - Multiple Dwellings--General Provisions Title 2 - Fire Protection and Safety 57 - Bells; Mail Receptacles.

§  57. Bells; mail receptacles. 1. Whenever bells are installed at the   entrance to any multiple dwelling  or  at  any  door  of  an  individual   apartment  in  a  multiple  dwelling, they shall be kept in good working   order.2. Whenever the owner of a multiple dwelling has not arranged for mail   to be delivered to occupants thereof by himself, his agent or employees,   arrangements shall be made for the delivery of such mail  in  conformity   with regulations of the post office department.
NY Mult Dwell L § 58 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MDW - Multiple Dwelling Article 3 - Multiple Dwellings--General Provisions Title 2 - Fire Protection and Safety 58 - Incombustible Materials.

§ 58. Incombustible materials.  Except as may be specifically provided   otherwise   in  this  chapter,  all  required  incombustible  materials,   including  fireproofed  wood,   shall   be   capable   of   withstanding   successfully  standard fire tests as prescribed by the building code. In   the absence of any such prescribed requirements,  the  department  shall   have  the  power  to make supplementary regulations relative to standard   fire tests for incombustible materials.