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NY Mult Dwell L § 327 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MDW - Multiple Dwelling Article 9 - Registry of Names and Service of Papers 327 - Indexing Names; Fees for Searches.

§  327.  Indexing names; fees for searches. 1. The names and addresses   filed in accordance with section  three  hundred  twenty-five  shall  be   indexed  under  the  direction  of  the  registrar  of  records  of  the   department in such a manner that all of those filed in relation to  each   dwelling  shall  be  together  and readily ascertainable. The department   shall provide the necessary  books  and  clerical  assistance  for  that   purpose, and the expense thereof shall be paid by the city. Such indices   shall be public records.2.  The  department  shall  have  power to charge and collect fees for   searches, and to make  rules  governing  charges  for  certification  of   pending violations.
NY Mult Dwell L § 328 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MDW - Multiple Dwelling Article 9 - Registry of Names and Service of Papers 328 - Central Violations Bureau.

§  328. Central Violations Bureau. 1. In cities having a population of   one million or more, the department shall establish a central violations   bureau which shall establish and maintain currently an index showing and   a file containing, with respect to each building located  in  the  city,   the  name,  address  and  telephone  number  of the present owner of the   building and whether or not he is a member in good standing of the  rent   stabilization association or registered pursuant to the emergency tenant   protection act of nineteen seventy-four or the rent stabilization law of   nineteen hundred sixty-nine where one or more dwelling units therein are   subject  to  the  rent  stabilization  law, each notice and order of the   building department, the fire department,  the  health  department,  the   water  supply,  gas  and  electricity  department  and  of  every  other   municipal department or agency having jurisdiction  over  such  building   alleging  the  occupation  of  such  building in violation of law or the   existence of a nuisance therein and  of  each  notice,  order,  rule  or   certificate  showing  the  clearance,  correction  or  abatement of such   violation or nuisance.2. It shall be the duty of the department and of every other municipal   department and agency having jurisdiction over buildings located in  the   city  of New York to file with the central violations bureau established   by this section a true copy of each notice and order of such  department   or  agency  alleging the occupation of a building in violation of law or   the existence of a nuisance therein and of each notice, order,  rule  or   certificate  showing  the  clearance,  correction  or  abatement of such   violation or nuisance within seventy-two hours from the date of issuance   of such notice, order, rule or certificate.3. In any action or proceeding before the housing part of the New York   city civil court either (a) the visually displayed or  (b)  the  printed   computerized   violation   files   of  the  department  responsible  for   maintaining such files and all  other  computerized  data  as  shall  be   relevant   to   the   enforcement  of  state  and  local  laws  for  the   establishment and maintenance of housing standards,  including  but  not   limited  to  the name, address and telephone number of the present owner   of the building and whether or not he is a member in  good  standing  of   the  rent  stabilization  association  or  registered  pursuant  to  the   emergency tenant protection act of nineteen  seventy-four  or  the  rent   stabilization  law  of  nineteen  hundred  sixty-nine  where one or more   dwelling units therein are subject to the rent stabilization law,  shall   be  prima  facie  evidence  of  any matter stated therein and the courts   shall take judicial notice thereof as if same  were  certified  as  true   under the seal and signature of the commissioner of that department.
NY Mult Dwell L § 329 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MDW - Multiple Dwelling Article 9 - Registry of Names and Service of Papers 329 - Certificate of Inspection Visits.

§ 329. Certificate of inspection visits. In a city of over one million   population  the  department  shall  issue  without  fee to all owners of   multiple dwellings located in such city,  a  certificate  of  inspection   visits  upon  which shall appear the title in bold print "CERTIFICATE OF   INSPECTION VISITS", the name, address and telephone number of the  owner   of  the building, the street address of the building and the words, "The   undersigned  hereby  certifies  that  he  visited  the   above-described   building  on  the  date and for the purposes set opposite his name". The   certificate shall be placed and maintained in a conspicuous place inside   the multiple dwelling  within  view  of  the  place  at  which  mail  is   delivered  to  the building or at such other location as may be approved   by the department and in a place readily  accessible  for  signature  by   employees  of  the  department.  In  the  event  that the certificate is   destroyed  or  defaced  or  the  signature  lines  become  filled   with   signatures,  the owner shall apply for and the department shall issue to   him free  of  charge  a  duplicate  certificate  of  inspection  visits.   Whenever  an  employee  of  such  department  shall  visit  any multiple   dwelling for any purpose related to his official capacity, he shall sign   his name to the certificate of inspection visits  and  opposite  thereto   set forth the date and purpose of his visit.
NY Mult Dwell L § 351 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MDW - Multiple Dwelling Article 10 - Prostitution 351 - Lien.

§ 351. Lien.  A multiple dwelling shall be subject to a penalty of one   thousand  dollars  if  it  or any part of it shall be used as a house of   prostitution or assignation with the permission of the owner,  and  such   penalty  shall  be  a  lien  upon  the dwelling and lot upon which it is   situated.
NY Mult Dwell L § 352 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MDW - Multiple Dwelling Article 10 - Prostitution 352 - Recovery of Premises.

§  352.  Recovery  of  premises.   If a multiple dwelling, or any part   thereof, shall be used as a house of prostitution  or  assignation  with   the permission of the lessee or his agent, the lease shall be terminable   at  the  election  of  the  lessor,  and  the owner shall be entitled to   recover possession of said premises by summary proceedings.
NY Mult Dwell L § 353 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MDW - Multiple Dwelling Article 10 - Prostitution 353 - Permission of Owner or Lessee.

§  353.  Permission  of owner or lessee.  A multiple dwelling shall be   deemed to have been used for the purposes  specified  in  the  last  two   sections  with  the  permission of the owner, agent or lessee thereof in   the following cases:1. If summary proceedings for the  removal  of  the  tenants  of  such   dwelling  or  of  so  much thereof as is unlawfully used, shall not have   been commenced within five days after notice of such  unlawful  use  has   been  served  by the department in the manner prescribed by article nine   of this chapter for the service of notices and orders;  or  having  been   commenced,  are  not  in  good  faith  diligently  prosecuted  to  final   determination.2. If there be two or more  convictions  in  such  dwelling  within  a   period  of  six  months, under sections 230.00, 230.25, or 230.40 of the   penal law.
NY Mult Dwell L § 354 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MDW - Multiple Dwelling Article 10 - Prostitution 354 - Rules of Evidence.

§  354. Rules of evidence. In any action to establish a lien or in any   action or proceeding for a fine,  penalty  or  other  punishment  for  a   violation  of  any  of  the  provisions  of  this, article, proof of the   ill-repute or the ill-fame of the premises which are the  subject-matter   of  the  action  or  proceeding  or  of the inmates thereof, or of those   resorting thereto, shall constitute presumptive evidence that  such  use   was  with  the permission of the owner, agent or lessee. The certificate   of the department that the building was intended, arranged  or  designed   to  be  occupied as a dwelling shall be presumptive evidence of the fact   that it is so occupied.
NY Mult Dwell L § 355 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MDW - Multiple Dwelling Article 10 - Prostitution 355 - Title of Action or Proceeding and Parties.

§  355.  Title  of  action  or proceeding and parties.   Any action or   proceeding referred to in this article  shall  be  brought  against  the   premises  as  defendant.  Such premises may be described in the title of   the action or proceeding by their street number or by any  other  method   sufficiently  precise to secure identification and shall be described in   the complaint. The plaintiff, except as hereinafter provided,  shall  be   the department. In case the department shall not institute any action or   proceeding  within  ten  days after receiving a written request to do so   from any taxpayer in the city, then  such  taxpayer  may  institute  and   maintain such action or proceeding against the premises in his own name,   and  the  court  may,  in  its discretion, require from him security for   costs.
NY Mult Dwell L § 356 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MDW - Multiple Dwelling Article 10 - Prostitution 356 - Jurisdiction and Procedure.

§  356. Jurisdiction and procedure.  Any action or proceeding referred   to in this article shall be brought in the supreme court,  county  court   or  other  court  of  competent  jurisdiction in the county in which the   premises are situated. At or before the commencement of  the  action  or   proceeding  the  complaint  shall be filed in the office of the clerk of   the county, together with a notice of the  pendency  of  the  action  or   proceeding,  containing  the  names  of  the  parties, the object of the   action or proceeding and a brief description of  the  premises  affected   thereby.  Said  notice  shall  be recorded immediately by the clerk. The   owner or lessee, or both, of said premises may appear in such action  or   proceeding  and  answer  or  move with respect to the complaint, and the   subsequent  procedure  shall  be  the  same  as  in  other  actions   or   proceedings  brought  to  establish  a  lien  or  encumbrance  upon real   property.  Such action or proceeding shall be entitled to  a  preference   in the trial or hearing thereof.
NY Mult Dwell L § 357 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MDW - Multiple Dwelling Article 10 - Prostitution 357 - Judgment.

§  357.  Judgment.    The judgment in such action or proceeding, if in   favor of the plaintiff, shall establish the penalty sued for as  a  lien   upon  such  premises,  subject  only to taxes, assessments, water rates,   mortgages and mechanics' liens as may exist thereon prior to the  filing   of the notice of pendency of the action or proceeding.
NY Mult Dwell L § 358 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MDW - Multiple Dwelling Article 10 - Prostitution 358 - Sale of Premises.

§  358. Sale of premises.  At any time after the entry of any judgment   establishing a lien upon such premises the department, if  there  be  no   stay  pending  appeal,  may  apply  to  the court for leave to sell such   premises. Upon such application the court may order such  premises  sold   at public auction, subject to taxes, assessments, water rates, mortgages   and  mechanics'  liens.  The  deed to the purchaser shall be made by the   department.  The justices of the appellate division of the supreme court   of any judicial department may establish rules of practice  which  shall   be  followed  by  the  department  charged  with the enforcement of this   chapter in the conduct of such sales in such judicial department.
NY Mult Dwell L § 359 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MDW - Multiple Dwelling Article 10 - Prostitution 359 - Receivership.

§  359.  Receivership.  Whenever  the  lien  or  liens  established by   judgment pursuant to this article shall amount to one  thousand  dollars   or  more,  and  there  be  no  stay pending appeal, the department shall   appoint a receiver of the rents  and  profits  of  such  premises.  Such   receiver  shall  give  security for the performance of his duties in the   manner and form fixed by the department. He shall have  the  powers  and   duties  of  a  receiver of rents and profits of real estate appointed by   the supreme court; provided, that the corporation counsel shall  act  as   his  counsel  and  the receiver shall not be allowed any expenditure for   counsel fees, and his  commissions  shall  be  ten  per  centum  of  his   collections,  which  sum shall be full compensation for his services and   those of any agent or agents whom he may employ. Such receivership shall   continue until the amount of such liens with  interest  thereon  at  the   rate  of  six  per centum, and of the commissions, have been fully paid;   provided, that nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent any   prior lienor from applying to the court in a proper case for a  receiver   of the premises.
NY Mult Dwell L § 360 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MDW - Multiple Dwelling Article 10 - Prostitution 360 - Cancellation of Notice of Pendency of Action.

§  360. Cancellation of notice of pendency of action.  If an action or   proceeding to establish a lien upon such premises  terminates  otherwise   than in a judgment establishing such a lien, or if the judgment be fully   paid,  such notice of pendency of action or proceeding may be cancelled.   Prior to the termination of such action or proceeding the notice may  be   cancelled by giving an undertaking.
NY Mult Dwell L § 365 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MDW - Multiple Dwelling Article 11 - Laws Repealed; Saving Clauses; Effect 365 - Laws Repealed.

§  365.  Laws  repealed.  All  statutes  of  the state and local laws,   ordinances and regulations  of  cities  to  which  this  chapter  is  or   hereafter becomes applicable, so far as inconsistent with the provisions   of  this  chapter,  are  hereby  repealed; provided that nothing in this   chapter contained shall be construed as abridging the right of any  city   to  adopt  local  laws,  ordinances, resolutions or regulations not less   restrictive than the provisions of this chapter.
NY Mult Dwell L § 366 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MDW - Multiple Dwelling Article 11 - Laws Repealed; Saving Clauses; Effect 366 - Saving Clauses.

§  366.  Saving  clauses.    1.  The  repeal of any provisions of this   chapter, or the repeal of any provisions of any statute of the state  or   local  law,  ordinance,  resolution  or  regulation  shall not affect or   impair any act done, offense committed or  right  accruing,  accrued  or   acquired,  or  liability,  penalty, forfeiture or punishment incurred or   imposed prior to the time of such repeal, but the same may  be  enjoyed,   asserted,  enforced,  prosecuted  or  inflicted as fully and to the same   extent and in the same  manner  as  if  such  provisions  had  not  been   repealed.2.  Any  action  or  proceeding, civil or criminal, begun before April   eighteenth, nineteen hundred twenty-nine, under or  pursuant  to  or  by   virtue of any provision of the tenement house law which is superseded by   this  chapter  as in this chapter provided, may be prosecuted, conducted   and completed in the same manner as if such law were not  so  superseded   but continued to be fully effective.3.  No  action  or  proceeding, civil or criminal, pending at the time   this chapter, as amended by the  laws  of  nineteen  hundred  forty-six,   takes  effect,  brought  by  or  against a city or any agency or officer   thereof, shall be affected or abated by the adoption of this chapter  as   so  amended,  or by anything therein contained, and all such actions and   proceedings may  be  continued  in  full  force  and  effect  under  the   appropriate provisions of this chapter.4.  No  existing right or remedy of any kind shall be lost or impaired   by reason of the adoption of  this  chapter  as  so  amended  unless  by   specific  provision  of  a law which does not amend all articles of this   chapter.5. Except as otherwise provided in subdivision six of  section  three,   the  provisions  of  this chapter shall not operate to limit or decrease   the power of any city to adopt local laws,  ordinances,  resolutions  or   regulations  in  relation  to  any matter in respect to which such power   would otherwise exist.6. The tenement house law shall, from and after the taking  effect  of   this  chapter,  not  apply  to cities with a population of eight hundred   thousand or more.
NY Mult Dwell L § 367 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MDW - Multiple Dwelling Article 11 - Laws Repealed; Saving Clauses; Effect 367 - Effect of Invalidity in Part.

§  367.  Effect  of  invalidity in part. If any term, part, provision,   article, section, subdivision or paragraph of this chapter shall be held   unconstitutional, or ineffective in whole or in part, then to the extent   that it is not unconstitutional or ineffective, this  chapter  and  such   term,  part,  provision,  article,  section,  subdivision  or  paragraph   thereof shall be in full force and effect; and such determination  shall   not  be  deemed  to  invalidate  the remaining terms, parts, provisions,   articles, sections, subdivisions or paragraphs thereof.
NY Mult Res L § 1 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MRE - Multiple Residence Article 1 - Introductory Provisions; Definitions 1 - Short Title.

Section  1.  Short title. This chapter shall be known as the "multiple   residence law."
NY Mult Res L § 2 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MRE - Multiple Residence Article 1 - Introductory Provisions; Definitions 2 - Legislative Finding.

§  2.  Legislative  finding.    It  is  hereby declared that intensive   occupation  of  multiple  dwellings  having  three  or  more   families,   inadequate  provision for light and air, insufficient protection against   and defective provisions for escape from fire, as well as the amount  of   improper sanitation existing in multiple dwellings throughout this state   are  a  menace  to  the  health, safety, morals, welfare, and reasonable   comfort of its citizens; and that the establishment and  maintenance  of   proper housing standards requiring sufficient light, air, sanitation and   protection  from  fire  hazards  are  essential  to  the public welfare.   Therefore the provisions hereinafter prescribed to provide more adequate   protection in the event of fire, and sufficient light,  ventilation  and   sanitation  for  certain  multiple  residence  buildings are enacted and   their necessity in the public interest is hereby declared as a matter of   legislative determination.
NY Mult Res L § 3 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MRE - Multiple Residence Article 1 - Introductory Provisions; Definitions 3 - Application to Certain Municipalities.

§  3.  Application  to  certain  municipalities. 1. This chapter shall   apply to all cities of less  than  three  hundred  twenty-five  thousand   population and to all towns and villages.2.  Whenever  the word "municipality" occurs in this chapter, it shall   mean a city, town or village to which the chapter is  applicable.    The   words  "charter,"  "ordinance,"  "resolution,"  "regulation,"  "building   code," "department of  health,"  "department  of  water  supply,"  "fire   department,"  "department,"  "board,"  "municipal  engineer,"  "building   official,"  "corporation  counsel,"  "municipal  treasury,"   or   "fire   limits,"   shall   be   construed  as  if  followed  by  the  words  "or   corresponding authority of any municipality in  which  the  dwelling  or   location referred to is situated."3.  Wherever in this chapter the installation or maintenance of a fire   alarm system, fire detecting system, watchman's clock system,  sprinkler   system,  fire-escape  system  or  part thereof is required or permitted,   such system or part thereof shall be  constructed,  installed,  arranged   and  maintained in a manner satisfactory to the department in accordance   with rules and regulations adopted by the commission pursuant to section   three hundred twenty-six of this chapter.
NY Mult Res L § 8 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MRE - Multiple Residence Article 2 - Miscellaneous Application Provisions 8 - General Application to All Dwellings.

§  8.  General  application  to  all  dwellings.  Except  as otherwise   specifically provided in this chapter, every multiple dwelling shall  be   constructed   and   maintained   in   accordance   with  all  applicable   requirements of this chapter and other applicable laws.
NY Mult Res L § 9 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MRE - Multiple Residence Article 2 - Miscellaneous Application Provisions 9 - Buildings Converted or Altered.

§  9.  Buildings  converted  or  altered.  1.  On or after July first,   nineteen hundred fifty-two, no multiple dwelling shall  be  enlarged  or   its  lot  diminished so that the yard or other unoccupied areas shall be   diminished in size or  area  below  the  minimum  requirements  of  this   chapter.2.  A  building  not  a dwelling, if converted on or after July first,   nineteen hundred fifty-two, to  a  multiple  dwelling,  shall  thereupon   become  subject  to all the provisions of this chapter applicable to new   multiple dwellings of like class and kind. "Class" shall mean the use of   a multiple dwelling for either permanent or transient occupancy or both.   "Kind" shall mean  the  type  of  construction  of  a  building,  either   fireproof or non-fireproof.3.  No dwelling shall be altered or converted so as to be in violation   of any provision of this chapter relating to dwellings of like class and   kind, and, except as provided in subdivision four, a  dwelling,  altered   or converted to be occupied primarily for permanent-residence use, shall   comply  with  article  three;  and a dwelling converted or altered to be   occupied primarily for transient use shall comply with article four.4. If any multiple dwelling three or more stories in height is altered   after July first, nineteen hundred fifty-three so  as  to  increase  its   height  or  bulk  for living purposes or so as to increase the number of   living rooms by more than twenty per centum, such dwelling shall be made   to conform to the requirements of  this  chapter  with  respect  to  new   dwellings of like class and kind erected after such date.5.  It  shall  be  unlawful  to convert a frame dwelling to a multiple   residence, except that a frame dwelling not more than  two  stories  and   attic  in  height  and  erected  before  July  first,  nineteen  hundred   fifty-two, as a one-family or two-family residence may be converted to a   multiple dwelling for permanent  occupancy  by  complying  with  article   three; and if such residence is converted to be occupied, as a rule, for   transient use, it shall comply with article four.
NY Mult Res L § 10 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MRE - Multiple Residence Article 2 - Miscellaneous Application Provisions 10 - Dwellings Damaged.

§ 10. Dwellings damaged. If an old or other existing multiple dwelling   be damaged by fire or other cause to the extent of two-thirds or more of   its  value  at  the  time  of  such damage exclusive of the value of the   foundation, such dwelling shall not be repaired  or  rebuilt  except  in   conformity  with the provisions of this chapter relative to new multiple   dwellings.
NY Mult Res L § 11 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MRE - Multiple Residence Article 2 - Miscellaneous Application Provisions 11 - Old Dwellings.

§  11.  Old dwellings. Except as required in section nine and articles   three and four, nothing in this chapter shall be  construed  to  require   any  change  in  the construction, use, or occupancy of any old or other   existing multiple dwelling occupied as  such  on  July  first,  nineteen   hundred  fifty-two,  which  on  such  date  is  in  compliance  with the   provisions  of  all  statutes,  local  laws,   ordinances,   rules   and   regulations applicable thereto.