NY Lab L § 316 (2021)
2021 New York Laws LAB - Labor Article 11 - Factories Title 6 - Duties of Owners and Occupiers 316 - Duties of Owners and Occupiers.

§  316.  Duties  of owners and occupiers. 1. Except as in this article   otherwise provided, the person operating a factory, whether as owner  or   lessee  of  the  whole  or  a  part of the building in which the same is   situated or otherwise, shall be responsible for the  observance  of  the   provisions  of  this  article, anything in any lease or agreement to the   contrary notwithstanding.2. The owner of a tenant-factory building, whether or not he  is  also   one  of  the  occupants  instead  of  the  respective  tenants, shall be   responsible for the observance  of  the  following  provisions  of  this   article, anything in any lease to the contrary notwithstanding:Section  two  hundred and fifty-five, elevators and hoistways; section   two hundred and seventy, construction of buildings erected after October   first,  nineteen  hundred  and  thirteen;  section   two   hundred   and   seventy-one,  requirements  for  buildings erected before October first,   nineteen hundred and thirteen;  section  two  hundred  and  seventy-two,   additional  requirements  for  all buildings, except subdivision one and   the first three sentences of subdivision three; section two hundred  and   seventy-three,  fire  escapes  erected  after  October  first,  nineteen   hundred and thirteen, on  buildings  theretofore  erected;  section  two   hundred  and  seventy-four,  fire  escapes erected before October first,   nineteen hundred and thirteen; section  two  hundred  and  seventy-nine,   fire  alarm  signal  systems  and  fire  drills; section two hundred and   eighty,  automatic  sprinklers;  section  two  hundred  and  ninety-two,   drinking  water; section two hundred and ninety-three, washrooms, except   subdivision two thereof; section  two  hundred  and  ninety-five,  water   closets.  Except that the tenants shall also be responsible within their   respective  holdings  for  the  observance  of  the  provisions  of  the   following  sections:  section  two hundred and fifty-five, elevators and   hoist ways; section two hundred and seventy, construction  of  buildings   erected  after October first, nineteen hundred and thirteen; section two   hundred and  seventy-one,  requirements  for  buildings  erected  before   October  first,  nineteen  hundred and thirteen; section two hundred and   seventy-two, additional requirements  for  all  buildings;  section  two   hundred  and  seventy-three,  fire  escapes erected after October first,   nineteen hundred and thirteen, on buildings theretofore erected; section   two hundred and seventy-four, fire escapes erected before October first,   nineteen hundred and thirteen.The owner shall also be responsible for all other provisions  of  this   article  in  so  far as they affect those portions of the tenant-factory   building or its premises that are used in common or  by  more  than  one   occupant.3.  The  tenant  of any part of a tenant-factory building shall permit   the owner, his agents and employees to enter and remain upon the demised   premises whenever and so long as may be necessary  to  comply  with  the   provisions  of  law,  the  responsibility  for  which is by this section   placed upon the owner; and his failure or refusal so to do  shall  be  a   cause  for  dispossessing  said tenant by summary proceedings to recover   possession of real property. Whenever by the terms of a lease any tenant   has agreed to comply with or carry  out  any  of  such  provisions,  his   failure  or  refusal  so  to  do shall be a cause for dispossessing said   tenant by summary proceedings as aforesaid.