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NY Mult Res L § 139 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MRE - Multiple Residence Article 5 - New Multiple Dwellings--General Provisions Title 2 - Fire Protection and Safety 139 - Boiler Rooms.

§  139.  Boiler  rooms.   In every dwelling the boiler or furnace of a   central heating plant shall be enclosed in a fireproof room or space and   all openings therefrom to  other  portions  of  the  dwelling  shall  be   equipped   with   fireproof   doors   and   assemblies  with  the  doors   self-closing, except that in any  dwelling  three  stories  or  less  in   height, such room or space may in the alternative be enclosed with walls   or  partitions  constructed  of fire-resistive materials and the ceiling   fire retarded.
NY Mult Res L § 170 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MRE - Multiple Residence Article 5 - New Multiple Dwellings--General Provisions Title 3 - Sanitation and Health 170 - Water Supply.

§  170.  Water  supply.   The owner shall provide proper appliances to   receive and distribute in such dwelling  an  adequate  supply  of  water   obtained  from  the public water supply system or from a source approved   by the public health officer having jurisdiction at all times  when  the   building  is  occupied  and  during  all hours and hot water between six   o'clock in the morning and midnight.
NY Mult Res L § 171 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MRE - Multiple Residence Article 5 - New Multiple Dwellings--General Provisions Title 3 - Sanitation and Health 171 - Water-Closet and Bath Accommodations.

§  171.  Water-closet  and  bath  accommodations.    1. Every dwelling   arranged for permanent occupancy shall contain a water-closet  in  every   apartment.2.  The  floor  of  every compartment, bathroom or general toilet room   shall be made waterproof and such waterproofing shall extend six  inches   or  more  above the floor so that the floor can be washed or flushed out   without leaking. No plumbing  or  plumbing  fixture  shall  be  enclosed   wholly or in part with woodwork.3.  Water-closets  may  be  placed  together  in a general toilet room   provided  such  water-closets  are  supplementary  to  the  water-closet   accommodations  required  for  the  exclusive  use  of  tenants  of  the   dwelling, or are  solely  for  the  use  of  business  portions  of  the   dwelling.4.  Every  apartment  arranged for permanent occupancy shall contain a   bath or shower accessible from every bedroom without passing through any   other bedroom. In dwellings arranged for transient occupancy there shall   be at least one shower or bath for every eight resident occupants.5. Except as specifically provided otherwise in  this  chapter,  every   water-closet  compartment  and  bath  or shower room shall have a window   opening upon a street or upon a lawful court or yard.6. In lieu of a required window or skylight, it  shall  be  lawful  to   install  a  system of mechanical or gravity ventilation for water-closet   compartments or bathrooms in any portion of a dwelling. Such  system  of   ventilation  shall  be constructed, arranged and maintained continuously   to provide at least four changes per hour of the air volume of each such   water-closet compartment or bathroom.
NY Mult Res L § 172 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MRE - Multiple Residence Article 5 - New Multiple Dwellings--General Provisions Title 3 - Sanitation and Health 172 - Plumbing and Drainage.

§  172.  Plumbing  and  drainage. All liquid or water-borne waste from   plumbing fixtures shall be conveyed by a house drain and house sewer  to   a  street  sewer  or  to  a  combined street storm water main and sewer,   unless no such sewers are available.   Where neither kind  of  sewer  is   available, provision shall be made for disposing of such waste as may be   permitted  pursuant  to  article  five  of  the public health law and as   required by local law or ordinance.
NY Mult Res L § 173 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MRE - Multiple Residence Article 5 - New Multiple Dwellings--General Provisions Title 3 - Sanitation and Health 173 - Heating.

§  173. Heating. Every new dwelling shall be provided with heat in all   living rooms sufficient to maintain the minimum temperatures required by   local law, ordinances, rules or  regulation,  or  by  the  local  public   health  officer, provided, however, that such minimum temperature shall,   notwithstanding the provisions  of  subdivision  one  of  section  three   hundred  twenty-nine  of this chapter, be sixty-eight degrees Fahrenheit   during the hours between six o'clock in the morning and ten  o'clock  in   the   evening   during   the   months  between  October  first  and  May   thirty-first, whenever the outdoor temperature  falls  below  fifty-five   degrees Fahrenheit.
NY Mult Res L § 174 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MRE - Multiple Residence Article 5 - New Multiple Dwellings--General Provisions Title 3 - Sanitation and Health 174 - Repairs and Cleanliness.

§  174.  Repairs  and  cleanliness. The owner shall keep all and every   part of a dwelling and the lot on which it is situated in  good  repair,   clean and free from vermin, rodents, dirt, filth, garbage or other thing   or  matter  dangerous  to  life  or health; but the tenant shall also be   liable if a violation is caused by his own  wilful  act,  assistance  or   negligence  or  that  of  any  member  of his family or household or his   guests.
NY Mult Res L § 201 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MRE - Multiple Residence Article 6 - Fireproof New Multiple Dwellings Title 1 - Fire Protection 201 - Requirements for Fireproof Construction.

§  201. Requirements for fireproof construction. 1. Every new multiple   dwelling exceeding six stories or seventy-five feet in height  shall  be   fireproof.2. The foregoing requirements shall not be construed as prohibiting:a.  Elsewhere  than  within,  or in the openings to, the public halls,   stairs and shafts, the  use  of  wood  for  sleepers,  grounds,  nailing   blocks,  underflooring,  finish  flooring,  interior  doors  with  their   assemblies and saddles, floor base not more than  one  foot  in  height,   picture  and  wall  moulding,  shelving,  closet  and  kitchen fixtures,   cupboards, cabinets and wardrobes.b. The use of wood for window and for interior trim and finish  backed   solidly  against,  or  filled with, incombustible material and elsewhere   than within, or in the openings to, the public halls, stairs and shafts.
NY Mult Res L § 202 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MRE - Multiple Residence Article 6 - Fireproof New Multiple Dwellings Title 1 - Fire Protection 202 - Egress From Dwellings.

§ 202. Egress from dwellings. 1. Nursing and convalescent homes, homes   for  the  aged  and  boarding and nursery schools, two stories in height   erected after July first, nineteen  hundred  fifty-seven,  child  caring   institutions,  two  stories in height erected after July first, nineteen   hundred sixty-two, and all dwellings three or  more  stories  in  height   shall  have  at  least two fire-stairs. Except as otherwise specifically   provided in subdivision four, such fire-stairs  shall  extend  from  the   entrance  story  to the roof and be equipped with fireproof self-closing   doors glazed with wire glass and without transoms. No windows  shall  be   required  in such stairs, but any openings in exterior walls, except any   window openings  facing  a  street  or  yard,  shall  be  equipped  with   fireproof frame and sash and glazed with wire glass.2.  Every such fire-stair shall have an entrance on the entrance story   from a street or an entrance at the side or rear of the dwelling from  a   yard,  court  or  passageway  having  continuous,  safe and unobstructed   access to a street. Every required stair and stair-landing shall  be  at   least three feet eight inches in clear width.3.  There  shall be horizontal access from every apartment to at least   two fire-stairs, at least one of which shall be within one hundred  feet   horizontally  in the line of travel from a required means of egress from   such apartment.4. A dwelling as a rule transiently or temporarily occupied, in  which   at  least  eighty  per centum of the living rooms above the second story   open directly upon a  public  hall  without  any  intervening  foyer  or   private  hall,  shall  have  at least two fire-stairs accessible at each   story from each room through a public hall. Such fire-stairs shall be so   located that at least one fire-stair shall be not more than one  hundred   twenty-five  feet along the line of travel from the means of egress from   any living room. Every such fire-stair shall have a clear  width  of  at   least  three  feet  eight  inches.  Two such fire-stairs shall be deemed   adequate for seventy living rooms on any story.5. Nursing and convalescent homes, homes for the  aged,  and  boarding   and  nursery  schools,  one  story  in height, erected after July first,   nineteen hundred fifty-seven, and child caring institutions,  one  story   in  height,  erected after July first, nineteen hundred sixty-two, shall   have at least two means of egress from the dwelling accessible to  every   apartment  providing  free  and unobstructed egress by a door opening to   the outer air.
NY Mult Res L § 203 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MRE - Multiple Residence Article 6 - Fireproof New Multiple Dwellings Title 1 - Fire Protection 203 - Egress From Apartments.

§ 203. Egress from apartments. 1. There shall be at least one means of   egress  from  each  apartment  or  suite on each and every story of such   apartment or suite, and a second means of egress if the first  means  is   not within forty feet of every living room in such apartment or suite on   such story.2.  No means of egress from any apartment or suite shall open into any   stair or fire-stair required under the provisions of this section except   through a vestibule or public hall.
NY Mult Res L § 204 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MRE - Multiple Residence Article 6 - Fireproof New Multiple Dwellings Title 1 - Fire Protection 204 - Bulkheads.

§  204. Bulkheads. Every stair and fire-stair required by this chapter   to extend to the level of  the  roof  shall  extend  to  and  through  a   fireproof  bulkhead  or  other  fireproof  enclosure  in such roof. Such   bulkhead or enclosure shall give unobstructed access  at  all  times  to   such  roof  by means of a fireproof door and door assembly with the door   self-closing. Stairs to a bulkhead or enclosure shall have  a  handrail.   Where  the  roof  of  a  dwelling is pitched or sloped more than fifteen   degrees, no bulkhead or stairs leading thereto shall be required.
NY Mult Res L § 205 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MRE - Multiple Residence Article 6 - Fireproof New Multiple Dwellings Title 1 - Fire Protection 205 - Separation and Ventilation of Stairs.

§  205.  Separation  and  ventilation  of  stairs.  1.  All stairs and   fire-stairs shall be completely separated  from  one  another  and  from   every  elevator  or  other  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 and fire-stairs 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 one-quarter inch thick and at least   three hundred sixty square inches in area.3.  At  the highest level of every stair and fire-stair there shall be   provided a window or a skylight. At such termination, there  shall  also   be  an  opening  of  at least one hundred forty-four square inches which   shall communicate directly to the outer air, which opening may be a part   of such window or skylight. Except as  herein  provided,  such  skylight   shall  ccomply  with  the  provisions  of subdivision two of section one   hundred eight.
NY Mult Res L § 206 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MRE - Multiple Residence Article 6 - Fireproof New Multiple Dwellings Title 1 - Fire Protection 206 - Cellar and Basement Stairs.

§  206.  Cellar  and  basement  stairs.  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 Res L § 207 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MRE - Multiple Residence Article 6 - Fireproof New Multiple Dwellings Title 1 - Fire Protection 207 - Public Halls.

§  207.  Public  halls. 1. Every public vestibule or other public hall   shall comply either  with  the  applicable  provisions  of  section  two   hundred  fifty-eight  for  non-fireproof  dwellings,  or with all of the   following provisions:a. Every such public vestibule or hall shall be  everywhere  at  least   three  feet  eight inches in clear width and shall be separated from all   other parts of the dwelling by fireproof floors and walls.b. All openings from such  a  public  vestibule  or  hall  to  stairs,   fire-stairs,   shafts,  apartments  or  suites  shall  be  protected  by   fire-proof doors and assemblies, with  the  doors  self-closing,  except   that  such doors and assemblies shall not be required in any transiently   or temporarily occupied fireproof dwelling for any apartment  consisting   of one room opening directly upon a public hall.c.  Such  a  public  vestibule or hall shall not be required to have a   window, but if it does not have a window opening to  the  outer  air  it   shall be equipped for artificial lighting and ventilation.d.  Any  part of a public hall that is shut off from any other part of   such hall by a door or doors shall be deemed a separate hall.
NY Mult Res L § 215 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MRE - Multiple Residence Article 6 - Fireproof New Multiple Dwellings Title 2 - Sanitation 215 - Interior Water-Closets and Bathrooms.

§  215.  Interior  water-closets and bathrooms. 1. Except as otherwise   provided in this section, water-closets, bath and shower  rooms  may  be   ventilated  by  windows  or  mechanically  ventilated  as  prescribed in   section one hundred seventy-one.2. In transiently occupied dwellings there shall be on each  story  at   least two water-closet compartments for the first twenty living rooms or   fraction  thereof  and  at least one additional water-closet compartment   for each additional fifteen living rooms or fraction thereof.a. The water-closet compartments on each  story  shall  be  accessible   from every such living room on the story. Such water-closet compartments   may be placed in one or more general toilet rooms.b.  Every  water-closet  compartment  of  a  general toilet containing   water-closet compartments permitted under this subdivision shall have  a   window  opening  to  the  outer air of the dimensions, kind and location   required in a living room of the same area by section one hundred three,   or be provided with a system of mechanical ventilation as prescribed  in   subdivision six of section one hundred seventy-one.
NY Mult Res L § 251 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MRE - Multiple Residence Article 7 - Non-Fireproof New Multiple Dwellings Title 1 - Fire Protection 251 - Height Limitation.

§  251. Height limitation.  A dwelling not exceeding seventy-five feet   or six stories in height may be non-fireproof construction.
NY Mult Res L § 252 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MRE - Multiple Residence Article 7 - Non-Fireproof New Multiple Dwellings Title 1 - Fire Protection 252 - Sub-Curb Uses.

§  252.  Sub-curb  uses.  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.
NY Mult Res L § 253 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MRE - Multiple Residence Article 7 - Non-Fireproof New Multiple Dwellings Title 1 - Fire Protection 253 - Construction of First Floor.

§  253. Construction of first floor.  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.
NY Mult Res L § 254 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MRE - Multiple Residence Article 7 - Non-Fireproof New Multiple Dwellings Title 1 - Fire Protection 254 - Egress From Dwellings.

§ 254. Egress from dwellings. 1. Nursing and convalescent homes, homes   for  the  aged  and  boarding and nursery schools, two stories in height   erected after July first, nineteen  hundred  fifty-seven,  child  caring   institutions,  two stories in height, erected after July first, nineteen   hundred sixty-two and all dwellings three  or  more  stories  in  height   shall  have  at  least  two  means  of  egress  and, except as otherwise   provided in the case of a pitched or sloped roof, shall  extend  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  two  hundred  fifty-seven.  The  other means of egress shall be   either another such stair or a fire-stair or a  fire-escape  constructed   as provided in section one hundred thirty-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  a 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   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 is everywhere four feet  six  inches  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  an  enclosed  stair  complying   with the provisions of section two hundred fifty-seven within fifty feet   from a means of egress from such apartment.4.  Nursing  and  convalescent homes, homes for the aged, and boarding   and nursery schools, one story in  height,  erected  after  July  first,   nineteen  hundred  fifty-seven, and child caring institutions, one story   in height, erected after July first, nineteen hundred  sixty-two,  shall   have  at least two means of egress from the dwelling accessible to every   apartment providing free and unobstructed egress by a  door  opening  to   the outer air.
NY Mult Res L § 255 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MRE - Multiple Residence Article 7 - Non-Fireproof New Multiple Dwellings Title 1 - Fire Protection 255 - Egress From Apartments.

§ 255. Egress from apartments.  1. A dwelling three or more stories in   height  shall  have 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  an enclosed stair or fire-stair not more   than fifty feet distant from such means. The  other  required  means  of   egress  shall  open  either  directly  upon  a  fire-escape  or a public   vestibule or other public hall connecting with a stair or fire-stair.2. Except as hereinafter provided for dwellings two stories or less in   height, such 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  except  by a fireproof door and assembly with the door   self-closing.  In  a  dwelling  two  stories  or  less  in  height,  the   separating wall may be fire-retarded.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  permanently   occupied 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. Such means shall have a fireproof door and assembly with the  door   self-closing and without a transom.
NY Mult Res L § 256 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MRE - Multiple Residence Article 7 - Non-Fireproof New Multiple Dwellings Title 1 - Fire Protection 256 - Bulkheads and Scuttles.

§ 256. Bulkheads and scuttles.  1. Every required stair and fire-stair   in  a  dwelling  three  stories  or more in height shall have a bulkhead   constructed as provided for fireproof dwellings in section  two  hundred   four.2. A dwelling which is two stories or less in height shall be provided   at each required stair or fire-stair either with such 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.  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  metal  ladder   leading  thereto  and  easily  accessible  to  all  the occupants of the   dwelling.3. When the roof of a dwelling is pitched or sloped more than  fifteen   degrees,  no  bulkhead  or  scuttle, or stair or ladder leading thereto,   shall be required.
NY Mult Res L § 257 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MRE - Multiple Residence Article 7 - Non-Fireproof New Multiple Dwellings Title 1 - Fire Protection 257 - Public Stairs.

§  257.  Public stairs. 1. Every stair and fire-stair shall, except as   otherwise provided in subdivisions three and four of this section and in   section  two  hundred  fifty-nine,  be  constructed  as   provided   for   fire-stairs  in  sections  two  hundred  two  and  two  hundred five for   fireproof dwellings.2. Every stair and fire-stair shall be at least three  feet  in  clear   width  throughout,  and at all floor levels shall have landings at least   three feet eight inches in clear width.3. Every stair and fire-stair shall be completely separated from every   other stair and fire-stair 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.   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 or yard.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 permanently occupied 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 permanently occupied 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.