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2023 New York Laws › MDW - Multiple Dwelling › Article 8 - Requirements and Remedies › 302 - Unlawful Occupation.

§  302.  Unlawful  occupation.  1.  a. If any dwelling or structure be
  occupied in whole or in  part  for  human  habitation  in  violation  of
  section  three  hundred one, during such unlawful occupation any bond or
  note secured by a mortgage upon said dwelling or structure, or  the  lot
  upon  which  it  stands,  may  be  declared  due  at  the  option of the
  mortgagee.
b. No rent shall be recovered by the owner of such premises  for  said
  period,  and  no  action  or  special  proceeding  shall  be  maintained
  therefor, or for possession of said  premises  for  nonpayment  of  such
  rent.
c.  During  such period the department in charge of water supply shall
  not permit water to be furnished in any such dwelling or  structure  and
  said  premises  shall  be  deemed  unfit  for  human habitation, and the
  department of health or the department charged with the  enforcement  of
  this chapter shall cause them to be vacated.
2.  The  department  may  cause to be vacated any dwelling or any part
  thereof which contains a nuisance as defined in  section  three  hundred
  nine,  or is occupied by more families or persons than permitted in this
  chapter, or is erected, altered or occupied contrary to  law.  Any  such
  dwelling  shall  not again be occupied until it or its occupancy, as the
  case may be, has been made to conform to law.
2023 New York Laws › MDW - Multiple Dwelling › Article 8 - Requirements and Remedies › 302-B - Removal of Violations by Mortgagees.

§  302-b. Removal of violations by mortgagees. 1.  Notwithstanding any
  other  provision  of  law,  where  a  receiver  has  been  appointed  in
  foreclosure  proceedings  instituted  by a mortgagee with respect to any
  multiple dwelling, such mortgagee may advance  to  such  receiver  funds
  necessary for the operation of such multiple dwelling and for the making
  of   repairs   therein   necessary  to  remove  conditions  constituting
  violations of this chapter. Such receiver shall, to the extent possible,
  repay any and all such advances from income received by him with respect
  to the property and, if such income is insufficient to  permit  complete
  repayment  of such advances, any amounts which cannot be so repaid, with
  interest, shall be added to the amount of the  lien  of  such  mortgagee
  upon  entry  of  a  foreclosure  judgment,  provided, however, that such
  amounts shall not be the basis for any additional personal liability  on
  the part of the mortgagor.
2.  Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, a mortgagee advancing
  funds to a receiver pursuant to subdivision one of this section shall be
  liable only for gross and willful negligence with respect to any  repair
  made at his direction and with funds so advanced.
2023 New York Laws › MDW - Multiple Dwelling › Article 8 - Requirements and Remedies › 303 - Enforcement.

§  303.  Enforcement.  1.  Except  as  herein  otherwise provided, the
  provisions of this chapter shall be enforced by the  department  charged
  with  the enforcement of laws, ordinances and regulations in relation to
  multiple dwellings.
1-a. For the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this chapter,  the
  department  shall have the power to subpeona witnesses, administer oaths
  and take testimony, compel the production of books, papers, records  and
  documents  and  to hold public or private hearings, subject to the right
  of any person who shall appear hereunder to be represented by counsel of
  his own choosing, at any such hearing. The department may designate  one
  or  more  of  its  members, officers or employees to exercise any one or
  more of such powers.
2. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to  abrogate  or  impair
  the  powers of any department or of the courts to enforce the provisions
  of  any  local  law,  ordinance,  rule,  regulation   or   charter   not
  inconsistent  with  this  chapter,  or  to  prevent violations or punish
  violators thereof.
2023 New York Laws › MDW - Multiple Dwelling › Article 8 - Requirements and Remedies › 305 - Violation of Local Laws and Regulations.

§  305. Violation of local laws and regulations. Any owner, architect,
  builder,  contractor,  sub-contractor,  construction  superintendent  or
  their  agents  who  shall,  in  the  construction  or  alteration of any
  building or structure intended to be occupied as  a  multiple  dwelling,
  knowingly violate any of the provisions of local laws, ordinances, rules
  or regulations shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
2023 New York Laws › MDW - Multiple Dwelling › Article 8 - Requirements and Remedies › 306 - Judicial Procedure and Orders.

§ 306. Judicial procedure and orders. 1. In case any multiple dwelling
  or  structure  or any part thereof or the lot on which it is situated is
  constructed, altered,  converted  or  maintained  in  violation  of  any
  provision  of  this chapter or of any order or notice of the department,
  or in case a nuisance exists in any such dwelling or structure  or  part
  thereof  or  upon  the  lot  on which it is situated, the department may
  institute any appropriate action or proceeding to prevent such  unlawful
  construction,   alteration,  conversion  or  maintenance,  to  restrain,
  correct or abate such violation or nuisance, to prevent  the  occupation
  of  said  dwelling  or  structure or any part thereof, or to prevent any
  illegal act, conduct or business in or about such dwelling, structure or
  lot.
2. In any such action or proceeding the department may,  by  affidavit
  setting  forth  the facts, apply to the supreme court, or to any justice
  thereof, or, if the premises in respect to which the action  is  brought
  are  situated in the city of New York, to the New York city civil court,
  or, if the premises in respect  to  which  the  action  is  brought  are
  situated  in  whole  or  in  part within a district of the court, to the
  district court, or, if the premises in respect to which  the  action  is
  brought  are  situated  in whole or in part within a city outside of the
  city of New York, to the city court of such city, for:
a. An order granting the relief for which said action or proceeding is
  brought, or enjoining all persons from doing or permitting  to  be  done
  any  work  in  or  about  such  dwelling,  structure  or lot or any part
  thereof, or from occupying or using the same for any purpose, until  the
  entry of final judgment or order.
b.  An  order  authorizing the department to execute and carry out the
  provisions of any notice or order which is issued by the department  and
  not  complied  with, to remove any violation specified in such notice or
  order, or to abate any nuisance in or about such dwelling, structure  or
  lot.
3.  In  an  action to establish a lien under this chapter, the service
  and procedure, except as otherwise provided  in  section  three  hundred
  nine,  shall  be  as  set forth in sections three hundred twenty-six and
  three hundred fifty-six to three hundred sixty, both inclusive.
4. The judgment in any such action may provide for the sale at  public
  auction  of the property affected, and for such other remedies to secure
  the enforcement thereof as the court may deem proper.
5. The court or any justice thereof is authorized to  make  any  order
  specified in this section.
6.  In  no  case  shall  the city, or the department or any officer or
  employee thereof, be liable for costs in any action or  proceeding  that
  may be commenced pursuant to this chapter.
2023 New York Laws › MDW - Multiple Dwelling › Article 8 - Requirements and Remedies › 307 - Liens.

§  307.  Liens.  Every  fine  imposed  by judgment under section three
  hundred four upon an owner shall be a lien upon the premises in relation
  to which the fine is imposed from the time of the filing of a  certified
  copy  of said judgment in the office of the clerk of the county in which
  such premises are situated, subject only to taxes, assessments and water
  rates and to such mortgage and mechanics' liens  as  may  exist  thereon
  prior  to  such  filing; and it shall be the duty of the department upon
  the entry of said judgment to file such certified  copy  forthwith,  and
  such  copy  shall  be  forthwith  indexed  by such clerk in the index of
  mechanics' liens.
2023 New York Laws › MDW - Multiple Dwelling › Article 8 - Requirements and Remedies › 308 - Notice of Pendency of Action.

§  308.  Notice of pendency of action.  1. In any action or proceeding
  instituted by the department the plaintiff or petitioner may file in the
  county clerk's office of the county where the premises affected by  such
  action  or  proceeding  are  situated,  a notice of the pendency of such
  action or proceeding. Such notice may be filed at  any  time  after  the
  service  of any notice or order issued by the department, at the time of
  the commencement of the action or proceeding, or at any time afterwards,
  before final judgment or order.
2. Each county clerk with whom such a notice is filed shall record and
  index it to the name of each person specified in a direction  subscribed
  by the corporation counsel or other legal officer of the city.
3. Any such notice may be vacated upon the order of a judge or justice
  of  the  court  in  which such action or proceeding was instituted or is
  pending, or upon the consent in writing of the  corporation  counsel  or
  other  legal  officer  of  the  city. The clerk of the county where such
  notice is filed shall mark such notice and any record or docket  thereof
  as  cancelled of record upon the presentation and filing of such consent
  or of a certified copy of such order.
2023 New York Laws › MDW - Multiple Dwelling › Article 8 - Requirements and Remedies › 309-A - Multiple Dwelling; Apartment Prohibitions for Certain Employees.

§   309-a.  Multiple  dwelling;  apartment  prohibitions  for  certain
  employees. 1. No janitor, superintendent,  manager,  custodian,  or  the
  like,  of  a  multiple  dwelling  shall  be  permitted  to  reside in an
  apartment unit in the multiple dwelling in which he is employed  if  the
  rental  of such apartment unit to a tenant is prohibited by any general,
  special, or local law.
2. An owner, agent or operator of a multiple dwelling may apply to the
  department for a waiver of the provisions of this section on the  ground
  that  there  is  a bona fide unavailability of a suitable apartment unit
  for  occupation  by  any  of  the  above  mentioned  employees.  Upon  a
  determination  that  such  unavailability does exist, the department may
  grant an exemption from the application of the provisions of subdivision
  one of this section upon such terms and  conditions  as  it  shall  deem
  appropriate.
3.  For  the  purposes  of  this section, the term "multiple dwelling"
  shall mean a building in which there is either rented,  leased,  let  or
  hired  out  to  be  occupied, or is occupied as the residence or home of
  three of more families living independently of each other.
2023 New York Laws › MDW - Multiple Dwelling › Article 9 - Registry of Names and Service of Papers › 326 - Service of Notices, Orders and Summonses.

§  326.  Service  of  notices,  orders and summonses. 1. Every notice,
  order or summons relative to a dwelling shall be served five days before
  the time for compliance therewith. The posting of a copy of such notice,
  order or summons in a conspicuous place in such dwelling, together  with
  the mailing of a copy thereof, within five days of such posting, to each
  person  whose  name  has been filed with the department of health or the
  department charged with the enforcement of this chapter,  in  accordance
  with the provisions of section three hundred twenty-five, at his address
  as  therewith  filed,  shall  be  sufficient  service thereof, except as
  provided in subdivision three.
2. Except as provided by the provisions of this chapter which are less
  restrictive than the provisions of  this  subdivision,  if  any  notice,
  order  or summons is directed to any person pursuant to any provision of
  this chapter, including the provisions of  subdivision  two  of  section
  three  hundred nine, and if the address of such person is not registered
  or, in any case for which personal service is provided, if  such  person
  cannot  with due diligence be served personally, then such notice, order
  or summons may be served by posting a  copy  thereof  in  a  conspicuous
  place upon the premises within which a violation is alleged to have been
  placed  or a condition complained of is alleged to exist, and by sending
  a copy thereof by registered mail, return receipt  requested,  addressed
  to such person at his last known address or place of residence.
3.  In  the  case  of  a summons if the address of any agent or lessee
  whose name and address have been filed in accordance with the provisions
  of section three hundred  twenty-five  is  in  the  city  in  which  the
  dwelling is situated, then a copy of the summons shall also be delivered
  at  such  address  to  a  person  of  lawful  age,  if  upon  reasonable
  application admittance can  be  obtained  and  such  person  found;  and
  provided  also  that  personal  service of the summons upon the owner of
  such dwelling shall be sufficient service thereof upon him.
4. Notwithstanding any inconsistency with this  section,  in  a  city,
  having  a population of one million or more, a local law may provide for
  the manner of serving civil process for the  enforcement  of  penalties,
  sanctions and remedies provided in such local law.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 New York Laws › MRE - Multiple Residence › Article 2 - Miscellaneous Application Provisions › 12 - Uncompleted Dwellings.

§  12.  Uncompleted  dwellings.  1.  The  provisions  of  this chapter
  relating to new multiple dwellings  shall  not  apply  to  any  multiple
  dwelling for which plans were on file with the department or a permit to
  commence  building  was  issued  by  the  department  before July first,
  nineteen hundred fifty-two, or to any dwelling the plans for  conversion
  of  which  to  multiple  dwelling  occupancy,  were  on  file  with  the
  department or a permit authorizing the commencement of the work of  such
  conversion  was  issued  by  the  department before such date, provided,
  however, a certificate of occupancy as required  by  the  provisions  of
  section  three  hundred  two  shall  be  obtained therefor prior to July
  first, nineteen hundred fifty-seven.
2. No provisions of any part  of  this  section  shall  be  deemed  to
  prohibit  the  amendment  of  any  plans  filed and approved before July
  first, nineteen hundred fifty-two, if such  amendment  would  have  been
  lawful  before  such  date,  or  if  such  amendment  complies  with the
  requirements of this chapter for alterations to buildings of  like  kind
  existing before such date.
2023 New York Laws › MRE - Multiple Residence › Article 2 - Miscellaneous Application Provisions › 13 - Prohibited Uses:

§  13.  Prohibited  uses:  The  storage  or keeping of any combustible
  gaseous material within any multiple dwelling shall be unlawful unless a
  written permit therefor is issued by the  department  and  any  and  all
  local  laws  or  regulations  applicable  thereto are complied with. The
  provisions of this  section  shall  not  prevent  the  keeping  of  such
  gasoline,  oil or other fuel as may be contained in a tank or receptacle
  of a motor vehicle stored in a  space  provided  for  automobiles  in  a
  multiple dwelling, nor shall this section apply to gaseous material used
  for  the  cleaning  or washing of a motor vehicle so stored. Such permit
  shall not be required for the keeping or storage of oil or  kerosene  in
  quantities  not  exceeding  five  gallons  at  any one time for domestic
  heating or cooking purposes, provided such  oil  or  kerosene  is  in  a
  container  directly  connected  to  the heating or cooking appliances in
  which it is to be  used  and  is  kept  or  stored  in  accordance  with
  standards of safety prescribed by the department.
2023 New York Laws › MRE - Multiple Residence › Article 2 - Miscellaneous Application Provisions › 16 - Multiple Residence Emergency Information.

§  16.  Multiple residence emergency information. 1. In the case of an
  emergency affecting a multiple residence, the owner  or  agent  of  such
  multiple  residence  shall provide emergency service personnel, upon the
  request of such emergency service personnel, including but  not  limited
  to  local  police  and  fire  departments,  with  the  names and contact
  information of all affected residents or  occupants  as  listed  in  the
  lease  of such multiple residence as is required to ascertain the safety
  of such residents or occupants. For the purposes  of  this  section,  an
  emergency shall include but not be limited to fires, gas leaks, building
  collapses,  natural  disasters, acts of terrorism and other events where
  the physical safety of residents must be accounted for  by  ascertaining
  their whereabouts.
2. The owner or agent of such multiple residence shall update the list
  of  names and contact information of all affected residents or occupants
  of such multiple residence upon the execution  of  a  new  lease,  lease
  renewal  or lease amendment, or where such owner is an authority as such
  term is defined in section three of the public  housing  law,  including
  all  such  authorities  established  after  the  first  day  of January,
  nineteen hundred thirty-nine, upon annual recertification. Specific  and
  informed  written consent shall be obtained by the owner or agent of the
  multiple residence from each occupant or resident each time the list  is
  updated  and  no  occupant's  or  resident's name or contact information
  shall be included in such  list  without  their  specific  and  informed
  written  consent.  Written  notice  shall be provided to the occupant or
  resident about the contact list and shall include but not be limited  to
  that  such  list  is maintained by the owner and the potential impact of
  opting-out.
3. Such list of names and contact information shall only be maintained
  for  the  purpose  of  an  emergency  evacuation  and   shall   not   be
  disseminated,  used  or  accessed  by  emergency  services  personnel or
  disseminated, used or accessed by the owner or agent  of  such  multiple
  residence for any other purposes.
2023 New York Laws › MRE - Multiple Residence › Article 3 - Old Multiple Dwellings › Title 1 - Fire Protection › 26 - Egress From Dwellings.

§  26. Egress from dwellings.  In every such dwelling three stories or
  more in height there shall be from each story at least  two  independent
  means  of  egress accessible to each apartment or suite. The first means
  shall open into a public hall connected  with  a  stair  affording  safe
  access  to  a  street,  or  to  a  yard,  court  or passageway affording
  continuous, safe and unobstructed access to a street. The  second  means
  shall  be  directly  to  a  fire-escape  or to an enclosed stair without
  passing through the first means,  except  that  where  the  first  means
  includes  an  interior  stair which is closed off at each floor level by
  fire-retarded construction with a fireproof self-closing  door  therein,
  the  second  means  may  be another such interior stair or a fire-escape
  directly accessible on the same story from a public hall therein whether
  or not such public hall is also a part of the first means provided  such
  fire-escape  is  not  a  wire,  chain,  cable,  vertical  ladder or rope
  fire-escape. In lieu of a second means of egress a sprinkler system  may
  be installed in the public halls and stairs.
Except  as required by the provisions of article four of this chapter,
  the second means of egress shall not be required in a multiple  dwelling
  of fireproof construction, six stories or less in height, erected before
  July  first,  nineteen  hundred  fifty-two,  if  the egress arrangements
  thereof complied with requirements of law applicable  at  the  time  the
  dwelling was erected.
2023 New York Laws › MRE - Multiple Residence › Article 3 - Old Multiple Dwellings › Title 1 - Fire Protection › 27 - Fire-Escapes.

§  27. Fire-escapes.  Wire, chain, cable, combustible, vertical ladder
  or rope fire-escapes shall not be accepted as a required or  alternative
  means  of  egress  and, unless such fire-escapes are supplemental to the
  means of egress required by section twenty-six, they  shall  be  removed
  and  replaced  by  a  system of fire-escapes constructed and arranged as
  provided in section one hundred thirty-three. All  fire-escapes  erected
  on  or  after  July  first,  nineteen hundred fifty-three, to serve as a
  second means of egress shall be in conformity  with  the  provisions  of
  section  one  hundred  thirty-three.  It shall be unlawful to remove any
  fire-escape without permission from the department. Such system shall be
  installed, arranged and maintained  in  a  manner  satisfactory  to  the
  department and in accordance with rules adopted by the commission.
2023 New York Laws › MRE - Multiple Residence › Article 3 - Old Multiple Dwellings › Title 1 - Fire Protection › 28 - Stairs and Entrance Halls.

§  28. Stairs and entrance halls. In every such dwelling three stories
  or more in height the wood wainscoting and other  combustible  materials
  on  the  wall  and  ceiling  surfaces  in all halls shall be removed and
  replaced with incombustible or other fire-resistive materials.  In  lieu
  of  such  removal,  a sprinkler system may be installed in such halls or
  such wainscoting and the combustible surfaces may be treated or  covered
  in a manner satisfactory to the department with a surface fire-retardant
  approved  by  the  department. In such a dwelling, however, any entrance
  door and every door opening into any entrance hall, stair hall, or other
  public hall connected therewith, shall be self-closing.  Every  interior
  sash,  or  opening other than a door, in the walls or partitions of such
  halls and every window therein not opening to the  outer  air  shall  be
  sealed with fire-resistive materials.
2023 New York Laws › MRE - Multiple Residence › Article 3 - Old Multiple Dwellings › Title 1 - Fire Protection › 29 - Dumbwaiter Shafts.

§  29. Dumbwaiter shafts. In every such dwelling three stories or more
  in height the doors of all dumbwaiter shafts shall be made  self-closing
  and be covered on the shaft side with fire-resistive material.
2023 New York Laws › MRE - Multiple Residence › Article 3 - Old Multiple Dwellings › Title 1 - Fire Protection › 30 - Cellar Ceilings.

§ 30. Cellar ceilings. In every such dwelling three stories or more in
  height  the ceiling of the cellar, or of the lowest story if there be no
  cellar, shall be fire-retarded, or be equipped with a sprinkler  system,
  unless  such  ceiling  has already been plastered to the satisfaction of
  the department.
2023 New York Laws › MRE - Multiple Residence › Article 3 - Old Multiple Dwellings › Title 1 - Fire Protection › 31 - Inside Cellar Stairs.

§  31.  Inside cellar stairs. Every stair leading from a cellar to the
  floor above in  all  old  multiple  dwellings  shall  be  enclosed  with
  fire-retarded  partitions  and  shall  be  equipped with a fire-retarded
  self-closing door located as the department may approve.
2023 New York Laws › MRE - Multiple Residence › Article 3 - Old Multiple Dwellings › Title 2 - Sanitation › 42 - Water Closet and Bath Accommodations.

§  42.  Water  closet  and  bath accommodations. Every water closet or
  bathroom installed in such dwellings on or after  July  first,  nineteen
  hundred  fifty-two,  and  in  dwellings converted on or after such date,
  shall be in conformity  with  the  provisions  of  section  one  hundred
  seventy-one.
2023 New York Laws › MRE - Multiple Residence › Article 3 - Old Multiple Dwellings › Title 2 - Sanitation › 43 - Plumbing and Drainage.

§  43.  Plumbing  and  drainage. Every such dwelling shall be provided
  with facilities for  the  disposal  of  sewage,  waterborne  waste,  and
  excreta,  and such facilities shall be connected with the public sewers,
  if available and practicable; otherwise,  such  waste  matter  shall  be
  disposed  of  in  a  manner approved by the public health officer having
  jurisdiction.