New York Multiple Dwelling Law Section 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.

Last modified: February 3, 2019