New York Multiple Dwelling Law Title 1 - LIGHT AND AIR

  • 26 - Height, Bulk, Open Spaces.
    1. Dwellings affected. a. This section, except as may specifically be provided otherwise in articles six and seven, shall apply to all dwellings erected, enlarged,...
  • 28 - Two or More Buildings on Same Lot.
    1. If any separate multiple dwelling is erected after April eighteenth, nineteen hundred twenty-nine, upon the rear of a lot which has another multiple dwelling...
  • 29 - Painting of Courts and Shafts.
    The exterior surface of all walls of all courts and shafts of multiple dwellings, except of outer courts opening on a street, and courts having...
  • 30 - Lighting and Ventilation of Rooms.
    1. The provisions of this section shall apply only to multiple dwellings erected after April eighteenth, nineteen hundred twenty-nine, and shall apply to all such...
  • 31 - Size of Rooms.
    1. The provisions of this section, except subdivision six, shall apply only to multiple dwellings erected after April eighteenth, nineteen hundred twenty-nine, and shall apply...
  • 32 - Alcoves.
    1. Every alcove, except a lawful cooking space, opening from any room in any multiple dwelling erected after April eighteenth, nineteen hundred twenty-nine, shall be...
  • 33 - Cooking Spaces.
    1. Every space which is intended, arranged or designed for cooking or warming of food shall be either a kitchen or kitchenette. The term "kitchen"...
  • 34 - Rooms in Basements and Cellars.
    1. In any multiple dwelling erected after April eighteenth, nineteen hundred twenty-nine, every room in a cellar or basement shall have a permit as provided...
  • 35 - Entrance Doors and Lights.
    In every multiple dwelling erected after April eighteenth, nineteen hundred twenty-nine, every door giving access to an entrance hall from outside the dwelling shall contain...
  • 36 - Windows and Skylights for Public Halls and Stairs.
    1. In every multiple dwelling erected after April eighteenth, nineteen hundred twenty-nine, one at least of the required windows provided to light each public hall...
  • 37 - Artificial Hall Lighting.
    1. In every multiple dwelling the owner shall provide a light or lights, each of at least sixty watts incandescent or twenty watts cool white...

Last modified: February 3, 2019