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