New York Multiple Dwelling Law Title 1 - FIRE PROTECTION

• 141 - Height.
  Any such dwelling which is seventy-five feet or less in height above the curb level and has six stories or less may be of non-fireproof
• 142 - Sub-Curb Uses.
  1. When such a dwelling is more than eighty feet in height measured from the lowest point of the yard or of any curb on...
• 143 - Construction of First Floor.
  1. The first floor above the lowest cellar, or, if there be no cellar, above the lowest story, shall be fireproof or, if the dwelling...
• 144 - Egress From Dwellings.
  1. A dwelling three or more stories in height shall have at least two means of egress extending to the roof from an entrance story,...
• 145 - Fire-Escapes.
  Every fire-escape shall be located, arranged, constructed and maintained as provided in section fifty-three.
• 146 - Egress From Apartments.
  1. There shall be at least two means of egress from every apartment or suite. Such means shall be remote from each other. Except where...
• 147 - Bulkheads and Scuttles.
  1. Except as otherwise provided in subdivision two of this section, every required stair, fire-stair and fire-tower in dwellings three stories or more in height...
• 148 - Public Stairs.
  1. Every stair, fire-stair and fire-tower shall, except as otherwise provided in subdivisions three and four of this section and section one hundred forty-nine, be...
• 149 - Public Halls.
  1. Every public hall shall be everywhere at least three feet in clear width. 2. Every public hall shall be completely enclosed with fireproof floor,...
• 150 - Cellar and Basement Stairs.
  1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, there shall be no inside stair communicating between the lowest cellar or the lowest story, if there...
• 151 - Spaces Under Stairs.
  1. It shall be unlawful to have a closet of any kind under any public stair. 2. The space beneath every stair from the foot...
• 152 - Fire-Stopping.
  1. In every wall where wooden furring is used every course of masonry from the under side to the top of any floor beams shall...

Last modified: February 3, 2019