New York Multiple Dwelling Law Title 1 - LIGHT AND AIR

• 211 - Height and Bulk.
  1. No tenement shall be increased in height so that its height shall exceed by more than one-half the width of the widest street upon...
• 212 - Yards and Courts.
  1. No tenement shall be enlarged or its lot diminished in any way which would leave any yard or court less in any dimension than...
• 213 - Lighting and Ventilation of Rooms.
  1. No tenement, its lot or any room, public hall or stairs therein shall be so altered as to have its light or ventilation diminished...
• 214 - Size of Rooms.
  1. In every tenement erected after April twelfth, nineteen hundred one, the sizes of living rooms shall meet the following requirements: a. In each apartment...
• 215 - Alcoves.
  No part of any room shall be enclosed or subdivided, wholly or in part, by a curtain, portiere, fixed or movable partition or other contrivance...
• 216 - Rooms in Basements and Cellars.
  No room in the basement or cellar of any tenement shall be occupied for living purposes unless there is a written permit therefor as provided...
• 217 - Lighting and Ventilation of Public Halls and Stairs.
  1. In every tenement erected after April twelfth, nineteen hundred one, which exceeds four stories in height or is occupied by three families or more...
• 218 - Alterations.
  1. Any non-fireproof tenement erected after May fifteenth, nineteen hundred two, having apartments extending from street to yard and having one or more outer courts...

Last modified: February 3, 2019