Multiple Dwelling Law § 25 · Article 3. Multiple Dwellings--general Provisions
Application of article three
Text — Law content up to date as of August 28, 2026, as published by the New York State Senate (Open Legislation)
§ 25. Application of article three. Except as otherwise expressly provided, all the provisions of this article shall apply to every multiple dwelling erected after April eighteenth, nineteen hundred twenty-nine. Except as otherwise expressly provided, only the following enumerated sections of this article, and then only to the extent required therein, shall apply to multiple dwellings, whether class A or class B, erected before such date:
§ 28. Two or more buildings on 59. Bakeries and fat boiling
same lot 60. Motor vehicle storage
29. Painting of courts and 61. Business uses
shafts 62. Parapets, guard railings
31. Size of rooms--subdi- and wires--subdivision two
vision six 66. Lodging houses
33. Cooking spaces 67. Hotels and certain other
35. Entrance doors and class A and B dwellings
lights 75. Water supply
37. Artificial hall lighting 76. Water-closet and bath
50-a. Entrances: doors, accommodations
locks and intercommunication 77. Plumbing and drainage
systems 78. Repairs
52. Stairs 79. Heating
55. Wainscoting 80. Cleanliness
56. Frame buildings and 81. Receptacles for waste
extensions matter
57. Bells; mail receptacles 83. Janitor or housekeeper
58. Incombustible materials
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