277 – Occupancy Permitted.
§ 277. Occupancy permitted. Any building in any city of more than one million persons which at any time prior to January first, nineteen hundred seventy-seven was occupied for loft, commercial, institutional, public, community facility or manufacturing purposes, may, notwithstanding any other article of this chapter, or any provision of law covering the same subject […]
278 – Application of Other Provisions.
§ 278. Application of other provisions. 1. The provisions of this article apply to buildings with residential, mixed or joint living-work quarters or artists’ occupancy as herein provided and to such buildings only. In addition to the provisions of this article, the following enumerated articles and sections of this chapter shall, to the extent required […]
280 – Legislative Findings.
§ 280. Legislative findings. The legislature hereby finds and declares that a serious public emergency exists in the housing of a considerable number of persons in cities having a population of over one million, which emergency has been created by the increasing number of conversions of commercial and manufacturing loft buildings to residential use without […]
281 – Definition of “Interim Mutiple Dwelling”.
§ 281. Definition of “interim multiple dwelling”. 1. Except as provided in subdivision two of this section, the term “interim multiple dwelling” means any building or structure or portion thereof located in a city of more than one million persons which (i) at any time was occupied for manufacturing, commercial, or warehouse purposes; and (ii) […]
260 – Recovery of Rent for Certain Non-Complying Premises Restricted During Emergency Period.
* § 260. Recovery of rent for certain non-complying premises restricted during emergency period. 1. Legislative finding. It is hereby declared that in cities of this state with a population of over one million there exists an acute shortage of dwelling accommodations available to low-income families; that many dwellings formerly occupied by them have been […]
261 – Recovery of Possession of Certain Non-Complying Premises Restricted During Emergency Period.
* § 261. Recovery of possession of certain non-complying premises restricted during emergency period. 1. Legislative finding. The public emergency which existed at the time of the enactment of and which was declared in chapter six hundred seventy-five of the laws of nineteen hundred thirty-eight, and in acts amendatory thereof, having continued and still existing, […]
262 – Alteration of Uncompleted Buildings.
§ 262. Alteration of uncompleted buildings. The provisions of this chapter relating to multiple dwellings erected after April eighteenth, nineteen hundred twenty-nine, shall not apply to any fireproof building structurally enclosed but uncompleted on April first, nineteen hundred forty-five, conforming to the provisions of the local zoning law or resolution applicable to an apartment hotel, […]
264 – Conversion of Certain Dwellings.
* § 264. Conversion of certain dwellings. 1. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of this chapter or of any other law, it shall be lawful until July first, nineteen hundred forty-nine, for any owner to convert a non-fireproof dwelling which is not of frame construction, not more than a basement and two additional stories in height, […]
275 – Legislative Findings.
§ 275. Legislative findings. It is hereby declared and found that in cities with a population in excess of one million, large numbers of loft, manufacturing, commercial, institutional, public and community facility buildings have lost, and continue to lose, their tenants to more modern premises; and that the untenanted portions of such buildings constitute a […]
276 – Definition of an Artist.
§ 276. Definition of an artist. As used in this article, the word “artist” means a person who is regularly engaged in the fine arts, such as painting and sculpture or in the performing or creative arts, including choreography and filmmaking, or in the composition of music on a professional basis, and is so certified […]