N.Y. Labor Law § 283: Smoking

§ 283. Smoking. 1. No person shall smoke in a factory. A notice of

such prohibition stating the penalty for violation thereof shall be kept

posted in every entrance hall, elevator, stairhall and room of a factory

in English, and in such other languages as the fire commissioner of the

city of New York in such city and elsewhere the commissioner shall

direct.

2. The board in its rules may permit smoking in protected portions of

a factory, or in such classes of occupancies where in its opinion the

safety of the employees will not be endangered thereby. The fire

commissioner of the city of New York in such city and elsewhere the

commissioner may issue such permits in accordance with rules adopted by

the board.

3. The fire commissioner of the city of New York in such city and

elsewhere the commissioner shall enforce this section.