N.Y. Labor Law § 296: Laundries

§ 296. Laundries. A shop, room or building where one or more persons

are employed in doing public laundry work by way of trade or for

purposes of gain is a factory within the meaning of this chapter and

subject to the provisions relating to factories. No such public laundry

work shall be done in a room used for sleeping or living purposes. All

such laundries shall be kept in a clean condition and free from vermin

and from all impurities of an infectious or contagious nature. This

section shall not apply to a female doing custom laundry work at her

home for regular family trade.