N.Y. Multiple Dwelling Law § 161: Application of article five-A

§ 161. Application of article five-A. The provisions of this article

shall apply to garden-type maisonette dwelling projects erected under

plans filed with the department on or after April eighteenth, nineteen

hundred fifty-four. They shall apply to all such dwellings unless their

application is expressly limited to dwellings of a particular class.

They shall apply in addition to, and not in substitution for, the

provisions of article three. Such dwellings need not comply with the

provisions of sections twenty-eight, thirty-five, thirty-six, fifty,

fifty-four, and sixty-five, or with articles four, five, six or seven of

this chapter, but such dwellings shall comply with all of the provisions

of the building code applicable to residential buildings of this type

and kind. A garden-type maisonette dwelling project, which is erected in

accordance with the applicable provisions of this chapter for fireproof

or non-fireproof dwellings other than the provisions of this article

five-A, shall not be required to comply with the provisions of this

article.