N.Y. Multiple Dwelling Law § 232: Fire-escapes

§ 232. Fire-escapes. 1. All fire-escapes erected after April

eighteenth, nineteen hundred twenty-nine, shall be arranged and

constructed in conformity with the provisions of section fifty-three.

2. As specifically indicated in subdivision nine of section

fifty-three, a wire, chain, cable, vertical ladder, or rope fire-escape

is an unlawful means of egress from any apartment. Every such

fire-escape shall be removed and replaced, if required as a means of

egress, by a system of fire-escapes constructed and arranged as provided

in section fifty-three.