N.Y. Multiple Residence Law § 134: Cellar entrance

§ 134. Cellar entrance. There shall be a direct entrance to the

cellar, or to the lowest story if there be no cellar, from the outside

of every multiple dwelling, except that any stair leading to such cellar

or lowest story may be located inside the dwelling provided it is

enclosed in fireproof walls and fireproof doors and assemblies, with the

doors self-closing, at both the level of such cellar or lowest story and

that of the story above.