N.Y. Multiple Residence Law § 173: Heating

§ 173. Heating. Every new dwelling shall be provided with heat in all

living rooms sufficient to maintain the minimum temperatures required by

local law, ordinances, rules or regulation, or by the local public

health officer, provided, however, that such minimum temperature shall,

notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision one of section three

hundred twenty-nine of this chapter, be sixty-eight degrees Fahrenheit

during the hours between six o'clock in the morning and ten o'clock in

the evening during the months between October first and May

thirty-first, whenever the outdoor temperature falls below fifty-five

degrees Fahrenheit.