N.Y. Public Buildings Law § 53: Assistive listening systems

§ 53. Assistive listening systems. 1. All new public buildings,

construction of which commences after January first, nineteen hundred

ninety-one, containing an auditorium, theater, meeting hall, hearing

room, amphitheater, or room used in any similar capacity which are so

designated by the appropriate building and fire code shall have equipped

and installed an assistive listening system for use by persons who are

deaf or hard of hearing who require the use of such a system to improve

their reception of sound.

2. Standards for such systems shall be developed by the state fire

prevention and building code council upon receiving recommendations from

the advisory board on assistive listening systems in places of public

assembly.

3. For purposes of this section, the term "assistive listening system"

shall mean situational-personal acoustic communication equipment

designed to improve the transmission and auditory reception of sound.