{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-labor-law-296","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Labor Law § 296","heading":"Laundries","body":"§ 296. Laundries. A shop, room or building where one or more persons\nare employed in doing public laundry work by way of trade or for\npurposes of gain is a factory within the meaning of this chapter and\nsubject to the provisions relating to factories. No such public laundry\nwork shall be done in a room used for sleeping or living purposes. All\nsuch laundries shall be kept in a clean condition and free from vermin\nand from all impurities of an infectious or contagious nature.  This\nsection shall not apply to a female doing custom laundry work at her\nhome for regular family trade.","path":["Labor Law","Article 11. Factories","Title 4. Sanitation"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/LAB/296","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:45Z","sha256":"3f7497fe3c154fb293d7fcb85e4bf27feb039321cacee659e3a19c5e509e5f41","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-labor-law-295","next":"us-ny/n.y.-labor-law-297"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}