{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-multiple-dwelling-law-232","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Multiple Dwelling Law § 232","heading":"Fire-escapes","body":"§ 232. Fire-escapes. 1. All fire-escapes erected after April\neighteenth, nineteen hundred twenty-nine, shall be arranged and\nconstructed in conformity with the provisions of section fifty-three.\n  2. As specifically indicated in subdivision nine of section\nfifty-three, a wire, chain, cable, vertical ladder, or rope fire-escape\nis an unlawful means of egress from any apartment. Every such\nfire-escape shall be removed and replaced, if required as a means of\negress, by a system of fire-escapes constructed and arranged as provided\nin section fifty-three.","path":["Multiple Dwelling Law","Article 7. Tenements","Title 2. Fire Protection"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/MDW/232","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:45Z","sha256":"bc34e4af68b2c73873707f12528372d21dca8715dc0c2350238f23b219c3060a","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-multiple-dwelling-law-231","next":"us-ny/n.y.-multiple-dwelling-law-233"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}