{"data":{"id":"us-nyc/n.y.c.-admin.-code-27-2028","jurisdiction":"us-nyc","citation":"N.Y.C. Admin. Code § 27-2028","heading":"§ 27-2028 Central heat or electric or gas heating system; when required.","body":"Except as otherwise provided in this article, every multiple dwelling and every tenant-occupied one or two-family dwelling shall be provided with heat from a central heating system constructed in accordance with the provisions of the building code and the regulations of the department. A system of gas or electric heating provided for each dwelling unit may, if approved by the department, be utilized in lieu of a central heating system if:\n\n(1) the system is lawfully in use on July fourteenth, nineteen hundred sixty-seven; or\n\n(2) the system is approved by the appropriate city agencies having jurisdiction and is installed in a structure or building erected, converted, substantially rehabilitated, or completely vacated, after July fourteenth, nineteen hundred sixty-seven.","path":["New York City Administrative Code","Title 27","Chapter 2: Housing Maintenance Code"],"source_url":"https://files.amlegal.com/pdffiles/NewYorkCity/Admin/XML.zip","current_through":"Local Law 2026/135 (enacted August 31, 2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T02:48:57Z","sha256":"57e616b9603ad7bab441c71efcfd34c273c9a93b5123e6fa0d5483370409ef2f","source_id":"us-nyc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nyc/n.y.c.-admin.-code-27-2027","next":"us-nyc/n.y.c.-admin.-code-27-2029"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}