{"data":{"id":"us-nyc/n.y.c.-admin.-code-27-2061","jurisdiction":"us-nyc","citation":"N.Y.C. Admin. Code § 27-2061","heading":"§ 27-2061 Lighting and ventilation of living rooms in old law tenements.","body":"a. Required windows. Every living room in an old law tenement shall either have a window opening:\n\n(1) On a street; or\n\n(2) On a yard at least four feet in depth; or\n\n(3) On a court or shaft at least twenty square feet in area open to the sky without a roof or skylight; or\n\n(4) Above the roof of an adjoining building; or it shall meet the requirements of the multiple dwelling law. In the event that a window opens above the roof of an adjoining building and the light and air from the adjoining lot is thereafter diminished in any way, the department may determine that such a room is a noncomplying room and require compliance with the requirements of the multiple dwelling law. For a room located on the top story, a ventilating skylight opening to the outer air may be substituted for a window. At least one-half of every required window shall open.\n\nb. Dining space. A dining space shall have at least one window which:\n\n(1) Opens on a street, yard or legal court, and\n\n(2) Has an area not less than one-eighth the floor area of such dining space.","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":"de7e356bf6c6fcfb2ae5d195c8ce6d1c091324d2fd95298d9f6baf4d5a1fb56e","source_id":"us-nyc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nyc/n.y.c.-admin.-code-27-2060","next":"us-nyc/n.y.c.-admin.-code-27-2062"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}