2006 New York Code - (enacted Without Section Heading).

 
    §  170-a.    Notwithstanding  any  other  provision of this chapter, a
  dwelling, other than a frame dwelling, three stories or less  in  height
  erected after April eighteenth, nineteen hundred twenty-nine as a one or
  two-family  dwelling  may  be  converted  to  a  multiple dwelling to be
  occupied by not  more  than  three  families  in  all,  with  a  maximum
  occupancy  of two families on each floor in a two story building and one
  family on each floor in a three story building,  provided  however  that
  all  the  provisions  of  this  article  are  complied with and provided
  further that
    1. No part of such dwelling shall be used for business purposes.
    2. No part of  such  dwelling  shall  be  arranged,  designed  for  or
  occupied by roomers, boarders or lodgers.
    3.  The  public hall or stair partitions and soffit of stairs shall be
  fire-retarded and said partitions fire-stopped. The  apartment  entrance
  doors  and  door  assemblies  in  such  hall  shall  be  fire-proof  and
  self-closing.
    4. The required stairs shall comply with the provisions of subdivision
  three of section fifty-two of this chapter.
    5. No door opening  shall  be  permitted  from  a  garage  within  the
  building to the stair hall or public hall. However, any other opening to
  the residential portion shall be provided with a fire-proof self-closing
  door, and the door assemblies shall be fire-proof.
    6.  The  cellar shall not be used for any purpose other than household
  storage and mechanical equipment or appliances, and the  cellar  ceiling
  shall be fire-retarded.