2006 New York Code - New Buildings; Sidewalk Requirements.

 
    §  27-214 New buildings; sidewalk requirements. a. Except as permitted
  under the provisions of section 27-218  of  this  article,  no  building
  hereafter  constructed  shall  be occupied or used, in whole or in part,
  unless and until a certificate  of  occupancy  shall  have  been  issued
  certifying  that  such  building  conforms substantially to the approved
  plans and the provisions of this code  and  other  applicable  laws  and
  regulations.
    b.  (1)  No  certificate of occupancy or letter of completion shall be
  issued for any building,  completed  on  or  after  April  twenty-third,
  nineteen hundred sixty-three unless the sidewalk in front of or abutting
  such  building,  including  but not limited to the intersection quadrant
  for corner property shall have been installed and paved or  repaired  by
  the  owner  at his or her own cost, in the manner, of the materials, and
  in accordance with the specifications prescribed by  the  department  of
  transportation  pursuant  to  sections 19-113 and 19-115 of the code, or
  unless the owner of  such  premises  has  furnished  to  the  department
  security  satisfactory  to  it  that such sidewalk will be installed and
  paved or repaired within the time specified by the department or  unless
  the commissioner waives such requirement where conditions do not require
  the installation of a sidewalk.
    (2)  The  commissioner  of  buildings  shall  insure  that streets are
  suitably improved in accordance with the standards and specifications of
  the department of transportation  as  required  by  subdivision  two  of
  section thirty-six of the general city law and shall otherwise carry out
  the provisions of such subdivision.
    c.  No  certificate of occupancy or temporary certificate of occupancy
  (excluding amendments to previously issued  certificates  of  occupancy)
  shall  be  issued on or after April first, nineteen hundred eighty-seven
  for any  existing  building  which  has  not  fully  complied  with  all
  requirements of this code applicable to such existing building.