2006 New York Code - Legislative Findings.

 
    §  239.  Legislative  findings.  The  legislature  recognizes that the
  ever-increasing cost of home heating has resulted in widespread consumer
  interest in the use of portable kerosene heaters.  Because  there  is  a
  wide  variety  of  kerosene  heaters,  including  different  designs and
  intended purposes, the public interest requires that those heaters which
  are  used  in  residential  structures  meet  certain  safety  standards
  designed  to  insure  that  they  are  reasonably safe for that purpose.
  Accordingly, it is the intent of this article to protect the  public  by
  establishing  standards  which  will  permit  the use of reasonably safe
  heaters in residential structures.