2012 New York Consolidated Laws
LAB - Labor
Article 7 - (200 - 219-C) GENERAL PROVISIONS
203-A - Seats in certain passenger elevators or relief for the operator.

 
    §  203-a.  Seats  in  certain  passenger  elevators  or relief for the
  operator. Every passenger elevator operated and maintained  for  use  by
  the  public  shall  be equipped or furnished with a seat, collapsible or
  otherwise, for the use of the operator when the elevator  is  not  being
  operated,  provided  the  operator  thereof  is not allowed a continuous
  recess period of at least  fifteen  minutes  in  every  three  hours  in
  addition  to  and  apart  from  a  lunch  period  of at least forty-five
  minutes. Every passenger elevator  operated  in  a  building  owned  and
  maintained  by the state shall be equipped or furnished with such a seat
  for the use of the operator when the elevator  is  not  being  operated,
  notwithstanding  the  operator  is  allowed  the recess and lunch period
  herein specified.  The provisions of this section  shall  not  apply  to
  elevators  in  factory  buildings  or any other building having only one
  passenger elevator.