N.Y. MDW Law § 161

§ 161. Application of article five-A. The provisions of this article\nshall apply to garden-type maisonette dwelling projects erected under\nplans filed with the department on or after April eighteenth, nineteen\nhundred fifty-four. They shall apply to all such dwellings unless their\napplication is expressly limited to dwellings of a particular class.\nThey shall apply in addition to, and not in substitution for, the\nprovisions of article three. Such dwellings need not comply with the\nprovisions of sections twenty-eight, thirty-five, thirty-six, fifty,\nfifty-four, and sixty-five, or with articles four, five, six or seven of\nthis chapter, but such dwellings shall comply with all of the provisions\nof the building code applicable to residential buildings of this type\nand kind. A garden-type maisonette dwelling project, which is erected in\naccordance with the applicable provisions of this chapter for fireproof\nor non-fireproof dwellings other than the provisions of this article\nfive-A, shall not be required to comply with the provisions of this\narticle.\n