N.Y. MDW Law § 193
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Frame buildings
Official statutory text
§ 193. Frame buildings. No frame building shall be erected or\nmaintained upon the same lot with a dwelling converted after April\ntwenty-eighth, nineteen hundred thirty, nor shall any frame building not\noccupied on April thirteenth, nineteen hundred forty, as a multiple\ndwelling be altered or converted to such use; except that if the walls\nof a frame converted dwelling are faced with a veneer of brick and the\nentrance story is occupied by not more than one family, such entrance\nstory may be altered so that it may be occupied by two families.\n
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