N.Y. VIL Law § 7-716
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Conflict with other laws
Official statutory text
§ 7-716 Conflict with other laws. Wherever the regulations made under\nauthority of this act require a greater width of size of yards or\ncourts, or require a lower height of building or less number of stories,\nor require a greater percentage of lot to be left unoccupied, or impose\nother higher standards than are required in any other statute or local\nlaw or regulation, the provisions of the regulations made under\nauthority of this act shall govern. Wherever the provisions of any other\nstatute or local ordinance or regulation require a greater width or size\nof yards or courts, or require a lower height of building or a less\nnumber of stories, or require a greater percentage of lot to be left\nunoccupied, or impose other higher standards than are required by the\nregulations made under authority of this act, the provisions of such\nstatute, or local ordinance or regulation shall govern.\n
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