Section 232. Fire-escapes  


Latest version.
  • 1.  All  fire-escapes  erected  after  April
      eighteenth,  nineteen  hundred  twenty-nine,  shall  be   arranged   and
      constructed in conformity with the provisions of section fifty-three.
        2.   As   specifically   indicated  in  subdivision  nine  of  section
      fifty-three, a wire, chain, cable, vertical ladder, or rope  fire-escape
      is   an  unlawful  means  of  egress  from  any  apartment.  Every  such
      fire-escape shall be removed and replaced, if required  as  a  means  of
      egress, by a system of fire-escapes constructed and arranged as provided
      in section fifty-three.