• niktemadur@lemmy.world
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        11 months ago

        Surely built before NYC had fire codes. In that case, do some buildings with “historical value” somehow get grandfathered in?

        • Princeali311@lemm.ee
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          11 months ago

          Yeah, at least in most cases. They get labeled as “legal non-conforming” and usually are required to become conforming in the event there is any major reconstruction done to fix a casualty event.