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It's legal, in most cases, to omit an egress window in bedrooms in high-rise buildings—but only because the building includes fire-safety features (for example,

• lokar 3y ago
  Two different rules Bedrooms have egress requirements Apartments have window requirements (eg natural light)
  • DropInIn 3y ago
    Nah a whole bunch of jurisdictions made it so that with appropriate firewalls and other features there need be zero egress aside from the singular entrance/exit door. Windows can be unopenable etc., It's literally because of hi rises and the issues with it being pointless to jump from 10+ stories (you'll also suffer less, as the smoke will make you pass out long before you're actually being burned).
    • lokar 3y ago
      Yes, both rules vary by jurisdiction. I was just saying many places have both.
• steveBK123 3y ago
  No it is not legal in NYC. There's been a whole discussion of the code though as modern mid/high rises have - concrete, "fireproof" (in terms of adjacent unit to unit) construction - sprinkler systems - internal hallway leading to 2 stairways All of which are lacking in wood frame homes which make up a higher amount of home fire deaths. So there has been an argument that you could build housing much cheaper if you could rely on the concrete & sprinklers, and could lighten the rules around multiple stairs / windows / etc. An interesting debate, with of course, tradeoffs.