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Every bedroom of a rental is required to have a window in New York. But in this part of town, the advertising rights alone probably vastly exceed any possible
by timr 2mo ago
Every bedroom of a rental is required to have a window in New York.
But in this part of town, the advertising rights alone probably vastly exceed any possible revenue from renting the building for residential use. It’s kind of like the tiny building in Times Square that has the ball on top. I don’t think people even realize there’s a building behind all of the billboards, but it was original New York Times building.
- nkrisc 2mo agoThat’s what I meant, but worded poorly: that for anyone to legally be living there it wouldn’t currently meet the standards. Renting any part of that building out is likely not worth the hassle compared to the ad revenue, as you noted.
- jen20 2mo ago> but it was original New York Times building. It was the second New York Times building! The original was on Park Row.
- bsammon 2mo ago> Every bedroom of a rental is required to have a window in New York. I don't think you meant this as specific as it sounds -- I suspect this requirement applies to coops, condos, and maybe even if you want to get official permission to use it as an owner-occupied single-family dwelling.
- timr 2mo agoThe rule is a residential rental rule. If you rent it out, the rule applies. The ownership structure does not matter. I think there's actually a parallel rule that theoretically applies to owner-occupied buildings, but for obvious reasons there's a lot less enforcement. Beyond real estate agents not listing an illegal bedroom as a bedroom, for example, nobody is going to hunt you down for using a non-bedroom as a sleeping place.