Ke aloha no:
(Greetings)
Would anyone know the specifics of the NYC building code law that would apply to a 8 foot (high) steel door that the building owner where I live has installed almost directly outside the door to the room which I rent to live in full time?
I need to open this door to make entry to the door to my room and also to access the shared bathroom (with the room next to mine) and when this door is opened there is about 8 inches or less that one has to squeeze through to get by the steel door in question.
In addition, with this steel door installed that is yet one more door that I have to be able to hear through while sleeping should a building fire break out at night while I am sleeping making it less likely that I will hear the smoke alarms in the hallway while asleep in my room with my door closed and locked.
As well the building owner has installed similar doors in the front of the building which lead to the rooms in the building (the building is a SRO---> made into a tourist hotel recent years) that has the only fire escape in the building. The NYC fire department has been of no help whatsoever on this or any other fire safety issue in the building. I had one fire officer try to tell me that the building did not require smoke alarms because the building has a fire sprinkler system in it. No, I am not making that one up folks.
Oh boy what a system! Any feedback much appreciated. I am due in NYC housing court later this month. I am choosing to represent myself as earlier efforts to get the West Side SRO Law Project (I live in Manhattan on the lower West Side- Chelsea) and the NYC Civil Liberities Union were both turned down and both told me that could not help me under any circumstances. Nice, huh? Thanks. Aloha. Peace.