* § 219-e. Suspension of building restrictions.
1.The provisions of\nthe multiple dwelling law and of any other law, charter, administrative\ncode, building law, local law, ordinance, rule or regulation pertaining\nto the construction, maintenance, use and occupation of housing\naccommodations and incidental facilities, as well as the provisions of\nany general, special or local law, rule or regulation pertaining to the\nplanning and zoning of buildings, shall not apply to the construction by\na government or authority of an emergency project, and shall be\nsuspended with respect to the maintenance, use and occupation thereof,\nand the equipment and fixtures contained therein, as long as such\nproject is operated by a government or authority for the purpose of\nproviding emergency hous
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* § 219-e. Suspension of building restrictions. 1. The provisions of\nthe multiple dwelling law and of any other law, charter, administrative\ncode, building law, local law, ordinance, rule or regulation pertaining\nto the construction, maintenance, use and occupation of housing\naccommodations and incidental facilities, as well as the provisions of\nany general, special or local law, rule or regulation pertaining to the\nplanning and zoning of buildings, shall not apply to the construction by\na government or authority of an emergency project, and shall be\nsuspended with respect to the maintenance, use and occupation thereof,\nand the equipment and fixtures contained therein, as long as such\nproject is operated by a government or authority for the purpose of\nproviding emergency housing, or by an educational institution to which\nthe rights and interest of the United States have been, or shall\nhereafter be, relinquished and transferred pursuant to the provisions of\nchapter six hundred eighty-eight, public law seven hundred ninety-six of\nthe eightieth Congress (section fifteen hundred seventy-five of title\nforty-two, U. S. code) or any amendment thereto, for the purpose of\nproviding emergency housing. Any provision of general, special, or local\nlaw or any rule or regulation requiring the issuance of a certificate of\noccupancy or other form of license or permit, as a condition to the\noccupancy of any building, shall likewise be suspended with regard to\nemergency projects.\n 2. The provisions of this section shall remain in effect during the\nperiod of the housing emergency and the acute shortage of housing\naccommodations but in no event beyond July first, nineteen hundred\nfifty-four.\n * NB Expired July 1, 1954 by its own terms\n