§ 232. Fire-escapes. 1. All fire-escapes erected after April
eighteenth, nineteen hundred twenty-nine, shall be arranged and
constructed in conformity with the provisions of section fifty-three.

2. As specifically indicated in subdivision nine of section
fifty-three, a wire, chain, cable, vertical ladder, or rope fire-escape
is an unlawful means of egress from any apartment. Every such
fire-escape shall be removed and replaced, if required as a means of
egress, by a system of fire-escapes constructed and arranged as provided
in section fifty-three.