And there was a bribe paid at some point.

I am so fed up with that cretin I could explode!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

after the building was completed. And it only requires a building to add them during a major renovation.

those floors underwent major renovation, according to this article:

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/u-s-cities-mandate-sprinklers-old-residential-towers

not understanding.

It's likely that there weren't any "significant" renovations, and the word "significant" is inadequately defined.

Justice and following the law, so more people aren't killed is the goal.

I've never actually seen sprinklers inside of a NYC apartment built before the 21st Century. I've seen them sometimes in common areas but not inside of an apartment itself. I live in a large multi-building housing complex in Manhattan that was built in the 1940's; we don't have sprinklers here.

that there was no fire alarm system either. Do you know if they also were not required?

a man died in that fire.

Adding sprinklers costs money.

And be sure to try some of our newer products, like Environmental Protections B-Gone or Korean Nuclear War!"

Who who put themselves at risk by buying a "luxury" high rise apartment that lacked a basic fire sprinkler system?

down to ground level. Don't have a link to an article confirming that yet.

(the Dump Tower was built between '80 and '83).

And if so, how did they go all these years without being called on it!?

Developers probably kept the sprinkler regulations from being enacted as long they did.

Them, and the building contractors (bada-bing, bada-boom).

those residents should get sprinkler systems even if NOT mandated.

Profit uber alles!

I worked with fire alarm and fire suppression systems for some years, mainly inspecting new installations. It was a great job, really...IBEW rates, even though we didn't do installation. Halon discharge systems were my favourite, but you had to be protecting something pretty expensive to install something that sophisticated. But I digress.

I did this work in Vancouver and Victoria, BC, so my knowledge is not only dated (retired in the 80s), but not relevant to NY state or NYC. The only definitive information I found was that New Jersey has required full sprinkler coverage since 1977. I know New Jersey and NY are two different states, despite the "New" connection, but I find it hard to imagine that NYC codes would be less stringent than NJ's.

It seems that a "home inspection" would have caught those safety deficits.

there are major renovations (see reply 6).

I was not handing anyone that much money w/o an independent house inspection (the first house I liked, the inspector caught that the roof needed major repairs, those owners wouldn't do the work or give me a discount, so I passed.)
Is it not usual & customary for an independent inspector to evaluate the property in skyscrapers or tall bldgs? The mortgage company did a cursory inspection & asked for hand rails on the porches.

now the residential floors at the top of the building can be a fire trap.


Boo hoo. Poor trump.

a scourge on the reputation of all that I love about NYC.

Trump's really into sprinklers.