N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 4654*2

* § 4654. General requirements; applicability of laws to enhanced\nassisted living. Nothing in this article shall require a residence to\nobtain an enhanced assisted living certificate pursuant to this title\nunless such residence elects to provide aging in place by retaining\nresidents described in subdivision fifteen of section four thousand six\nhundred fifty-one of this article.\n * NB There are 2 § 4654's\n