New York Consolidated Laws, Multiple Dwelling Law - MDW § 354. Rules of evidence

In any action to establish a lien or in any action or proceeding for a fine, penalty or other punishment for a violation of any of the provisions of this,  1 article, proof of the ill-repute or the ill-fame of the premises which are the subject-matter of the action or proceeding or of the inmates thereof, or of those resorting thereto, shall constitute presumptive evidence that such use was with the permission of the owner, agent or lessee. The certificate of the department that the building was intended, arranged or designed to be occupied as a dwelling shall be presumptive evidence of the fact that it is so occupied.