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N.Y. LAB Law § 1052 — New York Code / Act LAB / Article 37 / Section 1052
Prohibiting the use of employment promissory notes and other similar provisions
Status: in_force

* § 1052. Prohibiting the use of employment promissory notes and other\nsimilar provisions. 1. No employer may require, as a condition of\nemployment, any employee or prospective employee to execute an\nemployment promissory note. The execution of an employment promissory\nnote as a condition of employment is unconscionable, against public\npolicy, and unenforceable, and any such note shall be null and void. If\nany such note is part of a larger agreement, the invalidity of such note\nshall not affect the other provisions of such agreement.\n  2. Nothing in this section shall prohibit or render void or\nunenforceable any agreement between an employee and an employer that:\n  (a) requires the employee to reimburse the employer for the cost of\ntuition, fees, and required educational materials for a transferable\ncredential that meets all of the following requirements:\n  (i) The agreement is set forth in a written contract that is offered\nseparately from any contract for employment.\n  (ii) The agreement does not require the employee to obtain the\ntransferable credential as a condition of employment.\n  (iii) The agreement specifies the repayment amount before the employee\nagrees to the contract, and the repayment amount does not exceed the\ncost to the employer of the tuition, fees, and required educational\nmaterials for the transferable credential received by the employee.\n  (iv) The agreement provides for a prorated repayment amount during any\nrequired employment period that is proportional to the total repayment\namount and the length of the required employment period and does not\nrequire an accelerated payment schedule if the employee separates from\nthe employment.\n  (v) The agreement does not require repayment to the employer by the\nemployee if the employee is terminated, except if the employee is\nterminated for misconduct.\n  (b) requires the employee to pay the employer for any property the\nemployer has sold or leased to the employee, as long as such sale or\nlease was voluntary.\n  (c) requires the employee to repay a financial bonus, relocation\nassistance, or other non-educational incentive or other payment or\nbenefit that is not tied to specific job performance, unless the\nemployee was terminated for any reason other than misconduct or the\nduties or requirements of the job were misrepresented to the employee.\n  (d) requires educational personnel to comply with any terms or\nconditions of sabbatical leaves granted by their employers; or\n  (e) is entered into as part of a program agreed to by the employer and\nits employees' collective bargaining representative.\n  * NB Effective December 19, 2026\n
N.Y. RCO Law § 57 — New York Code / Act RCO / Article 3-A / Section 57
Changing number of laymen trustees
Status: in_force

§ 57. Changing number of laymen trustees. An incorporated church to\nwhich this article is applicable may, by a majority vote of the duly\nqualified voters at an annual corporate meeting, change the number of\nits laymen trustees to three, six or nine, and classify them so that the\nterms of one-third of such number so changed expire each year. No such\nchange shall affect the terms of the laymen trustees then in office, and\nif the change reduces the number of laymen trustees, it shall not take\neffect until the number of laymen trustees whose terms of office\ncontinue for one or more years after an annual election of trustees, is\nless than the number determined upon. Whenever the number of laymen\ntrustees so holding over is less than the number so determined,\nsufficient laymen trustees shall be elected, in addition to those so\nholding over, to make the number of laymen trustees for the ensuing year\nequal to the number so determined. The laymen trustees so elected up to\nand including one-third of the number so determined shall hold office\nfor a term of three years, the remainder up to and including one-third\nof the number so determined, for two years and the remainder, for one\nyear.\n
N.Y. COR Law § 655 — New York Code / Act COR / Article 22-B / Section 655
Governor only to reprieve
Status: in_force

§ 655. Governor only to reprieve. No judge, court, or officer, other\nthan the governor, can reprieve the execution of a person sentenced to\ndeath. This section does not apply to a stay authorized by law.\n
N.Y. BNK Law § 599 — New York Code / Act BNK / Article 12-D / Section 599
Separability of provisions
Status: in_force

§ 599. Separability of provisions. If any provision of this article,\nor the application of such provision to any person, co-partnership,\nassociation, corporation or circumstance, shall be held invalid, the\nremainder of the article, and the application of such provision to\npersons, co-partnerships, associations, corporations or circumstances\nother than those as to which it is held invalid, shall not be affected\nthereby.\n
N.Y. CPL Law § 182.10 — New York Code / Act CPL / Part 2 / Title H / Article 182 / Section 182.10
Definition of terms
Status: in_force

* § 182.10 Definition of terms.\n  "Electronic appearance" shall mean an appearance in which one or more\nof the participants in the proceeding are not physically present in the\ncourt part where the appearance is convened but rather appear\nelectronically at the proceeding through a computer or other digital\nmedium in a manner that allows participants to see and hear each other.\n  * NB Repealed September 1, 2028\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 4676 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 46-A / Section 4676
Industrial development agency financing
Status: in_force

§ 4676. Industrial development agency financing. Fee-for-service\ncontinuing care retirement communities developed pursuant to this\narticle shall be eligible for industrial development financing in\naccordance with section forty-six hundred four-a of this chapter except\nfor paragraphs b and g of subdivision two of such section and financing\nby any public benefit corporation authorized to make loans to continuing\ncare retirement communities under the laws of this state provided,\nhowever, the operator of such fee-for-service continuing care retirement\ncommunity has demonstrated capability to comply fully with the\nrequirements for a certificate of authority and has obtained a\ncontingent certificate of authority pursuant to section forty-six\nhundred fifty-five of this article and the operator has agreed to meet\nthe requirements of article eighteen-A of the general municipal law.\n
N.Y. RCO Law § 411 — New York Code / Act RCO / Article 19 / Section 411
Real estate
Status: in_force

§ 411. Real estate. (a) A society shall not sell or mortgage any of\nits real property without applying for and obtaining leave of the court\ntherefor pursuant to the provisions of article five of the\nnot-for-profit corporation law.\n  (b) If a sale or mortgage of any real property of any such society has\nbeen heretofore or shall be hereafter made and a conveyance or mortgage\nexecuted and delivered without the authority of a court of competent\njurisdiction, obtained as required by law, or not in accordance with its\ndirections, the court may, thereafter, upon the application of the\ncorporation, or of the grantee or mortgagee in any such conveyance or\nmortgage or of any person claiming through or under any such grantee or\nmortgagee upon such notice to such corporation, or its successor, and\nsuch other person or persons as may be interested in such property, as\nthe court may prescribe, confirm said previously executed conveyance or\nmortgage, and order and direct the execution and delivery of a\nconfirmatory deed or mortgage, or the recording of such confirmatory\norder in the office where deeds and mortgages are recorded in the county\nin which the property is located; and upon compliance with the said\norder such original conveyance or mortgage shall be as valid and of the\nsame force and effect as if it has been executed and delivered after due\nproceedings had in accordance with the statute and the direction of the\ncourt.\n  (c) The provisions of this section shall not apply to real property\nheretofore or hereafter acquired on a sale in an action or proceeding\nfor the foreclosure of a mortgage owned by a society or held by a\ntrustee for or in behalf of a society or to real property heretofore or\nhereafter acquired by a society or held by a trustee for or in behalf of\na society by deed in lieu of the foreclosure of a mortgage owned, either\nin whole or in part, whether in certificate form or otherwise, by a\nsociety.\n
N.Y. RCO Law § 325 — New York Code / Act RCO / Article 17 / Section 325
Corporate meetings
Status: in_force

§ 325. Corporate meetings. 1. The trustees of an incorporated United\nMethodist church shall be elected at the annual corporate meeting which\nshall be held at the time and place fixed by the by-laws, if such time\nand place be so fixed, and otherwise at a time and place to be fixed by\nits trustees. A special corporate meeting of any such church may be\ncalled by the board of trustees thereof, on its own motion or on the\nwritten request of at least ten qualified voters of such church. The\ntrustees shall cause notice of the time and place of the annual\ncorporate meeting therein specifying the name of any trustees, whose\nsuccessors are to be elected thereat, and, if a special meeting,\nspecifying the business to be transacted thereat, to be given at each of\nthe two next preceding regular meetings of such incorporated church for\npublic worship, at least one week apart, at morning service, if such\nservice be held, on Sunday, if Sunday be the day for such regular\nmeetings, or if no such public worship be held during such period, by\nconspicuously posting such notice in writing upon the outer entrance to\nthe principal place of worship of such church. Such notice shall be\ngiven by the district superintendent, the pastor, the officiating\nminister or an officer of the church.\n  2. At such a corporate meeting the following persons, and no other,\nshall be qualified voters for the election of trustees, to wit:  all\npersons who are full members of such church in good and regular\nstanding. The members present at any duly announced meeting shall\nconstitute a quorum. Each action of the meeting upon any matter or\nquestion shall be decided by a majority of the qualified voters present\nand voting thereon. At such a meeting the district superintendent or the\npastor shall preside, or in the absence of both or in case of either or\nboth declining to preside, any qualified voter may be elected to\npreside. The presiding officer of the meeting shall receive the votes,\nbe the judge of qualifications of voters subject to appeal to the vote\nof the members present whose qualifications as voters are not\nchallenged, and declare the result of the votes cast on any matter.\n  3. Election of trustees at the annual corporate meeting shall be by\nwritten individual ballot and on a majority vote. Such trustees shall be\nof full age and each election shall provide that at least two-thirds of\nthe board of trustees shall be members of The United Methodist Church.\nThe trustees shall be elected for a term of three years or until their\nsuccessors have been duly elected, provided that one-third shall be\nelected each year.\n
N.Y. BNK Law § 349 — New York Code / Act BNK / Article 9 / Section 349
Licensee's books and records; reports
Status: in_force

§ 349. Licensee's books and records; reports. The licensee shall keep\nand use in its business such books, accounts, and records as will enable\nthe superintendent to determine whether such licensee is complying with\nthe provisions of this article and with the rules and regulations\nlawfully made by the superintendent hereunder. Every licensee shall\npreserve such books, accounts, and records, including cards used in the\ncard system, if any, for at least two years after making the final entry\non any loan recorded therein.  Preservation of photographic reproduction\nthereof or records in photographic form, including an optical disk\nstorage system and the use of electronic data processing equipment that\nprovides comparable records to those otherwise required and which are\navailable for examination upon request shall constitute compliance with\nthe requirements of this section.\n  Each licensee shall annually on or before the first day of April file\na report with the superintendent giving such information as the\nsuperintendent may require concerning the business and operations during\nthe preceding calendar year of each licensed place of business conducted\nby such licensee within the state under authority of this article. Such\nreport shall be subscribed and affirmed as true by the licensee under\nthe penalties of perjury and shall be in the form prescribed by the\nsuperintendent who shall make and publish annually a consolidated\nstatement of condition showing the combined assets and liabilities of\nall licensed lenders. Such consolidated statement of condition shall be\nbased upon the information contained in such reports. In addition to\nannual reports, the superintendent may require such additional regular\nor special reports as may be deemed necessary to the proper supervision\nof licensees under this article. Such additional reports shall be in the\nform prescribed by the superintendent and shall be subscribed and\naffirmed as true under the penalties of perjury.\n
N.Y. CNT Law § 335 — New York Code / Act CNT / Article 6-A / Section 335
County of Tompkins enhanced 911 emergency telephone system
Status: in_force

* § 335. County of Tompkins enhanced 911 emergency telephone system.\n1.  Notwithstanding the provisions of any law to the contrary, the\ncounty of Tompkins acting through its local county legislative body, is\nhereby authorized and empowered to adopt, amend or repeal local laws to\nimpose a surcharge, in addition to the surcharge established and imposed\nunder section three hundred three of the county law, in an amount not to\nexceed sixty-five cents per access line per month on the customers of\nevery service supplier within such municipality to pay for the costs\nassociated with obtaining, operating and maintaining the\ntelecommunication equipment and telephone services needed to provide an\nenhanced 911 (E911) emergency telephone system to serve such county.\n  2. Any such local law shall state the amount of the surcharge, the\ndate on which the service supplier shall begin to add such surcharge to\nthe billings of its customers and, to the extent practicable, the date\non which such E911 service is to begin. Such local law may authorize the\nservice supplier to begin billing its customers for such surcharge prior\nto the date the E911 system service is to begin.\n  3. Any service supplier within a municipality which has imposed a\nsurcharge pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be given a\nminimum of forty-five days written notice prior to the date it shall\nbegin to add such surcharge to the billings of its customers or prior to\nany modification to or change in the surcharge amount.\n  4. The surcharge established pursuant to the provisions of this\nsection shall be imposed on a per access line basis on all current bills\nrendered for local exchange access service within the 911 service area.\n  5. No such surcharge shall be imposed upon more than seventy-five\nexchange access lines per customer per location.\n  6. Lifeline customers, a public safety agency and any municipality\nwhich has enacted a local law pursuant to the provisions of this section\nshall be exempt from any surcharge imposed under this section.\n  * NB Repealed July 11, 2029\n
N.Y. PBO Law § 14 — New York Code / Act PBO / Article 2 / Section 14
Effect of consolidation on terms of office
Status: in_force

§ 14. Effect of consolidation on terms of office.  If an office be\ncontinued by the consolidated laws constituting the consolidation of\nwhich this chapter is a part, the person lawfully holding such office at\nthe time of the taking effect of such consolidated laws shall, subject\nto the provisions of such consolidated laws, continue therein for the\nterm for which he was chosen, or if holding over after the expiration of\nhis term, until his successor shall be chosen and shall have qualified.\n
N.Y. JUD Law § 197 — New York Code / Act JUD / Article 7 / Section 197
Appointment of confidential clerks by county judges of Kings, Queens, Erie, Monroe, Nassau, Onondaga, Rockland, Dutchess and Saint Lawren...
Status: in_force

§ 197. Appointment of confidential clerks by county judges of Kings,\nQueens, Erie, Monroe, Nassau, Onondaga, Rockland, Dutchess and Saint\nLawrence counties and by special county judge of Erie county.  Each of\nthe county judges of the counties of Kings, Queens, Erie, Monroe,\nNassau, Onondaga, Rockland, Dutchess and Saint Lawrence shall, and the\nspecial county judge of the county of Erie may, appoint and at pleasure\nremove, a confidential clerk. Such clerks shall be exempt from\ncompetitive examination, and their fitness and qualifications for the\noffice shall be approved by the judge making the appointment.\n
N.Y. CVP Law § 4018 — New York Code / Act CVP / Article 40 / Section 4018
Increased damages
Status: in_force

Rule 4018. Increased damages. Where increased damages are granted by\nstatute, the decision, report or verdict shall specify the sum awarded\nas single damages, and judgment shall be entered for the increased\namount.\n
N.Y. SCP Law § 1203 — New York Code / Act SCP / Article 12 / Section 1203
General bond Except in the counties of Erie, Monroe and Onondaga the person so appointed shall execute a bond with sureties to be approve...
Status: in_force

§ 1203. General bond\n  Except in the counties of Erie, Monroe and Onondaga the person so\nappointed shall execute a bond with sureties to be approved by the court\nto the county in a penal sum to be fixed by the board of supervisors on\nrecommendation of the court and conditioned for the faithful discharge\nof the duties of his office and that he will fully and correctly account\nfor and pay over all moneys and property which may come into his hands\nas public administrator according to law, which bond shall be filed with\nthe clerk of the county and the premium thereon shall be a county\ncharge. The bond in the counties of Erie, Monroe and Onondaga shall be\nin a penal sum fixed by the court and the premium shall be borne\npersonally by the public administrator.\n
N.Y. FCT Law § 311.4 — New York Code / Act FCT / Article 3 / Part 1 / Section 311.4
Substitution of petition or finding
Status: in_force

§ 311.4. Substitution of petition or finding. 1. At any time in the\nproceedings the court, upon motion of a respondent or its own motion,\nmay, with the consent of the presentment agency and with the consent of\nthe respondent, substitute a petition alleging that the respondent is in\nneed of supervision for a petition alleging that the respondent is a\njuvenile delinquent.\n  2. At the conclusion of the dispositional hearing the court, upon\nmotion of the respondent or its own motion, may in its discretion and\nwith the consent of the respondent, substitute a finding that the\nrespondent is a person in need of supervision for a finding that the\nrespondent is a juvenile delinquent.\n  3. In any proceeding under this article based upon an arrest for an\nact of prostitution, there is a presumption that the respondent meets\nthe criteria as a victim of a severe form of trafficking as defined in\nsection 7105 of title 22 of the United States Code (Trafficking Victims\nProtection Act of 2000). Upon the motion of the respondent, without the\nconsent of the presentment agency, a petition alleging that the\nrespondent is in need of supervision shall be substituted for the\ndelinquency petition. If, however, the respondent has been previously\nadjudicated as a juvenile delinquent under this article for an act which\nwould be a crime pursuant to article two hundred thirty of the penal\nlaw, if the respondent was an adult, or expresses a current\nunwillingness to cooperate with specialized services for sexually\nexploited youth, continuing with the delinquency proceeding shall be\nwithin the court's discretion. The necessary findings of fact to support\nthe continuation of the delinquency proceeding shall be reduced to\nwriting and made part of the court record. If, subsequent to issuance of\na substitution order under this subdivision and prior to the conclusion\nof the fact finding hearing on the petition alleging that the respondent\nis a person in need of supervision, the respondent is not in substantial\ncompliance with a lawful order of the court, the court may, in its\ndiscretion, substitute the original petition alleging that the\nrespondent is a juvenile delinquent for the petition alleging that the\nrespondent is in need of supervision.\n
N.Y. RAT Law § 101 — New York Code / Act RAT / Article 9 / Section 101
Construction of terms
Status: in_force

§ 101. Construction of terms.  Whenever the term public service\ncommission, or board of rapid transit railroad commissioners, or transit\nconstruction commissioner, or transit commission, occurs in any law,\ncontract or document relating to a subject or matter jurisdiction\nwhereof was transferred to the board of transportation, or when in any\nlaw, contract or document reference is made to such commission, board or\ncommissioner in connection with a subject or matter jurisdiction whereof\nwas so conferred, such term or reference shall be deemed to refer to and\ninclude the board of transportation, so far as such law, contract or\ndocument pertains to matters which are within the jurisdiction of such\nboard.\n
N.Y. AGM Law § 85 — New York Code / Act AGM / Article 5 / Section 85
Destruction of animals; disposition of carcasses
Status: in_force

§ 85. Destruction of animals; disposition of carcasses.  The\ncommissioner may prescribe rules for the destruction of animals affected\nwith infectious or communicable disease, and for the proper disposal of\ntheir hides and carcasses and all objects which might carry infection or\ncontagion. Whenever in his judgment necessary for the more speedy and\neconomical suppression or prevention of the spread of any such disease\nhe may cause to be slaughtered and afterward disposed of, in such manner\nas he may deem expedient, any animal or animals which by contact or\nassociation with diseased animals or other exposure to infection or\ncontagion may be considered or suspected to be liable to contract or\ncommunicate the disease sought to be suppressed or prevented.  The\ncommissioner may seize and cause to be destroyed a carcass or any\nportion thereof affected with any communicable disease.\n
N.Y. TAX Law § 1231 — New York Code / Act TAX / Article 29 / Part 2 / Subpart B / Section 1231
Certain restrictions against double taxation
Status: in_force

§ 1231. Certain restrictions against double taxation. Except as\nexpressly otherwise provided in this article, nothing in this article\nshall limit or prevent the imposition of a tax on gross income or a tax\non gross receipts of persons, firms and corporations doing business in\nany city with a population of one million or more. No such person, firm\nor corporation, however, shall be subject to the imposition under the\nprovisions of this article of more than one tax by any such city on\ngross income or gross receipts for the privilege of doing business.\n
N.Y. PEN Law § 255.15 — New York Code / Act PEN / Part 3 / Title O / Article 255 / Section 255.15
Bigamy
Status: in_force

§ 255.15 Bigamy.\n  A person is guilty of bigamy when he contracts or purports to contract\na marriage with another person at a time when he has a living spouse, or\nthe other person has a living spouse.\n  Bigamy is a class E felony.\n