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N.Y. TWN Law § 68 — New York Code / Act TWN / Article 4 / Section 68
Compromise of actions, proceedings or claims
Status: in_force

§ 68. Compromise of actions, proceedings or claims. 1. The town board\nof any town may compromise or settle:\n  a. An action or proceeding against the town, with the approval of the\ncourt in which such action or proceeding is pending.\n  b. Any claim presented pursuant to section sixty-five-a or sixty-seven\nof this chapter, with the approval of a justice of the supreme court of\nthe judicial district in which such town is located.\n  2. The order of the court or the justice approving such settlement or\ncompromise may be granted upon the motion of an officer of the town\ndesignated by the town board, supported by the affidavit of such officer\nsetting forth the cause of action or the claim against the town and also\nsuch other information which, in his opinion, will enable the court or\nthe justice to arrive at a determination that such compromise or\nsettlement is just, reasonable and to the interest of the town. Such\nofficer may also present the affidavits of other persons in support of\nhis motion. The court or the justice, in order to arrive at such a\ndetermination, may require such officer to present additional\ninformation by a supplemental affidavit or affidavits or may require\nother persons to present additional information by their affidavits.\n  3. Upon obtaining the approval of the court or the justice, the town\nboard may pay the amount of such compromise or settlement from funds or\nsources authorized pursuant to section one hundred twelve of this\nchapter.\n  4. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, the town\nboard of any town may compromise or settle any action, proceeding or\nclaim against the town upon such terms as said board shall determine are\njust, reasonable and to the interest of the town.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 3801 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 38 / Section 3801
Veterans health manpower center
Status: in_force

§ 3801. Veterans health manpower center. The commissioner shall\nestablish within the department a veterans health manpower center for\nthe purpose of instituting and conducting studies and surveys of\nveterans health manpower resources, maintaining registries of such\nresources and recruiting veterans having experience in health fields for\nemployment in health service occupations.\n
N.Y. PEN Law § 230.40 — New York Code / Act PEN / Part 3 / Title M / Article 230 / Section 230.40
Permitting prostitution
Status: in_force

§ 230.40 Permitting prostitution.\n  A person is guilty of permitting prostitution when, having possession\nor control of premises or vehicle which he or she knows are being used\nfor prostitution purposes or for the purpose of advancing prostitution,\nhe or she fails to make reasonable effort to halt or abate such use.\n  Permitting prostitution is a class B misdemeanor.\n
N.Y. ISC Law § 4309 — New York Code / Act ISC / Article 43 / Section 4309
Limitation on expenses
Status: in_force

§ 4309. Limitation on expenses. (a) No corporation subject to the\nprovisions of this article shall, during any one year, disburse more\nthan the percentages hereafter prescribed of the aggregate amount of the\npremiums received during such year as expenditures for expenses, which,\nfor the purposes of this article, shall include all expenses paid or\nincurred by the corporation which do not constitute benefit payments\nmade to or on behalf of persons covered under contracts issued by such\ncorporations:\n  (1) For hospital service corporations: fifteen per centum reduced by\none per centum for each five million dollars or fraction thereof above\none million dollars of premiums received to ten per centum.\n  (2) All other corporations: twenty per centum reduced by one per\ncentum for each five million dollars or fraction thereof above one\nmillion dollars of premiums received to fifteen per centum except that\nfor any corporation which derives more than fifty per centum of its\npremiums received from the sale of contracts which provide hospital\nservice benefits: seventeen and one-half per centum reduced by one per\ncentum for each five million dollars or fraction thereof above one\nmillion dollars of premiums received to twelve and one-half per centum.\n  (3) Upon written application, the superintendent may waive the\nlimitations in paragraph one or two of this subsection for any\ncorporation which has not attained the level of enrollment which it\nneeds to attain a break-even position. The break-even position is\nattained when the amount of annual losses and expenses incurred by the\ncorporation is equal to the amount of premiums earned during this\nperiod. Such corporation shall be subject to such limitations in the\ncalendar year following the year in which it attains a break-even\nposition.\n  (b) If any such corporation shall in any calendar year make or incur\nexpenses as hereinabove defined in excess of its expense limit the\nsuperintendent may, upon written application of such corporation and a\nshowing that such corporation has taken steps in accordance with a plan\nsubmitted by the corporation and approved by the superintendent which\nwill enable it to comply with the provisions of this section during the\nnext calendar year, suspend the expense limit for such corporation for\nthe calendar year in which the excess was incurred but the\nsuperintendent shall not suspend the expense limit for any such\ncorporation for more than two calendar years in succession.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 96 — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 9 / Section 96
Property demanded by process of law
Status: in_force

§ 96. Property demanded by process of law. The last two sections do\nnot apply to any case where property is demanded by virtue of legal\nprocess.\n
N.Y. COR Law § 15-B — New York Code / Act COR / Article 2 / Section 15-B
Education
Status: in_force

§ 15-b. Education. The present director of vocational education shall\nbe the director of education with the powers and duties of the director\nof education and hereafter shall be appointed by the commissioner. The\ndirector of education, at any time appointed, shall be a person whose\neducation, training and experience shall cover fields of penology and of\nprofessional education. The educational qualifications shall include the\nsatisfactory completion of three years of graduate work in education,\npenology, and allied fields. The head of the division of education shall\nhave the direct supervision of all educational work in the department of\ncorrections and community supervision and shall have full authority to\nvisit and inspect all institutions of the department to observe, study,\norganize, and develop the educational activities of such institutions in\nharmony with the general educational program of the department. He or\nshe shall be responsible to the commissioner and deputy commissioner\ndesignated by the commissioner.\n
N.Y. WKC Law § 97 — New York Code / Act WKC / Article 6 / Section 97
Inspections
Status: in_force

§ 97. Inspections. The commissioners shall have the right to inspect\nthe plants and establishments of employers insured in the state\ninsurance fund; and the inspectors designated by the commissioners shall\nhave free access to such premises during regular working hours.\n
N.Y. COR Law § 196 — New York Code / Act COR / Article 7 / Section 196
Violations of institutional labor regulations
Status: in_force

§ 196. Violations of institutional labor regulations. Any contract\nmade by the commissioner of correction or warden of any prison, or by\nany officer or any other authority whatsoever, of any prison,\nreformatory, penitentiary or other correctional institution of this\nstate, in violation of, or contrary to, the provisions of this article,\nshall be null and void. It shall be the duty of any such officer or\nauthorities to furnish to the attorney-general, upon demand therefor, a\ntrue copy, if in writing, and if not, in substance, of any contract made\nby such officer or authorities, relating in any way to the system of\nlabor adopted, or to the employment of prisoners in any of said prisons,\nreformatories, penitentiaries or other correctional institutions.\nWhenever the attorney-general shall be satisfied that any contract made\nas aforesaid is contrary to or in violation of this article, or that any\nof the officers or authorities aforesaid have entered into or are\nengaged in any contract or arrangement for the labor of prisoners, or\nrelating to the system adopted or continued in said institutions, which\ncontract or arrangement is contrary to or in violation of law as\naforesaid, if he shall be of the opinion that the facts require such\naction, he is hereby authorized to bring an action in the supreme court\nin the name of the people of the state of New York, in any county which\nhe may select, for the purpose of testing the validity of any contract\nor arrangement made by any of the officers herein named, relating in any\nway to the system of labor adopted, or the employment of prisoners in\nany of said prisons, reformatories, penitentiaries or other correctional\ninstitutions, or to determine the validity of any act or thing done by\nany officer herein mentioned, which act or thing shall be alleged to\nhave been in violation of this article. Any party to such contract,\nagreement or arrangement as aforesaid, or interested in the\ndetermination of such action, shall be made defendant, and pending the\ntrial or hearing of the facts alleged, or of any issue made as\naforesaid, the court shall, upon notice of the attorney-general, and\nupon a petition duly verified showing the making of any contract or\narrangement in violation of the provisions of this article, or the doing\nof any act or thing by any of the parties defendant, in violation of\nthis article, grant an injunction order, restraining the parties named\nin said order from the further prosecution of the business complained\nof, or from the further performance of the contract or arrangement\nclaimed to have been entered into as aforesaid, and to restrain and\nenjoin such officer from the further continuance of any act alleged to\nbe in violation of this article. And any disobedience of such injunction\norder shall be punishable as provided by article nineteen of the\njudiciary law. And upon any trial had, judgment shall follow the\nfindings of fact made by the court or jury, as in other cases, and with\ncosts, in the discretion of the court.\n
N.Y. AGM Law § 258-O — New York Code / Act AGM / Article 21 / Section 258-O
The commissioner is hereby authorized and directed to make a study of the sanitary regulations, codes and rules applicable to milk and mi...
Status: in_force

§ 258-o. The commissioner is hereby authorized and directed to make a\nstudy of the sanitary regulations, codes and rules applicable to milk\nand milk products produced in the state of New York, and to study and\nreport to the governor the possible economic impact of a national\nsanitation act upon New York milk production and New York dairy farmers.\n
N.Y. MHY Law § 91.04 — New York Code / Act MHY / Title E / Article 91 / Section 91.04
Separability clause
Status: in_force

§ 91.04 Separability clause.\n  If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section, or part of this chapter\nshall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid,\nsuch judgment shall not affect, impair, or invalidate the remainder\nthereof, but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence,\nparagraph, section, or part thereof directly involved in the controversy\nin which such judgment shall have been rendered.\n
N.Y. AGM Law § 146-D — New York Code / Act AGM / Article 10 / Section 146-D
Rules and regulations
Status: in_force

§ 146-d. Rules and regulations. The commissioner is hereby authorized,\nafter public hearing, to adopt, promulgate and issue such rules and\nregulations as he may deem necessary to supplement, carry out and give\nfull force and effect to the provisions of this article.\n
N.Y. PBL Law § 38 — New York Code / Act PBL / Article 3 / Section 38
Payment on resale
Status: in_force

§ 38. Payment on resale.  The purchaser shall complete the sale,\nimmediately, by paying into the treasury the amount due on the land and\nreceiving a patent, or by executing a proper bond and receiving a new\ncertificate of the sale.\n
N.Y. LIE Law § 4 — New York Code / Act LIE / Article 2 / Section 4
Extent of lien
Status: in_force

§ 4. Extent of lien. (1) Such lien shall extend to the owner's right,\ntitle or interest in the real property and improvements, existing at the\ntime of filing the notice of lien, or thereafter acquired, except as\nhereinafter in this article provided. If an owner assigns his interest\nin such real property by a general assignment for the benefit of\ncreditors, within thirty days prior to such filing, the lien shall\nextend to the interest thus assigned. If any part of the real property\nsubjected to such lien be removed by the owner or by any other person,\nat any time before the discharge thereof, such removal shall not affect\nthe rights of the lienor, either in respect to the remaining real\nproperty, or the part so removed. If labor is performed for, or\nmaterials furnished to, a contractor or subcontractor for an\nimprovement, the lien shall not be for a sum greater than the sum earned\nand unpaid on the contract at the time of filing the notice of lien, and\nany sum subsequently earned thereon. In no case shall the owner be\nliable to pay by reason of all liens created pursuant to this article a\nsum greater than the value or agreed price of the labor and materials\nremaining unpaid, at the time of filing notices of such liens, except as\nhereinafter provided.\n  (2) Such lien shall not extend to the owner's right, title or interest\nin real property and improvements, existing at the time of filing the\nnotice of lien if such lien arises from the failure of a lessee of the\nright to explore, develop or produce natural gas or oil, to pay for,\ncompensate or render value for improvements made with the consent or at\nthe request of such lessee by a contractor, subcontractor, materialman,\nequipment operator or owner, landscaper, nurseryman, or person or\ncorporation who performs labor or furnishes materials for the\nexploration, development, or production of oil or natural gas or\notherwise improves such leased property. Such lien shall extend to the\nimprovements made for the exploration, development and production of oil\nand natural gas, and the working interest held by a lessee of the right\nto explore, develop or produce oil and natural gas.\n  (3) Notwithstanding subdivision two if a property owner is also a\ndeveloper of oil and gas resources and is a party to an agreement with a\nperson or firm authorized to perfect a lien arising out of the failure\nof such developer to compensate or render value for improvements to the\nproperty upon which an oil or gas well is drilled or established, the\nlien shall extend to the owners' right or interest in such real\nproperty.\n
N.Y. UCC Law § 9-505 — New York Code / Act UCC / Article 9 / Part 5 / Subpart 1 / Section 9-505
Filing and Compliance with Other Statutes and Treaties for Consignments, Leases, Other Bailments, and Other Transactions
Status: in_force

Section 9--505. Filing and Compliance with Other Statutes and Treaties\n                  for Consignments, Leases, Other Bailments, and Other\n                  Transactions.\n  (a) Use of terms other than "debtor" and "secured party." A consignor,\nlessor, or other bailor of goods, a licensor, or a buyer of a payment\nintangible or promissory note may file a financing statement, or may\ncomply with a statute or treaty described in Section 9--311(a), using\nthe terms "consignor", "consignee", "lessor", "lessee", "bailor",\n"bailee", "licensor", "licensee", "owner", "registered owner", "buyer",\n"seller", or words of similar import, instead of the terms "secured\nparty" and "debtor".\n  (b) Effect of financing statement under subsection (a). This part\napplies to the filing of a financing statement under subsection (a) and,\nas appropriate, to compliance that is equivalent to filing a financing\nstatement under Section 9--311(b), but the filing or compliance is not\nof itself a factor in determining whether the collateral secures an\nobligation. If it is determined for another reason that the collateral\nsecures an obligation, a security interest held by the consignor,\nlessor, bailor, licensor, owner, or buyer which attaches to the\ncollateral is perfected by the filing or compliance.\n
N.Y. FCT Law § 164 — New York Code / Act FCT / Article 1 / Part 6 / Section 164
Judicial notice of matters of law; proof of statutes, decrees and decisions of another state or county
Status: in_force

§ 164. Judicial notice of matters of law; proof of statutes, decrees\nand decisions of another state or county. The provisions of the civil\npractice law and rules and any rules regulating judicial notice and\nauthentication and proof of records shall, unless otherwise prescribed\nby this act, apply to proceedings under this act to the extent that they\nare appropriate to the proceedings involved.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 2442 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 24-A / Section 2442
Informed consent
Status: in_force

§ 2442. Informed consent.  No human research may be conducted in this\nstate in the absence of the voluntary informed consent subscribed to in\nwriting by the human subject. If the human subject be a minor, such\nconsent shall be subscribed to in writing by the minor's parent or legal\nguardian. If the human subject be otherwise legally unable to render\nconsent, such consent shall be subscribed to in writing by such other\nperson as may be legally empowered to act on behalf of the human\nsubject. No such voluntary informed consent shall include any language\nthrough which the human subject waives, or appears to waive, any of his\nlegal rights, including any release of any individual, institution or\nagency, or any agents thereof, from liability for negligence.\n
N.Y. RPT Law § 208 — New York Code / Act RPT / Article 2 / Section 208
Official seal
Status: in_force

§ 208. Official seal. The board shall have an official seal. Its\nrecords, proceedings and copies of all papers and documents in its\npossession and custody may be authenticated in the usual form, under\nsuch seal and the signature of any one of the members of the board or\nsuch officer or employee of the state board of real property tax\nservices as may be designated by the board, and shall be received in\nevidence in the same manner and with like effect as deeds regularly\nacknowledged or proven.\n
N.Y. LIE Law § 246-A — New York Code / Act LIE / Article 10-B / Section 246-A
Bail bond to act as lien on real estate
Status: in_force

§ 246-a. Bail bond to act as lien on real estate. Upon the execution\nof any bail bond and an affidavit of justification as set forth in the\nprovisions of subdivision four of section 520.20 of the criminal\nprocedure law, between any person or corporation and the people of the\nstate of New York, there shall attach to the real property described in\nthe said affidavit of justification as hereinafter provided, a lien in\nfavor of the bail bond, which lien shall remain in full force and effect\nuntil a certificate of discharge has been filed pursuant to the\nprovisions of section two hundred and forty-six or such lien has been\ndischarged pursuant to the provisions of section two hundred and\nforty-eight of the lien law. Whenever final judgment has been rendered\nin the criminal action or proceeding for which such bail bond shall have\nbeen executed or whenever the bail has been exonerated by order of the\ncourt, the attorney general of the state of New York or the district\nattorney of the county in which such action or proceeding is pending or\nmaintained, shall execute a certificate of discharge of such lien,\nprovided it shall appear that the prosecution has lost no right\nthereunder.\n
N.Y. EXC Law § 290 — New York Code / Act EXC / Article 15 / Section 290
Purposes of article
Status: in_force

§ 290. Purposes of article.  1. This article shall be known as the\n"Human Rights Law".\n  2. It shall be deemed an exercise of the police power of the state for\nthe protection of the public welfare, health and peace of the people of\nthis state, and in fulfillment of the provisions of the constitution of\nthis state concerning civil rights.\n  3. The legislature hereby finds and declares that the state has the\nresponsibility to act to assure that every individual within this state\nis afforded an equal opportunity to enjoy a full and productive life and\nthat the failure to provide such equal opportunity, whether because of\ndiscrimination, prejudice, intolerance or inadequate education,\ntraining, housing or health care not only threatens the rights and\nproper privileges of its inhabitants but menaces the institutions and\nfoundation of a free democratic state and threatens the peace, order,\nhealth, safety and general welfare of the state and its inhabitants. A\ndivision in the executive department is hereby created to encourage\nprograms designed to insure that every individual shall have an equal\nopportunity to participate fully in the economic, cultural and\nintellectual life of the state; to encourage and promote the development\nand execution by all persons within the state of such state programs; to\neliminate and prevent discrimination in employment, in places of public\naccommodation, resort or amusement, in educational institutions, in\npublic services, in housing accommodations, in commercial space and in\ncredit transactions and to take other actions against discrimination as\nherein provided; and the division established hereunder is hereby given\ngeneral jurisdiction and power for such purposes.\n
N.Y. UDC Law § 1906 — New York Code / Act UDC / Article 19 / Section 1906
Costs allowed by court
Status: in_force

§ 1906. Costs allowed by court.\n  The court may in its discretion impose costs not exceeding fifty\ndollars in the following cases;\n  (a) Upon granting or denying a motion.\n  (b) Upon allowing an amendment of a pleading.\n  (c) Upon adjournment of a trial.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 3609 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 36 / Section 3609
Grants for planning an establishment of new certified home health agencies
Status: in_force

§ 3609. Grants for planning an establishment of new certified home\nhealth agencies. 1. The commissioner is hereby authorized, within the\namount allocated pursuant to subdivisions one, two and three of section\nthirty-six hundred fifteen of this article, to make grants to voluntary\nnot-for-profit organizations in areas of the state determined by the\ncommissioner to be in need of home care services.\n  2. Such grants shall be awarded for the purposes of planning for\nestablishment as a certified home health agency pursuant to section\nthirty-six hundred six of this chapter.\n  3. Such grants shall not exceed twenty thousand dollars per annum and\nare not renewable.\n  4. The grant applications shall include such information as required\nby the commissioner.\n  5. Funds for such grants shall be made available pursuant to the\nfunding formula and allocations as provided in subdivisions one, two and\nthree of section thirty-six hundred fifteen of this article.\n  6. The commissioner shall approve applications in accordance with the\nprovisions of subdivisions five, six and seven of section thirty-six\nhundred fifteen of this article.\n