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N.Y. GBS Law § 750-O — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 35-C / Section 750-O
Removal of dedication
Status: in_force

§ 750-o. Removal of dedication. Upon the filing of a dedication\nrestricting real property for the operation of a pet cemetery, such\ndedication may only be amended or removed by order of the supreme court\nof the county where the pet cemetery is located. Such petition for\namendment or removal of dedication shall include written consent by all\npersons who purchased or otherwise are entitled to rights of disposal or\nrights to continuing care of a pet grave in that portion of the pet\ncemetery for which the dedication is sought to be amended or removed.\nIf the portion of the pet cemetery for which the dedication is sought to\nbe amended or removed includes pet remains, such pet remains must be\nremoved, upon the written consent of all persons who purchased or are\notherwise entitled to rights of disposal or rights to continuing care of\na pet grave, their heirs or assigns, with the removal to be entirely at\nthe cost of the owner of the pet cemetery. The court, upon proof of\ndiligent efforts and as determined by the court, may dispense with the\nwritten consent of any person who purchased or is otherwise entitled to\nrights of disposal whose whereabouts, identity or heirs or assigns are\nunknown. In the event that the court has dispensed with any person's\nwritten consent under this section, the court may make a determination\nas to the consideration appropriate for such consent and order that such\nmonies be deposited with the court, which shall then be paid to such\nperson upon appropriate proof of claim. If the premises are a pet\ncemetery, such petition may additionally include an environmental audit\nif required by the court, which audit shall identify any environmental\nproblems caused by the pet cemetery activity, including an\nidentification of pet disposal sites. If the environmental audit\nidentifies any environmental problem, it shall additionally include a\nplan for the correction or remediation of such problems, including\nfinancial, human and other resources estimates, projected time schedules\nfor the completion of the corrective and remedial actions, with the\ncourt to make any order on the petition conditional upon the completion\nof such corrective and remedial action or upon the deposit with the\ncourt with such money as determined necessary for such remediation or\ncorrection.\n
N.Y. UCC Law § 3-113 — New York Code / Act UCC / Article 3 / Part 1 / Section 3-113
Seal
Status: in_force

Section 3--113. Seal.\n  An instrument otherwise negotiable is within this Article even though\nit is under a seal.\n
N.Y. TAX Law § 1293 — New York Code / Act TAX / Article 29-B / Section 1293
Presumption
Status: in_force

§ 1293. Presumption. For the purpose of the proper administration of\nthis article and to prevent evasion of the state assessment fee imposed\nby this article, it shall be presumed that every TNC prearranged trip\nthat originates anywhere in the state outside the city is subject to the\nstate assessment fee. This presumption shall prevail until the contrary\nis proven by the person liable for the fee.\n
N.Y. JUD Law § 116 — New York Code / Act JUD / Article 4-A / Section 116
Official referees
Status: in_force

§ 116. Official referees.  Official referees in office on the\neffective date of this section shall, for the remainder of their terms\nfor which they were appointed or certified, be official referees of the\ncourt in which they were appointed or certified as such or the successor\ncourt, as the case may be. At the expiration of the term of an official\nreferee of the court of appeals or the supreme court, his office shall\nbe abolished and he shall be subject to the provisions of section one\nhundred fourteen or one hundred fifteen of this chapter.\n
N.Y. SCP Law § 2003 — New York Code / Act SCP / Article 20 / Section 2003
Opening safe deposit box 1
Status: in_force

§ 2003. Opening safe deposit box\n  1. When it appears to the court by petition that a person, firm or\ncorporation has in its possession or under its control papers of a\ndecedent of whose estate the court has jurisdiction or that the decedent\nhas leased from them a safe deposit box and that such papers or safe\ndeposit box may contain a will of the decedent, a deed to a burial plot\nin which the decedent is to be interred or a policy of insurance issued\nin the name of the decedent and payable to a designated beneficiary, it\nmay make an order ex parte directing such person, firm or corporation to\npermit a person named in the order to examine the papers or safe deposit\nbox and to make an inventory of the papers or of the contents of the\nsafe deposit box in the presence of an authorized employee or agent of\nsuch person, firm or corporation, and if a paper purporting to be a will\nof the decedent, a deed to the burial plot or a policy of insurance be\nfound to deliver the will to the clerk of the court, personally or by\nregistered mail as directed by the court or the deed to the person\ndesignated in the order or the policy of insurance to the beneficiary\nnamed therein.  The clerk shall furnish a receipt upon delivery to him\nof the will.\n  2. Notwithstanding any provisions of subdivision one of this section,\na safe deposit company, trust company, bank, corporation, firm or other\nperson, having in its possession, or under its control one or more safe\ndeposit boxes shall permit an individual or individuals each of whom\nbeing a joint lessee with the decedent of said safe deposit box or\nboxes, or a deputy authorized by the decedent to have access to said\nsafe deposit box or boxes, to examine and make copies of, in the\npresence and under the supervision of an officer of the company, bank,\ncorporation or firm, any paper or papers found in said safe deposit box\nor boxes bearing upon the desire of the deceased as to the disposal of\nhis remains, or deed to a cemetery plot, or proof of membership in a\nburial society. For purposes of this subdivision, the term "deputy"\nshall mean the person who had access to the decedent's safe deposit box\nor boxes and to the contents thereof on the last day of decedent's life.\nAfter copies have been made of the paper or papers described in this\nsubdivision, the original paper or papers shall be resealed in the safe\ndeposit box or boxes and such officer shall certify that such papers\nhave been resealed and file such certification with the surrogate's\ncourt.\n
N.Y. LAB Law § 695-D — New York Code / Act LAB / Article 19-C / Section 695-D
Procedure for recognition
Status: in_force

§ 695-d. Procedure for recognition. 1. For the purpose of this\narticle, New York state shall recognize as the representative of the\nchild care providers in any unit set forth in section six hundred\nninety-five-c of this article each representative as is designated by a\nmajority of the providers in the unit pursuant to the following\nprocedure: A perspective representative may demonstrate majority\ndesignation upon submission of authorization cards, approved within\ntwelve months of this submission, by the majority of providers in the\nunit, to the state employment relations board (SERB) or any successor\nagency for the purpose of review. The SERB and/or its designee shall\nreview the cards and if it determines that the cards constitute at least\nfifty percent plus one of the providers in the unit at issue, then the\nSERB shall certify the party making application as the designated\nrepresentative of the unit.  If the SERB determines that cards submitted\nconstitute at least thirty percent of providers in the unit at issue,\nbut not more than fifty percent, it shall conduct an election in a\nmanner directed by the SERB and consistent with its standard election\nprocedure to determine if a majority of members designate the\nprospective representative.\n  2. Any relevant state agency, including the office of children and\nfamily services shall provide the SERB with information necessary to\ndetermine the size of the units and the identities of members of said\nunit subject to any limitations or dissemination of information as the\nagency believes necessary to protect confidentiality, or as otherwise\nrequired by law.\n
N.Y. CVP Law § 2001 — New York Code / Act CVP / Article 20 / Section 2001
Mistakes, omissions, defects and irregularities
Status: in_force

§ 2001. Mistakes, omissions, defects and irregularities. At any stage\nof an action, including the filing of a summons with notice, summons and\ncomplaint or petition to commence an action, the court may permit a\nmistake, omission, defect or irregularity, including the failure to\npurchase or acquire an index number or other mistake in the filing\nprocess, to be corrected, upon such terms as may be just, or, if a\nsubstantial right of a party is not prejudiced, the mistake, omission,\ndefect or irregularity shall be disregarded, provided that any\napplicable fees shall be paid.\n
N.Y. ISC Law § 4409 — New York Code / Act ISC / Article 44 / Section 4409
Special statements
Status: in_force

§ 4409. Special statements. (a) In addition to any other statements or\nreports required by this article, the superintendent may make any\ninquiry to the trustees of any employee welfare fund or to any of its\nother officers, agents or employees or to any employer or labor\norganization representing any employees eligible for employee benefits\nunder the fund relating to the transactions or condition of the fund or\nany related matter.\n  (b) Every such person shall reply in writing to such inquiry promptly\nand truthfully, and such reply shall be, if required by the\nsuperintendent, subscribed and affirmed as true under the penalties of\nperjury by such individual or individuals as he shall designate.\n
N.Y. CNT Law § 280-A — New York Code / Act CNT / Article 5-B / Section 280-A
Definitions
Status: in_force

§ 280-a. Definitions. Whenever used in this article, the following\nterms shall have the respective meanings hereinafter set forth or\nindicated:\n  1. Governing body. The term "governing body" means the elected\nlegislative body of the county.\n  2. District. The term "district" means a county hurricane proection,\nflood and shoreline erosion control district except where otherwise\nstated.\n  3. Agency. The term "agency" means a county hurricane protection,\nflood and shoreline erosion control agency.\n  4. Administrative head or body. The term "administrative head or body"\nmeans the chief official or board of a county hurricane protection,\nflood and shoreline erosion control district.\n  5. Shoreline. The term "shoreline" means the lands between high and\nlow water mark, the lands contiguous or adjacent to the high water mark,\nbeaches, dunes and bluffs.\n  6. Single purpose flood or shoreline erosion control project.  The\nterm "single purpose flood or shoreline erosion control project" means a\nproject which benefits only private properties within a district without\nsubstantial benefit to adjacent lands or waters not within such\ndistrict.\n
N.Y. ISC Law § 6504 — New York Code / Act ISC / Article 65 / Section 6504
Required approvals; prohibitions
Status: in_force

§ 6504. Required approvals; prohibitions. (a) Every mortgage insurer\nshall file with the superintendent for his approval in accordance with\narticle twenty-three of this chapter its premium rates, forms of\npolicies, certificates, applications and other forms pertaining to\nmortgage guaranty insurance. The premium rate charged for mortgage\nguaranty insurance shall not be deemed to be interest for the purposes\nof section 5-501 of the general obligations law.\n  (b) No mortgage insurer shall pay:\n  (1) to any person who is acting as agent, representative, attorney or\nemployee of the owner, mortgagee of the prospective owner, or mortgagee\nof the real property or any interest therein, either directly or\nindirectly, any consideration as an inducement for or as compensation on\nany mortgage guaranty insurance business; or\n  (2) any compensation to any person for transacting insurance for or\nwith it based in whole or in part upon a commission basis unless such\nperson is licensed pursuant to this chapter.\n  (c) In connection with the placement or renewal of any insurance, a\nmortgage insurer shall not permit any compensation to be paid to, or\nreceived by: any insured lender; any officer, director, or employee of\nthe insured; any member of their immediate family; any corporation,\npartnership, trust, or trade association in which an insured is a\nmember; or other entity in which an insured or any such officer,\ndirector, or employee or any member of their immediate family has a\nfinancial interest; or any designee, trustee, nominee, or other agent or\nrepresentative of any of the foregoing.\n  (d) The superintendent may, after a hearing, suspend or revoke the\nlicense of any mortgage insurer which, after ten days written notice\nfrom the superintendent requiring it to cease and desist, continues to\npay any consideration in willful violation of this article.\n
N.Y. ERL Law § 1 — New York Code / Act ERL / Section 1
Declaration and findings; termination
Status: in_force

Chapter 274 of the laws of 1946 and as amended generally by chapter 337\n         of the laws of 1961 Emergency housing rent control law\n  Section 1. Declaration and findings; termination. 1. The legislature\nhereby finds that a serious public emergency continues to exist in the\nhousing of a considerable number of persons in the state of New York\nwhich emergency was created by war, the effects of war and the aftermath\nof hostilities; that such emergency necessitated the intervention of\nfederal, state and local government in order to prevent speculative,\nunwarranted and abnormal increases in rents; that there continues to\nexist an acute shortage of dwellings; that unless residential rents and\nevictions continue to be regulated and controlled, disruptive practices\nand abnormal conditions will produce serious threats to the public\nhealth, safety and general welfare; that to prevent such perils to\nhealth, safety and welfare, preventive action by the legislature\ncontinues to be imperative; that such action is necessary in order to\nprevent exactions of unjust, unreasonable and oppressive rents and\nrental agreements and to forestall profiteering, speculation and other\ndisruptive practices tending to produce threats to the public health;\nthat the transition from regulation to a normal market of free\nbargaining between landlord and tenant, while still the objective of\nstate policy, must be administered with due regard for such emergency;\nthat in order to prevent uncertainty, hardship and dislocation, the\nprovisions of this act are declared to be necessary and designed to\nprotect the public health, safety and general welfare.\n  2. The provisions of this act, and all regulations, orders and\nrequirements thereunder shall remain in full force and effect\nthereafter.\n
N.Y. CVP Law § 5221 — New York Code / Act CVP / Article 52 / Section 5221
Where enforcement proceeding commenced
Status: in_force

§ 5221. Where enforcement proceeding commenced.  (a) Court and county\nin which proceeding commenced.  1. If the judgment sought to be enforced\nwas entered in the city court of any city outside the city of New York,\nand the respondent resides or is regularly employed or has a place for\nthe regular transaction of business in person within the county in which\nthe court is or was located, a special proceeding authorized by this\narticle shall be commenced in that court or in the county court of that\ncounty.\n  2. If the judgment sought to be enforced was entered in a district\ncourt, or by a justice of the peace whose office has been or is by law\nto be abolished and whose jurisdiction has been or is by law to be\nsuperseded by a district court, and the respondent resides or is\nregularly employed or has a place for the regular transaction of\nbusiness in person within the county in which such district court is\nestablished, a special proceeding authorized by this article shall be\ncommenced in such district court.\n  3. If the judgment sought to be enforced was entered in the municipal\ncourt of the city of New York, the city court of the city of New York or\nthe civil court of the city of New York, and the respondent resides or\nis regularly employed or has a place for the regular transaction of\nbusiness in person within that city, a special proceeding authorized by\nthis article shall be commenced in the civil court of the city of New\nYork.\n  4. In any other case, if the judgment sought to be enforced was\nentered in any court of this state, a special proceeding authorized by\nthis article shall be commenced, either in the supreme court or a county\ncourt, in a county in which the respondent resides or is regularly\nemployed or has a place for the regular transaction of business in\nperson or, if there is no such county, in any county in which he may be\nserved or the county in which the judgment was entered.\n  5. If no court in which a special proceeding authorized by this\narticle could be commenced is in session, the special proceeding may be\ncommenced in the supreme court or a county court in any county within\nthe judicial district in which the proceeding could otherwise be\ncommenced or in any county adjoining the county in which the proceeding\ncould otherwise be commenced.\n  (b) Notices, subpoenas and motions.  A notice or subpoena authorized\nby this article may be issued from, and a motion authorized by this\narticle may be made before, any court in which a special proceeding\nauthorized by this article could be commenced if the person served with\nthe notice, subpoena or notice of motion were respondent.\n
N.Y. ISC Law § 2317 — New York Code / Act ISC / Article 23 / Section 2317
Joint underwriting or joint reinsurance
Status: in_force

§ 2317. Joint underwriting or joint reinsurance. (a) Every group,\nassociation or other organization of insurers which engages in joint\nunderwriting or joint reinsurance shall be subject to regulation with\nrespect thereto as herein provided, subject, however, with respect to\njoint underwriting, to all other applicable provisions of this article\nand, with respect to joint reinsurance, to subsection (e) of section two\nthousand three hundred twenty-one and section two thousand three hundred\ntwenty-two of this article.\n  (b) If, after hearing, the superintendent finds that any activity or\npractice of any such group, association or other organization is unfair\nor unreasonable or otherwise inconsistent with the provisions of this\narticle, he may issue a written order specifying in what respects such\nactivity or practice is unfair or unreasonable or otherwise inconsistent\nwith the provisions of this article, and requiring the discontinuance of\nsuch activity or practice.\n  (c) Every such group, association, or other organization of insurers\nshall be subject to examination by the superintendent as often as he may\ndeem it expedient.\n
N.Y. COR Law § 22-A — New York Code / Act COR / Article 2 / Section 22-A
Qualification for employment as a correction officer
Status: in_force

§ 22-a. Qualification for employment as a correction officer. No\nperson, on or after the effective date of this section, may be appointed\nto the position of a correction officer in any institution in the\ndepartment who has been convicted of a felony or of any offense in any\nother jurisdiction which if committed in this state would constitute a\nfelony. The commissioner may in his discretion, bar the appointment of a\nperson, on or after the effective date of this section, to the position\nof correction officer in any institution in the department, who has been\nconvicted of a misdemeanor or of any offense in any other jurisdiction\nwhich if committed in this state would constitute a misdemeanor where he\nhas determined that the employment of such person is not in the best\ninterest of the department. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of\nthis section, no person shall be disqualified pursuant to this section\nunless he shall have first been furnished a written statement of the\nreasons for such disqualification and afforded an opportunity by the\ncommissioner, or his designee, to make an explanation and to submit\nfacts in opposition thereto.\n
N.Y. PEN Law § 190.26 — New York Code / Act PEN / Part 3 / Title K / Article 190 / Section 190.26
Criminal impersonation in the first degree
Status: in_force

§ 190.26 Criminal impersonation in the first degree.\n  A person is guilty of criminal impersonation in the first degree when\nhe:\n  1. Pretends to be a police officer or a federal law enforcement\nofficer as enumerated in section 2.15 of the criminal procedure law, or\nwears or displays without authority, any uniform, badge or other\ninsignia or facsimile thereof, by which such police officer or federal\nlaw enforcement officer is lawfully distinguished or expresses by his or\nher words or actions that he or she is acting with the approval or\nauthority of any police department or acting as a federal law\nenforcement officer with the approval of any agency that employs federal\nlaw enforcement officers as enumerated in section 2.15 of the criminal\nprocedure law; and\n  2. So acts with intent to induce another to submit to such pretended\nofficial authority or otherwise to act in reliance upon said pretense\nand in the course of such pretense commits or attempts to commit a\nfelony; or\n  3. Pretending to be a duly licensed physician or other person\nauthorized to issue a prescription for any drug or any instrument or\ndevice used in the taking or administering of drugs for which a\nprescription is required by law, communicates to a pharmacist an oral\nprescription which is required to be reduced to writing pursuant to\nsection thirty-three hundred thirty-two of the public health law.\n  Criminal impersonation in the first degree is a class E felony.\n
N.Y. STF Law § 99-QQ — New York Code / Act STF / Article 6 / Section 99-QQ
Hazard mitigation state revolving loan fund
Status: in_force

* § 99-qq. Hazard mitigation state revolving loan fund. 1. There is\nhereby established in the joint custody of the state comptroller and the\ncommissioner of taxation and finance a fund to be known as the "hazard\nmitigation revolving loan fund".\n  2. The fund shall consist of all moneys appropriated therefore, all\nmoneys received by the state pursuant to a capitalization grant from the\nfederal emergency management agency in accordance with the Safeguarding\nTomorrow through Ongoing Risk Mitigation Act of 2020 (STORM Act) (P.L.\n116-284), payments of principal and interest on loans made from the\nfund, and interest earned on amounts in the fund.\n  3. Moneys of the account, when allocated, shall be available to the\ncommissioner of the Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services\nto make loans pursuant to section seven hundred nineteen of the\nexecutive law.\n  * NB There are 2 §99-qq's\n