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N.Y. RPT Law § 607 — New York Code / Act RPT / Article 6 / Section 607
Adjustment of certain special franchise assessments for changes in the level of assessments on other property
Status: in_force

§ 607. Adjustment of certain special franchise assessments for changes\nin the level of assessments on other property. 1. Whenever there has\nbeen, as a result of a county-wide revaluation, a net increase of one\nhundred per cent or more in the level of assessment of locally assessed\nproperty in any city or town on its assessment roll finally completed in\nthe year nineteen hundred sixty as compared with the preceding\nassessment roll, the commissioner shall determine an adjusted base year\nequalization rate for such city or town. The commissioner shall also\ndetermine an adjusted base year equalization rate for a village located\nin any such town if there shall have been such an increase in the level\nof assessment in any such village on its assessment roll completed in\nnineteen hundred sixty-one or in an earlier year subsequent to nineteen\nhundred fifty-three.\n  2. The adjusted base year equalization rate shall be the lower of the\ntwo rates computed as follows: (i) the nineteen hundred fifty-four state\nequalization rate for such city, town or village multiplied by two and\nadjusted to take into account such increase in the level of assessment,\nor (ii) the nineteen hundred fifty-three state equalization rate for\nsuch city, town or village adjusted to take into account such increase\nin the level of assessment. In subsequent years, the commissioner shall\nadjust such adjusted base year equalization rate for any decrease in the\nlevel of assessment in excess of five per cent reflected on any\nsubsequent assessment roll or in excess of an aggregate of five percent\nas reflected on three consecutive subsequent assessment rolls.\n  3. In establishing special franchise assessments for the assessment\nrolls of such cities, towns or villages completed hereafter and\nsubsequent to the assessment roll affected by such change in level, the\ncommissioner shall apply the adjusted base year equalization rate\ninstead of the nineteen hundred fifty-three state equalization rate, as\nprovided in section six hundred six of this chapter, to any portion of\nthe value of a special franchise which was assessed for the year\nnineteen hundred fifty-three.\n
N.Y. CAL Law § 11 — New York Code / Act CAL / Article 2 / Section 11
Adopt-a-trail program
Status: in_force

§ 11. Adopt-a-trail program. 1. The corporation may develop and\nimplement an adopt-a-trail program, the purposes of which may be to\nreduce and remove litter and debris and to enhance the appearance and\nmaintenance of the canalway trail and related facilities, as needed.\nSuch program may include, but not be limited to:\n  (a) coordinating the services of volunteers and/or volunteer\norganizations (i) to reduce the amount of litter and debris on sections\nof the canalway trail; and (ii) to enhance the appearance and\nmaintenance of the canalway trail through activities that may include,\nbut not be limited to, brush clearing, lawn maintenance, tree trimming,\nplantings, installation, repair and/or replacement of benches, kiosks,\npicnic tables and shelters; and (iii) to enhance recreational\nopportunities; and\n  (b) providing and installing signs identifying those volunteers and/or\nvolunteer organizations adopting particular sections of the canalway\ntrail.\n  2. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, the corporation,\nauthority, and commission, including any members, officers or employees\nthereof, shall not be liable for damages suffered by any persons and/or\norganizations resulting from any actions or activities of such\nvolunteers and/or volunteer organizations.\n
N.Y. RRD Law § 63-A — New York Code / Act RRD / Article 3 / Section 63-A
Minimum crew size
Status: in_force

* § 63-a. Minimum crew size. 1. Except as otherwise provided in\nsubdivision two of this section, no person operating or controlling any\nClass I or Class II railroad shall allow the operation of any railroad\ntrain or locomotive for the movement of hazardous material in this state\nunless such railroad train or locomotive has a crew of not less than two\nindividuals.\n  2. The provisions of subdivision one of this section shall not apply\nto a railroad train or locomotive engaged in switching service.\n  3. As used in this section, the following terms shall have the\nfollowing meanings:\n  (a) "Class I railroad" means a railroad that has been classified as a\nClass I railroad by the federal surface transportation board in\naccordance with 49 C.F.R. part 1201 section 1-1.\n  (b) "Class II railroad" means a railroad that has been classified as a\nClass II railroad by the federal surface transportation board in\naccordance with 49 C.F.R. part 1201 section 1-1.\n  (c) "Locomotive" means a self-propelled piece of on-track equipment\ndesigned for moving or propelling cars that are designed to carry\nfreight, passengers, or other equipment, but which itself is not\ndesigned or intended to carry freight, passengers (other than those\noperating the locomotive) or other equipment.\n  (d) "Railroad" means a commercial entity that operates locomotives to\ntransport passengers or freight.\n  (e) "Switching service" means the classification of rail cars\naccording to commodity or destination; assembly of rail cars for train\nmovements; changing the position of rail cars for purposes of loading,\nunloading or weighing; placing of locomotives and rail cars for repair\nor storage; or moving of rail equipment in connection with work service\nthat does not constitute train movement.\n  (f) "Train" means one or more locomotives, coupled with or without\ncars.\n  (g) "Hazardous material" means material designated as hazardous by the\nUnited States secretary of transportation pursuant to subsection (a) of\nsection fifty-one hundred three of title forty-nine of the United States\ncode.\n  4. A violation of the provisions of subdivision one of this section\nshall be punishable by a civil penalty in an amount of not less than two\nhundred fifty dollars nor more than one thousand dollars for a first\nviolation; for a second violation both of which were committed within a\nperiod of three years by a civil penalty of not less than one thousand\ndollars nor more than five thousand dollars; and for a third or\nsubsequent violation all of which were committed within a period of\nthree years, by a civil penalty of not less than five thousand dollars\nnor more than ten thousand dollars.\n  * NB Repealed upon certain provisions (see chapter 707 of 2023 § 3)\n
N.Y. PBG Law § 512 — New York Code / Act PBG / Article 13 / Title 107 / Section 512
Village of Warwick housing authority
Status: in_force

§ 512. Village of Warwick housing authority.  A municipal housing\nauthority, to be known as the village of Warwick housing authority is\nhereby created and established for the village of Warwick in the county\nof Orange for the accomplishment of any or all of the purposes specified\nin article eighteen of the constitution of the state of New York. It\nshall constitute a body corporate and politic, be perpetual in duration\nand consist of five members. It shall have the powers and duties now or\nhereafter conferred by this chapter upon municipal housing authorities.\nIt shall be organized in the manner prescribed by and subject to the\nprovisions of this chapter and the authority, its members, officers and\nemployees and its operations and activities shall in all respects be\ngoverned by the provisions of this chapter.\n
N.Y. CVS Law § 86 — New York Code / Act CVS / Article 6 / Section 86
Transfer of veterans or exempt volunteer firefighters upon abolition of positions
Status: in_force

§ 86. Transfer of veterans or exempt volunteer firefighters upon\nabolition of positions. If the position in the non-competitive or in the\nlabor class held by any honorably discharged veteran of the armed forces\nof the United States or by any veteran of the armed forces of the United\nStates released under honorable circumstances from such service\nincluding (i) having a qualifying condition as defined in section one of\nthe veterans' services law, and receiving a discharge other than bad\nconduct or dishonorable from such service, or (ii) being a discharged\nLGBT veteran, as defined in section one of the veterans' services law,\nand receiving a discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from\nsuch service, who served therein in time of war as defined in section\neighty-five of this chapter, or by an exempt volunteer firefighter as\ndefined in the general municipal law, shall become unnecessary or be\nabolished for reasons of economy or otherwise, the honorably discharged\nveteran or exempt volunteer firefighter holding such position shall not\nbe discharged from the public service but shall be transferred to a\nsimilar position wherein a vacancy exists, and shall receive the same\ncompensation therein. It is hereby made the duty of all persons clothed\nwith the power of appointment to make such transfer effective. The right\nto transfer herein conferred shall continue for a period of one year\nfollowing the date of abolition of the position, and may be exercised\nonly where a vacancy exists in an appropriate position to which transfer\nmay be made at the time of demand for transfer. Where the positions of\nmore than one such veteran or exempt volunteer firefighter are abolished\nand a lesser number of vacancies in similar positions exist to which\ntransfer may be made, the veterans or exempt volunteer firefighters\nwhose positions are abolished shall be entitled to transfer to such\nvacancies in the order of their original appointment in the service.\nNothing in this section shall be construed to apply to the position of\nprivate secretary, cashier or deputy of any official or department. This\nsection shall have no application to persons encompassed by section\neighty-a of this chapter.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 904 — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 40 / Section 904
Insurable interest
Status: in_force

§ 904. Insurable interest. 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of\nlaw to the contrary, a peer-to-peer car sharing program administrator\nshall have an insurable interest in a shared vehicle during the\npeer-to-peer car sharing period.\n  2. Nothing in this section shall create an obligation for a\npeer-to-peer car sharing program administrator to provide insurance\nbeyond the requirement to ensure financial security pursuant to the\nprovisions of subdivision two of section nine hundred one of this\narticle.\n
N.Y. GMU Law § 119-K — New York Code / Act GMU / Article 5-F / Section 119-K
Authorization to participate
Status: in_force

§ 119-k. Authorization to participate. Before any municipality shall\nparticipate in a joint project pursuant to this article, it shall\nauthorize such participation by taking the same procedural steps which\nit would be required to take if it proposed to effectuate such\nimprovements itself. Other municipalities may be permitted to\nparticipate in the joint project by making a lump sum contribution in\nsuch amount and such manner as the original participating municipalities\nmay determine.\n
N.Y. RCO Law § 293 — New York Code / Act RCO / Article 15 / Section 293
Provisions governing meetings for incorporation and resolutions to be adopted thereat
Status: in_force

§ 293. Provisions governing meetings for incorporation and resolutions\nto be adopted thereat. 1. At the meeting for incorporation, held in\npursuance of such notice, qualified voters shall be those qualified\nunder the by-laws of such unincorporated church, congregation, parish,\nsociety or committee, or in the absence of such by-laws, the persons\nqualified to vote in parish meetings in accordance with the rules and\nregulations or general usages of that jurisdiction of the Orthodox Greek\nCatholic (Eastern Orthodox) Church to which the proposed corporation is\nto adhere.\n  2. The meeting shall be called to order by the priest in charge of the\nparish, congregation, society, or committee or, in his absence, by one\nof the signers of the notice and shall elect the customarily required\nofficers to conduct the meeting. In order to incorporate under this\narticle the meeting shall adopt the following resolution by a majority\nof its qualified voters, present and voting, to wit:\n  WHEREAS, this (congregation, parish, church, society or committee) was\nfounded and established, and thereby a permanent trust was created, for\nthe purpose and intent of adhering to, maintaining and promoting\nreligious worship and teaching according to the communion, doctrine,\ndiscipline, rite, canon law, traditions and usages of the Orthodox Greek\nCatholic (Eastern Orthodox) Church; and\n  WHEREAS, such purpose and intent and the trust thereby created can be\nfully effected and safeguarded only in complete canonical unity with\nOrthodox jurisdictions and in obedience to Orthodox Greek Catholic\nbishops acknowledged and certified by the Federated Orthodox Greek\nCatholic Primary Jurisdictions in America; and\n  WHEREAS, the signers hereof are the trustees, duly elected as such at\na meeting duly held on the ............. day of ........ , nineteen\nhundred ..... , in accordance with article fifteen of the religious\ncorporations law; and\n  WHEREAS, by a majority vote the said meeting has determined to\nincorporate under said article as a (parish, society or committee) of\nthe Orthodox Greek Catholic (Eastern Orthodox) Church under the name of\n.............................. (here give the corporate name by which\nsuch church, society or committee is to be known); and\n  WHEREAS, permission and sanction for such incorporation has been given\nand certified in accordance with the provisions of said article by\n.............................. (here name the appropriate hierarch,\nbishop or administrator) to whose jurisdiction and authority this\ncorporation shall adhere,\n  Therefore it is hereby\n  RESOLVED, that this (congregation, parish, church, society or\ncommittee) shall become and remain an incorporated (parish, society or\ncommittee) of the aforesaid jurisdiction in full unity of communion,\nfaith and discipline with the Federated Orthodox Greek Catholic Primary\nJurisdictions in America.\n
N.Y. ELD Law § 262 — New York Code / Act ELD / Article 3 / Section 262
Publishing and distribution of guidelines
Status: in_force

§ 262. Publishing and distribution of guidelines. The office for the\naging, the department of health, and the office of children and family\nservices shall make the guidelines and materials developed in accordance\nwith this article available on their respective websites and provide\nsuch materials upon request to healthcare providers and facilities.\n
N.Y. PEN Law § 155.45 — New York Code / Act PEN / Part 3 / Title J / Article 155 / Section 155.45
Larceny; pleading and proof
Status: in_force

§ 155.45 Larceny; pleading and proof.\n  1. Where it is an element of the crime charged that property was taken\nfrom the person or obtained by extortion, an indictment for larceny must\nso specify. In all other cases, an indictment, information or complaint\nfor larceny is sufficient if it alleges that the defendant stole\nproperty of the nature or value required for the commission of the crime\ncharged without designating the particular way or manner in which such\nproperty was stolen or the particular theory of larceny involved.\n  2. Proof that the defendant engaged in any conduct constituting\nlarceny as defined in section 155.05 is sufficient to support any\nindictment, information or complaint for larceny other than one charging\nlarceny by extortion. An indictment charging larceny by extortion must\nbe supported by proof establishing larceny by extortion.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 2705 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 27-A / Section 2705
Legislative findings and declarations
Status: in_force

§ 2705. Legislative findings and declarations. The legislature hereby\nfinds and declares that osteoporosis is a public health problem that\nposes a threat to the health and quality of life to as many as\ntwenty-four million Americans; and that it may ultimately affect as many\nas half of all women in the United States over the age of forty-five and\nan increasing number of men; and costs the nation ten billion dollars a\nyear in hospitalization and treatment for resulting injuries, including\nchronic disability, pain, and the need for long term care.\n  The legislature further finds and declares that over one million\nfractures a year result from osteoporosis and that the pain, discomfort,\nimmobility and social isolation that may result from fractures affect\nquality of life, threaten people's ability to live independently and\ncosts millions annually in nursing home and assistive care.\n  The legislature further finds and declares that a plan should be\nestablished to insure the availability of comprehensive educational\nservices in communities, and that such services include awareness of the\ndisease, its rate of incidence, risk factors, facts about its\nprogression, and implications during pregnancy, the peri-menopausal and\npost-menopausal years, and in later life; education about the prevention\nof osteoporosis including nutrition, positive health habits and\nexercise, and their benefits from an early age; education regarding the\navailability and significance of diagnostic screening as well as\npredisposing factors including genetic disposition and interventions for\nthose who already have bone mass loss or those who may be at high risk\nof bone mass loss; education about available and experimental treatments\nand the benefits, risks, and side effects of each.\n  The legislature hereby finds and declares that educating the public\nabout this potentially devastating disease is of paramount importance\nand that educating the public throughout the state is in every respect\nin the public interest and to the  benefit of all persons in this state.\n
N.Y. NPC Law § 714 — New York Code / Act NPC / Article 7 / Section 714
Removal of officers
Status: in_force

§ 714. Removal of officers.\n  (a) Any officer elected or appointed by the board may be removed by\nthe board with or without cause. An officer elected by the members or a\nclass of members may be removed, with or without cause, only by the vote\nof the members or such class of members, but his authority to act as an\nofficer may be suspended by the board for cause.\n  (b) The removal of an officer without cause shall be without prejudice\nto his contract rights, if any. The election or appointment of an\nofficer shall not of itself create contract rights.\n  (c) An action to procure a judgment removing an officer for cause may\nbe brought by the attorney-general, by any director, by ten percent of\nthe members, whether or not entitled to vote, or by the holders of ten\npercent of the face value of the outstanding capital certificates,\nsubvention certificates or bonds having voting rights. The court may bar\nfrom re-election or reappointment any officer so removed for a period\nfixed by the court.\n
N.Y. STF Law § 179-W — New York Code / Act STF / Article 11-B / Section 179-W
Notification and suspension
Status: in_force

§ 179-w. Notification and suspension. 1. Any determination or\nnotification pursuant to the provisions of this article shall be in\nwriting and shall immediately be provided to any directly affected\nnot-for-profit organization, the chairman of the senate finance\ncommittee, the chairman of the assembly ways and means committee and the\nstate comptroller who shall include such notification in the procurement\nrecord.\n  2. In the event that a state agency, including the comptroller,\ndivision of budget, or the attorney general shall determine that\nextenuating circumstances exist which prevent such agency from complying\nwith the time frames required by this article, such agency shall\nimmediately provide written notification of such determination to any\ndirectly affected not-for-profit organization, the office of the state\ncomptroller, the chairman of the senate finance committee and the\nchairman of the assembly ways and means committee. Such written\nnotification shall include an explanation of the circumstances and shall\nstate the specific amount of the time for which the specified provisions\nof this article relating to time frames shall be suspended. Except as\nprovided in subdivision three of this section, no suspension shall be\nvalid unless it shall state such specific amount of time, provided that\nthe cumulative length of suspensions declared by any state agency\npursuant to this section, except such subdivision three, when added\ntogether shall not be valid if declared for a period greater than four\nand one-half months in any fiscal year.\n  3. Upon determining that significant and substantive differences exist\nbetween the state agency and the not-for-profit organization in the\nnegotiation of a contract or renewal contract or when the state agency\nmakes a determination that the not-for-profit organization is not\nnegotiating in good faith, such agency may suspend the written directive\nand any subsequent interest payments or subsequent advance payments\nrequired to be provided pursuant to this article. Upon such suspension\nthe state agency shall be required to provide the affected\nnot-for-profit organization with written notification of such\ndetermination and the reasons therefor, and also to provide such notice\nto the comptroller, who shall include it in the procurement record.\n
N.Y. ISC Law § 2610 — New York Code / Act ISC / Article 26 / Section 2610
Collision or comprehensive coverage on motor vehicles; claims; repairs
Status: in_force

§ 2610. Collision or comprehensive coverage on motor vehicles; claims;\nrepairs. (a) Whenever a motor vehicle collision or comprehensive loss\nshall have been suffered by an insured, no insurer providing collision\nor comprehensive coverage therefor shall require that repairs be made to\nsuch vehicle in a particular place or shop or by a particular concern.\n  (b) In processing any such claim (other than a claim solely involving\nwindow glass), the insurer shall not, unless expressly requested by the\ninsured, recommend or suggest repairs be made to such vehicle in a\nparticular place or shop or by a particular concern.\n  (c) The insurer shall provide (other than a claim solely involving\nwindow glass) a copy of its repair estimate to the insured that includes\nthe following disclosure, plainly printed in no less than 12 point type:\n"PURSUANT TO SECTION 2610 OF THE INSURANCE LAW, AN INSURANCE COMPANY\nCANNOT REQUIRE THAT REPAIRS BE MADE TO A MOTOR VEHICLE IN A PARTICULAR\nPLACE OR REPAIR SHOP. YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO HAVE YOUR VEHICLE REPAIRED\nIN THE SHOP OF YOUR CHOICE".\n
N.Y. COR Law § 48 — New York Code / Act COR / Article 3 / Section 48
Preference
Status: in_force

§ 48. Preference. Any action or proceeding commenced by the commission\npursuant to this article shall have a preference over all other cases,\nexcept habeas corpus proceedings, pending before the court.\n
N.Y. FCT Law § 311.2 — New York Code / Act FCT / Article 3 / Part 1 / Section 311.2
Sufficiency of petition
Status: in_force

§ 311.2. Sufficiency of petition. A petition, or a count thereof, is\nsufficient on its face when:\n  1. it substantially conforms to the requirements prescribed in section\n311.1; and\n  2. the allegations of the factual part of the petition, together with\nthose of any supporting depositions which may accompany it, provide\nreasonable cause to believe that the respondent committed the crime or\ncrimes charged; and\n  3. non-hearsay allegations of the factual part of the petition or of\nany supporting depositions establish, if true, every element of each\ncrime charged and the respondent's commission thereof.\n