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N.Y. CPL Law § 570.06 — New York Code / Act CPL / Part 3 / Title Q / Article 570 / Section 570.06
Fugitives from justice; duty of governor
Status: in_force

§ 570.06  Fugitives from justice; duty of governor.\n  Subject to the provisions of this article, the provisions of the\nconstitution of the United States controlling, and any and all acts of\ncongress enacted in pursuance thereof, it is the duty of the governor of\nthis state to have arrested and delivered up to the executive authority\nof any other state of the United States any person charged in that state\nwith treason, felony, or other crime, who has fled from justice and is\nfound in this state.\n
N.Y. TWN Law § 244 — New York Code / Act TWN / Article 15 / Section 244
Correction of assessments
Status: in_force

§ 244. Correction of assessments. When it shall be ascertained to the\nsatisfaction of the said board that any error, omission or mistake has\nbeen made in measuring or in entering the frontage or bounds of any lot\nor in the quantity of any parcel of land held to be especially benefited\nby an improvement or in any other matter connected with the making of a\nlocal assessment, it shall be lawful for the said board, and it is\nhereby authorized to correct such error, omission or mistake. Before\nmaking any such correction, however, it shall give to the owner or\noccupant of the land against which an assessment is to be made or\nincreased, notice personally, or by mail, specifying a time, which shall\nbe at least five days after the mailing or service of the notice, and a\nplace at which the said board will meet for the purpose of correcting\nsuch alleged error, omission, or mistake, and shall give to such person\nat such time and place an opportunity to be heard, and to make such\nobjections to such change as he may desire. If the correction of such\nerror, omission or mistake shall affect the entire assessment, or shall\nbe sufficiently general so that the board shall believe that in\nfurtherance of justice it should give public notice thereof, it shall at\nleast ten days before correcting such error, omission or mistake,\npublish in the official paper a notice specifying the alleged error,\nomission or mistake, and that at a time and place to be specified\ntherein it will meet for the purpose of correcting the same, and of\nhearing any objections which may be made thereto. The board shall meet\nat the time and place to be so specified, and after hearing all\nobjections which may be made thereto, if, in its judgment, the mistake,\nerror or omission exists, and in furtherance of justice it should be\ncorrected, it shall cause the same to be so corrected.\n
N.Y. TAX Law § 425 — New York Code / Act TAX / Article 18 / Section 425
Special provision as to imposition of taxes on certain alcoholic beverages
Status: in_force

§ 425. Special provision as to imposition of taxes on certain\nalcoholic beverages. If a person shall receive any alcoholic beverages\nfrom the distributor with respect thereto, under such circumstances so\nas to preclude the collection of the taxes under this article, because\nthis state was without power to impose such taxes under this article\nagainst such distributor by reason of the constitution or the law of the\nUnited States enacted pursuant thereto or the constitution or laws of\nthis state, and such person shall thereafter sell or use any such\nalcoholic beverages in such manner and under such circumstances as may\nsubject the same to the taxing power of this state with respect to any\nsale or use thereof, such person shall be liable for the tax imposed by\nsection four hundred twenty-four with respect to such sale or use, and\nshall make the same reports and returns, pay the same taxes and be\nsubject to the other applicable provisions of this article relating to\ndistributors, except that with respect to beers and wines such a person\nshall not be subject to the provisions of sections four hundred\ntwenty-one and four hundred twenty-two of this article if such person\ndoes not offer such alcoholic beverages for sale or use such alcoholic\nbeverages for any commercial purpose. Provided, further, that if the\ntaxing power of this state does not extend to the imposition of such\ntaxes on, and the requirement of payment of such taxes by, such person\nselling or using such beverages, then such person shall be required to\ncollect such taxes from its purchaser on the sale of such beverages and\nto pay over such taxes to the commissioner. In such event, the same\nreports and returns relating to distributors, along with remittance,\nshall be required by such person and all the other provisions of this\narticle relating to distributors shall apply. If such taxes are not so\ncollected, then such purchaser shall, along with such person, be liable\nfor such taxes.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 300 — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 19 / Section 300
Standard of domestic distilled spirits
Status: in_force

§ 300. Standard of domestic distilled spirits. Domestic distilled\nspirits, at a temperature of sixty degrees Fahrenheit, which have a\nspecific gravity of nine thousand three hundred and thirty-five as\ncompared with the gravity of pure distilled water at the same\ntemperature estimated at ten thousand, shall be deemed first proof.\n  The strength of any such spirits below or above first proof shall be\ncalculated decimally, or by the percentage in reference to such\nstandard, and shall be denoted as so many per centum below or above\nfirst proof as the actual difference in strength shall be.\n
N.Y. AGM Law § 305-A — New York Code / Act AGM / Article 25-AA / Section 305-A
Coordination of local planning and land use decision-making with the agricultural districts program
Status: in_force

§ 305-a. Coordination of local planning and land use decision-making\nwith the agricultural districts program. 1. Policy of local governments.\na. Local governments, when exercising their powers to enact and\nadminister comprehensive plans and local laws, ordinances, rules or\nregulations, shall exercise these powers in such manner as may realize\nthe policy and goals set forth in this article, and shall not\nunreasonably restrict or regulate farm operations within agricultural\ndistricts in contravention of the purposes of this article unless it can\nbe shown that the public health or safety is threatened.\n  b. Upon the request of any municipality, farm owner or operator, or a\nperson or entity performing agricultural practices on behalf of a farm\nowner or operator, the commissioner shall render an opinion to the\nappropriate local government officials, as to whether farm operations\nwould be unreasonably restricted or regulated by proposed changes in\nlocal land use regulations, ordinances or local laws pertaining to\nagricultural practices and to the appropriate local land use enforcement\nofficials administering local land use regulations, ordinances, or local\nlaws or reviewing a permit pertaining to agricultural practices.\n  c. The commissioner, upon his or her own initiative or upon the\nreceipt of a complaint from a person within an agricultural district,\nmay bring an action to enforce the provisions of this subdivision.\n
N.Y. VIL Law § 7-700 — New York Code / Act VIL / Article 7 / Section 7-700
Grant of power
Status: in_force

§ 7-700 Grant of power. For the purpose of promoting the health,\nsafety, morals, or the general welfare of the community, the board of\ntrustees of a village is hereby empowered, by local law, to regulate and\nrestrict the height, number of stories and size of buildings and other\nstructures, the percentage of lot that may be occupied, the size of\nyards, courts and other open spaces, the density of population, and the\nlocation and use of buildings, structures and land for trade, industry,\nresidence or other purposes.  As a part of the comprehensive plan and\ndesign, the village board is empowered by local law, to regulate and\nrestrict certain areas as national historic landmarks, special historic\nsites, places and buildings for the purpose of conservation, protection,\nenhancement and perpetuation of these places of natural heritage. Such\nregulations shall provide that a board of appeals may determine and vary\ntheir application in harmony with the general purpose and intent, and in\naccordance with general or specific rules therein contained.\n
N.Y. AGM Law § 359-A — New York Code / Act AGM / Article 26 / Section 359-A
Transportation of horses
Status: in_force

§ 359-a. Transportation of horses. 1. Every vehicle utilized for the\ntransportation of more than six horses shall meet the following\nrequirements:\n  a. The interiors of compartments containing horses shall be\nconstructed of smooth materials, containing no sharp objects or\nprotrusions which are hazardous;\n  b. The floors shall be of such construction or covered with abrasive\nmaterial so as to prevent horses from skidding or sliding;\n  c. There shall be sufficient apertures to insure adequate ventilation;\n  d. There shall be sufficient insulation or coverings to maintain an\nadequate temperature in the compartment containing horses;\n  e. Partitions of sturdy construction shall be placed a maximum of ten\nfeet apart in vehicles which do not have stalls;\n  f. Doorways shall be of sufficient height to allow safe ingress and\negress of each horse contained in the compartment;\n  g. Each compartment containing horses shall be of such height so as to\nallow sufficient clearance above the poll and withers of each horse in\nthe compartment;\n  h. Ramps sufficient for loading and unloading horses shall be provided\nif the vertical distance from the floor of the compartment containing\nhorses to the ground is greater than fifteen inches; and\n  i. There shall be at least two doorways for ingress and egress, which\nshall not be on the same side.\n  2. Every vehicle utilized for the transportation of more than six\nhorses over a highway shall have no more than one tier.\n  3. a. Transporting a horse in violation of this section shall be a\nviolation punishable by a fine of not more than two hundred fifty\ndollars.\n  b. Any subsequent violation of this section on a date following a\nconviction under the provisions of this section shall be a misdemeanor\npunishable by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or\nimprisonment for not more than one year, or both.\n  4. The commissioner shall promulgate rules and regulations, including\nsize specifications, and establish guidelines in order to facilitate\ncompliance with the provisions of this section.\n  5. a. The term "horse" as used throughout this section shall apply to\nthe entire family of equidae.\n  b. The term "vehicle" as used throughout this section shall apply to\nevery device in, upon, or by which any person or property is or may be\ntransported or drawn upon a highway, except devices moved by human power\nor used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.\n  6. The court in which a conviction under the provisions of this\nsection is obtained, shall, within thirty days of such conviction,\ntransmit a copy of the record of conviction to the department which\nshall maintain a record of such conviction for the purpose of\nidentifying subsequent violations of this section.\n
N.Y. GCN Law § 49 — New York Code / Act GCN / Article 2 / Section 49
Territory
Status: in_force

§ 49. Territory. The term territory when used generally to include\nevery territory of the United States, includes also the District of\nColumbia.\n
N.Y. EXC Law § 190 — New York Code / Act EXC / Article 9 / Section 190
Division of military and naval affairs
Status: in_force

§ 190. Division of military and naval affairs. 1. Notwithstanding the\nprovisions of any other law, the head of the division of military and\nnaval affairs shall be the adjutant general who shall be appointed by\nthe governor and who, except when any one of such officers shall be in\nthe active service of the United States, shall be the commanding general\nof the New York army national guard, the commander of the New York air\nnational guard or the commanding officer of the New York naval militia.\nThe governor may exercise and perform his functions, powers and duties\nas commander-in-chief of the militia of the state in whole or in part\nthrough such division.\n  2. The division of military and naval affairs shall include the\norganized militia; the state reserve list; the state retired list; all\noffices, headquarters, units, forces, commands, arsenals, depots,\narmories, bureaus, agencies, bases, camps, ranges, and other military\n(including air) and naval activities, property, installations,\nstructures, facilities and functions of the state and all military\n(including air), naval and civilian personnel who may be serving or\nemployed therein.\n  3. The organization of the present office of the chief of staff is\ncontinued as part of the division of military and naval affairs. The\npowers and duties of such office and the bureaus thereof shall be\nexercised and performed under the supervision, direction and control of\nthe chief of staff, subject to the approval of the adjutant general.\n  4. The adjutant general is hereby authorized to create, organize,\nreorganize, convert, inactivate or disband such other offices,\nheadquarters, commands, bureaus and agencies for the performance of the\nfunctions of the division as he may deem necessary, within the amount\nappropriated therefor.\n  5. The adjutant general, in conjunction with the department of state,\nshall establish and maintain on the division's website a public listing\nof all approved not-for-profit corporations soliciting funds for or\notherwise benefiting the armed forces of the United States or of any\nforeign country, or their auxiliaries, or of this or any other state or\nterritory.\n
N.Y. SCC Law § 32 — New York Code / Act SCC / Article 4 / Section 32
City clerk
Status: in_force

§ 32. City clerk. The common council shall choose a clerk to hold\noffice during the term for which its members were elected, unless sooner\nremoved by a vote of three-fourths of all the members of the common\ncouncil. He shall be the city clerk and shall attend the meetings of the\ncommon council, keep a journal of its proceedings and discharge such\nother duties as may be prescribed by law or ordinance. He may appoint,\nto hold office during his pleasure, a deputy and such other subordinates\nas may be prescribed by the board of estimate and apportionment. In case\nof the absence or disability of the city clerk or a vacancy in the\noffice, the deputy shall discharge the duties of the office until the\ncity clerk returns, his disability ceases or the vacancy is filled. It\nshall be the duty of the said clerk to transmit to the head of each\ndepartment and the clerk of each board, copies of all ordinances in any\nmanner affecting any of the matters of which any such department or\nboard shall have jurisdiction. He shall have the custody of the city\nseal. Said clerk and deputy clerk shall each have the power of a\ncommissioner of deeds.\n
N.Y. PEN Law § 145.00 — New York Code / Act PEN / Part 3 / Title I / Article 145 / Section 145.00
Criminal mischief in the fourth degree
Status: in_force

§ 145.00 Criminal mischief in the fourth degree.\n  A person is guilty of criminal mischief in the fourth degree when,\nhaving no right to do so nor any reasonable ground to believe that he or\nshe has such right, he or she:\n  1. Intentionally damages property of another person; or\n  2. Intentionally participates in the destruction of an abandoned\nbuilding as defined in section one thousand nine hundred seventy-one-a\nof the real property actions and proceedings law; or\n  3. Recklessly damages property of another person in an amount\nexceeding two hundred fifty dollars; or\n  4. With intent to prevent a person from communicating a request for\nemergency assistance, intentionally disables or removes telephonic, TTY\nor similar communication sending equipment while that person: (a) is\nattempting to seek or is engaged in the process of seeking emergency\nassistance from police, law enforcement, fire or emergency medical\nservices personnel; or (b) is attempting to seek or is engaged in the\nprocess of seeking emergency assistance from another person or entity in\norder to protect himself, herself or a third person from imminent\nphysical injury. The fact that the defendant has an ownership interest\nin such equipment shall not be a defense to a charge pursuant to this\nsubdivision.\n  Criminal mischief in the fourth degree is a class A misdemeanor.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 1415 — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 44-A / Section 1415
Additional rights
Status: in_force

§ 1415. Additional rights. 1. Except as otherwise provided by law, any\nprovision of a contract purporting to waive rights under this article is\nvoid as against public policy.\n  2. The provisions of this article supplement, and do not diminish or\nreplace, any other basis of liability or requirement established by\nstatute or common law.\n  3. Failure to comply with the provisions of this article does not\nrender any contract between a hiring party and a freelance worker void\nor voidable or otherwise impair any obligation, claim or right related\nto such contract or constitute a defense to any action or proceeding to\nenforce, or for breach of, such contract.\n  4. No provision of this article relating to freelance workers shall be\nconstrued as providing a determination about the legal classification of\nany such worker as an employee or independent contractor.\n  5. The provisions of this article shall not be construed or\ninterpreted to override or supplant any of the provisions of chapter ten\nof title twenty of the administrative code of the city of New York.\n
N.Y. STL Law § 32 — New York Code / Act STL / Article 3 / Section 32
Cession during use for purposes thereof, with sundry reservations
Status: in_force

§ 32. Cession during use for purposes thereof, with sundry\nreservations.  Title and jurisdiction to the following tract or parcel\nof land has been ceded to the United States by this state upon condition\nthat the jurisdiction so ceded should not prevent the execution on such\ntract of any process, civil or criminal, issued under the authority of\nthis state, nor prevent the laws of the state, not incompatible with the\npurposes for which such cession is made, from operating within the\nbounds of such tract; and that the United States are to retain such\njurisdiction so long only as such tract shall be used for the defense\nand safety of the city of New York:\n  1. At New Utrecht. A tract of land in the town of New Utrecht, Kings\ncounty, on the easterly side of the Narrows, at the entrance into the\nbay of New York, and upon a reef called Hendrick's reef, described as\nfollows: Beginning at the northerly corner thereof, by land of Denyse D.\nDenyse, at high-water mark, and near the southeasterly side of a large\nrock, and running from thence S. 24Á 30' E., 7 chains and 17 links along\nsaid high water mark to the land of Jaques Cortelyou; thence S. 64Á 45'\nW., 24 chains to the southerly corner of the hereby granted premises;\nthence N. 25Á 15' W., 7 chains and 17 links; thence N. 10Á 30' W., 11\nchains and 70 links, to the westerly corner of the hereby granted\npremises; thence S. 86Á E., 24 chains to the place of beginning,\ncontaining 30 acres, 2 roods and 4 perches; all which courses and\nbearings are taken as the magnetic needle pointed November 6, 1812,\nacquired for the defense and safety of the city of New York.\n  The free and common passage over the waters aforesaid about the said\ntract, not actually appropriated by the United States for wharves,\nbridges, fortifications or public obstructions, is reserved to the\npeople of this state.\n
N.Y. PVH Law § 801-A — New York Code / Act PVH / Article 15 / Section 801-A
Application to certain garden-type maisonette dwelling projects
Status: in_force

§ 801-a. Application to certain garden-type maisonette dwelling\nprojects. For purposes of this article an existing multiple dwelling\nshall be deemed to include any garden-type maisonette dwelling project\nconsisting of a series of dwelling units which together and in their\naggregate were arranged or designed to provide three or more apartments\nand are provided as a group collectively with all essential services\nsuch as, but not limited to, water supply, house sewers and heat, and\nwhich are in existence and operated as a unit under single ownership on\nthe date upon which an application for a loan pursuant to this article\nis received by the municipality, notwithstanding that certificates of\noccupancy were issued for portions thereof as private dwellings.\n
N.Y. SCP Law § 205 — New York Code / Act SCP / Article 2 / Section 205
Domiciliaries; jurisdiction and venue 1
Status: in_force

§ 205. Domiciliaries; jurisdiction and venue\n  1. The surrogate's court of any county has jurisdiction over the\nestate of a decedent who was a domiciliary of the state at the time of\nhis death, disappearance or internment. The proper venue for proceedings\nrelating to such estates is the county of the decedent's domicile at the\ntime of his death, disappearance or internment.\n  2. A surrogate shall transfer any proceeding to the surrogate's court\nof the proper county either on his own motion or on the motion of any\nparty.\n  3. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, the\nsurrogate's court of any county has jurisdiction over, and is a proper\nvenue for, the proceedings of any decedent who was a domiciliary of the\nstate at the time of his or her death and who died as a result of wounds\nor injury incurred as a result of the terrorist attacks on September\neleventh, two thousand one.\n
N.Y. RPA Law § 770 — New York Code / Act RPA / Article 7-A / Section 770
Grounds for the proceeding
Status: in_force

§ 770. Grounds for the proceeding. 1. One-third or more of the tenants\noccupying a dwelling located in the city of New York or the commissioner\nof the department of the city of New York charged with enforcement of\nthe housing maintenance code of such city, or in the counties of Nassau,\nSuffolk, Rockland and Westchester may maintain a special proceeding as\nprovided in this article, upon the ground that there exists in such\ndwellings or in any part thereof a lack of heat or of running water or\nof light or of electricity or of adequate sewage disposal facilities, or\nany other condition dangerous to life, health or safety, which has\nexisted for five days, or an infestation by rodents, or any combination\nof such conditions; or course of conduct by the owner or the owner's\nagents of harassment, illegal eviction, continued deprivation of\nservices or other acts dangerous to life, health or safety, or the\nissuance of an order to the owner of such dwelling by the commissioner\nof such department of the city of New York pursuant to the alternative\nenforcement program under section 27-2153 of the administrative code of\nthe city of New York, provided that such dwelling has not been\ndischarged from the program pursuant to such section and there has not\nbeen a determination that the owner has substantially complied with such\norder.\n  2. If the proceeding is instituted by the commissioner of the\ndepartment of the city of New York charged with enforcement of the\nhousing maintenance code of such city, one-third or more of the tenants\nmay, at any time thereafter during the pendency of the proceeding or\nafter final judgment pursuant to section seven hundred seventy-six or\nseven hundred seventy-seven of this article, petition for substitution\nof themselves in place and stead of such commissioner of such\ndepartment. Such substitution shall be ordered by the court unless good\nreason to the contrary shall be shown.\n
N.Y. JUD Law § 513 — New York Code / Act JUD / Article 16 / Section 513
Form of questionnaire
Status: in_force

§ 513. Form of questionnaire. The questionnaire to be filled out by\nprospective jurors shall be in such form as the chief administrator of\nthe courts may prescribe.\n