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N.Y. GMU Law § 50-M — New York Code / Act GMU / Article 4 / Section 50-M
Civil actions against police and peace officers of Suffolk county; defense and indemnification
Status: in_force

§ 50-m. Civil actions against police and peace officers of Suffolk\ncounty; defense and indemnification. 1. Notwithstanding the provisions\nof any other general, special or local law, code or charter, Suffolk\ncounty, upon discretionary adoption of a local law, ordinance,\nresolution, rule or regulation, shall provide for the defense of any\ncivil action or proceeding brought against a duly appointed police or\npeace officer, as defined in section 1.20 of the criminal procedure law,\nemployed by the county of Suffolk, and shall indemnify and save harmless\nsuch officer from any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction\nwhenever such action, proceeding or judgment is for damages, including\npunitive or exemplary damages, arising out of a negligent act or other\ntort of such officer committed while in the proper discharge of his\nduties and within the scope of his employment.\n  2. The determination of whether any such officer properly discharged\nhis duties within the scope of his employment shall be made in a manner\nwhich shall be established by rules and regulations and procedures\npromulgated by the Suffolk county executive and adopted by the Suffolk\ncounty legislature.\n  3. No action or special proceeding instituted hereunder shall be\nprosecuted or maintained against Suffolk county or such officer unless\nnotice of claim shall have been made and served upon such county in\ncompliance with section fifty-e of this article. Every such action shall\nbe commenced pursuant to the provisions of section fifty-i of this\narticle.\n
N.Y. CVP Law § 7601 — New York Code / Act CVP / Article 76 / Section 7601
Special proceeding to enforce agreement that issue or controversy be determined by a person named or to be selected
Status: in_force

§ 7601. Special proceeding to enforce agreement that issue or\ncontroversy be determined by a person named or to be selected. A special\nproceeding may be commenced to specifically enforce an agreement that a\nquestion of valuation, appraisal or other issue or controversy be\ndetermined by a person named or to be selected. The court may enforce\nsuch an agreement as if it were an arbitration agreement, in which case\nthe proceeding shall be conducted as if brought under article\nseventy-five of this chapter. Where there is a defense which would\nrequire dismissal of an action for breach of the agreement, the\nproceeding shall be dismissed. Provided, however, that this section\nshall not apply to any agreement contained in the standard fire\ninsurance policy of the state with the exception of an action to enforce\nthe appraisal clause pursuant to section three thousand four hundred\neight of the insurance law which shall not be enforced as an arbitration\nagreement.\n
N.Y. TRA Law § 424 — New York Code / Act TRA / Article 17 / Section 424
Approval of projects
Status: in_force

§ 424. Approval of projects. When the funds for municipal\ntransportation infrastructure renewal projects are appropriated to the\ndepartment, such projects shall be undertaken only pursuant to contract\nwith the commissioner entered into following submission to and approval\nby the commissioner of a municipal project application therefor.\n
N.Y. SCT Law § 60 — New York Code / Act SCT / Article 2 / Section 60
Conveyance vests absolute fee in purchaser
Status: in_force

§ 60. Conveyance vests absolute fee in purchaser. The conveyance made\npusuant to a judgment in any action brought as herein provided, shall\nvest in the purchaser all right, title, interest, claim, lien and equity\nof redemption in and against the premises sold, of all the parties to\nthe action, and of all persons claiming under them, or any or either of\nthem, subsequent to the filing of a notice of the pendency of the\naction, or whose conveyance or encumbrance is subsequent or is\nsubsequently recorded, except subsequent taxes and assessments, and\nsales on account thereof, and except taxes and assessments which were\nliens on the premises at the time of the filing of a notice of pendency\nof the action, but for the nonpayment of which no sale had been had\nprior thereto and any sale on account of such taxes, and all such\nparties and persons shall be barred and forever foreclosed by the\njudgment in said action of all right, title, interest, claim, lien and\nequity of redemption in and to the premises sold, or any part thereof,\nexcept as aforesaid. The judgment in any such action may direct the\ncancellation or satisfaction of record of taxes, assessments or other\nclaims of any of the parties to the action.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 2807-O — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 28 / Section 2807-O
Early intervention services pool
Status: in_force

§ 2807-o. Early intervention services pool. 1. Definitions. The\nfollowing words or phrases as used in this section shall have the\nfollowing meanings:\n  (a) "Early intervention services" shall mean services delivered to an\neligible child, pursuant to an individualized family service plan under\nthe early intervention program.\n  (b) "Early intervention program" shall mean the early intervention\nprogram for toddlers with disabilities and their families as created by\ntitle two-A of article twenty-five of this chapter.\n  (c) "Municipality" shall mean any county outside of the city of New\nYork or the city of New York.\n  2. Payments for early intervention services. (a) The commissioner\nshall, from funds allocated for such purpose under paragraph (g) of\nsubdivision six of section twenty-eight hundred seven-s of this article,\nmake payments to municipalities and the state for the delivery of early\nintervention services.\n  (b) Payments under this subdivision shall be made to municipalities\nand the state by the commissioner. Each municipality and the state of\nNew York shall receive a share of such payments equal to its\nproportionate share of the total approved statewide dollars not\nreimbursable by the medical assistance program paid to providers of\nearly intervention services by the state and municipalities on account\nof early intervention services in the last complete state fiscal year\nfor which such data is available.\n
N.Y. NPC Law § 903 — New York Code / Act NPC / Article 9 / Section 903
Approval of plan
Status: in_force

§ 903. Approval of plan.\n  (a) The board of each constituent corporation, upon approving such\nplan of merger or consolidation shall submit such plan to a vote of the\nmembers in accordance with the following:\n  (1) Notice of meeting shall be given to each member whether or not\nentitled to vote. A copy of the plan of merger or consolidation or an\noutline of the material features of the plan shall accompany such\nnotice.\n  (2) The plan of merger or consolidation shall be approved at a meeting\nof the members by two-thirds vote as provided in paragraph (c) of\nsection 613 (Vote of members).\n  (3) If any merging or consolidating corporation has no members\nentitled to vote thereon, a plan of merger or consolidation shall be\ndeemed approved by the members of the corporation when it is adopted by\nthe board of such corporation pursuant to section 902 (Plan of merger or\nconsolidation).\n  (b) Notwithstanding authorization as provided herein, at any time\nprior to the filing of the certificate of merger or consolidation, the\nplan of merger or consolidation may be abandoned pursuant to a provision\nfor such abandonment, if any, contained in the plan of merger or\nconsolidation.\n
N.Y. ISC Law § 1601 — New York Code / Act ISC / Article 16 / Section 1601
Authority to invest in subsidiaries; businesses of subsidiaries
Status: in_force

§ 1601. Authority to invest in subsidiaries; businesses of\nsubsidiaries. (a) (1) A domestic insurer authorized to make investments\nby subsection (c) of section one thousand four hundred three of this\nchapter may, subject to section one thousand two hundred eighteen of\nthis chapter invest in, or otherwise acquire, subsidiaries engaged or\norganized to engage in any business lawful under the laws of the\njurisdiction in which such subsidiaries are organized.\n  (2) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph one of this\nsubsection, no assessment corporation, as defined in subsection (b) of\nsection six thousand six hundred two of this chapter, shall invest in or\notherwise acquire, directly or indirectly, an insurance company if such\ninvestment or acquisition results in the control of such insurance\ncompany by the assessment corporation.\n  (b) Except as prohibited by paragraph two of subsection (a) of this\nsection, subsidiaries engaged or organized to engage exclusively in\nowning or investing in insurers, directly or indirectly, are subject to\nthe limitations set forth in sections one thousand two hundred eighteen\nand one thousand four hundred eight of this chapter.\n
N.Y. UCC Law § 2-A-208 — New York Code / Act UCC / Article 2-A / Part 2 / Section 2-A-208
Modification, Rescission and Waiver
Status: in_force

Section 2-A-208. Modification, Rescission and Waiver.\n  (1) An agreement modifying a lease contract needs no consideration to\nbe binding.\n  (2) A signed lease agreement that excludes modification or rescission\nexcept by a signed record may not be otherwise modified or rescinded,\nbut, except as between merchants, such a requirement on a form supplied\nby a merchant must be separately signed by the other party.\n  (3) Although an attempt at modification or rescission does not satisfy\nthe requirements of subsection (2), it may operate as a waiver.\n  (4) A party who has made a waiver affecting an executory portion of a\nlease contract may retract the waiver by reasonable notification\nreceived by the other party that strict performance will be required of\nany term waived, unless the retraction would be unjust in view of a\nmaterial change of position in reliance on the waiver.\n
N.Y. GMU Law § 550 — New York Code / Act GMU / Article 15-A / Section 550
Short title
Status: in_force

§ 550. Short title. This article may be cited as the "Urban Renewal\nAgency Act. "\n
N.Y. PEP Law § 287 — New York Code / Act PEP / Article 8-B / Section 287
Contents of petition
Status: in_force

§ 287. Contents of petition. The petition shall briefly describe the\nissue, stating the date, maturity and size thereof so far as known to\nthe petitioner; shall set forth the default or proceedings upon which\nthe application is based, and, if based on a default, the fact that such\ndefault has not been cured; shall show the purpose for which the\napplication is made; and shall contain an allegation that the list is\nnot intended for sale, and shall further show that such bond was not\npurchased for the purpose of making such an application; that the list\nof bondholders shall not be for the purpose of communicating with\nbondholders in the interests of an object other than the particular\nindenture securing the issue of bonds; and that such petitioner has not\nwithin five years sold or offered for sale any list of stockholders of\nany corporation, or aided or abetted any person in procuring any stock\nlist for any such purpose or sold or offered for sale any list of\nbondholders of any obligor or aided or abetted any person in procuring\nsuch a list for any such purpose.\n
N.Y. CVR Law § 76-A — New York Code / Act CVR / Article 7 / Section 76-A
Actions involving public petition and participation; when actual malice to be proven
Status: in_force

§ 76-a. Actions involving public petition and participation; when\nactual malice to be proven. 1. For purposes of this section:\n  (a) An "action involving public petition and participation" is a claim\nbased upon:\n  (1) any communication in a place open to the public or a public forum\nin connection with an issue of public interest; or\n  (2) any other lawful conduct in furtherance of the exercise of the\nconstitutional right of free speech in connection with an issue of\npublic interest, or in furtherance of the exercise of the constitutional\nright of petition.\n  (b) "Claim" includes any lawsuit, cause of action, cross-claim,\ncounterclaim, or other judicial pleading or filing requesting relief.\n  (c) "Communication" shall mean any statement, claim, allegation in a\nproceeding, decision, protest, writing, argument, contention or other\nexpression.\n  (d) "Public interest" shall be construed broadly, and shall mean any\nsubject other than a purely private matter.\n  2. In an action involving public petition and participation, damages\nmay only be recovered if the plaintiff, in addition to all other\nnecessary elements, shall have established by clear and convincing\nevidence that any communication which gives rise to the action was made\nwith knowledge of its falsity or with reckless disregard of whether it\nwas false, where the truth or falsity of such communication is material\nto the cause of action at issue.\n  3. Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit any\nconstitutional, statutory or common law protections of defendants to\nactions involving public petition and participation.\n
N.Y. EDP Law § 504 — New York Code / Act EDP / Article 5 / Section 504
Content of claim, or notice of appearance
Status: in_force

§ 504. Content of claim, or notice of appearance. The claim, or notice\nof appearance shall include:\n  (A) the name and post office address of the condemnee;\n  (B) reasonable identification by reference to the acquisition map or\notherwise, of the property affected by the acquisition, and the\ncondemnee's interest therein;\n  (C) a general statement of the nature and type of damages claimed,\nincluding a schedule of fixture items which comprise part or all of the\ndamages claimed;\n  (D) if represented by an attorney, the name of the condemnee's\nattorney and his office and post office address and telephone number\nsubscribed at the end of the claim.\n  The claims and copies thereof, may be either typewritten, printed, or\nphotocopies of the original.\n
N.Y. LAB Law § 197 — New York Code / Act LAB / Article 6 / Section 197
Civil penalty
Status: in_force

§ 197. Civil penalty. Any employer who fails to pay the wages of his\nemployees or shall differentiate in rate of pay because of protected\nclass status, as provided in this article, shall forfeit to the people\nof the state the sum of five hundred dollars for each such failure, to\nbe recovered by the commissioner in any legal action necessary,\nincluding administrative action or a civil action.\n
N.Y. CPL Law § 200.15 — New York Code / Act CPL / Part 2 / Title I / Article 200 / Section 200.15
Superior court information; definition
Status: in_force

§ 200.15 Superior court information; definition.\n  A superior court information is a written accusation by a district\nattorney filed in a superior court pursuant to article one hundred\nninety-five, charging a person, or two or more persons jointly, with the\ncommission of a crime, or with the commission of two or more offenses,\nat least one of which is a crime.  A superior court information may\ninclude any offense for which the defendant was held for action of a\ngrand jury and any offense or offenses properly joinable therewith\npursuant to sections 200.20 and 200.40, but shall not include an offense\nnot named in the written waiver of indictment executed pursuant to\nsection 195.20.  A superior court information has the same force and\neffect as an indictment and all procedures and provisions of law\napplicable to indictments are also applicable to superior court\ninformations, except where otherwise expressly provided.\n
N.Y. TRA Law § 212 — New York Code / Act TRA / Article 9-A / Section 212
Records
Status: in_force

§ 212. Records. Every driver of a motor truck or motor bus shall keep\nand carry on the vehicle records showing the day and hour when and the\nplace where he went and was released from duty, whether in this state or\noutside of this state. The commissioner shall prescribe the form of such\nrecords and may require such other information to be shown thereon as he\nshall deem advisable to insure the proper enforcement of this article.\nSuch records shall be exhibited to the commissioner, his\nrepresentatives, or to any peace officer, acting pursuant to his special\nduties or police officer who shall demand to see the same and shall be\nheld available for further inspection for a period of sixty days within\nthe state of New York in an office designated by the owner. Failure to\nproduce such records upon demand shall be presumptive evidence of a\nviolation of this article relating to keeping such records. In any\nprosecution for the violation of any of the provisions of this article\nsuch records shall be prima facie evidence of the truth of the contents\nthereof.\n
N.Y. PML Law § 217 — New York Code / Act PML / Article 2 / Section 217
Revocation of licenses
Status: in_force

§ 217. Revocation of licenses. If any corporation to which a license\nshall be granted shall fail or refuse to comply with the provisions of\nthis chapter, or with the terms and conditions of its license, or if for\nany other reason the continuance of such license shall not be deemed\nconducive to the interests of legitimate racing, the commission, upon\nits own initiative or upon complaint of the jockey club, in the case of\nrace courses to be used for running races, or upon the complaint of the\nnational steeplechase and hunt association in the case of race courses\nto be used for steeplechases, shall have the power to cancel and revoke\nsuch license. Written notice of such complaint shall be given to such\ncorporation by the commission within five days after receiving such\ncomplaint, or after determining to take action, which notice shall\nspecify a time and place of hearing thereon. If the commission cancels\nand revokes such license, then all powers exercised under section two\nhundred three of this article by the corporation to which such license\nwas granted shall cease and determine.\n
N.Y. STF Law § 97-S — New York Code / Act STF / Article 6 / Section 97-S
Nelson A
Status: in_force

§ 97-s. Nelson A. Rockefeller Empire State Plaza performing arts\ncenter corporation fund. 1. There is hereby established in the custody\nof the commissioner of taxation and finance a special account to be\nknown as the "performing arts center corporation fund".\n  2. All moneys of the corporation received in accordance with\nsubdivision four of this section shall be deposited to the credit of\nsuch fund, provided that such deposit is consistent with any contract\nawarded pursuant to chapter six hundred eighty-eight of the laws of\nnineteen hundred seventy-nine as amended by a chapter of the laws of\nnineteen hundred ninety-two. Said moneys shall be kept separate and\nshall not be commingled with any other moneys in the custody of the\ncommissioner of taxation and finance.\n  3. The moneys in said account shall be retained by it and deposited in\na general account and such other accounts as the corporation may deem\nnecessary for the transaction of its business and shall be paid out on\nchecks signed by the chairperson of the corporation or by such other\nmember or officer as the corporation may authorize.\n  4. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, revenues received from\nrentals of the performing arts center and related facilities and revenue\nfrom any other fees and charges and any other funds so designated shall\nbe deposited into this fund.\n
N.Y. AGM Law § 142-FF — New York Code / Act AGM / Article 9-A / Section 142-FF
Reports and fees
Status: in_force

§ 142-ff. Reports and fees. 1. Every licensee shall, on or before the\nfirst day of February in each year report the net tonnage, including\nzero tonnage if applicable, of each brand of agricultural liming\nmaterials sold, bartered, given, or otherwise supplied by him or her in\nthe state during the preceding calendar year. Such report shall be made\nin duplicate upon forms supplied by the commissioner. One such copy\nshall be transmitted to the commissioner and the other copy shall be\nretained by the licensee. Such reports shall be confidential and no\ninformation therein shall be disclosed in such a way as to divulge the\noperation of any person.\n  2. Failure to comply with the requirements of this section within the\ntime limit shall subject the licensee to revocation of all current\nlicenses held by him or her and the denial of all future license\napplications until compliance herewith, after hearing and subject to\nreview as provided in section one hundred forty-two-ee.\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 75-0113 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 75 / Section 75-0113
Value of carbon
Status: in_force

§ 75-0113. Value of carbon.\n  1. No later than one year after the effective date of this article,\nthe department, in consultation with the New York state energy research\nand development authority, shall establish a social cost of carbon for\nuse by state agencies, expressed in terms of dollars per ton of carbon\ndioxide equivalent.\n  2. The social cost of carbon shall serve as a monetary estimate of the\nvalue of not emitting a ton of greenhouse gas emissions. As determined\nby the department, the social cost of carbon may be based on marginal\ngreenhouse gas abatement costs or on the global economic, environmental,\nand social impacts of emitting a marginal ton of greenhouse gas\nemissions into the atmosphere, utilizing a range of appropriate discount\nrates, including a rate of zero.\n  3. In developing the social cost of carbon, the department shall\nconsider prior or existing estimates of the social cost of carbon issued\nor adopted by the federal government, appropriate international bodies,\nor other appropriate and reputable scientific organizations.\n
N.Y. LAB Law § 902 — New York Code / Act LAB / Article 30 / Section 902
Licensing and certification requirements
Status: in_force

§ 902. Licensing and certification requirements. 1. It shall be\nunlawful for any contractor to engage in an asbestos project unless such\ncontractor has a valid asbestos handling license issued by the\ncommissioner. Such license will not be issued without evidence of\nsuccessful completion by the contractor, or a supervisor designated to\nact as the contractor's agent, of an approved asbestos safety program\nwhich is, at the least, equivalent to the U.S. Environmental Protection\nAgency Model Accreditation Plan (40 CFR Part 763) and the submission of\nany additional information which the commissioner may require.\n  2. A copy of a valid asbestos handling license or other proof of the\nissuance of a valid asbestos handling license granted to the contractor\nwho will be undertaking the asbestos project must be submitted by the\nbidder in a form acceptable to the commissioner prior to the award of\nany public works contract all or part of which involves an asbestos\nproject.\n  3. A copy of a valid asbestos handling license must be conspicuously\ndisplayed at the work site on an asbestos project.\n  4. It shall be unlawful for any contractor to engage in or to permit a\nperson employed by the contractor, including but not limited to\nhandlers, project designers, inspectors and management planners, to\nengage in work on an asbestos project or to supervise persons engaging\nin work on an asbestos project unless each such person and supervisor\nhas a valid asbestos handling certificate. Such certificate will not be\nissued without evidence of successful completion by each such person of\nan approved asbestos safety program and the submission of any additional\ninformation which the commissioner may require.\n  5. Any person employed on an asbestos project or the supervisor of any\nperson engaged in work on an asbestos project or any other person who is\notherwise required by law or regulation to obtain an asbestos handler's\ncertificate shall have in his or her possession at all times during the\nwork on the project a copy of the asbestos handling certificate issued\nto the person by the commissioner.\n