N.Y. EDN Law § 676 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 14 / Part 2 / Subpart 3 / Section 676
Empire state challenger fellowships for teachers
Status: in_force

§ 676. Empire state challenger fellowships for teachers.  1. Number\nand certification. Two hundred full-time academic study fellowships and\ntwo hundred part-time academic study fellowships shall be awarded each\nyear. All such fellowships shall be awarded to eligible students\ncertified to the president by the commissioner pursuant to article\nthirteen of this chapter.\n  2. Duration. Each fellowship award pursuant to paragraph b or c of\nsubdivision eight of section six hundred five of this chapter shall\nentitle the recipient to an award for one academic year of full-time\nstudy while matriculated in an approved graduate program, as defined by\nthe commissioner pursuant to article thirteen of this chapter. Each\nfellowship awarded pursuant to paragraph d of subdivision eight of\nsection six hundred five of this chapter shall entitle the recipient to\nan award for not more than two academic years of part-time study while\nmatriculated in any approved graduate program, as defined by the\ncommissioner pursuant to article thirteen of this chapter. No recipient\nshall receive an award subsequent to completion of an approved graduate\nprogram leading to permanent certification as a teacher in the field or\nfields for which the fellowship was awarded.\n  3. Amount. The president shall make full-time academic study awards up\nto a maximum annual amount of four thousand dollars. The president shall\nmake part-time academic study awards up to a maximum annual amount of\none thousand dollars. Awards shall not exceed the recipient's cost of\nattendance at the institution. Cost of the attendance shall mean\ntuition, required fees, laboratory and other instruction related\nexpenses, books, transportation, room and board.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 668-D — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 14 / Part 2 / Subpart 2 / Section 668-D
World trade center memorial scholarships
Status: in_force

§ 668-d. World trade center memorial scholarships. 1. Eligible groups.\nNotwithstanding subdivisions three and five of section six hundred\nsixty-one of this article, children, spouses and financial dependents of\ninnocent victims who have died or have been severely and permanently\ndisabled, or those innocent victims who have become severely and\npermanently disabled as a direct result of an injury sustained in the\nimpact area of the September eleventh, two thousand one attack on the\nUnited States of America, shall be eligible to receive a memorial\nscholarship. The attack on the United States of America shall consist of\nthe attack on the world trade center, the attack on the Pentagon and the\nhijackings and crashes of United Airlines flights 93 and 175 and\nAmerican Airlines flights 11 and 77.\n  2. Amount. (a) The president shall grant annual scholarships in the\nfollowing amounts:\n  (1) If the recipient attends an institution of the city university of\nNew York or an institution of the state university of New York other\nthan the statutory colleges at Cornell, the college of environmental\nscience and forestry at Syracuse and the college of ceramics at Alfred,\nthe annual award shall be an amount equal to: the tuition charged at\nsuch institution provided that, notwithstanding any provision of law to\nthe contrary, the tuition charged to award recipients shall not exceed\nthat charged to state resident students attending such institution; the\nmandatory fees charged at such institution; and the non-tuition cost of\nattendance at such institution or college, provided that the scholarship\nshall not exceed an amount that is equal to the total cost of attendance\ndetermined for federal Title IV student financial aid purposes, less all\nother scholarships and grants provided by New York state, other states,\nthe federal government, or other governments, and the amount of\neducational benefits paid under any program that would duplicate the\npurposes of this program, provided that any scholarships or grants\nprovided to a recipient by the institution which are intended to fund\nany portion of the difference between the annual state award and the\nactual costs of attendance at any such institution shall not be\nconsidered to duplicate the purposes of this program; or\n  (2) If the recipient attends any other approved program within New\nYork state, the annual award shall be based upon an amount equal to: the\ntuition charged to state resident students attending a four-year college\nof the state university of New York; the average mandatory fees charged\nat four-year colleges of the state university of New York, or the actual\ntuition and fees charged to the recipient, whichever is less; and the\naverage non-tuition cost of attendance, as determined by the president\nand as approved by the director of the budget, for a student at the\nstate university of New York or actual non-tuition cost of attendance at\nsuch institution, whichever is less, provided that the scholarship shall\nnot exceed an amount that is equal to the total cost of attendance\ndetermined for federal Title IV student financial aid purposes, less all\nother scholarships and grants provided by New York state, other states,\nthe federal government, or other governments, and the amount of\neducational benefits paid under any program that would duplicate the\npurposes of this program, provided that any scholarships or grants\nprovided to a recipient by the institution which are intended to fund\nany portion of the difference between the annual state award and the\nactual costs of attendance at any such institution shall not be\nconsidered to duplicate the purposes of this program.\n  (3) Notwithstanding paragraph a of subdivision four of section six\nhundred sixty-one of this article, if the recipient is a New York state\nresident and, on September eleventh, two thousand one, was matriculated\nand in attendance in an institution of higher education that provides a\ntwo-year or four-year program of instruction for which the institution\nawards an associate or baccalaureate degree and which is eligible to\nparticipate in a program under Title IV of the Higher Education Act of\n1965, as amended or any successor statutes located outside of New York\nstate, the annual award shall be based upon an amount equal to: the\ntuition charged to state resident students attending a four-year college\nof the state university of New York; the average mandatory fees charged\nat four-year colleges of the state university of New York or the actual\ntuition and fees charged to the recipient, whichever is less; and the\naverage non-tuition cost of attendance, as determined, by the president\nand as approved by the director of the budget, for a student at the\nstate university of New York or actual non-tuition cost of attendance at\nsuch institution, whichever is less, provided that the scholarship shall\nnot exceed an amount that is equal to the total cost of attendance\ndetermined for federal Title IV student financial aid proposes, less all\nother scholarships and grants provided by New York state, other states,\nthe federal government, or other governments, and the amount of\neducational benefits paid under any program that would duplicate the\npurposes of this program, provided that any scholarships or grants\nprovided to a recipient by the institution which are intended to fund\nany portion of the difference between the annual state award and the\nactual annual costs of attendance at any such institution shall not be\nconsidered to duplicate the purposes of this program.\n  (4) "Non-tuition cost of attendance", as used in this subdivision,\nshall mean: (i) the actual amount charged by the institution for room\nand board, and (ii) an allowance for transportation, books and supplies\nas determined by the president and as approved by the director of the\nbudget, provided that such determination shall be made no later than\nDecember first of each year for use in the succeeding academic year. In\nthe event a student does not incur room or board charges at the\ninstitution, "non-tuition cost of attendance" shall mean an allowance\nfor room and board as determined by the president and approved by the\ndirector of the budget. In determining allowances pursuant to this\nsubparagraph, the president may take into consideration the allowances\nprovided for in the Pell grant program.\n  (b) In no event shall the combination of all student financial aid\nreceived by a student exceed a recipient's total cost of attendance at\nthe institution being attended.\n  3. Duration. Awards under this section shall be payable for each of\nnot more than four academic years of undergraduate study or five\nacademic years if a program normally requires five years, as defined by\nthe commissioner pursuant to article thirteen of this title.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 235 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 5 / Part 1 / Section 235
State science service
Status: in_force

§ 235. State science service. There shall be maintained in the\nuniversity a science service which shall be known as the state science\nservice and the state geologist, paleontologist, botanist, entomologist,\nand archaeologist shall constitute its staff together with such other\nscientists as the regents may employ or who are now employed by them.\nThis service is empowered and directed to make available its services to\nall the departments of the state, and the residents of the state under\nsuch rules and regulations as the regents may prescribe and is empowered\nto engage in such scientific research as directed by law or by the\nregents and shall cooperate with scientific units or agencies of other\nstates, the federal government, educational institutions and industry in\nthe discovery, analysis and dissemination of scientific information. The\ndirector of the state museum shall also be the director and head of the\nstate science service and the staff of the service shall be members of\nthe staff of the state museum.\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 56-0111 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 56 / Title 1 / Section 56-0111
Consistency with federal tax law
Status: in_force

§ 56-0111. Consistency with federal tax law.\n  All actions taken pursuant to this article shall be reviewed for\nconsistency with provisions of the federal internal revenue code and\nregulations thereunder, in accordance with procedures established in\nconnection with the issuance of any tax exempt bonds pursuant to this\narticle, to preserve the tax exempt status of such bonds.\n
N.Y. RPT Law § 721 — New York Code / Act RPT / Article 7 / Title 1 / Section 721
Review of certain assessments
Status: in_force

* § 721.  Review of certain assessments.  In any proceeding wherein\nthe assessment being reviewed has been challenged on the grounds that it\nis unequal and where the real property is or has been improved by a\nresidential structure containing no more than three dwelling units, at\nleast one of which is occupied by the petitioner, the court shall\nfurther permit the introduction of any evidence deemed relevant and\nmaterial to establishing the relationship between the assessed value and\nthe market value of such real property notwithstanding any provision of\nlaw to the contrary.\n  * NB Expired May 15, 1981\n
N.Y. ELN Law § 11-106 — New York Code / Act ELN / Article 11 / Title 1 / Section 11-106
Processing of applications by board of elections
Status: in_force

§ 11-106. Processing of applications by board of elections. 1. The\napplication forms shall be in a form prescribed by the state board of\nelections.\n  2. Upon receipt of the application, the board of elections shall\ndetermine upon such inquiry as it deems proper whether the applicant has\nanswered all the questions contained in the application and whether the\napplicant is legally qualified to receive and vote a special\npresidential ballot, and, if it finds he is not so qualified, shall\nreject the application and shall notify the applicant of such rejection\nand give the reason or reasons therefor. All investigations by the board\nof elections shall be concluded and all determinations made not later\nthan the sixth day before election.\n  3. If the board of elections shall determine that the applicant making\nthe application provided for in this section is qualified to receive and\nvote a special presidential ballot, it shall, as soon as practicable\nafter it shall have so determined, mail to him at the residence address\nshown in his application, or deliver to him, or to any person designated\nby him in writing for such purpose, at the office of the board, such a\nspecial presidential ballot and an envelope therefor.\n  4. The board of elections shall keep a register of the persons who\nhave made and signed applications for special presidential ballots and\nof the applicants who have been determined to be qualified. The board\nshall keep open to public inspection such register of applicants with\ntheir names, addresses and application dates and shall give to the\nchairman of each political party in the county a complete list of\napplicants for special presidential ballots, containing their names and\nplaces of residence, including the election district and ward, if any,\nand, in the city of New York and the county of Nassau, the assembly\ndistrict.\n  5. The board of elections shall file each original application filed\nwith it and shall maintain an alphabetical index thereof for a period of\nthree years after the election.\n
N.Y. VAT Law § 145-E — New York Code / Act VAT / Title 1 / Article 1 / Section 145-E
Stinger-steered automobile transporter
Status: in_force

§ 145-e. Stinger-steered automobile transporter. An automobile\ntransporter configured as a semitrailer combination wherein the fifth\nwheel is located on a drop frame located behind and below the rear-most\naxle of the power unit.\n
N.Y. SOS Law § 373-A — New York Code / Act SOS / Article 6 / Title 1 / Section 373-A
Medical histories
Status: in_force

§ 373-a. Medical histories. Notwithstanding any other provision of law\nto the contrary, to the extent they are available, the medical histories\nof a child legally freed for adoption or of a child to be placed in\nfoster care and of his or her birth parents, with information\nidentifying such birth parents eliminated, shall be provided by an\nauthorized agency to such child's prospective adoptive parent or foster\nparent and upon request to the adoptive parent or foster parent when\nsuch child has been adopted or placed in foster care. To the extent they\nare available, the medical histories of a child in foster care and of\nhis or her birth parents shall be provided by an authorized agency to\nsuch child when discharged to his or her own care and upon request to\nany adopted former foster child; provided, however, medical histories of\nbirth parents shall be provided to an adoptee with information\nidentifying such birth parents eliminated. Such medical histories shall\ninclude all available information setting forth conditions or diseases\nbelieved to be hereditary, any drugs or medication taken during\npregnancy by the child's birth mother and any other information,\nincluding any psychological information in the case of a child legally\nfreed for adoption or when such child has been adopted, or in the case\nof a child to be placed in foster care or placed in foster care which\nmay be a factor influencing the child's present or future health. The\ndepartment shall promulgate and may alter or amend regulations governing\nthe release of medical histories pursuant to this section.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 1020-NN — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 5 / Title 1-A / Section 1020-NN
Implementation of Excelsior power program in authority's service area
Status: in_force

§ 1020-nn. Implementation of Excelsior power program in authority's\nservice area. The authority and its service provider shall develop and\nimplement a program designed to reduce peak energy demand consistent\nwith the provisions of section sixty-seven-b of the public service law.\nThe authority shall annually submit a public report to the department of\npublic service describing the implementation, operation, and results of\nthe program. Pursuant to section three-b of the public service law, the\ndepartment of public service may review and make recommendations\nconcerning the implementation and operation of the program by the\nauthority and its service provider.\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 9-0107 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 9 / Title 1 / Section 9-0107
Acceptance by department of lands for parks and for silvicultural research
Status: in_force

§ 9-0107. Acceptance by department of lands for parks and for\n            silvicultural research.\n  Notwithstanding any other provisions of this article, the department\nis hereby authorized to accept, for the state, grants or deeds of gift\nof any lands, upon approval of the title thereto by the Attorney\nGeneral, as follows:\n  1. a. Lands, located in any county named in subdivision 2 of section\n9-0105, or in subdivision 6 of section 9-0101 of this article, which the\ndepartment may deem suitable for park or reservation purposes. The grant\nor deed must recite that it is given for acceptance under the provisions\nof this subdivision of this section.\n  b. Property so accepted shall forever be under the jurisdiction of the\ncommissioner and his successors in office and, by virtue of the\nacceptance thereof, shall be irrevocably dedicated to be used for the\npurposes of a public park or reservation under the care, custody,\ncontrol and management of the department and shall not become a part of\nthe forest preserve. Such property shall forever remain open to the\npublic for the enjoyment of the scenic and natural beauties of the\npremises, and receive such improvement or development, by the erection\nof buildings, roads, highways, railroads and other structures, including\nthe improvement, alteration and maintenance of the structures now on\nsuch premises as the legislature may from time to time determine. The\ndepartment may, in its discretion, lease a part or all of such premises\nupon such terms and conditions as it may determine not inconsistent with\nthe reasonable use of such premises by the public, provided that any\nsuch lease shall first have been approved by the Attorney General as to\nform.\n  2. a. Lands, located in any county named in subdivision 6 of section\n9-0101 of this article, which the department may deem suitable for use\nfor the purposes of silvicultural research and experimentation in the\nscience of forestry to the end that forest practices most beneficial to\nthe economy of the state and the health, welfare and comfort of the\npeople of the state may be ascertained and demonstrated. The grant or\ndeed to the state of any such lands must recite that it is given for\nacceptance under the provisions of this subdivision of this section.\n  b. Property so accepted shall be under the jurisdiction of the\ncommissioner and his successors in office and, until otherwise provided\nby law, shall be dedicated for use only for the purposes of\nsilvicultural research and experimentation in the science of forestry,\nincluding purposes incidental thereto, under the care, custody, control\nand management of the department and its successors in office and shall\nnot become a part of the forest preserve. Under such conditions as it\nmay deem consistent with the purposes aforesaid, and upon such terms as\nit may deem to be for the best interests of the state, the department\nmay sell trees, timber and other products on any such lands. All trees,\ntimber or other products to be sold shall be plainly marked or otherwise\ndesignated prior to cutting and no such material shall be removed from\nsuch land until paid for. No such material shall be sold at less than\nthe fair market value in the county or counties in which it is located,\nwhich value shall be the value fixed by a department forester or other\ncompetent appraiser in a report made after an examination of the\nmaterials to be sold, provided such appraisal is approved by the\ndepartment. The department may sell any such materials at not less than\nthe fair market value so fixed and under such conditions as it may\nprescribe, provided, however, that no sale of such materials appraised\nat five hundred dollars or more shall be made without public notice of\nsale, and after receipt of sealed bids. The award shall be made only to\nthe highest bidder. Such notice of sale and bids, the awarding of the\ncontract and the execution and filing of the contract shall otherwise be\nin accordance with the procedure specified in sections 9-0501 through\n9-0505 of this article for the sale after public notice, of trees,\ntimber, and other forest products on reforestation areas. All moneys\nreceived from any such sale shall be paid over to the State Comptroller\nand shall be deposited by him in the forest preserve expansion fund\nestablished by section 97-e of the State Finance Law.\n
N.Y. VAT Law § 128 — New York Code / Act VAT / Title 1 / Article 1 / Section 128
Owner
Status: in_force

§ 128. Owner. A person, other than a lien holder, having the property\nin or title to a vehicle or vessel. The term includes a person entitled\nto the use and possession of a vehicle or vessel subject to a security\ninterest in another person and also includes any lessee or bailee of a\nmotor vehicle or vessel having the exclusive use thereof, under a lease\nor otherwise, for a period greater than thirty days.\n
N.Y. ELD Law § 216 — New York Code / Act ELD / Article 2 / Title 1 / Section 216
Senior center council
Status: in_force

§ 216. Senior center council. 1. Definition. For the purposes of this\nsection, the term "council" shall mean the senior center council\nconvened by the director pursuant to this section.\n  2. Membership. The senior center council shall consist of ten members\nappointed by the director who shall serve as the chair. These members\nshall have experience with the operation of senior centers and the\nprovision of services therein. Members shall also be broadly\nrepresentative of older adult groups and all geographic areas of the\nstate. At least two of these members shall be over the age of sixty-two.\n  3. Compensation. Members of the council, other than the director,\nshall receive no compensation for their services, but shall be allowed\ntheir actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their\nduties pursuant to this section.\n  4. Purpose. The purpose of the council shall be to (a) provide a forum\nfor discussion of challenges facing senior centers across the state and\ndeveloping solutions;\n  (b) support sharing of information regarding efficient and effective\noperation of senior centers in different areas around the state;\n  (c) encourage the spread of methods and programs with proven\neffectiveness;\n  (d) create an environment for peer-to-peer support for senior centers\nacross the state; and\n  (e) offer recommendations for how the state can support senior centers\nand lower barriers to effective service delivery.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 695-F — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 14-A / Section 695-F
Program limitations; family tuition account
Status: in_force

§ 695-f. Program limitations; family tuition account. 1. Nothing in\nthis article shall be construed to:\n  a. give any designated beneficiary any rights or legal interest with\nrespect to an account unless the designated beneficiary is the account\nowner;\n  b. guarantee that a designated beneficiary will be admitted to an\neligible educational institution;\n  c. create state residency for an individual merely because the\nindividual is a designated beneficiary; or\n  d. guarantee that amounts saved pursuant to the program will be\nsufficient to cover the qualified higher education expenses of a\ndesignated beneficiary.\n  2. a. Nothing in this article shall create or be construed to create\nany obligation of the comptroller, the state, or any agency or\ninstrumentality of the state to guarantee for the benefit of any account\nowner or designated beneficiary with respect to:\n  (i) the rate of interest or other return on any account; and\n  (ii) the payment of interest or other return on any account.\n  b. The comptroller and the corporation by rule or regulation shall\nprovide that every contract, application, deposit slip, or other similar\ndocument that may be used in connection with a contribution to an\naccount clearly indicate that the account is not insured by the state\nand neither the principal deposited nor the investment return is\nguaranteed by the state.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 231 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 5 / Part 1 / Section 231
Town and county officers training school
Status: in_force

§ 231. Town and county officers training school.  The town and county\nofficers training school of the state of New York, a corporation created\nby the regents pursuant to section two hundred sixteen of the education\nlaw for the purpose of improving the administration of municipal affairs\nby providing courses of training for municipal officials in towns and\ncounties of the state and conducting school therefor having received an\nabsolute charter under section two hundred sixteen, and the regents\nhaving approved the courses of study and plan of instruction of such\ninstitute, the cost of carrying out the program of the training school\nmay be defrayed in part with grants of federal vocational education\nmoneys made to the regents under acts of congress for training those in\npublic and other service occupations.\n
N.Y. GOB Law § 7-101 — New York Code / Act GOB / Article 7 / Title 1 / Section 7-101
Money deposited or advanced for use or rental of personal property; waiver void
Status: in_force

§ 7-101. Money deposited or advanced for use or rental of personal\nproperty; waiver void. 1. Whenever money shall be deposited or advanced\non a contract for the use or rental of personal property as security for\nperformance of the contract or to be applied to payments upon such\ncontract when due, such money, with interest accruing thereon, if any,\nuntil repaid or so applied, shall continue to be the money of the person\nmaking such deposit or advance and shall be a trust fund in the\npossession of the person with whom such deposit or advance shall be made\nand shall be deposited in a bank or trust company and shall not be\nmingled with other funds or become an asset of such trustee, excepting,\nhowever, that such trust funds may be deposited with other funds that\nhave been deposited or advanced to the trustee as security for\nperformance of a contract for the use or rental of personal property or\nbe applied to payments upon such contract when due. If the money being\ndeposited or advanced is for the use or rental of personal property and\nthe money deposited or advanced is seven hundred fifty dollars or more\nand is for the use or rental of personal property for a period equal to\nor greater than one hundred twenty days, the person receiving such money\nshall deposit it pursuant to the provisions of subdivision one-a of this\nsection.\n  1-a. Whenever the money so deposited or advanced is seven hundred\nfifty dollars or more and is for the use or rental of personal property\nfor a period equal to or greater than one hundred twenty days, the\nperson receiving such money shall, subject to the provisions of this\nsection, deposit it in an interest bearing account in a banking\norganization within the state which account shall earn interest at a\nrate which shall be the prevailing rate earned by other such deposits\nmade with banking organizations in such area. Such person shall not be\nrequired to keep the funds of the separate persons from whom security\ndeposits or advances have been received in separate depository accounts,\nprovided his books of account shall clearly show the allocation of the\nfunds deposited in his general or special depository account. The person\ndepositing such security money shall be entitled to receive, as\nadministration expenses, a sum equivalent to one per cent per annum upon\nthe security money so deposited, which shall be deducted from the\ninterest earned on such security money from the banking organization and\nshall be in lieu of all other administrative and custodial expenses\nrelating to the security deposit or advance. The balance of the interest\npaid by the banking organization shall be the money of the lessee making\nthe deposit or advance and shall either be held in trust by the person\nwith whom such deposit or advance shall be made, until repaid or applied\nfor the use or rental of the personal property, or annually paid to the\nlessee making the deposit of security money.\n  1-b. This section shall not be applicable to any advance payment of\nmoney under or with respect to any contract for the use or rental of\npersonal property that, in accordance with the terms applicable to such\npayment, either (a) is not revocable by the person making such payment\nand is not otherwise subject to being returned or refunded to such\nperson, or (b) otherwise satisfies or discharges an equivalent liability\nunder such contract when such payment is made, whether or not such\nliability is otherwise then due and payable under the terms of such\ncontract.\n  1-c. This section shall apply to money deposited or advanced on\ncontracts for the use or rental of personal property as security for\nperformance of the contract or to be applied to payments upon such\ncontract when due, only if (a) such contract is governed by the laws of\nthis state as the result of a choice of law provision in such contract,\nin accordance with section 1--301 of the uniform commercial code\n(subject to the limitations on choice of law by the parties to a\nconsumer lease under section 2-A-106 of the uniform commercial code), or\nsuch contract is otherwise governed by the laws of this state in\naccordance with applicable conflict of laws rules, and (b) the lessee\nunder such contract is located within this state, within the meaning of\nthe uniform commercial code (with respect to the location of debtors),\nexcept that a foreign air carrier under the Federal Aviation Act of\n1958, as amended, shall not be deemed located in this state solely as a\nresult of having a designated office of an agent upon whom service of\nprocess may be made located in this state.\n  2. Any provision of a contract whereby a person who has deposited or\nadvanced money on a contract for the use or rental of personal property\nas security for the performance of the contract waives any provision of\nthis section is absolutely void.\n  3. This section shall not be applicable to any deposit or advance of\nmoney made in connection with the borrowing of securities for any lawful\npurpose.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 1301 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 13 / Title 1 / Section 1301
Nuisances; examination and abatement by order of governor; expenses
Status: in_force

§ 1301. Nuisances; examination and abatement by order of governor;\nexpenses.  1. Whenever required by the governor, the commissioner shall\nmake an examination concerning nuisances or questions affecting the\nsecurity of life and health in any locality, and shall report the\nresults thereof to the governor, within the time prescribed by him\ntherefor.\n  2. The report of every such examination, when approved by the\ngovernor, shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state, and\nthe governor may declare the matters public nuisances, which may be\nfound and certified in any such report to be nuisances, and may order\nthem to be changed, abated or removed as he may direct.\n  3. Every such order shall be presumptive evidence of the existence of\nsuch nuisance; and the governor may, by a precept under his hand and\nofficial seal, require the district attorney, sheriff and other officers\nof the county where such nuisance is maintained, to take all necessary\nmeasures to execute such order and cause it to be obeyed, and the acts\nof any such county officer in the abatement of any such nuisance,\nreasonable or necessary for such abatement, shall be lawful and\njustifiable and the order of the governor a sufficient protection to\nsuch officer.\n  4. The expense of such abatement shall be paid by the municipality\nwhere the nuisance occurs, and shall be a debt recoverable by such\nmunicipality of all persons, maintaining it or assisting in its\nmaintenance, and a lien and charge upon the lands upon which the\nnuisance is maintained, which may be enforced by a sale of such lands to\nsatisfy the same.\n
N.Y. DOM Law § 75-I — New York Code / Act DOM / Article 5-A / Title 1 / Section 75-I
Communication between courts
Status: in_force

§ 75-i. Communication between courts.  1. A court of this state may\ncommunicate and, pursuant to subdivision four of section seventy-six-c,\nsubdivision two of section seventy-six-e and section seventy-seven-f of\nthis article, must communicate, with a court in another state concerning\na proceeding arising under this article.\n  2. The court may allow the parties to participate in the\ncommunication.  If the parties are not able to participate in the\ncommunication, they must be given the opportunity to present facts and\nlegal arguments before a decision on jurisdiction is made.\n  3. Communication between courts on schedules, calendars, court\nrecords, and similar matters may occur without informing the parties. A\nrecord need not be made of the communication.\n  4. Except as otherwise provided in subdivision three of this section,\na record must be made of a communication under this section. The parties\nmust be informed promptly of the communication and granted access to the\nrecord.\n  5. For the purposes of this section, "record" means information that\nis inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or\nother medium and is retrievable in perceivable form.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 415 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 9 / Section 415
No schoolhouse shall be built on town line
Status: in_force

§ 415. No schoolhouse shall be built on town line.  No schoolhouse\nshall be built so as to stand on the division line of any two towns\nunless the commissioner of education approves such location.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 1020-EE — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 5 / Title 1-A / Section 1020-EE
Nine Mile Point II; disposition of interest
Status: in_force

§ 1020-ee. Nine Mile Point II; disposition of interest. The authority\nshall make every effort to convey its interest in the Nine Mile Point II\nnuclear generating facility through the sale of its interest in such\nfacility to the power authority of the state of New York or to one or\nmore of the co-tenants of such plant, provided, however, that in any\nacquisition of such interest by the power authority of the state of New\nYork or by one or more of the co-tenants, the authority shall agree to\nremain responsible for the purchase of such share of the power generated\nby such facility as it is required to purchase under agreements entered\ninto by LILCO and obligating the authority.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 344-A — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 7-A / Section 344-A
Pretest questions
Status: in_force

§ 344-a. Pretest questions.  The test agency shall cooperate with a\nstudy conducted under the auspices of the National Research Council of\nthe effects of pretesting on test subjects' performance. The results of\nsuch study shall be made available to the chair of the higher education\ncommittee in the senate and the chair of the higher education committee\nin the assembly.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 1001 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 21 / Section 1001
Short title
Status: in_force

§ 1001. Short title.  This article shall be known and may be cited as\n"The Vocational Rehabilitation Law."\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 654 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 14 / Part 1 / Section 654
President of the corporation
Status: in_force

§ 654. President of the corporation.  1. The governor shall appoint,\nwith the advice and consent of the senate, the president of the\ncorporation. The president shall be the chief executive officer of the\ncorporation and shall serve at the pleasure of the governor.\n  2. Any vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired term in the same\nmanner as the original appointment.\n  3. The salary of the president shall be fixed by the governor from\nappropriations made to the corporation.\n
N.Y. RPT Law § 1210 — New York Code / Act RPT / Article 12 / Title 1 / Section 1210
Establishment of final state equalization rates, class ratios and class equalization rates
Status: in_force

§ 1210. Establishment of final state equalization rates, class ratios\nand class equalization rates. After receiving the commissioner's report\nregarding any complaint filed pursuant to section twelve hundred eight\nof this title, the state board of real property tax services shall\nestablish the final state equalization rate, class ratios, and class\nequalization rates, if required, for each city, town, village, special\nassessing unit, or approved assessing unit or eligible non-assessing\nunit village which has adopted the provisions of section nineteen\nhundred three of this chapter.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 1127 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 23-B / Section 1127
Confidentiality of records
Status: in_force

§ 1127. Confidentiality of records. Reports and other written material\nsubmitted pursuant to this article, and photographs taken concerning\nsuch reports in the possession of any person authorized to receive such\ninformation, pursuant to this article, shall be confidential and shall\nnot be redisclosed except to law enforcement authorities involved in an\ninvestigation of child abuse in an educational setting or as expressly\nauthorized by law or pursuant to a court-ordered subpoena. A school\nadministrator or a school superintendent shall exercise reasonable care\nin preventing such unauthorized disclosure. Willful disclosure of a\nwritten record required to be kept confidential pursuant to this section\nto a person not authorized to receive or review such record is a class A\nmisdemeanor.\n
N.Y. SOS Law § 390-E — New York Code / Act SOS / Article 6 / Title 1 / Section 390-E
Criminal history review; mentoring programs
Status: in_force

§ 390-e. Criminal history review; mentoring programs. 1. For the\npurposes of this section, the following words shall have the following\nmeanings:\n  (a) "Prospective employee" shall mean a person being considered for\nemployment by a mentoring program.\n  (b) "Prospective mentor" shall mean an individual who is currently\napplying to volunteer to help a child or a group of children in a\nmentoring program for a period of time. Such help shall include, but not\nbe limited to, being a positive role model for youth, building\nrelationships with youth, and providing youth with academic assistance\nand exposure to new experiences and examples of opportunity that enhance\nthe ability of children to become responsible adults.\n  (c) "Mentoring program" shall mean a formalized program, operated by a\ncorporation which has been incorporated pursuant to subparagraph five of\nparagraph (a) of section one hundred two of the not-for-profit\ncorporation law or pursuant to subparagraph four of paragraph (a) of\nsection one hundred two of the business corporation law, or operated by\nan educational institution or school district, that matches youth with\nadult volunteers with the purpose of providing such youth with positive\nrole models to enhance their development.\n  (d) "Office" shall mean the office of children and family services.\n  2. Mentoring programs may perform a criminal history record check on\nall prospective employees and mentors.\n  3. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, subject\nto the rules and regulations of the division of criminal justice\nservices, mentoring programs may apply for a criminal history record\ncheck with the division of criminal justice services regarding any\nprospective employee or any prospective mentor who may engage in\nunsupervised activities with youth or in activities with youth in a\nsetting without constant agency or parental oversight. Each mentoring\nprogram that chooses to complete such criminal background checks on\nprospective employees or on prospective mentors shall establish a policy\nfor completing criminal background checks on such prospective employees\nor mentors. Such policy shall apply one uniform standard for the\ncompletion of criminal background checks for all prospective employees\nand one uniform standard for the completion of criminal background\nchecks for all prospective mentors. Any mentoring program that chooses\nto complete criminal background checks on both prospective employees and\nprospective mentors may utilize the same uniform process for the\ncompletion of the criminal background checks on prospective employees\nand prospective mentors or they may choose one uniform process for\nprospective employees and another uniform process for prospective\nmentors.\n  4. Every mentoring program that chooses to apply for a criminal\nhistory background check with the division of criminal justice services\nshall obtain a set of fingerprints from each individual for whom a\ncriminal background check is to be completed and such other information\nas is required by the office and the division of criminal justice\nservices.  For each prospective employee or mentor for whom the\nmentoring program completes a criminal background check, the mentoring\nprogram shall provide the applicant with blank fingerprint cards and a\ndescription of how the completed fingerprint card will be used upon\nsubmission to the mentoring program. The mentoring program shall\npromptly transmit such fingerprint card and the processing fee to the\noffice. The office shall promptly submit the fingerprint card and the\nprocessing fee, imposed pursuant to subdivision eight-a of section eight\nhundred thirty-seven of the executive law, to the division of criminal\njustice services for its full search and retain processing.\n  5. Upon receipt of a criminal history record from the division of\ncriminal justice services, the office shall promptly provide to the\nmentoring program the criminal history record, if any, with respect to\nthe prospective employee or mentor, or a statement that the individual\nhas no criminal history record.\n  6. Upon receipt of the results of a criminal background check pursuant\nto this section, the mentoring program shall determine whether or not\nthe prospective employee or mentor shall be offered employment or the\nopportunity to volunteer with the program. Such determination shall be\nmade in accordance with the criteria established in section seven\nhundred fifty-two of the correction law.\n  7. Upon the request of any person previously convicted of one or more\ncriminal offenses who has been denied employment pursuant to subdivision\nsix of this section, the mentoring program shall provide, within thirty\ndays of such request, a written statement setting forth the reasons for\nsuch denial. Any such person denied employment pursuant to subdivision\nsix of this section shall be afforded the opportunities for enforcement\navailable pursuant to section seven hundred fifty-five of the correction\nlaw.\n  8. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, with the exception\nof a sex offense or a crime against a child, a custodial parent or\nguardian may sign a waiver authorizing a mentor to work with his or her\nchild regardless of a criminal charge or crime related to a mentor. Such\nprocess shall only be initiated upon the consent of the prospective\nmentor, and be on a form and of a content to be developed by the office.\nWhere applicable, a mentoring program may notify a custodial parent or\nguardian of his or her waiver right, but a waiver shall only be\nauthorized by a custodial parent or guardian.\n  9. Any criminal history record provided to a mentoring program\npursuant to this section shall be confidential pursuant to the\napplicable federal and state laws, rules and regulations, and shall not\nbe published or in any way disclosed to persons other than authorized\npersonnel, unless otherwise authorized by law.\n  10. Every mentoring program shall provide each custodial parent or\nguardian of every child participating in its mentoring program with a\ndescription of the kind of criminal background checks conducted by the\nmentoring program on its prospective employees and mentors. Such\ndescription shall include identification of the source utilized to\nobtain criminal background histories on prospective employees and\nmentors, a list of crimes that would lead the program to deny employment\nor the opportunity to volunteer as a prospective employee or mentor, and\nany other process utilized to determine whether or not a prospective\nemployee or mentor with a conviction record shall be offered employment\nor the opportunity to volunteer. Such description shall clearly state\nwhether or not prospective employees or mentors may be hired or offered\nthe opportunity to volunteer despite the existence of a conviction\nhistory.\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 49-0103 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 49 / Title 1 / Section 49-0103
General functions, powers and duties of the department
Status: in_force

§ 49-0103. General functions, powers and duties of the department.\n  The department shall have the power and it shall be its duty to:\n  1. Develop, after consultation with local governments and interested\npersons, groups and institutions, policies and programs to preserve and\nenhance the natural and man-made beauty of the state, and encourage,\nfacilitate and assist in the coordination of the activities of the\nvarious state agencies in furtherance of such policies and programs.\n  2. Advise, encourage and assist local governments in the development\nand coordination of policies, programs and activities, and in the full\nutilization of powers vested in local governments by the Constitution\nand laws of the state, to preserve and enhance the natural and man-made\nbeauty of the state.\n  3. Conduct and coordinate studies, surveys and inventories of the vast\nnatural and man-made resources contributing to the beauty of the state\nby virtue of their scenic, aesthetic, or cultural values.\n  4. Designate scenic sites, areas, and highways in the state and\ndevelop programs for their preservation and enhancement, including but\nnot limited to programs to discourage littering, defacement, and\nblighting of such scenic sites, areas and highways.\n  5. Promote the application of aesthetic considerations in the\nlocation, design, construction and maintenance of state lands, projects\nand buildings.\n  6. Serve as a clearing house for information relating to the\npreservation and enhancement of natural and man-made beauty.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 407 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 9 / Section 407
Application to certain districts
Status: in_force

§ 407. Application to certain districts.  The provision of section\nfour hundred four of this article shall apply to union free school\ndistricts and to districts organized under special laws; and the\ntrustees of such districts and the boards of education organized under\nspecial laws shall be and are hereby clothed with all the powers vested\nin trustees in the three preceding sections.\n
N.Y. GOB Law § 3-101 — New York Code / Act GOB / Article 3 / Title 1 / Section 3-101
When contracts may not be disaffirmed on ground of infancy
Status: in_force

§ 3-101. When contracts may not be disaffirmed on ground of infancy.\n1. A contract made on or after September first, nineteen hundred\nseventy-four by a person after he has attained the age of eighteen years\nmay not be disaffirmed by him on the ground of infancy.\n  2. A contract made on or after April thirteenth, nineteen hundred\nforty-one, and before September first, nineteen hundred seventy-four, by\na person after he has attained the age of eighteen years, may not be\ndisaffirmed by him on the ground of infancy, where the contract was made\nin connection with a business in which the infant was engaged and was\nreasonable and provident when made.\n  In any action or proceeding in which the right to disaffirm on the\nground of infancy a contract made by an infant after he has attained the\nage of eighteen years is in issue, the burden of proof on the question\nwhether the contract was made in connection with a business in which the\ninfant was engaged, and also on the question whether the contract was\nreasonable and provident when made, shall be upon the person seeking to\ndeny or defeat such disaffirmance or to enforce the contract.\n  3. A husband and wife, with respect only to real property they occupy\nor which they affirm they are about to occupy as a home, regardless of\nthe minority of either or both and without limitation of the powers of\nany such person who is of full age, shall each have power (a) to enter\ninto and contract for a loan or loans with a bank, trust company,\nprivate banker, national bank, branch or agency of a foreign banking\ncorporation licensed pursuant to article two, or branch of an\nout-of-state depository institution authorized pursuant to article\nfive-C of the banking law, savings bank or savings and loan association\nwhose home office is located in this state, with any insurance company\nauthorized to do business in this state, with the United States\ngovernment and its agencies, with respect to such real property and take\nany other action and execute any other document or instrument to the\nextent necessary or appropriate to effect any such loan, provide\nsecurity therefor, carry out or modify the terms thereof, and effect any\ncompromise or settlement of any such loan or of any claim with respect\nthereto; (b) to receive, hold and dispose of such real property, make\nand execute contracts, notes, deeds, mortgages, agreements and other\ninstruments necessary and appropriate to acquire such property; and (c)\nto dispose of such real property so acquired, and make and execute\ncontracts, deeds, agreements and other instruments necessary and\nappropriate to dispose of such property.\n  Notwithstanding any contrary provision or rule of law, no such husband\nor wife shall have the power to disaffirm, because of minority, any act\nor transaction which he or she is hereinabove empowered to perform or\nengage in, nor shall any defense based upon minority be interposed in\nany action or proceeding arising out of any such act or transaction.\n  The above provision, however, shall affect only transactions entered\ninto subsequent to September first, nineteen hundred sixty-five.\n  4. A person who has attained the age of eighteen years shall have the\npower, regardless of his or her minority to enter into a binding and\nenforceable contract for a loan or loans with a bank, trust company,\nprivate banker, national bank, branch or agency of a foreign banking\ncorporation licensed pursuant to article two, or branch of an\nout-of-state depository institution authorized pursuant to article\nfive-C, of the banking law or savings bank, or with a savings and loan\nassociation or credit union which is chartered under the laws of this\nstate or under the provisions of federal law and is authorized to do\nbusiness in this state and, in the case of a credit union, if said\nperson is within the field of membership of the credit union, and to\ntake any other action and execute any other document or instrument to\nthe extent necessary or appropriate to effect any such loan, provide\nsecurity therefor, carry out or modify the terms thereof, and effect any\ncompromise or settlement of any loan or of any claim with respect\nthereto.\n  Notwithstanding any contrary provision or rule of law, no such person\nwho has attained the age of eighteen years shall have the power to\ndisaffirm or renounce solely because of his minority any act or\ntransaction which he or she is hereinabove empowered to perform or\nengage in, nor shall any defense based upon minority be interposed in\nany action or proceeding arising out of such act or transaction.\n  The above provision shall affect only transactions entered into on or\nafter June twenty-third, nineteen hundred seventy-three and before\nSeptember first, nineteen hundred seventy-four.\n
N.Y. ELN Law § 8-100 — New York Code / Act ELN / Article 8 / Title 1 / Section 8-100
Elections; dates of and hours for voting
Status: in_force

§ 8-100. Elections; dates of and hours for voting. 1.  (a) A primary\nelection shall be held on the fourth Tuesday in June before every\ngeneral election unless otherwise changed by an act of the legislature.\nMembers of the state and county committees and assembly district leaders\nand associate district leaders and all other party positions to be\nelected shall be elected at such primary and all nominations for public\noffice required to be made at a primary election in such year shall be\nmade at such primary. In each year in which electors of president and\nvice president of the United States are to be elected an additional\nprimary election, to be known as the spring primary, shall be held on\nthe first Tuesday in February unless otherwise changed by an act of the\nlegislature, for the purpose of electing delegates to the national\nconvention.\n  (b) In the event a run-off primary election is required in the city of\nNew York, it shall be held on the fourth Tuesday next succeeding the\ndate on which the initial primary election was held.\n  (c) The general election shall be held annually on the Tuesday next\nsucceeding the first Monday in November.\n  2. Polls shall be open for voting during the following hours: a\nprimary election from six o'clock in the morning until nine o'clock in\nthe evening; the general election from six o'clock in the morning until\nnine o'clock in the evening; a special election called by the governor\npursuant to the public officers law, and, except as otherwise provided\nby law, every other election, from six o'clock in the morning until nine\no'clock in the evening; early voting hours shall be as provided in title\nsix of this article. Early voting times shall be as provided in section\n8-600 of this article.\n  3. In any election district in which a primary of any party is\nuncontested, no primary of such party shall be held. In any election\ndistrict in which the primaries of all parties are uncontested on the\nday of any primary election, no primaries shall be held on such day and\nthe polling place shall not be opened for voting.\n  4. No primary, special or general election for any state or local\noffice or for the election of officers of any corporation which is\nfunded in whole or in part by federal, state or municipal moneys shall\nbe held on a Saturday or Sunday.\n
N.Y. LAB Law § 163-A — New York Code / Act LAB / Article 5 / Title 1 / Section 163-A
Farm laborers
Status: in_force

§ 163-a. Farm laborers. No person or corporation operating a farm\nshall require any farm laborer to work more than sixty hours in any\ncalendar week; provided, however, that any overtime work performed by a\nfarm laborer shall be at a rate which is at least one and one-half times\nthe farm laborer's regular rate of pay.\n
N.Y. MDW Law § 142 — New York Code / Act MDW / Article 5 / Title 1 / Section 142
Sub-curb uses
Status: in_force

§ 142. Sub-curb uses. 1. When such a dwelling is more than eighty feet\nin height measured from the lowest point of the yard or of any curb on\nwhich any part of the dwelling faces, whichever is lower, and any room\nin such dwelling below the level of the highest curb which any part of\nsuch dwelling faces is occupied for living purposes as permitted in\nparagraph f of subdivision one of section thirty-four, the yard at the\nlevel of such highest curb shall be set back so as to be at least eight\nfeet greater in depth than the yard below such level unless the yard\nopens directly upon a street.\n  2. If such a dwelling is erected upon an interior lot running through\nfrom street to street, the wall of the dwelling facing the lowest street\nshall, at the level of the highest curb on which any part of such\ndwelling faces, be set back at least eight feet.\n  3. The setback of the yard or wall required by each of the two\npreceding subdivisions shall be a fire-terrace. Nothing herein contained\nshall be construed to permit a yard of smaller dimensions below the\nlevel of such fire-terrace than required by paragraph f of subdivision\none of section thirty-four.\n  4. From each apartment below the level of such highest curb at least\none means of egress shall lead directly to such fire-terrace in a manner\napproved by the department. Such fire-terrace shall be protected by a\nguard railing approved by the department, and shall afford safe and\nunobstructed access either directly to a street or to a covered\nfireproof passage at least three feet in width and seven feet in height\nleading directly and without obstruction to a street.\n  5. In all portions of such dwellings below the level of the highest\ncurb all structural members, partitions, furrings and ceilings shall be\nconstructed of incombustible materials.\n  6. Apartments may also be occupied for living purposes in cellars and\nbasements in accordance with the provisions of subdivision six of\nsection thirty-four.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 681-A — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 14 / Part 3 / Section 681-A
Guaranteed student loans; special requirements
Status: in_force

§ 681-a. Guaranteed student loans; special requirements. 1. As used in\nthis section:\n  (a) "Federal guaranteed student loan program" shall mean the program\nof the United States government making low interest loans available to\nstudents or parents of students to pay for their cost of attending\npost-secondary institutions established under Title IV, Part B of the\nHigher Education Act of nineteen hundred sixty-five, as amended, or any\nsuccessor statute.\n  (b) "Guaranteed student loan" shall mean a loan made by a lender to a\nstudent who is resident of and is attending an institution in this state\nor a parent of such a student under and pursuant to the federal\nguaranteed student loan program.\n  (c) "Lender" shall mean a bank, savings and loan association, credit\nunion, pension fund, insurance company, school or state lending agency\nparticipating in such federal guaranteed student loan program.\n  (d) "Guarantee agency" shall mean any state agency or not-for-profit\ncorporation which has entered into an agreement with the United States\nsecretary of education to guarantee loans made under the federal\nguaranteed student loan program and which guarantees loans made to\nresidents of this state attending institutions in this state.\n  (e) "Institution" shall mean any post-secondary institution, including\na vocational school, participating in the federal guaranteed student\nloan program.\n  2. (a) Any individual, institution, lender or guarantee agency which\nshall provide a student with an application for a guaranteed student\nloan shall advise the student prior to his or her execution of such\napplication that it is for such a loan. Any application for such a loan\nprovided to a student shall contain, on its face in bold faced, sixteen\npoint size print, the following statement: "This is an application for a\nguaranteed student loan. The money loaned to you must be repaid by you\nin full, with interest, in accordance with the terms of the loan.\nFailure to repay the loan can adversely affect your credit and result in\nlegal action against you."\n  3. No institution shall accept from a student an application for a\nguaranteed student loan if the name of the lender is not prominently set\nforth in the application.\n  4. An institution shall not require a student to make an application\nfor a guaranteed student loan to a particular lender or otherwise select\nfor the student such lender. An institution may recommend a lender,\nhowever, in such case, at such time it shall deliver to the student a\nstatement supplied by the president as to the student's right and\nability to obtain such loan from other lenders and as to the insurance\npremiums charged by guarantee agencies on such loans.\n  5. The corporation, pursuant to its authority to coordinate the\nstate's administrative effort in student financial aid and loan programs\nwith those of other levels of government shall develop and maintain\nrecords of the guaranteed student loans made by lenders to students who\nare residents of the state attending institutions in this state which\nare guaranteed by guarantee agencies other than the corporation. It\nshall obtain and collect from other guarantee agencies, at such times\nand in such form as the president shall determine, information as to\nsuch guaranteed student loans which shall include the following: (i) the\nnumber and total dollar amount of such loans made during the period\nreported, shown by lender and by institution; (ii) the number and total\ndollar amount of loans made to students while attending institutions in\nthis state which were purchased in default during the period reported,\nshown by lender and by institution; and (iii) the current default rate\nfor such loans by lender and by institution.\n  6. Where a violation of this section by a guarantor or an institution\nother than a public institution of higher education is alleged to have\noccurred, the attorney general may apply in the name of the people of\nthe state of New York to the supreme court of the state of New York\nwithin the judicial district in which such violations are alleged to\nhave occurred, on notice of five days, for an order enjoining or\nrestraining commission or continuance of the alleged unlawful acts. In\nany such proceeding, the court may impose a civil penalty in an amount\nnot to exceed five thousand dollars. Enforcement of any violation by a\npublic institution shall be as otherwise authorized by law.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 1004-A — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 21 / Section 1004-A
Sheltered workshops for individuals with developmental disabilities, mental illness or a severe physical handicap
Status: in_force

§ 1004-a. Sheltered workshops for individuals with developmental\ndisabilities, mental illness or a severe physical handicap. 1.\nDeclaration of purpose. The conditions associated with a developmental\ndisability, mental illness and severe physical handicap are such that\nmany young people, after laborious training in the schools and\notherwise, reach the point in their lives where they can and should,\nunder proper and continued guidance, engage in sheltered employment. The\neffects of such employment are salutary in many ways. The affected\nindividual is helped to become a contributing member of society. The\nstate is saved the expense of his or her institutionalization in already\novercrowded state schools and facilities. The family retains closer\ncontact with him or her and is spared the anxieties naturally attaching\nto separation and institutionalization. All of these factors have also\nbeen shown to reflect tangible benefit upon individuals with\ndevelopmental disabilities, mental illness or a severe physical handicap\nin improving his or her overall condition. The purpose of this measure\nis to specifically encourage the development, improvement and expansion\nof such sheltered employment facilities by non-profit agencies, so that\nthe salutary effects mentioned can be expediently accomplished.\n  2. Special provisions relating to individuals with a developmental\ndisabilities, mental illness or a severe physical handicap in extended\nsheltered employment in workshops. Notwithstanding any other provision\nof this article, when it shall appear to the satisfaction of the\ndepartment that an individual with a developmental disability, mental\nillness or a severe physical handicap over the chronological age of\nseventeen years can reasonably be expected to benefit from, or in his or\nher best interests reasonably requires extended sheltered employment in\na workshop as defined in subdivision eight of section ten hundred two of\nthis article, furnished by an approved non-profit organization, the\ndepartment is authorized to contract with such organization for the\nfurnishing of such sheltered employment to such individual with a\ndevelopmental disability, mental illness or a severe physical handicap;\nand the department is further authorized to expend for such purpose a\nsum or sums not less than one thousand five hundred dollars per annum\nfor each such individual with a developmental disability, mental illness\nor a severe physical handicap, for or towards the cost of providing such\nsheltered employment for each such individual with a developmental\ndisability, mental illness or a severe physical handicap.\n  The department shall pay at least quarterly during the state fiscal\nyear such sums as are authorized to such organizations for such\nsheltered employment immediately upon the completion of evaluation and\npersonal adjustment services under the sponsorship of the department.\n  3. The department shall maintain a register of such nonprofit\norganizations which, after inspection of the facilities for sheltered\nemployment provided by them, it deems qualified to meet the needs of\nsuch individuals with developmental disabilities, mental illness or a\nsevere physical handicap. Such inspection shall also determine the\neligibility of such organization to receive the funds hereinbefore\nspecified.\n  4. The department is authorized to contract with such nonprofit\norganizations for the provision of vocational rehabilitation services\nwhich lead to sheltered employment.\n  5. The department shall assure that individuals in long-term sheltered\nemployment operated by not-for-profit agencies are periodically reviewed\nto determine the feasibility of their employment, or training for\nemployment, in integrated work settings and that maximum efforts toward\nsuch employment occur, whenever it is determined to be feasible.\n  6. The commissioner is authorized to promulgate such reasonable rules\nand regulations as he may deem necessary or proper to carry out the\nprovisions of this section.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 500 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 5 / Title 1 / Section 500
Wadsworth center for laboratories and research; establishment
Status: in_force

§ 500. Wadsworth center for laboratories and research; establishment.\n1.  The commissioner shall establish and maintain one or more\nlaboratories with such expert assistants and such facilities as are\nnecessary for routine examinations and analyses, and for original\ninvestigations and research in matters affecting public health. The\nlaboratories shall be known as the Wadsworth center for laboratories and\nresearch.\n  2. The commissioner shall create within the Wadsworth center for\nlaboratories and research a master of science degree program in the\nfield of laboratory science, subject to approval of the board of regents\nand registration with the department of education.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 4906 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 49 / Title 1 / Section 4906
Waiver
Status: in_force

§ 4906. Waiver. 1. Any agreement which purports to waive, limit,\ndisclaim, or in any way diminish the rights set forth in this article,\nexcept as provided pursuant to section four thousand nine hundred ten of\nthis article shall be void as contrary to public policy.\n  2. Notwithstanding subdivision one of this section, in lieu of the\nexternal appeal process as set forth in this article, a health care plan\nand a facility licensed pursuant to article twenty-eight of this chapter\nmay agree to an alternative dispute resolution mechanism to resolve\ndisputes otherwise subject to this article.\n
N.Y. ELN Law § 17-118 — New York Code / Act ELN / Article 17 / Title 1 / Section 17-118
Refusal to permit employees to attend election
Status: in_force

§ 17-118. Refusal to permit employees to attend election. A person or\ncorporation who refuses an employee entitled to vote at an election the\nprivilege of attending thereat, as provided by the election law, or\nsubjects such employee to a penalty or reduction of wages because of the\nexercise of such privilege, is guilty of a misdemeanor.\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 37-0111 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 37 / Title 1 / Section 37-0111
Prohibition against brominated flame retardants
Status: in_force

§ 37-0111. Prohibition against brominated flame retardants.\n  1. Manufacture, process, or distribution of brominated flame\nretardants.  (a) No person shall manufacture, process or distribute in\ncommerce a product, or a flame-retardant part of a product, containing\nmore than one-tenth of one per centum of pentabrominated diphenyl ether\nor octabrominated diphenyl ether, by mass.\n  (b) The commissioner may waive the provisions of this section in whole\nor in part upon a finding by the commissioner, in consultation with the\ncommissioners of health and labor in a particular instance that there is\nno significant threat to the public health.\n  2. Administration. (a) The commissioner is hereby authorized and\ndirected to prescribe such rules and regulations, including provisions\nfor maintenance of records relating to products, fabrics or related\nmaterials, and for the labeling for a product, fabric or related\nmaterial, as may be necessary and proper for purposes of administration\nand enforcement of this article.\n  (b) The commissioner is hereby empowered to order the recall of or\nconfiscation of consumer products offered for sale which do not meet the\nstandards set forth in or pursuant to this section.\n  (c) The commissioner may obtain from any person by regulation or\nsubpoena issued pursuant thereto such information in the form of\ntestimony, books, records, or other writings as is pertinent to the\nfindings or determinations which he or she is required or authorized to\nmake pursuant to this section.\n  All information reported to or otherwise obtained by the commissioner\nor his or her representative pursuant to this section which information\ncontains or relates to a trade secret shall be considered confidential,\nexcept that such information may be disclosed to other officers or\nemployees concerned with carrying out this section or when relevant in\nany proceeding under this section.\n  3. Guaranty. (a) No person shall be subject to prosecution under this\nsection if such person: (1) establishes a guaranty received in good\nfaith signed by and containing the name and address of the person\nresiding in the United States by whom the product, fabric or related\nmaterial guaranteed was manufactured or from whom it was received, to\nthe effect that reasonable and representative tests showing that the\nproduct, fabric or related material covered by the guaranty, or used in\nthe product, fabric or related material covered by the guaranty meets\nthe requirements of this section; and (2) has not, by further\nprocessing, affected the flammability of the product, fabric or related\nmaterial covered by the guaranty which he or she received. Such guaranty\nshall be either: (A) a separate guaranty specifically designating the\nproduct, fabric or related material guaranteed, in which case it may be\non the invoice or other paper relating to such product, fabric or\nrelated material; or (B) a continuing guaranty filed with the department\nor with the federal trade commission applicable to any product, fabric\nor related material handled by a guarantor, in such form as the\ndepartment or the federal trade commission by rules or regulations may\nprescribe; or (C) a continuing guaranty given by seller to buyer\napplicable to any product, fabric or related material sold or to be sold\nto buyer by seller in a form as the department or the federal trade\ncommission by rules or regulations may prescribe.\n  (b) The furnishing with respect to any product, fabric or related\nmaterial, of a false guaranty, except by a person relying upon a\nguaranty to the same effect received in good faith and signed by and\ncontaining the name and address of the person residing in the United\nStates by whom the product, fabric or related material guaranteed was\nmanufactured or from whom it was received, with reason to believe the\nproduct, fabric or related material falsely guaranteed may be\nintroduced, sold or transported in commerce, is unlawful.\n  4. Exclusions. (a) The provisions of this section shall not apply to\nany common carrier, contract carrier or freight forwarder with respect\nto a product, fabric or related material shipped or delivered for\nshipment through the state for commerce in another state or country.\n  (b) As used in this section, "distribute in commerce" shall not\ninclude the resale of products manufactured prior to January first, two\nthousand six or replacement parts manufactured prior to January first,\ntwo thousand six.\n  5. Violations. A violation of any provision of this section or any\nrule or regulation of the commissioner promulgated hereunder is a\nmisdemeanor. Each product, fabric or related material made, sold or\nexposed for sale, shall constitute a separate violation.\n  6. Severability. The provisions of this section shall be severable and\nand if any portion thereof or the applicability thereof to any person or\ncircumstances shall be held to be invalid, the remainder of this title\nand the application thereof shall not be affected thereby.\n
N.Y. PEN Law § 490.20 — New York Code / Act PEN / Part 4 / Title Y-1 / Article 490 / Section 490.20
Making a terroristic threat
Status: in_force

§ 490.20 Making a terroristic threat.\n  1. A person is guilty of making a terroristic threat when with intent\nto intimidate or coerce a civilian population, influence the policy of a\nunit of government by intimidation or coercion, or affect the conduct of\na unit of government by murder, assassination or kidnapping, he or she\nthreatens to commit or cause to be committed a specified offense and\nthereby causes a reasonable expectation or fear of the imminent\ncommission of such offense.\n  2. It shall be no defense to a prosecution pursuant to this section\nthat the defendant did not have the intent or capability of committing\nthe specified offense or that the threat was not made to a person who\nwas a subject thereof.\n  Making a terroristic threat is a class D felony.\n
N.Y. GOB Law § 11-105 — New York Code / Act GOB / Article 11 / Title 1 / Section 11-105
Larceny in mercantile establishments
Status: in_force

§ 11-105. Larceny in mercantile establishments. 1. When used in this\nsection, the term "mercantile establishment" shall mean a place or\nvehicle where goods, wares or merchandise are offered for sale or a\nplace or vehicle from which deliveries of goods, wares or merchandise\nare made.\n  2. When used in this section, the term "larceny" is an act heretofore\ndefined or known as common law larceny by trespassory taking as defined\nin paragraph (a) of subdivision two of section 155.05 of the penal law\ncommitted against the property of a mercantile establishment.\n  3. When used in this section, the term "emancipated minor" shall mean\na person who was over the age of sixteen at the time of the alleged\nlarceny and who was no longer a dependent of or in the custody of a\nparent or legal guardian.\n  4. In any proceeding brought under this section the burden of proof\nshall be by a preponderance of the evidence.\n  5. An adult or emancipated minor who commits larceny against the\nproperty of a mercantile establishment shall be civilly liable to the\noperator of such establishment in an amount consisting of:\n  (a) the retail price of the merchandise if not recovered in\nmerchantable condition up to an amount not to exceed fifteen hundred\ndollars; plus\n  (b) a penalty not to exceed the greater of five times the retail price\nof the merchandise or seventy-five dollars; provided, however, that in\nno event shall such penalty exceed five hundred dollars.\n  6. Parents or legal guardians of an unemancipated minor shall be\ncivilly liable for said minor who commits larceny against the property\nof a mercantile establishment to the operator of such establishment in\nan amount consisting of:\n  (a) the retail price of the merchandise if not recovered in\nmerchantable condition up to an amount not to exceed fifteen hundred\ndollars; plus\n  (b) a penalty not to exceed the greater of five times the retail price\nof the merchandise or seventy-five dollars; provided, however, that in\nno event shall such penalty exceed five hundred dollars.\n  7. A conviction or a plea of guilty for committing larceny is not a\nprerequisite to the bringing of a civil suit, obtaining a judgment, or\ncollecting that judgment under this section.\n  8. The fact that an operator of a mercantile establishment may bring\nan action against an individual as provided in this section shall not\nlimit the right of such merchant to demand, orally or in writing, that a\nperson who is liable for damages and penalties under this section remit\nthe damages and penalties prior to the commencement of any legal action.\n  9. In any action brought under subdivision six of this section, the\ncourt shall consider in the interest of justice mitigating circumstances\nthat bear directly upon the actions of the parent or legal guardian in\nsupervising the unemancipated minor who committed the larceny.\n  10. An action for recovery of damages and penalties under this section\nmay be brought in any court of competent jurisdiction.\n  11. The provisions of this section shall not be construed to prohibit\nor limit any other cause of action which an operator of a mercantile\nestablishment may have against a person who unlawfully takes merchandise\nfrom the mercantile establishment.\n  12. Any testimony or statements of the defendant or unemancipated\nminor child of the defendant or any evidence derived from an attempt to\nreach a civil settlement or from a civil proceeding brought under this\nsection shall be inadmissible in any other court proceeding relating to\nsuch larceny.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 669-D — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 14 / Part 2 / Subpart 2 / Section 669-D
New York state math and science teaching incentive program
Status: in_force

§ 669-d. New York state math and science teaching incentive program.\n1.  Eligibility. Notwithstanding subdivision five of section six hundred\nsixty-one of this part, undergraduate and/or graduate students who are\nmatriculated in an approved undergraduate or graduate program at degree\ngranting institutions leading to a career as a math or science teacher\nin secondary education shall be eligible for an award under this\nsection, provided the applicant: (a) signs a contract with the\ncorporation agreeing to teach in the classroom on a full-time basis for\nfive years in the field of math or science in a school located within\nNew York state providing secondary education recognized by the board of\nregents or the university of the state of New York; and (b) complies\nwith the applicable provisions of this article and all requirements\npromulgated by the corporation for the administration of the program.\n  2. Within amounts appropriated therefor, awards shall be granted to\napplicants that the corporation has certified are eligible to receive\nsuch awards. Up to five hundred awards may be made to new recipients\nannually. Such awards shall be made to recipients after the successful\ncompletion of each academic year, as defined by the corporation.\n  3. An award shall entitle the recipient to annual payments for not\nmore than four academic years of full-time undergraduate study and one\nacademic year of full-time graduate study leading to certification as a\nclassroom teacher in mathematics or science.\n  4. Recipients shall receive an annual payment for the successful\ncompletion of an academic year, equal to the annual tuition charged to\nstate resident students attending an undergraduate program full-time at\nthe state university of New York, or actual tuition charged, whichever\nis less.\n  5. The corporation shall convert to a student loan the full amount of\nthe award given pursuant to this section, plus interest, according to a\nschedule to be determined by the corporation if: (a) two years after the\ncompletion of the degree program and receipt of initial certification it\nis found that a recipient is not teaching in the field of math or\nscience in a school located within New York state providing secondary\neducation recognized by the board of regents or the university of the\nstate of New York; or (b) a recipient has not taught in the field of\nmath or science in a school located within New York state providing\nsecondary education recognized by the board of regents or the university\nof the state of New York for five of the seven years after the\ncompletion of the degree program and receipt of initial certification;\nor (c) a recipient fails to complete their degree program or changes\nmajors to an undergraduate degree program other than in science or math;\nor (d) a recipient fails to receive or maintain their teaching\ncertificate or license in New York state; or (e) a recipient fails to\nrespond to requests by the corporation for the status of his or her\nacademic or professional progress. The terms and conditions of this\nsubdivision shall be deferred for any interruption in undergraduate or\ngraduate study or employment as established by the rules and regulations\nof the corporation. Any obligation to comply with such provisions as\noutlined in this section shall be cancelled upon the death of the\nrecipient. Notwithstanding any provisions of this subdivision to the\ncontrary, the corporation is authorized to promulgate rules and\nregulations to provide for the waiver or suspension of any financial\nobligation which would involve extreme hardship.\n  6. The corporation is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations\nnecessary for the implementation of the provisions of this section,\nincluding the criteria for the provision of awards on a competitive\nbasis and the rate of interest charged for repayment of the student\nloan.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 1020-R — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 5 / Title 1-A / Section 1020-R
Repayment of state appropriations
Status: in_force

* § 1020-r. Repayment of state appropriations. All appropriations made\nby the state to the authority shall be treated as advances by the state\nto the authority, and shall be repaid to it without interest either out\nof the proceeds of bonds issued by the authority pursuant to the\nprovisions of this title, or by the delivery of non-interest bearing\nbonds of the authority to the state for all or any part of such\nadvances, or out of excess revenues of the authority, at such times and\non such conditions as the state and the authority mutually may agree\nupon.\n  * NB There are 2 § 1020-r's\n
N.Y. MDW Law § 106 — New York Code / Act MDW / Article 4 / Title 1 / Section 106
Cellar and basement stairs
Status: in_force

§ 106. Cellar and basement stairs.  A cellar or basement stair may be\nlocated inside the dwelling, but shall not be located underneath a stair\nleading to the upper stories unless it is a basement stair leading\nupward from a basement which is the main entrance story of the dwelling,\nor unless it is a stair leading downward from the entrance story which\nis separated by a fireproof arch from the stair leading upward from the\nentrance story.  Except as otherwise provided in subdivision five of\nsection fifty-two, all inside cellar or basement stairs shall be\nentirely enclosed with fireproof walls and be provided with fireproof\ndoors and assemblies, with the doors self-closing, at all openings.\n
N.Y. RPT Law § 908 — New York Code / Act RPT / Article 9 / Title 1-A / Section 908
Separate entries for land and improvements
Status: in_force

* § 908. Separate entries for land and improvements. 1. The city\nassessor shall prepare the assessment roll in accordance with the\nprovisions of section five hundred two of this chapter, except that\nprovision shall be made for the separate entry on the assessment roll of\nthe amount of the total assessment allocated to improvements.\n  2. The tax levying body of the city of Amsterdam shall make provision\nfor separate entries of the amount of tax to be paid on the assessment\nof the land component and the assessment of the improvements component\nof each parcel of real property.\n  3. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision three of section five\nhundred two of this chapter, the assessment of land and the assessment\nof improvements shall be subject to individual review pursuant to\narticles five and seven of this chapter without regard to the total\nassessment of the parcel.\n  * NB Expired July 1, 2001\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 1102 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 11 / Title 1 / Section 1102
Violation; injunction and abatement
Status: in_force

§ 1102. Violation; injunction and abatement. 1. If any inspection\ndiscloses a violation of any rule or regulation promulgated pursuant to\nsection one thousand one hundred of this chapter relating to a temporary\nor permanent source or act of contamination, the person, officer, board,\nor commission having the management and control of the potable water\nsupply of the municipality, state or United States institution, park,\nreservation or post, and in the city of New York, the commissioner of\nenvironmental protection, and the board of water supply of the city of\nNew York, or the corporation furnishing such supply shall cause a copy\nof the rule or regulation violated to be served upon the person\nviolating the same, with a notice of such violation. If the person\nserved does not comply immediately with the rule or regulation violated,\nsuch person, officer, board, corporation or commission, except in a case\nconcerning the violation of a rule or regulation relating to a temporary\nor permanent source or act of contamination affecting the potable water\nsupply of the city of New York, shall notify the department of the\nviolation.\n  2. (a) Upon being notified of any violation as herein provided, the\ndepartment shall examine immediately into such violation; and if the\ndepartment finds such rule or regulation to have been violated, the\ncommissioner shall order the local board of health of the health\ndistrict wherein the violation or noncompliance occurs, to convene and\nenforce compliance with such rule or regulation.\n  (b) If the local board of health of the health district wherein the\nviolation or noncompliance occurs, fails to enforce the order of the\ncommissioner within ten days after its receipt, the corporation\nfurnishing such water supply or the municipality, state, or United\nStates or state or United States institution, park, reservation or post\nderiving its water supply from the waters to which such rule or\nregulation relates, or the commissioner, or the local board of health of\nthe health district wherein the water supply protected by these rules is\nused, or any person interested in the protection of the purity of the\nwater supply, may maintain an action in a court of record which shall be\ntried in the county where the cause of action arose against such person,\nfor the recovery of the penalties incurred by such violation, and for an\ninjunction restraining the person violating such rule or regulation from\nthe continued violation thereof.\n  3. (a) If the person served with notice of violation does not comply\nwithin five days with the rule or regulation violated, in case such rule\nor regulation relates to a temporary or permanent source or act of\ncontamination affecting the potable water supply of the city of New\nYork, the commissioner of environmental protection of said city, or the\nboard of water supply of the city of New York, may summarily enforce\ncompliance with such rule or regulation and may summarily abate or\nremove the cause of the violation of such rule or regulation or the\nnuisance so created, and to that end may employ such force as may be\nnecessary and proper; provided, however, that no building or improvement\nshall be removed, disturbed or destroyed by the said commissioner of\nenvironmental protection or the said board of water supply until he or\nthey shall cause measurements to be made of the buildings and\nphotographs of the exterior views thereof, which measurements and\nphotographs shall be at the disposition thereafter of the owners or\ntheir attorneys, and failure to exercise such right of abatement shall\nnot be deemed a waiver thereof.\n  (b) Failure to comply within five days with such rule or regulation\nshall further entitle the city of New York to maintain an action in any\ncourt having jurisdiction thereof for the recovery of the penalties\nincurred by such violation in an amount authorized by section one\nthousand one hundred three of this title and for an injunction\nrestraining the person from violating such rule or regulation, or\ncreating or continuing such nuisance. The remedy by abatement herein\nprovided for shall not be construed to be exclusive.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 1020-AA — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 5 / Title 1-A / Section 1020-AA
Conflicts of interest
Status: in_force

§ 1020-aa. Conflicts of interest. 1. If any member, officer or\nemployee of the authority shall have an interest, either direct or\nindirect, in any contract to which the authority is, or is to be, a\nparty, such interest shall be disclosed to the authority in writing and\nshall be set forth in the minutes of the authority. The member, officer\nor employee having such interest shall not participate in any action by\nthe authority with respect to such contract.\n  2. No member, officer or employee shall be deemed to have such an\ninterest solely by reason of the ownership of two percent or less of the\nsecurities of a corporation which is, or is to be, a party to a contract\nwith the authority, including without limitation the holding company of\nany banking institution in which the funds of the authority are, or are\nto be, deposited or which is, or is to be, acting as trustee or paying\nagent under any bond or note resolution, trust indenture or similar\ninstrument to which the authority is a party.\n  3. Nothing in this section shall be deemed or construed to limit the\nright of any member, officer or employee of the authority to acquire an\ninterest in bonds or notes of the authority.\n
N.Y. ELD Law § 226 — New York Code / Act ELD / Article 2 / Title 1 / Section 226
Guide to actions when someone close dies
Status: in_force

§ 226. Guide to actions when someone close dies. 1. The office shall\npublish a "Guide to Actions When Someone Close Dies". Within one year of\nthe effective date of this section, this guide shall be made publicly\navailable on the official website of the office and the office may also\nproduce a paper format.\n  2. The guide shall provide information in at least the following\ndomains:\n  (a) Economic security, including but not limited to, pensions, social\nsecurity, life insurance, health insurance, and death benefits. This\ninformation shall also refer to the resources provided by the department\nof taxation and finance regarding estate taxes.\n  (b) Legal, including how to access death certificates, wills, trust\ndocuments and other legal information needed to plan for the future.\n  (c) Mental health assistance, including information on the grieving\nprocess, triggers and symptoms associated with grief, effective coping\nstrategies, the impact on family dynamics in relation to the loss of\nsomeone close, and other mental health concerns correlated with grief.\n  (d) Disposition of remains including funeral and service arrangements\nand burials. This information shall refer to the resources provided by\nthe department of health's bureau of funeral directing.\n  (e) Other information as determined by the office.\n  3. The office may choose to seek consultation with and advice from\nrepresentatives from the following professions as well as any state\nagency representatives, which may include:\n  (a) Funeral directors;\n  (b) Cemeteries;\n  (c) Mental health professionals with specific knowledge of grief\ncounseling;\n  (d) Attorneys specialized in estate planning, including the New York\nstate bar association;\n  (e) Tax professionals; and\n  (f) Clergy.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 668-B — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 14 / Part 2 / Subpart 2 / Section 668-B
Memorial scholarships for children, spouses and financial dependents of deceased firefighters, volunteer firefighters, police officers, p...
Status: in_force

§ 668-b. Memorial scholarships for children, spouses and financial\ndependents of deceased firefighters, volunteer firefighters, police\nofficers, peace officers, and emergency medical service workers. 1.\nNotwithstanding subdivision five of section six hundred sixty-one of\nthis article, children, spouses or the financial dependents of\nfirefighters, volunteer firefighters, police officers, peace officers,\nand emergency medical service workers who have died as a result of an\ninjury sustained in the line of duty, in service to the state of New\nYork shall be eligible to receive an annual amount determined pursuant\nto subdivision two of section six hundred sixty-eight-d of this article.\nAny award pursuant to this section shall be inclusive of any amount the\nstudent would otherwise be eligible for pursuant to section six hundred\nsixty-eight-a or six hundred sixty-eight-d of this article.\n  2. Awards under this section shall be payable for each of not more\nthan four academic years of undergraduate study or five academic years\nif a program normally requires five years, as defined by the\ncommissioner pursuant to article thirteen of this title.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 269 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 5 / Part 2 / Section 269
Library extension service
Status: in_force

§ 269. Library extension service.  By such means, in such manner and\nupon such conditions as the regents may prescribe, they shall make\nprovision for a library extension service for the promotion,\norganization and supervision of free libraries; for supplying\ninformation, advice, assistance or instruction on any matter pertaining\nto library methods or practice or to the establishment, equipment,\norganization or administration of libraries; for the acquisition,\npreparation and circulation of traveling libraries and other educational\nmaterial; for aiding and encouraging study clubs; and for the employment\nof all suitable efforts to bring within the reach of all the people of\nthe state, and awaken their desire for, increased opportunities and\nfacilities for reading and study.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 11 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 2 / Section 11
Definitions
Status: in_force

§ 11. Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following\nterms shall have the following meanings:\n  1. "School property" shall mean in or within any building, structure,\nathletic playing field, playground, parking lot, or land contained\nwithin the real property boundary line of a public elementary or\nsecondary school; or in or on a school bus, as defined in section one\nhundred forty-two of the vehicle and traffic law.\n  2. "School function" shall mean a school-sponsored extra-curricular\nevent or activity.\n  3. "Disability" shall mean disability as defined in subdivision\ntwenty-one of section two hundred ninety-two of the executive law.\n  4. "Employee" shall mean employee as defined in subdivision three of\nsection eleven hundred twenty-five of this title.\n  5. "Sexual orientation" shall mean actual or perceived\nheterosexuality, homosexuality or bisexuality.\n  6. "Gender" shall mean actual or perceived sex and shall include a\nperson's gender identity or expression.\n  7. "Harassment" and "bullying" shall mean the creation of a hostile\nenvironment by conduct or by threats, intimidation or abuse, including\ncyberbullying, that (a) has or would have the effect of unreasonably and\nsubstantially interfering with a student's educational performance,\nopportunities or benefits, or mental, emotional or physical well-being;\nor (b) reasonably causes or would reasonably be expected to cause a\nstudent to fear for his or her physical safety; or (c) reasonably causes\nor would reasonably be expected to cause physical injury or emotional\nharm to a student; or (d) occurs off school property and creates or\nwould foreseeably create a risk of substantial disruption within the\nschool environment, where it is foreseeable that the conduct, threats,\nintimidation or abuse might reach school property. Acts of harassment\nand bullying shall include, but not be limited to, those acts based on a\nperson's actual or perceived race, color, weight, national origin,\nethnic group, religion, religious practice, disability, sexual\norientation, gender or sex. For the purposes of this definition the term\n"threats, intimidation or abuse" shall include verbal and non-verbal\nactions.\n  8. "Cyberbullying" shall mean harassment or bullying as defined in\nsubdivision seven of this section, including paragraphs (a), (b), (c)\nand (d) of such subdivision, where such harassment or bullying occurs\nthrough any form of electronic communication.\n  9. "Race" shall, for the purposes of this article include traits\nhistorically associated with race, including but not limited to, hair\ntexture and protective hairstyles.\n  10. "Protective hairstyles" shall include, but not be limited to, such\nhairstyles as braids, locks, and twists.\n
N.Y. MRE Law § 32 — New York Code / Act MRE / Article 3 / Title 1 / Section 32
Artificial lighting
Status: in_force

§ 32. Artificial lighting. The owner shall provide a light or lights\nin every public hall, stair and fire-stair on every floor so that every\nsuch space shall be lighted adequately.\n
N.Y. SOS Law § 394-F — New York Code / Act SOS / Article 6 / Title 1-A / Section 394-F
Powers and duties of the commissioner
Status: in_force

§ 394-f. Powers and duties of the commissioner. 1. The commissioner\nmay promulgate regulations establishing an application process and\neligibility criteria, which will be applied consistent with the purposes\nof this title so as not to exceed the annual cap on tax credits set\nforth in this title, that, notwithstanding any provisions to the\ncontrary in the state administrative procedure act, may be adopted on an\nemergency basis.\n  2. The commissioner shall, in consultation with the department of\ntaxation and finance, develop a certificate of tax credit that shall be\nissued by the commissioner to eligible businesses. Such certificate\nshall contain such information as required by the department of taxation\nand finance.\n  3. The commissioner shall solely determine the eligibility of any\nbusiness entity applying for entry into the program and shall remove any\nbusiness entity from the program for failing to meet any of the\nrequirements set forth in section three hundred ninety-four-b of this\ntitle.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 2404-B — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 24 / Title 1 / Section 2404-B
Breast cancer; duty of providers of mammography services to ascertain and provide clinical breast examination information
Status: in_force

§ 2404-b. Breast cancer; duty of providers of mammography services to\nascertain and provide clinical breast examination information. Every\nprovider who provides mammography services shall ascertain when, or if,\ntheir patients have had a clinical breast examination prior to providing\nsuch service and shall include such information with any mammography\nresults or reports to alert healthcare providers if a clinical breast\nexamination has not recently been performed. Criminal penalties for\nviolation pursuant to subdivisions one and two of section twelve-b of\nthis chapter shall not apply to this section.\n
N.Y. PML Law § 1302 — New York Code / Act PML / Article 13 / Title 1 / Section 1302
Auditing duties of the commission
Status: in_force

§ 1302. Auditing duties of the commission. The commission shall audit\nas often as the commission determines necessary, but not less than\nannually, the accounts, programs, activities, and functions of all\ngaming facility licensees, including the audit of payments made pursuant\nto section one thousand three hundred fifty-one of this chapter. To\nconduct the audit, authorized officers and employees of the commission\nshall have access to such accounts at reasonable times and the\ncommission may require the production of books, documents, vouchers and\nother records relating to any matter within the scope of the audit. All\naudits shall be conducted in accordance with generally accepted auditing\nstandards established by the American Institute of Certified Public\nAccountants. In any audit report of the accounts, funds, programs,\nactivities and functions of a gaming facility licensee issued by the\ncommission containing adverse or critical audit results, the commission\nmay require a response, in writing, to the audit results. The response\nshall be forwarded to the commission within fifteen days of notification\nby the commission.\n
N.Y. VAT Law § 105-A — New York Code / Act VAT / Title 1 / Article 1 / Section 105-A
Car carrier
Status: in_force

§ 105-a. Car carrier. A truck that is designed to carry one to three\nmotor vehicles on a flat platform that slides or tilts to the ground to\nfacilitate loading and unloading of such motor vehicles and to tow an\nadditional motor vehicle behind it by the use of a wheel lift. For the\npurposes of this chapter, whenever such car carrier tows or carries a\ndisabled, illegally parked or abandoned motor vehicle or a motor vehicle\ninvolved in an accident, such car carrier shall be deemed to be a tow\ntruck and shall comply with all provisions of this chapter, and any\nother law, ordinance, order, rule and regulation, applicable to tow\ntrucks.\n
N.Y. ELN Law § 17-154 — New York Code / Act ELN / Article 17 / Title 1 / Section 17-154
Pernicious political activities
Status: in_force

§ 17-154. Pernicious political activities. It shall be unlawful for\nany person to: 1. Intimidate, threaten or coerce, or to attempt to\nintimidate, threaten or coerce, any other person for the purpose of\ninterfering with the right of such other person to vote or to vote as he\nmay choose, or for the purpose of causing such other person to vote for,\nor not to vote for, any candidate for the office of governor,\nlieutenant-governor, attorney-general, comptroller, judge of any court,\nmember of the senate, or member of the assembly at any election held\nsolely or in part for the purpose of selecting a governor,\nlieutenant-governor, attorney-general, comptroller, any judge or any\nmember of the senate or any member of the assembly; or,\n  2. Directly or indirectly, promise any employment, position, work,\ncompensation, or other benefit, provided for or made possible in whole\nor in part by any act of congress or of the legislature appropriating\nfunds for work relief or relief purposes, to any person as\nconsideration, favor or reward for any political activity or for the\nsupport of or opposition to any candidate or any political party in any\nnominating convention or in any election; or,\n  3. Deprive, attempt to deprive or threaten to deprive, by any means,\nany person of any employment, position, work, compensation or other\nbenefit provided for or made possible in whole or in part by any act of\ncongress or of the legislature appropriating funds for the work relief\nor relief purposes, on account of any political activity or on account\nof support for or opposition to any candidate or any political party in\nany nominating convention or election; or\n  4. Solicit or receive or be in any manner concerned in soliciting or\nreceiving any assessment, subscription or contribution for any political\npurpose whatever from any person known by him to be entitled to or\nreceiving compensation, employment or other benefit provided for or made\npossible by any act of congress or of the legislature appropriating, or\nauthorizing the appropriation of, funds for work relief or relief\npurposes; or\n  5. Furnish or to disclose, or to aid or assist in furnishing or\ndisclosing, any list or names of persons receiving compensation,\nemployment or benefits provided for or made possible by any act of\ncongress or of the legislature appropriating or authorizing the\nappropriation of, funds for work relief or relief purposes, to a\npolitical candidate, committee, campaign manager, or to any person for\ndelivery to a political candidate, committee or campaign manager, and it\nshall be unlawful for any person to receive any such list or names for\npolitical purposes.\n  No part of any appropriation made by any act of congress or of the\nlegislature, heretofore or hereafter enacted, making appropriations for\nwork relief, relief, or otherwise to increase employment by providing\nloans and grants for public works projects, shall be used, and no\nauthority conferred by any such act upon any person shall be exercised\nor administered, for the purpose of interfering with, restraining or\ncoercing any individual in the exercise of his right to vote and to vote\nas he may choose at any election.\n  Any person who violates any of the foregoing provisions of this\nsection shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.\n
N.Y. MDW Law § 173 — New York Code / Act MDW / Article 6 / Title 1 / Section 173
Windows in rooms
Status: in_force

§ 173. Windows in rooms. 1. Except as provided in subdivision four of\nsection one hundred seventy-seven every living room shall have one or\nmore windows opening directly upon a street or upon a yard or court with\ndimensions conforming to those specified in section one hundred\nseventy-two, or upon an inner court or shaft three feet nine inches or\nmore in width and eight feet or more in length.\n  2. Such windows shall be so located as to light properly all portions\nof the room and in each room shall have an aggregate glazed area of at\nleast one-tenth of the floor area of the room, unless in the opinion of\nthe department such room is already adequately lighted and ventilated.\nThe top of at least one window in each living room shall be seven feet\nor more above the floor except when such room is in the basement or on\nthe top story, in which case the top of at least one window shall be six\nfeet or more above the floor. Every such window shall be twelve square\nfeet or more in area, and shall be so constructed that one-half or more\nof its area may be opened. However, such window need not be twelve\nsquare feet in area provided that each room shall have an aggregate\nglazed window area of at least one-eighth of the superficial floor area\nof the room.\n  3. Whenever a basement conforming to the provisions of subdivision\nfour of section one hundred seventy-seven is permitted to be occupied\nfor living purposes, every living room, bathroom, water-closet\ncompartment, kitchen and cooking space therein shall have one or more\nwindows opening directly upon a street; or upon a yard which is at every\npoint at least fifteen feet in depth and, above the window sill level of\nthe first story above the basement, at least twenty feet; or upon a\ncourt at least two feet in width and extending the entire depth of the\nlot from the street to the yard. All such yards and courts shall be\nmeasured at the ground level from the lot line to the building line\nopposite on the same lot. The windows in each such room shall have an\naggregate glazed area of at least one-eighth of the total floor area of\nthe room, and in no event less than twelve square feet. The top edge of\nthe glazed area of every window shall be nine inches or more below the\nfinished ceiling and one foot or more above the level of the adjoining\nground. Every such window shall be so constructed that one-half or more\nof its area may be opened, and shall be so located as to light and\nventilate adequately all portions of the room.\n  4. Any room on a top story may be lighted and ventilated by a skylight\nof the dimensions specified for windows and arranged to provide\nventilating openings of six square feet or more. Such a skylight shall\nbe accepted in lieu of a window. Nothing in this subdivision shall be\nconstrued to prohibit the installation of a skylight without ventilating\nopenings of six square feet or more, provided, however, that such\nskylight shall be equipped with at least one hundred forty-four square\ninches of ventilation and provided that the glazed area of such skylight\ntogether with the glazed area of any existing window shall be not less\nthan one-eighth the superficial floor area of such room.\n  5. When required by the department transoms, or louvres, or partition\nsash to private halls or to adjoining rooms in the same apartment shall\nbe provided to secure thorough ventilation, but no such transom or\nlouvres or partition sash shall be required in rooms having two windows\nopening to the outer air if each window contains at least twelve square\nfeet of area nor in rooms having a mullioned window with an aggregate\narea of at least twenty-four square feet.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 296 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 6 / Section 296
Compact administrator
Status: in_force

§ 296. Compact administrator.  The commissioner of education shall be\nthe administrator for the interstate library compact pursuant to article\nten of the compact.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 514 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 11 / Section 514
Benefits to participants in old retirement fund
Status: in_force

§ 514. Benefits to participants in old retirement fund.  All annuities\nof annuitants on the rolls of the retirement fund on the thirty-first\nday of July, nineteen hundred twenty-one, shall be paid thereafter from\nthe pension accumulation fund created by this article.  The amount of\nthe annuity of any annuitant on the rolls of such retirement fund, at\nsuch time, who retired on a full annuity shall be not less than one-half\nof his final average salary, and not less than four hundred dollars per\nannum; nor shall the allowance of any annuitant on such roll retired\nfrom disability be less than a proportionate amount of such minima based\non the annuitant's years of service.\n
N.Y. RPT Law § 510 — New York Code / Act RPT / Article 5 / Title 1 / Section 510
Notice of increased assessments in towns, cities and certain counties
Status: in_force

§ 510. Notice of increased assessments in towns, cities and certain\ncounties. 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general, special or\nlocal law to the contrary, the assessors in towns, cities and counties\nhaving power to assess property for tax purposes shall not sooner than\none hundred twenty days preceding the date on which the tentative\nassessment roll is scheduled to be filed and not later than ten days\nprior to the date for hearing complaints in relation to assessments mail\nto each owner of real property in their town, city or county a notice of\nany increase in the assessment thereof for that year. Such notice shall,\nat a minimum, specify each parcel of real property, the assessed\nvaluation thereof for that year and the previous year and the net\nincrease in the assessment. Such notice shall indicate whether it\nincludes a preliminary assessment or a tentative assessment. For\npurposes of this section, a "preliminary assessment" is an assessment as\ndetermined by the assessor which does not yet appear on the tentative\nassessment roll and a "tentative assessment" is an assessment as it\nappears on the tentative assessment roll. Where a notice of preliminary\nassessment was sent and the tentative assessment of the parcel differs\nfrom its preliminary assessment, not later than ten days prior to the\ndate for hearing complaints in relation to assessments, the assessor\nshall mail a notice to the owner of such property stating the\npreliminary assessment and the tentative assessment. All notices sent\npursuant to this section shall also include a statement of the date or\ndates and times at which the board of assessment review shall meet to\nhear complaints with respect to assessments and that a publication\ncontaining procedures for contesting an assessment is available at the\nassessor's office. Failure to mail any such notice or failure of the\nowner to receive the same shall not prevent the levy, collection and\nenforcement of the payment of the taxes on such real property. The\nprovisions of this section shall not apply to the city of New York which\nshall continue to be subject to the provisions of the New York city\ncharter.\n  2. The provisions of subdivision one of this section shall not apply\nto any assessing unit which sends an assessment disclosure notice and,\nif thereafter required, a notice of change, pursuant to section five\nhundred eleven of this chapter.\n  3. No separate notice shall be required to be mailed pursuant to this\nsection for property subject to taxation pursuant to title two of this\narticle provided the assessor complies with the notice provision of\nsection five hundred forty-two of such title.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 383 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 8-A / Section 383
Article not affected if in part unconstitutional or ineffective
Status: in_force

§ 383. Article not affected if in part unconstitutional or\nineffective.  If any section, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause\nor provision of this article shall be unconstitutional or be ineffective\nin whole or in part, to the extent that it is not unconstitutional or\nineffective, it shall be valid or effective and no other section,\nsubdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or provision shall on account\nthereof be deemed invalid or ineffective.\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 57-0119 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 57 / Title 1 / Section 57-0119
Central Pine Barrens joint planning and policy commission
Status: in_force

§ 57-0119. Central Pine Barrens joint planning and policy commission.\n  1. It is hereby found, determined and declared that the Long Island\nCentral Pine Barrens area is a major resource area of statewide\nsignificance where the hydrological and ecological integrity is\nendangered; that a public entity representative of town, county and\nstate government is necessary and appropriate to plan, manage and\noversee land use within the Central Pine Barrens area of Long Island\nPine Barrens Maritime reserve in the public interest for present and\nfuture generations; and that the Central Pine Barrens joint planning and\npolicy commission created by this section and its purposes are in all\nrespects for the benefit of the people of the state of New York and are\na public purpose.\n  2. There is hereby established, the Central Pine Barrens joint\nplanning and policy commission to consist of five voting members: one\nmember appointed by the governor who will serve at the pleasure of the\ngovernor and four ex officio members who are the county executive of\nSuffolk county, the supervisor of the town of Brookhaven, the supervisor\nof the town of Riverhead and the supervisor of the town of Southampton.\nEach ex officio member may appoint a designated representative, by\nofficial authority filed with the commission, to exercise his or her\npowers and perform his or her duties, including the right to vote, on\nthe commission. The commission shall elect one of its members as\nchairperson. Four members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction\nof any business or the exercise of any power or function of the\ncommission. An affirmative vote of three or more members shall be\nrequired to pass a resolution or otherwise exercise any functions or\npowers of the commission, except the adoption of the plan which requires\na unanimous vote of the commission.\n  3. The commission shall hold its initial meeting within thirty days of\nenactment of this section, following public notice by the county\nexecutive.\n  4. Every state agency and public corporation having jurisdiction of\nland or water within the Central Pine Barrens area or of programs\nrelating to the purposes and goals of this title shall, to the fullest\nextent practicable, offer full cooperation and assistance to the\ncommission in carrying out the provisions of this title.\n  5. Every local or regional agency with activities relating to the\nCentral Pine Barrens area may offer assistance to the commission in\ncarrying out the provisions of this title.\n  6. The commission shall have the power:\n  (a) To prepare, adopt, enforce and ensure implementation of the\ncomprehensive land use plan, with the advice of the advisory committee;\n  (b) To sue and be sued;\n  (c) To make and execute contracts and all other instruments necessary\nor convenient for the exercise of its powers and functions under this\ntitle;\n  (d) To establish and maintain such facilities as may be necessary for\nthe transacting of its business;\n  (e) To appoint an executive officer, officers, agents, employees, and\nprescribe their duties and qualifications and fix their compensation;\n  (f) To utilize to the extent feasible the staff and facilities of\nexisting state and county agencies, pursuant to an agreement to be made\nby the state or by the county of Suffolk;\n  (g) To hold hearings in the exercise of its powers, functions and\nduties provided for by this title;\n  (h) To contract for professional and technical assistance and advice;\n  (i) To contract for and to accept any assistance, including but not\nlimited to gifts, grants or loans of funds or of property from the\nfederal government or any agency or instrumentality thereof, or from any\nagency or instrumentality of the state, or from any other public or\nprivate source and to comply, subject to the provisions of this title,\nwith the terms and conditions thereof;\n  (j) To establish regulations, values, and standards which may include\na system of bonuses and incentives in order to purchase, sell, hold and\ntrade development rights as defined in paragraph a of subdivision one of\nsection two hundred sixty-one-a of the town law; such transfers may\ncross municipal and special district boundaries;\n  (k) To adopt, amend and repeal, after public hearing (except in the\ncase of rules and regulations that relate to the organization or\ninternal management of the agency), such rules and regulations,\nconsistent with this title, as it deems necessary to administer this\ntitle, and to do any and all things necessary or appropriate to carry\nout the purposes and policies of this title and exercise powers granted\nby law;\n  (k-1) To purchase the maximum insurance, practicable and affordable\nfrom revenues in the Pine Barrens fund pursuant to section\nninety-seven-o of the state finance law, from any duly authorized\ninsurer in this state, against any liability subject to indemnity\npursuant to subdivision six of section 57-0123 of this chapter;\n  (k-2) To acquire, hold lands and interest in land, and utilize the\npower of eminent domain within available funds in the Pine Barrens fund\npursuant to section ninety-seven-o of the state finance law or made\navailable by local, county, or state government;\n  (l) To provide scientific and technical assistance or to make grants\nto municipalities, towns and the county for revisions of local master\nplans, or the relevant ordinances designed to bring such plans and\nordinances into conformance with the comprehensive land use plan\nprepared and adopted by the commission. The commission may make such\ngrants from any funds which may be appropriated or otherwise made\navailable to it for such purpose;\n  (m) To establish and maintain an education and outreach program\nrelating to the commission's work;\n  (n) To convene conferences, seminars, meetings, technical sessions on\nits own or in coordination with federal, state, county, town or private\norganizations as deemed necessary relative to its responsibilities;\n  (o) To report periodically to the governor and the legislature on the\nconduct of its activities not less than once a year, furnishing a copy\nof each such report to the legislative bodies of Suffolk county and the\ntowns and villages in whole or in part within the Central Pine Barrens\narea;\n  (p) To assist local, county and state government in prioritization and\nnegotiation with private landowners whose property is restricted by the\nland use plan, to evaluate the impact of any restrictions and develop a\npackage of benefits; and\n  (q) To have and exercise such other incidental and usual powers as are\nnecessary and appropriate to carry out its duties.\n  7. The commission shall within six months of the first meeting of the\ncommission:\n  (a) Inventory all private parcels within the core preservation area.\n  (b) Upon completion of the inventory, notify property owners and\nassign and calculate the development yield for each property located in\nthe core preservation area. Development yield may be calculated in\naccordance with such factors as area, floor area, floor area ratios,\ndensity, height limitations or other criteria that will effectively\nquantify a value for establishing development rights in a reasonable and\nuniform manner that will carry out the objectives of this title.\n  8. The commission shall within twelve months of the first meeting of\nthe commission:\n  (a) Identify receiving districts within and without the Central Pine\nBarrens sufficient to receive and transfer of rights and values of the\ncore preservation area and for the continuation of an adequate program\nof development rights or development values.\n  (b) Consider the fiscal impact of the established transfer of\ndevelopment rights and values system.\n  9. There is hereby created a Central Pine Barrens advisory committee\nto actively assist and advise the commission in the preparation,\nadoption and implementation of the Central Pine Barrens comprehensive\nland use plan. The committee shall consist of not more than twenty-eight\nmembers which shall include representatives of environmental groups,\neconomic development and real estate interests, farmers, water\nsuppliers, civic groups, planners, biologists, water quality scientists\nand recreational interests. The members of the committee shall serve\nwithout compensation. The initial members of the advisory committee\nshall include a representative of the Long Island Association, Long\nIsland Builders Institute, Association For A Better Long Island, Long\nIsland Board of Realtors, Long Island Farm Bureau, Suffolk County Water\nAuthority, SUNY at Stony Brook, Regional Plan Association, Long Island\nPine Barrens Society, Group For The South Fork, The Nature Conservancy,\nNorth Fork Environmental Council, Open Space Council, Long Island\nGreenbelt Trail Conference, Environmental Defense Fund, Eastern Suffolk\nBoard of Realtors, Southampton Alliance, South Fork Promotion Committee\nor their successors and interests, a member from the Long Island\nregional planning board, two members from the New York state legislative\ncommission on water resource needs of Long Island and a civic\nrepresentative from each of the towns of Southampton, Brookhaven and\nRiverhead designated by the supervisor thereof. The committee may be\nexpanded as necessary to incorporate other interests in the development\nand preservation of the Central Pine Barrens preserve. Each member shall\nserve at the pleasure of the entity which designated it. The committee\nby a majority vote shall elect a chairperson. The commission shall meet\nperiodically with the advisory committee, make available working draft\nand other documents, and shall provide services to the advisory\ncommittee as are necessary and appropriate to carry out its functions\nunder this title.\n
N.Y. ELD Law § 204 — New York Code / Act ELD / Article 2 / Title 1 / Section 204
Records of available space
Status: in_force

§ 204. Records of available space. 1. The office shall have the\nresponsibility to compile and maintain an inventory of space available\nfor placing eligible aged citizens in facilities under the jurisdiction\nof the dormitory authority; the office shall also take whatever action\nnecessary to locate those aged citizens of New York, who, according to\nstandards to be promulgated by the office, are available for residence\nin facilities under the jurisdiction of the dormitory authority; the\noffice shall initiate, assist, coordinate, supervise, and approve the\nplan of relocation of such aged citizens, in facilities under the\njurisdiction of the dormitory authority, by any not-for-profit\ncorporation or political subdivision of the state or the state, or in\nthe absence of the foregoing entities, by the office itself; in\naddition, the office shall carry out the purposes of the public\nauthorities law pertaining to the use of dormitory authority facilities\nfor the aged.\n  2. In carrying out the duties and responsibilities under this title,\nthe office shall periodically review existing aged residents' use of\ndormitory authority facilities, and to establish and enforce such rules\nand regulations as may be necessary to assure the office that the needs\nof aged residents, as determined by the office, are being met.\n
N.Y. SOS Law § 390-C*2 — New York Code / Act SOS / Article 6 / Title 1 / Section 390-C*2
Additional powers and duties of the office of children and family services
Status: in_force

* § 390-c. Additional powers and duties of the office of children and\nfamily services. 1. The commissioner of children and family services is\nauthorized and directed to promulgate necessary rules and regulations to\nensure that, whenever a child day care provider is licensed or\nregistered pursuant to section three hundred ninety of this article, the\npolice department and fire department of the municipality wherein such\nlicensee or registrant is authorized to operate and the state police\nshall be notified of the existence of the child day care center, its\nlocation and the fact that children are likely to be at that location in\nthe event of an emergency. In those cases where the local municipality\ndoes not have a police department or a fire department, the sheriff of\nthe appropriate county shall be notified in lieu thereof.\n  2. The commissioner of children and family services is authorized and\ndirected to conduct a study to determine the best method of compiling an\naccurate and accessible central record of information regarding the safe\noperation of each day care center licensed or registered within the\nstate. Such record should include but not be limited to complaints by\nparents or guardians, internal incident reports, reports by police or\nfire departments, local or state building code violations, any relevant\ninformation gathered from utility providers or other visitors to the day\ncare center and any additional information held by another state or\nlocal agency regarding a day care provider or a day care center location\nwhich could affect safe operation of a day care center.\n  3. On or before the thirtieth day of June in the year next succeeding\nthe year in which this section takes effect, the commissioner of\nchildren and family services shall report to the governor, the temporary\npresident of the senate and the speaker of the assembly regarding the\nresults of the study undertaken pursuant to subdivision two of this\nsection.\n  4. The commissioner of children and family services is authorized and\ndirected, no later than one year from the effective date of this\nsubdivision, to promulgate rules and regulations to require that local\nsocial services districts offer child day care providers, as defined in\nsection three hundred ninety of this title, the option to be paid any\nmonies owed for providing subsidized child care by a deposit directly\ninto a bank account of the child day care provider. Such direct deposit\nshall only be made at the express written consent of the provider and\nshall be requested on forms provided by the local social services\ndistrict and duly filled in by the provider. Such written consent can be\nrevoked at any time by the provider in writing on forms provided by the\nlocal social services district.\n  * NB There are 2 § 390-c's\n
N.Y. EXC Law § 500 — New York Code / Act EXC / Article 19-G / Title 1 / Section 500
Office of children and family services; commissioner
Status: in_force

§ 500.  Office of children and family services; commissioner. 1. There\nis hereby continued in the department of family assistance an autonomous\noffice of children and family services. The head of such office shall be\nthe commissioner of children and family services, who shall be appointed\nby the governor, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, and\nshall serve at the pleasure of the governor. The commissioner may\nappoint such officers, employees, agents and consultants as he or she\nmay deem necessary, prescribe their duties, fix their compensation and\nprovide for reimbursement of their expenses within the amounts available\ntherefor by appropriation.\n  2. The commissioner may promulgate, adopt, amend or rescind rules and\nregulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this article,\nprovided, however, that such rules and regulations shall be strictly\nlimited in their application to the means and methods of compliance with\nthe provisions of this article.\n  3. Whenever the division for youth or its director is referred to in\nany provision of this chapter or in any other law, such reference shall\nbe deemed to refer to the office of children and family services or the\ncommissioner of children and family services.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 249-A — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 5 / Part 2 / Section 249-A
Libraries of public institutions of higher education; access and use
Status: in_force

§ 249-a. Libraries of public institutions of higher education; access\nand use.  The state university trustees and the board of higher\neducation of the city of New York are hereby authorized to establish\nsuch rules and regulations as may be necessary and appropriate to make\nprovision for access and use by the residents of the state of the\nlibraries and library facilities of the public institutions of higher\neducation under their respective jurisdictions.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 612 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 13-A / Section 612
Liberty partnerships
Status: in_force

§ 612. Liberty partnerships. 1. The commissioner shall award grants\nfor the purpose of providing support services to students enrolled in\npublic and non-public schools who are identified as having a high risk\nof dropping out of school. Such awards shall be made on a competitive\nbasis to degree-granting institutions of higher education or consortia\nof degree-granting higher education institutions in cooperation with\nschool districts and not-for-profit community-based organizations. In\naddition, in areas of the state where no degree-granting institution or\nconsortium of degree-granting institutions of higher education can\nprovide appropriate services to students, the commissioner may award\ngrants to not-for-profit community-based organizations in cooperation\nwith school districts.\n  a. All grant applications shall contain the following program\nelements:\n  (1) a program for identifying students who are at-risk of dropping out\nas measured by academic performance, attendance, discipline problems,\nand other factors affecting school performance including but not limited\nto teenage pregnancy or parenting, residence in a homeless shelter or\ntemporary living arrangement, substance abuse, child abuse or neglect,\nor limited English proficiency;\n  (2) a program for encouraging the use of volunteers and facilitating\nparent involvement where possible and involvement of current or former\nliberty scholarship recipients as peer or mentor counselors in programs;\nand\n  (3) a program to provide for continuity of services throughout a\nstudent's progression through secondary school.\n  b. In awarding such grants, the commissioner shall give priority to\napplications that:\n  (1) provide services to school districts receiving an apportionment\nunder subdivision twenty-five of section thirty-six hundred two of this\nchapter;\n  (2) provide services to schools identified by the commissioner as in\nneed of assistance pursuant to the comprehensive assessment report;\n  (3) provide services to rural schools with students at risk;\n  (4) replicate model programs of demonstrated effectiveness, including\nmodels that provide for small group partnerships with low student-staff\nratios. The commissioner shall identify model programs with proven\neffectiveness and shall make such models available to grant applicants;\n  (5) demonstrate a high level of institutional commitment to programs\nin fields relevant to counseling and mentoring, including but not\nlimited to education, social work, psychology and sociology and the\nextent to which such institution shall involve faculty members and\ngraduate/professional students from such degree programs;\n  (6) the need for such services in the area the institution proposes to\nserve; and\n  (7) the degree to which the institution proposes to cooperate with\nschool districts and not-for-profit community based organizations to\nprovide services and insure continuity of such services until such\nstudents graduate from high school or receive a high school equivalency\ndiploma.\n  c. Services for non-public school students shall be provided at sites\nother than sectarian non-public schools.\n  2. Services. Funds available under this section shall be used for\ncompensatory and support services to students who are identified as\nbeing at risk of dropping out of school. Services to be provided under\nthis section may include skills assessment, tutoring, academic and\npersonal counseling, family counseling and home visits, staff\ndevelopment activities for personnel with direct responsibility for such\nstudents and mentoring programs.\n  3. Allowable costs. Allowable costs under this program shall include,\nbut not be limited to: salaries of program personnel, including graduate\nstudent stipends; transportation costs for students and program\npersonnel; instructional materials; reimbursement to school districts\nfor release time granted to employees while participating in the\nplanning and development of activities funded pursuant to this section;\ntraining of program personnel; costs related directly to program\nprovisions, including summer and weekend activities; and administrative\ncosts directly attributable to the program.\n  4. a. For school years commencing in nineteen hundred eighty-nine--\nninety and thereafter, the amount that shall be made available for\nfunding liberty partnership grants shall be equal to four percent of the\nbase year enrollment of children in public and non-public schools in New\nYork state in grades seven through twelve, as computed in accordance\nwith regulations of the commissioner, multiplied by seven hundred fifty\ndollars, provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, the\namount that shall be made available for funding liberty partnership\ngrants for the nineteen hundred eighty-nine--ninety, nineteen hundred\nninety--ninety-one and nineteen hundred ninety-one--ninety-two school\nyears shall be twenty-five percent, fifty percent, and seventy-five\npercent, respectively, of the amount to be provided pursuant to this\nsubdivision.\n  b. The grant recipients shall provide students at public and nonpublic\nschools the opportunity to receive compensatory and support services in\nan equitable manner consistent with the number and need of the children\nin such schools.\n  5. Regulations. The commissioner shall adopt regulations for the\nimplementation of this section.\n  6. Annual report. The commissioner shall prepare an annual report\nevaluating the programs funded under this section and under sections\nsixty-four hundred fifty-four and sixty-four hundred fifty-five of this\nchapter and making appropriate recommendations. The report shall be\nsubmitted on or before December first, to the governor, the temporary\npresident of the senate and the speaker of the assembly.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 2509-C — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 25 / Title 1 / Section 2509-C
Availability of adverse childhood experiences services
Status: in_force

§ 2509-c. Availability of adverse childhood experiences services.\nEvery pediatrics health care provider licensed pursuant to article one\nhundred thirty-one of the education law shall be required to provide the\nparent, guardian, custodian or other authorized individual of a child\nthat the pediatrician sees in their official capacity, with educational\nmaterials developed pursuant to subdivision two of section three hundred\nseventy-c of the social services law. Such materials may be provided\nelectronically and shall be used to inform and educate them about\nadverse childhood experiences, the importance of protective factors and\nthe availability of services for children at risk for or experiencing\nadverse childhood experiences.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 245 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 5 / Part 2 / Section 245
State library, how constituted
Status: in_force

§ 245. State library, how constituted.  All books, pamphlets,\nmanuscripts, records, archives and maps, and all other property\nappropriate to a general library, if owned by the state and not placed\nin other custody by law, shall be in charge of the regents and\nconstitute the state library.\n
N.Y. VAT Law § 138 — New York Code / Act VAT / Title 1 / Article 1 / Section 138
Residence district
Status: in_force

§ 138. Residence district.  The territory contiguous to and including\na highway not comprising a business district when the property on such\nhighway for a distance of three hundred feet or more is in the main\nimproved with residences or residences and buildings in use for\nbusiness.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 695-G — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 14-A / Section 695-G
Scholarships and financial aid
Status: in_force

§ 695-g. Scholarships and financial aid.  Monies in a family tuition\naccount shall not be used toward the calculation of New York state\nfinancial aid under a financial aid program administered by the state.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 1020-ZZ — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 5 / Title 1-A / Section 1020-ZZ
Inconsistent provisions of other laws superseded
Status: in_force

§ 1020-zz. Inconsistent provisions of other laws superseded. Insofar\nas the provisions of this title are inconsistent with the provisions of\nany other law or any part thereof, the provisions of this title shall be\ncontrolling.\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 37-0107 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 37 / Title 1 / Section 37-0107
Prohibition against storage or release
Status: in_force

§ 37-0107. Prohibition against storage or release.\n  No person shall store or release to the environment substances\nhazardous or acutely hazardous to public health, safety or the\nenvironment in contravention of rules and regulations promulgated\npursuant hereto.\n
N.Y. VAT Law § 109-A — New York Code / Act VAT / Title 1 / Article 1 / Section 109-A
Correction vehicle
Status: in_force

§ 109-a. Correction vehicle. Every vehicle operated in the city of New\nYork by the New York city department of correction or the New York state\ndepartment of corrections and community supervision while engaged in an\nemergency operation.\n
N.Y. MRE Law § 27 — New York Code / Act MRE / Article 3 / Title 1 / Section 27
Fire-escapes
Status: in_force

§ 27. Fire-escapes.  Wire, chain, cable, combustible, vertical ladder\nor rope fire-escapes shall not be accepted as a required or alternative\nmeans of egress and, unless such fire-escapes are supplemental to the\nmeans of egress required by section twenty-six, they shall be removed\nand replaced by a system of fire-escapes constructed and arranged as\nprovided in section one hundred thirty-three. All fire-escapes erected\non or after July first, nineteen hundred fifty-three, to serve as a\nsecond means of egress shall be in conformity with the provisions of\nsection one hundred thirty-three. It shall be unlawful to remove any\nfire-escape without permission from the department. Such system shall be\ninstalled, arranged and maintained in a manner satisfactory to the\ndepartment and in accordance with rules adopted by the commission.\n
N.Y. VAT Law § 148 — New York Code / Act VAT / Title 1 / Article 1 / Section 148
Street
Status: in_force

§ 148. Street.  The entire width between the boundary lines of every\nway publicly maintained when any part thereof is open to the use of the\npublic for purposes of vehicular travel.\n
N.Y. RPT Law § 1216 — New York Code / Act RPT / Article 12 / Title 1 / Section 1216
Establishment of state equalization rates for supplemental assessment rolls for school purposes; computation of full valuation for school...
Status: in_force

§ 1216. Establishment of state equalization rates for supplemental\nassessment rolls for school purposes; computation of full valuation for\nschool districts using supplemental assessment rolls. 1. Where a\nsupplemental assessment roll has been completed, verified and filed\npursuant to section thirteen hundred thirty-five of this chapter, the\ncommissioner shall determine an equalization rate for such supplemental\nassessment roll in the manner provided in this article for determining\nequalization rates for towns. The equalization rate so determined for\nthe supplemental assessment roll shall be used in computing the taxable\nfull valuation of real property on the supplemental assessment roll for\nall school district purposes except as otherwise provided in section\nthirteen hundred fourteen of this chapter.\n  2. The full valuation of taxable property for school district purposes\nfor a fiscal year of a school district in which supplemental assessment\nrolls were completed, verified and filed pursuant to section thirteen\nhundred thirty-five of this chapter for such fiscal year, shall be the\nsimple average of the full valuation of taxable property on the regular\nand supplemental assessment rolls of such school district for such\nfiscal year, provided however, that such supplemental assessment rolls\nshall not be used in determining limitations on indebtedness pursuant to\nthe local finance law. Such full valuation shall be computed for each\nroll by dividing the taxable assessed valuation on each such roll by the\nstate equalization rate established for each such roll.\n
N.Y. GMU Law § 858-A — New York Code / Act GMU / Article 18-A / Title 1 / Section 858-A
Compensation, procurement and investment
Status: in_force

§ 858-a. Compensation, procurement and investment. 1. The compensation\nof an officer or full-time employee of the agency (but not including\npart-time employees or consultants, including accountants, attorneys and\nbond counsel to the agency) shall not be contingent on the granting of\nfinancial assistance by an agency.\n  2. The provisions of section one hundred four-b of this chapter shall\nbe applicable to the procurement of goods and services paid for by an\nagency for its own use and account.\n  3. The provisions of sections ten and eleven of this chapter shall be\napplicable to deposits and investments of funds for an agency's own use\nand account.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 921-A — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 19 / Section 921-A
On-site epinephrine device
Status: in_force

§ 921-a. On-site epinephrine device. 1. School districts, boards of\ncooperative educational services, county vocational education and\nextension boards, charter schools, and non-public elementary and\nsecondary schools in this state may provide and maintain on-site in each\ninstructional school facility epinephrine devices in quantities and\ntypes deemed by the commissioner, in consultation with the commissioner\nof health, to be adequate to ensure ready and appropriate access for use\nduring emergencies to any student or staff having anaphylactic symptoms\nwhether or not there is a previous history of severe allergic reaction.\n  2. School districts, boards of cooperative educational services,\ncounty vocational education and extension boards, charter schools, and\nnon-public elementary and secondary schools in this state, any person\nemployed by any such entity, or employed by a contractor of such an\nentity while performing services for the entity may administer\nepinephrine devices in the event of an emergency pursuant to the\nrequirements of section three thousand-c of the public health law.\n  3. School districts, boards of cooperative educational services,\ncounty vocational education and extension boards, charter schools, and\nnon-public elementary and secondary schools in this state that are\nauthorized to provide and maintain epinephrine devices on-site pursuant\nto this section shall provide all teachers with written informational\nmaterial on the use of an epinephrine device that has been created and\napproved by the commissioner of health.\n  4. For the purposes of this section, the term "epinephrine device"\nshall have the same meaning as set forth in paragraph (b) of subdivision\none of section three thousand-c of the public health law.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 1020-Q*2 — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 5 / Title 1-A* / Section 1020-Q*2
Transfer of officers and employees
Status: in_force

* § 1020-q. Transfer of officers and employees. Any public officer or\nemployee under civil service, selected by the authority may, with the\nconsent of the commission, board or department by which he or she has\nbeen employed, be transferred to the authority and shall be eligible for\nsuch transfer and appointment without examination to comparable offices,\npositions and employment under the authority. The salary or compensation\nof any such officer or employee shall after such transfer be paid by the\nauthority. But notwithstanding the provisions of this title, any such\nofficers or employees so transferred to the authority, pursuant to the\nprovisions of this section, who are members of or beneficiaries under\nany existing pension or retirement system, shall continue to have all\nrights, privileges, obligations and status with respect to such fund,\nsystem or systems as are now prescribed by law, but during the period of\ntheir employment by the authority, all contributions to any pension or\nretirement fund or system to be paid by the employer on account of such\nofficers or employees, shall be paid by the authority; and all such\nofficers and employees who have been appointed to positions under the\nrules and classifications of the civil service commission of the county\nof Albany shall have the same status with respect thereto after transfer\nto the authority as they had under their original appointments. It is\nhereby declared that in the interest of efficiency and insofar as may be\npracticable, all employees engaged in the operation of any property or\nproperties, except in an executive capacity, at the time such property\nor properties shall have been acquired by the authority, pursuant to the\nprovisions of this title, shall become the employees of the authority.\nThe appointment and promotion of all employees of the authority shall be\nmade in accordance with the provisions of the civil service law and such\nrules as the civil service commission of the county of Albany may adopt\nand make applicable to such authority.\n  * NB There are 2 § 1020-q's\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 811 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 17 / Section 811
Procurement, use and possession of hypodermic syringes and needles by school personnel for educational purposes
Status: in_force

§ 811. Procurement, use and possession of hypodermic syringes and\nneedles by school personnel for educational purposes.  1.\nNotwithstanding the provisions of section 220.45 of the penal law, it\nshall be lawful for authorized persons under the jurisdiction of the\npublic school authorities in a public school; or of the state education\ndepartment; or of the governing board of any other educational\ninstitution, the curriculum of which is registered by the department, to\npurchase, acquire, have under control, possess and use hypodermic\nsyringes and needles for instructional or other educational purposes\nprovided such school authorities in the case of a school district, the\nappropriate superior officer in the case of the department, or such\ngoverning board in the case of other institutions, has filed with the\ncommissioner of education and with the state department of health a\ncertificate of need for such hypodermic needles which shall set forth\nthe following:\n  a. The legal designation and address of the school district, if a\npublic school or if another school or institution, the name and address\nthereof, and the exact location where such hypodermic syringes and\nneedles will be used and stored.\n  b. The name and address of the chief administrative officer of the\nschool or institution.\n  c. The use proposed to be made of such hypodermic needles.\n  d. The names of persons employed in the school, the department, or\nother institution authorized to have custody and/or use of such\nhypodermic needles.\n  e. The safeguards to be taken to prevent such instruments from falling\ninto the hands of unauthorized persons.\n  f. The disposition which will be made of unwanted or broken syringes\nand needles. In the case of the department such certificate shall be\nmade and filed by the assistant commissioner under whose supervision the\nwork involving the use of such hypodermic syringes or needles is done,\nand a duplicate thereof shall be filed with the state department of\nhealth.\n  2. Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to require the\nfiling of such names by medical institutions, including but not limited\nto, public health centers, industrial clinics, diagnostic, treatment or\nresearch centers, rehabilitation facilities, nursing homes, medical\nschools or colleges, tuberculosis, mental, chronic disease and other\ntypes of hospitals, clinical laboratories, outpatient departments,\nnurses training facilities and central service facilities operated in\nconjunction with medical institutions.\n  3. The commissioner, after consultation with the commissioner of\nhealth, shall make regulations for the administration of this section.\n
N.Y. ELN Law § 17-128 — New York Code / Act ELN / Article 17 / Title 1 / Section 17-128
Violations of election law by public officer or employee
Status: in_force

§ 17-128. Violations of election law by public officer or employee. A\npublic officer or employee who knowingly and wilfully omits, refuses or\nneglects to perform any act required of him by this chapter or who\nknowingly and wilfully refuses to permit the doing of any act authorized\nby this chapter or who knowingly and wilfully hinders or delays or\nattempts to hinder or delay the performance of such an act is, if not\notherwise provided by law, guilty of a felony.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 1308 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 13 / Title 1 / Section 1308
Powers and duties of local boards of health
Status: in_force

§ 1308. Powers and duties of local boards of health.  It shall be the\nduty of local boards of health to enforce the public health law, the\nstate sanitary code and local sanitary codes whether promulgated by the\ncounty or any of the political subdivisions within said county. A local\nboard of health is hereby authorized to make an ex parte application for\na temporary restraining order and upon sufficient proof to satisfy it,\nthe court may grant such an order, where there is a violation within the\njurisdiction of the local board of health which requires immediate\nrelief.\n
N.Y. UDC Law § 2603 — New York Code / Act UDC / Article 26 / Title 1 / Section 2603
Vote on creation of the district court system
Status: in_force

§ 2603. Vote on creation of the district court system. At the general\nelection to be held in nineteen hundred sixty-two there shall be\nsubmitted to all the electors of the various towns of Suffolk county,\nincluding the electors within incorporated villages, the following two\npropositions, provided not less than one hundred twenty days before such\nelection the town board of such town adopts a resolution authorizing\nsuch submission and a copy thereof, duly certified by the clerk of such\nboard, shall have been filed with the board of elections of the county\nand resolutions are filed by at least three contiguous towns and each\ntown submitting such resolution is contiguous to another town submitting\nthe same:\n  1. "Shall the town of ..... become a part of the Suffolk County\nDistrict Court System?"\n  2. "If the town of ... becomes a part of the Suffolk County District\nCourt System, shall the office of the justice of the peace be abolished\nwithin such town?"\n  In any town which hereafter becomes a part of the Suffolk county\ndistrict court system wherein the voters approve the proposition to\nabolish the office of justice of the peace the said office of each of\nthe incumbent justices of the peace shall be deemed abolished at the\ntime when the existing term of each such incumbent justice of the peace\nexpires.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 260-D — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 5 / Part 2 / Section 260-D
Board of trustees continuing education
Status: in_force

§ 260-d. Board of trustees continuing education. 1. Beginning January\nfirst, two thousand twenty-three, each member, elected or appointed, of\na board of trustees of a public, free association or Indian library\nshall be required to complete a minimum of two hours of trustee\neducation annually, from a provider approved by the commissioner on the\nfinancial oversight, accountability, fiduciary responsibilities and the\ngeneral powers and duties of a library trustee. Such trustee education\nmay be delivered online or in person, and may include lectures,\nworkshops, regional or national library association programs, or any\nother format approved by the commissioner.\n  2. Each member shall demonstrate compliance with the requirements of\nthis section by filing with the president of the board of trustees\nevidence of completion of trustee education from an approved provider.\nActual and necessary expenses incurred by a member in complying with\nthis section shall be a charge against the library. Such evidence shall\ninclude one of the following:\n  (a) certificates of completion issued by one or more approved\nproviders; or\n  (b) a signed self-assurance of completion. Such assurance shall\nidentify the approved trustee education providers, a description of the\nformat and content of the completed instruction activities, the date and\ntime such member began and completed each instruction activity and an\nexplanation of why a certificate of completion was not available from\nsuch approved providers.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 2997-L — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 29-D / Title 1-A / Section 2997-L
Activities
Status: in_force

§ 2997-l. Activities. The activities enumerated in section twenty-nine\nhundred ninety-seven-k of this title shall be undertaken consistent with\nsection twenty-eight hundred five-j of this chapter by a covered health\ncare provider and shall be deemed activities of such program as\ndescribed in such section and any and all information attributable to\nsuch activities shall be subject to provisions of section twenty-eight\nhundred five-m of this chapter and section sixty-five hundred\ntwenty-seven of the education law.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 505 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 11 / Section 505
Election of the active teacher members of the board
Status: in_force

§ 505. Election of the active teacher members of the board. 1. An\nannual convention of the members of the retirement system shall be held\nwithin the state of New York during the month of October or November, at\nan hour and place set by the retirement board on or before May first of\neach year, for the purpose of electing members of the retirement board.\n  2. Said convention shall be composed of delegates selected as\nhereinafter provided from each territory constituting the jurisdiction\nof, unless otherwise provided for herein, a district superintendent, of\na village or a city superintendent, or from a school district within a\nsupervisory district and having at least seventy-five members of the\nretirement system, or from the department, or from a unit of the state\nuniversity, which territory, school district, department or unit shall\nconstitute a territorial unit of representation in the assembly of\ndelegates. Each territorial unit shall be entitled to be represented in\nsuch convention by one delegate for each two hundred members of the\nretirement system employed on a per annum basis in said unit. The total\nentitlement to delegates for each territorial unit shall be the number\nof such members divided by two hundred, rounded off to the nearest whole\nnumber; provided, that each unit shall be entitled to at least one\ndelegate.\n  3. Delegates from each territorial unit shall be elected, for a\ntwo-year term to commence on August first of the year of election, by\nthe vote of a plurality of the members of the retirement system within\nsuch territorial unit voting by secret ballot. If there is more than one\ndelegate entitled to be elected to represent a territorial unit, the\nvoters shall be instructed to cast a vote for sufficient persons in the\nnumber needed to represent the territorial unit and those candidates\nreceiving the most votes shall be declared elected.\n  4. The election of delegates shall be held in odd numbered years, no\nearlier than March first and no later than June first, in accordance\nwith rules adopted by the chief administrative officer of each\nterritorial unit or his designee. The chief administrative officer of\neach territorial unit or his designee shall, no later than July first,\nfile with the retirement system a certificate of election containing the\nnames and addresses of the delegates elected to the annual convention\nand such other information as may be required by the retirement board\nand shall furnish the delegates elected with a copy of said certificate\nof their election. The certificate of election shall be in a form\nprescribed by the retirement board.\n  5. An alternate shall be elected, in the same manner as prescribed for\ndelegates, for each delegate to serve if the delegate is absent or\nunable to serve.\n  6. Each delegate and alternate must be a member of the retirement\nsystem and employed as a teacher in the territorial unit which he or she\nrepresents. A person may be elected to only one position, and each\ndelegate shall be entitled to only one vote.\n  7. If both a delegate position and its corresponding alternate\nposition become vacant, a special election shall be held, no later than\nOctober first, in the same manner as the regular election to fill the\nremaining portion of the term, and the chief administrative officer or\nhis designee shall no later than October sixth file with the retirement\nsystem a certificate of election and shall furnish the delegate so\nelected with a copy of said certificate of election.\n  8. Said convention shall be called to order by a member of the\nretirement board designated by said board, and shall organize the\nelection of a chairman and a secretary. A majority of all delegates\nentitled to seats in said convention shall constitute a quorum for the\ntransaction of business.\n  9. Members of the retirement board shall be elected by a majority of\nthose present and voting at the convention held pursuant to this section\nfor a term commencing on the first day of February following the\nelection. In order to be eligible to be elected to the retirement board\npursuant to this section, a person must be a member of the retirement\nsystem.\n  10. The provisions of this section shall be deemed mandatory and not\ndirectory.\n
N.Y. VAT Law § 121 — New York Code / Act VAT / Title 1 / Article 1 / Section 121
Laned roadway
Status: in_force

§ 121. Laned roadway.  A roadway which is divided into two or more\nclearly marked lanes for vehicular traffic.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 341-A — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 7-A / Section 341-A
Standardized testing; reports
Status: in_force

§ 341-a. Standardized testing; reports. 1. Definitions. As used in\nthis section and section three hundred forty-six-a of this article, the\nfollowing words and terms shall have the following meanings:\n  a. "Test" means a standardized test as defined in section three\nhundred forty of this article; provided however, that the test of\nEnglish as a foreign language shall not constitute a test for purposes\nof this section;\n  b. "Test subject" means a test subject as defined in section three\nhundred forty of this article.\n  2. Not later than July first, nineteen hundred eighty-eight, and for\none year thereafter, test agencies shall ask each test subject to report\non the test answer sheet, test registration form, or other appropriate\nmeans all of the following information:\n  a. The test subject's race or ethnicity, including the following\ngroups:  Black, White, American Indian, Asian, Hispanic or other;\n  b. The test subject's gender, expressed as male or female; and\n  c. The test subject's linguistic background, expressed as whether\nEnglish was the dominant language of the test subject's household.\n  3. The test agency shall advise all test subjects that they are not\nrequired to provide the information requested under paragraphs a and c\nof subdivision two of this section, that they will not be penalized if\nthey do not provide the information, and that the information provided\nwill be used exclusively for research, recruitment, talent\nidentification and planning purposes.\n  4. a. Not later than September first, nineteen hundred eighty-nine,\nthe test agency shall prepare and file or cause to be filed with the\ncommittee described in section three hundred forty-six-a of this article\na report relating to each test administered and disclosed pursuant to\nsection three hundred forty-two of this article by the test agency in\nNew York between July first, nineteen hundred eighty-eight and July\nfirst, nineteen hundred eighty-nine. Such report shall be subject to the\nprovisions of subdivisions two and three of section three hundred\nforty-one of this article.\n  b. Each such test report shall show by race or ethnicity, linguistic\nbackground and gender, the mean-scaled scores of test subjects, the\nstandard deviation of scaled scores, and the distribution of scaled\nscores.\n  5. a. Not later than September first, nineteen hundred eighty-nine,\nthe test agency shall prepare and file or cause to be filed with the\ncommittee an item report relating to each question used in calculating\nthe subject's raw score on each test form administered and disclosed\npursuant to section three hundred forty-two of this article in New York\nbetween July first, nineteen hundred eighty-eight and July first,\nnineteen hundred eighty-nine. Such report shall be subject to the\nprovisions of subdivisions two and three of section three hundred\nforty-one of this article.\n  b. Each such item report shall show for each question used in\ncalculating the test subject's raw score, the item's content area\nspecification, and where disclosed pursuant to section three hundred\nforty-two of this article, information identifying the text of the item,\nand the correct answer-rates and R-biserial correlations for all test\nsubjects, combined and separately by race, ethnicity, gender or\nlinguistic background as reported under subdivision two of this section.\nSuch item report shall also calculate the correct answer rates and\nR-biserial correlations comparing performance by gender and language\ndominance, within race and ethnic subgroups, including language\ndominance by the total gender group. Content area specification shall be\nreported for each exam to indicate area of knowledge, skill or ability\nthat an item purports to measure according to the examination's\nmanufacturer or sponsoring agency. Correct answer-rates shall be\ncalculated by dividing the number of correct answers for a question used\nin calculating the subject's raw score on all test forms administered\nand disclosed pursuant to section three hundred forty-two of this\narticle between July first, nineteen hundred eighty-eight and July\nfirst, nineteen hundred eighty-nine by the number of test subjects to\nwhom those test forms were administered. R-biserial correlations shall\nbe calculated by correlating performance on a question used in\ncalculating the subject's raw score on each test form administered\nbetween July first, nineteen hundred eighty-eight and July first,\nnineteen hundred eighty-nine with performance on the tests as shown by\ntotal scores.\n  c. The test agency shall not be required to include in such test and\nitem reports under this subdivision and subdivision four of this section\ninformation for any group comprising fewer than one hundred test\nsubjects.\n  d. The test report will also include data showing measures of\ndifferential item functioning on individual questions that take into\naccount differences in overall test performance. Data will be provided\nfor test items which contribute to the candidate scores and for which\ndifferential item data are available. Differential item functioning data\nshall be reported for comparative purposes between the following pairs\nof groups: (Black-White), (Hispanic-White), (American Indian-White),\n(Asian-White), (Other-White) and (Male-Female). Documentation as to the\nmethods by which these data have been calculated will accompany the\ndata. Differential item functioning data shall not be required for pairs\nof groups comprising fewer than four hundred test subjects in each\ngroup.\n  e. The committee may request additional data, where already available\nand published, from the test agencies to clarify the data previously\nreported pursuant to this subdivision and subdivision four of this\nsection.\n
N.Y. RPT Law § 1200 — New York Code / Act RPT / Article 12 / Title 1 / Section 1200
Studies for establishing state equalization rates
Status: in_force

§ 1200. Studies for establishing state equalization rates. 1. At least\nonce in every three years in all cities and towns, the commissioner\nshall, as part of its procedure for establishing state equalization\nrates pursuant to this article, sample the ratio of assessments to\nmarket values for each major type of taxable real property as of the\nsame date or period of time. In each special assessing unit and each\napproved assessing unit which has adopted the provisions of section\nnineteen hundred three of this chapter the commissioner shall also\nsample the ratio of assessments to market values for each class and each\nclass in each portion as those terms are defined in section eighteen\nhundred two and section nineteen hundred one of this chapter. Upon\ncompletion of each such study, the results thereof shall be filed in the\noffice of the commissioner as a public record, but until such\ncompletion, the study shall not be a public record and shall not be\nsubject to the provisions of article six of the public officers law.\n  2. A study conducted pursuant to subdivision one of this section shall\nbe known as a "market value survey". Each market value survey shall be\nidentified by the year containing the date as of which the full value of\ntaxable real property is estimated for purposes of that market value\nsurvey, which date shall be known as the "valuation date" of that market\nvalue survey.\n  3. A market value survey conducted pursuant to this section shall be\nbased upon any data collected or maintained by the commissioner,\nincluding sales data, data made available by local assessors concerning\nphysical characteristics of parcels, the value of such parcels or the\naggregate full value of some or all of the parcels within the assessing\nunit. The commissioner shall promulgate rules to provide that the\nquality and accuracy of the data concerning physical characteristics of\nthe parcels and any other data provided by local assessors are\nsufficient for use in the conduct of the market value survey. Where the\ncommissioner determines that the local data is of sufficient quality and\naccuracy for use in the market value survey, the assessing unit shall\nprovide such data to the commissioner at the commissioner's request.\n  4. The commissioner shall prepare and submit a report to the governor,\nthe president pro tem of the senate and the speaker of the assembly\nconcerning the quality of local assessment practices found through the\nmarket value survey. Such report shall be presented no later than\nDecember thirty-first of the second year following the year in which a\nnew market value survey is first utilized in the establishment of state\nequalization rates pursuant to section twelve hundred two of this\narticle.\n  5. For purposes of this article, and any procedure required herein,\nthe commissioner may determine the aggregate full value of any assessing\nunit, portion of an assessing unit or class within an assessing unit in\ndetermining the ratio of assessments to market value in the calculation\nof any rate or ratio.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 319 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 7 / Section 319
Establishment of dual enrollment program policy
Status: in_force

* § 319. Establishment of dual enrollment program policy. 1. For\npurposes of this section:\n  (a) "Dual enrollment program" means any program that is a partnership\nbetween at least one school and at least one institution of higher\neducation that provides high school students with the opportunity to\nenroll in college courses and earn transferable college credit from the\ninstitution or institutions while completing high school graduation and\ndiploma requirements.\n  (b) "School" means a charter school, a school district, or a board of\ncooperative educational services.\n  2. The commissioner shall adopt a statewide policy outlining the\ndefinition of dual enrollment programs in New York state and guidelines\nfor participation and data reporting.\n  3. The policy established pursuant to subdivision two of this section\nshall require that schools and higher education institutions annually\nsubmit to the department data regarding participation in and outcomes of\ndual enrollment programs in a form and manner determined by the\ncommissioner pursuant to subdivision five of this section. The\ndepartment shall annually publish such data on its public website no\nlater than January first in the school year following the school year\nfor which the data is applicable.\n  4. The policy established pursuant to subdivision two of this section\nshall require that, by September first, two thousand twenty-six, all\nschools participating in a dual enrollment program shall submit to the\ndepartment a partnership agreement with the institution or institutions\nof higher education with which they are partnered. Such partnership\nagreements shall establish the scope and terms of the dual enrollment\nprogram, as well as a protocol for collecting, sharing, and reporting\nany data required by the commissioner pursuant to this section.\nPartnership agreements shall be consistent with the policy adopted by\nthe commissioner pursuant to subdivision two of this section, and shall\ncontain such other provisions as may be required by the commissioner.\nThe partnership agreements shall be updated and resubmitted no less than\nonce every five years. The commissioner shall develop and make publicly\navailable the required partnership agreement form for schools and higher\neducation institutions no later than January first, two thousand\ntwenty-six.\n  5. On or before January first, two thousand twenty-six, the\ncommissioner, the chancellor of the state university of New York, the\nchancellor of the city university of New York, and the governor shall\njointly establish data points to be submitted pursuant to this section.\n  * NB There are 2 § 319's\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 27-0109 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 27 / Title 1 / Section 27-0109
State assistance for local solid waste management plans
Status: in_force

§ 27-0109. State assistance for local solid waste management plans.\n  1. As a complement to, and in conjunction with the technical\nassistance provided pursuant to this chapter, and to foster and\nfacilitate local planning, a planning unit may apply for state\nassistance for developing solid waste management plans pursuant to\nsection 27-0107 of this article or to update or revise an existing plan\nto address the elements contained in paragraph (c) of subdivision one of\nsuch section.\n  2. The commissioner is authorized to contract to make a state grant,\nwithin the limit of appropriation therefor, to any planning unit for up\nto ninety percent of the costs to prepare, update or revise its local\nsolid waste management plan; provided, however, that no such grant has\nbeen previously made to a planning unit which is a part of or is served\nby the planning unit seeking such grant. A planning unit may receive a\ngrant pursuant to this subdivision which shall not exceed the greater of\ntwenty-five thousand dollars or one dollar for each resident of the\nplanning unit, based upon the current federal decennial census.\n  3. Applications for such assistance shall outline the proposed scope\nand timetable for preparation of the plan pursuant to section 27-0107 of\nthis article. In addition, the planning unit must demonstrate its intent\nthat the purpose of undertaking the plan is to develop a viable solution\nto its solid waste management needs which cannot be achieved based on an\nexisting plan.\n  4. Payments authorized under this section for the preparation, update\nor revision of a plan shall be made as follows:\n  (a) not more than fifty percent of the total grant upon approval by\nthe department of the grant request; and\n  (b) the balance of the total grant in not more than three periodic\npayments for unreimbursed costs, as provided in the contract.\n  5. The commissioner may, in the commissioner's discretion, deny\nfunding to a planning unit which is within the jurisdiction of another\nplanning unit or proposed planning unit.\n
N.Y. MRE Law § 28 — New York Code / Act MRE / Article 3 / Title 1 / Section 28
Stairs and entrance halls
Status: in_force

§ 28. Stairs and entrance halls. In every such dwelling three stories\nor more in height the wood wainscoting and other combustible materials\non the wall and ceiling surfaces in all halls shall be removed and\nreplaced with incombustible or other fire-resistive materials. In lieu\nof such removal, a sprinkler system may be installed in such halls or\nsuch wainscoting and the combustible surfaces may be treated or covered\nin a manner satisfactory to the department with a surface fire-retardant\napproved by the department. In such a dwelling, however, any entrance\ndoor and every door opening into any entrance hall, stair hall, or other\npublic hall connected therewith, shall be self-closing. Every interior\nsash, or opening other than a door, in the walls or partitions of such\nhalls and every window therein not opening to the outer air shall be\nsealed with fire-resistive materials.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 679-G — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 14 / Part 2 / Subpart 4 / Section 679-G
New York state get on your feet loan forgiveness program
Status: in_force

§ 679-g. New York state get on your feet loan forgiveness program. 1.\nPurpose. The president shall grant student loan forgiveness awards for\nthe purpose of alleviating the burden of federal student loan debt for\nrecent New York state college graduates.\n  2. Eligibility. To be eligible for an award pursuant to this section,\nan applicant shall: (a) have graduated from a high school located in New\nYork state or attended an approved New York state program for a state\nhigh school equivalency diploma and received such high school\nequivalency diploma; (b) have graduated and obtained an undergraduate\ndegree from a college or university with its headquarters located in New\nYork state in or after the two thousand fourteen--fifteen academic year;\n(c) apply for this program within two years of obtaining such degree;\n(d) be a participant in a federal income-driven repayment plan whose\npayment amount is generally ten percent of discretionary income; (e)\nhave income of less than fifty thousand dollars; (f) comply with\nsubdivisions three and five of section six hundred sixty-one of this\npart; and (g) work in New York state, if employed. For purposes of this\nprogram, "income" shall be the total adjusted gross income of the\napplicant and the applicant's spouse, if applicable.\n  3. Awards. An applicant whose annual income is less than fifty\nthousand dollars shall be eligible to receive an award equal to one\nhundred percent of his or her monthly federal income-driven repayment\nplan payments for twenty-four months of repayment under the federal\nprogram.  Provided, however, that the awards granted under this section\nshall be deferred for a recipient who has been granted a deferment or\nforbearance under the federal income-driven repayment plan. Upon\ncompletion of such deferment or forbearance period, such recipient shall\nbe eligible to receive an award for the remaining time period under this\nsubdivision. A recipient who is not a resident of New York state at the\ntime any payment is made under this program shall be required to refund\nsuch payments to the state. The corporation shall be authorized to\nrecover such payments in accordance with rules and regulations\npromulgated by the corporation. A student who is delinquent or in\ndefault on a student loan made under any statutory New York state or\nfederal education loan program or has failed to comply with the terms of\na service condition imposed by an award made pursuant to this article or\nhas failed to repay an award shall be ineligible to receive an award\nunder this program until such delinquency, default or failure is cured.\n  4. Rules and regulations. The corporation is authorized to promulgate\nrules and regulations, and may promulgate emergency regulations\nnecessary for the implementation of the provisions of this section.\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 1-0101 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 1 / Title 1 / Section 1-0101
Declaration of policy
Status: in_force

§ 1-0101. Declaration of policy.\n  1. The quality of our environment is fundamental to our concern for\nthe quality of life. It is hereby declared to be the policy of the State\nof New York to conserve, improve and protect its natural resources and\nenvironment and to prevent, abate and control water, land and air\npollution, in order to enhance the health, safety and welfare of the\npeople of the state and their overall economic and social well being.\n  2. It shall further be the policy of the state to improve and\ncoordinate the environmental plans, functions, powers and programs of\nthe state, in cooperation with the federal government, regions, local\ngovernments, other public and private organizations and the concerned\nindividual, and to develop and manage the basic resources of water,\nland, and air to the end that the state may fulfill its responsibility\nas trustee of the environment for the present and future generations.\n  3. It shall further be the policy of the state to foster, promote,\ncreate and maintain conditions under which man and nature can thrive in\nharmony with each other, and achieve social, economic and technological\nprogress for present and future generations by:\n  a. Assuring surroundings which are healthful and aesthetically\npleasing;\n  b. Guaranteeing that the widest range of beneficial uses of the\nenvironment is attained without risk to health or safety, unnecessary\ndegradation or other undesirable or unintended  consequences;\n  c. Promoting patterns of development and technology which minimize\nadverse impact on the environment;\n  d. Preserving the unique qualities of special resources such as the\nAdirondack and Catskill forest preserves;\n  e. Providing that care is taken for the air, water and other resources\nthat are shared with the other states of the United States and with\nCanada in the manner of a good neighbor.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 406 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 9 / Section 406
Vesting of title of lands in certain cases
Status: in_force

§ 406. Vesting of title of lands in certain cases.  Boards of\neducation in cities having less than seventy thousand inhabitants are\nhereby clothed with all the powers of trustees, and the title to any and\nall lands acquired in any city under the provisions of section four\nhundred four of this chapter shall vest in the board of education\nthereof, or such other corporate body as is by law vested with the title\nto the school lands in such city.  But nothing herein contained shall be\nconstrued to limit or circumscribe the powers and duties heretofore\nlodged in such board of education by law.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 1134 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 23-B / Section 1134
Reporting to the vulnerable persons' central register and the statewide central register of child abuse and maltreatment
Status: in_force

§ 1134. Reporting to the vulnerable persons' central register and the\nstatewide central register of child abuse and maltreatment. Where a\nperson employed by a school is required to report an incident of child\nabuse in an educational setting to the vulnerable persons' central\nregister pursuant to article eleven of the social services law or the\nstatewide central register of child abuse and maltreatment pursuant to\narticle six of the social services law and he or she reports such\nincident thereto, such person shall have been deemed to have complied\nwith the reporting requirements of this article.\n
N.Y. ELN Law § 17-148 — New York Code / Act ELN / Article 17 / Title 1 / Section 17-148
Bribery or intimidation of elector in military service of United States
Status: in_force

§ 17-148. Bribery or intimidation of elector in military service of\nUnited States. Any person who, directly or indirectly, by bribery,\nmenace or any other corrupt means, controls, or attempts to control an\nelector of this state enlisted in the military service of the United\nStates, in the exercise of his rights under the election law, or annoys,\ninjures or punishes him for the manner in which he exercises such right,\nis guilty of a misdemeanor.\n
N.Y. RPT Law § 822 — New York Code / Act RPT / Article 8 / Title 1 / Section 822
Alternative method of effectuating revised county equalization
Status: in_force

§ 822. Alternative method of effectuating revised county equalization.\nUpon request of the governing body of a city or town, a deficiency which\nis to be added to the county taxes against the property in such city or\ntown under section eight hundred twenty of this chapter shall be added\nin not more than five equal annual installments beginning with the next\ncounty tax levy. In such event, the excess determined for the property\nin any city or town under such section shall be subtracted from the\ncounty taxes levied thereon in amounts adjusted so that the total of the\ndeficiencies added and the total of the excesses subtracted shall be\nequal in each such levy. Such installments shall bear no interest.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 527 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 11 / Section 527
Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary the retirement board shall determine the annuity payable as of the date of ret...
Status: in_force

§ 527.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary the\nretirement board shall determine the annuity payable as of the date of\nretirement to each member of the system retired prior to the\ntwenty-eighth day of August, nineteen hundred fifty-eight, on the basis\nof the mortality tables in force either on the first day of July,\nnineteen hundred forty or the date such person joined the system,\nwhichever occurred later, and shall cause any additional amount which\nwould have been paid from the date of retirement had the annuity been\ndetermined on such basis at retirement, to be paid to any retired\nmember, his designated beneficiary or estate, provided an application is\nfiled with the retirement board in the manner prescribed by the\nretirement board and thereafter any such annuity as so determined shall\nbe paid to each such retired member or his designated beneficiary.\n
N.Y. VAT Law § 145 — New York Code / Act VAT / Title 1 / Article 1 / Section 145
Stand or standing
Status: in_force

§ 145. Stand or standing.  Means the stopping of a vehicle, whether\noccupied or not, otherwise than temporarily for the purpose of and while\nactually engaged in receiving or discharging passengers.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 2400 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 24 / Title 1 / Section 2400
Cancer; powers and duties of commissioner
Status: in_force

§ 2400. Cancer; powers and duties of commissioner.  The commissioner\nshall conduct investigations of the cause, mortality, methods of\ntreatment, prevention and cure of cancer, and allied diseases, including\nthe nature and extent of the facilities available in the several\ncounties and cities of the state, for the diagnosis and treatment of\nthese diseases, and shall cooperate with local health authorities,\nphysicians, hospitals, clinics and voluntary associations, in the\ndevelopment of suitable facilities for the diagnosis, treatment and\ncontrol of cancer.\n
N.Y. LAB Law § 382 — New York Code / Act LAB / Article 14 / Title 1 / Section 382
Ventilation, temperature and humidity
Status: in_force

§ 382. Ventilation, temperature and humidity. Every mercantile\nestablishment and every restaurant shall be provided with proper and\nsufficient means of ventilation by natural or mechanical means or both,\nas may be necessary, and there shall be maintained therein proper and\nsufficient ventilation and proper degrees of temperature and humidity at\nall times during working hours. The board shall make rules for and fix\nstandards of ventilation, temperature and humidity in mercantile\nestablishments and restaurants.\n
N.Y. UDC Law § 2412*2 — New York Code / Act UDC / Article 24 / Title 1 / Section 2412*2
Seals
Status: in_force

*  § 2412. Seals. The court in each district shall have an official\nseal on which shall be engraved the arms of the state of New York, the\nname of the court, the county and the district. Seals shall be furnished\nat the expense of the first judicial district.\n  * NB There are 2 § 2412's\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 409-B — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 9 / Section 409-B
Use of mercury vapor or metal halide lamps within school buildings
Status: in_force

§ 409-b. Use of mercury vapor or metal halide lamps within school\nbuildings.  1. Every new or replacement mercury vapor or metal halide\nlamp which is used within any school building in the state, for the\npurpose of providing illumination, shall be of the safety type or\nvariety which self-extinguishes upon the breaking, cracking or removal\nof the outer shield protecting the lamp or if such self-extinguishing\nvariety is not available, each such lamp or its fixture shall be\nequipped with a shield adequate to protect against and to absorb\nultraviolet radiation if the lamp were to break or become defective\nwithin the shielded fixture.\n  2. Jurisdiction is hereby conferred on the commissioner in order to\nprovide for the enforcement of this section through rules and\nregulations which the commissioner shall establish.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 1101 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 23 / Part 1 / Section 1101
Establishment of county vocational education and extension boards
Status: in_force

§ 1101. Establishment of county vocational education and extension\nboards.\n  1. The board of supervisors or other governing elective body of any\ncounty may adopt a resolution by a majority vote of the members of the\nboard establishing a county vocational education and extension board for\nthe purpose of giving instruction in agriculture and home economics and\nsuch other special subjects as may be approved by the commissioner of\neducation.\n  2. Upon the adoption of the resolution as provided in the preceding\nsubdivision the board of supervisors or other governing elective body\nshall appoint a board which shall be known as "The Vocational Education\nand Extension Board of the County of .................... " (insert here\nthe name of the county). Such board shall consist of nine members who\nshall serve for a period of nine years each except that members first\nappointed shall be appointed for such terms that the term of one member\nwill expire each year, and their successors shall thereafter each be\nappointed for a full term of nine years respectively. At least three\nmembers of this board shall be appointed upon recommendations made by\nthe farm and home bureau associations of the county and at least three\nmembers upon recommendations made by the district superintendents of the\ncounty. Vacancies occurring in such office shall be filled by the board\nof supervisors or other governing elective body for the unexpired term.\n  3. The fiscal year of the vocational education and extension board of\neach county shall begin on July first and end on June thirtieth.\n  4. A county vocational education and extension board established\npursuant to this section is hereby created a body corporate. All\nproperty which is now vested in, or shall hereafter be transferred to, a\ncounty vocational education and extension board shall be held by it as a\ncorporation.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 381 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 8-A / Section 381
Cooperation and assistance from other state agencies
Status: in_force

§ 381. Cooperation and assistance from other state agencies.  The\nstate education department, the state department of transportation, the\ndormitory authority, the state housing finance agency, the division of\nthe budget, the office of general services and all other state agencies\nshall cooperate with and assist the fund in the fulfillment of its\ncorporate purposes and in the exercise of its corporate powers under\nthis article and may render such services to the fund within their\nrespective functions as the fund may reasonably request.\n
N.Y. VAT Law § 116 — New York Code / Act VAT / Title 1 / Article 1 / Section 116
Flammable liquid
Status: in_force

§ 116. Flammable liquid.  Any liquid which has a flash point of eighty\ndegrees Fahrenheit, or less, as determined by a tagliabue or equivalent\nopen-cup test device.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 561 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 12-A / Section 561
Definitions
Status: in_force

§ 561. Definitions.  The following terms, whenever used in this\narticle, shall have the following meanings:\n  a. "Parent" means a legal resident of the state of New York with a New\nYork taxable income of under five thousand dollars who is a parent,\nstepparent, adoptive parent and the spouse of an adoptive parent of a\npupil enrolled in a nonpublic school, or a resident with such taxable\nincome standing in loco parentis to such pupil.\n  b. "Taxable income" means the amount of combined net taxable income,\nif any, of both parents computed in accordance with the provisions of\nsection six hundred eleven of the tax law computed without the benefit\nof the modification of federal adjusted gross income for nonpublic\nschool tuition pursuant to paragraph (14) of subsection (c) of section\nsix hundred twelve of the tax law, for the year for which a tuition\nreimbursement payment is sought. If the parents of a pupil are living\napart, the taxable income of the parent who claims reimbursement under\nthis article shall be based upon the taxable income of that parent with\nwhom the pupil is living, or who exercises custody if the pupil is a\nminor, or would exercise custody if the applicant were a minor and any\nappropriate payments for the support of the pupil from the other parent.\n  c. "Nonpublic school" means any nonprofit elementary or secondary\nschool in the State of New York, other than a public school, which (i)\nis providing instruction in accordance with article seventeen and\nsection thirty-two hundred four of this chapter, (ii) has not been found\nto be in violation of Title VI Civil Rights Act of 1964, 78 Stat. 252,\n42 U.S.C. § 2000 (d), and (iii) which is entitled to a tax exemption\nunder section five hundred one (a) and five hundred one (c) (3) of the\nFederal Internal Revenue Code of nineteen hundred fifty-four, as\namended.\n  d. "Tuition" means the amount actually paid by a parent for the\nenrollment of a pupil at a nonpublic school for the calendar year for\nwhich a tuition reimbursement payment is sought.\n  e. "Pupil" means a resident of the state of New York who has been\nenrolled full-time in a nonpublic school and whose parents' combined\ntaxable income is less than five thousand dollars.\n  f. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of education of the State of\nNew York.\n  g. "Regular school year" means all of the months of the calendar year\nexclusive of July and August.\n