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N.Y. LAB Law § 860-C — New York Code / Act LAB / Article 25-A / Section 860-C
Exceptions
Status: in_force

§ 860-c. Exceptions. 1. In the case of a plant closing, an employer is\nnot required to comply with the notice requirement in subdivision one of\nsection eight hundred sixty-b of this article if:\n  (a)(i) at the time the notice would have been required, the employer\nwas actively seeking capital or business; and\n  (ii) the capital or business sought, if obtained, would have enabled\nthe employer to avoid or postpone the relocation or termination; and\n  (iii) the employer reasonably and in good faith believed that giving\nthe notice required by subdivision one of section eight hundred sixty-b\nof this article would have precluded the employer from obtaining the\nneeded capital or business;\n  (b) the need for a notice was not reasonably foreseeable at the time\nthe notice would have been required;\n  (c) the plant closing is of a temporary facility or the plant closing\nor mass layoff is the result of the completion of a particular project\nor undertaking, and the affected employees were hired with the\nunderstanding that their employment was limited to the duration of the\nfacility or project or undertaking;\n  (d) the plant closing or mass layoff is due to any form of natural\ndisaster, such as a flood, earthquake, or drought; or\n  (e) the closing or mass layoff constitutes a strike or constitutes a\nlockout not intended to evade the requirements of this article. Nothing\nin this article shall require an employer to serve written notice when\npermanently replacing a person who is deemed to be an economic striker\nunder the National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 151 et seq.). Nothing\nin this article shall be deemed to validate or invalidate any judicial\nor administrative ruling relating to the hiring of permanent\nreplacements for economic strikers under the National Labor Relations\nAct.\n  2. An employer unable to provide the notice otherwise required by this\narticle in a timely fashion as a result of circumstances described in\nsubdivision one of this section, shall provide as much notice as is\npracticable and at that time shall provide a brief statement of the\nbasis for reducing the notification period.\n
N.Y. EXC Law § 54 — New York Code / Act EXC / Article 4-A / Section 54
Powers
Status: in_force

§ 54. Powers. The state inspector general shall have the power to:\n  1. subpoena and enforce the attendance of witnesses;\n  2. administer oaths or affirmations and examine witnesses under oath;\n  3. require the production of any books and papers deemed relevant or\nmaterial to any investigation, examination or review;\n  4. notwithstanding any law to the contrary, examine and copy or remove\ndocuments or records of any kind prepared, maintained or held by any\ncovered agency;\n  5. require any officer or employee in a covered agency to answer\nquestions concerning any matter related to the performance of his or her\nofficial duties. No statement or other evidence derived therefrom may be\nused against such officer or employee in any subsequent criminal\nprosecution other than for perjury or contempt arising from such\ntestimony. The refusal of any officer or employee to answer questions\nshall be cause for removal from office or employment or other\nappropriate penalty;\n  6. monitor the implementation by covered agencies of any\nrecommendations made by state inspector general;\n  7. perform any other functions that are necessary or appropriate to\nfulfill the duties and responsibilities of office.\n  * 8. Appoint an independent monitor to provide guidance and technical\nassistance related to the policies, practices, programs and decisions of\nthe Orange county industrial development agency and the funding\ncorporation, as authorized in subdivisions two, three, four, five, six,\nseven and eight of section nine hundred twelve-b of the general\nmunicipal law.\n  * NB Repealed May 3, 2030\n
N.Y. PVH Law § 1054 — New York Code / Act PVH / Article 17-B / Section 1054
Administration of contracts
Status: in_force

§ 1054. Administration of contracts. 1. A contract pursuant to this\narticle may provide for such periodic payments as may be appropriate.\n  2. The corporation shall periodically review the performance of each\ncontractor pursuant to this article. Such reviews shall include\nevaluation of the quality of the activities performed, the conformity\nthereof to contract provisions and the financial integrity and\nefficiency of the contractor.\n  3. Each contract pursuant to this article shall provide that:\n  (a) it may be modified and renegotiated from time to time; and\n  (b) it may be terminated by the corporation upon a finding of\nsubstantial noncompliance or other breach of its terms by the\ncontractor.\n
N.Y. EXC Law § 160-HH — New York Code / Act EXC / Article 6-F / Section 160-HH
Membership in the fund; registration with the department
Status: in_force

§ 160-hh. Membership in the fund; registration with the department. 1.\nThe membership of the fund shall be composed of all central dispatch\nfacilities. Each central dispatch facility shall be required, as a\ncondition of doing business within this state, to pay the department a\ntwo hundred dollar annual fee for the purpose of registering as a member\nof the fund and receiving a certificate of registration. Such sums shall\nbe used by the department for the administration of this article. The\ninitial registration fee shall be due no later than ninety days after\nthe effective date of this article. The department shall have the power\nto assess an additional fee against each registrant in the amount\nnecessary to provide it with sufficient funds to cover its expenses in\nperforming its duties pursuant to this article. The department shall\nprovide the fund with an updated list of registrants on a monthly basis.\n  2. All central dispatch facilities shall be required, as a condition\nof obtaining or retaining their license from the local licensing\nauthority, if any, to (a) be members of the fund; (b) be registered with\nthe department as members of the fund; and (c) submit to the local\nlicensing authority a copy of its certificate of registration as proof\nof such membership and registration.\n  3. Within sixty days of the effective date of this article, the board\nof the fund shall, on the basis of information from trade papers, local\nlicensing authorities and other sources, identify the central dispatch\nfacilities subject to this article and, on a regular and ongoing basis,\nconfirm that all such entities have registered in accordance with\nsubdivision one of this section.\n  4. The fund shall, within seventy-five days of the effective date of\nthis article, provide to its members a copy of the proposed plan of\noperation filed with the department and shall inform its members of\ntheir rights and duties pursuant to this article.\n
N.Y. LIE Law § 39 — New York Code / Act LIE / Article 2 / Section 39
Lien wilfully exaggerated is void
Status: in_force

§ 39. Lien wilfully exaggerated is void. In any action or proceeding\nto enforce a mechanic's lien upon a private or public improvement or in\nwhich the validity of the lien is an issue, if the court shall find that\na lienor has wilfully exaggerated the amount for which he claims a lien\nas stated in his notice of lien, his lien shall be declared to be void\nand no recovery shall be had thereon. No such lienor shall have a right\nto file any other or further lien for the same claim. A second or\nsubsequent lien filed in contravention of this section may be vacated\nupon application to the court on two days' notice.\n
N.Y. CNT Law § 280-K — New York Code / Act CNT / Article 5-B / Section 280-K
Review
Status: in_force

§ 280-k. Review. Any interested party, including a village, or a town\nboard or board of commissioners on behalf of an existing district,\naggrieved by the final determination or order made by the governing body\nestablishing the district, may make application for review of any and\nall of the final determinations made by the governing body in connection\nwith the proceeding in the manner provided in article seventy-eight of\nthe civil practice law and rules provided that application for review is\nmade within thirty days from the date of the recording of the order\nestablishing the district in the office of the clerk of the county.\nUnless such application is made within thirty days as aforesaid, the\norder establishing the district shall be final and conclusive. In the\nevent that upon such review there shall be any modification by the court\nof such final determination or order, the clerk of the governing body\nshall cause such order to be recorded and certified copies thereof filed\nin the same places as was the determination or order appealed from.\n
N.Y. GMU Law § 363 — New York Code / Act GMU / Article 14-A / Section 363
Construction of public utility service
Status: in_force

§ 363. Construction of public utility service.  The purchase,\nacquisition, leasing, and construction of such public utility service\nshall, in so far as is practicable, be effected by such municipal\ncorporation in the same manner and by the same officers or boards as\nother authorized public improvements are effected for and by such\ncorporation. The provisions of law in force in such municipal\ncorporation applicable to the purchase, acquisition, leasing and\nconstruction of the public utility service provided for in this article\nshall apply when not inconsistent with the provisions of this article.\nThe local law, ordinance or resolution provided for in section three\nhundred and sixty of this article may, however, provide a different\nmethod or authority or agency for the purchase, acquisition, leasing and\nconstruction of such service, not inconsistent with state law applicable\nthereto. Funds to be used for any of the purposes set forth in section\nthree hundred and sixty of this article shall be paid out in the manner\nprescribed by law for the payment of the expenses of other public\nimprovements authorized for and effected by the municipal corporation\naffected.\n
N.Y. PEN Law § 180.51 — New York Code / Act PEN / Part 3 / Title K / Article 180 / Section 180.51
Tampering with a sports contest in the first degree
Status: in_force

§ 180.51 Tampering with a sports contest in the first degree.\n  A person is guilty of tampering with a sports contest in the first\ndegree when, with intent to influence the outcome of a pari-mutuel horse\nrace:\n  1. He affects any equine animal involved in the conduct or operation\nof a pari-mutuel horse race by administering to the animal in any manner\nwhatsoever any controlled substance listed in section thirty-three\nhundred six of the public health law; or\n  2. He knowingly enters or furnishes to another person for entry or\nbrings into this state for entry into a pari-mutuel horse race, or rides\nor drives in any pari-mutuel horse race any running, trotting or pacing\nhorse, mare, gelding, colt or filly under an assumed name, or\ndeceptively out of its proper class, or that has been painted or\ndisguised or represented to be any other or different horse, mare,\ngelding, colt or filly from that which it actually is; or\n  3. He knowingly and falsely registers with the jockey club, United\nStates trotting association, American quarter horse association or\nnational steeplechase and hunt association a horse, mare, gelding, colt\nor filly previously registered under a different name; or\n  4. He agrees with one or more persons to enter such misrepresented or\ndrugged animal in a pari-mutuel horse race. A person shall not be\nconvicted of a violation of this subdivision unless an overt act is\nalleged and proved to have been committed by one of said persons in\nfurtherance of said agreement.\n  Tampering with a sports contest in the first degree is a class E\nfelony.\n
N.Y. TRA Law § 219 — New York Code / Act TRA / Article 9-B / Section 219
Assistance of other agencies
Status: in_force

§ 219. Assistance of other agencies. 1. To effectuate the purposes of\nthis article, the board may request and receive from any department,\ndivision, board, bureau, commission or other agency of the state or any\npolitical subdivision thereof or any public authority such assistance,\ninformation and data as will enable the office properly to carry out its\npowers and duties hereunder.\n  2. The board shall cooperate, consult and coordinate with the\nmetropolitan transportation authority inspector general with regard to\nany activity concerning the operations of the metropolitan\ntransportation authority. With respect to any accident on the facilities\nof the metropolitan transportation authority, the primary responsibility\nfor investigation shall be that of the board which shall share its\nfindings with the metropolitan transportation authority inspector\ngeneral.\n
N.Y. MHY Law § 10.13 — New York Code / Act MHY / Title B / Article 10 / Section 10.13
Appeals
Status: in_force

§ 10.13 Appeals.\n  (a) The attorney general may, in the appellate division of the supreme\ncourt, seek a stay of any order under this article releasing a person\nunder this article.\n  (b) The attorney general may appeal as of right from an order entered\npursuant to subdivision (k) of section 10.06 of this article dismissing\nthe petition following a determination that probable cause to believe\nthat the respondent is a sex offender requiring civil management has not\nbeen established. No appeal may be taken from an order entered pursuant\nto subdivision (k) of section 10.06 of this article determining that\nprobable cause has been established to believe the respondent is a sex\noffender requiring civil management. Both the respondent and the\nattorney general may appeal from any final order entered pursuant to\nthis article. The provisions of articles fifty-five, fifty-six, and\nfifty-seven of the civil practice law and rules shall govern appeals\ntaken from orders entered pursuant to this article.\n  (c) In connection with any appeal, a respondent who is or becomes\nfinancially unable to obtain counsel shall have the right to have\nappellate counsel appointed on his or her behalf. Such counsel shall be\nappointed by the court to which an appeal is taken. If possible, the\ncourt shall appoint the mental hygiene legal service. In the event that\nthe court determines that the mental hygiene legal service cannot accept\nappointment, the court shall appoint an attorney eligible for\nappointment pursuant to article eighteen-B of the county law, or an\nentity, if any, that has contracted for the delivery of legal\nrepresentation services under subdivision (c) of section 10.15 of this\narticle.\n
N.Y. UJC Law § 1805 — New York Code / Act UJC / Article 18 / Section 1805
Remedies available; transfer of small claims
Status: in_force

§ 1805. Remedies available; transfer of small claims.\n  (a) Upon determination of a small claim, the court shall direct\njudgment in accordance with its findings, and, when necessary to do\nsubstantial justice between the parties, may condition the entry of\njudgment upon such terms as the court shall deem proper. Pursuant to\nsection fifty-two hundred twenty-nine of the civil practice law and\nrules, prior to entering a judgment, the court may order the examination\nof or disclosure by, the defendant and restrain him to the same extent\nas if a restraining notice had been served upon him after judgment was\nentered.\n  (b) The court shall have power to transfer any small claim or claims\nto any other part of the court upon such terms as the rules may provide,\nand proceed to hear the same according to the usual practice and\nprocedure applicable to other parts of the court.\n  (c) No counterclaim shall be permitted in a small claims action,\nunless the court would have had monetary jurisdiction over the\ncounterclaim if it had been filed as a small claim. Any other claim\nsought to be maintained against the claimant may be filed in any court\nof competent jurisdiction.\n  (d) If the defendant appears to be engaged in repeated fraudulent or\nillegal acts or otherwise demonstrates persistent fraud or illegality in\nthe carrying on, conducting or transaction of business, the court shall\neither advise the attorney general in relation to his authority under\nsubdivision twelve of section sixty-three of the executive law, or shall\nadvise the claimant to do same, but shall retain jurisdiction over the\nsmall claim.\n  (e) If the defendant appears to be engaged in fraudulent or illegal\nacts or otherwise demonstrates fraud or illegality in the carrying on,\nconducting or transaction of a licensed or certified business, the court\nshall either advise the appropriate state or local licensing or\ncertifying authority or shall advise the claimant to do same, but shall\nretain jurisdiction over the small claim.\n
N.Y. MIL Law § 130.1 — New York Code / Act MIL / Article 7 / Part 1 / Section 130.1
Definitions
Status: in_force

§ 130.1. Definitions.  The following terms when used in this article\nshall be construed in the sense indicated in this section, unless the\ncontext shows that a different sense is intended, namely:\n  (1) "Organized militia" means the organized militia, the composition\nof which is stated in section two of this chapter;\n  (2) "Officer" means a commissioned officer including a commissioned\nwarrant officer;\n  (3) "Superior officer" means an officer superior in rank or command;\n  (4) "Enlisted person" means any person who is serving in an enlisted\ngrade in any force of the organized militia;\n  (5) "Active state duty" means full time military duty in the active\nservice of the state under an order of the governor issued pursuant to\nsections six or seven of this chapter and while going to and returning\nfrom such duty;\n  (6) "Duty status other than active state duty" means any one of the\ntypes of duty described in section forty-six of this chapter and while\ngoing to and returning from such duty;\n  (7) "Military court" means a court-martial, a court of inquiry, a\nprovost court;\n  (8) "Military judge" means an official of a general court-martial\ndetailed in accordance with section 130.26 of this article;\n  (9) "Judge advocate" means an officer of a force of the organized\nmilitia who is a member of the judge advocate general's corps or who is\ndesignated as a judge advocate;\n  (10) "Legal officer" means an officer of the New York naval militia\ndesignated to perform legal duties for a command;\n  (11) "Code" means article seven of this chapter;\n  (12) "Accuser" means a person who signs and swears to charges, any\nperson who directs that charges nominally be signed and sworn to by\nanother, and any other person who has an interest other than an official\ninterest in the prosecution of the accused.\n
N.Y. STF Law § 69-I — New York Code / Act STF / Article 5-E / Section 69-I
The New York works task force
Status: in_force

§ 69-i. The New York works task force. 1. There shall be a New York\nworks task force that will advise on coordinating the capital plans of\nNew York state agencies and authorities, including leveraging and\naccelerating funding streams and financing mechanisms to enhance\ninfrastructure investment throughout New York state.\n  2. The New York works task force shall:\n  (a) develop a coordinated capital infrastructure plan among state\nagencies and authorities. The plan shall focus on the efficient and\naccelerated deployment of resources to meet regional and statewide\ninfrastructure needs and shall consider the extent to which the plan is\nconsistent with the regional economic development plans designated by\nthe chair of the urban development corporation;\n  (b) recommend prioritization of capital infrastructure projects and\nthe allocation of capital resources;\n  (c) make recommendations on facilitating the expediting of permit\napprovals, regulatory approvals, and other state actions necessary to\nadvance priority infrastructure projects;\n  (d) recommend financing options for infrastructure projects including\nbut not limited to state supported debt, federal funding and other\nfinance vehicles; and\n  (e) advise state agencies and authorities on the use of methods of\nprocurement and contracting.\n  3. The department of transportation shall provide a two-year capital\nplan for the years two thousand thirteen--two thousand fourteen and two\nthousand fourteen--two thousand fifteen to the New York works task force\nfor its advice and recommendations to coordinate and address regional\ntransportation needs.\n  4. The New York works task force shall produce an infrastructure\nreport including the capital plan submitted to it pursuant to\nsubdivision three of this section to the governor, temporary president\nof the senate, speaker of the assembly, minority leader of the senate\nand minority leader of the assembly annually on September first.\n
N.Y. PML Law § 903 — New York Code / Act PML / Article 9 / Section 903
Simulcasting rights; Breeders' Cup Ltd
Status: in_force

§ 903. Simulcasting rights; Breeders' Cup Ltd. Notwithstanding any\ninconsistent provision of this chapter and upon the approval of the\ncommission, a franchised corporation is authorized to enter into an\nagreement with the Breeders' Cup Ltd. for the disposition of all\nrevenues derived by such franchised corporation from and limited to the\nlive transmission of the audio/visual signals of and from pari-mutuel\nwagering on races run by such franchised corporation to be known as the\n"Breeders' Cup Event Day", in such manner as such franchised corporation\nshall determine.\n
N.Y. EXC Law § 273 — New York Code / Act EXC / Article 14 / Section 273
Vacancies; quorum
Status: in_force

§ 273. Vacancies; quorum. (a) In the event of a vacancy caused by\ndeath, resignation, removal or disability of a commissioner, the vacancy\nshall be filled by the governor by and with the advice and consent of\nthe senate for the unexpired term.\n  (b) In the event of a vacancy caused by the death, resignation,\nremoval or disability of the chairman, the vacancy shall be filled by\nthe governor by and with the advice and consent of the senate for the\nunexpired term. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the\ncontrary, the governor shall designate one of the commissioners to serve\nas acting chairman for a period not to exceed six months or until a\nsuccessor chairman has been confirmed by the senate, whichever comes\nfirst. Upon the expiration of the six month term, if the governor has\nnominated a successor chairman, but the senate has not acted upon the\nnomination, the acting chairman can continue to serve as acting chairman\nfor an additional ninety days or until the governor's successor chairman\nnomination is confirmed by the senate, whichever comes first.\n  (c) The governor shall provide immediate written notice to the\ntemporary president of the senate of the designation of a commissioner\nas acting chairman.\n  (d) If (i) the governor has not nominated a successor chairman upon\nthe expiration of the six month term or (ii) the senate does not confirm\nthe governor's successor nomination within the additional ninety days,\nthe commissioner designated as acting chairman shall no longer be able\nto serve as acting chairman and the governor is prohibited from\nextending the powers of that acting chairman or from designating another\ncommissioner to serve as acting chairman.\n  (e) A commissioner serving as the acting chairman of the authority\nshall be deemed a state officer for purposes of section seventy-three of\nthe public officers law.\n  (f) A majority of the members of the authority shall constitute a\nquorum for the purpose of conducting the business thereof and a majority\nvote of all the members in office shall be necessary for action.\nProvided, however, that a commissioner designated as an acting chairman\npursuant to subdivision two of section fourteen of this chapter shall\nhave only one vote for purposes of conducting the business of the\nauthority.\n