N.Y. EDN Law § 671 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 14 / Part 2 / Subpart 3 / Section 671
Regents professional education in nursing scholarships
Status: in_force

§ 671.  Regents professional education in nursing scholarships.  1.\nNumber and certification. Eight hundred regents professional education\nin nursing scholarships shall be awarded each year. Such scholarships\nshall be allocated as provided in article thirteen to eligible students\nas certified to the president by the commissioner.\n  2. Duration. Each such scholarship shall entitle the recipient to an\nannual award for each year while enrolled in an approved course of study\nleading to registration as a professional nurse, but not exceeding the\nnormal period of study required to complete the requirements for the\nprogram, as such approved courses and normal periods of study are\ndefined by the commissioner pursuant to article thirteen.\n  3. Amount. The president shall make awards in the following amounts:\n  (a) The annual award shall be five hundred dollars, but if the income\nexceeds one thousand eight hundred dollars, the award shall be reduced\nby one dollar for each ten dollars, or part thereof, of the excess. The\nminimum award shall be two hundred dollars. If the annual amount of\ntuition and educational fees payable by the student is more than three\nhundred fifty dollars, the award shall not exceed the amount of such\ntuition and fees; if the amount of such tuition and educational fees is\nthree hundred fifty dollars, or less, the award shall not exceed three\nhundred fifty dollars.\n  (b) The annual award for any scholarship awarded pursuant to this\nsection and effective subsequent to the nineteen hundred\nseventy-three--nineteen hundred seventy-four school year shall be two\nhundred fifty dollars.  Provided, however, in the case of any student\nwho has received an award effective with the nineteen hundred\nseventy-four--nineteen hundred seventy-five school year, if the award of\ntwo hundred fifty dollars when combined with any award made pursuant to\nthe provisions of subdivision four of section six hundred sixty-seven of\nthis article would be less than the total of the combined awards he\nmight otherwise be entitled to receive pursuant to the provisions of\nparagraph (a) of this subdivision and of subdivision three of section\nsix hundred sixty-seven, he shall be entitled to receive the combined\namount computed pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (a) of this\nsubdivision and of subdivision three of section six hundred sixty-seven.\n
N.Y. LAB Law § 400 — New York Code / Act LAB / Article 15 / Title 1 / Section 400
Notice of beginning
Status: in_force

§ 400. Notice of beginning. Every operator opening a new shaft,\nincline, tunnel or quarry shall report in writing its location and the\nname of its owner to the commissioner before the excavation reaches a\ndepth of twenty-five feet.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 4101 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 41 / Title 1 / Section 4101
Vital statistics; enforcement
Status: in_force

§ 4101. Vital statistics; enforcement. 1. The commissioner is hereby\ncharged with the execution of the provisions of this article and is\nhereby granted supervisory power over registrars, deputy registrars, and\nsubregistrars, to the extent that there shall be uniform compliance with\nall of the requirements of this article.\n  2. Each registrar is hereby charged with the enforcement of the\nprovisions of this article in his registration district, under the\nsupervision and direction of the commissioner. He shall make an\nimmediate report to the commissioner of any violation of any provision\nof this article coming to his knowledge, by observation, or upon\ncomplaint of any person, or otherwise.\n  3. The commissioner, either personally or by an accredited\nrepresentative, shall have authority to investigate cases of\nirregularity, or violation of law, and all registrars shall aid him,\nupon request, in such investigations.\n  4. When he shall deem it necessary, the commissioner shall report\ncases of violation of any of the provisions of this article to the\ndistrict attorney of the county, with a statement of the facts and\ncircumstances. When any such case is reported to him by the\ncommissioner, the district attorney shall forthwith initiate and\npromptly proceed with the necessary court proceedings against the\nperson, firm or corporation responsible for the alleged violation of\nlaw.\n  5. Upon request of the commissioner, the attorney general shall assist\nin the enforcement of the provisions of this article.\n
N.Y. RPT Law § 307-A — New York Code / Act RPT / Article 3 / Title 1 / Section 307-A
Additional tax on class one property
Status: in_force

§ 307-a. Additional tax on class one property. 1. Generally.\nNotwithstanding any provision of any general, special or local law to\nthe contrary, any city with a population of one million or more is\nhereby authorized and empowered to adopt and amend local laws in\naccordance with this section imposing an additional tax on certain class\none properties, as such properties are defined in section eighteen\nhundred two of this chapter, excluding vacant land.\n  2. Definitions. As used in this section:\n  (a) "Commissioner of finance" means the commissioner of finance of a\ncity having a population of one million or more, or his or her designee.\n  (b) "Department of finance" means the department of finance of a city\nhaving a population of one million or more.\n  (c) "Net real property tax" means the real property tax assessed on\nclass one property after deduction for any exemption or abatement\nreceived pursuant to this chapter.\n  3. Additional tax. A local law enacted pursuant to this section may\nprovide for a real property tax surcharge in an amount (a) up to\ntwenty-five percent of net real property taxes for the fiscal year\nbeginning July first, two thousand three, and (b) up to fifty percent of\nnet real property taxes for fiscal years beginning on or after July\nfirst, two thousand four.\n  4. Property subject to additional tax. Such surcharge shall be imposed\non class one property, excluding vacant land, that provides rental\nincome and is not the primary residence of the owner or owners of such\nclass one property, or the primary residence of the parent or child of\nsuch owner or owners.\n  5. Rental income, primary residence and/or relationship to owner or\nowners. The property shall be deemed to be the primary residence of the\nowner or owners thereof, if such property would be eligible to receive\nthe real property tax exemption pursuant to section four hundred\ntwenty-five of this chapter, regardless of whether such owner or owners\nhas filed an application for, or the property is currently receiving\nsuch exemption. Proof of primary residence and the resident's or\nresidents' relationship to the owner or owners and the absence of rental\nincome shall be in the form of a certification as required by local law\nor the rules of the commissioner.\n  6. Rules. The department of finance of any city enacting a local law\npursuant to this section shall have, in addition to any other functions,\npowers and duties which have been or may be conferred on it by law, the\npower to make and promulgate rules to carry out the purposes of this\nsection including, but not limited to, rules relating to the timing,\nform and manner of any certification required to be submitted under this\nsection.\n  7. Penalties. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of any general,\nspecial or local law to the contrary, an owner or owners shall be\npersonally liable for any taxes owed pursuant to this section whenever\nsuch owner or owners fail to comply with this section or the local law\nor rules promulgated thereunder, or makes such false or misleading\nstatement or omission and the commissioner determines that such act was\ndue to the owner or owners' willful neglect, or that under such\ncircumstances such act constituted a fraud on the department. The remedy\nprovided herein for an action in personam shall be in addition to any\nother remedy or procedure for the enforcement of collection of\ndelinquent taxes provided by any general, special or local law.\n  (b) If the commissioner should determine, within three years from the\nfiling of an application or certification pursuant to this section, that\nthere was a material misstatement on such application or certification,\nhe or she shall proceed to impose a penalty tax against the property of\nfive hundred dollars, in accordance with the local law or rules\npromulgated hereunder.\n  8. Cessation of use. In the event that a property granted an exemption\nfrom taxation pursuant to this section ceases to be used as the primary\nresidence of such owner or owners or his, her or their parent or child,\nsuch owner or owners shall so notify the commissioner of finance.\n
N.Y. ELN Law § 12-100 — New York Code / Act ELN / Article 12 / Title 1 / Section 12-100
Electors of president and vice president
Status: in_force

§ 12-100. Electors of president and vice president. At the general\nelection in November preceding the time fixed by law of the United\nStates for the choice of president and vice president of the United\nStates, as many electors of president and vice president of the United\nStates shall be elected, as this state shall be entitled to.  Each vote\ncast for the candidates of any party or independent body for president\nand vice president of the United States and each vote cast for any\nwrite-in candidates for such offices shall be deemed to be cast for the\ncandidates for elector of such party or independent body or the\ncandidates for elector named in the certificate of candidacy of such\nwrite-in candidates.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 201 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 5 / Part 1 / Section 201
Corporate name and objects
Status: in_force

§ 201. Corporate name and objects. The corporation created in the year\nseventeen hundred eighty-four under the name of The Regents of the\nUniversity of the State of New York, is hereby continued under the name\nof The University of the State of New York. Its objects shall be to\nencourage and promote education, to visit and inspect its several\ninstitutions and departments, to distribute to or expand or administer\nfor them such property and funds as the state may appropriate therefor\nor as the university may own or hold in trust or otherwise, and to\nperform such other duties as may be intrusted to it. The said\ncorporation shall have power to take, hold and administer real and\npersonal property and the income thereof in trust for any educational,\nscientific, historical or other purpose within the jurisdiction of the\nregents of The University of the State of New York.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 458 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 10 / Section 458
Letting of construction contracts
Status: in_force

§ 458. Letting of construction contracts. 1. Any contract let by the\nfund or by any letting agency on behalf of the fund for the\nconstruction, reconstruction, rehabilitation or improvement of a\ncombined occupancy structure or of the school portion thereof, shall be\nin conformity with the provisions of section one hundred one of the\ngeneral municipal law.\n  2. Except as otherwise provided in section two hundred twenty-two of\nthe labor law, every contract, lease or other agreement entered into by\nor on behalf of the fund for the acquisition, lease, construction,\nreconstruction, rehabilitation or improvement of the school portion of\nthe work in any combined occupancy structure shall contain a provision\nthat, when the entire cost of any such contemplated construction,\nreconstruction, rehabilitation or improvement for the school portion of\nthe work shall exceed three million dollars in the counties of the\nBronx, Kings, New York, Queens, and Richmond; one million five hundred\nthousand dollars in the counties of Nassau, Suffolk and Westchester; and\nfive hundred thousand dollars in all other counties within the state,\nseparate specifications shall be prepared for the following three\nsubdivisions of the work on the school portion to be performed:\n  a. Plumbing and gas fitting;\n  b. Steam heating, hot water heating, ventilating and air conditioning\napparatus; and\n  c. Electric wiring and standard illuminating fixtures.\n  Such specifications shall be drawn so as to permit the letting of\nseparate and independent contracts for each of the above three\nsubdivisions of work. Within the above three subdivisions of work, any\nequipment, apparatus and/or installations which shall be designed to\nservice the entire combined occupancy structure shall be included within\nthe school portion of the work or let as separate and independent\ncontracts even if physically located within the non-school portion of\nthe work. Except as otherwise provided by the public housing law, the\nprovisions of which shall apply when the developer is the New York city\nhousing authority, every developer or general contractor undertaking the\nconstruction, reconstruction, rehabilitation or improvement of any such\ncombined occupancy structure pursuant to or in furtherance of the\nprovisions of this article shall let separate contracts to the lowest\nresponsible bidder for the three subdivisions of the above specified\nwork to persons, firms or corporations approved by the chairman of the\nfund as being qualified, responsible and reliable bidders engaged in\nthese classes of work. All such qualified bidders engaged in the above\nspecified work shall be entitled to bid and to receive, upon request, a\ncopy of the plans and specifications. All such bids shall be submitted\nto the fund and shall be opened publicly at a stated time and place.\n  2-a. Each bidder on a public work contract, where the preparation of\nseparate specifications is not required, shall submit with its bid a\nseparate sealed list that names each subcontractor that the bidder will\nuse to perform work on the contract, and the agreed-upon amount to be\npaid to each, for: a. plumbing and gas fitting, b. steam heating, hot\nwater heating, ventilating and air conditioning apparatus and c.\nelectric wiring and standard illuminating fixtures. After the low bid is\nannounced, the sealed list of subcontractors submitted with such low bid\nshall be opened and the names of such subcontractors shall be announced,\nand thereafter any change of subcontractor or agreed-upon amount to be\npaid to each shall require the approval of the public owner, upon a\nshowing presented to the public owner of legitimate construction need\nfor such change, which shall be open to public inspection. Legitimate\nconstruction need shall include, but not be limited to, a change in\nproject specifications, a change in construction material costs, a\nchange to subcontractor status as determined pursuant to paragraph (e)\nof subdivision two of section two hundred twenty-two of the labor law,\nor the subcontractor has become otherwise unwilling, unable or\nunavailable to perform the subcontract. The sealed lists of\nsubcontractors submitted by all other bidders shall be returned to them\nunopened after the contract award.\n  3. a. In addition to other bond or bonds, if any, required by law for\nthe completion of the school portion of a combined occupancy structure,\nor in the absence of any such requirement, the fund shall nevertheless\nrequire, prior to the approval of any lease or other agreement providing\nfor the construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation or improvement of\nany combined occupancy structure, that the developer, if other than the\nNew York city housing authority, or general contractor, furnish a bond\nguaranteeing prompt payment of moneys due to all persons furnishing\nlabor or materials to or for the person furnishing said bond or to his\nsubcontractors in the prosecution of the entire work provided for in\nsuch lease or other agreement. Whenever the developer is the New York\ncity housing authority, it shall require each of its contractors to\nfurnish such bonds to said authority and fund with respect to the work\nto be performed and materials supplied by such contractor, and no\nseparate or other payment bond shall be required to be furnished to the\nfund. In those instances where the developer or general contractor is an\nagency of the state or a public-benefit corporation created by an act of\nthe state legislature and in instances where said developer or general\ncontractor or the guarantor of payment of the construction costs of the\nnon-school portion of the combined "occupancy structure" is a public\nutility corporation or a bank, trust company or savings bank as defined\nin section two of the banking law, or a national bank having its office\nand principal place of business in this state, or a subsidiary of such a\nbank or trust company of which at least eighty (80%) percent of whose\nstock is owned by it, the said developer or general contractor shall\nonly be required to furnish said payment bond with respect to the school\nportion of the combined occupancy structure. In such instances, the said\npayment bond shall not be required by the fund with respect to the\nnon-school portion of the combined occupancy structure, but, in lieu\nthereof, such fund shall require said agency, public benefit\ncorporation, public utility corporation or banking institution, as the\ncase may be to guarantee payment of all construction costs with respect\nto the non-school portion of the combined occupancy structure.\n  b. A copy of such payment bond shall be kept in the office of the\nchairman of the fund and a copy shall also be kept in the office of the\nboard of education; such copies shall be open to public inspection.\n  c. Every person who has furnished labor or material, to or for the\ndeveloper or contractor furnishing such payment bond or to his or her\nsubcontractors in the prosecution of the work provided for in the lease\nor other agreement for which said bond is furnished and who has not been\npaid in full therefor before the expiration of a period of ninety days\nafter the day on which the last of the labor was performed or material\nwas furnished by him or her for which the claim is made, shall have the\nright to sue on such payment bond in his or her own name for the amount,\nor the balance thereof, unpaid at the time of commencement of the\naction; provided, however, that a person having a direct contractual\nrelationship with a subcontractor of the developer or contractor\nfurnishing the payment bond but no contractual relationship express or\nimplied with such developer or contractor shall not have a right of\naction upon the bond unless he or she shall have given written notice to\nsuch developer or contractor furnishing the bond within ninety days from\nthe date on which the last of the labor was performed or the last of the\nmaterial was furnished, for which his or her claim is made, stating with\nsubstantial accuracy the amount claimed and the name of the party to\nwhom the material was furnished or for whom the labor was performed. The\nnotice shall be served by delivering the same personally to the\ndeveloper or contractor furnishing said bond or by mailing the same by\nregistered mail, postage prepaid, in an envelope addressed to such\ndeveloper or contractor at any place where he maintains an office or\nconducts his or her business or at his or her residence.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 1126 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 23-B / Section 1126
Duties of employees specifically enumerated in this section upon receipt of an allegation of child abuse in an educational setting
Status: in_force

§ 1126. Duties of employees specifically enumerated in this section\nupon receipt of an allegation of child abuse in an educational setting.\n1. In any case where an oral or written allegation is made to a teacher,\nschool nurse, school guidance counselor, school psychologist, school\nsocial worker, school administrator, school board member or other school\npersonnel required to hold a teaching or administrative license or\ncertificate, as well as a licensed and registered physical therapist,\nlicensed and registered occupational therapist, licensed and registered\nspeech-language pathologist, teacher aide or school resource officer,\nthat a child has been subjected to child abuse by an employee or\nvolunteer in an educational setting, such person shall upon receipt of\nsuch allegation:\n  (a) promptly complete a written report of such allegation including\nthe full name of the child alleged to be abused; the name of the child's\nparent; the identity of the person making the allegation and their\nrelationship to the alleged child victim; the name of the employee or\nvolunteer against whom the allegation was made; and a listing of the\nspecific allegations of child abuse in an educational setting. Such\nwritten report shall be upon a form as prescribed in section eleven\nhundred thirty-two of this article.\n  (b) except where the school administrator is the person receiving such\noral or written allegation, promptly personally deliver a copy of such\nwritten report to the school administrator of the school in which the\nchild abuse allegedly occurred.\n  1-a. (i) In any case where an oral or written allegation is made to a\nschool bus driver employed by a school or a person or entity that\ncontracts with a school to provide transportation services to children\nthat a child has been subjected to child abuse by an employee or\nvolunteer in an educational setting, such driver shall upon receipt of\nsuch allegation, promptly report or cause a report to be made to his or\nher supervisor employed by such school or contracting person or entity.\n  (ii) In any case where an oral or written report or allegation is made\nto a supervisor who is employed by a school or a person or entity that\ncontracts with a school to provide transportation services to children\nfrom a person employed by the school or the contracted person or entity,\nthat a child in such school has been subjected to child abuse by an\nemployee or volunteer in an educational setting, such supervisor shall\nupon receipt of such allegation promptly complete a written report of\nsuch allegation including the full name of the child alleged to be\nabused; the name of the child's parent or guardian; the identity of the\nperson making the allegation and their relationship to the alleged child\nvictim; the name of the employee or volunteer against whom the\nallegation was made; and a listing of the specific allegations of child\nabuse in an educational setting. Such written report shall be upon a\nform as prescribed in section eleven hundred thirty-two of this article,\nand shall be personally delivered to the school district superintendent\nemployed by the school district where the child abuse occurred or, for a\nschool other than a school district or public school, the school\nadministrator employed by the school where the child abuse occurred.\n  2. In any case where it is alleged that a child was abused by an\nemployee or volunteer of a school other than a school within the school\ndistrict of the child's attendance, the report of such allegations shall\nbe promptly forwarded to the superintendent of schools of the school\ndistrict of the child's attendance and the school district where the\nabuse allegedly occurred, whereupon both school superintendents shall\ncomply with sections eleven hundred twenty-eight and eleven hundred\ntwenty-eight-a of this article. If such case involves a school that is\nnot a school district or public school, the appropriate school\nadministrator or administrators, in addition to any appropriate\nsuperintendent of schools, shall be notified whereupon all such\nindividuals shall comply with sections eleven hundred twenty-eight and\neleven hundred twenty-eight-a of this article.\n  3. Any employee, volunteer, or supervisor who is employed by a person\nor entity that contracts with a school to provide transportation\nservices to children who reasonably and in good faith makes a report of\nallegations of child abuse in an educational setting to a person and in\na manner described in this section shall have immunity from civil\nliability which might otherwise result by reason of such actions.\n  4. In any case where the employee against whom the allegation is made\nis the superintendent or the administrator, the report of such\nallegations shall be made to another administrator designated by the\nschool.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 215-C — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 5 / Part 1 / Section 215-C
Promoting cost-effectiveness in public elementary and secondary schools
Status: in_force

§ 215-c. Promoting cost-effectiveness in public elementary and\nsecondary schools.  1. Definitions. For the purposes of this section,\nthe following terms shall have the following meanings:\n  (a) "cost-effectiveness" shall mean one or more measures of the\nefficient use of school district resources relative to school\nperformance in accordance with state educational standards, as\ndetermined by the department.\n  (b) "cost-effective practices" shall mean those practices which most\nefficiently use limited resources to produce a particular outcome or set\nof outcomes in accordance with state educational standards.\n  (c) "board" shall mean the board of regents of the state of New York.\n  2. The board and the commissioner shall wherever practicable promote\ncost-effectiveness and cost-effective practices in the public elementary\nand secondary schools and boards of cooperative educational services of\nthe state. As part of the effort pursuant to this section, by January\nfirst, nineteen hundred ninety-eight and periodically thereafter, the\ncommissioner shall (a) identify current structures, policies, laws and\nregulations which hinder cost-effectiveness in schools and school\ndistricts; (b) identify cost-effective districts by determining which\nschools or school districts have demonstrated significant achievement or\nimprovement relative to resource allocation in such areas as student\nperformance, instruction, management, business administration, early\nchildhood education and such other areas as the board deems appropriate;\n(c) identify cost-effective action, policies, practices and programs\nwhich may be successfully replicated in other school districts; and (d)\nrecommend or, to the extent feasible, develop specific cost-effective\nways in which to encourage, recognize and reward academic improvement\nand success in school districts, and remove existing penalties and\nfiscal disincentives to such improvement or success.\n  3. The commissioner shall consult with school district administrators,\ndistrict superintendents and superintendents of schools, teachers,\nschool board members, parents, students, non-pedagogical school support\npersonnel, representatives from post-secondary institutions and other\npertinent groups and individuals in determining cost-effective programs\npursuant to subdivision two of this section.\n  4. The commissioner shall disseminate information to school district\nadministrators, school board members and other interested parties on how\ncost-effective practices can be used and applied in school districts,\nindividual schools and the classroom. Such information shall include a\nsummary of exemplary cost-effective practices among school districts\nreceiving apportionments pursuant to subparagraph one of paragraph h of\nsubdivision fourteen of section thirty-six hundred two of this chapter.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 1020-M*2 — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 5 / Title 1-A* / Section 1020-M*2
Exemption from taxes
Status: in_force

* § 1020-m. Exemption from taxes. 1. It is hereby determined that the\ncreation of the authority and the carrying out of its corporate purposes\nis in all respects for the benefit of the people of the village and its\nenvirons, and is a public purpose, and the authority shall be regarded\nas performing a governmental function in the exercise of the powers\nconferred upon it by this title and shall not be required to pay any\ntaxes, special ad valorem levies or special assessments upon any of the\nproperties acquired by it or under its jurisdiction or control or\nsupervision or upon its activities or any filing, recording or transfer\nfees or taxes in relation to instruments filed, recorded or transferred\nby it or on its behalf.\n  2. Any bonds issued pursuant to this title, together with the income\ntherefrom, shall be exempt from taxation except for estate and transfer\ntaxes. The revenues, moneys and all other properties of the authority\nshall be exempt from all taxes and governmental fees or charges, whether\nimposed by the state or any municipality, including without limitation\nreal estate taxes, franchise taxes, sales taxes or other excise taxes.\n  * NB There are 2 § 1020-m's\n
N.Y. PBG Law § 401 — New York Code / Act PBG / Article 13 / Title 1 / Section 401
New York City Housing Authority
Status: in_force

§ 401. New York City Housing Authority.  The New York City Housing\nAuthority is hereby constituted and declared to be a body corporate and\npolitic with all the powers, rights and duties set forth in article five\nof the former state housing law.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 106 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 3 / Part 1 / Section 106
Joint seal
Status: in_force

§ 106. Joint seal.  The regents of the university upon the\nrecommendation of the commissioner of education shall adopt, and may\nmodify at any time, a seal, which shall be used in common as the seal of\nthe education department and of the university; and copies of all\nrecords thereof and of all acts, orders, decrees and decisions made by\nthe regents or by the commissioner of education, and of their official\npapers, and of the drafts or machine copies of any of the foregoing, may\nbe authenticated under the said seal and shall then be evidence equally\nwith and in like manner as the originals.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 526 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 11 / Section 526
Merger of local teachers' retirement and pension systems with the state system
Status: in_force

§ 526. Merger of local teachers' retirement and pension systems with\nthe state system.  1. On April ninth, nineteen hundred twenty-three, the\npublic school teachers' retirement fund or system or the teachers\nretirement or pension system of every city of the state having a\npopulation of less than one million, created, established or maintained\nunder and pursuant to the provisions of any local act, having been\ndissolved and discontinued and said systems at such time having become a\npart of and been merged with the New York state teachers' retirement\nsystem created, established and maintained as provided in this article,\non and after such date the provisions of this article shall apply,\nexcept as herein otherwise provided, to the city in and for which such\nlocal system was created, established and maintained and to the teachers\nemployed in the public schools therein, to the same extent and with the\nsame purpose and effect as though the said system in every such city had\nbeen dissolved and discontinued and had become a part of the state\nteachers' retirement system under the provisions of former section\neleven hundred nine-b of the education law, as added by chapter four\nhundred forty-nine of the laws of nineteen hundred eleven, prior to\nAugust first, nineteen hundred twenty-one.\n  Within thirty days after April ninth, nineteen hundred twenty-three,\nthe trustees or other officers of any public school teachers' retirement\nfund or system dissolved and discontinued shall cause to be transferred\nto the state treasurer as ex officio treasurer and custodian of the\nfunds of the New York state teachers' retirement system all the funds to\nthe credit of such retirement fund or system so dissolved or\ndiscontinued. The treasurer or other custodian of any such public school\nteachers' retirement fund or system dissolved and discontinued shall pay\nand account for all moneys or funds in his possession, at such time,\nbelonging to such retirement fund or system to the said state treasurer\nas ex officio treasurer and custodian of the funds of the New York state\nteachers' retirement system, and the funds so paid over shall thereupon\nbecome a part of the retirement fund of New York state teachers'\nretirement system.\n  2. All members of any public school teachers' retirement system or\nfund, dissolved and discontinued as herein provided, who are eligible to\nmembership under the provisions of this article, may become members of\nthe state teachers' retirement system, upon complying with the\nprovisions of this article.\n  3. All persons who had been placed upon the retirement list in\naccordance with the provisions of the act creating any now dissolved and\ndiscontinued teachers' retirement system or fund, prior to April ninth,\nnineteen hundred twenty-three, shall be entitled to receive the same\namounts which they would have been entitled to receive under the\nprovisions of this article if the said retirement fund or system had\nbeen dissolved or discontinued as provided by law prior to August first,\nnineteen hundred twenty-one. And the amount paid to such annuitants\nshall in no case be less than the amount which they would have\nrespectively received had the retirement system or fund of which they\nwere members not been dissolved and discontinued as herein provided.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 1201 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 24 / Section 1201
Short title
Status: in_force

§ 1201. Short title. This article shall be known and may be cited as\nthe "New York state rural education program act".\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 911 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 19 / Section 911
Enforcement
Status: in_force

§ 911. Enforcement. 1. It shall be the duty of the commissioner to\nenforce the provisions of this article, and the commissioner may adopt\nrules and regulations not inconsistent herewith, after consultation with\nthe state commissioner of health, for the purpose of carrying into full\nforce and effect the objects and intent of this article.\n  2. The commissioner may, in his or her discretion, withhold the public\nmoney from a district which willfully refuses or neglects to comply with\nthis article and the rules and regulations made under this article.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 1013 — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 5 / Title 1 / Section 1013
Repayment of state appropriations
Status: in_force

§ 1013. Repayment of state appropriations. All appropriations made by\nthe state to the authority shall be treated as advances by the state to\nthe authority, and shall be repaid to it without interest either out of\nthe proceeds of securities, or other obligations issued by the authority\nfor the construction of any project pursuant to the provisions of this\ntitle, or by the delivery of non-interest bearing obligations of the\nauthority to the state for all or any part of such advances, or out of\nexcess revenues from such project subject however to any pledges of such\nrevenues made pursuant to any resolution or resolutions of the authority\nauthorizing the issuance of obligations of the authority issued prior to\nnineteen hundred and sixty.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 302 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 3 / Title 1 / Section 302
Local boards of health; villages and towns; organization
Status: in_force

§ 302. Local boards of health; villages and towns; organization.  1.\nIn villages the board of health shall consist of the board of trustees\nof the village.\n  2. In towns the board of health shall consist of the town board.\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 58-0107 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 58 / Title 1 / Section 58-0107
Powers and duties of a municipality
Status: in_force

§ 58-0107. Powers and duties of a municipality.\n  A municipality shall have the power and authority to:\n  1. Undertake and carry out any project for which state assistance\npayments pursuant to contract are received or are to be received\npursuant to this article and maintain and operate such project.\n  2. Expend money received from the state pursuant to this article for\ncosts incurred in conjunction with the approved project.\n  3. Apply for and receive moneys from the state for the purpose of\naccomplishing projects undertaken or to be undertaken pursuant to this\narticle.\n  4. Perform such other and further acts as may be necessary, proper or\ndesirable to carry out a project or obligation, duty or function related\nthereto.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 1309 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 13 / Title 1 / Section 1309
City of New York; exceptions
Status: in_force

§ 1309. City of New York; exceptions.  The provisions of sections one\nthousand three hundred three to one thousand three hundred seven of this\nchapter, inclusive, shall not apply to the city of New York.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 301 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 7 / Section 301
Commissioner of education continued
Status: in_force

§ 301. Commissioner of education continued.  The office of\ncommissioner of education is hereby continued. Subject to the general\ndirection and control of the regents of the university, he shall\ncontinue to have, exercise and perform the functions, powers and duties\nconferred or imposed by law upon the commissioner of education. He shall\ncontinue to exercise the judicial functions conferred by law upon the\ncommissioner of education and, subject to rules of the regents, to make,\nexecute and issue in the name of the department such determinations,\ndecisions, orders, notices and certificates as may be required for the\nexercise and performance of the functions, powers and duties conferred\nor imposed upon the department. With the approval of the board of\nregents, he shall continue to prepare the annual estimates and requests\nfor appropriations for operation, maintenance and construction of the\nNew York state school for the blind.  All moneys appropriated for the\nNew York school for the blind, or derived from other sources in the\ncourse of the administration thereof, shall be expended upon vouchers\napproved by the commissioner of education, when and in the manner\nauthorized by the board of regents. The regents may adopt rules\nconferring and imposing upon the commissioner of education such\nadditional powers and duties as may be required for the effective\nadministration of the department and of the state system of education.\n
N.Y. VAT Law § 132 — New York Code / Act VAT / Title 1 / Article 1 / Section 132
Police officer
Status: in_force

§ 132. Police officer. All police officers as defined in subdivision\nthirty-four of section 1.20 of the criminal procedure law, and every\nduly designated peace officer as defined in section 2.20 of such law,\nwhen such peace officer is acting pursuant to his special duties.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 4100-A — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 41 / Title 1 / Section 4100-A
Definitions
Status: in_force

§ 4100-a. Definitions. As used or referred to in this article:\n  1. The term "certified copy" means a photographic reproduction in the\nform of a photocopy or a microfilm print of the original certificate or\nelectronically produced print of the original certificate, commencing on\nor after the implementation date under section forty-one hundred\nforty-eight of this title, and certified by the commissioner, his\ndesignated representative, a local registrar, deputy registrar or\nsub-registrar as a true copy thereof.\n  2. The term "certified transcript" means a computer generated or other\nreproduction of information abstracted from the original state or local\nrecord the elements of which shall be as determined by the commissioner\nand certified by the commissioner, his designated representative, a\nlocal registrar or a deputy registrar as being an accurate abstract of\ninformation contained in the original record.\n  3. The term "certification of birth" means a certification that a\ncertificate of birth is on file and shall contain only the name, sex,\ndate of birth and place of birth of the person to whom it relates and\nnone of the other data on a certificate of birth. When issued by the\nlocal registrar or his deputy, it shall also contain the date of filing\nof the certificate of birth. When issued by the commissioner or by his\ndesignated representative, it shall also contain the dates of filing in\nthe local registration district, or a statement that the birth\ncertificate was filed within one year of the date of birth, and in the\nstate department of health of the original certificate of birth.\n  4. A "certification of death" shall contain only the name, the date of\ndeath, and the place of death of the person to whom it relates, the date\nof filing in the local registration district, or a statement that the\ndeath certificate was filed within one year of the death of the person\nto whom it relates, and none of the other data on the certificate of\ndeath.\n  5. The term "electronic death registration system" means the data\nsystem created and maintained by the department for collecting, storing,\nrecording, transmitting, amending, correcting and authenticating\ninformation, as necessary and appropriate to complete a death\nregistration, and to generate such documents as determined by the\ndepartment, including permits or certificates, relating to a death\noccurring in this state.\n
N.Y. ELN Law § 12-108 — New York Code / Act ELN / Article 12 / Title 1 / Section 12-108
Electoral college; certificate of vote, how distributed
Status: in_force

§ 12-108. Electoral college; certificate of vote, how distributed. The\npresident of the electoral college shall immediately transmit the\ncertificates of vote so made pursuant to section 12-106 of this title\nwith the lists attached thereto. Such transmission of each such\ncertificate shall occur at the same time, in the most expeditious method\navailable, in the following manner:\n  1. one certificate to the president of the United States senate at the\nseat of the federal government.\n  2. two certificates to the state board of elections, one of which\nshall be held by it subject to the order of the president of the United\nStates senate or the archivist of the United States, as appropriate,\npursuant to the laws of the United States and the other shall be\npreserved for one year and shall be a part of the public records of the\nboard and be open to public inspection.\n  3. two certificates to the archivist of the United States at the seat\nof the federal government.\n  4. the other certificates to the chief judge of the United States\nDistrict Court of the northern district of the state of New York.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 1206 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 24 / Section 1206
Contract authority
Status: in_force

§ 1206. Contract authority. The center, after consultation with the\ncommittee, is hereby empowered to enter into any agreement or contract\nwith any private or public agencies, corporations, or individuals\nnecessary or convenient to carry out the provisions of this article.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 374 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 8-A / Section 374
Relationship with state university
Status: in_force

§ 374. Relationship with state university.  In order the most\neffectively to carry out its corporate purposes, the fund shall assist\nand cooperate with and shall make its personnel and services fully\navailable to the state university in matters relating to the discharge\nof the capital planning responsibilities and land acquisition program of\nthe state university.  During the course of construction, acquisition,\nreconstruction, rehabilitation and improvement of facilities for the\nstate university, the fund shall consult with the state university as\nthe work progresses in matters relating to changes in space\nrequirements, site plans, architectural concept, and detailed plans and\nspecifications and in matters relating to the materials, equipment and\nsupplies needed to furnish and equip completed facilities.  The state\nuniversity for its part shall assist and cooperate with the fund in\nmatters relating to such construction, acquisition, reconstruction,\nrehabilitation and improvement, including the financing thereof.\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 51-0109 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 51 / Title 1 / Section 51-0109
Powers and duties of a municipality
Status: in_force

§ 51-0109. Powers and duties of a municipality.\n  A municipality shall have the power and authority to:\n  1. undertake and carry out any project for which state assistance is\nreceived or to be received pursuant to this article and maintain and\noperate such project.\n  2. expend money received from the state pursuant to this article for\ncosts incurred in conjunction with the approved project.\n  3. perform such other and further acts as may be necessary, proper or\ndesirable to carry out a project or obligation, duty or function related\nthereto.\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 37-0101 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 37 / Title 1 / Section 37-0101
Definitions
Status: in_force

§ 37-0101. Definitions.\n  As used in this article, unless the context requires otherwise:\n  1. "Oral LD (rat) toxicity" means a calculated dose of a substance\nwhich is expected to cause the death of fifty percent of an experimental\nrat population when administered orally.\n  2. "Inhalation LC (rat) toxicity" means a calculated concentration of\nsubstance in air, exposure to which is expected to cause death of fifty\npercent of an experimental rat population when inhaled.\n  3. "Dermal LD (rabbit) toxicity" means a calculated dose of a\nsubstance which is expected to cause the death of fifty percent of an\nexperimental rabbit population when applied to the skin.\n  4. "Brominated flame retardants" refers generally to any product\ncontaining a mixture of chemicals known as brominated diphenyl ether to\nprevent, reduce or retard the risk of fire in electronic devices,\nfurniture, and textiles.\n  5. "Polybrominated diphenyl ether" (PBDE) is a mixture of brominated\ndiphenyl ethers, usually marketed as pentabromodiphenyl ether or\noctabromodiphenyl ether, according to how many hydrogen atoms in the\ndiphenyloxide structure are replaced with bromine atoms.\n  6. "Process", as used in section 37-0111 of this title, shall not\ninclude the processing of metallic recyclables containing\npentabrominated diphenyl ether or octabrominated diphenyl ether that is\nconducted in compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local\nlaws.\n  7. "Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances" or "PFAS" shall\nmean a class of fluorinated organic chemicals containing at least one\nfully fluorinated carbon atom.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 2409 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 24 / Title 1-A / Section 2409
Ovarian cancer information program
Status: in_force

§ 2409. Ovarian cancer information program. 1. There is hereby created\nwithin the department the ovarian cancer information program (referred\nto in this section as the "program"), which shall provide information\nfor consumers, patients, and health care providers relating to ovarian\ncancer, including signs and symptoms, risk factors, the benefits of\nearly detection through appropriate diagnostic testing and treatment\noptions.\n  2. The program may include but not be limited to the following\nelements:\n  (a) educational and informational materials in print, audio, video,\nelectronic, or other media;\n  (b) public service announcements and advertisements; and\n  (c) establishment of toll-free telephone hotlines to provide\ninformation.\n  3. The department shall produce, make available to others for\nreproduction, or contract with others to develop the materials mentioned\nin this section as the commissioner deems appropriate. These materials\nshall be made available to the public free of charge as appropriate or\nfor a fee under certain circumstances. The commissioner shall require,\nwhere appropriate, health care providers to provide or make these\nmaterials available to patients.\n  4. In exercising any of his or her powers under this section, the\ncommissioner shall consult with appropriate health care professionals,\nproviders, consumers and patients, or organizations representing them.\n  5. In addition to any state funds appropriated for the program, the\ncommissioner may accept grants from public or private sources for the\nprogram. The commissioner, in administering this section, shall seek to\ncoordinate the program with other public and private efforts, and may\nundertake joint or cooperative programs with other public or private\nentities.\n  6. The commissioner may make rules and regulations necessary and\nappropriate for the implementation of this section.\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 54-0103 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 54 / Title 1 / Section 54-0103
Powers and duties of the commissioner or secretary
Status: in_force

§ 54-0103. Powers and duties of the commissioner or secretary.\n  In administering the provisions of this article the respective\ncommissioner or the secretary:\n  1. shall make an itemized estimate of funds or appropriations\nrequested annually for inclusion in the executive budget;\n  2. may, in the name of the state, as further provided within this\narticle, contract to make, within the limitations of appropriations\navailable therefor, state assistance payments to a municipality toward\nthe cost of a project approved and to be undertaken pursuant to this\narticle, or to a not-for-profit corporation toward the costs of a\nproject approved and to be undertaken pursuant to titles three and nine\nof this article. Such contracts shall include provisions to maximize\nawareness for the public that a source of funding for such project is\nthe New York state environmental protection fund. Such provisions shall\nnot require any expenditure of funds beyond that which the municipality\nmay decide if it communicates to the public regarding the project. Such\ncontracts shall be subject to approval by the state comptroller and, as\nto form, by the attorney general;\n  3. may, in the name of the state, enter into contracts, within the\nlimitations of appropriations available therefor, with not-for-profit\ncorporations, public benefit corporations, and private contractors for\nservices contemplated by this article to be funded hereunder. Such\ncontracts shall include provisions to maximize awareness for the public\nthat a source of funding for such services is the New York state\nenvironmental protection fund. Such provisions shall not require any\nexpenditure of funds beyond that which the not-for-profit corporations,\npublic benefit corporations, and private contractors may decide if it\ncommunicates to the public regarding the project. Such contracts shall\nbe subject to approval by the state comptroller and, as to form, by the\nattorney general;\n  4. shall approve vouchers for the payments pursuant to an approved\ncontract. All such payments shall be paid on the audit and warrant of\nthe state comptroller; and\n  5. may perform such other and further acts as may be necessary, proper\nor desirable to carry out the provisions of this article.\n
N.Y. SOS Law § 372-H — New York Code / Act SOS / Article 6 / Title 1 / Section 372-H
Reporting on post adoption services
Status: in_force

§ 372-h. Reporting on post adoption services. 1. The office of\nchildren and family services shall place information on its website in\nEnglish, French, Polish, and the ten most common non-English languages\nspoken by individuals with limited English proficiency in the state of\nNew York, based on United States census data regarding post adoption\nservices funded by the office. The office shall work with social\nservices districts to place information, to the extent that it is\navailable, on each social services district website in English, French,\nPolish, and the ten most common non-English languages spoken by\nindividuals with limited English proficiency in the state of New York,\nbased on United States census data regarding post adoption services\nfunded by the social services district. Authorized agencies shall notify\na foster parent, who has expressed interest in adopting a foster child,\nof such websites listing potentially eligible services for a foster\nchild, upon the adoption of such foster child.\n  2. The office of children and family services shall collect and\ncompile, by social services district:\n  (a) the following information on post adoption services funded by the\noffice:\n  (i) the number of children and families served; and\n  (ii) the type of services provided; and\n  (b) the number of families receiving preventive services where post\nadoption services was identified as a necessary and appropriate service\nas part of the family assessment service plan held pursuant to section\nfour hundred nine-e of this article and the status of such services.\n  3. The office of children and family services shall compile, to the\nextent that such information is available electronically through the\nstate automated child welfare information system, the following non-\nidentifying information by social services district:\n  (a) the number of children entering foster care that had previously\nbeen adopted;\n  (b) the number of families receiving preventive services where at\nleast one child in the household had previously been adopted; and\n  (c) for the children and families identified in paragraphs (a) and (b)\nof this subdivision, the types of services, including post adoption\nservices, identified as necessary and appropriate for the child or the\nmembers of the child's family as part of the family assessment service\nplan held pursuant to section four hundred nine-e of this article and\nthe status of such services.\n  4. (a) The office of children and family services shall submit, and\npublish on its website, an annual report to the speaker of the assembly,\nthe temporary president of the senate and the chairpersons of the senate\nand assembly children and families committees starting no later than\nSeptember first, two thousand fifteen. Such report shall include data\nand information required by subdivision two of this section for the\npreceding year, to the extent that such information is available, and\nany other information the office of children and family services deems\nappropriate. The office of children and family services shall indicate\nthe extent to which the information collected reflects the total\npopulation described in subdivision two of this section, and identify\nany impediments to collecting such information.\n  (b) Beginning September first, two thousand seventeen, the annual\nreport required by paragraph (a) of this subdivision shall be expanded\nto include data and information required by subdivision three of this\nsection for the preceding year, to the extent that such information is\navailable, and any other information the office of children and family\nservices deems appropriate.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 12 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 2 / Section 12
Discrimination and harassment prohibited
Status: in_force

§ 12. Discrimination and harassment prohibited. 1. No student shall be\nsubjected to harassment or bullying by employees or students on school\nproperty or at a school function; nor shall any student be subjected to\ndiscrimination based on a person's actual or perceived race, color,\nweight, national origin, ethnic group, religion, religious practice,\ndisability, sexual orientation, gender, or sex by school employees or\nstudents on school property or at a school function. Nothing in this\nsubdivision shall be construed to prohibit a denial of admission into,\nor exclusion from, a course of instruction based on a person's gender\nthat would be permissible under section thirty-two hundred one-a or\nparagraph (a) of subdivision two of section twenty-eight hundred\nfifty-four of this chapter and title IX of the Education Amendments of\n1972 (20 U.S.C. section 1681, et. seq.), or to prohibit, as\ndiscrimination based on disability, actions that would be permissible\nunder section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.\n  2. An age-appropriate version of the policy outlined in subdivision\none of this section, written in plain-language, shall be included in the\ncode of conduct adopted by boards of education and the trustees or sole\ntrustee pursuant to section twenty-eight hundred one of this chapter and\na summary of such policy shall be included in any summaries required by\nsuch section twenty-eight hundred one.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 1020-U — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 5 / Title 1-A / Section 1020-U
Employees of the authority not subject to the public employees' fair employment act
Status: in_force

* § 1020-u. Employees of the authority not subject to the public\nemployees' fair employment act. All employees of the authority shall be\nexempt from the provisions of the public employees' fair employment act\nas set forth in article fourteen of the civil service law.\n  * NB There are 2 § 1020-u's\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 3-0117 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 3 / Title 1 / Section 3-0117
Activities of local governmental agencies
Status: in_force

§ 3-0117. Activities of local governmental agencies.\n  1. Activities of local health boards, departments and officers and\nother local government agencies pertaining to functions, powers and\nduties which were transferred pursuant to chapter 140 of the Laws of\n1970, from the Department and Commissioner of Health to the Department\nand Commissioner of Environmental Conservation shall be eligible for aid\nunder the provisions of titles 1, 2, and 3 of article 6 of the Public\nHealth Law to the same extent such activities were eligible for such aid\nif conducted immediately prior to the effective date of chapter 140 of\nthe Laws of 1970. The Commissioner of Environmental Conservation shall\nexercise the same powers of approval and supervision with respect to\nsuch activities as were exercised by the Commissioner of Health\nimmediately prior to the effective date of that chapter.\n  2. Counties and cities shall be eligible for aid for other\nenvironmental conservation activities pertaining to functions, powers\nand duties other than those which were so transferred pursuant to\nchapter 140 of the Laws of 1970. Such other activities shall be\ndescribed under rules and regulations adopted pursuant to subdivision\nfour of this section.\n  3. A county or city shall be eligible for aid whenever it shall\nappropriate or otherwise make funds available and expend monies for the\npurpose of defraying expenses incurred in undertaking environmental\nconservation activities under this section. The appropriations made or\nto be made by the legislature for the purpose of carrying out the\nprovisions of this section shall be apportioned and made available by\nthe director of the budget to the Commissioner of Environmental\nConservation. The rate of aid shall be set annually by the Commissioner\nof Environmental Conservation, provided however, that except as\notherwise provided in the public health law, the rate shall not exceed\nfifty percentum of the amount expended annually by a county or city. In\nthe event that the amount appropriated by the legislature is\ninsufficient to make full payment of all state aid to which eligible\ncounties and cities would otherwise be entitled under this section, the\namounts appropriated shall be apportioned in proportion to the amounts\nto which such counties and cities would otherwise be entitled.\n  4. The Department of Environmental Conservation shall adopt rules and\nregulations to implement the provisions of this section, which shall\ninclude, but not be limited to the establishment of the following:\ninformation and reporting requirements; activity, facility,\nconstruction, equipment, service, administration and work eligibility\nrequirements and standards; department inspection, examination and\napproval procedures; qualifications for persons engaged in environmental\nconservation activities; and minimum criteria for the composition of\ncounty and city government bodies that may be authorized to engage in\nactivities for which aid may be sought.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 493 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 10-B / Section 493
Annual report of trustees
Status: in_force

§ 493. Annual report of trustees. The trustees of the fund shall\nsubmit to the mayor, the board of education and the city council of the\ncity of Yonkers annually on or before February first, a full report of\nits activities and operations through the thirtieth day of the preceding\nSeptember, including: (1) details as to projects in planning, projects\nin the process of construction, acquisition, reconstruction,\nrehabilitation or improvement, and projects completed; (2) the\nperformance record of the trustees in completing construction in\naccordance with the desired completion dates and within the estimated\ncosts; (3) the architects, engineers and other private consultants\nengaged by the trustees of the fund on a contract basis and a statement\nof the total amount paid and yet to be paid, or estimated yet to be\npaid, under each such contract; (4) the monies made available for the\npurposes of the fund; (5) details as to any lease, sublease or agreement\nexecuted by the trustees of the fund and the annual rentals to be paid\nor received on account thereof; (6) its assets and liabilities at the\nend of the fiscal year, including the status of reserve funds and other\nfunds and accounts; (7) a schedule of its bonds and notes outstanding at\nthe end of its fiscal year, together with the amounts redeemed and\nincurred during such fiscal year, and such other information related to\nthe activities and operation of the fund as the trustees may consider\npertinent.\n
N.Y. MRE Law § 57 — New York Code / Act MRE / Article 4 / Title 1 / Section 57
Vertical and horizontal openings
Status: in_force

§ 57. Vertical and horizontal openings. In order to prevent the\nvertical and horizontal spread of fire, smoke and gases, it shall, in\naddition to other applicable provisions of this article, be necessary to\ncomply with the requirements of this section.\n  1. All doors opening from shafts, stair halls or stairs and the door\nassemblies shall be fire-retarded with the doors self-closing and\nwithout transoms or any other opening. Except in the case of elevator\nshafts, such shafts, stair halls or stairs may be protected by an\nautomatic sprinkler system in lieu of fire retarding.\n  2. All other doors opening upon entrance halls or other public halls\nor corridors in every part of the dwelling shall be self-closing, except\nwhere such dwelling is equipped throughout with an approved type\nautomatic sprinkler or fire-detecting system. It shall be unlawful to\nattach to or maintain on or about any door required to be self-closing\nany device which prevents the self-closing of such door.\n  3. Every existing interior glazed sash, window or opening, other than\na door, or a fireproof sash, window or opening glazed with wire glass,\nin any partition forming required enclosures around stairs or shafts\nshall be removed and the openings closed up and fire-retarded.\n
N.Y. VAT Law § 133 — New York Code / Act VAT / Title 1 / Article 1 / Section 133
Private road
Status: in_force

§ 133. Private road.  Every way or place in private ownership and used\nfor vehicular travel by the owner and those having express or implied\npermission from the owner, but not by other persons.\n
N.Y. DOM Law § 75 — New York Code / Act DOM / Article 5-A / Title 1 / Section 75
Short title and statement of legislative intent
Status: in_force

§ 75. Short title and statement of legislative intent. 1. This article\nmay be cited as the "uniform child custody jurisdiction and enforcement\nact".\n  2. It is the intent of the legislature in enacting this article to\nprovide an effective mechanism to obtain and enforce orders of custody\nand visitation across state lines and to do so in a manner that ensures\nthat the safety of the children is paramount and that victims of\ndomestic violence and child abuse are protected. It is further the\nintent of the legislature that this article be construed so as to ensure\nthat custody and visitation by perpetrators of domestic violence or\nhomicide of a parent, legal custodian, legal guardian, sibling,\nhalf-sibling or step-sibling of a child is restricted pursuant to\nsubdivision one-c of section two hundred forty of this chapter and\nsection one thousand eighty-five of the family court act.\n
N.Y. VAT Law § 100-A — New York Code / Act VAT / Title 1 / Article 1 / Section 100-A
Access highway
Status: in_force

§ 100-a. Access highway. Any highway providing access between a\nqualifying highway, as defined in section one hundred thirty-four-a of\nthis article, and terminals, facilities for food, fuel, repairs, and\nrest and, in addition, for points of loading and unloading for household\ngoods carriers as such highways are designated by the commissioner of\ntransportation pursuant to section sixteen hundred twenty-seven of this\nchapter.\n
N.Y. EXC Law § 501-H — New York Code / Act EXC / Article 19-G / Title 1 / Section 501-H
Detention and appointment of an attorney for the child in proceedings involving youth governed by the interstate compact for juveniles
Status: in_force

* § 501-h. Detention and appointment of an attorney for the child in\nproceedings involving youth governed by the interstate compact for\njuveniles. 1. If a youth is detained under the interstate compact for\njuveniles established pursuant to section five hundred one-e of this\narticle, he or she shall be brought before the appropriate court within\nseventy-two hours or the next day the court is in session, whichever is\nsooner, and shall be advised by the judge of his or her right to remain\nsilent, his or her right to be represented by counsel of his or her own\nchoosing, and of the right to have an attorney assigned in accord with,\nas applicable, section two hundred forty-nine of the family court act or\narticle eighteen-B of the county law. The youth shall be allowed a\nreasonable time to retain counsel, contact his or her parents or other\nperson or persons legally responsible for his or her care or an adult\nwith whom the youth has a significant connection, and the judge may\nadjourn the proceedings for such purposes. Provided, however, that\nnothing in this section shall be deemed to require a youth to contact\nhis or her parents or other person or persons legally responsible for\nhis or her care. Provided further, however, that counsel shall be\nassigned immediately, and continue to represent the youth until any\nretained counsel appears. The court shall schedule a court appearance\nfor the youth no later than ten days after the initial court appearance,\nand every ten days thereafter, while the youth is detained pursuant to\nthe interstate compact for juveniles unless any such appearance is\nwaived by the attorney for the child.\n  2. All youth subject to proceedings governed by the interstate compact\nfor juveniles established pursuant to section five hundred one-e of this\narticle shall be appointed an attorney pursuant to, as applicable,\nsection two hundred forty-nine of the family court act or article\neighteen-B of the county law if independent legal representation is not\navailable to such youth.\n  * NB Repealed September 1, 2030\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 1020-I*2 — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 5 / Title 1-A* / Section 1020-I*2
Remedies of bondholders
Status: in_force

* § 1020-i. Remedies of bondholders. 1. In the event that the\nauthority shall default in the payment of principal of or interest on\nany issue of the bonds after the same shall become due, whether at\nmaturity or upon call for redemption, and such default shall continue\nfor a period of thirty days, or in the event that the authority shall\nfail or refuse to comply with the provisions of this title, or shall\ndefault in any agreement made with the holders of any issue of the\nbonds, the holders of twenty-five per centum in aggregate principal\namount of the bonds of such issue then outstanding, by instrument or\ninstruments filed in the office of the clerk of the county of Albany and\nproved or acknowledged in the same manner as a deed to be recorded, may\nappoint a trustee to represent the holders of such bonds for the\npurposes herein provided.\n  2. Such trustee may, and upon written request of the holders of\ntwenty-five per centum in principal amount of such bonds then\noutstanding shall, in his or its own name:\n  (a) by action or proceeding in accordance with the civil practice law\nand rules, enforce all rights of the bondholders and require the\nauthority to carry out any agreements with the holders of such bonds and\nto perform its duties under this title;\n  (b) bring an action or proceeding upon such bonds;\n  (c) by action or proceeding, require the authority to account as if it\nwere the trustee of an express trust for the holders of such bonds;\n  (d) by action or proceeding in equity, enjoin any acts or things which\nmay be unlawful or in violation of the rights of the holders of such\nbonds;\n  (e) declare all such bonds due and payable, and if all defaults shall\nbe made good then with the consent of the holders of twenty-five per\ncentum of the principal amount of such bonds then outstanding, annul\nsuch declaration and its consequences.\n  3. The supreme court shall have jurisdiction of any action or\nproceeding by the trustee on behalf of bondholders. The venue of any\nsuch action or proceeding shall be laid in the county of Albany.\n  4. Before declaring the principal of bonds due and payable, the\ntrustee shall first give thirty days' notice in writing to the\nauthority.\n  5. Any such trustee whether or not the issue of bonds represented by\nsuch trustee has been declared due and payable, shall be entitled as of\nright to the appointment of a receiver of any part or parts of the\nproperties the revenues of which are pledged for the security of the\nbonds of such issue and such receiver may enter and take possession of\nsuch part or parts of the properties and subject to any pledge or\nagreement with bondholders shall take possession of such part or parts\nof such properties and proceed with any construction thereon or the\nacquisition of any property, real or personal in connection therewith\nwhich the authority is under obligation to do, and to operate, maintain\nand reconstruct such part or parts of the properties and collect and\nreceive all revenues thereafter arising therefrom subject to any pledge\nthereof or agreement with bondholders relating thereto and perform the\npublic duties and carry out the agreements and obligations of the\nauthority under the direction of the court. In any suit, action or\nproceeding by the trustee the fees, counsel fees and expenses of the\ntrustee and of the receiver, if any, shall constitute taxable\ndisbursements and all costs and disbursements allowed by the court shall\nbe a first charge on any revenues derived from the properties.\n  6. Such trustees shall in addition to the foregoing have and possess\nall of the powers necessary or appropriate for the exercise of any\nfunctions specifically set forth herein or incident to the general\nrepresentation of bondholders in the enforcement and protection of their\nrights.\n  * NB There are 2 § 1020-i's\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 3668 — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 10-D / Title 1 / Section 3668
Monitoring and review
Status: in_force

§ 3668. Monitoring and review. Except as otherwise provided in section\nthirty-six hundred sixty-nine of this title, the authority shall:\n  1. conduct meetings at least annually;\n  2. conduct audits of the Nassau county industrial development agency\nestablished pursuant to section nine hundred twenty-two of the general\nmunicipal law, the Nassau county off-track betting corporation\nestablished pursuant to article five of the racing, pari-mutuel wagering\nand breeding law, and the Nassau university medical center established\npursuant to section three thousand four hundred two of this chapter;\nprovided, however, that such audits shall to be completed no later than\nDecember thirty-first, two thousand twenty-two, and shall continue on a\nbiennial basis for subsequent years thereafter. The authority shall make\nits audit findings publicly available on its website and provide copies\nof its respective reports to the governor, temporary president of the\nsenate, speaker of the assembly, and authorities budget office;\n  3. investigate, within the county and covered organizations, potential\nviolations of the provisions of this chapter, fiscal mismanagement or\nsystemic negligence; provided further that the authority shall provide\nan annual report to the governor, temporary president of the senate,\nspeaker of the assembly, and authorities budget office detailing such\ninvestigations;\n  4. obtain from the county or the Nassau health care corporation all\ninformation required pursuant to this section, and such other financial\nstatements and projections, budgetary data and information, and\nmanagement reports and materials as the authority deems necessary or\ndesirable to accomplish the purposes of this title;\n  5. recommend to the county and the covered organizations such measures\nrelating to their operation, management, efficiency and productivity as\nthe authority deems appropriate to reduce costs and improve services so\nas to advance the purposes of this title;\n  6. consult with the county in the preparation of the budget of the\ncounty, and consult with the Nassau health care corporation in the\npreparation of the budget of the Nassau health care corporation;\n  7. with respect to any county or Nassau health care corporation\nborrowing proposed to be issued after July first, two thousand, review\nthe terms of and comment, within thirty days after notification by the\ncounty or the Nassau health care corporation of a proposed borrowing, on\nthe prudence of each proposed issuance of bonds or notes to be issued by\nthe county or the Nassau health care corporation and no such borrowing\nshall be made unless first reviewed and commented upon by the authority.\nThe authority shall provide such comments within thirty days after\nnotification by the county or the Nassau health care corporation of a\nproposed borrowing to the county executive, the comptroller, the\nlegislature, the director of the budget and the state comptroller;\n  8. determine whether to make transitional state aid available, and on\nwhat schedule, based upon the county's compliance with the requirements\nof sections thirty-six hundred sixty-six and thirty-six hundred\nsixty-seven of this title, as applicable, and the requirements, if any,\nof the appropriations bills authorizing such transitional state aid; and\n  9. perform such audits and reviews of the county and any agency\nthereof and any covered organizations as it deems necessary.\n
N.Y. MRE Law § 203 — New York Code / Act MRE / Article 6 / Title 1 / Section 203
Egress from apartments
Status: in_force

§ 203. Egress from apartments. 1. There shall be at least one means of\negress from each apartment or suite on each and every story of such\napartment or suite, and a second means of egress if the first means is\nnot within forty feet of every living room in such apartment or suite on\nsuch story.\n  2. No means of egress from any apartment or suite shall open into any\nstair or fire-stair required under the provisions of this section except\nthrough a vestibule or public hall.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 1020-F*2 — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 5 / Title 1-A* / Section 1020-F*2
Sale of surplus
Status: in_force

* § 1020-f. Sale of surplus. Whenever any electrical energy which the\nauthority may acquire creates a surplus over the amount of light, heat\nand power, in any of such services, required by the residents of the\ndistrict to which such service is contracted, the authority may sell\nsuch surplus in territory outside the district to persons or public or\nprivate corporations. In acquiring any facility or property which also\nserves any municipality or territory outside the district, the\nauthority, if it deems it advantageous and economical so to do, may,\nwith the consent of the board of trustees, serve any such municipality\nor territory or sell heat, power or electrical energy to persons, public\nor private corporations in such territory or to such municipality.\n  * NB There are 2 § 1020-f's\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 17-0101 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 17 / Title 1 / Section 17-0101
Declaration of policy
Status: in_force

§ 17-0101. Declaration of policy.\n  It is declared to be the public policy of the state of New York to\nmaintain reasonable standards of purity of the waters of the state\nconsistent with public health and public enjoyment thereof, the\npropagation and protection of fish and wild life, including birds,\nmammals and other terrestrial and acquatic life, and the industrial\ndevelopment of the state, and to that end require the use of all known\navailable and reasonable methods to prevent and control the pollution of\nthe waters of the state of New York.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 804-C — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 17 / Section 804-C
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation instruction
Status: in_force

§ 804-c. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation instruction. 1. Instructions\nregarding cardiopulmonary resuscitation may be offered for voluntary\nadmission as a part of the health education curriculum in all senior\nhigh schools. In addition to the requirement that all teachers of health\neducation shall be certified to teach health, persons instructing pupils\nin cardiopulmonary resuscitation shall possess valid certification by an\nagency offering such certification in the performance of cardiopulmonary\nresuscitation and in its instruction.\n  2. The commissioner may prescribe regulations governing such health\neducation courses which shall include instruction in cardiopulmonary\nresuscitation. Such regulations shall in no event prescribe a course of\nstudy in cardiopulmonary resuscitation which sets forth standards for\ninstruction of a lesser quality than the requirements of the programs\nadopted by the American Heart Association or the American Red Cross.\n  3. School authorities that choose to offer such course shall provide\nthe needed facilities, time and place for the instruction set forth\nherein and shall provide learning aids and curriculum resource materials\nto support such course of study.\n
N.Y. LFN Law § 15.30 — New York Code / Act LFN / Article 2 / Title 1-A / Section 15.30
Debt statements
Status: in_force

§ 15.30 Debt statements.  a. The state comptroller, in the performance\nof his duties pursuant to section 141.00 of this chapter, shall cause\ndebt statements of municipal corporations and municipalities to be\nprepared in such manner as will reflect (1) the gross amounts of any\nseveral indebtedness and joint indebtedness contracted or incurred by a\nparticipating municipal corporation or municipality in relation to a\njoint service or joint water, sewage or drainage project, (2) the\namounts of any such several indebtedness, and the amounts of any such\njoint indebtedness allocated and apportioned to any participating\nmunicipal corporation or municipality, which are to be included as gross\nindebtedness in a debt statement prepared in accordance with the\nprovisions of title ten of article two of this chapter, and (3) the\namounts of any such several indebtedness or joint indebtedness which\nunder or pursuant to any provision of this chapter may be excluded in\nascertaining the debt-contracting margin of the participating municipal\ncorporation or municipality.\n  b. The provisions of section 109.00 and of title ten of article two of\nthis chapter which are consistent with the provisions of title one-A of\nsuch article shall be applicable in relation to the debt statements of a\nmunicipal corporation or municipality which is a participant in a joint\nservice or joint water, sewage or drainage project.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 2802 — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 9 / Title 1 / Section 2802
Independent audits and audit reports of authorities
Status: in_force

§ 2802. Independent audits and audit reports of authorities. 1. State\nauthorities. Every state authority or commission heretofore or hereafter\ncontinued or created by this chapter or any other chapter of the laws of\nthe state of New York shall submit to the governor, chairman and ranking\nminority member of the senate finance committee, chairman and ranking\nminority member of the assembly ways and means committee, each chair and\nranking member of the senate and assembly committees on corporations,\nauthorities and commissions, the state comptroller, and the authorities\nbudget office, together with the report described in section\ntwenty-eight hundred of this title, a copy of the annual independent\naudit report, performed by a certified public accounting firm in\naccordance with generally accepted auditing standards as defined in\nsubdivision eleven of section two of the state finance law, and\nmanagement letter and any other external examination of the books and\naccounts of such authority other than copies of the reports of any\nexaminations made by the state comptroller.\n  2. Local authorities. For the local authority fiscal year ending on or\nafter December thirty-first, two thousand seven and annually thereafter,\nevery local authority heretofore or hereafter continued or created by\nthis chapter or any other chapter of the laws of the state of New York\nshall submit to the chief executive officer, the chief fiscal officer,\nthe chairperson of the legislative body of the local government or local\ngovernments and the authorities budget office, together with the report\ndescribed in section twenty-eight hundred of this title, a copy of the\nannual independent audit report, performed by a certified public\naccounting firm in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards\nas defined in subdivision eleven of section two of the state finance\nlaw, and management letter and any other external examination of the\nbooks and accounts of such authority other than copies of the reports of\nany examinations made by the state comptroller.\n  3. Each certified independent public accounting firm that performs for\nany state or local authority any audit required by this chapter shall\ntimely report to the audit committee of such authority: (a) all critical\naccounting policies and practices to be used; (b) all alternative\ntreatments of financial information within generally accepted accounting\nprinciples that have been discussed with management officials of such\nauthority, ramifications of the use of such alternative disclosures and\ntreatments, and the treatment preferred by the certified independent\npublic accounting firm; and (c) other material written communications\nbetween the certified independent public accounting firm and the\nmanagement of such authority, such as the management letter along with\nmanagement's response or plan of corrective action, material corrections\nidentified or schedule of unadjusted differences, where applicable.\n  4. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the\ncertified independent public accounting firm providing such authority's\nannual independent audit will be prohibited in providing audit services\nto the respective authority if the lead (or coordinating) audit partner\n(having primary responsibility for the audit), or the audit partner\nresponsible for reviewing the audit, has performed audit services for\nthat issuer in each of the five previous fiscal years of such authority.\n  5. The certified independent public accounting firm performing such\nauthority's audit shall be prohibited from performing any non-audit\nservices to such authority contemporaneously with the audit, unless\nreceiving previous written approval by the audit committee including:\n(a) bookkeeping or other services related to the accounting records or\nfinancial statements of such authority; (b) financial information\nsystems design and implementation; (c) appraisal or valuation services,\nfairness opinions, or contribution-in-kind reports; (d) actuarial\nservices; (e) internal audit outsourcing services; (f) management\nfunctions or human services; (g) broker or dealer, investment advisor,\nor investment banking services; and (h) legal services and expert\nservices unrelated to the audit.\n  6. It shall be prohibited for any certified independent public\naccounting firm to perform for such authority any audit service if the\nchief executive officer, comptroller, chief financial officer, chief\naccounting officer, or any other person serving in an equivalent\nposition for such authority, was employed by that certified independent\npublic accounting firm and participated in any capacity in the audit of\nsuch authority during the one year period preceding the date of the\ninitiation of the audit.\n  7. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a public\nauthority may exempt information from disclosure or report, if the\ncounsel of such authority deems that such information is covered by\nsubdivision two of section eighty-seven of the public officers law.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 531 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 11 / Section 531
Abandonment of unclaimed contributions or other benefits; transfer to the pension accumulation fund
Status: in_force

§ 531. Abandonment of unclaimed contributions or other benefits;\ntransfer to the pension accumulation fund. 1. Except as otherwise\nspecifically provided by this article, after at least seven years have\nelapsed since the member or contributor withdrew from service or ceased\nto be a teacher for any cause other than death or retirement or seven\nyears have elapsed from the date any other person became entitled to a\nbenefit pursuant to this article, the retirement board may send a\nstatement to such person at the last known address of the person setting\nforth the amount of the accumulated contributions or other benefits\nstanding to the credit of such person and give notice to said person\nthat unless he demands payment of said amount prior to a date at least\none year from the date the notice is given, said amount will be deemed\nabandoned and will be transferred by the retirement board to the pension\naccumulation fund.\n  2. The retirement board shall cause to be published at least once in\nan appropriate publication of the New York state department of\neducation, a publication for professional educators or in a periodical\nof general circulation, a list setting forth the names of persons who\nhave unclaimed accumulated contributions or other benefits in the New\nYork state teachers' retirement system.\n  3. At the expiration of six months from the date of the publication of\nthe notices required by subdivision two of this section, the accumulated\ncontributions or other benefits of the persons so listed shall be deemed\nabandoned and shall be placed in the pension accumulation fund to be\nused for the purposes of said fund.\n  4. Any accumulated contributions or other benefits so deemed abandoned\nand transferred to the pension accumulation fund may be claimed by the\nperson entitled to the accumulated contributions or other benefits, or\nin the event of his death by his estate or by such person or persons as\nhe shall have nominated to receive such accumulated contributions, by\nfiling a claim with the retirement board in such form and in such manner\nas may be prescribed by the retirement board, seeking the return of such\nabandoned accumulated contributions or other benefits without interest,\nand in the event such claim is properly made the retirement board shall\npay over to the person or persons or estate making such claim the amount\nof such accumulated contributions or other benefits without interest.\nThe payment shall be made from the pension accumulation fund.\n  5. Notwithstanding any provision of this section to the contrary and\nin lieu of any other procedure provided for in this section, the\nretirement board is authorized to mandate the distribution of unclaimed\namounts not to exceed one thousand dollars in each case to former\nmembers or contributors, or persons entitled to a benefit from the\nsystem, in cases in which at least seven years have elapsed since the\nmember or contributor withdrew from service or ceased to be a teacher\nfor any cause other than death or retirement or at least seven years\nhave elapsed from the date any other person became entitled to a benefit\nfrom the system pursuant to any provision of this chapter or of the\nretirement and social security law.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 1116 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 23 / Part 2 / Section 1116
County treasurer to act as treasurer of the county commission for special education
Status: in_force

§ 1116. County treasurer to act as treasurer of the county commission\nfor special education.  All moneys collected from taxes levied in\naccordance with the provisions of part two of this article and all\nmoneys apportioned by the commissioner of education, and any and all\nmoneys received from any and all sources whatsoever for carrying out the\nprovisions of part two of this article, shall be paid to the county\ntreasurer.  Such funds shall be disbursed by such county treasurer upon\naudit by the special education commission.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 487 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 10-B / Section 487
Agreement with the state
Status: in_force

§ 487. Agreement with the state.  The state does hereby pledge to and\nagree with the holders of any notes or bonds issued under this article,\nthat the state will not limit or alter the rights hereby vested in the\nfund to fulfill the terms of any agreements made with the holders\nthereof, or in any way impair the rights and remedies of such holders\nuntil such notes or bonds, together with the interest thereon, with\ninterest on any unpaid installments of interest, and all costs and\nexpenses in connection with any action or proceeding by or on behalf of\nsuch holders, are fully met and discharged.  The fund is authorized to\ninclude this pledge and agreement of the state in any agreement with the\nholders of such notes or bonds.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 520 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 11 / Section 520
Duties of employer
Status: in_force

§ 520. Duties of employer. 1. Each employer shall keep such records\nand from time to time shall furnish such information as the retirement\nboard in the discharge of its duties may require.\n  2. a. Upon the employment of any teacher to whom this article may\napply, he shall be informed by his employer of his duties and\nobligations in connection with the retirement system as a condition of\nhis employment.  Every teacher accepting employment shall be deemed to\nconsent and agree to any deductions from his compensation required\nherein and to all other provisions of this article.\n  b. Upon the employment of any teacher whose right to membership in the\nsystem has been made optional by the retirement board pursuant to\nsubdivision two of section five hundred three of this article the\nemployer shall inform such teacher in writing of the right to join the\nsystem. Each such teacher shall acknowledge the receipt of such notice\nby signing a copy thereof and filing it with such employer. Provided,\nhowever, the failure to inform such teacher shall not in any way be\nconstrued to waive the requirement that membership for such a teacher\ncommences only when an application for membership is filed with the\nsystem nor shall it be construed to waive any of the eligibility\nrequirements for previous service credit.\n  3. Notwithstanding any other law, rule or regulation affecting the\nsalary, pay, compensation, other prerequisites or tenure of any teacher\nto whom this article applies, or shall apply, and notwithstanding that\nthe minimum salary, pay, compensation or other prerequisites, provided\nby law for such teacher shall be reduced thereby, payment less said\ndeductions shall be a full and complete discharge and acquittance of all\nclaims and demands whatsoever for service rendered by such member during\nthe period covered by such payment.\n  4. During September of each year, or at such other times as the\nretirement board shall approve, each employer shall certify to the\nretirement board the names of all teachers to whom this article applies.\n  5. Each employer shall on the first day of each calendar month or at\nsuch less frequent intervals as the retirement board may approve, notify\nthe retirement board of the employment of new teachers, removals,\nwithdrawals and changes in salary of members that shall have occurred\nduring the month preceding or the period covered since the last\nnotification.\n
N.Y. RPT Law § 716 — New York Code / Act RPT / Article 7 / Title 1 / Section 716
Admission of percentage of full value at which real property is assessed
Status: in_force

§ 716.  Admission of percentage of full value at which real property\nis assessed.  1.  Except in a proceeding to review a special franchise\nassessment, at any time after answer has been served or has been deemed\nmade and not later than twenty days before the trial, the petitioner may\nserve upon the respondent a demand for admission for the purposes of\nsuch proceeding that the percentage of full value at which other real\nproperty is assessed in the unit is a percentage specified in such\ndemand, but not in excess of ninety-five per centum.  Unless the\nrespondent within fifteen days after service of such demand, or within\nsuch further time as the court may allow on motion on notice, serves and\nfiles a notice specifically denying that the percentage specified in\nsuch demand is correct, such percentage shall be deemed admitted.\n  2.  After being served with such demand, if the respondent serves such\na notice of denial, and the petitioner thereafter proves that the\npercentage of full value at which other real property is assessed in the\nassessing unit is not in excess of the percentage specified in his\ndemand, he may apply to the court at or immediately following the trial\nfor an order requiring the respondent to pay him the reasonable expenses\nincurred in making such proof including the reasonable fees of experts\nand attorneys.  Unless the court finds that there was good and\nsufficient reason for the respondent's denial, the order shall be made\nirrespective of the results of the proceeding.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 207-A — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 5 / Part 1 / Section 207-A
Disclosure of gifts made to institutions of higher education by foreign governments, persons and entities
Status: in_force

§ 207-a. Disclosure of gifts made to institutions of higher education\nby foreign governments, persons and entities. 1. As used in this\nsection:  a. The term "foreign government" shall mean any government\nother than the United States government or the government of a state or\na political subdivision thereof and shall include an agent of such\ngovernment;\n  b. The term "foreign legal entity" shall mean (i) any legal entity\ncreated under the laws of a foreign government or (ii) any legal entity\ncreated under the laws of the United States or of any state hereof if a\nmajority of the ownership of the stock of such legal entity is directly\nor indirectly owned legally or beneficially by one or more foreign\ngovernments or one or more foreign persons or one or more legal entities\ncreated under the laws of a foreign government or if a majority of the\nmembership of any such entity is composed of foreign persons or legal\nentities created under the laws of a foreign government and shall\ninclude an agent of such legal entity;\n  c. The term "foreign person" shall mean any individual who is not a\ncitizen or national of the United States or a trust territory or\nprotectorate thereof and shall include an agent of such individual; and\n  d. The term "gift" shall mean any endowment, gift, grant, contract,\naward or property of any kind.\n  2. Every institution authorized by the legislature or by the regents\nof the university of the state of New York to confer academic degrees in\nthis state shall disclose the amount, terms, restrictions and\nrequirements attached to or made a part of any gift of a value in excess\nof one hundred thousand dollars made to such institution by a foreign\ngovernment, foreign legal entity or foreign person in any fiscal year of\nthe institution. If the foreign government, foreign legal entity or\nforeign person makes more than one gift to an institution in any fiscal\nyear of such institution, and the total value of those gifts in such\nfiscal year of the institution exceeds one hundred thousand dollars, the\ninstitution shall report all of such gifts received.\n  3. Such information shall be forwarded to the department no later than\nthirty days after the final day of the fiscal year of the institution.\nThe information shall include:\n  a. the amount and the date of the making of the gift;\n  b. when the gift is conditional, matching or designated for a\nparticular purpose, full details of the conditions, matching provisions\nor designation;\n  c. the name of the foreign government in the case of a gift by a\nforeign government; the name of the foreign country in which a foreign\nentity or foreign person is principally located or resides in the case\nof a gift by a foreign entity or foreign person.\n  The name of the foreign entity shall be disclosed in the event of a\ngift which (i) contains conditions or restrictions regarding the control\nof curricula, employment or termination of faculty, admission of\nstudents, student fees or (ii) is contingent upon the agreement of the\ninstitution to take specific public positions or actions or to award\nhonorary degrees; and\n  d. the purpose or purposes for which the gift will be used.\n  4. Such information shall be a matter of public record and shall be\nmade available by the department to the general public for review and\ncopying during normal business hours.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 1003 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 21 / Section 1003
Application for vocational rehabilitation
Status: in_force

§ 1003. Application for vocational rehabilitation.  a. Any handicapped\nperson available for vocational rehabilitation services may apply to the\ndepartment for advice and assistance regarding his vocational\nrehabilitation.\n  b. The state may, to the extent that funds are made available pursuant\nto the federal social security act, furnish vocational rehabilitation\nservices to applicants for and beneficiaries of disability benefits\nunder the social security act as provided in the act and any rules or\nregulations adopted pursuant thereto.\n
N.Y. RPT Law § 1412 — New York Code / Act RPT / Article 14 / Title 1 / Section 1412
Retention of assessment roll
Status: in_force

§ 1412. Retention of assessment roll. A copy of the final assessment\nroll shall be retained in the office of the village clerk as a public\nrecord for a minimum of ten years from the date of completion thereof.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 1020-O — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 5 / Title 1-A / Section 1020-O
Agreement of the state
Status: in_force

* § 1020-o. Agreement of the state. 1. The state of New York does\nhereby pledge to and agree with the holders of any obligations issued\nunder this title and the parties to any contracts with the authority\nhereunder that the state will not limit or alter the rights hereby\nvested in the authority until such obligations together with the\ninterest thereon are fully met and discharged and/or such contracts are\nfully performed on the part of the authority, provided that nothing\nherein contained shall preclude such limitation or alteration if and\nwhen adequate provision shall be made by law for the protection of the\nholders of such obligations of the authority, or those entering into\nsuch contracts with the authority. The authority as agent for the state\nis authorized to include this pledge and agreement by the state in all\nagreements with the holders of such obligations and in all such\ncontracts.\n  2. Nothing in this title shall be construed as diminishing or\nenlarging any valid existing rights under any license heretofore issued\npursuant to the provisions of the federal power act.\n  * NB There are 2 § 1020-o's\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 29-0101 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 29 / Title 1 / Section 29-0101
Definitions
Status: in_force

§ 29-0101. Definitions.\n  For the purposes of this article:\n  1. "Low-level radioactive waste" means radioactive material that:\n  a. is not high-level radioactive waste, transuranic waste, spent\nnuclear fuel, or the tailings or wastes produced by the extraction or\nconcentration of uranium or thorium from any ore processed primarily for\nits source material content; and\n  b. the United States nuclear regulatory commission, consistent with\nfederal law and in accordance with paragraph a of this subdivision,\nclassifies as low-level radioactive waste.\n  2. "Low-level radioactive waste management facilities" means\nfacilities authorized pursuant to section eighteen hundred fifty-four-c\nof the public authorities law for permanent disposal of low-level\nradioactive waste and any associated facilities for treatment and\nhandling of such waste, including, but not limited, to facilities for\npurposes of stabilization, volume reduction, or protection of health and\nsafety of workers or members of the public from potential exposure to\nhazards.\n  3. "Permanent disposal facilities" means low-level radioactive waste\nmanagement facilities for permanent disposal of low-level radioactive\nwaste generated within the state of New York, other than such waste\nwhich is a federal responsibility pursuant to the provisions of federal\nlaw pertaining to state and federal responsibilities for disposal of\nlow-level radioactive waste.\n  4. "Shallow land burial" means emplacement of low-level radioactive\nwaste in or within the upper thirty meters of the surface of the earth\nin trenches, holes, or other excavations in which only soil provides\nstructural integrity, a barrier to migration of low-level radioactive\nwaste from or subsurface water into such excavation, or a barrier to\nentry of surface water to such excavation or in a manner that fails to\nallow during the institutional control period for monitoring and control\nof releases of radioactivity.\n  5. "State agency" means any office, department, board, commission,\nbureau, division, council, authority, corporation, agency, or\ninstrumentality of the state.\n  6. "Commission" means the commission for siting low-level radioactive\nwaste disposal facilities created pursuant to section 29-0301 of this\narticle.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 271 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 5 / Part 2 / Section 271
Apportionment of state aid to Indian libraries
Status: in_force

§ 271. Apportionment of state aid to Indian libraries. Any Indian\nlibrary chartered by the regents or in the absence of such library any\ntribal government contracting for service from a chartered and\nregistered library or approved library system, shall be entitled to\nreceive state aid during each calendar year consisting of the following\namounts:\n  1. Eighteen thousand dollars, and\n  2. The sum of eighteen dollars and twenty cents per capita for persons\nresiding on the reservation served by the Indian library or contract as\nshown by the latest federal census or certified by the New York state\ndirector of Indian services, and\n  3. The sum of one dollar and fifty cents per acre of area served by\nthe Indian library or contract.\n  Such sums shall be paid annually to the Indian library board of\ntrustees for the use of the Indian library, or in the absence of such a\nboard, to the tribal government for a contract for library service.\nNothing contained in this section shall be construed to diminish the\nfunds, services or supplies provided to any Indian library by a library\nsystem as defined in section two hundred seventy-two of this article.\nIncreases in appropriations for such purposes during a calendar year\nshall be pro rated.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 409 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 4 / Title 1 / Section 409
Department of health income fund
Status: in_force

§  409.  Department  of health income fund. 1. There is established in\nthe custody of the comptroller a special account, to  be  known  as  the\ndepartment of health income fund.\n  2.  (a)  The commissioner shall, after the first day of July, nineteen\nhundred  seventy-one,  pay  over  moneys  received  by  the   department\nincluding,  subject  to subdivision six of this section, moneys received\nfrom the  Roswell  Park  Cancer  Institute  corporation  for  the  care,\nmaintenance  and  treatment  of  patients  at  state  hospitals  in  the\ndepartment as enumerated in section four hundred three of this  chapter,\ntogether with money received from fees, including parking fees, refunds,\nreimbursements,  payments received pursuant to leases, sales of property\nand miscellaneous receipts of such hospitals other than  gifts,  grants,\nbequests  and  moneys  received  under  research contracts, and clinical\npractice  income  received  pursuant  to  a   clinical   practice   plan\nestablished  pursuant to subdivision fourteen of section two hundred six\nof this  chapter  except  for  the  amount  of  money  required  by  the\ncomptroller  to  be  maintained  on  deposit in the department of health\nincome fund pursuant to paragraph (c) of this subdivision less  payments\nrequired  to  be  made  into  pools  created  by  this  chapter  and for\nassessments established pursuant to this chapter and less  refunds  made\npursuant  to  law, to the comptroller to be deposited by the comptroller\nin the department of health income  fund.  Such  moneys  shall  be  kept\nseparate  and shall not be commingled with any other moneys in the hands\nof the comptroller. All deposits of such money shall, if required by the\ncomptroller, be secured by obligations of the United States  or  of  the\nstate  of  market  value equal at all times to the amount of the deposit\nand all banks and trust companies are authorized to give such securities\nfor such deposits. The commissioner shall identify  to  the  comptroller\nmoneys  received  from  Roswell Park Cancer Institute corporation or its\nsubsidiaries.\n  (b) Subject to the terms of any agreement between the  department  and\nthe  dormitory  authority,  any  such moneys in the department of health\nincome fund not required for immediate use, may, in  the  discretion  of\nthe  comptroller,  be  invested by the comptroller in obligations of the\nUnited States or the state or obligations the principal and interest  of\nwhich are guaranteed by the United States or the state.\n  (c)  The  comptroller  shall  at  all times maintain on deposit in the\ndepartment of health income fund the aggregate amount of money needed by\nthe department during the next succeeding six calendar months to  comply\nin  full with all obligations of the department under the terms of every\nlease, sublease or  agreement  of  the  department  with  the  dormitory\nauthority  which  is then in effect, including without limitation by the\nspecification thereof, (i) the amount needed  to  make  rental  payments\nthereunder  during such semiannual period, and (ii) the amount needed to\nestablish and maintain reserves thereunder during such period.\n  (d) The comptroller shall from time to time but in no event later than\nthe last day of March, June, September and December of each year pay\nover and deposit in the special revenue funds - other, miscellaneous\nspecial revenue fund - 339, Roswell Park cancer institute account, Helen\nHayes hospital account, New York state home for veterans and their\ndependents at Oxford account, western New York veterans' home account\nand New York state home for veterans in the lower-Hudson Valley account,\nin accordance with directions from the commissioner of health concerning\nthe distribution of revenues among the various accounts, all moneys in\nthe department of health income fund in excess of the aggregate amount\nof money required to be maintained in the department of health income\nfund pursuant to paragraph (c) of this subdivision.  Prior to making any\nsuch transfer, the comptroller shall make and deliver to the director of\nthe budget and to the dormitory authority his certificate stating the\naggregate amount to be maintained on deposit in the department of health\nincome fund to comply in full with the provision of paragraph (c) of\nthis subdivision.  When further directed by the commissioner, the\ncomptroller shall transfer revenues and/or appropriations between and\namong these accounts and the special revenue funds - other,\nmiscellaneous special revenue fund - 339, New York city veteran's home\naccount.  For purposes of transferring appropriations it is intended\nthat the following accounts be understood to be part of the same program\nand same fund for purposes of section fifty-one of the state finance\nlaw, thereby authorizing unlimited interchangeability of appropriated\namounts between the following accounts in the special revenue funds -\nother, miscellaneous special revenue fund - 339: Roswell Park Cancer\nInstitute Account, Helen Hayes Hospital Account, New York State Home for\nVeterans and Their Dependents at Oxford Account, Western New York\nVeterans' Home Account, New York State Home for Veterans in the\nlower-Hudson Valley Account, and New York City Veterans' Home Account.\nThe comptroller shall, as determined by the commissioner and consistent\nwith any repayment agreement entered into between the director of the\nbudget and the commissioner, transfer funds from the Roswell Park cancer\ninstitute account, Helen Hayes hospital account, New York state home for\nveterans and their dependents at Oxford account, western New York\nveterans' home account or New York state home for veterans in the\nlower-Hudson Valley account to the department of health services account\nto repay all or part of any outstanding liabilities in the health\nservices account attributed to the respective hospitals for which such\naccounts were established.\n  3. To secure the payment of any money due or to become due in any year\nunder any lease, sublease or agreement entered into between the\ndepartment and the dormitory authority, the commissioner may pledge or\nassign to the dormitory authority all or any moneys in the department of\nhealth income fund established pursuant to this section, and any and all\nmoneys which may be receivable by the department and credited to such\ndepartment of health income fund in the future, and any right, title and\ninterest of the department in and to the money in or to be deposited in\nsuch department of health income fund.\n  4. The moneys in the department of health income fund shall be paid\nout of such fund on the audit and warrant of the comptroller on vouchers\ncertified or approved by the commissioner, or by an officer or employee\nof the department designated by the commissioner, notwithstanding the\nprovisions of any general or special law to the contrary.\n  5. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of this section or any\nother law to the contrary, including, but not limited to, section four\nof the state finance law, the comptroller shall no less than biweekly\npay any moneys which the commissioner identifies as being attributed to\nthe operation of the Roswell Park Cancer Institute corporation or the\nproperties leased to it by the state or subsidiaries of such\ncorporation, which are in excess of the amounts required to comply with\nthe provisions of paragraph (c) of subdivision two of this section, into\na depositary account owned and controlled by the Roswell Park Cancer\nInstitute corporation.\n  6. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, upon the\npayment or provision for payment of all outstanding bonds issued on or\nbefore March thirty-first, two thousand twenty-five by the dormitory\nauthority to make loans to the department to finance or refinance state\nhospital facilities in accordance with the terms of the bond resolution\nunder which such bonds were issued, the provisions of subdivisions two\nand five of this section requiring (i) the payment and identification by\nthe department to the comptroller of moneys received from the Roswell\nPark Cancer Institute corporation, (ii) the deposit and maintenance of\nsuch moneys from the Roswell Park Cancer Institute corporation by the\ncomptroller in the department of health income fund, and (iii) the\nrelease of excess moneys in the department of health income fund\nattributed to the operation of the Roswell Park Cancer Institute\ncorporation or its subsidiaries, shall no longer be applicable and,\nthereafter, all such moneys from the operation of the Roswell Park\nCancer Institute corporation shall remain in the custody and/or control\nof the corporation and/or its subsidiaries.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 307 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 3 / Title 1 / Section 307
Local boards of health; meetings
Status: in_force

§ 307. Local boards of health; meetings.  1. Every local board of\nhealth shall meet at stated intervals to be fixed by it.\n  2. The presiding officer of every local board of health may call\nspecial meetings thereof when in his judgment the protection of the\npublic health of the municipality requires it, and shall call such a\nmeeting upon the petition of at least twenty-five residents thereof, of\nfull age, setting forth the necessity of such meetings.\n  3. Any matter within the jurisdiction of a town or village board of\nhealth may be considered and acted upon at any regular or special\nmeeting of such town board or village board of trustees.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 3301 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 33 / Title 1 / Section 3301
Applicability of this article to actions and matters occurring or arising before and after the effective date
Status: in_force

§ 3301. Applicability of this article to actions and matters occurring\nor arising before and after the effective date. Unless otherwise\nexpressly provided, or unless the context otherwise requires:\n  (a) the provisions of this article shall govern and control the\npossession, manufacture, dispensing, administering, and distribution of\ncontrolled substances with respect to any matter, act or omission,\narising or occurring on or after the effective date hereof;\n  (b) the provisions of this article do not apply to or govern any\nmatter, act, or omission arising or occurring prior to the effective\ndate hereof.  Such matters, acts, or omissions must be governed and\nconstrued according to provisions of law existing at the time such\nmatter, act or omission arose or occurred in the same manner as if this\narticle had not been enacted.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 712 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 15-A / Section 712
Loan of school library materials
Status: in_force

§ 712. Loan of school library materials.  1. In the several cities and\nschool districts of the state, boards of education, trustees or such\nbody or officers as perform the function of such boards shall have the\npower and duty to loan upon request of an individual or a group of\nindividual pupils, to all pupils defined in subdivision three of section\nseven hundred eleven of this article, school library materials. School\nlibrary materials loaned to such pupils attending private schools shall\nbe school library materials which are designated for use in any public\nelementary or secondary schools of the state or are approved by any\nboard of education, trustees or other school authorities. Such school\nlibrary materials are to be loaned free to such children subject to such\nrules and regulations as are or may be prescribed by the board of\nregents and such boards of education, trustees or other school\nauthorities.\n  2. No school district shall be required to loan school library\nmaterials in excess of the school library materials owned or acquired by\nsuch district pursuant to section seven hundred eleven of this article.\nSuch school library materials shall be loaned on an equitable basis to\nchildren defined in subdivision three of section seven hundred eleven of\nthis article attending in the current year. The payment of tuition under\narticle eighty-nine of this chapter is deemed to be an equitable loan to\nchildren for whom such tuition is paid.\n
N.Y. MDW Law § 213 — New York Code / Act MDW / Article 7 / Title 1 / Section 213
Lighting and ventilation of rooms
Status: in_force

§ 213. Lighting and ventilation of rooms. 1. No tenement, its lot or\nany room, public hall or stairs therein shall be so altered as to have\nits light or ventilation diminished in any way not approved by the\ndepartment.\n  2. In every tenement erected after April twelfth, nineteen hundred\none, every stair hall, public hall and living room and at least one\nwater-closet compartment or bathroom containing a water-closet in each\napartment, shall have at least one window opening directly upon a street\nor upon a lawful yard or court existing on April eighteenth, nineteen\nhundred twenty-nine. Such window shall be so located as to properly\nlight all portions of such hall, room or compartment. Every part of an\napartment of three rooms or less in such a tenement shall be within\neighteen feet of a street or yard or have a window opening upon a lawful\ninner or outer court existing on April eighteenth, nineteen hundred\ntwenty-nine. When a room in a tenement opens upon an inner court on a\nlot line and less than ten feet wide from the lot line to the opposite\nwall of the dwelling, such room shall be provided with a sash window\ncommunicating with another room in the same apartment. Such window shall\ncontain at least ten square feet of glazed surface and be made so as to\nopen readily.\n  3. No room in any old-law tenement shall be occupied for living\npurposes unless it meets the conditions in one of the following\nparagraphs:\n  a. Such room has a window opening directly upon a street, or upon a\nyard at least four feet in depth, or above the roof of an adjoining\nbuilding, or upon a court or shaft at least twenty square feet in area\nopen to the sky.\n  b. Such room is located on the top story and is adequately lighted by\na ventilating skylight opening directly to the outer air.\n  c. Such room has a sash window opening directly into an immediately\nadjoining room in the same apartment which latter room opens directly on\na street or yard at least four feet in depth. Such window shall have a\nvertically sliding pulley-hung sash not less than three feet by five\nfeet, except that when it is impossible to construct a window of such\nsize, the department may permit such window to be narrower. Both halves\nof the sash shall be made so as to open readily, and the lower half\nshall be glazed with translucent glass, or with obscure wire glass if\nthe department shall so require. So far as possible such window shall be\nin line with windows in outer rooms opening on a street or yard, so as\nto afford a maximum of light and ventilation.\n  d. Such room has an alcove opening, of no less dimension than required\nfor such a sash window, to such an adjoining room, in addition to the\nusual door openings.\n  4. In every existing tenement the department, in addition to the\nrequirements of subdivision four of section eighty, may, as often as it\ndeems necessary, require the walls and ceilings of every room that does\nnot open directly on a street to be kalsomined or painted white to\nimprove the lighting of such room.\n  5. Notwithstanding anything in this section to the contrary, no room\nin any old-law tenement in an apartment which is vacant on June\nthirtieth, nineteen hundred sixty, or thereafter becomes vacant, and, on\nand after June thirtieth, nineteen hundred seventy no room in any\nold-law tenement shall be used for living purposes unless such room\nshall have a window opening directly upon the street, or upon a yard not\nless than four feet deep, or above the roof of an adjoining building, or\nupon a court or shaft of not less than twenty square feet in area, open\nto the sky without roof or skylight, unless such room is located on the\ntop floor and is adequately lighted and ventilated by a skylight opening\ndirectly to the outer air.\n  An alcove shall be deemed to comply with the requirements of this\nsubdivision if (1) it opens directly into an immediately adjoining room\nin the same apartment, and (2) such adjoining room opens directly on a\nstreet or yard, and (3) a single unbroken open space occupies at least\nsixty per centum of the area of the vertical plane between the alcove\nand such adjoining room. The required open space between any such alcove\nand an adjoining room through which it receives light and ventilation\nshall not be obstructed by any curtain, portiere, fixed or movable\npartition or other contrivance or device.\n
N.Y. ELD Law § 211 — New York Code / Act ELD / Article 2 / Title 1 / Section 211
Assistance of other agencies
Status: in_force

§ 211. Assistance of other agencies. To effectuate the purposes of\nthis title, the director may request from any department, division,\nboard, bureau, commission or other agency of the state or of any\npolitical subdivision thereof, and the same are authorized to provide,\nsuch facilities, assistance and data, as will enable the office properly\nto exercise its powers and perform its duties hereunder.\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 51-0103 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 51 / Title 1 / Section 51-0103
Allocation of moneys
Status: in_force

§ 51-0103. Allocation of moneys.\n  The moneys received by the state from the sale of bonds pursuant to\nthe environmental quality bond act of nineteen hundred seventy-two shall\nbe expended pursuant to appropriations, in the following amounts and (a)\nfor deposit in the water pollution control revolving fund established by\nsection twelve hundred eighty-five-j of the public authorities law, or\n(b) as specifically provided for in titles 3, 5, 7, 9 and 11 of this\narticle:\n  1. For preserving, enhancing, restoring and improving the quality of\nwater as set forth in title 3 of this article or in section twelve\nhundred eighty-five-j of the public authorities law and section 17-1909\nof this chapter, six hundred fifty million dollars ($650,000,000); and\n  2. For preserving, enhancing, restoring and improving the quality of\nair as set forth in title 5 of this article, one hundred fifty million\ndollars ($150,000,000); and\n  3. For preserving, enhancing, restoring and improving the quality of\nland as set forth in titles 7, 9 and 11 of this article, three hundred\nfifty million dollars ($350,000,000).\n
N.Y. RPT Law § 901 — New York Code / Act RPT / Article 9 / Title 1 / Section 901
Collection of unpaid housing code violation penalties in the city of Syracuse; levy
Status: in_force

§ 901. Collection of unpaid housing code violation penalties in the\ncity of Syracuse; levy. 1. Authorization. In addition to and not in\nlimitation of any power otherwise granted by law, the city of Syracuse\nis hereby authorized to collect any unpaid housing, building and fire\ncode violation penalties, costs and fines through placement by the\ncity's commissioner of finance on the city's annual tax levy in\naccordance with the provisions of this section.\n  2. Eligibility. In order to be eligible for placement on the city of\nSyracuse's annual tax levy such unpaid code violation penalties, costs\nand fines shall have been adjudicated and imposed through a judgment in\na court of competent jurisdiction or the city of Syracuse's codes\nviolation bureau established pursuant to section three hundred eighty of\nthe general municipal law, on an owner of real property within the city\nand recorded by the county clerk, as certified by the city's corporation\ncounsel to the commissioner of finance and have remained unpaid for one\nyear after the final adjudication and exhaustion of all appeals relating\nto the imposition of the fines for a code violation preceding the\nplacement on the city's tax levy.\n  3. Minimum amount owed. To qualify for placement on the tax levy the\namount owed for unpaid code violations must be at least five percent of\nthe amount of the tax assessed value of the property.\n  4. Levy. Such code violation penalty, cost or fine as set forth in a\ncopy of the judgment certified by the corporation counsel to the\ncommissioner of finance shall be set down in the annual tax levy under\nthe heading uncollected fines and penalties and in according with this\nsection shall be levied, enforced and collected in the same manner, by\nthe same proceedings, at the same time, under the same penalties and\nhaving the same lien upon the property assessed as the general city tax\nand as a part thereof.\n  5. Notice. The city of Syracuse shall notify all owners or known\ninterested parties of record of the placement of the code violations on\nthe municipal tax levy as uncollected fines and penalties within thirty\ndays of placement, pursuant to section three hundred eight of the civil\npractice law and rules. The notice shall include the date or dates of\nsuch violations, the description of the violations, the amount owed, a\nstatement detailing the foreclosure process that will occur if the\nviolations remain unpaid, the process to claim any surplus funds and the\ncontact information for the city's office in charge of receiving\npayments.\n  6. Tax year. Any unpaid code violations shall be placed on the tax\nroll the city of Syracuse is currently in and shall not be placed on a\nlist, roll or levy of delinquent taxes.\n  7. Owner occupied. Notwithstanding any other applicable provisions of\nlaw, nothing in this section shall be applied to a residential dwelling\nthat is owner-occupied or is the primary residence of a homeowner.\n  8. Tenants. Prior to the placement of any property with unpaid code\nviolations on the tax levy, the city of Syracuse shall develop a program\nto assist tenants residing in a dwelling at risk for tax foreclosure due\nto unpaid code violations. Such program shall include housing counseling\nassistance or other support in relocating the tenants to suitable\nhousing prior to the tax foreclosure.\n  9. Payment plan. Nothing in this section shall preclude an owner or\nlandlord from entering into a payment plan with the city of Syracuse for\npast amounts due for code violations.\n  10. Curing code violations. (a) If all of the violations for which the\npenalties, fees and costs have been assessed are cured, removed or\ncorrected prior to the expiration of the period for redemption set forth\nby the city of Syracuse for the city's annual tax levy, the property\nshall be removed from the levy and auction and the balance of the amount\nowed shall be placed as a lien on the property pursuant to applicable\nlaws for debt collection and an action for foreclosure of the property\nshall not be maintained for the amount owed.\n  (b) The determination of whether or not the code violations have been\ncured shall be made by the city of Syracuse's enforcing officer in\ncharge of ensuring compliance with applicable housing, building, and\nfire codes such as a code enforcement officer. An appeal of this\ndetermination may be made to the city's zoning board of appeals or other\nlocal administrative body as provided for in local law. The final\ndetermination made by the administrative body shall be reviewable\npursuant to article seventy-eight of the civil practice law and rules.\n  (c) This section shall not be applicable to any cause of action\nbrought for money due based on the curing of code violations under any\nform for receivership or a mechanics lien.\n  11. Payment prior to auction. (a) If the balance owed for code\nviolations placed on the tax levy is paid prior to the expiration of the\nperiod for redemption set forth by the city of Syracuse for the city's\nannual tax levy and there is no balance due for unpaid real property\ntaxes, the property may not be auctioned, and the property shall be\nremoved from the tax levy.\n  (b) The owner shall have the right to pay the full balance prior to\nthe expiration of the period for redemption set forth by the city of\nSyracuse for the city's annual tax levy in order to redeem the property.\n  12. Surplus. Any surplus funds remaining after the sale of a property\nat a tax foreclosure for unpaid code violations shall be returned to the\nformer owner of the property in a manner provided under local law. This\nprovision shall not apply to a sale of a property at a tax foreclosure\ndue to unpaid taxes. If a property has both unpaid taxes and unpaid code\nviolations on the same tax levy and is auctioned at a tax foreclosure\nthe amount of the surplus funds returned to the former owner shall be\nproportionate to the amount of unpaid code violations owed in the total\namount of debt owed to the city of Syracuse. For the purpose of this\nsection, "surplus funds" shall mean the balance of money received after\nauction of a property at a tax foreclosure sale minus the amount owed\nfor code violations and the costs and attorneys' fees incurred in the\ncollection of the fees by the city.\n  13. Balance due. If after an auction a balance is due for code\nviolations, the city of Syracuse may proceed with any action against the\nformer owner pursuant to applicable laws.\n  14. Exclusions. The provisions of this section shall not apply if the\ncity of Syracuse sells their tax liens in a tax lien sale.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 309 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 3 / Title 1 / Section 309
Local boards of health; quasi-judicial powers; enforcement
Status: in_force

§ 309. Local boards of health; quasi-judicial powers; enforcement. 1.\nEvery local board of health may:\n  (a) issue subpoenas which shall be regulated by the civil practice law\nand rules;\n  (b) compel the attendance of witnesses;\n  (c) administer oaths to witnesses and compel them to testify;\n  (d) by resolution, designate one of its members to sign and issue such\nsubpoenas;\n  (e) issue warrants to any peace officer, acting pursuant to his\nspecial duties, or police officer of the municipality to apprehend and\nremove such person or persons as cannot otherwise be subjected to its\norders or regulations, and to the sheriff of the county to bring to its\naid the power of the county whenever it shall be necessary to do so;\n  (f) prescribe and impose penalties for the violation of or failure to\ncomply with any of its orders or regulations, or any of the regulations\nof the state sanitary code, not exceeding two thousand dollars for a\nsingle violation or failure, to be sued for and recovered by it in any\ncourt of competent jurisdiction; and\n  (g) appoint one or more hearing officers as shall be necessary to\ncarry out its functions and duties, The hearing officer shall have the\nsame powers possessed by the board to hold and conduct hearings. The\nhearing officer shall function under the supervision of the local board\nand shall make findings of fact and recommendations to the board.\n  2. No subpoena shall be served outside the jurisdiction of the board\nof health issuing it, and no witness shall be interrogated or compelled\nto testify upon matters not related to the public health.\n  3. Every warrant issued by a local board of health shall be forthwith\nexecuted by the officer to whom directed, who shall have the same powers\nand be subject to the same duties in the execution thereof, as if it had\nbeen duly issued out of a court of record of the state.\n  4. Nothing in this section contained shall be construed to alter or\nrepeal any existing provision of law declaring such violations or any of\nthem misdemeanors or felonies or prescribing a penalty therefor.\n  5. The penalty imposed by this section may be released or compromised\nby the commissioner.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 208-A — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 5 / Part 1 / Section 208-A
Scheduling of examinations
Status: in_force

§ 208-a. Scheduling of examinations. The department shall make a bona\nfide effort to schedule state mandated examinations on days other than\ndays of religious observation. The commissioner may promulgate\nregulations to implement this section.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 537 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 11 / Section 537
Lump sum payment of de minimis service retirement benefit
Status: in_force

§ 537. Lump sum payment of de minimis service retirement benefit.\nNotwithstanding any other law to the contrary, a member of the\nretirement system who is entitled to receive a retirement allowance,\nother than for disability, pursuant to this article or pursuant to\narticle eleven or fifteen of the retirement and social security law,\nwhich retirement allowance prior to optional modification is twenty-four\nhundred dollars per annum or less, may elect at retirement to receive,\nin lieu of such retirement allowance, a lump sum payment which has been\ncertified by the actuary to be of actuarial equivalent value to such\nretirement allowance and approved by the retirement board. Such lump sum\nshall be calculated using the interest rate on thirty year United States\ntreasury bonds as of January first of the calendar year in which the\nretirement becomes effective. Upon payment of such lump sum, any and all\nobligations of the retirement system to such member shall be totally\ndischarged. Commencing January first, two thousand four, the interest\nrate on ten year United States treasury obligations as of January first\nof the calendar year in which the retirement becomes effective shall be\nused. Commencing January first, two thousand sixteen, the average annual\ninterest rate on ten year United States treasury obligations for the\ndays during the calendar year that precedes the calendar year in which\nthe retirement becomes effective shall be used.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 4369 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 43-B / Title 1 / Section 4369
Bone marrow registry information
Status: in_force

§ 4369. Bone marrow registry information. 1. The commissioner, in\nconsultation with health care practitioners and others with expertise in\nbone marrow donation and transplant and with the assistance of the\ntransplant council as appropriate, shall develop and make available\ninformation regarding bone marrow donation and registries, including but\nnot limited to the National Marrow Donor Program "Be The Match Registry"\nregistry and The Bone Marrow Foundation. Such information shall include,\nbut not be limited to:\n  (a) the need for bone marrow donations;\n  (b) patient populations that would benefit from bone marrow donations;\n  (c) how to join a bone marrow registry; and\n  (d) how to acquire a free buccal swab kit from a bone marrow registry.\n  2. The information required by this section shall be made available on\nthe department's website in a printable format to allow the public to\naccess such information and for health care practitioners providing\nprimary care to provide such information to patients who are eighteen\nyears of age or older and under forty-five years of age who are not\nregistered with a bone marrow registry.\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 24-0101 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 24 / Title 1 / Section 24-0101
Short title
Status: in_force

§ 24-0101. Short title.\n  This article shall be known as the "Freshwater Wetlands Act".\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 1122 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 23-A / Section 1122
Education department; responsibilities
Status: in_force

§ 1122. Education department; responsibilities.  The department shall\nassist individuals and organizations in the planning and establishment\nof such service centers. The department shall ensure program\naccountability and shall monitor and evaluate such centers.\n
N.Y. ELD Law § 225 — New York Code / Act ELD / Article 2 / Title 1 / Section 225
Elder abuse enhanced multidisciplinary team program
Status: in_force

§ 225. Elder abuse enhanced multidisciplinary team program. 1. The\noffice is hereby authorized, subject to appropriation of funds for the\nprogram, to establish an elder abuse enhanced multidisciplinary team\nprogram consisting of teams at the regional or county level for complex\ncases of elder abuse, including but not limited to financial\nexploitation, physical abuse, psychological abuse, sexual abuse, and\nneglect, involving a victim sixty years of age or older.\n  2. Such elder abuse enhanced multidisciplinary teams shall consist of\nrepresentation by professionals generally authorized to make decisions\non behalf of their agency from public, private, and voluntary agencies.\nRepresented professions may include, but are not limited to,\nhealth/medical, mental health, aging, protective services, human\nservices, social work, banking/financial institutions, legal services,\ndistrict attorney's offices, law enforcement agencies, and forensic\naccounting.\n  3. Teams will also consist of a coordinator who will provide case\nconsultation, triage cases, facilitate elder abuse enhanced\nmultidisciplinary team meetings, monitor progress, and facilitate\ncoordination and cooperative action in the provision of appropriate\nservices to an individual identified as being a victim of elder abuse,\nas well as other duties associated with the role.\n  4. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, members\nof an elder abuse enhanced multidisciplinary team may share with other\nteam members client-identifiable information concerning victims of elder\nabuse as appropriate to facilitate team activities.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 2305 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 23 / Title 1 / Section 2305
Sexually transmitted diseases; treatment by licensed physician or staff physician of a hospital; prescriptions
Status: in_force

§ 2305. Sexually transmitted diseases; treatment by licensed physician\nor staff physician of a hospital; prescriptions. 1. No person, other\nthan a licensed physician, or, in a hospital, a staff physician, shall\ndiagnose, treat or prescribe for a person who is infected with a\nsexually transmitted disease, or who has been exposed to infection with\na sexually transmitted disease, or dispense or sell a drug, medicine or\nremedy for the treatment of such person except on prescription of a duly\nlicensed physician.\n  2. A licensed physician, or in a hospital, a staff physician, may\ndiagnose, treat or prescribe for a person under the age of twenty-one\nyears without the consent or knowledge of the parents or guardian of\nsaid person, where such person is infected with a sexually transmitted\ndisease, or has been exposed to infection with a sexually transmitted\ndisease.\n  3. For the purposes of this section, the term "hospital" shall mean a\nhospital as defined in article twenty-eight of this chapter.\n
N.Y. SOS Law § 142-B — New York Code / Act SOS / Article 5 / Title 1 / Section 142-B
Federal manpower development training act and elementary and secondary education act grants or payments; effect on eligibility for certai...
Status: in_force

§ 142-b. Federal manpower development training act and elementary and\nsecondary education act grants or payments; effect on eligibility for\ncertain public assistance or care.  So long as the applicable provisions\nof the federal manpower development and training act, as amended, or of\nthe elementary and secondary education act as amended, may require:\n  1. any inconsistent provision of title ten of article five, other\nprovisions of this chapter, or of any other law notwithstanding, in\ndetermining the need for public assistance or care under such title, any\npayments made under the manpower development and training act, as\namended, which are made in lieu of a training allowance to defray\nexpenses attributable to training and/or as a training incentive\npayment, shall not be regarded as income or resources of the person in\ndetermining his need for such public assistance or care, or as income or\nresources of any other person in determining such other person's need\nfor such public assistance or care; and/or\n  2. any inconsistent provisions of title ten of article five, other\nprovisions of this chapter, or of any other law notwithstanding, in\ndetermining the need for public assistance or care under such title, the\nfirst eighty-five dollars per month, during a period of not less than\ntwelve nor more than twenty-four months as may be prescribed by\nregulations of the department, earned by any person for services\nrendered to any program assisted under title I of the elementary and\nsecondary education act of nineteen hundred sixty-five, as amended,\nshall not be regarded as income or resources of such person in\ndetermining his need for public assistance or care under such title ten\nof article five of this chapter, or as income or resources of any other\nperson in determining such other person's need for such public\nassistance or care.\n
N.Y. SOS Law § 388 — New York Code / Act SOS / Article 6 / Title 1 / Section 388
Special charters
Status: in_force

§ 388.  Special charters.  The power and authority given to agencies,\nassociations, corporations, institutions and societies in their charters\nshall not be abrogated or nullified, except as the same are in conflict\nwith this title.\n
N.Y. SOS Law § 131-J — New York Code / Act SOS / Article 5 / Title 1 / Section 131-J
Certain utility deposits
Status: in_force

§ 131-j.  Certain utility deposits.  Any inconsistent provision of\nthis chapter or other law notwithstanding, a public assistance recipient\nshall not be required by any corporation subject to the provisions of\narticle four of the public service law to pay a security deposit as a\ncondition of receiving any utility service provided by such utility\ncompany.  This section shall apply to recipients of supplemental\nsecurity income benefits or additional state payments, as defined in\nsection three hundred of this chapter, and such persons shall be deemed\npublic assistance recipients for the purposes of this section.\n
N.Y. MRE Law § 206 — New York Code / Act MRE / Article 6 / Title 1 / Section 206
Cellar and basement stairs
Status: in_force

§ 206. Cellar and basement stairs. All inside cellar or basement\nstairs shall be entirely enclosed with fireproof walls and be provided\nwith fireproof doors and assemblies, with the doors self-closing, at all\nopenings.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 409-N — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 9 / Section 409-N
Maximum temperatures in school buildings and facilities
Status: in_force

§ 409-n. Maximum temperatures in school buildings and facilities. All\ncommon, union free, central, central high schools, city school districts\nand boards of cooperative educational services shall develop a policy\nfor ensuring the health and safety of students, faculty, and other\nemployees, on extreme heat condition days. For the purpose of this\nsection, extreme heat condition days shall be defined as days when the\noccupiable educational and support services spaces are found to be\neighty-two degrees or greater Fahrenheit. For the purpose of this\nsection, support services spaces shall not include kitchen areas used in\nthe preparation of food for consumption by students. For the purpose of\nthis section, room temperature shall be measured at a shaded location,\nthree feet above the floor near the center of the room. Schools shall be\nrequired to take action to relieve heat-related discomfort when the\noccupied space temperature reaches eighty-two degrees Fahrenheit. These\nactions may include, but are not limited to, turning off the overhead\nlights, pulling down shades or blinds, turning on fans, opening\nclassroom doors and windows to increase circulation, turning off unused\nelectronics that produce heat, and providing water breaks. Such policy\nshall include a plan to remove students and staff from occupied spaces\nwhere practicable when educational and support services spaces reach\neighty-eight degrees Fahrenheit.\n
N.Y. ELN Law § 8-108 — New York Code / Act ELN / Article 8 / Title 1 / Section 8-108
Change of polling place
Status: in_force

§ 8-108. Change of polling place. In the event that there is a change\nof location of a polling place from the last primary or general election\nheld or the last early voting period held, the board of elections for\nthe voting district in which the old polling place is located shall post\nat the entrance of the old polling location a notice on yellow paper\ninforming voters that the polling place has been moved and providing the\nstreet address of the new location. Such notice shall be posted on the\ndate of the election or on the first day of early voting prior to the\nopening of the polls.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 605 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 6 / Title 1 / Section 605
State aid; amount of reimbursement
Status: in_force

§ 605. State aid; amount of reimbursement. 1. A state aid base grant\nshall be reimbursed to municipalities for the core public health\nservices identified in section six hundred two of this title, in an\namount of the greater of one dollar and thirty cents per capita, for\neach person in the municipality, or seven hundred fifty thousand\ndollars, provided that the municipality expends at least seven hundred\nfifty thousand dollars, for such core public health services. A\nmunicipality must provide all the core public health services identified\nin section six hundred two of this title to qualify for such base grant\nunless the municipality has the approval of the commissioner to expend\nthe base grant on a portion of such core public health services. If any\nservices in such section are not provided, the commissioner shall limit\nthe municipality's per capita or base grant to reflect the scope of the\nreduced services, in an amount not to exceed five hundred seventy-seven\nthousand five hundred dollars. The commissioner may use the amount that\nis not granted to contract with agencies, associations, or organizations\nto provide such services; or the health department may use such\nproportionate share to provide the services upon approval of the\ndirector of the division of the budget.\n  2. State aid reimbursement for public health services provided by a\nmunicipality under this title, shall be made if the municipality is\nproviding some or all of the core public health services identified in\nsection six hundred two of this title, pursuant to an approved\napplication for state aid, at a rate of no less than thirty-six per\ncentum of the difference between the amount of moneys expended by the\nmunicipality for public health services required by section six hundred\ntwo of this title during the fiscal year and the base grant provided\npursuant to subdivision one of this section. Provided, however, that a\nmunicipality's documented fringe benefit costs submitted under an\napplication for state aid and otherwise eligible for reimbursement under\nthis article shall not exceed fifty per centum of the municipality's\neligible personnel services. No such reimbursement shall be provided for\nservices that are not eligible for state aid pursuant to this article.\n  3. Municipalities shall make every reasonable effort to collect\npayments for public health services provided. All such revenues shall be\nreported to the commissioner pursuant to section six hundred six of this\ntitle and will be deducted from expenditures identified under\nsubdivision two of this section to produce a net cost eligible for state\naid.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 902 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 19 / Section 902
Employment of health professionals
Status: in_force

§ 902. Employment of health professionals. 1. As used in this article\n"health professionals" means persons duly licensed or otherwise\nauthorized to practice a health profession pursuant to applicable law,\nincluding, but not limited to, physicians, registered professional\nnurses, nurse practitioners, physicians assistants, optometrists,\ndentists, dental hygienists, dietitians and nutritionists, and\naudiologists.\n  2. a. The board of education, and the trustee or board of trustees of\neach school district, shall employ, at a compensation to be agreed upon\nby the parties, a qualified physician, or a nurse practitioner to the\nextent authorized by the nurse practice act and consistent with\nsubdivision three of section six thousand nine hundred two of this\nchapter, to perform the duties of the director of school health\nservices, including any duties conferred on the school physician or\nschool medical inspector under any provision of law, to perform and\ncoordinate the provision of health services in the public schools and to\nprovide health appraisals of students attending the public schools in\nthe city or district. The physicians or nurse practitioners so employed\nshall be duly licensed pursuant to applicable law.\n  b. Any such board or trustees may employ one or more school nurses,\nwho shall be registered professional nurses, as well as other health\nprofessionals, as may be required. Such registered professional nurses\nand other health professionals shall aid the director of school health\nservices of the district and shall perform such duties, including health\ninstruction for the benefit of the public schools as may be prescribed\nby such board or trustees, in compliance with each such health\nprofessional's practice act.\n  3. Health professionals may be employed by the trustees or boards of\neducation of two or more school districts, and the compensation of such\nhealth professionals, and the expenses incurred in providing school\nhealth services for students as provided in this article, shall be borne\njointly by such districts, and be apportioned among them in any manner\nagreed to by such districts in a sharing agreement entered pursuant to\nsection one hundred nineteen-o of the general municipal law. The\ntrustees or boards of education of two or more school districts in a\nsupervisory district may enter into an agreement, or agreements as may\nbe required, with a board of cooperative educational services for the\nprovision of the services of one or more registered professional nurses,\nand other health professionals to perform health services, including\nhealth instruction in such districts.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 478 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 10-B / Section 478
General powers and duties of fund
Status: in_force

§ 478. General powers and duties of fund. The fund shall have the\nfollowing powers in addition to those specifically conferred elsewhere\nin this article:\n  1. To sue and be sued;\n  2. To have a seal and alter the same at pleasure;\n  3. To make and alter by-laws for its organization and internal\nmanagement;\n  4. With the approval of the commissioner of finance of the city of\nYonkers to prescribe a system of accounts;\n  5. To make rules and regulations governing the exercise of its\ncorporate powers and the fulfillment of its corporate purposes under\nthis article, which rules and regulations shall be filed with the\nsecretary of state in the manner provided by section one hundred two of\nthe executive law;\n  6. With the approval of the board of education, to purchase, receive,\nlease or otherwise acquire real and personal property necessary or\nconvenient for its corporate purposes;\n  7. Subject to the terms and conditions of any lease, sublease or other\nagreement with the board of education, to possess, hold, use and improve\nreal and personal property acquired by or on behalf of the fund so long\nas its corporate existence shall continue;\n  8. Upon a two-thirds vote of the trustees of the fund, and subject to\nthe approval of the board of education, to design, construct, acquire,\nreconstruct, rehabilitate and improve combined occupancy structures and\nincidental or appurtenant facilities thereto, or cause such structures\nand facilities to be designed, constructed, acquired, reconstructed,\nrehabilitated and improved in accordance with the provisions of this\narticle;\n  9. In connection with such design, construction, acquisition,\nreconstruction, rehabilitation and improvement, to install or cause to\nbe installed water, sewer, gas, electrical, telephone, heating, air\nconditioning and other utility services, including appropriate\nconnections;\n  10. Subject to the terms and conditions of any lease, sublease or\nother agreement with the board of education, to maintain, repair and\nkeep up the real property held by it and all combined occupancy\nstructures and facilities constructed, acquired, reconstructed,\nrehabilitated or improved pursuant to this article;\n  11. Subject to the terms and conditions of any lease, sublease or\nother agreement with third parties and to the determination of the board\nof education that such real property is unnecessary for the present or\nforeseeable future school building needs of the city of Yonkers, to\nsurrender to the appropriate city official, for other public use or for\nsale, lease or other disposition in accordance with law, real property\nheld by the fund for its corporate purposes;\n  12. Subject to the approval of the corporation counsel as to form, to\nmake and execute contracts, leases, subleases, and all other instruments\nor agreements necessary or convenient for the exercise of its corporate\npowers and the fulfillment of its corporate purposes under this article;\nthe term of any such lease or sublease or renewal thereof shall not be\nlimited by any provision of any general, special or local law or charter\napplicable to the city of Yonkers or to the board of education of the\ncity of Yonkers;\n  13. To procure insurance against any loss in connection with its\nproperty and other assets in such amounts and from such insurers as it\ndeems desirable;\n  14. With the consent of the board of education to use the agents,\nemployees and facilities of the board;\n  15. To engage the services of construction, engineering,\narchitectural, legal and financial consultants, surveyors and\nappraisers, on a contract basis or as employees, for professional\nservice and technical assistance and advice;\n  16. To assist generally, the public works department of the city of\nYonkers in making land surveys, topographical surveys and valuation\nappraisals of real property sought to be acquired by the board of\neducation of the city of Yonkers;\n  17. To borrow money and issue negotiable notes, bonds or other\nobligations and to provide for the rights of the holders thereof;\n  18. To invest any funds held in reserves or sinking funds, or any\nfunds not required for immediate use or disbursement, at the discretion\nof the fund, in obligations of the city, the state or the United States\ngovernment or obligations the principal and interest of which are\nguaranteed by the city, the state or the United States government;\n  19. To accept any gifts or grants or loans of funds and property or\nfinancial or other aid in any form from the federal government or any\nagency or instrumentality thereof or from the state or from any other\nsource and to comply, subject to the provisions of this article, with\nthe terms and conditions thereof;\n  20. At the request or with the approval of the board of education, to\ngrant, sell, lease or otherwise transfer without public auction or\nbidding any real property or any rights or interests therein or thereto,\nincluding fee interests, easements, space rights or air rights, held by\nit and occupied or reserved for school purposes and needed therefor, to\na private individual or private or public corporation solely and\nexclusively for the purpose of developing and constructing therein or\nthereon a combined occupancy structure, or a part or portion thereof,\nwithin the meaning of this article subject to a prior and enforceable\nagreement approved by the board of education for the reconveyance,\nretransfer or lease back of the school portion thereof, upon completion,\nfor use and occupancy by the said board of education; provided, however,\nthat no such sale, lease or transfer of lands or rights therein or\nthereto is authorized where the development of a combined occupancy\nstructure contemplates the erection of nonschool facilities or\nimprovements over an existing school or playground unless such combined\noccupancy structure to be constructed over such playground shall provide\nplayground area at least equal in size to the then existing playground\narea;\n  21. At the request or with the approval of the board of education, to\ncontract with the owner or other developer of a combined occupancy\nstructure for the purchase or lease of the school portion thereof upon\ncompletion for use and occupancy by the board of education of the city\nof Yonkers;\n  22. To grant, sell, lease, sublease or otherwise convey the school\nportion of combined occupancy structures to the city of Yonkers for use\nand occupancy by the board of education of the city of Yonkers; and\n  23. To do any and all things necessary or convenient to carry out its\ncorporate purposes and exercise the powers given and granted to it in\nthis article.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 207-B — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 5 / Part 1 / Section 207-B
Crisis resources
Status: in_force

§ 207-b. Crisis resources. Each degree-granting institution of higher\neducation shall establish an education campaign to educate students,\nfaculty, and staff about the 9-8-8 suicide and crisis lifeline and the\ncrisis text line. Such education campaign shall include, but not be\nlimited to:\n  1. resources describing when to utilize the 9-8-8 suicide and crisis\nlifeline and the crisis text line; and\n  2. contact information for such services on student identification\ncards, or the annual distribution of contact information for such\nservices at institutions that do not issue student identification cards.\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 15-0113 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 15 / Title 1 / Section 15-0113
State to be reimbursed for costs
Status: in_force

§ 15-0113. State to be reimbursed for costs.\n  In the event that the department shall carry out a project paid for by\nthe beneficiaries, as provided by various parts in this article, the\ndepartment may, if such procedure shall be found to be just and\nreasonable, require that the state be reimbursed for costs which may\nhave been paid from state appropriations. This reimbursement may cover\ncosts and expenses incurred prior to the time the project funds could be\nmade available for salaries and expenses for regular employees of any\nstate department who may have devoted all or a part of their time to\nthat particular project, except this is not intended to apply to the\nsalaries of the members of the department engaged only in general\nadministrative work in connection with the project.\n
N.Y. ELN Law § 11-104 — New York Code / Act ELN / Article 11 / Title 1 / Section 11-104
Registration and application for special presidential ballot
Status: in_force

§ 11-104. Registration and application for special presidential\nballot. 1. a. A person who, pursuant to the provisions of this title, is\nqualified to vote for president and vice president of the United States\nmay apply to the board of elections of his county of residence next\npreceding the place of his current residence for a special ballot for\npresident and vice president. Such applications must be mailed to such\nboard of elections not later than the seventh day before the election or\ndelivered to such board not later than the day of such election.\n  b. Insofar as the provisions of this chapter providing for voting in\nperson or by absentee ballot do not conflict with any provision of this\nsection, such provisions apply to a person authorized to vote under this\narticle.  In the case of any such conflict, the provision of this\nsection shall prevail and such other provision of this chapter shall not\napply.\n  2. a. A form of application for a special ballot under this section\nshall be furnished by the board of elections to the applicant who shall\nrequest such form within the time prescribed therefor. In addition,\napplication forms shall be supplied to the applicant's spouse, parent or\nchild, a person residing with the applicant as a member of his\nhousehold, or the applicant's duly authorized agent.\n  b. The board of elections shall mail a special presidential ballot to\nevery qualified voter otherwise eligible for such a ballot, who requests\nsuch a special presidential ballot from such board of elections in a\nletter, which is signed by the voter and received by the board of\nelections not earlier than the thirtieth day nor later than the seventh\nday before the election and which states the address where the voter is\nregistered and the address to which the voter has moved and the date of\nsuch move. The board of elections shall enclose with such ballot a form\nof application for special presidential ballot.\n  c. The application shall be made and signed by the applicant at the\nplaces thereon provided for such purpose and he shall set forth therein\nall of the facts required to establish his qualifications to register\nand vote under this article.\n  d. The form for use under subdivision one of this section shall be of\na distinctive color and in the form prescribed by the state board of\nelections.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 1132 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 23-B / Section 1132
Duties of the commissioner; child abuse in an educational setting
Status: in_force

§ 1132. Duties of the commissioner; child abuse in an educational\nsetting. 1. The commissioner shall prepare a form for the recording and\ntransmitting of allegations of child abuse in an educational setting.\nSuch form shall include: (i) all definitions set out in section eleven\nhundred twenty-five of this article; and (ii) adequate space for the\ninclusion of any other information which the person making or filing the\nreport believes would be helpful in describing or explaining the\ncircumstances surrounding an allegation of child abuse in an educational\nsetting in accordance with the provisions of this article.\n  2. The commissioner shall promulgate rules and regulations for\ntraining necessary for the implementation of this article provided all\nemployees specifically described in section eleven hundred twenty-six of\nthis article shall be required to complete training pursuant to such\nrules and regulations. Such training shall include, at a minimum,\ninformation regarding the physical and behavioral indicators of child\nabuse and maltreatment and the statutory reporting requirements set out\nin sections four hundred thirteen, four hundred fourteen, four hundred\nfifteen, four hundred sixteen, four hundred seventeen, four hundred\neighteen, four hundred nineteen and four hundred twenty of the social\nservices law, including but not limited to, when and how a report must\nbe made, what other actions the reporter is mandated or authorized to\ntake, the legal protections afforded reporters, and the consequences for\nfailing to report.\n  3. All persons employed on or after July first, two thousand nineteen\nby a school, other than a school district or public school, in titles\nequivalent to a teacher or administrator as defined in the regulations\nof the commissioner, and any school bus driver employed by a school or\nany person or entity that contracts with a school to provide\ntransportation services to children shall be required to complete two\nhours of coursework or training regarding the identification and\nreporting of child abuse and maltreatment. The coursework or training\nshall be obtained from an institution or provider that has been approved\nby the department to provide such coursework or training. The coursework\nor training shall include information regarding the physical and\nbehavioral indicators of child abuse and maltreatment and the statutory\nreporting requirements set out in sections four hundred thirteen through\nfour hundred twenty of the social services law, including but not\nlimited to, when and how a report must be made, what other actions the\nreporter is mandated or authorized to take, the legal protections\nafforded reporters, and the consequences for failing to report. Each\nemployee in such titles shall provide the school administrator of the\nschool with documentation showing that he or she completed the required\ntraining. In addition, each school bus driver shall provide such school\nor contracting person or entity with documentation showing that he or\nshe completed the required training. The department shall be authorized\nto request such records on a periodic basis and may publish a list of\nany persons or schools who are not in compliance with this subdivision\non its website.\n  4. The coursework or training required by this section shall not apply\nto those persons already required to undergo coursework or training\nregarding the identification and reporting of child abuse and\nmaltreatment pursuant to sections three thousand three and three\nthousand four of this chapter.\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 15-0105 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 15 / Title 1 / Section 15-0105
Declaration of policy
Status: in_force

§ 15-0105. Declaration of policy.\n  In recognition of its sovereign duty to conserve and control its water\nresources for the benefit of all inhabitants of the state, it is hereby\ndeclared to be the public policy of the state of New York that:\n  1. The regulation and control of the water resources of the state of\nNew York be exercised only pursuant to the laws of this state;\n  2. The waters of the state be conserved and developed for all public\nbeneficial uses;\n  3. Comprehensive planning be undertaken for the protection,\nconservation, equitable and wise use and development of the water\nresources of the state to the end that such water resources be not\nwasted and shall be adequate to meet the present and future needs for\ndomestic, municipal, agricultural, commercial, industrial, power,\nrecreational and other public, beneficial purposes;\n  4. With respect to the use of the waters of the state and the water\ncourses thereof, due consideration shall be given to the relative\nimportance of different uses;\n  5. The acquisition, storage, diversion and use of water for domestic\nand municipal purposes shall have priority over all other purposes;\n  6. Alterations in the conditions of waters and water courses be\nplanned and carried out in such manner that the important uses will be\nimpaired as little as possible;\n  7. Reasonable standards of purity and quality of the waters of the\nstate be maintained consistent with public health, safety and welfare\nand the public enjoyment thereof, the propagation and protection of fish\nand wildlife, including birds, mammals and other terrestrial and aquatic\nlife, and the industrial development of the state, and to that end, to\nrequire the use of all known available and reasonable methods to prevent\nand control pollution, wastage and unreasonable disturbance and\ndefilement of the waters of the state;\n  8. In addition to other recognized public beneficial uses and control\nof water as provided by this article 15 or by any other statute, the\nregulated acquisition, storage, diversion and use of water for the\nsupplemental irrigation of agricultural lands within the state is a\npublic purpose and use, in the interests of the health, safety and\nwelfare of the people of the state and for their interest.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 413 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 9 / Section 413
Use of school buildings for examinations
Status: in_force

§ 413. Use of school buildings for examinations.  The use of a school\nbuilding shall be granted for any examination.  No charge shall be made\ntherefor, provided always that due and proper care shall be maintained\nand the school building be left in such condition as found in relation\nto cleanliness and neatness.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 15 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 2 / Section 15
Reporting by commissioner
Status: in_force

§ 15. Reporting by commissioner. The commissioner shall create a\nprocedure under which material incidents of harassment, bullying and\ndiscrimination on school grounds or at a school function are reported to\nthe department at least on an annual basis. Such procedure shall provide\nthat such reports shall, wherever possible, also delineate the specific\nnature of such incidents of harassment, bullying and discrimination,\nprovided that the commissioner may comply with the requirements of this\nsection through use of the existing uniform violent incident reporting\nsystem. In addition the department may conduct research or undertake\nstudies to determine compliance throughout the state with the provisions\nof this article.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 1020-T*2 — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 5 / Title 1-A* / Section 1020-T*2
Audit
Status: in_force

* § 1020-t. Audit. The accounts of the authority shall be subject to\nthe supervision of the comptroller.\n  * NB There are 2 § 1020-t's\n
N.Y. MRE Law § 56-A — New York Code / Act MRE / Article 4 / Title 1 / Section 56-A
Posting of means of egress in hotels and motels
Status: in_force

§ 56-a. Posting of means of egress in hotels and motels. On each floor\nof every hotel or motel having two or more stories where the rooms or\nsuites are connected by an interior hallway there shall be posted by\neach stairway, elevator or other means of egress a printed scale floor\nplan of the particular story, which shall show all means of egress,\nclearly labeling those to be used in case of fire. Such signs shall be\nposted in other conspicuous areas throughout the building. Said floor\nplan shall be no smaller than eight inches by ten inches and shall be\nposted in such a manner that it cannot be readily removed.\n
N.Y. RPT Law § 500 — New York Code / Act RPT / Article 5 / Title 1 / Section 500
Ascertainment of facts for assessment
Status: in_force

§ 500. Ascertainment of facts for assessment. 1. The assessors in each\ncity and town shall maintain an inventory of all the real property\nlocated therein including the names of the owners thereof and complete\nan annual update thereto on or before the first day of March. The\nphysical characteristics of real property included in such inventory\nshall constitute a public record and shall be available for public\ninspection and copying in accordance with paragraph (b) of subdivision\ntwo of section eighty-seven of the public officers law except as\nprovided in paragraphs (d) and (f) of subdivision two of section\neighty-seven of the public officers law. Disclosure of the inventory\ndata shall not be considered an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy\nas defined in subdivision two of section eighty-nine of the public\nofficers law.\n  2. If, in ascertaining facts for purposes of assessment pursuant to\nthis section, the assessor finds that real property is located within\nthe assessing unit of which he is the assessor but was not entered on\nthe assessment roll of such assessing unit for the preceding year and,\nin addition, that such real property was entered on the assessment roll\nof an adjoining assessing unit for such preceding year, the assessor\nshall not henceforth assess such real property unless:\n  (a) upon approval of a justice of the supreme court, the adjoining\nassessing unit agrees in writing that the real property may be so\nassessed and in which event the adjoining assessing unit shall not\nassess such real property; or\n  (b) a judgment of the supreme court is entered in a proceeding\npursuant to section two hundred twenty-eight of the county law\ndetermining that such real property is not located in the adjoining\nassessing unit.\n  3. At least thirty days prior to the return date thereof, a copy of\nany application for judicial approval of an agreement or any pleading\ninitiating a judicial proceeding pursuant to subdivision two of this\nsection shall be served personally or by certified mail upon each owner,\nlast known owner or reputed owner of real property affected thereby.\n  4. The entry of real property described in subdivision one of this\nsection in a manner contrary to the provisions of this section shall\nconstitute an unlawful entry as defined in paragraph b of subdivision\nseven of section five hundred fifty of this chapter.\n  5. Real property entered on an assessment roll as provided by\nsubdivision two of this section shall not be subject to the provisions\nof section five hundred fifty-one of this chapter relating to the entry\nof omitted property on current assessment roll, nor shall the provisions\nrelating to refunds of taxes provided by section five hundred fifty-six\nof this chapter apply as regards the entry of such real property on an\nassessment roll of an adjoining assessing unit for preceding years.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 396 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 8-B / Section 396
Employer not liable for payment of benefits
Status: in_force

§ 396. Employer not liable for payment of benefits.  Neither the\nstate, nor state university, nor any electing employer or its local\nsponsor shall be a party to any contract purchased in whole or in part\nwith contributions made under the optional retirement program\nestablished and administered pursuant to this article.  No retirement,\ndeath, or other benefits shall be payable by the state, or by state\nuniversity, or by any electing employer or its local sponsor under such\noptional retirement program.  Such benefits shall be paid to electing\nemployees or their beneficiaries by the designated insurer or insurers\nin accordance with the terms of their contracts.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 265-A — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 5 / Part 2 / Section 265-A
Defense of lawful detention
Status: in_force

§ 265-a. Defense of lawful detention.  In any action for false arrest,\nfalse imprisonment, unlawful detention, defamation of character,\nassault, trespass or invasion of civil rights brought by any person by\nreason of having been detained on or in the immediate vicinity of the\npremises of a public library or association library for the purpose of\ninvestigation or questioning as to the ownership of any materials, it\nshall be a defense to such action that the person was detained in a\nreasonable manner and for not more than a reasonable time to permit such\ninvestigation or questioning by a peace officer or by the librarian in\ncharge, his or her authorized employee or agent, and that such peace\nofficer, librarian, employee or agent has reasonable grounds to believe\nthat the person so detained was committing or attempting to commit\nlarceny on such premises of such materials. As used in this section,\n"reasonable grounds" shall include, but not be limited to, knowledge\nthat a person has concealed, unauthorized possession of  material owned\nor belonging to the public library or association library, and a\n"reasonable time" shall mean the time necessary to permit the person\ndetained to make a statement or to refuse to make a statement, and the\ntime necessary to examine employees and records of the public library or\nassociation library relative to the ownership of the materials.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 312 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 7 / Section 312
Filed papers and copies thereof
Status: in_force

§ 312. Filed papers and copies thereof.  The commissioner shall file,\narrange in the order of time, and keep in his office, so that they may\nbe at all times accessible, all the proceedings on every appeal or\npetition to him under this article, including his decision and orders\nfounded thereon; and copies of all such papers and proceedings,\nauthenticated by him under his seal of office, shall be evidence equally\nwith the originals.\n
N.Y. GMU Law § 857 — New York Code / Act GMU / Article 18-A / Title 1 / Section 857
Video recordings of open meetings and public hearings
Status: in_force

§ 857. Video recordings of open meetings and public hearings. The\nagency shall, to the extent practicable, stream all open meetings and\npublic hearings on its website in real-time. The agency shall post video\nrecordings of all open meetings and public hearings on its website\nwithin five business days of the meeting or hearing and shall maintain\nsuch recordings for a period of not less than five years.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 23 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 2-A / Section 23
Severability and construction
Status: in_force

§ 23. Severability and construction. The provisions of this article\nshall be severable, and if any court of competent jurisdiction declares\nany phrase, clause, sentence or provision of this article to be invalid,\nor its applicability to any government agency, person or circumstance is\ndeclared invalid, the remainder of this article and its relevant\napplicability shall not be affected. The provisions of this article\nshall be liberally construed to give effect to the purposes thereof.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 211-A — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 5 / Part 1 / Section 211-A
Enhanced state accountability system
Status: in_force

§ 211-a. Enhanced state accountability system. To more fully implement\nthe requirements of section one thousand one hundred eleven of the\nelementary and secondary education act of nineteen hundred sixty-five,\nas amended, and the federal regulations implementing such statute, the\nregents shall develop and implement an enhanced state accountability\nsystem that uses growth measures to the extent required by this section.\n  1. By the start of the two thousand eight--two thousand nine school\nyear, the regents shall establish, using existing state assessments, an\ninterim, modified accountability system for schools and districts that\nis based on a growth model, subject to approval of the United States\ndepartment of education where required under federal law.\n  2. The regents shall proceed with the development of an enhanced\naccountability system, with revised or new state assessments, based on\nan enhanced growth model that, to the extent feasible and consistent\nwith federal law, includes a value-added assessment model that employs a\nscale-score approach to measure growth of students at all levels. (a) If\nthe regents establish that the assessment scaling and accountability\nmethodology employed have been determined by external experts in\neducational testing and measurement to be valid and reliable and in\naccordance with established standards for educational and psychological\ntesting, and (b) the approval of the United States department of\neducation has been obtained where required by federal law, the enhanced\ngrowth model shall be implemented no later than the start of the two\nthousand ten--two thousand eleven school year.\n  3. In implementing the provisions of subdivisions one and two of this\nsection, the regents shall by July first, two thousand eight, establish\ntargets for improvement of schools and school districts based upon\nperformance on state assessments, graduation rates, and other indicators\nof progress, such as student retention rates and college attendance and\ncompletion rates.\n  4. As used in this chapter, the following words shall have the\nfollowing meanings:\n  a. "Growth model" shall mean the assessment of a cohort of students,\nor individual students, over time that measures the academic progress\nmade by those students.\n  b. "Value added assessment model" shall mean a form of growth model\nthat includes an evaluation of the specific effects of programs, and\nother relevant factors, on the academic progress of individual students\nover time.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 670-B — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 14 / Part 2 / Subpart 3 / Section 670-B
Scholarships for academic excellence
Status: in_force

§ 670-b. Scholarships for academic excellence.  1. Number and\ncertification. Five thousand scholarships shall be awarded in the\nnineteen hundred ninety-seven--ninety-eight academic year, and eight\nthousand scholarships shall be awarded in the nineteen hundred\nninety-eight--ninety-nine academic year and thereafter.  Such\nscholarships shall be allocated as provided in article thirteen of this\nchapter to eligible students certified to the president by the\ncommissioner.\n  2. Duration. A scholarship shall entitle the recipient to an annual\naward for not more than four academic years of undergraduate study, or\nfive academic years, if the program of study normally requires five\nyears as defined by the commissioner pursuant to article thirteen of\nthis chapter.\n  3. Amount. a. (i) For the nineteen hundred ninety-seven--ninety-eight\nacademic year, there shall be two thousand scholarships in the amount of\none thousand dollars each and there shall be three thousand scholarships\nin the amount of five hundred dollars each.\n  (ii) For the nineteen hundred ninety-eight--ninety-nine academic year\nand thereafter, there shall be two thousand scholarships in the amount\nof one thousand five hundred dollars each and there shall be six\nthousand scholarships in the amount of five hundred dollars each.\n  (iii) Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, students\nawarded one thousand dollar scholarships in the nineteen hundred\nninety-seven--ninety-eight academic year shall be entitled in the\nnineteen hundred ninety-eight--ninety-nine academic year  and thereafter\nto an annual award of one thousand five hundred dollars.\n  b. In no event shall the amount of the annual award exceed the\nrecipient's cost of attendance at the institution attended.  Cost of\nattendance shall mean tuition, required fees, laboratory and other\ninstruction related expenses, books, transportation, room and board.\nAnything in this article to the contrary notwithstanding, a recipient of\na scholarship may concurrently receive with such award any other\nacademic or general award for which he or she may be eligible provided\nhowever in no event shall a recipient be awarded a scholarship in any\namount where the combination of all such awards would exceed the\nrecipient's cost of attendance at the institution.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 212-C — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 5 / Part 1 / Section 212-C
Teacher accreditation review fees
Status: in_force

§ 212-c. Teacher accreditation review fees. The costs of accreditation\nreviews of teacher education programs shall be borne by the institution\nseeking accreditation by the board of regents. The commissioner shall\nestablish and charge fees to cover the costs of the accreditation\nvisits, any other related visits the commissioner may determine to be\nnecessary, and related expenses. Fees collected shall be deposited to\nthe credit of the teacher education accreditation account and disbursed\npursuant to section ninety-nine-h of the state finance law. The\ncommissioner shall be authorized to adopt any regulations needed to\nimplement the provisions of this section.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 295 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 6 / Section 295
Support of interstate library district
Status: in_force

§ 295. Support of interstate library district.  Any library, library\nsystem, county, city, village, town or school district of this state may\nprovide funds, including funds received from local taxation for state\naid for the support and operation of an interstate library district\nestablished as provided herein, in accordance with the terms of the\nagreement establishing the same provided that such agreement together\nwith the plan of library service thereunder has been approved by the\ncommissioner.\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 3-0115 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 3 / Title 1 / Section 3-0115
Establishment of forestry and wildlife management areas by United States; consent of state
Status: in_force

§ 3-0115. Establishment of forestry and wildlife management areas by\n            United States; consent of state.\n  1. To implement and supplement federal statutes now in effect and to\nauthorize the acquisition by the United States of America of upland area\nfor conservation purposes, the consent of the State of New York is\nhereby granted to the United States of America:\n  a. To acquire, on or before July 1, 1940, by means of purchase,\ndevise, gift or condemnation such upland areas in the State of New York\nand outside the statutory boundaries of the Adirondack and Catskill\nparks as are necessary and suitable for forestry and wildlife management\nareas; and\n  b. To forest or reforest such areas and to construct or erect upon\nsuch lands, such truck trails, bridges, ditches, fire lanes, water\nholes, service structures and similar improvements as are necessary for\nthe protection and administration of these lands as forestry or wildlife\nmanagement areas; and\n  c. To hold title to such upland areas herein described and heretofore\nacquired for the foregoing purposes, reserving, however, to the State of\nNew York, full and complete jurisdiction and authority over all such\nareas not incompatible with the administration, maintenance, and\nprotection thereof by the United States of America; provided, however,\nthat the United States of America shall make no regulations governing\nsuch areas which shall be in conflict with the provisions of the\nConservation Law, as amended or as may hereafter be amended, or those\nprovisions of the Environmental Conservation Law of the State of New\nYork which were derived from the Conservation Law.\n  2. Such lands as are under contract of purchase by the United States\nof America, or to acquire which condemnation proceedings have been\ncommenced on or before July 1, 1940 shall be deemed acquired within the\nmeaning of paragraph a of subdivision one of this section.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 1020-U*2 — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 5 / Title 1-A* / Section 1020-U*2
Actions against authority
Status: in_force

* § 1020-u. Actions against authority. 1. In any action founded upon\ntort a notice of claim shall be required as a condition precedent to the\ncommencement of an action or special proceeding against the authority or\nany officer, appointee, agent or employee thereof, and the provisions of\nsection fifty-e of the general municipal law shall govern the giving of\nsuch notice. Except in an action for wrongful death, an action against\nthe authority for damages for injuries to real or personal property, or\nfor the destruction thereof, or for personal injuries, alleged to have\nbeen sustained, shall not be commenced more than one year and ninety\ndays after the cause of action therefor shall have accrued.\n  2. Except in an action for wrongful death, an action against the\nauthority founded on tort shall not be commenced more than one year and\nninety days after the cause of action therefor shall have accrued. An\naction against the authority for wrongful death shall be commenced in\naccordance with the notice of claim and time limitation provisions of\ntitle eleven of article nine of this chapter.\n  * NB There are 2 § 1020-u's\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 814 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 17 / Section 814
Courses of study in internet safety
Status: in_force

§ 814. Courses of study in internet safety. 1. Any school district in\nthe state may provide, to pupils in grades kindergarten through twelve,\ninstruction designed to promote the proper and safe use of the internet.\n  2. The commissioner shall provide technical assistance to assist in\nthe development of curricula for such courses of study which shall be\nage appropriate and developed according to the needs and abilities of\npupils at successive grade levels in order to provide awareness, skills,\ninformation and support to aid in the safe usage of the internet.\n  3. The commissioner shall develop age-appropriate resources and\ntechnical assistance for schools to provide to students in grades three\nthrough twelve and their parents or legal guardians concerning the safe\nand responsible use of the internet. The resources shall include, but\nnot be limited to, information regarding how child predators may use the\ninternet to lure and exploit children, protecting personal information,\ninternet scams and cyber-bullying.\n
N.Y. RPT Law § 512 — New York Code / Act RPT / Article 5 / Title 1 / Section 512
Hearing of complaints
Status: in_force

§ 512. Hearing of complaints. 1. Beginning on the fourth Tuesday of\nMay, or such other date as is established by city charter, county\ncharter, county tax act or other special law, and so many days\nthereafter as the board of assessment review deems necessary, such board\nshall meet to hear complaints in relation to assessments.\n  1-a. The governing body of an assessing unit which employs an assessor\nwho is at the same time employed by another assessing unit may adopt a\nlocal law establishing a date for the meetings of the board of\nassessment review other than that provided in subdivision one of this\nsection. The date or first date so established may be no earlier than\nthe fourth Tuesday in May and no later than the second Tuesday of June.\nSuch local law shall remain in effect until rescinded or superseded by\nsubsequent local law. A copy of any local law adopted pursuant to this\nsubdivision shall be filed with the clerk of the city or town and with\nthe commissioner in addition to the other filings required by law. In\nthe event no local law is adopted pursuant to this subdivision, the\nboard of assessment review shall meet to hear complaints as prescribed\nin subdivision one of this section.\n  2. The persons entitled to file complaints in relation to assessments\nwith the board of assessment review, the time and manner of filing such\ncomplaints and the grounds for administrative review of assessments\nshall be governed by section five hundred twenty-four of this article.\n  3. At the meeting of the board of assessment review to hear complaints\nin relation to assessments brought before it, such board shall have all\nof the powers and duties prescribed by title one-A of this article and\nby any other law. The board of assessment review may adjourn from time\nto time for the purpose of hearing complaints.\n  * 4. Notwithstanding any local law to the contrary, where the real\nproperty is residential in whole or in part and all or part is occupied\nby a renter whose interest or interests are described in section three\nhundred four of this chapter, the owner and/or any such renter or\norganization consisting solely of such renters may file a complaint\npursuant to this section and be entitled to all legal rights contained\nin this section. A complaint by such renter or organization shall be\ndeemed a complaint on the assessment of the entire real property.\n  * NB (Effective pending ruling by Commissioner of Internal Revenue)\n
N.Y. SOS Law § 390-J — New York Code / Act SOS / Article 6 / Title 1 / Section 390-J
Performance summary card in a city having a population of one million or more
Status: in_force

§ 390-j. Performance summary card in a city having a population of one\nmillion or more. 1. Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the\nfollowing terms shall have the following meanings:\n  (a) "Child care service" shall mean any person who provides child day\ncare in a city having a population of one million or more that is\nrequired to obtain a permit to operate pursuant to the health code of\nsuch city.\n  (b) "Performance summary card" shall mean an individualized placard\nthat summarizes the health and safety inspections of a child care\nservice to reflect its compliance with applicable laws. The performance\nsummary card shall summarize recent inspection violations and\nsuspensions as required by rules promulgated by the department issuing\nsuch card. A performance summary card may also include additional\ninformation such as the capacity of the child care service, the length\nof time for which such child care service has operated, a comparison of\nthe child care service to other child care services in the same social\nservices district, and other information required by such department's\nrules.\n  2. Performance summary card. The department of health and mental\nhygiene of a city having a population of one million or more shall issue\na performance summary card to each child care service that is required\nto be permitted by the board of health of such city. Such performance\ncard shall be updated and reissued by such department at least once\nevery twelve months. The child care service shall conspicuously post its\nmost recently issued performance summary card at or near its entrance in\naccordance with rules promulgated by such department.\n
N.Y. VAT Law § 147 — New York Code / Act VAT / Title 1 / Article 1 / Section 147
Stop or stopping
Status: in_force

§ 147. Stop or stopping.  When prohibited means any halting even\nmomentarily of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except when necessary\nto avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the\ndirections of a police officer or traffic-control sign or signal.\n
N.Y. MRE Law § 258 — New York Code / Act MRE / Article 7 / Title 1 / Section 258
Public halls
Status: in_force

§ 258. Public halls. 1. Every public hall shall be everywhere at least\nthree feet in clear width.\n  2. Except as herein provided, every public hall shall be completely\nenclosed with fireproof floor, ceiling and walls, and separated from\nevery stair by fireproof partitions or walls, and all doors and their\nassemblies opening therefrom shall be fireproof, with the doors\nself-closing and without transoms. In a dwelling three stories or less\nin height occupied by not more than four families on each story, or in a\npermanently occupied dwelling or any section thereof two stories or less\nin height, any such hall which furnishes access to only one stair need\nnot be separated from such stair by any partition or door and the walls\nof a public hall may be fire-retarded and the floors may be provided\nwith three inches or more of incombustible materials between the beams.\n  3. Except in dwellings three stories or less in height and occupied by\ntwo families or less on every story, every public hall shall have at\nleast one window opening directly upon a street or upon a lawful yard or\ncourt. There shall be such a window at the end of such hall and at right\nangles to its length, with an additional window in each forty feet of\nhall or fraction thereof beyond the first sixty feet from such end\nwindow; or the hall shall have one window opening directly upon a\nstreet, yard or court, in every forty feet of the length of such hall or\nfraction thereof measured from one end of the hall. Any part of a public\nhall that is shut off from any other part of such hall by a door or\ndoors shall be deemed a separate hall.\n  4. The foregoing provisions of this section with regard to lighting\nand ventilation shall not apply to a vestibule or other public hall\nwhich serves as a means of access from one or more apartments opening\nthereon to a fire-stair meeting the requirements of section two hundred\ntwo if such vestibule or public hall is lighted and ventilated as\nrequired by sections one hundred nine and two hundred seven.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 292 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 5 / Part 3 / Section 292
Board of regents to co-operate with federal board
Status: in_force

§ 292. Board of regents to co-operate with federal board.  The regents\nof The University of the State of New York are hereby designated as the\nstate board for the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of\nsuch act, and are hereby authorized and directed to co-operate with the\nfederal board of vocational education in the administration and\nenforcement of its provisions, and to perform such official acts and\nexercise such powers as may be necessary to entitle the state to receive\nits benefits.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 1108 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 11 / Title 1 / Section 1108
Powers and duties with respect to comprehensive public water supply planning
Status: in_force

§ 1108. Powers and duties with respect to comprehensive public water\nsupply planning.  The commissioner shall perform such duties and\nfunctions with respect to comprehensive public water supply planning as\nare provided in part five-A of article five of the conservation law, and\nshall have such powers and authority as may be necessary in that regard.\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 56-0103 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 56 / Title 1 / Section 56-0103
Allocation of moneys
Status: in_force

§ 56-0103. Allocation of moneys.\n  The moneys received by the state from the sale of bonds pursuant to\nthe Clean Water/Clean Air Bond Act of 1996  shall be disbursed in the\nfollowing amounts pursuant to appropriations as specifically provided\nfor in titles 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 of this article:\n  1.  For creation of a state safe drinking water program as set forth\nin title 2 of this article, three hundred fifty-five million dollars\n($355,000,000).\n  2.  For preserving, enhancing, restoring and improving the quality of\nwater as set forth in title 3 of this article, seven hundred ninety\nmillion dollars ($790,000,000).\n  3.  For solid waste projects as set forth in title 4 of  this article,\none hundred seventy-five million dollars ($175,000,000).\n  4.  For restoring and improving contaminated areas and returning them\nto productive use as set forth in title 5 of this article, two hundred\nmillion dollars ($200,000,000).\n  5.  For preserving, enhancing, restoring and maintaining the quality\nof the air as set forth in title 6 of this article, two hundred thirty\nmillion dollars ($230,000,000).\n
N.Y. SOS Law § 386 — New York Code / Act SOS / Article 6 / Title 1 / Section 386
Visitation; inspection and supervision
Status: in_force

§ 386. Visitation; inspection and supervision. 1. The board or the\ndepartment is authorized to visit, in its discretion, any minor under\nthe age of twenty-one years committed, placed out or boarded out and not\nlegally adopted or in the custody of a legal guardian.\n  2. The board or the department is authorized to visit, in its\ndiscretion, any home or place where a child or children are received,\nboarded or kept under a license or certificate whether or not such\nchildren are maintained as public charges. Every licensed home shall, if\npracticable, be visited by the department at least four times in each\nyear.\n