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N.Y. GCT Law § 43 — New York Code / Act GCT / Article 4 / Section 43
Qualifications
Status: in_force

§ 43. Qualifications. All members of such board shall be citizens and\nactual residents of the cities in which they are appointed, except in\nthe city of Niagara Falls where such members shall be citizens and\nactual residents of the county wherein the city is situated, the city of\nMiddletown where such members shall either be citizens and actual\nresidents of the county wherein the city is situated or anywhere within\na twenty-five mile radius of such city within this state, and except in\nthe city of Corning where such members shall be citizens and actual\nresidents of the county wherein the city is situated or in an abutting\nor adjacent county, and except in the city of Rochester where such\nmembers shall be citizens and actual residents of the county wherein the\ncity is situated, and except in the city of Watertown where such members\nshall be citizens and actual residents of the county wherein the city is\nsituated. Provided however, in any city with a population of less than\ntwenty-five thousand, or in any city which has less than four master\nplumbers, such members may be residents of the county or counties\nwherein the city is situated.\n
N.Y. PEN Law § 176.65 — New York Code / Act PEN / Part 3 / Title K / Article 176 / Section 176.65
Life settlement fraud in the first degree
Status: in_force

§ 176.65 Life settlement fraud in the first degree.\n  A person is guilty of life settlement fraud in the first degree when\nhe or she commits a fraudulent life settlement act and thereby\nwrongfully takes, obtains or withholds, or attempts to wrongfully take,\nobtain or withhold property with a value in excess of one million\ndollars.\n  Life settlement fraud in the first degree is a class B felony.\n
N.Y. UJC Law § 1201 — New York Code / Act UJC / Article 12 / Section 1201
Subpoenas
Status: in_force

§ 1201. Subpoenas.\n  A subpoena and a subpoena duces tecum, and the powers of the court\nwith reference to them, shall be governed by the CPLR, except that they\nshall be served only within the county. If such subpoena is for purposes\nof the trial itself, the court, upon motion of a party which need not be\non notice, may issue either kind of subpoena and permit its service in\nany part of any adjoining county if satisfied that the interests of\njustice would be served thereby.\n
N.Y. LAB Law § 862-C — New York Code / Act LAB / Article 25-C / Section 862-C
Notice to persons receiving remuneration from commercial goods transportation contractors and commercial goods transportation subcontractors
Status: in_force

§ 862-c. Notice to persons receiving remuneration from commercial\ngoods transportation contractors and commercial goods transportation\nsubcontractors. 1. Every commercial goods transportation contractor\nshall post in a prominent and accessible place on the site where\ncommercial goods transportation activity is conducted a legible\nstatement, provided by the commissioner, that describes the\nresponsibility of independent contractors to pay taxes required by state\nand federal law, the rights of employees to workers' compensation,\nunemployment benefits, minimum wage, overtime and other federal and\nstate workplace protections, and the protections against retaliation and\nthe penalties in this article if the contractor fails to properly\nclassify an individual as an employee. This notice shall also contain\ncontact information for individuals to file complaints or inquire with\nthe commissioner about employment classification status. This\ninformation shall be provided in English, Spanish or other languages\nrequired by the commissioner.\n  2. Within thirty days of the effective date of this article, the\ncommissioner shall create the notice described in subdivision one of\nthis section and post the notice on the department's website for\ndownloading by commercial goods transportation contractors.\n  3. Commercial goods transportation contractors who violate this\nsection shall be subject to a civil penalty of up to one thousand five\nhundred dollars for a first violation, and up to five thousand dollars\nfor a subsequent violation within a five year period.\n
N.Y. EXC Law § 837-F-2 — New York Code / Act EXC / Article 35 / Section 837-F-2
Missing adults
Status: in_force

§ 837-f-2. Missing adults. In the event that a police agency receives\na report that an adult person is missing from his or her normal and\nordinary place of residence and whose whereabouts cannot be determined\nby an individual whose relationship with such adult person would place\nsuch individual in a position to have knowledge of his or her\nwhereabouts, and that such missing adult person has a proven disability,\nor may be in physical danger, or is missing after a catastrophe, or may\nhave disappeared involuntarily, or is missing under circumstances where\nthere is a reasonable concern for his or her safety; and such missing\nadult person does not qualify as either a missing child pursuant to\nsection eight hundred thirty-seven-e of this article or a vulnerable\nadult pursuant to section eight hundred thirty-seven-f-1 of this\narticle, the police agency shall collect information necessary to file\nan electronic report regarding the missing adult person with the\nnational crime information center register and submit such electronic\nreport to the national crime information center register.\n  The division shall transmit the report of the missing adult to the\nNational Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) within thirty\ndays after entry of a report of a missing adult into the register\nwhenever circumstances indicate that the missing adult may be at\nimmediate risk of death or injury, or may be a match to a record\nmaintained in the NamUs unidentified person database and within one\nhundred eighty days in any other case.\n
N.Y. CPL Law § 60.35 — New York Code / Act CPL / Part 1 / Title D / Article 60 / Section 60.35
Rules of evidence; impeachment of own witness by proof of prior contradictory statement
Status: in_force

§ 60.35  Rules of evidence; impeachment of own witness by proof of prior\n          contradictory statement.\n  1.  When, upon examination by the party who called him, a witness in a\ncriminal proceeding gives testimony upon a material issue of the case\nwhich tends to disprove the position of such party, such party may\nintroduce evidence that such witness has previously made either a\nwritten statement signed by him or an oral statement under oath\ncontradictory to such testimony.\n  2.  Evidence concerning a prior contradictory statement introduced\npursuant to subdivision one may be received only for the purpose of\nimpeaching the credibility of the witness with respect to his testimony\nupon the subject, and does not constitute evidence in chief.  Upon\nreceiving such evidence at a jury trial, the court must so instruct the\njury.\n  3.  When a witness has made a prior signed or sworn statement\ncontradictory to his testimony in a criminal proceeding upon a material\nissue of the case, but his testimony does not tend to disprove the\nposition of the party who called him and elicited such testimony,\nevidence that the witness made such prior statement is not admissible,\nand such party may not use such prior statement for the purpose of\nrefreshing the recollection of the witness in a manner that discloses\nits contents to the trier of the facts.\n
N.Y. CNT Law § 917 — New York Code / Act CNT / Article 24 / Section 917
Transcripts of accounts in offices of county clerks; violations
Status: in_force

§ 917. Transcripts of accounts in offices of county clerks;\nviolations. 1. A transcript of the account shall be made in such form as\nshall be prescribed by the comptroller of the city of New York. Such\ntranscript shall contain a statement of all moneys either received by\nsuch clerks and their subordinates or which they are entitled to demand\nand receive for services performed by them in their official capacity\nsince making the last preceding transcript and return, specifying the\ntotal amount received from or charged to each person and corporation,\nand the character of the services rendered. It shall be transmitted to\nsuch comptroller within ten days from the expiration of each calendar\nmonth, verified by the oath of such clerks or their deputies.\n  The verification shall be positive and not upon information and\nbelief.\n  The comptroller may examine the county clerks or any of their\nsubordinates under oath, touching the amount of moneys paid to and\nreceived by such clerks and their subordinates in their official\ncapacity, and touching any statements contained in or required by this\narticle to be contained in such certified transcript and return.  An\norder for such examination must be granted by a justice of the supreme\ncourt whenever an application shall be made therefor by such\ncomptroller, and such examination shall take place before such justice.\n  2. It shall be unlawful for the clerks of the counties comprising the\ncity of New York or any of their subordinates to receive for their own\nuse any moneys belonging to the city of New York, or to neglect to\nrender to the comptroller of the city of New York an account of the\nmoneys which they have received or are entitled to receive in their\nofficial capacity or pay over the same as in this article required, or\nto make a false statement in the certified transcript and return or to\nswear falsely upon the examination by the comptroller.\n  3. Any violation hereof by such clerks or any such subordinates shall\nbe a misdemeanor. In addition thereto, such clerks or such subordinates\nshall also forfeit any sum that may be due them on account of salary,\nand shall be liable to the city of New York, in a civil action at the\nsuit of the city, for all moneys received and not accounted for and paid\nover into the treasury of such city pursuant to the requirements of this\narticle.\n
N.Y. CVP Law § 6224 — New York Code / Act CVP / Article 62 / Section 6224
Annulment of attachment
Status: in_force

§ 6224. Annulment of attachment. An order of attachment is annulled\nwhen the action in which it was granted abates or is discontinued, or a\njudgment entered therein in favor of the plaintiff is fully satified, or\na judgment is entered therein in favor of the defendant. In the last\nspecified case a stay of proceedings suspends the effect of the\nannulment, and a reversal or vacating of the judgment revives the order\nof attachment.\n
N.Y. NPC Law § 703 — New York Code / Act NPC / Article 7 / Section 703
Election and term of office of directors; alternates
Status: in_force

§ 703. Election and term of office of directors; alternates.\n  (a) A corporation may provide in its certificate of incorporation or\nby-laws for directors to be elected or appointed at large, or by special\ndistricts or membership sections, or by virtue of their office or former\noffice in the corporation or other entity, public or private, or by\nbondholders pursuant to paragraph (c) of section 506 (Bonds and security\ninterests) voting as a class, or any combination thereof.\n  (b) Directors shall be elected or appointed in the manner and for the\nterm of office provided in the certificate of incorporation or the\nby-laws. The term of office of directors, other than those elected or\nappointed by virtue of their office or former office in the corporation\nor other entity, public or private, shall not exceed five years; and, if\nthe board is classified under section 704 (Classification of directors),\nsuch term shall not exceed a number of years equal to the number of\nclasses into which the board is classified. In the absence of a\nprovision fixing the term, it shall be one year.\n  (c) Each director shall hold office until the expiration of the term\nfor which he is elected or appointed, and until his successor has been\nelected or appointed and qualified.\n  (d) If the certificate of incorporation or by-laws so provide, a\nspecial district or membership section entitled to elect or appoint one\nor more directors may elect or appoint an alternate for each such\ndirector. In the absence of a director from a meeting of the board, his\nalternate may, upon written notice to the secretary of the corporation,\nattend such meeting and exercise therein the rights, powers, and\nprivileges of the absent director. When so exercising the rights,\npowers, and privileges of the absent director, such alternate shall be\nsubject in all respects to the provisions of this chapter governing\ndirectors.\n
N.Y. NAV Law § 33-B — New York Code / Act NAV / Article 3 / Section 33-B
Dumping or depositing trash and other debris in Chautauqua lake and its tributaries; ice fishing shanties on lakes within the state of Ne...
Status: in_force

§ 33-b. Dumping or depositing trash and other debris in Chautauqua\nlake and its tributaries; ice fishing shanties on lakes within the state\nof New York; identification of duck blinds. Any person who dumps,\ndeposits or allows or causes to be dumped or deposited in any manner any\ntrash, glass, bottles, garbage or any other debris in the waters of\nChautauqua lake or its tributaries, or upon the shore line adjacent\nthereto, or upon the ice covering the waters of Chautauqua lake, or any\nperson who constructs, moves, places or causes or allows to be\nconstructed, moved or placed any structure upon the ice covering the\nwaters of lakes within the state of New York, shall be guilty of, a\nviolation punishable by a fine of not to exceed one hundred dollars,\nunless the person who constructs, moves, places or causes or allows to\nbe constructed, moved or placed any structure upon the ice covering the\nwaters of lakes within the state of New York shall have placed thereon\nwith paint or in some other permanent manner the owner's full name in\ncharacters at least three inches high and his address in a contrasting\ncolor to the surrounding structure, and provided further the said\nstructure is removed not later than the fifteenth day of March in each\nyear or such other date as may be set by the department of environmental\nconservation. Every duck blind, placed in the waters of lakes within the\nstate of New York, shall have prominently placed thereon, in some\npermanent manner, the owner's full name and address, and further each\nduck blind so placed shall be removed from the water no later than the\nfifteenth day of March following its placement. The wilful failure of an\nowner of a duck blind to affix such identification or remove it from the\nwater by the prescribed date shall subject said owner to a fine of one\nhundred dollars.\n
N.Y. RPP Law § 300 — New York Code / Act RPP / Article 9 / Section 300
Acknowledgments and proofs by persons in or with the armed forces of the United States
Status: in_force

§ 300. Acknowledgments and proofs by persons in or with the armed\nforces of the United States. The acknowledgment or proof of a conveyance\nof real property situate in this state, if made by a person enlisted or\ncommissioned in or serving in or with the armed forces of the United\nStates or by a dependent of any such person, wherever located, or by a\nperson attached to or accompanying the armed forces of the United\nStates, whether made within or without the United States, may be made\nbefore any officer in active service of the armed forces of the United\nStates authorized to act as a notary in any component part of the armed\nforces of the United States.\n  In addition to the requirements of sections three hundred and three,\nthree hundred and four, and three hundred and six of this chapter, the\ncertificate of an acknowledgment or proof taken under this section shall\nstate (a) the rank and serial number of the officer taking the same, and\nthe command to which he is attached, (b) that the person making such\nacknowledgment or proof was, at the time of making the same, enlisted or\ncommissioned in or serving in or with the armed forces of the United\nStates or the dependent of such a person, or a person attached to or\naccompanying the armed forces of the United States, and (c) the serial\nnumber of the person who makes, or whose dependent makes the\nacknowledgment or proof if such person is enlisted or commissioned in\nthe armed forces of the United States. The place where such\nacknowledgment or proof is taken need not be disclosed.\n  No authentication of the officer's certificate of acknowledgment or\nproof shall be required.\n  Notwithstanding any of the provisions of this section, the\nacknowledgment or proof of a conveyance of real property situate in this\nstate may also be made as provided in sections two hundred ninety-eight,\ntwo hundred ninety-nine, two hundred ninety-nine-a, three hundred one,\nand three hundred one-a, of this chapter.\n
N.Y. CCA Law § 2103-A — New York Code / Act CCA / Article 21 / Section 2103-A
Use of electronic filing authorized
Status: in_force

§ 2103-a. Use of electronic filing authorized. 1. Notwithstanding any\nother provision of law, the chief administrator of the courts may\nauthorize a program in the use of electronic means in the civil court of\nthe city of New York as provided in article twenty-one-A of the civil\npractice law and rules.\n  2. For purposes of this section, "electronic means" shall be as\ndefined in subdivision (f) of rule twenty-one hundred three of the civil\npractice law and rules.\n
N.Y. PVH Law § 59-A — New York Code / Act PVH / Article 3 / Section 59-A
Housing trust fund account
Status: in_force

§ 59-a. Housing trust fund account. The housing trust fund corporation\ncreated by section forty-five-a of this chapter shall create and\nestablish a special account to be known as the housing trust fund\naccount and shall pay into such account any moneys which may be made\navailable to such corporation for the purposes of such account from any\nsource including but not limited to moneys appropriated by and made\navailable pursuant to appropriation by the state and any income or\ninterest earned by, or increment to, the account due to the investment\nthereof or loans made pursuant to article eighteen of this chapter. The\nmoneys held in or credited to the housing trust fund account established\nunder this section shall be expended solely to carry out the provisions\nof article eighteen of this chapter.\n
N.Y. RPA Law § 121 — New York Code / Act RPA / Article 1 / Section 121
Jurisdiction of certain actions relating to real property situate without the state
Status: in_force

§ 121. Jurisdiction of certain actions relating to real property\nsituate without the state.  An action may be maintained in the courts of\nthis state to recover damages for injuries to real estate without the\nstate, or for breach of contracts or of covenants relating thereto,\nwhenever such an action could be maintained in relation to personal\nproperty without the state.  The action must be tried in the county in\nwhich the parties or some one thereof resides, or if no party resides\nwithin the state, in any county.\n
N.Y. TAX Law § 279-B — New York Code / Act TAX / Article 12 / Section 279-B
Warrant for the collection of taxes
Status: in_force

§ 279-b.  Warrant for the collection of taxes.  Whenever any person\nshall fail to pay any tax he is required to pay under the provisions of\nthis article, the tax commission may issue a warrant under its official\nseal, directed to the sheriff of any county of the state, commanding him\nto levy upon and sell the real and personal property of such person,\nfound within his county, for the payment of the amount thereof, with the\npenalties, interest and the cost of executing the warrant, and to return\nsuch warrant to the tax commission and to pay to it the money collected\nby virtue thereof within sixty days after the receipt of such warrant.\nThe sheriff shall within five days after the receipt of the warrant,\nfile with the clerk of his county a copy thereof, and thereupon the\nclerk shall enter in the judgment docket the name of the person\nmentioned in the warrant, and the amount of the tax and penalties for\nwhich the warrant is issued and the date when such copy is filed, and\nthereupon the amount of such warrant so docketed shall become a lien\nupon the title to and interest in real property or chattels real of the\nperson against whom the warrant is issued in the same manner as a\njudgment duly docketed in the office of such clerk.  The sheriff shall\nthereupon proceed upon the warrant in all respects, with like effect,\nand in the same manner prescribed by law in respect to executions issued\nagainst property upon judgments of a court of record, and shall be\nentitled to the same fees for his services in executing the warrant, to\nbe collected in the same manner.  In the discretion of the tax\ncommission a warrant of like terms, force and effect may be issued and\ndirected to any officer or employee of the department of taxation and\nfinance, and in the execution thereof such officer or employee shall\nhave all the powers conferred by law upon sheriffs, but shall be\nentitled to no fee or compensation in excess of actual expenses paid in\nthe performance of such duty.  Upon such filing of a copy of a warrant,\nthe tax commission shall have the same remedies to enforce the claim for\ntaxes against the person as if the people of the state had recovered\njudgment against such person for the amount of the tax.\n
N.Y. EXC Law § 164-A — New York Code / Act EXC / Article 7 / Section 164-A
Report and publication economy regulations
Status: in_force

§ 164-a. Report and publication economy regulations. 1. The\ncommissioner of the office of general services, in consultation with the\nstate comptroller, shall establish regulations providing for cost\nsavings in the printing and distribution of reports and other\npublications by agencies, departments and authorities of the state. To\nthe extent that such reports and publications do not relate to the\nmarketing or advertising of a service or product of the agency,\ndepartment or authority, such regulations shall at a minimum provide\nthat such reports and other publications:\n  (a) be as brief as may be practicable;\n  (b) utilize uncoated recyclable paper, of a size that will minimize\npaper use and waste, for printing of text and cover;\n  (c) make limited use of photographs;\n  (d) be printed in no more than two colors, unless otherwise\nspecifically permitted by law, rule or regulation of the commissioner;\n  (e) not use covers unless such covers are necessary and appropriate\nfor the protection of the document;\n  (f) be distributed pursuant to a distribution list which is reviewed\nat least annually to eliminate duplicate, excessive, unwanted and\nobsolete mailings;\n  (g) be mailed in combination, to the extent practicable and when\npossible, with mailing of other reports and publications;\n  (h) be eliminated or combined, to the extent practicable and when\npossible, with other reports and publications.\n  2. Each agency or department shall, with its annual report, provide\nthe state comptroller with a list of printing cost estimates from all\nsources, including in-house facilities, the office of general services\ncentral reproduction unit, private printers and such other printing cost\ninformation as may be required by the state comptroller.\n  3. Subdivision one of this section shall be implemented in a manner\nthat is consistent with the provisions of subdivisions five and six of\nsection three hundred fifty-five of the education law.\n
N.Y. BNK Law § 638 — New York Code / Act BNK / Article 13-A / Section 638
Manner and time within which taking possession may be tested
Status: in_force

§ 638. Manner and time within which taking possession may be tested.\nAt any time within ten days after the superintendent has taken\npossession of the business and property of any licensee, such licensee\nmay apply to the supreme court in the judicial district in which its\nprincipal office is located, for an order requiring the superintendent\nto show cause why he should not be enjoined from continuing such\npossession. The court may, upon good cause shown, direct the\nsuperintendent to refrain from further proceedings and to surrender such\npossession.\n