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N.Y. GBS Law § 209 — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 12 / Section 209
Certain sales after eighteen months
Status: in_force

§ 209. Certain sales after eighteen months. Any keeper of a hotel,\nmotel, apartment hotel, inn, boarding-house, rooming-house or\nlodging-house, except an immigrant lodging-house, whose lien for fare,\nlodging, accommodation or board upon any goods, baggage or other chattel\nproperty, shall not have been paid for a period of eighteen months, may\nsell such property at public auction for cash to the highest bidder upon\nmailing a notice inclosed in a securely closed postpaid wrapper,\ndirected to the person who left such property with such keeper, at the\npost office of the ctiy, town or village where such hotel, motel,\napartment hotel, inn, boarding-house, rooming-house or lodging-house is\nsituated, such notice to contain a statement of the time and place when\nand where such goods, baggage or other chattel property will be sold and\nsuch notice shall be mailed at least fifteen days before such sale shall\ntake place. Such keeper shall, out of the proceeds of such sale, retain\nthe amount of his lien and the expense of selling such property, and, if\nthere be any surplus, he shall, within ten days after such sale, upon\ndemand, pay over such surplus to the person whose property was sold. In\ncase such surplus shall not be demanded and paid as aforesaid, within\nsaid ten days, then within five days thereafter, such keeper shall pay\nsuch surplus to the treasurer of the county or chamberlain or other\nchief fiscal officer of the city in which such sale took place, and\nshall, at the same time, file with said treasurer, chamberlain or other\nchief fiscal officer a statement in writing containing the name of the\nperson whose property was sold, the price at which it was sold, the date\nof such sale and by whom sold. Such surplus shall be kept and disposed\nof in the manner provided in section two hundred and eight of this\nchapter. Nothing contained in this article shall preclude any other\nremedy now existing for the enforcement and satisfaction of a lien of\nthe keeper of a hotel, motel, apartment hotel, inn, boarding-house,\nrooming-house or lodging-house, except an immigrant lodging-house, nor\nbar his right to recover for so much of the debt as shall not be paid\nthrough such sale.\n
N.Y. UDG Law § 3 — New York Code / Act UDG / Section 3
Definitions
Status: in_force

§ 3. Definitions. 1. "Small business" shall mean a business located in\nan area having one or more of the characteristics described in section\ntwo which is unable to obtain adequate financing to maintain a\nstabilized work force or increase job opportunities by virtue of (a) its\nlocation, (b) its net assets or (c) its dollar volume of business.\n  2. "Fund" shall mean the urban development guarantee fund of New York\ncreated by section four of this act.\n  3. "Small business project" shall mean construction of any new\nbuilding, purchase of an existing building, or refinancing of an\nexisting building in order to facilitate substantial improvement\nthereto, the financing of real property deemed essential for the conduct\nof business, the extension or provision of utilities and any other\nappurtenant facilities to be used by any small business, or any\nnecessary machinery, equipment or stock, working capital or other\ncapital investment therein, or any combination of the foregoing, which\nthe fund shall determine will tend to provide gainful employment for the\npeople of the state and/or increase the tax base of the economy, or\ndiversify and expand small business, or any combination of the\nforegoing.\n  4. "Housing project" shall mean the construction of any new building,\npurchase of an existing building or refinancing of an existing building\nand real property deemed essential to such project, in order to\nfacilitate substantial improvement thereto, designed and intended to\nprovide housing accommodations for persons and families which cannot\nafford safe and sanitary housing accommodations provided by the unaided\nefforts of private enterprise, and such facilities as may be incidental\nand appurtenant thereto.\n  5. "Loan guarantee fund" shall mean the fund created in section six of\nthis act.\n  6. "Operation and maintenance fund" shall mean the fund created in\nsection seven of this act.\n  7. "Lending institution" shall mean the original lender under the loan\nagreement of participants therein and its successors and assigns, and\nmay include but is not limited to, an individual lender, corporation,\ninsurance company, bank, investment company, executor, trustee or other\nfiduciary, pension, profit sharing, and retirement fund.\n  8. "Payments" shall mean periodic payments called for under the terms\nof a loan, and may include, but is not limited to, interest,\ninstallments of principal, taxes and assessments, loan insurance\npremiums and hazard insurance premiums.\n  9. "New York state urban development corporation" shall mean the\ncorporation created by the New York state urban development corporation\nact.\n
N.Y. FCT Law § 912 — New York Code / Act FCT / Article 9 / Part 1 / Section 912
Jurisdiction
Status: in_force

§ 912. Jurisdiction. The family court has original jurisdiction over\nconciliation proceedings under this article.\n
N.Y. PVH Law § 116 — New York Code / Act PVH / Article 5 / Section 116
Transfer of real property to redevelopment company
Status: in_force

§ 116. Transfer of real property to redevelopment company.\nNotwithstanding any requirement of law to the contrary or the absence of\ndirect provision therefor in the instrument under which a fiduciary is\nacting, every executor, administrator, trustee, guardian or other\nperson, holding trust funds or acting in a fiduciary capacity, unless\nthe instrument under which such fiduciary is acting expressly forbids,\nthe state, its subdivisions, municipalities, all other public bodies,\nall public officers, persons, partnerships and corporations organized\nunder or subject to the provisions of the insurance law, the\nsuperintendent of financial services as conservator, liquidator or\nrehabilitator of any such person, partnership or corporation, owning or\nholding any real property within an area, may grant, sell, lease or\notherwise transfer any such real property to a redevelopment company and\nreceive and hold any cash, stock, income debentures, bonds, mortgages,\nor other securities or obligations, secured or unsecured, exchanged\ntherefor by such redevelopment company and may execute such instruments\nand do such acts as may be deemed necessary or desirable by them or it\nand by the redevelopment company in connection with a project or\nprojects. An insurance company which has undertaken a project through\ndirect ownership and/or lease may transfer to the project any real\nproperty which it owns or holds within an area and the actual cost of\nsuch property to the insurance company shall be included in the total\nactual final cost of such project.\n
N.Y. FIS Law § 1004 — New York Code / Act FIS / Article 10 / Section 1004
Payment of charges
Status: in_force

§ 1004. Payment of charges. A consumer may only be required to pay\ncharges to a litigation funding company when the resolution of any of\nthe consumer's legal claims subject to a contract is final, related\nappeals, if any, have been resolved, and proceeds of the settlement,\njudgment, award or verdict have been received by the consumer's counsel.\n
N.Y. REL Law § 62 — New York Code / Act REL / Article 6 / Section 62
Non-liability of members for debts of cooperative
Status: in_force

§ 62. Non-liability of members for debts of cooperative. No member\nshall be liable or responsible for any debts of the cooperative and the\nproperty of the members shall not be subject to execution therefor.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 2700 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 27 / Section 2700
Bureau of chronic disease and geriatrics established
Status: in_force

§ 2700. Bureau of chronic disease and geriatrics established.  The\nstate department of health shall establish a bureau of chronic disease\nand geriatrics, which shall develop a program designed to improve and\nprotect the health and vitality of middle-aged and elderly citizens of\nthe state.\n
N.Y. FCT Law § 923 — New York Code / Act FCT / Article 9 / Part 2 / Section 923
Referral to voluntary agency
Status: in_force

§ 923. Referral to voluntary agency. (a) The probation service may\nrecommend to the petitioner and to the petitioner's spouse that they\nconsult with interested voluntary social or religious agencies in the\ncommunity. If they consent, the service may thereupon refer them to any\nsuch interested voluntary agency.\n  (b) The probation service may not prevent any person from having\naccess to the court for the purpose of having conciliation proceedings\nunder this article.\n
N.Y. ERL Law § 3 — New York Code / Act ERL / Section 3
Temporary state housing rent commission
Status: in_force

§ 3. Temporary state housing rent commission. 1. There is hereby\ncreated a temporary state commission, to be known as the temporary state\nhousing rent commission. Such commission shall consist of one\ncommissioner, to be known as the state rent administrator, who shall be\nappointed by the governor, by and with the advice and consent of the\nsenate, and who shall serve during the pleasure of the governor. He\nshall receive an annual salary to be provided by law. He shall be\nentitled to his expenses actually and necessarily incurred by him in the\nperformance of his duties.\n  2. The commission shall establish and maintain such offices within the\nstate as the commission may deem necessary, and shall designate one of\nthem as its principal office. The commission may appoint such officers,\ncounsel, employees and agents as the commission may deem necessary, fix\ntheir compensation within the limitations provided by law, and prescribe\ntheir duties. All employees of the commission shall be appointed in\naccordance with the provisions of the civil service law and rules.\n  3. Any officer or employee under federal or municipal civil service\nselected by the commission may, with the consent of the appropriate\ngovernmental agency by which he is or has been employed, be transferred\nwithout further examination or qualification to comparable offices,\npositions and employment under the commission. Any such officer or\nemployee who has been appointed to an office or position under the rules\nand classifications of the state or any municipal civil service\ncommission, shall retain, upon such transfer, the civil service\nclassification and status which he had prior to such transfer. Any such\nofficer or employee who at the time of transfer has a temporary or\nprovisional appointment shall be subject to removal, examination or\ntermination as though such transfer had not been made. The commission\nmay, by agreement with the appropriate federal agency and state civil\nservice commission, make similar provision for any federal officer or\nemployee so transferred. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other\nlaw, any such officer or employee so transferred, pursuant to the\nprovisions of this section, who is a member or beneficiary under any\nexisting municipal pension or retirement system, shall continue to have\nall rights, privileges, obligations and status with respect to such\nfund, system or systems as are now prescribed by law, but during the\nperiod of his employment by the commission, all contributions to any\npension or retirement fund or system to be paid by the employer on\naccount of such officer or employee, shall be paid by the commission.\nThe commission may by agreement with the appropriate federal agency,\nmake similar provisions relating to retirement for any federal officer\nor employee so transferred.\n
N.Y. HAY Law § 344-O*7 — New York Code / Act HAY / Article 12 / Section 344-O*7
Portion of the state highway system to be designated as the "Trooper James R
Status: in_force

* § 344-o. Portion of the state highway system to be designated as the\n"Trooper James R. Gohery Memorial Bridge". All that portion of the state\nhighway system constituting the Jerusalem Avenue overpass crossing the\nWantagh State Parkway in the town of Hempstead, county of Nassau, shall\nbe designated and known as the "Trooper James R. Gohery Memorial\nBridge".\n  * NB There are 18 § 344-o's\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 209-A — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 12 / Section 209-A
Registration of hotel and motel names
Status: in_force

§ 209-a. Registration of hotel and motel names. Any person or\ncorporation now owning or now engaged in and conducting the business of\nan hotel or motel in the state of New York may register the name by\nwhich said hotel or motel is known and designated by filing in the\noffice of the secretary of state a petition subscribed by the petitioner\nand affirmed by him as true under the penalties of perjury, containing\nthe facsimile of such name or designation and specifically describing\nthe location of the hotel or motel to be known by such name or\ndesignation, together with the name and address of the person or\ncorporation owning or operating the hotel or motel in addition to such\nother recitals as the secretary of state may require. A duplicate\noriginal or a certified copy of such petition shall also be filed in the\noffice of the clerk of the county in which said hotel or motel is\nsituated and a copy of said petition shall be printed once each week for\nthree consecutive weeks in a newspaper published in the county in which\nsaid hotel or motel is located, and such person or corporation shall\nthereupon have the right to the exclusive use of such name or\ndesignation for an hotel or motel in the state of New York. Where it\nappears that the required publication has been made and this article has\nbeen in all other respects complied with the secretary of state shall\ndeliver to such person or corporation so filing such petition a\ncertificate under his seal of the record of such filing and such\ncertificate shall be prima facie evidence of the right to the exclusive\nuse in the state of New York of such name or designation by the person\nor corporation therein named. Any person or corporation may so register\nthe name of an hotel or motel about to be erected, provided, however,\nthat in the event that such person or corporation shall not begin the\nconstruction of said hotel or motel within one year thereafter and\nprosecute the construction thereof with reasonable dispatch, said person\nor corporation shall be deemed to have abandoned the right to use such\nname or designation.\n
N.Y. HAY Law § 344-R*2 — New York Code / Act HAY / Article 12 / Section 344-R*2
Portion of state highway system to be dedicated to Charlie Bunger Sr
Status: in_force

* § 344-r. Portion of state highway system to be dedicated to Charlie\nBunger Sr. All that portion of the state highway system constituting\nstate route twenty-seven-a, also known as Montauk Highway, from its\nintersection with Deer Park Avenue to its intersection with Totten Place\nin the village of Babylon, county of Suffolk, shall be dedicated to\nCharlie Bunger Sr.\n  * NB There are 12 § 344-r's\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 396-L — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 26 / Section 396-L
Shopping carts; child protective devices
Status: in_force

§ 396-l. Shopping carts; child protective devices. 1. For the purposes\nof this section, "child protective device" shall mean a strap, device,\nor piece of equipment designed, utilizing reasonable engineering\nstandards, to prevent a child from falling out of a shopping cart.  Any\nchild protective device designed to secure a child of average size\nwithin the ages of six months to four years shall qualify for the\ntwenty-five percent threshold set forth in subdivision two of this\nsection.\n  2. Every commercial business which provides its customers with\nshopping carts with seats for children shall equip and maintain not less\nthan twenty-five percent of the total number of such shopping carts with\na child protective device.\n  3. Whenever there shall be a violation of this section, application\nmay be made by the attorney general in the name of the people of the\nstate of New York to a court or justice having jurisdiction by a special\nproceeding to issue an injunction, and upon notice to the defendant of\nnot less than five days, to enjoin and restrain the continuance of such\nviolations; and if it shall appear to the satisfaction of the court or\njustice that the defendant has, in fact, violated this section, an\ninjunction may be issued by such court or justice, enjoining and\nrestraining any further violation, without requiring proof that any\nperson has, in fact, been injured or damaged thereby. In any such\nproceeding, the court may make allowances to the attorney general as\nprovided in paragraph six of subdivision (a) of section eighty-three\nhundred three of the civil practice law and rules, and direct\nrestitution.  The defendant shall have twenty-one days from the date of\nreceipt of notice of the violation within which to remedy the violation.\nIn the event that such violation is not remedied, the court may impose a\ncivil penalty of not more than one thousand dollars per violation. For\nthe purpose of this section, failure to meet the twenty-five percent\nthreshold set forth in subdivision two of this section shall constitute\na single violation.  In connection with any such proposed application,\nthe attorney general is authorized to take proof and make a\ndetermination of the relevant facts and to issue subpoenas in accordance\nwith the civil practice law and rules.\n
N.Y. AGM Law § 45-C — New York Code / Act AGM / Article 3 / Section 45-C
Misuse of food commodities donated by the United States
Status: in_force

§ 45-c. Misuse of food commodities donated by the United States.  Any\nperson who shall wilfully sell or make any other unauthorized\ndisposition of any food commodity donated under any program of the\nUnited States government or whoever, not being an authorized recipient\nthereof, willfully converts to his own use or benefit any such food\ncommodity shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.\n
N.Y. TAX Law § 1450-K — New York Code / Act TAX / Article 31-J / Section 1450-K
Deposit and disposition of revenue
Status: in_force

* § 1450-k. Deposit and disposition of revenue. 1. All taxes,\npenalties and interest imposed by the town under the authority of\nsection fourteen hundred fifty-b of this article, which are collected by\nthe treasurer or their agents, shall be deposited in a single trust fund\nfor the town and shall be kept in trust and separate and apart from all\nother monies in possession of the treasurer. Moneys in such fund shall\nbe deposited and secured in the manner provided by section ten of the\ngeneral municipal law. Pending expenditure from such fund, moneys\ntherein may be invested in the manner provided in section eleven of the\ngeneral municipal law.  Any interest earned or capital gain realized on\nthe moneys so deposited or invested shall accrue to and become part of\nsuch fund.\n  2. The treasurer shall retain such amount as they may determine to be\nnecessary for refunds with respect to the tax imposed by the town, under\nthe authority of section fourteen hundred fifty-b of this article, out\nof which the treasurer shall pay any refunds of such taxes to those\ntaxpayers entitled to a refund pursuant to the provisions of this\narticle.\n  3. The treasurer, after reserving such refunds, shall on or before the\ntwelfth day of each month pay to the town supervisor the taxes,\npenalties and interest imposed by the town under the authority of\nsection fourteen hundred fifty-b of this article, collected by the\ntreasurer, pursuant to this article during the next preceding calendar\nmonth. The amount so payable shall be certified to the town supervisor\nby the treasurer, who shall not be held liable for any inaccuracy in\nsuch certification. Provided, however, any such certification may be\nbased on such information as may be available to the treasurer at the\ntime such certification must be made under this section. Where the\namount so paid over to the town in any such distribution is more or less\nthan the amount due to the town, the amount of the overpayment or\nunderpayment shall be certified to the town supervisor by the treasurer,\nwho shall not be held liable for any inaccuracy in such certification.\nThe amount of the overpayment or underpayment shall be so certified to\nthe town supervisor as soon after the discovery of the overpayment or\nunderpayment as reasonably possible and subsequent payments and\ndistributions by the treasurer to the town shall be adjusted by\nsubtracting the amount of any such overpayment from or by adding the\namount of any such underpayment to such number of subsequent payments\nand distributions as the treasurer and town supervisor shall consider\nreasonable in view of the overpayment or underpayment and all other\nfacts and circumstances.\n  4. All monies received from the treasurer shall be deposited in the\nfund of the town, pursuant to section sixty-four-l of the town law.\n  * NB Repealed December 31, 2045\n
N.Y. RCO Law § 472 — New York Code / Act RCO / Article 23 / Section 472
Qualification of voters
Status: in_force

§ 472. Qualification of voters. The following parties and no others\nshall be qualified voters for all purposes under this article: all\npersons eighteen years of age or over who are members in good and\nregular standing of the church or body by admission into membership\ntherewith, in accordance with the standards for membership in the local\nchurch as determined by the local church itself.\n
N.Y. BSC Law § 1509 — New York Code / Act BSC / Article 15 / Section 1509
Disqualification of shareholders, directors, officers and employees
Status: in_force

§ 1509. Disqualification of shareholders, directors, officers and\n          employees.\n  If any shareholder, director, officer or employee of a professional\nservice corporation, including a design professional service\ncorporation, who has been rendering professional service to the public\nbecomes legally disqualified to practice his or her profession within\nthis state, he or she shall sever all employment with, and financial\ninterests (other than interests as a creditor) in, such corporation\nforthwith or as otherwise provided in section 1510 of this article. All\nprovisions of law regulating the rendering of professional services by a\nperson elected or appointed to a public office shall be applicable to a\nshareholder, director, officer and employee of such corporation in the\nsame manner and to the same extent as if fully set forth herein. Such\nlegal disqualification to practice his or her profession within this\nstate shall be deemed to constitute an irrevocable offer by the\ndisqualified shareholder to sell his or her shares to the corporation,\npursuant to the provisions of section 1510 of this article or of the\ncertificate of incorporation, by-laws or agreement among the corporation\nand all shareholders, whichever is applicable. Compliance with the terms\nof such offer shall be specifically enforceable in the courts of this\nstate. A professional service corporation's failure to enforce\ncompliance with this provision shall constitute a ground for forfeiture\nof its certificate of incorporation and its dissolution.\n
N.Y. DEA Law § 42 — New York Code / Act DEA / Article 4 / Section 42
Contracts for research work in health matters related to the defense emergency
Status: in_force

§ 42. Contracts for research work in health matters related to the\ndefense emergency. The state commissioner of health and the state\ncommissioner of mental hygiene shall have power, individually and\ncollectively, to contract for the accomplishment of research work for\nthe armed forces of the United States or in connection with health\nmatters related to the defense emergency. They shall for such purpose\nhave power, subject to the approval of the director of the budget, to\nobtain and provide the necessary personnel, facilities, material,\nequipment and supplies for such work by contract, on the open market and\nwithout advertising or competitive bidding.\n