N.Y. EDN Law § 216 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 5 / Part 1 / Section 216
Charters
Status: in_force

§ 216. Charters. Under such name, with such number of trustees or\nother managers, and with such powers, privileges and duties, and subject\nto such limitations and restrictions in all respects as the regents may\nprescribe in conformity to law, they may, by an instrument under their\nseal and recorded in their office, incorporate any university, college,\nacademy, library, museum, or other institution or association for the\npromotion of science, literature, art, history or other department of\nknowledge, or of education in any way, associations of teachers,\nstudents, graduates of educational institutions, and other associations\nwhose approved purposes are, in whole or in part, of educational or\ncultural value deemed worthy of recognition and encouragement by the\nuniversity. No school; college; university or other entity providing\npost secondary education; library; or museum or historical society shall\nbe incorporated under the business corporation law, the not-for-profit\ncorporation law, or any other general law without the consent of the\ncommissioner or, in the case of a college or university, without the\nwritten authorization of the Regents. Any other entity incorporated for\neducational purposes may be formed under the business corporation law or\nthe not-for-profit corporation law without the consent of the\ncommissioner, provided that such institution or association submits a\ncertified copy of the certificate of incorporation to the commissioner\nwithin thirty days after the corporation receives confirmation from the\ndepartment of state that the certificate has been accepted for filing.\n  No individual, association, partnership, company or corporation not\nauthorized by special charter from the legislature of this state or by\ncharter from the regents to operate a museum, or arboretum shall\nknowingly use, advertise or transact business under the names "museum,"\nor "arboretum," or any name, title or descriptive material indicating or\ntending to imply that said individual, association, partnership, company\nor corporation conducts, carries on, or is such a business when it is\nnot, or that it is authorized to operate as such, unless the right to do\nso has been granted by the regents or the commissioner in writing. Any\nviolation of this paragraph shall be a misdemeanor. Notwithstanding any\nother provision of this section, an individual, association,\npartnership, company or corporation doing business under any of such\nnames on the effective date of this paragraph may come into compliance\nwith this paragraph by obtaining consent of the regents or the\ncommissioner within one year of such effective date.\n
N.Y. SOS Law § 390-A — New York Code / Act SOS / Article 6 / Title 1 / Section 390-A
Standards and training for child day care
Status: in_force

§ 390-a. Standards and training for child day care.  1. All office of\nchildren and family services and municipal staff employed to accept\nregistrations, issue licenses or conduct inspections of child day care\nhomes, programs or facilities, subject to the amounts appropriated\ntherefor, shall receive: (a) training in at least the following:\nregulations promulgated by the office of children and family services\npursuant to section three hundred ninety of this title; child abuse\nprevention and identification; safety and security procedures in child\nday care settings; the principles of childhood development, and the\nlaws, regulations and procedures governing the protection of children\nfrom abuse or maltreatment; and (b) guidance on identification of\ncircumstances that may indicate the presence of controlled substances\nand referrals to law enforcement.\n  2. No license or registration shall be issued to a family day care\nhome, group family day care home, school age child care program or child\nday care center and no such registration or license shall be renewed\nuntil it can be demonstrated by the employer or licensing agency that\nthere is a procedure developed and implemented, in accordance with\nsection three hundred ninety-b of this title and pursuant to regulations\nof the office of children and family services, to:\n  (a) review and evaluate the backgrounds of and information supplied by\nany person applying to be a child day care center or school-age child\ncare program employee or volunteer or group family day care assistant, a\nprovider of family day care or group family day care, or a director of a\nchild day care center, head start day care center or school-age child\ncare program. Such procedures shall include but not be limited to the\nfollowing requirements: that the applicant set forth his or her\nemployment history, provide personal and employment references; submit\nsuch information as is required for screening with the statewide central\nregister of child abuse and maltreatment in accordance with the\nprovisions of section four hundred twenty-four-a of this article; sign a\nsworn statement indicating whether, to the best of his or her knowledge,\nhe or she has ever been convicted of a crime in this state or any other\njurisdiction; and provide his or her fingerprints for submission to the\ndivision of criminal justice services in accordance with the provisions\nof section three hundred ninety-b of this title;\n  (b) establish relevant minimal experiential and educational\nqualifications for employees and directors of child day care centers or\nhead start day care center programs;\n  (c) assure adequate and appropriate supervision of employees and\nvolunteers of group family day care homes, family day care homes, child\nday care centers and school-age child care programs; and\n  (d) demonstrate, in the case of child day care centers, group family\nday care homes, family day care homes and school-age child care programs\nthe existence of specific procedures which will assure the safety of a\nchild who is reported to the state central register of child abuse and\nmaltreatment as well as other children provided care by such homes,\ncenters or programs, immediately upon notification that a report has\nbeen made with respect to a child named in such report while the child\nwas in attendance at such homes, centers or programs.\n  (e) establish necessary rules to provide for uniform visitor control\nprocedures, including visitor identification.\n  3. (a) The office of children and family services shall promulgate\nregulations requiring operators, program directors, employees and\nassistants of family day care homes, group family day care homes,\nschool-age child care programs and child day care centers to receive\npre-service and annual training, as applicable. Provided however that\nsuch providers shall be required to receive thirty hours of training\nevery two years; provided, however, any individual or provider who is\nalready in compliance with this subdivision, prior to the effective date\nof the chapter of the laws of two thousand nineteen that amended this\nsubdivision, shall only be required to complete any additional federal\ntraining requirements which they have not already completed in order to\nbe deemed in compliance with this subdivision. Fifteen hours of such\ntraining must be received within the first six months of the initial\nlicensure, registration or employment. Such training requirements shall\nalso apply to any volunteer in such day care homes, programs or centers\nwho has the potential for regular and substantial contact with children.\nThe thirty hours of training required during the first biennial cycle\nafter initial licensure or registration shall include training received\nwhile an application for licensure or registration pursuant to section\nthree hundred ninety of this title is pending. The office of children\nand family services may provide this training through purchase of\nservices.\n  (b) The training required in paragraph (a) of this subdivision shall\naddress topics and subject matters required by federal law and the\nfollowing topics or subject matters, unless such topics or subject\nmatters are substantially covered in training that is required pursuant\nto federal law:\n  (i) principles of childhood development, focusing on the developmental\nstages of the age groups for which the program provides care;\n  (ii) nutrition and health needs of infants and children;\n  (iii) child day care program development;\n  (iv) safety and security procedures;\n  (v) business record maintenance and management;\n  (vi) child abuse and maltreatment identification and prevention;\n  (vii) statutes and regulations pertaining to child day care;\n  (viii) statutes and regulations pertaining to child abuse and\nmaltreatment;\n  (ix) for operators, program directors, employees and assistants of\nfamily day care homes, group family day care homes and child day care\ncenters, education and information on the identification, diagnosis and\nprevention of shaken baby syndrome; and\n  (x) adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), focused on understanding\ntrauma and on nurturing resiliency.\n  (c) For the thirty hours of biennial training required after the\ninitial period of licensure or registration, each provider who can\ndemonstrate basic competency shall determine in which of the specified\ntopics he or she needs further study, based on the provider's experience\nand the needs of the children in the provider's care.\n  (d) Family day care home and group family day care home operators\nshall obtain training pertaining to protection of the health and safety\nof children, as required by regulation, prior to the issuance of a\nlicense or registration by the office of children and family services.\n  (e) Upon request by the office of children and family services, the\nchild day care applicant or provider shall submit documentation\ndemonstrating compliance with the training requirements of this section.\n  4. No license or registration shall be issued to a family day care\nhome or group family day care home and no such registration shall be\nrenewed if barriers, as defined in paragraph (d) of subdivision one of\nsection three hundred ninety-d of this title, are not present around any\nswimming pool or body of water, as defined in paragraphs (b) and (c) of\nsubdivision one of section three hundred ninety-d of this title, located\non its grounds, pursuant to section three hundred ninety-d of this\ntitle.\n  5. a. The site provider of a family day care home or group family day\ncare home shall provide that at least one employee who holds a valid\ncertification in a course of study in first aid knowledge and skills and\ncardiopulmonary resuscitation, with an emphasis on providing that aid to\nchildren, as approved by the commissioner of the office of children and\nfamily services, be on premises during the operating hours of such\nfamily day care home or group family day care home.\n  b. The site supervisor of a school-age child care program shall\nprovide that at least one employee who holds a valid certification in a\ncourse of study in first aid knowledge and skills and cardiopulmonary\nresuscitation, with an emphasis on providing that aid to children, as\napproved by the commissioner of the office of children and family\nservices, be on premises during the operating hours of such school-age\nchild care program.\n  c. The director of a child day care center shall provide that at least\none employee who holds a valid certification in a course of study in\nfirst aid knowledge and skills and cardiopulmonary resuscitation, with\nan emphasis on providing that aid to children, as approved by the\ncommissioner of the office of children and family services, be on\npremises during the operating hours of such child day care center.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 111 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 3 / Part 1 / Section 111
Indian affairs
Status: in_force

§ 111. Indian affairs.  The education department, by or through the\nappropriate division, bureau or officer thereof, shall exercise and\nperform the functions, powers and duties conferred or imposed by law in\nrelation to the education of children upon the Indian reservations.\n
N.Y. GMU Law § 875 — New York Code / Act GMU / Article 18-A / Title 1 / Section 875
Special provisions applicable to state sales and compensating use taxes and certain types of facilities
Status: in_force

§ 875. Special provisions applicable to state sales and compensating\nuse taxes and certain types of facilities. 1. For purposes of this\nsection:  "state sales and use taxes" means sales and compensating use\ntaxes and fees imposed by article twenty-eight or twenty-eight-A of the\ntax law but excluding such taxes imposed in a city by section eleven\nhundred seven or eleven hundred eight of such article twenty-eight.\n"IDA" means an industrial development agency established by this article\nor an industrial development authority created by the public authorities\nlaw.  "Commissioner" means the commissioner of taxation and finance.\n  2. An IDA shall keep records of the amount of state and local sales\nand use tax exemption benefits provided to each project and each agent\nor project operator and shall make such records available to the\ncommissioner upon request. Such IDA shall also, within thirty days of\nproviding financial assistance to a project that includes any amount of\nstate sales and use tax exemption benefits, report to the commissioner\nthe amount of such benefits for such project, the project to which they\nare being provided, together with such other information and such\nspecificity and detail as the commissioner may prescribe. This report\nmay be made in conjunction with the statement required by subdivision\nnine of section eight hundred seventy-four of this title or it may be\nmade as a separate report, at the discretion of the commissioner. An IDA\nthat fails to make such records available to the commissioner or to file\nsuch reports shall be prohibited from providing state sales and use tax\nexemption benefits for any project unless and until such IDA comes into\ncompliance with all such requirements.\n  3. (a) An IDA shall include within its resolutions and project\ndocuments establishing any project or appointing an agent or project\noperator for any project the terms and conditions in this subdivision,\nand every agent, project operator or other person or entity that shall\nenjoy state sales and use tax exemption benefits provided by an IDA\nshall agree to such terms as a condition precedent to receiving or\nbenefiting from such state sales and use exemptions benefits.\n  (b) The IDA shall recover, recapture, receive, or otherwise obtain\nfrom an agent, project operator or other person or entity state sales\nand use exemptions benefits taken or purported to be taken by any such\nperson to which the person is not entitled or which are in excess of the\namounts authorized or which are for property or services not authorized\nor taken in cases where such agent or project operator, or other person\nor entity failed to comply with a material term or condition to use\nproperty or services in the manner required by the person's agreement\nwith the IDA.  Such agent or project operator, or other person or entity\nshall cooperate with the IDA in its efforts to recover, recapture,\nreceive, or otherwise obtain such state sales and use exemptions\nbenefits and shall promptly pay over any such amounts to the IDA that it\nrequests. The failure to pay over such amounts to the IDA shall be\ngrounds for the commissioner to assess and determine state sales and use\ntaxes due from the person under article twenty-eight of the tax law,\ntogether with any relevant penalties and interest due on such amounts.\n  (c) If an IDA recovers, recaptures, receives, or otherwise obtains,\nany amount of state sales and use tax exemption benefits from an agent,\nproject operator or other person or entity, the IDA shall, within thirty\ndays of coming into possession of such amount, remit it to the\ncommissioner, together with such information and report that the\ncommissioner deems necessary to administer payment over of such amount.\nAn IDA shall join the commissioner as a party in any action or\nproceeding that the IDA commences to recover, recapture, obtain, or\notherwise seek the return of, state sales and use tax exemption benefits\nfrom an agent, project operator or other person or entity.\n  (d) An IDA shall prepare an annual compliance report detailing its\nterms and conditions described in paragraph (a) of this subdivision and\nits activities and efforts to recover, recapture, receive, or otherwise\nobtain state sales and use exemptions benefits described in paragraph\n(b) of this subdivision, together with such other information as the\ncommissioner and the commissioner of economic development may require.\nThe report required by this subdivision shall be filed with the\ncommissioner, the director of the division of the budget, the\ncommissioner of economic development, the state comptroller, the\ngoverning body of the municipality for whose benefit the agency was\ncreated, and may be included with the annual financial statement\nrequired by paragraph (b) of subdivision one of section eight hundred\nfifty-nine of this title. Such report required by this subdivision shall\nbe filed regardless of whether the IDA is required to file such\nfinancial statement described by such paragraph (b) of subdivision one\nof section eight hundred fifty-nine. The failure to file or\nsubstantially complete the report required by this subdivision shall be\ndeemed to be the failure to file or substantially complete the statement\nrequired by such paragraph (b) of subdivision one of such section eight\nhundred fifty-nine, and the consequences shall be the same as provided\nin paragraph (e) of subdivision one of such section eight hundred\nfifty-nine.\n  (e) This subdivision shall apply to any amounts of state sales and use\ntax exemption benefits that an IDA recovers, recaptures, receives, or\notherwise obtains, regardless of whether the IDA or the agent, project\noperator or other person or entity characterizes such benefits\nrecovered, recaptured, received, or otherwise obtained, as a penalty or\nliquidated or contract damages or otherwise. The provisions of this\nsubdivision shall also apply to any interest or penalty that the IDA\nimposes on any such amounts or that are imposed on such amounts by\noperation of law or by judicial order or otherwise. Any such amounts or\npayments that an IDA recovers, recaptures, receives, or otherwise\nobtains, together with any interest or penalties thereon, shall be\ndeemed to be state sales and use taxes and the IDA shall receive any\nsuch amounts or payments, whether as a result of court action or\notherwise, as trustee for and on account of the state.\n  4. The commissioner shall deposit and dispose of any amount of any\npayments or moneys received from or paid over by an IDA or from or by\nany person or entity, or received pursuant to an action or proceeding\ncommenced by an IDA, together with any interest or penalties thereon,\npursuant to subdivision three of this section, as state sales and use\ntaxes in accord with the provisions of article twenty-eight of the tax\nlaw. The amount of any such payments or moneys, together with any\ninterest or penalties thereon, shall be attributed to the taxes imposed\nby sections eleven hundred five and eleven hundred ten, on the one hand,\nand section eleven hundred nine of the tax law, on the other hand, or to\nany like taxes or fees imposed by such article, based on the proportion\nthat the rates of such taxes or fees bear to each other, unless there is\nevidence to show that only one or the other of such taxes or fees was\nimposed or received or paid over.\n  5. The statement that an IDA is required by subdivision nine of\nsection eight hundred seventy-four of this article to file with the\ncommissioner shall not be considered an exemption or other certificate\nor document under article twenty-eight or twenty-nine of the tax law.\nThe IDA shall not represent to any agent, project operator, or other\nperson or entity that a copy of such statement may serve as a sales or\nuse tax exemption certificate or document. No agent or project operator\nmay tender a copy of such statement to any person required to collect\nsales or use taxes as the basis to make any purchase exempt from tax. No\nsuch person required to collect sales or use taxes may accept such a\nstatement in lieu of collecting any tax required to be collected. The\ncivil and criminal penalties for misuse of a copy of such statement as\nan exemption certificate or document or for failure to pay or collect\ntax shall be as provided in the tax law. In addition, the use by an IDA\nor agent, project operator, or other person or entity of such statement,\nor the IDA's recommendation of the use or tendering of such statement,\nas such an exemption certificate or document shall be deemed to be,\nunder articles twenty-eight and thirty-seven of the tax law, the\nissuance of a false or fraudulent exemption certificate or document with\nintent to evade tax.\n  6. The commissioner is hereby authorized to audit the records,\nactions, and proceedings of an IDA and of its agents and project\noperators to ensure that the IDA and its agents and project operators\ncomply with all the requirements of this section. Any information the\ncommissioner finds in the course of such audit may be used by the\ncommissioner to assess and determine state and local taxes of the IDA's\nagent or project operator.\n  7. In addition to any other reporting or filing requirements an IDA\nhas under this article or other law, an IDA shall also report and make\navailable on the internet, without charge, copies of its resolutions and\nagreements appointing an agent or project operator or otherwise related\nto any project it establishes. It shall also provide, without charge,\ncopies of all such reports and information to a person who asks for it\nin writing or in person. The IDA may, at the request of its agent or\nproject operator delete from any such copies posted on the internet or\nprovided to a person described in the prior sentence portions of its\nrecords that are specifically exempted from disclosure under article six\nof the public officers law.\n  8. In consultation with the commissioner of economic development, the\ncommissioner of taxation and finance is hereby authorized to adopt rules\nand regulations and to issue publications and other guidance\nimplementing the provisions of this section and of the other sections of\nthis article relating to any state or local tax or fee, or exemption or\nexclusion therefrom, that the commissioner administers and that may be\naffected by any provision of this article, and any such rules and\nregulations of the commissioner shall have the same force and effect\nwith respect to such taxes and fees, or amounts measured in respect of\nthem, as if they had been adopted by the commissioner pursuant to the\nauthority of the tax law.\n  9. To the extent that a provision of this section conflicts with a\nprovision of any other section of this article, the provisions of this\nsection shall control.\n
N.Y. GOB Law § 9-101 — New York Code / Act GOB / Article 9 / Title 1 / Section 9-101
Liability of receiver of rents and profits appointed in mortgage foreclosure
Status: in_force

§ 9-101. Liability of receiver of rents and profits appointed in\nmortgage foreclosure. A receiver of rents and profits appointed in an\naction to foreclose a mortgage upon real property shall be liable, in\nhis official capacity, for injury to person or property sustained by\nreason of conditions on the premises, in a case where an owner would\nhave been liable. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to enlarge\nthe liability of the receiver in his personal capacity.\n
N.Y. SOS Law § 148 — New York Code / Act SOS / Article 5 / Title 1 / Section 148
Penalty for unlawfully bringing a needy person into a public welfare district
Status: in_force

§ 148. Penalty for unlawfully bringing a needy person into a public\nwelfare district.  No person shall, without legal authority, send or\nbring, or cause to be sent or brought, any needy person into a public\nwelfare district with the purpose of making him a charge on such public\nwelfare district, or for the purpose of avoiding the responsibility of\nassistance or care in the public welfare district from which he is\nbrought or sent.  Any person found guilty of such an act shall be guilty\nof a misdemeanor and liable to a fine of fifty dollars, recoverable in\nthe name of the public welfare district.\n
N.Y. SOS Law § 390-F — New York Code / Act SOS / Article 6 / Title 1 / Section 390-F
Report on child care insurance
Status: in_force

§ 390-f. Report on child care insurance. The commissioner of the\noffice of children and family services in consultation with the\nsuperintendent of financial services, shall undertake a study of the\navailability, accessibility, and affordability of insurance policies to\nchild care providers. The study shall include, but not be limited to, a\nreview of homeowner insurance policies and health insurance policies.\nThe study shall be completed and a report submitted no later than\nJanuary first, two thousand nine, to the governor, the commissioner of\nthe office of children and family services, the temporary president of\nthe senate and the speaker of the assembly.\n
N.Y. GOB Law § 3-102 — New York Code / Act GOB / Article 3 / Title 1 / Section 3-102
Obligations of certain minors for hospital, medical and surgical treatment and care
Status: in_force

§ 3-102. Obligations of certain minors for hospital, medical and\nsurgical treatment and care. 1. An obligation incurred by a married\nminor for hospital, medical and surgical treatment and care for such\nminor or such minor's children shall not be voidable because of\nminority. For the purpose of this section only, subsequent judgment of\ndivorce or annulment shall not alter the obligation previously incurred.\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 58-0111 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 58 / Title 1 / Section 58-0111
Compliance with other law
Status: in_force

§ 58-0111. Compliance with other law.\n  Every recipient of funds to be made available pursuant to this article\nshall comply with all applicable state, federal and local laws.\n
N.Y. GMU Law § 852 — New York Code / Act GMU / Article 18-A / Title 1 / Section 852
Policy and purposes of article
Status: in_force

§ 852. Policy and purposes of article. It is hereby declared to be the\npolicy of this state to promote the economic welfare, recreation\nopportunities and prosperity of its inhabitants and to actively promote,\nattract, encourage and develop recreation, economically sound commerce\nand industry and economically sound projects identified and called for\nto implement a state heritage area management plan as provided in title\nG of the parks, recreation and historic preservation law through\ngovernmental action for the purpose of preventing unemployment and\neconomic deterioration by the creation of industrial development\nagencies which are hereby declared to be governmental agencies and\ninstrumentalities and to grant to such industrial development agencies\nthe rights and powers provided in this article.\n  It is hereby further declared to be the policy of this state to\nprotect and promote the health of the inhabitants of this state by the\nconservation, protection and improvement of the natural and cultural or\nhistoric resources and environment and to control land, sewer, water,\nair, noise or general environmental pollution derived from the operation\nof industrial, manufacturing, warehousing, commercial, recreation, horse\nracing facilities, railroad facilities, automobile racing facilities and\nresearch facilities and to grant such industrial development agencies\nthe rights and powers provided by this article with respect to\nindustrial pollution control facilities.\n  It is hereby further declared to be the policy of this state to\nprotect and promote the health of the inhabitants of this state and to\nincrease trade through promoting the development of facilities to\nprovide recreation for the citizens of the state and to attract tourists\nfrom other states and to promote the development of renewable energy\nprojects to support the state's renewable energy goals as may be\nestablished or amended from time to time.\n  The use of all such rights and powers is a public purpose essential to\nthe public interest, and for which public funds may be expended.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 4909 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 49 / Title 1 / Section 4909
Site of service clinical review
Status: in_force

§ 4909. Site of service clinical review. 1. For purposes of this\nsection:\n  (a) "Free-standing ambulatory surgical center" shall mean a diagnostic\nand treatment center authorized pursuant to article twenty-eight of this\nchapter and operated independently from a hospital.\n  (b) "Health care plan" shall mean an insurer, a corporation organized\npursuant to article forty-three of the insurance law, a health\nmaintenance organization certified pursuant to article forty-four of\nthis chapter, a municipal cooperative health benefit plan certified\npursuant to article forty-seven of the insurance law, and a student\nhealth plan established or maintained pursuant to section one thousand\none hundred twenty-four of the insurance law, that issues a health\ninsurance policy or contract or that arranges for care and services for\nmembers under a contract with the department with a network of health\ncare providers and utilizes site of service clinical review to determine\ncoverage for services delivered by network participating providers.\n  (c) "Hospital-based outpatient clinic" shall mean a clinic authorized\npursuant to article twenty-eight of this chapter and listed on a\nhospital's operating certificate.\n  (d) "Site of service clinical review" shall mean clinical criteria\napplied by a health care plan for the purpose of determining whether\nnon-urgent outpatient medical procedures and surgeries will be covered\nfor a given insured or enrollee when rendered by a network participating\nprovider at a hospital-based outpatient clinic rather than a\nfree-standing ambulatory surgical center.\n  2. Site of service clinical review shall be deemed utilization review\nin accordance with and subject to the requirements and protections of\nthis article and article forty-nine of the insurance law, including the\nright to internal and external appeal of denials related to site of\nservice clinical review.\n  3. Site of service clinical review shall consider the insured's health\nand safety, choice of health care provider, and timely access to care\nand shall not be based solely on cost.\n  4. A health care plan that utilizes site of service clinical review\nthat is intended to direct insureds and enrollees to free-standing\nambulatory surgical centers shall be able to demonstrate to the\ndepartment that it has an adequate network of free-standing ambulatory\nsurgical center providers to meet the health needs of insureds and\nenrollees and to provide an appropriate choice of providers sufficient\nto render the services covered under the policy or contract. Such\nnetwork shall be in compliance with network adequacy standards\nestablished by the commissioner and article forty-four of this chapter.\n  5. Except as provided in subdivision seven of this section, starting\nJanuary first, two thousand twenty-four, a health care plan that\nutilizes a site of service clinical review shall deliver a notice\ndisclosing and clearly explaining the site of service clinical review\nto:\n  (a) policyholders, contract holders, insureds, and enrollees and\nprospective policyholders, contract holders, insureds, and enrollees at\nthe time of plan and policy or contract selection and at least ninety\ndays prior to the implementation of new site of service clinical review\nor modification of existing site of service clinical review. Such notice\nshall include the specific services under the site of service review\npolicy, a statement that site of service clinical review may limit the\nsettings in which services covered under the policy or contract may be\nprovided and render a network participating provider unable to perform a\nservice; shall disclose to insureds or enrollees any quality or cost\ndifferential, including differences in out-of-pocket costs, between the\nhospital-based outpatient clinic and the free-standing ambulatory\nsurgical center when services at a hospital-based outpatient clinic are\nrequested; and shall set forth any rights the insured or enrollee may\nhave to obtain the service at a hospital-based outpatient clinic through\na utilization review appeal. Notifications shall also be made at any\nother time upon the insured's or enrollee's request;\n  (b) network participating providers at least ninety days prior to\nimplementation. A health care plan shall also inform providers of the\nprocess for requesting coverage of a service in a hospital-based\noutpatient clinic setting, including the right to request a real time\nclinical peer to peer discussion as part of the authorization process;\nand\n  (c) the commissioner, at least forty-five days prior to notifying\npolicyholders, contract holders, insureds and enrollees and prospective\npolicyholders, contract holders, insureds and enrollees and network\nparticipating providers in accordance with this subdivision. Such notice\nto the commissioner shall include (i) draft communications to the\nforegoing persons for purposes of complying with this subdivision and\n(ii) an explanation of how the site of service clinical review selected\nby the health care plan complies with this article and article\nforty-nine of the insurance law.\n  6. A health care plan's provider directory shall explain that even\nthough a provider is participating in the network, a site of service\nclinical review may affect where services will need to be obtained and\nwhether the provider will be available to provide such service, as\napplicable.\n  7. A health care plan that has implemented site of service clinical\nreview prior to January first, two thousand twenty-four that is not in\ncompliance with this section shall revise such site of service clinical\nreview to comply with this section and deliver the notices required\nunder subdivision five of this section at the beginning of the open\nenrollment period for individual health insurance policies and\ncontracts, and for group health insurance policies and contracts, prior\nto January first, two thousand twenty-four.\n  8. Starting January first, two thousand twenty-four, at a minimum, a\nhealth care plan shall approve a request for authorization for a service\ncovered under the policy or contract and requested to be performed by a\nnetwork participating provider at a hospital-based outpatient clinic in\nthe following situations:\n  (a) the procedure cannot be safely performed in a free-standing\nambulatory surgical center due to the insured's or enrollee's health\ncondition;\n  (b) there is no free-standing ambulatory surgical center capacity in\nthe insured's or enrollee's geographic area; or\n  (c) the provision of health care services at a free-standing\nambulatory surgical center would result in undue delay.\n  9. Starting January first, two thousand twenty-four, site of service\nclinical review criteria developed by health care plans shall also take\ninto consideration whether:\n  (a) the insured's or enrollee's treating network participating\nprovider recommends, based on a written clinical justification submitted\nto the health care plan, that the service be provided at a\nhospital-based outpatient clinic; or\n  (b) the insured or enrollee has requested a particular network\nparticipating provider who performs the requested service in a\nhospital-based outpatient clinic because the insured or enrollee is\nundergoing a continuing course of treatment with the participating\nprovider or because the insured has previously obtained the requested\nservice from the participating provider, and the provider is not\ncredentialed at any free-standing ambulatory surgical center in the\nservice area and is not able to be credentialed within ninety days\nfollowing the submission of the authorization request to the health care\nplan.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 2995-D — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 29-D / Title 1 / Section 2995-D
Further study of other health care practitioner data
Status: in_force

§ 2995-d. Further study of other health care practitioner data. The\ndepartment shall:\n  1. Identify the classes of health care practitioners licensed,\ncertified or registered pursuant to title eight of the education law,\nconcerning whom it would be feasible and useful to collect and\ndisseminate information useful for making determinations concerning\nhealth care quality;\n  2. Investigate the types of data concerning such practitioners to\nwhich the public has access, including all information provided by\nfederal, state or local agencies, and the applicable data reporting\nrequirements;\n  3. Determine which data concerning such practitioners and which\nmethods of accessing such data, will be the most useful and convenient\nfor health care consumers;\n  4. Study the feasibility and utility of providing practitioner\nprofiles by means of the system commonly known as the Internet, on a\nsingle website; and\n  5. Provide a report of its findings to the governor and legislature\nwithin eighteen months of the effective date of this section.\n
N.Y. ISC Law § 4908 — New York Code / Act ISC / Article 49 / Title 1 / Section 4908
Applicability to ERISA Plans
Status: in_force

§ 4908. Applicability to ERISA Plans. Notwithstanding the foregoing,\nthe provisions of this article shall not apply to any utilization review\nconducted by, or on behalf of, a self-insured employee welfare benefit\nplan, as defined in the employee retirement income security act of 1974,\nas amended.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 260 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 5 / Part 2 / Section 260
Trustees
Status: in_force

§ 260. Trustees. 1. Public libraries authorized to be established by\naction of the voters or their representatives shall be managed by\ntrustees who shall have all the powers of trustees of other educational\ninstitutions of the university as defined in this chapter; provided that\nthe number of trustees of county public libraries and Indian libraries\nshall not be less than five nor more than fifteen and that the number of\ntrustees of other public libraries shall not be less than five nor more\nthan fifteen. The number of trustees of joint public libraries\nauthorized to be established by two or more municipalities or districts\nor any combination thereof shall be not less than five nor more than\ntwenty-five, as determined by agreement of the voting bodies empowered\nto authorize the establishment of such libraries pursuant to subdivision\none of section two hundred fifty-five of this chapter and shall be set\nforth in the resolution authorizing the establishment of such joint\npublic library. Such resolution shall also set forth the number of such\ntrustees which each of the participating municipalities or districts\nshall be entitled to elect or appoint, and the terms of office of the\ntrustees as determined in accordance with subdivision three of this\nsection.\n  2. The trustees of public libraries authorized to be established by\ncities shall be appointed by the mayor and confirmed by the common\ncouncil, in counties they shall be appointed by the county board of\nsupervisors or other governing elective body, in villages they shall be\nappointed by the village board of trustees, in towns they shall be\nappointed by the town board, in school districts they shall be elected\nby the legal voters in the same manner as trustees are elected in the\nschool district which established said library, and on Indian\nreservations they shall be elected at a general tribal election or\notherwise designated by the chiefs or head men of an Indian tribe; that\nnotwithstanding the fact that county, town or local school district\nlines do not penetrate the reservation boundary, Indians residing on\nreservations shall be eligible to serve as trustees of public libraries\nestablished in school districts to the same extent as they are qualified\nvoters pursuant to subdivision three of section twenty hundred twelve of\nthis chapter; that the first trustees shall determine by lot the year in\nwhich the term of office of each trustee shall expire and that a new\ntrustee shall be elected or appointed annually to serve for three or\nfive years to be determined by the entity establishing the public\nlibrary. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this subdivision,\nin any case where a town is a contributor to the support of any such\npublic library in a village located within the town the appointment of\ntrustees of such library who reside outside the village but within such\ntown shall be subject to the approval of the town board of such town.\nThe charter of any public library granted prior to April thirtieth,\nnineteen hundred twenty-one, which provides for trustees, their terms of\noffice and method of election or appointment in a manner differing from\nthat hereinbefore provided, shall remain in full force and effect until\nthe regents, upon application of the library trustees, shall amend the\ncharter to conform to the provisions of law in effect when such\namendment is made.\n  3. The trustees of a joint public library authorized to be established\nby two or more municipalities or districts or any combination thereof\nshall be appointed or elected by the body authorized by subdivision two\nof this section to elect or appoint trustees of public libraries\nauthorized to be established by such municipality or district. The\nnumber of such trustees to be elected or appointed by each of the\nparticipating municipalities or districts shall be determined as\nprovided in subdivision one of this section. The term of office of such\ntrustees shall be three or five years except that the terms of the first\ntrustees shall be so arranged that the terms of as nearly as possible to\none-third or one-fifth of the members shall expire annually.\n  4. No person who is a member of any municipal council or board\nauthorized by this section to appoint public library trustees in any\nmunicipality shall be eligible for the office of such public library\ntrustee in such municipality.\n  5. The boards of trustees of public, free association and Indian\nlibraries shall hold regular meetings at least quarterly, and such\nboards shall fix the day and hour for holding such meetings.\n  6. The board of trustees of a library system or a public or free\nassociation library chartered by the regents of the state of New York\nmay determine to contribute annually a sum of money to assist the New\nYork State Association of Library Boards in fostering, encouraging and\npromoting the further development of library activities throughout the\nstate and financing programs in this state which will assist in the\ndissemination of information leading to the improvement and extension of\nlibrary services.\n  7. The board of trustees of a public library established and supported\nby a school district shall, in addition to powers conferred by this or\nany other chapter, be authorized in its discretion to call, give notice\nof and conduct a special district meeting for the purpose of electing\nlibrary trustees and of submitting initially a resolution in accordance\nwith the provisions of subdivision one of section two hundred fifty-nine\nof this chapter. Such meeting shall be held prior to the first day of\nJuly but subsequent to the first day of April. Should the board of\ntrustees of the library determine, in its discretion, not to notice and\nconduct such a meeting, then the election and budget vote will be\nnoticed and conducted by the board of education of the school district\nas part of its annual meeting.\n  8. Candidates for the office of trustee of a public library\nestablished and supported by a school district shall be nominated by\npetition which shall meet the requirements of subdivision a of section\ntwo thousand eighteen of this chapter, except that such candidates shall\nbe elected in the manner specified in subdivision b of such section\nexcept that the nominating petition filed pursuant to subdivision a or b\nof such section shall be signed by a least twenty-five qualified voters\nof the library district, or two percent of the voters who voted in the\nlast previous annual election of members of the library board of\ntrustees, whichever is greater. The provisions of this subdivision shall\nnot apply to a charter granted prior to April thirtieth, nineteen\nhundred seventy-one that provides for a different procedure.\n  9. The board of trustees of a public library established and supported\nby a school district, in addition to any other powers conferred by this\nchapter, may, in its discretion, call, give notice of and conduct a\nspecial district meeting of the qualified voters of the school district\nfor any proper library purpose, including the re-submission of a\ndefeated library appropriation, at a time and place designated by said\nboard of trustees, except as to those purposes set forth in subdivision\nseven of this section.\n  10. The board of trustees of a public library established and\nsupported by a school district, in addition to any other powers\nconferred in this chapter, shall have the power to determine the\nnecessity for construction of library facilities, to select a library\nsite or sites, to select the architect, and to require that the board of\neducation call, give notice of and conduct a special district meeting in\naccordance with the provisions of subdivision nine of this section for\nthe purpose of designating and acquiring a site or sites and authorizing\nthe issuance of obligations of the school district for acquisition and\nconstruction of library facilities, or either.\n  11. Whenever the board of trustees of a public library shall call,\ngive notice of and conduct a special district meeting under subdivision\nseven or nine of this section, such meeting shall be established,\nnoticed and conducted in the same manner and to the same extent as such\nmeetings were theretofore established, noticed and conducted by the\nboard of education of the school district, the board of trustees of the\nlibraries making all the determinations and taking all action in respect\nthereto otherwise required of the board of education of the school\ndistrict, except that the meeting need not, in the discretion of the\nboard of trustees of the library, be held in separate election districts\nin those school districts where election districts have been established\nby the board of education. The board of registration shall meet as\nprovided in section two thousand fourteen of this chapter and notice of\nthe meeting shall be given in accordance with the provisions of sections\ntwo thousand four and two thousand seven of this chapter. The cost of\nall such meetings and registrations shall be a charge to the library.\n  12. The board of trustees of a public, free association or Indian\nlibrary which provides public access to the internet shall establish a\npolicy governing patron use of computer terminals which access the\ninternet. Verification of such policy shall be included in the annual\nreport submitted to the department.\n  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, prior to the discarding of\nused or surplus books or other such reading materials by trustees of a\nchartered public, cooperative or free association library which receives\nover ten thousand dollars in state aid, such trustees shall offer to\ndonate such books or materials to a not-for-profit corporation or\npolitical subdivision located within the area of the library system or\noffer to sell such books or materials to the general public. The\ntrustees shall retain any proceeds received from the sale of such books\nand materials for the purpose of maintaining and improving library\nservice within the system.\n
N.Y. RPT Law § 523-A — New York Code / Act RPT / Article 5 / Title 1-A / Section 523-A
Temporary members of boards of assessment review; administrative hearing panels
Status: in_force

§ 523-a. Temporary members of boards of assessment review;\nadministrative hearing panels. 1. The legislative body of any local\ngovernment or village may, in any year it deems necessary, appoint\ntemporary members to the board of assessment review to serve on\nadministrative hearing panels as provided in this section.\n  2. The number of temporary members which may be appointed pursuant to\nthis section in any year shall not exceed two times the number of\nmembers appointed to such board pursuant to section five hundred\ntwenty-three of this title and which served on such board for hearing\ncomplaints in the previous year. Such temporary members shall be\nappointed to one-year terms of office and shall be subject to the same\nqualifications, training and disclosure requirements as members of the\nboard of assessment review, as provided in subdivisions one, one-a and\ntwo of section five hundred twenty-three of this title and any other\napplicable law; provided, however, such temporary members shall not hear\ncomplaints unless such appointee has received a certificate of\nattendance for the required training course within twelve months of the\ndate on which complaints are to be heard.\n  3. The chairman of the board of assessment review shall assign panels\nto hear complaints in relation to assessments consisting of at least one\nmember appointed pursuant to section five hundred twenty-three of this\ntitle and no more than two temporary members appointed pursuant to this\nsection.  Such panels shall have the same powers and duties as those of\nthe board of assessment review pursuant to section five hundred\ntwenty-five of this title except that they shall not determine the final\nassessment of the real property of each complainant, but shall make a\nrecommendation with respect thereto to the board of assessment review.\n  4. The assessor or a member of his or her staff shall attend all\nhearings of the administrative hearing panels, shall have the right to\nbe heard on any complaint and, upon request, shall have the right to\nhave his or her remarks with respect to any complaint recorded in the\nminutes of the panel.\n  5. Not later than twenty days prior to the last date provided by law\nfor the completion and filing of the final assessment roll, each\nadministrative hearing panel shall submit a recommendation with respect\nto each complaint heard by it to the chairman of the board of assessment\nreview. The board of assessment review shall forthwith consider the\nrecommendations of each panel. If a majority of the members of the board\nof assessment review disagree with one or more recommendations, it shall\nschedule hearings thereon for a day no later than five days prior to the\ndate set by law for the completion and filing of the final assessment\nroll and shall notify the assessor and the complainant of the time and\nplace of the hearings. Following this hearing, the board of assessment\nreview shall determine the final assessment of the complainant's\nproperty. In all other cases, the recommendation of the administrative\nhearing panel shall be adopted by the board of assessment review as its\ndetermination of the final assessment.\n  6. The legislative body of the local government or village may adopt a\nresolution providing that the temporary members of the board of\nassessment review appointed pursuant to this section shall be paid for\ntheir respective services. Such resolution, if adopted, shall fix the\namount of such compensation.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 3001 — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 10 / Title 1 / Section 3001
Short title
Status: in_force

§ 3001. Short title. This article shall be known and may be cited as\nthe "New York State Municipal Assistance Corporation Act".\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 506 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 11 / Section 506
Board meetings; oaths of office; quorum; expenses
Status: in_force

§ 506. Board meetings; oaths of office; quorum; expenses. 1. The\nretirement board shall meet annually at Albany on a business day in the\nmonth of January to be fixed by the board and shall have stated meetings\nat the same place at least once in each three months as determined by\nthe regulations of the board.\n  2. Each member of the retirement board shall, within ten days after\nhis appointment or election, take the constitutional oath of office and\ncause the same to be filed in the office of the department of state.\n  3. A majority of the members of the retirement board shall constitute\na quorum for the transaction of any business.\n  4. The members of the retirement board shall serve without\ncompensation, but they shall be reimbursed from the expense fund for all\nactual necessary expenses and for any loss of salary or wages they may\nsuffer through serving on the retirement board.\n  5. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the affirmative vote of\na majority of the board and the concurrence of one member of the board\nelected from among the active members of the retirement system shall be\nrequired to adopt, amend or repeal any rule or regulation relating to\nmember benefits.\n  6. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, a\nmember of the retirement board who is elected from among the members of\nthe retirement system shall, upon his request, be granted a leave of\nabsence without pay by his employer for the period of time he serves as\na member of the retirement board. During the period of said leave of\nabsence, such member of the retirement board shall receive full credit\nin the retirement system for the period of such leave of absence. The\nprovisions of this subdivision shall not be construed as prohibiting an\nemployer at its discretion from granting a leave of absence with pay.\nThe retirement board is authorized to adopt such rules and regulations\nas it finds necessary in administering the provisions of this\nsubdivision.\n
N.Y. LFN Law § 15.40 — New York Code / Act LFN / Article 2 / Title 1-A / Section 15.40
Additional limitations
Status: in_force

§ 15.40 Additional limitations.  a. Indebtedness shall not be\ncontracted or incurred pursuant to this title for any object or purpose\nwhich is intended to effectuate any of the purposes of article eighteen\nof the state constitution as implemented by the public housing law or\nany other law including this chapter.\n  b. The following provisions of this chapter shall not be applicable in\nrelation to indebtedness contracted or incurred in relation to a joint\nservice or a joint water, sewage or drainage project: Paragraph c of\nsection 20.00, and sections 28.10, 90.00 and 92.00.\n
N.Y. PAB Law § 9 — New York Code / Act PAB / Title 1 / Section 9
Municipal reallocation
Status: in_force

* § 9. Municipal reallocation. The chief executive officer of any\npolitical subdivision or, if such political subdivision has no chief\nexecutive officer, the governing board of the political subdivision for\nthe benefit of which a local agency has been established, may withdraw\nall or any portion of the allocation granted by section three of this\nact to such local agency. The political subdivision may then reallocate\nall or any portion of such allocation, as well as all or any portion of\nthe allocation received pursuant to section eight of this act, to itself\nor any other issuer established for the benefit of that political\nsubdivision or may assign all or any portion of the allocation received\npursuant to section eight of this act to the local agency created for\nits benefit. The chief executive officer or governing board of the\npolitical subdivision, as the case may be, shall notify the commissioner\nof any such reallocation.\n* NB Repealed January 1, 1991\n
N.Y. PAB Law § 7 — New York Code / Act PAB / Title 1 / Section 7
Overlapping jurisdictions
Status: in_force

* § 7. Overlapping jurisdictions. In a geographic area represented by\na county local agency and one or more sub-county local agencies, the\nallocation granted by section three of this act with respect to such\narea of overlapping jurisdiction shall be apportioned one-half to the\ncounty local agency and one-half to the sub-county local agency or\nagencies. Where there is a local agency for the benefit of a village\nwithin the geographic area of a town for the benefit of which there is a\nlocal agency, the allocation of the village local agency shall be based\non the population of the geographic area of the village, and the\nallocation of the town local agency shall be based upon the population\nof the geographic area of the town outside of the village.\nNotwithstanding the foregoing, a local agency may surrender all or part\nof its allocation for such calendar year to another local agency with an\noverlapping jurisdiction. Such surrender shall be made at such time and\nin such manner as the commissioner shall prescribe.\n* NB Repealed January 1, 1991\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 1021-N — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 5 / Title 1-B / Section 1021-N
Equal employment opportunity
Status: in_force

§ 1021-n. Equal employment opportunity. All contracts entered into by\nthe authority pursuant to this title of whatever nature and all\ndocuments soliciting bids or proposals therefor shall contain or make\nreference to the following provision:\n  The contractor shall not discriminate against employees or applicants\nfor employment because of race, creed, color, national origin, sex, age,\ndisability or marital status, and will undertake or continue existing\nprograms of affirmative action to ensure that minority group persons and\nwomen are afforded equal opportunity without discrimination. Such\nprograms shall include, but not be limited to, recruitment, employment,\njob assignment, promotion, upgrading, demotion, transfer, layoff,\ntermination, rates of pay or other forms of compensation, and selection\nfor training and retraining, including apprenticeship and on-the-job\ntraining.\n
N.Y. ELN Law § 7-118 — New York Code / Act ELN / Article 7 / Title 1 / Section 7-118
Ballots; facsimile and sample
Status: in_force

§ 7-118. Ballots; facsimile and sample. 1. The board of elections\nshall provide facsimile and sample ballots which shall be arranged in\nthe form of a diagram showing such part of the face of the voting\nmachine or ballots as shall be in use at that election. Such facsimile\nand sample ballots shall be distinguishable from the official ballot by\nsize, color, or other means and shall contain suitable illustrated\ndirections for voting on the voting machine or ballot.\n  2. Such facsimile ballots shall be mounted and displayed for public\ninspection at each polling place during election day.\n  3. Sample ballots may be mailed by the board of elections to each\neligible voter at least three days before the election, or in lieu\nthereof, a copy of such sample ballot may be published at least once\nwithin one week preceding the election in newspapers or on a website\nmaintained by the board of elections. Each county board of elections\nshall transmit electronically in a format to be determined by the state\nboard of elections, as it is available, a copy of the candidate and\ncontest information contained on each of its ballot styles to the state\nboard of elections. The state board shall create a system to allow such\ninformation to be made publicly available via its website, as well as\nthe website of any county board of elections, and in such a way as to be\naccessible with a computer screen-reading program.\n  4. One copy of such facsimile shall be sent to each school in the\ncounty, providing the ninth through the twelfth years of compulsory\neducation, and in the city of New York to each such school in the city\nof New York, at least one week before each general election for posting\nat a convenient place in such school. The board of elections shall also\nsend a facsimile ballot to any other school requesting such a ballot. In\nthe alternative, the requirements of this subdivision may be fully\nsatisfied by publishing such facsimile on a website maintained by the\nboard of elections and notifying each such school of such publication.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 1020-FF — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 5 / Title 1-A / Section 1020-FF
Rates charged to veterans' organizations
Status: in_force

§ 1020-ff. Rates charged to veterans' organizations. 1. The authority\nshall charge a rate for electric service, regardless of the type of\nservice offered, to any post or hall owned or leased by a not-for-profit\nveterans' organization that is no greater than the rate charged to\ndomestic customers receiving single-phase service within the same\nvillage, town or municipality.\n  2. The authority shall not recover revenues foregone pursuant to\nsubdivision one of this section from customers of the authority. To the\nextent that a lack of recovery of such foregone revenues may prevent the\nauthority from meeting its bond coverage requirements, the authority\nshall reduce its non-personnel operating expenses by an amount equal to\nits foregone revenue.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 2721 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 27-B / Title 1 / Section 2721
Mary Lasker Heart and Hypertension Institute; organization
Status: in_force

§ 2721. Mary Lasker Heart and Hypertension Institute; organization.\nThe commissioner shall establish within the department a heart and\nhypertension institute to be named the Mary Lasker Heart and\nHypertension Institute for the purpose of promoting the screening,\nevaluation and methods of treatment of hypertension.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 722 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 15-C / Section 722
Sales of textbooks, textbook bundles
Status: in_force

§ 722. Sales of textbooks, textbook bundles. Textbooks shall be sold\nin the same manner as ordered by such faculty member or entity in charge\nof selecting textbooks for courses. In the event such product is\nunavailable as ordered, the bookstore, faculty, and relevant publisher\nshall work together to provide the best possible substitute that most\nclosely matches the requested item or items, and the publisher shall\nmake available the price of such substitute or substitutes readily\navailable.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 803-A — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 17 / Section 803-A
Courses of study in prevention of child abduction
Status: in_force

§ 803-a. Courses of study in prevention of child abduction.  1. All\npupils in grades K-8 in all public schools in the state shall receive\ninstruction designed to prevent the abduction of children. Such\ninstruction shall be provided by or under the direct supervision of\nregular classroom teachers, provided, however, that such instruction may\nbe provided by any other agency, public or private.\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, self-confidence and support to aid in the prevention of\nchild abduction.\n  3. For purposes of developing such courses of study, the board of\neducation or trustees of every school district may establish local\nadvisory councils or utilize the school-based shared decision making and\nplanning committee established pursuant to regulations of the\ncommissioner to make recommendations concerning the content and\nimplementation of such courses. School districts may alternatively\nutilize courses of instruction developed by consortia of school\ndistrict, boards of cooperative educational services, other school\ndistricts or any other agency, public or private. Such advisory councils\nshall consist of, but not be limited to, parents, school trustees and\nboard members, appropriate school personnel, business and community\nrepresentatives, and law enforcement personnel having experience in the\nprevention of child abduction.\n  4. The board of education or trustees of every school district shall\nprovide appropriate training and curriculum materials for the regular\nteachers who provide such instruction.\n
N.Y. UDC Law § 2407 — New York Code / Act UDC / Article 24 / Title 1 / Section 2407
Board of judges
Status: in_force

§ 2407. Board of judges. 1. The judges of said court shall constitute\nthe board of judges of the county. The judge elected from the first\ndistrict shall be the president. The meetings of the board shall be\npublic, except when such board shall be in executive session, and so far\nas is practicable shall be held at regular intervals, and all its\nproceedings shall be recorded by its secretary and shall be preserved. A\nmajority of the members of the board shall constitute a quorum. The\nboard may by resolution provide for the conduct of its meetings, the\nkeeping and preservation of its minutes and the public inspection\nthereof at reasonable times; for the order of judicial business, the\nmanner of its discharge and the maintenance of order in and about the\ncourts; for the establishment of parts of the court and for the\nassignment of judges to hold the several parts so established.\n  2. The board of judges shall designate the number and general location\nof the places, one or more for each judge, in which court shall be held\nin each district. The president of the board of judges shall preside and\nshall be entitled to vote at all meetings of the board. In addition to\nall the powers of a member of the board he shall exercise general\nsupervision of the business of the court and have such other powers as\nmay be conferred by resolution of the board. He shall whenever he deems\nit necessary for the prompt disposition of business, assign any judge\ntemporarily to hold court in any district in the county, other than that\nin which he had been assigned by the board, and he may transfer cases\nfor trial or for all purposes from one district to another. The acts or\ndirections of the president of the board of judges may be vacated,\namended or modified by a two-thirds vote of the members at a regular or\nspecial meeting of the board.\n  3. The board of judges shall designate a clerk of the court to act as\nsecretary of the board and from time to time substitute another. Such\nsecretary shall serve without additional compensation. All necessary\ndisbursements of the board of judges and the secretary thereof shall be\na charge against the first judicial district and paid as other district\ncharges.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 206 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 5 / Part 1 / Section 206
Authority to take testimony and conduct hearings
Status: in_force

§ 206. Authority to take testimony and conduct hearings.  The regents,\nany committee thereof, the commissioner of education, the deputy and any\nassociate and assistant commissioner of education and the counsel of the\ndepartment may take testimony or hear proofs relating to their official\nduties, or in any matter which they may lawfully investigate.  Hearings\nby the regents pursuant to any of the provisions of this chapter may be\ngiven by or before not less than three members of the regents designated\nby the regents or by the chancellor of the university to hold such\nhearings, but any decision or determination in such proceedings shall be\nmade by the regents.\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 11-0107 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 11 / Title 1 / Section 11-0107
Application of Fish and Wildlife Law
Status: in_force

§ 11-0107. Application of Fish and Wildlife Law.\n  1. No person shall, at any time of the year, pursue, take, wound or\nkill in any manner, number or quantity, any fish protected by law, game,\nprotected wildlife, shellfish, harbor seals, crustacea protected by law,\nor protected insects, except as permitted by the Fish and Wildlife Law.\n  2. No person shall, at any time of the year, buy, sell, offer or\nexpose for sale, transport, or have in his possession any fish protected\nby law, game, protected wildlife, shellfish, harbor seals, crustacea\nprotected by law, or part thereof, or protected insect, whether taken\nwithin the state or coming from without the state, except as permitted\nby the Fish and Wildlife Law.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 525 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 11 / Section 525
Protection against fraud
Status: in_force

§ 525. Protection against fraud. 1. Any person who shall knowingly\nmake any false statement, or shall falsify or permit to be falsified any\nrecord or records of this retirement system in any attempt to defraud\nsuch system as a result of such act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor,\nand shall be punishable therefor under the laws of the state of New\nYork.\n  2. Any violation of subdivision one of this section that results in a\nmember or beneficiary of the retirement system receiving a benefit or\npayment in excess of one thousand dollars more than he or she would have\nbeen entitled to shall be a class E felony. Any violation of subdivision\none of this section that results in a member or beneficiary of the\nretirement system to receive a benefit or payment in excess of three\nthousand dollars more than he or she would have been entitled to shall\nbe a class D felony.\n  3. Should any change or error in records result in any employee or\nbeneficiary receiving from the retirement system more or less than he\nwould have been entitled to receive had the records been correct, then,\non the discovery of any such error, the retirement board shall correct\nsuch error, and, as far as practicable, shall adjust the payments in\nsuch a manner that the actuarial equivalent of the benefit to which he\nwas correctly entitled shall be paid.\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 54-0109 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 54 / Title 1 / Section 54-0109
Fiscal reporting
Status: in_force

§ 54-0109. Fiscal reporting.\n  1. No later than fifteen days after the end of each fiscal year\nquarter, the department shall report to the director of the budget, the\nchairperson of the senate finance committee, the chairperson of the\nassembly ways and means committee and the public on the status of each\nproject receiving state assistance payments pursuant to this article.\nEach state agency, department, public authority or public benefit\ncorporation administering any project or program pursuant to this\narticle shall assist the department in the preparation of the report and\nshall provide information as required by the department. Such report\nshall include as applicable for each category, subcategory and project:\n  (a) total appropriations;\n  (b) total project costs;\n  (c) total commitments;\n  (d) total outstanding encumbrances;\n  (e) total year to date disbursements;\n  (f) total life to date disbursements; and\n  (g) total remaining uncommitted balance.\n  2. Such report shall also contain the percentage and amount of funding\ndirected to facilitate disabled access to department and office of\nparks, recreation and historic preservation owned or managed facilities.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 669-F — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 14 / Part 2 / Subpart 2 / Section 669-F
New York state masters-in-education teacher incentive scholarship program
Status: in_force

§ 669-f. New York state masters-in-education teacher incentive\nscholarship program.  1. Eligibility. Students who are matriculated in\nan approved master's degree in education program at a New York state\ncollege, as defined in subdivision two of section six hundred one of\nthis title, leading to a career as a teacher in public elementary,\nsecondary, or early childhood education shall be eligible for an award\nunder this section, provided the applicant: (a) earned an undergraduate\ndegree from a college located in New York state; (b) was a New York\nstate resident while earning such undergraduate degree; (c) achieved\nacademic excellence as an undergraduate student, as defined by the\ncorporation in regulation; (d) enrolls in full-time study in an approved\nmaster's degree in education program at a New York state college, as\ndefined in subdivision two of section six hundred one of this title,\nleading to a career as a teacher in public elementary, secondary or\nearly childhood education; (e) signs a contract with the corporation\nagreeing to teach in a classroom setting on a full-time basis for five\nyears in a school located within New York state providing public\nelementary, secondary or early childhood education recognized by the\nboard of regents or the university of the state of New York, including\ncharter schools authorized pursuant to article fifty-six of this\nchapter; and (f) complies with the applicable provisions of this article\nand all requirements promulgated by the corporation for the\nadministration of the program.\n  1-a. Preference for scholarship awards. Preference for the award of\nscholarships shall be given to eligible students matriculated at public\ncolleges, as defined in subdivision two of section six hundred one of\nthis title, in New York state. Remaining scholarships may be awarded to\nother eligible students matriculated at private colleges, as defined in\nsubdivision two of section six hundred one of this title, in New York\nstate.\n  2. Within amounts appropriated therefor, awards shall be granted to\napplicants that the corporation has certified are eligible to receive\nsuch awards. Up to five hundred awards may be granted to new recipients\nannually. Such awards shall be granted upon successful completion of\neach term, as defined by the corporation.\n  3. An award shall entitle the recipient to annual payments for not\nmore than two academic years of full-time graduate study leading to\ncertification as an elementary, secondary or early childhood teacher.\n  4. The corporation shall grant such awards in an amount equal to the\nannual tuition charged to state resident students attending a graduate\nprogram full-time at the state university of New York, or actual tuition\ncharged, whichever is less; provided, however, (i) a student who\nreceives educational grants and/or scholarships that cover the student's\nfull cost of attendance shall not be eligible for an award under this\nprogram; (ii) for a student who receives educational grants and/or\nscholarships that cover less than the student's full cost of attendance,\nsuch grants and/or scholarships shall not be deemed duplicative of this\nprogram and may be held concurrently with an award under this program,\nprovided that the combined benefits do not exceed the student's full\ncost of attendance; and (iii) an award under this program shall be\napplied to tuition after the application of all other educational grants\nand scholarships limited to tuition and shall be reduced in an amount\nequal to such educational grants and/or scholarships. Upon notification\nof an award under this program, the institution shall defer the amount\nof tuition equal to the award. No award shall be final until the\nrecipient's successful completion of a term has been certified by the\ninstitution. A recipient of an award under this program shall not be\neligible for an award under the New York state math and science teaching\nincentive program.\n  5. The corporation shall convert to a student loan the full amount of\nthe award granted pursuant to this section, plus interest, according to\na schedule to be determined by the corporation if: (a) two years after\nthe completion of the degree program and receipt of initial\ncertification it is found that a recipient is neither teaching in a\npublic school located within New York state providing elementary or\nsecondary education recognized by the board of regents or the university\nof the state of New York, including charter schools authorized pursuant\nto article fifty-six of this chapter, nor employed by an eligible agency\nas defined by paragraph b of subdivision one of section thirty-six\nhundred two-e of this chapter; (b) a recipient has neither taught in a\npublic school located within New York state providing elementary or\nsecondary education recognized by the board of regents or the university\nof the state of New York, including charter schools authorized pursuant\nto article fifty-six of this chapter, nor been employed by an eligible\nagency as defined by paragraph b of subdivision one of section\nthirty-six hundred two-e of this chapter, for five of the seven years\nafter the completion of the graduate degree program and receipt of\ninitial certification; (c) a recipient fails to complete their graduate\ndegree program in education; (d) a recipient fails to receive or\nmaintain their teaching certificate or license in New York state for the\nrequired period; or (e) a recipient fails to respond to requests by the\ncorporation for the status of their academic or professional progress.\nThe terms and conditions of this subdivision shall be deferred for any\ninterruption in graduate study or employment as established by the rules\nand regulations of the corporation. Any obligation to comply with such\nprovisions as outlined in this section shall be cancelled upon the death\nof the recipient. Notwithstanding any provisions of this subdivision to\nthe contrary, the corporation is authorized to promulgate rules and\nregulations to provide for the waiver or suspension of any financial\nobligation which would involve extreme hardship.\n  6. The corporation is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations,\nand may promulgate emergency regulations, necessary for the\nimplementation of the provisions of this section including, but not\nlimited to, the criteria for the provision of awards on a competitive\nbasis, and the rate of interest charged for repayment of the student\nloan.\n
N.Y. EXC Law § 605 — New York Code / Act EXC / Article 21-B / Title 1 / Section 605
Resolution of disputes regarding manufactured homes
Status: in_force

§ 605. Resolution of disputes regarding manufactured homes. 1. Any\nhomeowner, retailer, manufacturer, installer, mechanic or lending entity\nmay file a complaint with the department as a state administrative\nagency seeking resolution of an allegation that a substantial defect\nexists in the delivered condition, installation, service or construction\nof a manufactured home. The department shall promulgate forms for such\ncomplaints which forms shall also be available on the department's\nweb-site. For the purpose of this article, a substantial defect shall be\na defect or a number of defects or other conditions which collectively\ncan reasonably be expected to cost five hundred dollars or more to cure.\n  2. Complaints relating to the delivered condition, installation,\nservice or construction of a manufactured home shall be made within one\nyear and ten days after the date of the service, installation or\nissuance of a certificate of occupancy, or the expiration of any\napplicable provision of a contract or warranty, whichever is later.\n  3. (a) Upon the department's determination that a complaint, on its\nface, alleges a substantial defect in the delivered condition,\ninstallation, service, or construction of a manufactured home, the\ndepartment shall notify the homeowner, manufacturer, retailer, mechanic\nand installer, as appropriate.\n  (b) Initially, the department may attempt to informally resolve the\ncomplaint. If informal resolution of the complaint is unsuccessful, the\ndepartment shall resolve such complaints and disputes by administrative\nhearing, pursuant to the state administrative procedure act.\n  (c) The decision shall provide compensation to the aggrieved party in\nan amount which shall include, but not be limited to:\n  (i) Filing and recording fees, inspection fees and other required\ncosts that the aggrieved party would not have incurred had the home met\napplicable standards; and\n  (ii) The cost of conforming repairs or replacements.\n  (d) The department may apportion liability between two or more parties\nor business entities where appropriate.\n  (e) The decision resolving the complaint shall be in writing and shall\nprovide the reason therefor, a copy of the decision shall be provided to\nall interested parties.\n  (f) The department may require, as a condition of receiving and\nretaining any certification pursuant to this article, that an applicant\nagrees to submit to the jurisdiction of the department in connection\nwith the resolution of complaints and disputes and agrees to be bound by\nthe department's determination subject to any administrative and\njudicial review provided for in this article.\n  (g) Any party may seek judicial review of the administrative\ndetermination pursuant to article seventy-eight of the civil practice\nlaw and rules.\n
N.Y. RPT Law § 516 — New York Code / Act RPT / Article 5 / Title 1 / Section 516
Filing of final assessment roll; notice of completion
Status: in_force

§ 516. Filing of final assessment roll; notice of completion. 1. On or\nbefore the first day of July, the assessor or assessors shall complete\nthe final assessment roll, deliver the original to the clerk of the\ncounty legislative body, and prepare and file a certified copy in the\noffice of the city or town clerk.  The assessor or assessors shall\nforthwith cause a notice to be published once in the official newspaper\nof such city or town, or if no newspaper has been designated the\nofficial newspaper, in a newspaper having general circulation in such\ncity or town, stating that the final assessment roll has been completed\nand a certified copy thereof so filed for public inspection. In towns,\nthe assessors shall also cause a copy of the published notice to be\nposted on the signboard maintained for the posting of legal notices at\nthe entrance of the town clerk's office pursuant to subdivision six of\nsection thirty of the town law.\n  2. The certified copy of the final assessment roll shall be retained\nin the office of the city or town clerk as a public record for a minimum\nof ten years from the date the final assessment roll was filed.\n  3. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, the\ncounty legislative body may require additional copies of the assessment\nroll to be made and specify by whom such additional copies shall be\nmade.\n
N.Y. PEN Law § 490.47 — New York Code / Act PEN / Part 4 / Title Y-1 / Article 490 / Section 490.47
Criminal use of a chemical weapon or biological weapon in the third degree
Status: in_force

§ 490.47 Criminal use of a chemical weapon or biological weapon in the\n           third degree.\n  A person is guilty of criminal use of a chemical weapon or biological\nweapon in the third degree when, under circumstances evincing a depraved\nindifference to human life, he or she uses, deploys, releases, or causes\nto be used, deployed, or released any select chemical agent or select\nbiological agent, and thereby creates a grave risk of death or serious\nphysical injury to another person not a participant in the crime.\n  Criminal use of a chemical weapon or biological weapon in the third\ndegree is a class B felony.\n
N.Y. ELN Law § 17-136 — New York Code / Act ELN / Article 17 / Title 1 / Section 17-136
False returns; unlawful acts respecting returns
Status: in_force

§ 17-136. False returns; unlawful acts respecting returns. An\ninspector or clerk of an election who intentionally makes, or attempts\nto make, a false canvass of the ballots cast thereat, or any false\nstatement of the result of a canvass, though not signed by a majority of\nthe inspectors, or any person who induces or attempts to induce any such\ninspector or clerk to do so, is guilty of a felony.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 1203 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 24 / Section 1203
Definitions
Status: in_force

§ 1203. Definitions. For the purposes of this article:\n  1. "Center" shall mean the New York state center for rural schools;\n  2. "Committee" shall mean the rural education advisory committee,\nestablished pursuant to the provisions of this article; and\n  3. "Rural area" shall mean any county with less than two hundred\nthousand population, or any town which has a population of less than one\nhundred fifty persons per square mile.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 484 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 10-B / Section 484
Lease and other agreements
Status: in_force

§ 484. Lease and other agreements. 1. Any agreement entered into\nbetween the fund and the owner or developer of a proposed combined\noccupancy structure pursuant to section four hundred seventy-eight of\nthis chapter shall provide for (i) the construction, acquisition,\nreconstruction, rehabilitation or improvement of one or more combined\noccupancy structures, and the purchase or acquisition of the original\nfurnishings, equipment, machinery and apparatus to be used in the school\nportion of a combined occupancy structure upon completion of the work,\n(ii) the reconveyance, retransfer or leasing of all or any portion\nthereof and of the real property or interest therein related thereto,\nincluding real property originally acquired by the board of education in\nthe name of the city of Yonkers, upon the completion of construction,\nacquisition, reconstruction, rehabilitation or improvement upon such\nterms and conditions as may be agreed upon, (iii) the leasing or\nsubleasing of such combined occupancy structures and property, or\nseparately of the school and non-school portions thereof, by the fund\nupon completion for a term not exceeding ninety-nine years and upon such\nterms and conditions including annual rental as may be agreed upon, and\n(iv) the conveyance to the board of education in the name of the city of\nYonkers of title to the school portion of any such combined occupancy\nstructure at the expiration of the term of the lease, or any renewal or\nextension thereof, or upon earlier payment in full of the total amount\nspecified therein, without additional charge therefor. The board of\neducation shall approve any such agreement and shall be a party thereto.\n  2. a. Any lease, sublease or other agreement entered into between the\nfund and the owner or developer of a proposed combined occupancy\nstructure shall provide for payment to the fund of the fair market value\nof such easements, space rights, air rights or other fee or leasehold\ninterests as are to be held or retained by such owner or developer or\nhis successor in interest under the terms of such agreement.\n  b. Whenever the easements, space rights, air rights or other fee or\nleasehold interests held or retained by such owner or developer, if\nother than the Yonkers city housing authority, and/or the non-school\nimprovements constructed or erected therein or thereon, shall be exempt\nfrom real property taxes pursuant to the provisions of section four\nhundred ninety-two of this article, such lease, sublease or other\nagreement shall also provide for the payment to the fund of annual or\nother periodic amounts equal to the amount of real property taxes that\nwould otherwise have been paid or payable with respect to such\neasements, space rights, air rights or other fee or leasehold interests,\nand with respect to the non-school improvements constructed or erected\ntherein or thereon, over the term of such lease, sublease or other\nagreement.\n  c. (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of section fifty-two of the\npublic housing law, whenever the Yonkers city housing authority is such\nowner or developer, such lease, sublease or other agreement shall also\nprovide for the payment by such authority to the fund or the city of\nsuch amount, for any year or years, as payment in lieu of real property\ntaxes on the non-school portion constituting a project, as defined by\nthe public housing law, as may be agreed upon among the fund, the city\nand the authority, and as may be approved by the commissioner of the\nstate division of housing and community renewal if such project is a\nstate project as defined in the public housing law, and by the federal\ngovernment if such project is a federal project as defined in the public\nhousing law.\n  (2) For any of the purposes of the public housing law, including,\nspecifically, section seventy-three thereof, and notwithstanding any\nother provision in the public housing law for establishing the amount of\ntaxes paid or payable with respect to a project for such year and the\nresulting amount of tax exemption, in computing the amount of tax\nexemption granted to such non-school portion constituting a project, as\ndefined by the public housing law, the amount of such payment in lieu of\ntaxes paid or payable with respect thereto for any year shall be deemed\nto be the amount of taxes paid or payable for such year.\n  3. Any lease, sublease or other agreement entered into between the\nfund and city of Yonkers or the board of education pursuant to section\nfour hundred fifty-four of this chapter shall provide for (i) the\nconstruction, acquisition, reconstruction, rehabilitation or improvement\nof one or more combined occupancy structures and (ii) the leasing or\nsubleasing of the school portion of such structures to the city or the\nboard at an annual cost or rental not in excess of the average annual\ncost or rental of comparable new public school facilities in the city of\nYonkers and for a term not exceeding ninety-nine years, and upon such\nother terms and conditions as may be agreed upon.\n  4. Every lease, sublease or other agreement executed pursuant to this\narticle shall be subject to the approval of the commissioner of finance\nwith respect to all rentals or other payments to be made thereunder by\nthe city of Yonkers, the board of education or by the owner or developer\nof a combined occupancy structure and shall contain a clause that any\nagreement of the city of Yonkers thereunder shall be deemed executory to\nthe extent of the moneys available to the city therefor and no liability\non account thereof shall be incurred by the city beyond the moneys\navailable for the purpose thereof.\n
N.Y. RPT Law § 737 — New York Code / Act RPT / Article 7 / Title 1-A / Section 737
Rules of practice and procedure
Status: in_force

§ 737. Rules of practice and procedure. The chief administrator of the\ncourts shall adopt such rules of practice and procedure, not\ninconsistent herewith, as may be necessary to implement the small claims\nassessment review procedure hereby established. Such rules shall provide\nfor the scheduling of evening hearings where practicable, the\navailability of petition forms, and the procedures for the filing of\ndecision rendered by hearing officers pursuant to the provisions of this\ntitle.\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 54-0107 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 54 / Title 1 / Section 54-0107
Other powers not affected
Status: in_force

§ 54-0107. Other powers not affected.\n  Nothing in this article shall be construed to limit or restrict any\npowers of the commissioner or any other agency pursuant to any other\nprovision of law.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 721 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 15-C / Section 721
Pricing transparency
Status: in_force

§ 721. Pricing transparency. 1. To ensure pricing transparency, all\npublishers of college textbooks shall, on request, make readily\navailable to prospective adopters of their products who are members of\nthe faculties or purchasing entities of institutions of higher education\nthe price at which the publisher would make the products available to\nthe college bookstore that would offer the products to students.\n  2. For purposes of this section, the term "products" means all\nversions of a textbook or set of textbooks, except custom textbooks or\nspecial editions of textbooks, available in the subject area for which a\nprospective adopter is teaching a course, including supplemental\nmaterials, both when sold together or separately from a textbook.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 2500-I — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 25 / Title 1 / Section 2500-I
Child food choking prevention
Status: in_force

§ 2500-i. Child food choking prevention. 1. The department shall\nestablish criteria for determining which foods and food products may\npose a significant choking risk for children in various age groups.\n  2. The department shall conduct an ongoing public awareness and\neducation program under section two hundred seven of this chapter on\nchoking risks, precautions and life-saving procedures, including, but\nnot limited to, listing on its internet website information that assists\nmembers of the public in locating infant and child cardiopulmonary\nresuscitation classes.\n  3. The department shall produce and distribute educational materials\non food choking risks, precautions and life-saving procedures. Such\nmaterials shall be made available to child care centers, pediatricians\nand nursery, elementary and secondary schools for distribution to\npersons in parental relation to children, and to hospitals, birthing\ncenters and other appropriate health care providers for distribution to\nmaternity patients. In addition, such materials shall be provided to\nhealth care professionals engaged in the care and treatment of children\nfor distribution to such children and persons in parental relation. The\ndepartment shall also provide information on food choking risks,\nprecautions and life-saving procedures on the department's internet\nwebsite. No provision of this subdivision shall be deemed to prohibit\nthe utilization and distribution of educational materials relating\nthereto produced by any public, private or governmental entity, in lieu\nof the department's production of such materials.\n  4. The department shall periodically review available data on choking\nincidents in children and update the information on choking risks,\nprecautionary measures and life-saving procedures provided in its\neducational materials and on its internet website, as appropriate.\n  5. The department shall report every three years, commencing January\nfirst, two thousand eighteen, to the governor, the temporary president\nof the senate and the speaker of the assembly on the implementation of\nthis section and any recommendations for furthering the purpose of this\nsection.\n  6. Implementation of this section shall be contingent upon and shall\nbe conducted within appropriations made therefor.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 3671 — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 10-D / Title 1 / Section 3671
Effect of inconsistent provisions
Status: in_force

§ 3671. Effect of inconsistent provisions. Insofar as the provisions\nof this title are inconsistent with the provisions of any other act,\ngeneral or special, or of any charter, local law, ordinance or\nresolution of any municipality, the provisions of this title shall be\ncontrolling. Nothing contained in this section shall be held to\nsupplement or otherwise expand the powers or duties of the authority\notherwise set forth in this title.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 211-E — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 5 / Part 1 / Section 211-E
Educational partnership organizations
Status: in_force

§ 211-e. Educational partnership organizations. 1. The board of\neducation of a school district, and the chancellor of the city school\ndistrict of the city of New York, subject to the approval of the\ncommissioner, shall be authorized to contract, for a term of up to five\nyears, with an educational partnership organization pursuant to this\nsection to intervene in a school designated by the commissioner as a\npersistently lowest-achieving school, consistent with federal\nrequirements, or a school under registration review.\n  2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rule or regulation to\nthe contrary, and except as otherwise provided in this section, such\ncontract shall contain provisions authorizing the educational\npartnership organization to assume the powers and duties of the\nsuperintendent of schools for purposes of implementing the educational\nprogram of the school, including but not limited to, making\nrecommendations to the board of education on budgetary decisions,\nstaffing population decisions, student discipline decisions, decisions\non curriculum and determining the daily schedule and school calendar,\nall of which recommendations shall be consistent with applicable\ncollective bargaining agreements. Such contract shall include district\nperformance expectations and/or benchmarks for school operations and\nacademic outcomes, and failure to meet such expectations or benchmarks\nmay be grounds for termination of the contract prior to the expiration\nof its term. Such contract shall also address the manner in which\nstudents will be assigned to the school, the process for employees to\ntransfer into the school, the services that the district will provide to\nthe school, and the manner in which the school shall apply for and\nreceive allocational and competitive grants.\n  3. The board of education shall retain the ultimate decision-making\nauthority over the hiring, evaluating, termination, disciplining,\ngranting of tenure, assignment of employees serving in the school as\nwell as with respect to staff development for those employees, together\nwith authority concerning all other terms and conditions of employment,\nall of which decisions shall be made in a manner consistent with\napplicable collective bargaining agreements. However, notwithstanding\nany law, rule or regulation to the contrary, upon the effective date of\nthe contract, the educational partnership organization shall be\nauthorized to exercise all powers of a superintendent of schools with\nrespect to such employment decisions, including but not limited to\nmaking recommendations, as applicable, to the board of education in\nconnection with and prior to the board of education making decisions\nregarding staff assignments, the hiring, the granting of tenure, the\nevaluating, the disciplining and termination of employees, as well as\nconcerning staff development. The employees assigned to the school shall\nsolely be in the employ of the school district and shall retain their\ntenure rights and all other employment rights conferred by law, and\nservice in the school shall constitute service to the school district\nfor all purposes, including but not limited to, the requirements for\ncriminal history record checks and participation in public retirement\nsystems. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, for\npurposes of article fourteen of the civil service law, employees in the\nschool shall be public employees of the school district as defined in\nsubdivision seven of section two hundred one of the civil service law\nand shall not be deemed employees of the educational partnership\norganization by reason of the powers granted to the educational\npartnership organization by this section. All such employees shall be\nmembers of the applicable negotiating unit containing like titles or\npositions for the public school district in which such school is\nlocated, and shall be covered by the collective bargaining agreement\ncovering that public school district's negotiating unit, except that the\nduly recognized or certified collective bargaining representative for\nthat negotiating unit may modify or supplement, in writing, the\ncollective bargaining agreement in consultation with the employees of\nthe negotiating unit working in the school. All such modifications of,\nor supplements to the collective bargaining agreement are subject to\nratification by the employees employed within the school and by the\nboard of education of the public school district, consistent with\narticle fourteen of the civil service law. Upon the effective date of\nthe school district's contract with the educational partnership\norganization, the educational partnership organization shall be\nempowered to make recommendations to the board of education with respect\nto the scope of, and process for making modifications and additions to\nthe collective bargaining agreement.\n  4. Where a recommendation is made by the educational partnership\norganization to the board of education pursuant to subdivision two or\nthree of this section, and such recommendation is denied, the board of\neducation shall state its reasons for the denial, which shall include an\nexplanation of how such denial will promote improvement of student\nachievement in the school and how such action is consistent with all\naccountability plans approved by the commissioner for the school and the\nschool district. Nothing in this subdivision shall be construed to\nprevent a board of education from denying a recommendation of the\neducational partnership organization based upon the board of education's\ndetermination that carrying out such recommendation would result in a\nviolation of law or violation of the terms of an applicable collective\nbargaining agreement. If the board of education rejects a recommendation\nof the educational partnership organization to terminate a probationary\nemployee assigned to the school or to deny tenure to an employee\nassigned to the school, it shall be the duty of the board of education\nto transfer such employee to another position in the school district\nwithin such employee's tenure area for which the employee is qualified,\nor to create such a position.\n  5. For purposes of this section the following terms shall have the\nfollowing meanings:\n  (i) "educational partnership organization" means a board of\ncooperative educational services, a public or independent, non-profit\ninstitution of higher education, a cultural institution, or a private,\nnon-profit organization with a proven record of success in intervening\nin low-performing schools, as determined by the commissioner, provided\nthat such term shall not include a charter school;\n  (ii) "board of education" means the trustees or board of education of\na school district, or, in the case of a city school district of a city\nhaving a population of one million or more, the chancellor of such city\ndistrict;\n  (iii) "school district" means a common, union free, central, central\nhigh school or city school district, other than a special act school\ndistrict as defined in section four thousand one of this chapter.\n  (iv) "superintendent of schools" means the superintendent of schools\nof a school district, and, in the case of a city school district of a\ncity having a population of one million or more, a community\nsuperintendent and the chancellor of such city district when acting in\nthe role of a superintendent of schools.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 1004-B — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 21 / Section 1004-B
Integrated employment opportunities for individuals with severe disabilities
Status: in_force

§ 1004-b. Integrated employment opportunities for individuals with\nsevere disabilities. 1. The department shall have the responsibility to\nstimulate the development of programs intended to furnish opportunities\nfor integrated employment including but not limited to, supported\nemployment and paid competitive work, to individuals with severe\ndisabilities, and to coordinate with state agencies responsible for\nfurnishing necessary services to individuals with severe disabilities\nrelated to such opportunities.\n  2. State integrated employment implementation plan. a. The\ncommissioner, in consultation with and with the agreement of the\ncommissioners of mental health, the office for people with developmental\ndisabilities and social services shall develop a state interagency plan\nfor the implementation of integrated employment opportunities for\nindividuals with severe disabilities, including supported employment.\nSuch plan shall be designed so as to ensure that the state's integrated\nemployment efforts, including the supported employment program, are\nplanned, developed and implemented comprehensively, with roles and\nresponsibilities of the respective agencies well-defined. Such plan\nshall reflect the department's primary responsibility for the\ndevelopment of integrated employment opportunities for individuals with\nsevere disabilities, including short-term and intensive supported\nemployment services, as well as appropriate responsibilities for long\nterm extended support services. Such plan shall specify the role and\nresponsibilities of each such agency in assuring that:\n  (i) services are provided fully and equitably;\n  (ii) an array of services is established and appropriate procedures\nare developed to allow persons with severe disabilities timely access to\nappropriate support services;\n  (iii) compatible definitions, program evaluation and accounting\nstandards and reporting documents are implemented;\n  (iv) services and eligibility requirements are integrated and\ncoordinated between agencies, including the manner in which appropriate\nresponsibilities for funding and administering both short-term intensive\nand long-term extended support services for supported employment are to\nbe implemented;\n  (v) funding sources are clearly defined and amounts are adequate to\nsupport persons with short-term intensive and long-term extended support\nneeds;\n  (vi) all necessary steps are taken to maximize the success and cost\neffectiveness of such programs and the potential of persons served by\nsuch programs;\n  (vii) continuity of support services is not broken for individuals\nplaced in an integrated employment setting in the event such placement\nis interrupted; and\n  (viii) eligibility standards are consistent regarding the placement of\nindividuals in integrated work settings, including supported employment\nand other competitive work placements.\n  b. In addition, the plan shall address the manner in which continued\nsupport for current programs will be maintained; and establishment\ngrants will be provided. Such establishment grants shall include, but\nnot be limited to, special projects which enhance the provision of\nsupported employment and new integrated employment program initiatives\nwhich would target individuals who have severe disabilities who have\naged-out or have otherwise exited the school system. In addition, such\ngrants may be used to provide additional resources to existing programs\nfor the purposes of increasing the numbers of persons served who have\nbeen determined by the commissioner to have been unserved or\nunderserved. Such grants may also be used for new programs for these\npopulations.\n  c. The commissioner, in consultation with the commissioners of the\noffice of mental health, the office for people with developmental\ndisabilities and the department of social services, shall develop an\naudit protocol to verify the actual costs of providing such programs.\n  3. Reporting. a. It shall be the primary responsibility of the\ncommissioner to provide annual reports on the progress of achieving the\ncomponents of the implementation plan as contained in subdivision two of\nthis section. In addition, such reports shall include:\n  (i) a current description of individuals served, and services and\ntechnical assistance provided;\n  (ii) employment status of persons transitioned from sheltered\nworkshops, special education programs, day treatment centers, and day\nservices programs into integrated employment programs, including\nsupported employment programs and other competitive work placements;\n  (iii) incidence of persons in reverse transition between integrated\nemployment programs, including supported employment programs and paid\ncompetitive work, and sheltered workshops, day treatment programs and\nday services programs; and\n  (iv) number of persons for whom employment in an integrated work\nsetting has been requested and who are waiting for placement.\n  The commissioners of the office of mental health, the office for\npeople with developmental disabilities, and the department of social\nservices shall provide any information required to assist the\ncommissioner in making such report.\n  b. The implementation plan shall be transmitted to the state's board\nof regents, the governor, the temporary president of the senate, the\nspeaker of the assembly and the senate committee on finance, the\nassembly committee on ways and means, the senate committee on education\nand the assembly committee on education on or before October first,\nnineteen hundred ninety-three with a report on the status of the\nimplementation plan transmitted on or before October first of each\nsucceeding year.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 507 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 11 / Section 507
Officers of board; custody of funds
Status: in_force

§ 507. Officers of board; custody of funds.  1. The retirement board\nshall elect from its membership a president and vice-president, and\nshall have power to employ a secretary and to secure the services of\nsuch technical and administrative employees as may be necessary for the\ntransaction of the business of the retirement system. The compensation\nof all persons engaged by the retirement board and all other expenses of\nthe board necessary for the proper operation of the retirement system\nshall be paid at such rates and in such amounts as the retirement board\nshall approve.\n  2. The retirement board shall appoint a counsel to serve as its legal\nadviser.\n  3. The head of the division of the treasury in the department of\ntaxation and finance shall be the custodian of the funds of the\nretirement system, except any asset consisting of evidence of a loan to\na member of the retirement system pursuant to section five hundred\ntwelve-b which such asset shall be in the custody of the retirement\nboard. Disbursements from the funds of the retirement system shall be\nmade by the custodian or such person as may be authorized by him only\nupon warrants signed by a member of the retirement board, or an official\nthereof, authorized to do so by resolution of the board duly adopted at\na meeting of the board by a majority of its members. The commissioner of\ntaxation and finance shall authorize a person who in the absence or\ndisability of the head of the division of the treasury in the department\nof taxation and finance shall exercise and perform the functions, powers\nand duties conferred or imposed on the head of the division of the\ntreasury in the department of taxation and finance as the custodian of\nthe funds of the retirement system, and such person so authorized shall\ncontinue to exercise and perform such functions, powers and duties\nduring any period that the office of the head of the division of the\ntreasury in the department of taxation and finance is vacant.\n  4. The custodian shall furnish annually to the retirement board a\nsworn statement of the amount of the funds in his custody belonging to\nthe retirement system.\n  6. The retirement board shall appoint a medical board of three\nphysicians who shall hold office at the pleasure of the retirement\nboard. Such medical board shall meet at regular intervals and shall\nperform such duties as are assigned to it by the retirement board,\nincluding, but not limited to, a review of applications for disability\nretirement and a review of the continued disablement of pensioners\nretired for disability. The medical board shall report to the retirement\nboard its recommendation approving or disapproving each disability\nretirement application. The medical board may designate other physicians\nto make such medical examinations of a disability applicant as it may\nrequire and shall review the findings of such physicians prior to making\nits own recommendation to the retirement board.\n  7. a. The system shall save harmless and indemnify all members of the\nretirement board, officers and employees of the system from financial\nloss arising out of any claim, demand, suit or judgment by reason of\nalleged negligence or other act by such board member, officer or\nemployee provided that such board member, officer or employee at the\ntime of such alleged negligence or act was acting in the discharge of\nhis duties and within the scope of his employment and that such damages\ndid not result from the willful and wrongful act or gross negligence of\nsuch board member, officer or employee and provided further that such\nboard member, officer or employee shall, within five days of the time he\nis served with any summons, complaint, process, notice, demand or\npleading, deliver the original or a copy thereof to the system's legal\nadvisor.\n  b. Upon such delivery the system's legal advisor may assume control of\nthe representation of such board member, officer or employee. Such board\nmember, officer or employee shall cooperate fully with the system's\nlegal advisor's defense.\n  c. This section shall not in any way impair, limit or modify the\nrights and obligations of any insurer under any policy of insurance.\n  d. The benefits of this section shall inure only to board members,\nofficers and employees of the system and shall not enlarge or diminish\nthe rights of any other party.\n  8. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision seven of this section\nand in lieu thereof, the retirement board may, by adoption of a board\nregulation, provide for the indemnification and defense by the system of\nmembers of the retirement board and employees of the system in\naccordance with section eighteen of the public officers law.\n
N.Y. PAB Law § 1 — New York Code / Act PAB / Title 1 / Section 1
Short title
Status: in_force

* § 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as the\n"private activity bond allocation act of 1990".\n* NB Repealed January 1, 1991\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 668-F — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 14 / Part 2 / Subpart 2 / Section 668-F
American Airlines flight 587 memorial scholarships
Status: in_force

§ 668-f. American Airlines flight 587 memorial scholarships. 1.\nEligible groups. Notwithstanding subdivisions three and five of section\nsix hundred sixty-one of this part, children, spouses, and financial\ndependents of persons who died as a direct result of the crash of\nAmerican Airlines flight 587, in Rockaway, Queens, on November twelfth,\ntwo thousand one, shall be eligible to receive a memorial scholarship.\n  2. Amount. The president shall grant annual scholarships in amounts\ndetermined in accordance with subdivision two of section six hundred\nsixty-eight-d of this subpart.\n  3. Duration. Awards under this section shall be payable for each of\nnot more than four academic years of undergraduate study or five\nacademic years if a program normally requires five years, as defined by\nthe commissioner pursuant to article thirteen of this title.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 499 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 10-D / Section 499
Additional members of a regional college cooperative services board; withdrawal
Status: in_force

§ 499. Additional members of a regional college cooperative services\nboard; withdrawal.  1. The governing board of any non-public institution\nof higher education which is not a member institution in a regional\ncollege cooperative services board may adopt a resolution requesting\nthat such institution become such a member institution in an existing\nboard. Duplicate copies of such resolution certified by the clerk of\nsuch governing board shall be filed with the board of trustees of the\nregional board. If such board approves such resolution such approval\nshall be endorsed thereon and a copy thereof shall be filed with the\ncommissioner. Upon application, the regents may amend the charter of\nsuch regional board by including such proposed member institution in\nsuch board and thereupon such member institution shall have the same\nrights and duties and privileges as other member institutions therein.\n  2. The refusal of the board of trustees of such regional board to\napprove an application for membership in such board by any higher\neducational institution shall be subject to review by the commissioner\nupon application of such applying institution and, if so directed by the\ncommissioner, such board of trustees shall approve such application and\nrequest the regents to amend the charter of the regional board to\ninclude such institution as a member institution thereof.\n  3. A board of trustees of a member institution may file with the board\nof trustees of a regional board and with the commissioner not less than\nninety days before the first day of July in any year, a resolution\nrequesting the withdrawal of such member institution from such board.\nThereafter, upon application of such member institution or such board,\nthe regents may amend the charter of such board so that such institution\nshall cease to be a member thereof on such July first or such later date\nas shall be fixed by the regents.\n
N.Y. MDW Law § 150 — New York Code / Act MDW / Article 5 / Title 1 / Section 150
Cellar and basement stairs
Status: in_force

§ 150. Cellar and basement stairs. 1. Except as otherwise provided in\nthis section, there shall be no inside stair communicating between the\nlowest cellar or the lowest story, if there be no cellar, and the floor\nnext above, but any stair communicating between such floors shall be\nlocated outside the dwelling and if enclosed shall be fireproof in a\nfireproof enclosure with fireproof doors and door assemblies, with the\ndoors self-closing, at all openings.\n  2. This provision, however, shall not apply to any stair not extending\nthrough more than one story and leading from an entrance hall to the\nupper stories where the walls enclosing such hall are fireproof and\nunpierced except for openings to stairs, elevators, apartments, public\nreception rooms, professional offices and the outer air. In no event\nshall there be any other opening from such an entrance hall, and all\napartments and such professional offices opening therefrom shall be\nentirely separated from any space within such dwelling used for any\nother purposes by fireproof walls which shall be unpierced except for\nmeans of egress into the entrance hall. The provisions of this\nsubdivision shall not apply to openings which are protected with\nfireproof vestibules. Any such vestibule shall have a minimum\nsuperficial floor area of fifty square feet and its maximum area shall\nnot exceed seventy-five square feet. It shall be enclosed with\nincombustible partitions having a fire-resistive rating of three hours.\nThe floor and ceiling of such vestibule shall also be of incombustible\nmaterial having a fire-resistive rating of at least three hours. There\nshall be two doors to provide access from the entrance hall and any\nother space not used for openings to stairs, elevators, apartments,\npublic reception rooms and the outer air. Each such door shall have a\nfire-resistive rating of one and one-half hours and shall be provided\nwith a device to prevent the opening of one door until the other door is\nentirely closed. One of these doors shall swing into the vestibule from\nthe entrance hall and the other shall swing from the vestibule into\nspace which it serves.  Such vestibule shall also be equipped with\nsprinklers and with an independent exhaust duct having a minimum\ncross-sectional area of one hundred forty-four square inches for each\none thousand cubic feet, or fraction thereof, of air content, and such\nexhaust duct shall not be connected with any other ventilating system.\n  3. In dwellings three stories or less in height which are occupied by\ntwo families or less on every story, any stair leading to the cellar may\nbe located inside the dwelling provided it is entirely enclosed with\nfireproof walls and with fireproof doors and door assemblies at both the\ncellar level and the story above, with the doors self-closing.\n  4. The provisions of subdivision one shall not prohibit or apply to an\ninside stair extending from a space used for commercial purposes in the\ncellar or lowest story to a store on the story next above, provided such\nstair is of incombustible materials, has closed risers, is enclosed\nbetween the two lowest floors with walls having a three-hour fire\nresistive rating and has fireproof doors and door assemblies at top and\nbottom, with the doors self-closing, and provided such commercial space\nin the cellar or lowest story is completely enclosed with partitions\nhaving a fire-resistive rating of at least two hours and there is no\nopening between the store on the story next above and any entrance hall\nor other public hall or public portion of the dwelling.\n
N.Y. UDC Law § 2404 — New York Code / Act UDC / Article 24 / Title 1 / Section 2404
Qualifications and duties of judges; oaths of office
Status: in_force

§ 2404. Qualifications and duties of judges; oaths of office. 1. No\none shall be eligible to the office of judge of the district court\nunless he be a resident elector in the district for which he shall be\nelected or appointed, and shall have been admitted to practice law in\nthis state at least five years.\n  2. No judge shall engage in the practice of the law or hold any other\npublic office in the county. Each judge shall devote his whole time and\ncapacity to the duties of his office. Before entering upon his duties\neach judge elected or appointed pursuant to this act shall take and file\nwith the county clerk the oath of office prescribed by the constitution.\nThe judges may, by virtue of their offices, administer oaths, take\ndepositions and acknowledgments within the county and certify the same\nin the same manner and with like effect as judges of courts of record.\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 21-0105 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 21 / Title 1 / Section 21-0105
Budget
Status: in_force

§ 21-0105. Budget.\n  The New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission shall\nsubmit annually, in accordance with the laws and practice of this state,\nto the Commissioner of Environmental Conservation for study and\nconsideration by such commissioner, an estimate of moneys required to\nadminister, manage and support the commission during the ensuing fiscal\nyear. Such estimate shall include any request for appropriation of funds\nby New York and shall be accompanied by a tabulation of similar requests\nwhich the commission expects to make to each other member state and the\nformula or factors upon which such respective requests are based. The\nCommissioner of Environmental Conservation shall include a suitable item\nor items of estimated expenditures in the budget estimates of his\ndepartment.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 1020-CC — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 5 / Title 1-A / Section 1020-CC
Authority subject to certain provisions contained in the state finance law, the public service law, the social services law and the gener...
Status: in_force

§ 1020-cc. Authority subject to certain provisions contained in the\nstate finance law, the public service law, the social services law and\nthe general municipal law. 1. All contracts of the authority shall be\nsubject to the provisions of the state finance law relating to contracts\nmade by the state. The authority shall also establish rules and\nregulations with respect to providing to its residential gas, electric\nand steam utility customers those rights and protections provided in\narticle two and sections one hundred seventeen and one hundred eighteen\nof the public service law and section one hundred thirty-one-s of the\nsocial services law. The authority shall conform to any safety standards\nregarding manual lockable disconnect switches for solar electric\ngenerating equipment established by the public service commission\npursuant to subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (a) of subdivision five and\nsubparagraph (ii) of paragraph (a) of subdivision five-a of section\nsixty-six-j of the public service law. The authority shall let contracts\nfor construction or purchase of supplies, materials, or equipment\npursuant to section one hundred three and paragraph (e) of subdivision\nfour of section one hundred twenty-w of the general municipal law.\n  2. The authority and service provider shall provide to the state\ncomptroller on March thirty-first and September thirtieth of each year a\nreport documenting each contract in excess of two hundred fifty thousand\ndollars per year entered into with a third party and related to\nmanagement and operation services associated with the authority's\nelectric transmission and distribution system, including the name of the\nthird party, the contract term and a description of services or goods to\nbe procured, and post such report on each of their websites. All\ncontracts entered into between the service provider and third parties\nare not subject to the requirements of subdivision one of this section.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 4103 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 41 / Title 1 / Section 4103
Vital statistics; evidence
Status: in_force

§ 4103. Vital statistics; evidence. 1. Certified copies of birth\ncertificates, certification of birth, certified or verified transcripts\nof birth certificates, certificates of birth data or certificates of\nregistration of birth shall be accepted by public school authorities in\nthis state as prima facie evidence of age of children registering for\nschool attendance, and by the legally constituted authorities as prima\nfacie proof of age for the issuance of employment certificates, provided\nthat when it is not possible to secure such certified copy of the birth\ncertificate, certification of birth, certified or verified transcript of\nthe birth certificate, certificate of birth data or certificate of\nregistration of birth for any child, the school authorities may accept\nas secondary proof of age any of the kinds of evidence specified in the\nlabor law.\n  2. Any copy of the record of a birth or of a death or any certificate\nof registration of birth or any certification of birth, when properly\ncertified by the local registrar, shall be prima facie evidence of the\nfacts therein stated in all courts and places and in all actions,\nproceedings, or applications, judicial, administrative or otherwise, and\nany such certificate of registration of birth or any such certification\nof birth shall be accepted with the same force and effect with respect\nto the facts therein stated as the original certificate of birth or a\ncertified copy thereof.\n  3. A certified copy of the record of a birth or death, a certification\nof birth or death, a transcript of a birth or death certificate, a\ncertificate of birth data or a certificate of registration of birth,\nwhen properly certified by the commissioner or persons authorized to act\nfor him, shall be prima facie evidence in all courts and places of the\nfacts therein stated.\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 3-0103 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 3 / Title 1 / Section 3-0103
Commissioner of environmental conservation
Status: in_force

§ 3-0103. Commissioner of environmental conservation.\n  The head of the department shall be the Commissioner of Environmental\nConservation, who shall be appointed by the Governor, by and with the\nadvice and consent of the Senate, and hold office at the pleasure of the\nGovernor by whom he was appointed and until his successor is appointed\nand has qualified.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 213 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 5 / Part 1 / Section 213
Extension of educational facilities
Status: in_force

§ 213.  Extension of educational facilities.  1. The regents may\nextend to the people at large increased educational opportunities and\nfacilities, stimulate interest therein, recommend methods, designate\nsuitable teachers and lecturers, conduct examinations and grant\ncredentials, and otherwise organize, aid and conduct such work.  And the\nregents, and with their approval the commissioner of education, may buy,\nsell, exchange and receive by will, or other gift, or on deposit, books,\npictures, statuary or other sculptured work, lantern slides, apparatus,\nmaps, globes, films, sound films, kinescopes, photographic recordings\nand any article or collections pertaining to or useful in and to any of\nthe departments, divisions, schools, institutions, associations or other\nagencies, or work, under their supervision, or control, or\nencouragement, and may lend or deposit any such articles in their\ncustody or control, when or where in their judgement compensating\neducational usefulness will result therefrom; and may also, from time to\ntime, enter into contracts desirable for carrying into effect the\nforegoing provisions.\n  2.  In carrying out the provisions of subdivision one of this section,\nthe regents may:  a.  Contract with institutions in the university,\nschool districts, boards of cooperative educational services or other\nnon-profit educational agencies for the acquisition from such\ninstitutions, school districts, boards or agencies of sound films,\nkinescopes, audio recordings and video recordings, scripts, research\nreports or related educational television materials, for the use of the\ndepartment, or for the production of educational television programs:\n  b.  Lease, to school districts, boards of cooperative educational\nservices or television corporations created pursuant to section two\nhundred thirty-six of this chapter, educational television facilities,\nincluding transmitters, micro-wave relay facilities, production centers,\nclosed-circuit systems and any equipment necessary therefor, constructed\nor acquired, and owned by the state, leased by the state, or contract\nwith such districts, boards of cooperative educational services or\ncorporations for the operation of such facilities:\n  c.  Lease and operate a television station in the city of New York.\n  3.  For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of subdivision two\nof this section, the regents may make rules or authorize the\ncommissioner to make regulations providing standards for research and\nexperimentation, operation and programming of educational television by\nthe state and the school districts, boards of cooperative educational\nservices, institutions, corporations and agencies, respectively.\n  4.  In carrying out the provisions of subdivisions one and two of this\nsection and in order to encourage and stimulate the further development\nand use of educational television in the state of New York and for the\npurposes of providing educational services and facilities for pupils in\nthe public schools of the state of New York, the board of regents is\nhereby authorized to make additional apportionments to school districts\nor boards of cooperative educational services in accordance with the\nprovisions of this subdivision to encourage and assist such districts or\nboards to install and operate a broadcast or closed-circuit television\nsystem, or television receiving equipment for the improvement of\nclassroom instruction.\n  a.  Any school district or board of cooperative educational services\nplanning to establish such a program shall submit to the commissioner of\neducation on or before the first day of May of the school year preceding\nthe school year during which the program is to be conducted an\napplication, together with such information as the commissioner of\neducation shall require, including at least a complete statement of\npurposes of the program, the detailed procedures of operation, a\ndetailed estimate of the cost of such program and a complete description\nof the installation and equipment to be installed and the detailed\nprocedures of evaluations to be used in determining the improvement of\nclassroom instruction.\n  b.  The commissioner of education shall establish procedures for\nevaluations of such programs.  One such program for each school district\nor board of cooperative educational services may be approved by the\ncommissioner of education, and any program so approved by the\ncommissioner of education shall be placed on a list in accordance with\nthe educational merit and value of the program, and the date of receipt\nof the application, where several programs are evaluated as having equal\nmerit and value.\n  c.  Apportionment shall then be made in accordance with the formula\ncontained in paragraph d of this subdivision, in the order of such\nprograms on the list established in accordance with paragraph b of this\nsubdivision within the amount of the appropriation therefor.\n  d.  Any district or board which proposes to install and operate a\nbroadcast or closed-circuit television system or television receiving\nequipment for the improvement of classroom instruction, in accordance\nwith a program approved as provided in this subdivision and to the\nextent that funds are available pursuant to this subdivision, shall be\nentitled to an apportionment during the five-year period following the\napproval of the program as follows:\n  Fifty per cent of the approved cost relative to the acquisition and\ninstallation of the equipment, and during the first year fifty per cent\nof the approved operational expenses in connection with the approved\noperation of the program; during the second year forty per cent of the\napproved operational expenses in connection with the approved operation\nof the program; during the third year thirty per cent of the approved\noperational expenses in connection with the approved operation of the\nprogram; during the fourth year twenty per cent of the approved\noperational expenses in connection with the approved operation of the\nprogram; and during the fifth year ten per cent of the approved\noperational expenses in connection with the approved operation of the\nprogram.\n  5.  A school district or a board of cooperative educational services\nis hereby authorized and empowered to do and perform any and all acts\nnecessary or convenient to enable it to carry out the provisions of this\nsection.\n  6.  The regents are authorized to make grants of money, materials and\nequipment for the purpose of promoting the erection and use of\neducational television facilities by educational television corporations\nestablished pursuant to the provisions of section two hundred thirty-six\nof this chapter.  Such grants may be made upon such terms and conditions\nas the regents may prescribe.\n
N.Y. ELN Law § 17-120 — New York Code / Act ELN / Article 17 / Title 1 / Section 17-120
Misconduct in relation to certificate of nomination and official ballot
Status: in_force

§ 17-120. Misconduct in relation to certificate of nomination and\nofficial ballot. A person who:\n  1. Falsely makes or makes oath to, or fraudulently defaces or destroys\na certificate of nomination or any part thereof; or,\n  2. Files or receives for filing a certifiate of nomination, knowing\nthat any part thereof was falsely made; or,\n  3. Suppresses a certificate of nomination which has been duly filed,\nor any part thereof; or,\n  4. Forges or falsely makes the official indorsement of any ballot; or,\n  5. Having charge of official ballots, destroys, conceals or suppresses\nthem, except as provided by the law. is guilty of a felony.\n
N.Y. VAT Law § 100 — New York Code / Act VAT / Title 1 / Article 1 / Section 100
Definition of words and phrases
Status: in_force

§ 100. Definition of words and phrases. The following words and\nphrases when used in this chapter shall, for the purpose of this\nchapter, have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this article\nexcept where another definition is specifically provided in any title,\narticle or section for application in such title, article or section:\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 510 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 11 / Section 510
Superannuation retirement
Status: in_force

§ 510. Superannuation retirement. 1. Retirement upon a superannuation\nallowance shall be made under the following conditions:\n  a. A member who has completed twenty-five years of total credited\nservice and who has attained the age of sixty years or over while in\nservice, or any member who has completed thirty-five years of total\ncredited service shall be retired, if he files with the retirement board\na statement duly attested setting forth at what time not less than\nthirty days nor more than ninety days subsequent to the execution and\nfiling thereof he desires such retirement.\n  b. Any member who has attained age seventy may be retired at his own\nrequest or at the request of his employer if he or his employer files\nwith the retirement board a statement duly attested setting forth at\nwhat time subsequent to the execution and filing thereof retirement is\ndesired, and if throughout the year immediately preceding the filing of\nsuch statement he shall have been in service as a teacher in this state.\nThe retirement board shall retire said member as of the date so\nspecified or as of such other time within thirty days thereafter as the\nretirement board may find advisable.\n  2. Upon superannuation retirement a member shall receive a\nsuperannuation retirement allowance which shall consist of:\n  a. An annuity which shall be the actuarial equivalent of his\naccumulated contributions at the time of his retirement, and\n  b. A pension of one quarter (1/4) of his final average salary or if\nhis total service is less than twenty-five years, a pension of one\none-hundredth (1/100) of his final average salary multiplied by the\nnumber of years of total service, and\n  c. A further pension of one one-hundred fortieth (1/140) of his final\naverage salary multiplied by the number of years of total state service\nin excess of thirty-five years, and\n  d. If the member be a present teacher, a further pension of one\none-hundred fortieth (1/140) of his final average salary multiplied by\nthe number of years of total service certified on his prior service\ncertificate, and\n  e. If the member has contributed pursuant to paragraph c of\nsubdivision three of section five hundred sixteen, a further pension of\none one-hundred twentieth (1/120) of his final average salary for each\nyear of total service in excess of twenty-five years but not in excess\nof thirty-five years, nor in excess of the number of years for which\ncredit is allowed under paragraph d of subdivision three of section five\nhundred sixteen, and\n  f. A further pension, of such amount as shall be required to bring the\ntotal retirement allowance of members with twenty-five or more years of\nstate service up to four hundred dollars per annum, and\n  g. The provision of paragraph (c) of subdivision two of this section\nshall apply only to members retiring on and after the date on which\nparagraph (c) of subdivision two of this section becomes operative.\n
N.Y. RPT Law § 524 — New York Code / Act RPT / Article 5 / Title 1-A / Section 524
Complaints with respect to assessments
Status: in_force

§ 524. Complaints with respect to assessments. 1. Complaints with\nrespect to assessments may be filed with the assessor at any time prior\nto the hearing of the board of assessment review or with the board of\nassessment review at such hearing, but may not be filed with the board\nof assessment review at any adjourned hearing it may conduct. Where a\ncomplaint is filed within three business days preceding such hearing,\nthe board of assessment review shall grant an assessor's request for an\nadjournment to permit the assessor to prepare a response to the\ncomplaint. Any complaint filed on or before the date established by law\nfor the hearing of the board of assessment review shall be deemed\ntimely.\n  2. The grounds for review of an assessment shall be that the\nassessment complained of is excessive, unequal or unlawful, or that real\nproperty is misclassified.\n  3. Notwithstanding the provisions of section five hundred twenty-eight\nof this title, and except in cities with a population of five million or\nmore, a complaint with respect to an assessment shall be on a form\nprescribed by the commissioner and shall consist of a statement\nspecifying the respect in which the assessment is excessive, unequal or\nunlawful, or the respect in which real property is misclassified, and\nthe reduction in assessed valuation or taxable assessed valuation or\nchange in class designation or allocation of assessed valuation sought.\nSuch statement shall also contain an estimate of the value of the real\nproperty. Such statement must be made by the person whose property is\nassessed, or by some person authorized in writing by the complainant or\nhis officer or agent to make such statement who has knowledge of the\nfacts stated therein. Such written authorization must be made a part of\nsuch statement and bear a date within the same calendar year during\nwhich the complaint is filed. Such statement shall also contain the\nfollowing sentence: "I certify that all statements made on this\napplication are true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief\nand I understand that the making of any willful false statement of\nmaterial fact herein will subject me to the provisions of the penal law\nrelevant to the making and filing of false instruments". Such statement\nshall also include a statement, which, if signed by both the assessor\nand the complainant or his or her authorized representative shall\nconstitute a stipulation to the assessed value to be applied to the\nsubject parcel. Where such stipulated assessed value is entered on the\nfinal assessment roll, no review of the assessment shall be allowed\npursuant to article seven of this chapter.\n  4. In the case of real property assessed in accordance with\nsubdivision one of section three hundred thirty-nine-y of the real\nproperty law, the board of managers acting as agent of one or more unit\nowners pursuant to subdivision four of such section may file a single\ncomplaint on behalf of all such unit owners.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 242 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 5 / Part 1-A / Section 242
Site
Status: in_force

§ 242. Site. The site of the Cody center shall be at the Matt and\nDebra Cody center for autism and developmental disabilities at the state\nuniversity at Stony Brook.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 294 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 6 / Section 294
Appointment of members of governing board of interstate library district
Status: in_force

§ 294. Appointment of members of governing board of interstate library\ndistrict.  (a) The board of trustees of each public library which is a\nparty to an agreement establishing an interstate library district\npursuant to section two hundred ninety-three of this article, shall\nappoint a member or members to represent such library on the governing\nboard of such interstate library district.  The number of such\nrepresentatives shall be determined by the agreement establishing such\ninterstate library district.\n  (b) The governing board of such interstate library district shall be a\nbody corporate.\n  (c) Such governing board shall administer such interstate library\ndistrict as provided in this act.\n
N.Y. SOS Law § 131-I — New York Code / Act SOS / Article 5 / Title 1 / Section 131-I
Social services districts; agreements
Status: in_force

* § 131-i. Social services districts; agreements. Subject to the\nprovisions of section one hundred nineteen-o of the general municipal\nlaw, social services districts may enter into agreements for the\nperformance among themselves or of one for another of any of their\nrespective functions, powers and duties on a cooperative or contract\nbasis or for the provision of a joint service; provided, however, that\nno such agreement shall result in any relocation of offices which would\nunreasonably diminish access to necessary services or unreasonably\nincrease unreimbursed travel for applicants for or recipients of public\nassistance or services.\n  * NB There are 2 § 131-i's.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 2-A — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 1 / Section 2-A
Release of directory information; access to institutions
Status: in_force

§ 2-a. Release of directory information; access to institutions.\nNotwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, if a\ntrustee, president, principal, or officer of any institution belonging\nto the University of the State of New York, or a board of education of\nany public school, in any city, union free, common or central school\ndistrict or the administrator of any non-public school of secondary\neducation receiving state funds permits the release of directory\ninformation relating to pupils or permits access to school buildings,\nschool grounds or other school property to persons who inform pupils of\neducational, occupational or career opportunities, such trustee,\npresident, principal, officer, board or administrator shall provide\naccess to directory information relating to pupils and access to such\nschool property on the same basis for official representatives of the\nstate militia and the armed forces of the United States for the purpose\nof informing pupils of educational, occupational or career opportunities\nwithin the state militia or armed forces of the United States. Pursuant\nto this section, access provided to school property or directory\ninformation shall not be used for purposes other than informing students\nof educational, occupational or career opportunities.\n
N.Y. SOS Law § 390-G — New York Code / Act SOS / Article 6 / Title 1 / Section 390-G
Pesticide alternatives
Status: in_force

§ 390-g. Pesticide alternatives. 1. For purposes of this section the\nfollowing terms shall have the meanings set forth below:\n  (a) "Day care" shall apply to all child day care centers or head start\nday care centers, as defined in section three hundred ninety of this\ntitle.\n  (b) "Pesticide" shall have the same meaning as set forth in\nsubdivision thirty-five of section 33-0101 of the environmental\nconservation law, provided however that it shall not include:\n  (i) the application of anti-microbial pesticides and anti-microbial\nproducts as defined by FIFRA in 7 U.S.C. Section 136(mm) and 136q(h)(2);\n  (ii) the use of an aerosol product with a directed spray, in\ncontainers of eighteen fluid ounces or less, when used to protect\nindividuals from an imminent threat from stinging and biting insects,\nincluding venomous spiders, bees, wasps and hornets;\n  (iii) the use of non-volatile insect or rodent bait in a tamper\nresistant container;\n  (iv) the application of a pesticide classified by the United States\nEnvironmental Protection Agency as an exempt material under 40 CFR Part\n152.25;\n  (v) the use of boric acid and disodium octaborate tetrahydrate; or\n  (vi) the use of horticultural soap and oils that do not contain\nsynthetic pesticides or synergists.\n  2. No day care shall apply pesticide to any playgrounds, turf,\nathletic or playing fields, except that an emergency application of a\npesticide may be made as determined by the county health department or\nfor a county not having a health department such authority as the county\nlegislature shall designate, the commissioner of health or his or her\ndesignee, the commissioner of environmental conservation or his or her\ndesignee, or, in the case of a public school, the school board.\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 37-0109 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 37 / Title 1 / Section 37-0109
Chromated copper arsenate pressure treated lumber; public facilities
Status: in_force

§ 37-0109. Chromated copper arsenate pressure treated lumber; public\n               facilities.\n  1. The state, and any political subdivision thereof, school district,\nboard of cooperative educational services or public authority, and any\nagency of any such entity shall be prohibited from constructing, any\nstructure on any playground owned or operated by such an entity, which\nuses lumber which is pressure treated with chromated copper arsenate.\n  2. The state, and any political subdivision thereof, school district,\nboard of cooperative educational services or public authority, and any\nagency of any such entity shall maintain and operate all (a) structures\nconstructed with lumber which is pressure treated with chromated copper\narsenate, which is on any playground owned or operated by such an\nentity, or (b) picnic tables constructed with lumber which is pressure\ntreated with chromated copper arsenate, which is on any facility owned\nor operated by such an entity, in such a manner as to minimize chromated\ncopper arsenate from leaching from such structure or picnic table. Every\nsuch entity shall maintain the ground cover surrounding any such\nstructure or picnic table in a manner to minimize exposure to potential\nchromated copper arsenate contamination.\n  3. The commissioner shall compile and publish information on the\ndangers and hazards to public health and the environment of the use of\nchromated copper arsenate pressure treated lumber. In addition, the\ncommissioner shall compile and publish a list of less toxic materials\nwhich may be used as an alternative to the use of chromated copper\narsenate pressure treated lumber. The department shall also compile and\npublish information on non-toxic methods and materials that are\navailable to adequately maintain playground structures and picnic tables\nconstructed with chromated copper arsenate pressure treated lumber in a\nmanner that minimizes chromated copper arsenate from leaching from such\nstructures and picnic tables. The department shall insure that the\ninformation compiled and published pursuant to this subdivision is\nwidely disseminated to the general public.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 3314 — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 10-C / Title 1 / Section 3314
Agreement with county
Status: in_force

§ 3314. Agreement with county.  The county is authorized to pledge to\nand agree with the holders of any bonds issued by the corporation\npursuant to this title and with those persons or public corporations who\nmay enter into contracts with the corporation pursuant to the provisions\nof this title that the county will not alter, limit or impair the rights\nhereby vested in the corporation to purchase, construct, own and\noperate, maintain, repair, improve, reconstruct, renovate, rehabilitate,\nenlarge, increase and extend, or dispose of any project, or any part or\nparts thereof, for which bonds of the corporation shall have been\nissued, to establish, collect and adjust rates, rents, fees and other\ncharges referred to in this title, to fulfill the terms of any\nagreements made with the holders of the bonds or with any public\ncorporation or person with reference to such project or part thereof, or\nin any way impair the rights and remedies of the holders of bonds, until\nthe bonds, together with interest thereon, including interest on any\nunpaid installments of interest, and all costs and expenses in\nconnection with any action or proceeding by or on behalf of the holders\nof bonds, are fully met and discharged and such contracts are fully\nperformed on the part of the corporation.\n
N.Y. MRE Law § 30 — New York Code / Act MRE / Article 3 / Title 1 / Section 30
Cellar ceilings
Status: in_force

§ 30. Cellar ceilings. In every such dwelling three stories or more in\nheight the ceiling of the cellar, or of the lowest story if there be no\ncellar, shall be fire-retarded, or be equipped with a sprinkler system,\nunless such ceiling has already been plastered to the satisfaction of\nthe department.\n
N.Y. VAT Law § 124 — New York Code / Act VAT / Title 1 / Article 1 / Section 124
Minimum maintenance road
Status: in_force

* § 124. Minimum maintenance road. A low-volume road or portion\nthereof which is designated by the town having jurisdiction over such\nroad pursuant to section two hundred five-c of the highway law.\n  * NB Repealed December 8, 2031\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 1005-A — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 5 / Title 1 / Section 1005-A
Actions or contracts involving certain nuclear power plants
Status: in_force

§ 1005-a. Actions or contracts involving certain nuclear power plants.\nWhenever the authority undertakes or executes any action or contract\ninvolving the closure, maintenance, decommissioning or conversion of any\nnuclear power plant constructed by a utility corporation which has not\nentered commercial operation, the authority shall, in order to ensure\nthat neither the authority nor its customers shall bear any of the costs\nassociated therewith, provide for the full recovery from such\ncorporation, its successors or assigns of:\n  (a) all direct and indirect costs and expenses incurred by the\nauthority in connection with such actions or contracts;\n  (b) all direct and indirect costs incurred by the authority in\nconnection with damages to third parties resulting from any actions of\nthe authority in connection with such actions or contracts; provided,\nhowever, that the authority shall not be indemnified against damages for\ngross negligence or willful misconduct; and\n  (c) all damages incurred by the authority in connection with such\nactions or contracts other than damages resulting from its gross\nnegligence or willful misconduct.\n  In no event shall the authority recover any costs or damages related\nto such actions or contracts from any of its customers other than such\ncorporation its successors or assigns.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 500 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 10-D / Section 500
Standards for regional college cooperative services board; review of plans
Status: in_force

§ 500. Standards for regional college cooperative services board;\nreview of plans.  The commissioner shall by regulation provide the\nstandards for regional boards and the plans of such boards shall be\nreviewed by the commissioner at least every three years.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 1008 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 21 / Section 1008
Use of appropriations
Status: in_force

§ 1008. Use of appropriations. Any appropriation made to carry out the\nprovisions of this article, in addition to any moneys allotted to the\nstate for a similar purpose by the government of the United States may\nbe used for the payment of salaries, travel, maintenance and operation,\nand other administrative expenses including the purchase of necessary\noffice furniture, supplies, et cetera, the necessary costs for persons\nbeing evaluated for or undergoing vocational rehabilitation including\ntuition, fees, books and other training supplies, maintenance and\ntraveling expenses, occupational examinations and license fees, medical,\npsychiatric and psychological examinations and other diagnostic and\nrelated services, tools and equipment, initial stocks and supplies,\nsurgical fees, hospitalization, therapeutic treatment and prosthetic\nappliances, the establishment and construction of public and other\nnonprofit rehabilitation facilities to provide services for handicapped\nindividuals and the establishment and construction of public and other\nnonprofit workshops for the severely handicapped, including the\nfurnishing of equipment or the providing of grants of funds to such\npublic and other nonprofit rehabilitation facilities and workshops to be\nutilized for the acquisition of equipment, supplies, personnel and other\nnecessary and proper items to be utilized in such facilities.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 630 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 13-B / Section 630
Penalties
Status: in_force

§ 630. Penalties. 1. If after providing notice and an opportunity for\na hearing the department determines that a covered institution or\nlending institution has violated any terms or provisions of this\narticle, then the covered institution or lending institution may be\nliable for a civil penalty. Regardless of the department's determination\nthat a covered institution or lending institution is liable for a single\nviolation or a series of violations under this article, the maximum\npenalty shall not exceed fifty thousand dollars. In taking action\nagainst a covered institution or lending institution, consideration\nshall be given to the nature and severity of violations of this article.\n  2. If after providing notice and an opportunity for a hearing the\ndepartment determines that a covered institution employee has violated\nany terms or provisions of this article, then the covered institution\nemployee may be liable for a civil penalty. Regardless of the\ndepartment's determination that a covered institution employee is liable\nfor a single violation or a series of violations under this article, the\nmaximum penalty shall not exceed seven thousand five hundred dollars. In\ntaking action against a covered institution employee, consideration\nshall be given to the nature and severity of violations of this article.\n  3. If after providing notice and an opportunity for a hearing the\ndepartment determines that a lending institution has violated a term or\nprovision of this article, such lending institution shall not be placed\nor remain on any covered institution's preferred lender list unless\nnotice of such violation is provided to all potential borrowers of the\ncovered institution.\n  4. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the department from reaching\na settlement agreement with a covered institution, covered institution\nemployee or lending institution in order to effectuate the purposes of\nthis section. Provided, however, if such settlement agreement is reached\nwith a covered institution or lending institution, the department shall\nprovide notice of such action to all potential borrowers in a form and\nmanner prescribed by the department.\n  5. The department shall deposit the funds generated from this section\ninto the student lending education account, created by section\nninety-seven-hhhh of the state finance law. Such funds shall be given to\ncovered institutions upon application to the department for the purposes\nof:\n  a. Educating borrowers and potential borrowers on the educational loan\nprocess, including, but not limited to, available educational loan\noptions, understanding rates and terms of student loans, managing costs\nand credit responsibilities, student loan repayment and loan\nconsolidation; and\n  b. Reimbursing borrowers from inflated educational loan prices caused\nby revenue sharing agreements between such covered institution and a\nlending institution.\n
N.Y. UDC Law § 2414 — New York Code / Act UDC / Article 24 / Title 1 / Section 2414
Court clerks; duties
Status: in_force

§ 2414. Court clerks; duties. The court clerk in each district shall:\n  1. Exercise the powers conferred and perform the duties imposed upon\nhim by this act and the rules and the resolutions of the board of\njudges, and those usually appertaining to his offices; and, in the\nexercise of such powers and the performance of such duties, conform to\nthe direction of the court.\n  2. Keep the seal of the court and affix it to such papers and\ndocuments as he may be required to certify.\n  3. Keep a docket book in such manner as the rules may prescribe, and\nall other records and proceedings of the court, and act as custodian of\nall documents, books and records.\n  4. Keep the office open for the transaction of business during the\nhours designated by the rules and resolutions of the board of judges.\n  5. Attend the sittings of the court, administer oaths and take\nacknowledgments in the same manner and with like effect as clerks in\ncourts of records, receive verdicts of juries, and, in a proper case,\nadjourn causes, or, when no judge appears, adjourn causes to the next\njudicial day; deputy court clerks and clerks other than the court clerk\nshall have like power and authority by designation of the president of\nthe board of judges.\n  6. Assume charge and control of, and be responsible for, the general\nconduct of the business of his office and for the faithful discharge of\nthe duties of deputy and assistant clerks and other officers connected\nwith the court.\n  7. Collect and receive all the fees, and account for and pay the same\ninto the county treasury at such times as the county treasurer may\nprescribe, which account shall contain the title of each case and the\namount of fees received therein; and the salary of such clerk shall not\nbe paid until he shall have so accounted and paid. He shall perform no\nservice until he shall have received the legal fees therefor.\n  8. Deliver to his successor in office the official seal and all\npapers, books and records on file in his office.\n
N.Y. SOS Law § 382 — New York Code / Act SOS / Article 6 / Title 1 / Section 382
Responsibility for children without state residence; license and board
Status: in_force

§ 382.  Responsibility for children without state residence; license\nand board.  1.  Any person, institution, corporation or agency which\nshall bring, or cause to be brought, into the state of New York any\nchild not having a state residence, or which shall receive or accept any\nchild from outside of the state of New York, not having state residence,\nshall be responsible for the care and maintenance of such child whether\nplaced out, boarded out or otherwise cared for unless adopted by foster\nparents.  Such responsibility shall continue during the minority of such\nchild and thereafter until he is self-supporting.\n  2. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person, agency, association,\ncorporation, society, institution or other organization, except an\nauthorized agency, to bring, send or cause to be brought or sent into\nthe state of New York any child for the purpose of placing or boarding\nsuch child or procuring the placing of such child, by adoption,\nguardianship, or otherwise, in a family, a home or institution, except\nwith an authorized agency, in this state, without first obtaining a\nlicense from the department.\n  (b) This subdivision shall not apply to a sending agency, as defined\nin article two of section three hundred seventy-four-a of this title,\nwhich is located in a state which is a party to the interstate compact\non the placement of children, provided, however, that all persons who\nreside in such a state, except officers or employees of the state or a\nsubdivision thereof who are acting in their official capacity, shall\ncomply with the provisions of this section.\n  (c) This section shall not apply to and shall not restrict or limit\nthe right of a parent, legal guardian, or relative within the second\ndegree of a child from bringing or sending the child or causing the\nchild to be brought or sent, into the state of New York for the purpose\nof placing out or boarding out the child.\n  3.  Application for a license shall be submitted on a form approved\nand provided by the department and be accompanied by proof that the\napplicant holds a license, or is approved by the department or similar\nbody in the state where the applicant resides, or where its chief office\nis located, or where it has its place of business.\n  4.  Before bringing, sending, or causing to be brought or sent into\nthis state any child, the person, agency, association, corporation,\nsociety, institution or other organization, duly licensed as provided in\nthis section must furnish the department a blanket indemnity bond of a\nreputable surety company in favor of the state in the penal sum of not\nless than ten thousand dollars.  Such bond must be approved as to form\nand sufficiency by the department and conditioned as follows:\n  That such licensee (a) will report to the department immediately the\nname of each such child, its age, the name of the state, and city, town,\nborough or village, or the name of the country from which such child\ncame, the religious faith of the parents of the child, the full name and\nlast residence of its parent or parents, the name of the custodian from\nwhom it is taken, and the name and residence of the person or authorized\nagency with whom it is placed or boarded, released or surrendered, or to\nwhom adoption or guardianship is granted, and the death of such child or\nany reboarding, replacement or other disposition;\n  (b)  will remove from the state within thirty days after written\nnotice is given any such child becoming a public charge during his\nminority;\n  (c)  will remove from the state immediately upon its release any such\nchild who within three years from the time of its arrival within the\nstate is committed to an institution or prison as a result of conviction\nfor juvenile delinquency or crime;\n  (d)  will place or cause to be placed or board or cause to be boarded\nsuch child under agreement which will secure to such child a proper\nhome, and will make the person so receiving such child responsible for\nits proper care, education and training;\n  (e)  will comply with section three hundred seventy-three;\n  (f)  will supervise the care and training of such child and cause it\nto be visited at least annually by a responsible agent of the licensee;\nand\n  (g)  will make to the department such reports as it from time to time\nmay require.\n  5.  In the event of the failure of such licensee to comply with the\nsecond and third conditions of the bond hereinbefore mentioned, and to\nremove, after thirty days' notice so to do, a child becoming a public\ncharge, such portion of the bond shall be forfeited to the state or the\ncounty or municipality thereof as shall equal the sum which shall have\nbeen expended by the state or such county or municipality thereof for\nthe care or maintenance or in the prosecution of such child or for its\nreturn to the licensee.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 270 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 5 / Part 2 / Section 270
Acceptance of surplus library books or property
Status: in_force

§ 270. Acceptance of surplus library books or property.  The state\neducation department is hereby authorized to cooperate with the United\nStates commissioner of education, the war assets administration, and/or\nother federal officers and officials in the administration of any\nstatute heretofore or hereafter enacted for the disposal of surplus\nlibrary books or property, and to accept for and on behalf of the state\nof New York or its political subdivisions surplus library books or other\nproperty suitable and necessary to the operation of public and free\nlibraries and Indian libraries and for the improvement and extension of\nlibrary service for New York state, and any funds, which may be made\navailable to the state of New York by the federal government for these\nand related public and Indian library services.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 812 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 17 / Section 812
Health training program for secondary school students
Status: in_force

§ 812. Health training program for secondary school students.  1. The\ncommissioner, in cooperation with the board of regents, is authorized\nand directed to establish and develop a program of credit for health\ntraining for those secondary school students evidencing an interest to\npursue a health care services career. Such program may be instituted by\nany school district seeking to provide its secondary school students\nwith an opportunity to participate in a health care facility or agency\ntraining program wherein its secondary school students shall receive\nacademic credit for work related training received at health care\nfacilities or agencies.\n  2. The board of regents shall establish criteria to be used by school\ndistricts participating in such program for the selection of eligible\nsecondary school students seeking placement in a health training program\nsubject to availability of placement openings.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 3658 — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 10-D / Title 1 / Section 3658
Agreement with the state
Status: in_force

§ 3658. Agreement with the state. The state does hereby pledge to and\nagree with the holders of any issue of bonds issued by the authority\npursuant to this title and secured by such a pledge that the state will\nnot limit, alter or impair the rights hereby vested in the authority to\nfulfill the terms of any agreements made with such holders pursuant to\nthis title, or in any way impair the rights and remedies of such holders\nor the security for such bonds until such bonds, together with the\ninterest thereon and all costs and expenses in connection with any\naction or proceeding by or on behalf of such holders, are fully paid and\ndischarged. The authority is authorized to include this pledge and\nagreement of the state in any agreement with the holders of such bonds.\nNothing contained in this title shall be deemed to restrict the right of\nthe state to amend, modify, repeal or otherwise alter statutes imposing\nor relating to taxes or fees, or appropriations relating thereto. The\nauthority shall not include within any resolution, contract or agreement\nwith holders of the bonds issued under this title any provision which\nprovides that a default occurs as a result of the state exercising its\nright to amend, repeal, modify or otherwise alter such taxes, fees, or\nappropriations. Nothing in this title shall be deemed to obligate the\nstate to make any payments or impose any taxes to satisfy the debt\nservice obligations of the authority.\n
N.Y. GOB Law § 15-102 — New York Code / Act GOB / Article 15 / Title 1 / Section 15-102
Co-obligor not a party
Status: in_force

§ 15-102. Co-obligor not a party. A judgment against one or more of\nseveral obligors, or against one or more of joint, or of joint and\nseveral obligors shall not discharge a co-obligor who was not a party to\nthe proceeding wherein the judgment was rendered.\n
N.Y. PAB Law § 14 — New York Code / Act PAB / Title 1 / Section 14
Severability
Status: in_force

* § 14. Severability. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section, or\npart of this act shall be adjudged by any court of competent\njurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair, or\ninvalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its operation\nto the clause, sentence, paragraph, section, or part thereof directly\ninvolved in the controversy in which such judgment shall have been\nrendered.\n* NB Repealed January 1, 1991\n
N.Y. PML Law § 1300 — New York Code / Act PML / Article 13 / Title 1 / Section 1300
Legislative findings and purpose
Status: in_force

§ 1300. Legislative findings and purpose. The legislature hereby finds\nand declares that:\n  1. New York state is already in the business of gambling with nine\nvideo lottery facilities, five tribal class III casinos, and three\ntribal class II facilities;\n  2. New York state has more electronic gaming machines than any state\nin the Northeast or Mideast;\n  3. While gambling already exists throughout the state, the state does\nnot fully capitalize on the economic development potential of legalized\ngambling;\n  4. The state should authorize four destination resort casinos in\nupstate New York;\n  5. Four upstate casinos can boost economic development, create\nthousands of well-paying jobs and provide added revenue to the state;\n  6. The upstate tourism industry constitutes a critical component of\nour state's economic infrastructure and that four upstate casinos will\nattract non-New York residents and bring downstate New Yorkers to\nupstate;\n  7. The casino sites and the licensed owners shall be selected on\nmerit;\n  8. Local impact of the casino sites will be considered in the casino\nevaluation process;\n  9. Revenue realized from casinos shall be utilized to increase support\nfor education beyond that of the state's education formulae and to\nprovide real property tax relief to localities;\n  10. Casinos will be tightly and strictly regulated by the commission\nto guarantee public confidence and trust in the credibility and\nintegrity of all casino gambling in the state and to prevent organized\ncrime from any involvement in the casino industry;\n  11. The need for strict state controls extends to regulation of all\npersons, locations, practices and associations related to the operation\nof licensed enterprises and all related service industries as provided\nin this article;\n  12. The state and the casinos will develop programs and resources to\ncombat compulsive and problem gambling;\n  13. The state will ensure that host municipalities of casinos are\nprovided with funding to limit any potential adverse impacts of casinos;\n  14. As thoroughly and pervasively regulated by the state, four upstate\ncasinos will work to the betterment of all New York.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 212 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 5 / Part 1 / Section 212
Fees
Status: in_force

§ 212. Fees. The department shall charge the following fees: 1. For\nthe issuance of a qualifying certificate for admission to a professional\nschool as required by or pursuant to law, five dollars.\n  2. For admission to a special examination in English authorized or\nrequired by or pursuant to law as a pre-requisite to admission to a\nprofessional school or to an examination for a license to engage in or\npractice a profession, ten dollars.\n  3. For other certifications or permits for which fees are not\notherwise provided, fees as fixed by regulations of the department.\n  4. For the issuance of a replacement license, ten dollars.\n  5. For the replacement of a biennial registration certificate which\nhas been lost or destroyed, or for the issuance of each registration\ncertificate for more than one office, five dollars.\n  6. For a detailed certification of licensure record at the request of\nan individual, ten dollars.\n  7. For services and expenses incurred by the department in conducting\nevaluations, processing complaints or performing other administrative\nfunctions related to the review of post-secondary distance education\nconducted by out-of-state institutions seeking approval to offer\ndistance education to students in New York state who do not participate\nin an interstate reciprocity agreement pursuant to section two hundred\nten-c of this chapter.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 3312 — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 10-C / Title 1 / Section 3312
Bonds; legal investment for fiduciaries
Status: in_force

§ 3312. Bonds; legal investment for fiduciaries. The bonds of the\ncorporation are hereby made securities in which all public officers and\nbodies of the state and all municipalities, all insurance companies and\nassociations and other persons carrying on an insurance business, all\nbanks, bankers, trust companies, savings banks and saving associations,\nincluding savings and loan associations, building and loan associations,\ninvestment companies and other persons carrying on a banking business,\nand administrators, guardians, executors, trustees and other fiduciaries\nand all other persons whatsoever, who are now or may hereafter be\nauthorized to invest in bonds or other obligations of the state may\nproperly and legally invest funds including capital in their control or\nbelonging to them.  The bonds are also hereby made securities which may\nbe deposited with and may be received by all public officers and bodies\nof the state and all municipalities for any purposes for which the\ndeposit of bonds or other obligations of this state is now or hereafter\nmay be authorized.\n
N.Y. RPT Law § 1211 — New York Code / Act RPT / Article 12 / Title 1 / Section 1211
Confirmation by commissioner of the locally stated level of assessment
Status: in_force

§ 1211. Confirmation by commissioner of the locally stated level of\nassessment. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this title,\nbefore the commissioner determines a tentative equalization rate for a\ncity, town or village, he or she shall examine the accuracy of the\nlocally stated level of assessment appearing on the tentative assessment\nroll. If the commissioner confirms the locally stated level of\nassessment, then as soon thereafter as is practicable, he or she shall\nestablish and certify such locally stated level of assessment as the\nfinal equalization rate for such city, town or village in the manner\nprovided by sections twelve hundred ten and twelve hundred twelve of\nthis title. The provisions of sections twelve hundred four, twelve\nhundred six and twelve hundred eight of this title shall not apply in\nsuch cases, unless the commissioner finds that the final assessment roll\ndiffers from the tentative assessment roll to an extent that renders the\nlocally stated level of assessment inaccurate, and rescinds the final\nequalization rate on that basis.\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 33-0103 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 33 / Title 1 / Section 33-0103
Exemptions
Status: in_force

§ 33-0103. Exemptions.\n  1. The provisions of subdivisions 1 through 5 inclusive of section\n33-0303 and titles 5, 7, 11, 13 and 15 of this article shall not apply\nto:\n  a. Any carrier while lawfully engaged in transporting a pesticide\nwithin this state, if such carrier shall, upon request, permit the\ncommissioner or his designated agent to copy all records showing the\ntransactions in and movement of the articles;\n  b. The manufacturer or shipper of a pesticide for experimental use\nonly:\n  (1) By or under the supervision of an agency of this state or of the\nfederal government authorized by law to conduct research in the field of\npesticides which has a valid experimental permit issued by the\ncommissioner, or\n  (2) By others having a valid experimental permit issued by the\ncommissioner if the pesticide is not sold and if the container thereof\nis plainly and conspicuously marked "For experimental use only--Not to\nbe sold," together with the manufacturer's name and address. However, if\nsuch a written permit has been obtained from the commissioner,\npesticides may be sold for experimental purposes subject to such\nrestrictions and conditions as may be set forth in the permit.\n  2. No article shall be deemed in violation of this article when\nintended solely for export to a foreign country, and when prepared or\npacked according to the specifications or directions of the purchaser.\nIf not so exported, all of the provisions of this article shall apply.\n  3. Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, registration\nis not required in the case of a pesticide shipped from one plant within\nthis state to another plant within this state operated by the same\nperson.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 407 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 4 / Title 1 / Section 407
Hospitals; privileges to students
Status: in_force

§ 407. Hospitals; privileges to students. 1. Whenever the person or\npersons having lawful control and management over any public hospital in\nany city or county in this state, shall grant to matriculated students\nof any legally incorporated medical college in said city or county,\nprivileges of admission to such hospital for hearing clinics or\nlectures, or receiving medical or surgical instruction therein, the like\nprivileges and advantages shall be granted to the matriculated students\nin each and all legally incorporated medical colleges in said city and\ncounty who may desire the same, without distinction or preference, and\nupon equal terms and conditions as to all.\n  2. Nothing in this section shall prevent the directors of such\nhospitals from limiting the attendance of students in such hospitals to\na number compatible with the welfare of patients. But in such limitation\nthey shall receive students from such legally incorporated medical\ncolleges applying for such admission in proportion to the number of\nstudents in attendance upon such college.\n
N.Y. VAT Law § 145-D — New York Code / Act VAT / Title 1 / Article 1 / Section 145-D
Definition of snow tire
Status: in_force

§ 145-d. Definition of snow tire. Snow tires shall include tires in\nwhich the ply cords extending to the beads are nearly at right angles to\nthe center line of the tread commonly referred to as radial tires and\nthe commissioner shall promulgate rules and regulations defining the\nterm snow tire with respect to non-radial tires. No person whose motor\nvehicle is equipped with radial tires or tires which conform to the\ndefinition promulgated by the commissioner shall be prosecuted for a\nviolation of any local law or ordinance requiring the equipping of a\nmotor vehicle with snow tires during any period of declared snow\nemergency.\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 24-0107 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 24 / Title 1 / Section 24-0107
Definitions
Status: in_force

§ 24-0107. Definitions.\n  1. * "Freshwater wetlands" means lands and waters of the state, that\nare not tidal wetlands as defined in subdivision one of section 25-0103\nof this chapter, that have an area of at least twelve and four-tenths\nacres or, if less than twelve and four-tenths acres in size, are of\nunusual importance, and which contain any or all of the following:\n  * NB Effective until January 1, 2028\n  * "Freshwater wetlands" means lands and waters of the state, that are\nnot tidal wetlands as defined in subdivision one of section 25-0103 of\nthis chapter, that have an area of at least seven and four-tenths acres\nor, if less than seven and four-tenths acres in size, are of unusual\nimportance, and which contain any or all of the following:\n  * NB Effective January 1, 2028\n  (a) lands and submerged lands commonly called marshes, swamps,\nsloughs, bogs, and flats supporting aquatic or semi-aquatic vegetation\nof the following types:\n  (1) wetland trees, which depend upon seasonal or permanent flooding or\nsufficiently water-logged soils to give them a competitive advantage\nover other trees; including, among others, red maple (Acer rubrum),\nwillows (Salix spp.), black spruce (Picea mariana); swamp white oak\n(Quercus bicolor), red ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica), black ash (Fraxinus\nnigra), silver maple (Acer saccharinum), American elm (Ulmus americana),\nand Larch (Larix laricina);\n  (2) wetland shrubs, which depend upon seasonal or permanent flooding\nor sufficiently water-logged soils to give them a competitive advantage\nover other shrubs; including, among others, alder (Alnus spp.),\nbuttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis), bog rosemary (Andromeda\nglaucophylla), dogwoods (Cornus spp.), and leatherleaf (Chamaedaphne\ncalyculata);\n  (3) emergent vegetation, including, among others, cattails (Typha\nspp.), pickerelweed (Pontederia cordata), bulrushes (Scirpus spp.),\narrow arum (Peltandra virginica), arrowheads (Sagittaria spp.), reed\n(Phragmites communis), wildrice (Zizania aquatica), bur-reeds\n(Sparganium spp.), purple loosetrife (Lythrum salicaria), swamp\nloosestrife (Decodon verticillatus); and water plantain (Alisma\nplantago-aquatica);\n  (4) rooted, floating-leaved vegetation; including, among others,\nwater-lily (Nymphaea odorata), water shield (Brasenia schreberi), and\nspatterdock (Nuphar spp.);\n  (5) free-floating vegetation; including, among others, duckweed (Lemna\nspp.), big duckweed (Spirodela polyrhiza), and watermeal (Wolffia spp.);\n  (6) wet meadow vegetation, which depends upon seasonal or permanent\nflooding or sufficiently water-logged soils to give it a competitive\nadvantage over other open land vegetation; including, among others,\nsedges (Carex spp.), rushes (Juncus spp.), cattails (Typha spp.), rice\ncut-grass (Leersia oryzoides), reed canary grass (Phalaris arundinacea),\nswamp loosestrife (Decodon verticillatus), and spikerush (Eleocharis\nspp.);\n  (7) bog mat vegetation; including, among others, sphagnum mosses\n(Sphagnum spp.), bog rosemary (Andromeda glaucophylla), leatherleaf\n(Chamaedaphne calyculata), pitcher plant (Sarracenia purpurea), and\ncranberries (Vaccinium macrocarpon and V. oxycoccos);\n  (8) submergent vegetation; including, among others, pondweeds\n(Potamogeton spp.), naiads (Najas spp.), bladderworts (Utricularia\nspp.), wild celery (Vallisneria americana), coontail (Ceratophyllum\ndemersum), water milfoils (Myriophyllum spp.), muskgrass (Chara spp.),\nstonewort (Nitella spp.), water weeds (Elodea spp.), and water smartweed\n(Polygonum amphibium);\n  (b) lands and submerged lands containing remnants of any vegetation\nthat is not aquatic or semi-aquatic that has died because of wet\nconditions over a sufficiently long period, provided that such wet\nconditions do not exceed a maximum seasonal water depth of six feet and\nprovided further that such conditions can be expected to persist\nindefinitely, barring human intervention;\n  (c) lands and waters substantially enclosed by aquatic or semi-aquatic\nvegetation as set forth in paragraph (a) of this subdivision or by dead\nvegetation as set forth in paragraph (b) of this subdivision, the\nregulation of which is necessary to protect and preserve the aquatic and\nsemi-aquatic vegetation; and\n  (d) the waters overlying the areas set forth in paragraphs (a) and (b)\nof this subdivision and the lands underlying paragraph (c) of this\nsubdivision.\n  2. "Freshwater wetlands map" shall mean a map developed by the\ndepartment pursuant to section 24-0301 of this article on which are\nindicated the boundaries of any freshwater wetlands. Freshwater wetland\nmaps depict the approximate location of wetlands and are not necessarily\ndeterminative as to whether a permit is required pursuant to section\n24-0701 of this article.\n  3. "Boundaries of a freshwater wetland" shall mean the outer limit of\nthe vegetation specified in paragraphs (a) and (b) of subdivision one of\nthis section and of the lands and waters specified in paragraph (c) of\nsuch subdivision.\n  4. "Local government" shall mean a village, town, city, or county.\n  5. "State agency" shall mean any state department, bureau, commission,\nboard or other agency, public authority or public benefit corporation.\n  6. "Person" means any corporation, firm, partnership, association,\ntrust, estate, one or more individuals, and any unit of government or\nagency or subdivision thereof, including the state.\n  7. "Board" shall mean the freshwater wetland appeals board.\n  8. "Pollution" shall mean the presence in the environment of\nhuman-induced conditions, or contaminants in quantities or\ncharacteristics which are or may be injurious to human, plant or\nwildlife, or other animal life or to property.\n  9. "Unusual importance" shall mean a freshwater wetland, regardless of\nsize, that possesses one or more of the following characteristics as\ndetermined by the department pursuant to regulations:\n  (a) it is located in a watershed that has experienced significant\nflooding in the past, or is expected to experience significant flooding\nin the future from severe storm events related to climate change;\n  (b) it is located within or adjacent to an urban area, as defined by\nthe United States census bureau;\n  (c) it contains a plant species occurring in fewer than thirty-five\nsites statewide or having fewer than five thousand individuals\nstatewide;\n  (d) it contains habitat for an essential behavior of an endangered or\nthreatened species or a species of special concern as defined under\nsection 11-0535 of this chapter or listed as a species of greatest\nconservation need in New York's wildlife action plan;\n  (e) it is classified by the department as a Class I wetland;\n  (f) it was previously classified and mapped by the department as a\nwetland of unusual local importance;\n  (g) it is a vernal pool that is known to be productive for amphibian\nbreeding;\n  (h) it is located in an area designated as a floodway on the most\ncurrent Digital Flood Insurance Rate Map (DFIRM) produced by the Federal\nEmergency Management Agency;\n  (i) it was previously mapped by the department as a wetland on or\nbefore December thirty-first, two thousand twenty-four;\n  (j) it has wetland functions and values that are of local or regional\nsignificance; or\n  (k) it is determined by the commissioner to be of significant\nimportance to protecting the state's water quality.\n  10. "Delineation" shall mean a precise representation of a regulated\nfreshwater wetland as defined in subdivision one of this section.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 606 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 6 / Title 1 / Section 606
Assessment of fees; third-party coverage or indemnification
Status: in_force

§ 606. Assessment of fees; third-party coverage or indemnification. 1.\nAssessment of fees by municipalities. Each municipality shall establish\na schedule of fees for public health services provided by the\nmunicipality and shall make every reasonable effort to collect such\nfees. Fees for personal health services shall be reflective of an\nindividual's ability to pay and shall not be inconsistent with the\nreimbursement guidelines of articles twenty-eight and thirty-six of this\nchapter and applicable federal laws and regulations. To the extent\npossible revenues generated shall be used to enhance or expand public\nhealth services. In its state aid application, each municipality shall\nprovide the department with a projection of fees and revenue to be\ncollected for that year. Each municipality shall periodically report to\nthe department fees and revenue actually collected.\n  2. Assessment of fees by the commissioner. In each municipality, the\ncommissioner shall establish a fee and revenue plan for services\nprovided by the department in a manner consistent with the standards and\nregulations established pursuant to subdivision one of this section.\n  3. Third party coverage or indemnification. For any public health\nservice for which coverage or indemnification from a third party is\navailable, the municipality must seek such coverage or indemnification\nand report any associated revenue to the department in its state aid\napplication.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 1128 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 23-B / Section 1128
Duties of school administrators and superintendents upon receipt of a written report alleging child abuse in an educational setting
Status: in_force

§ 1128. Duties of school administrators and superintendents upon\nreceipt of a written report alleging child abuse in an educational\nsetting. Upon receipt of a written report described in paragraph (a) of\nsubdivision one or subdivision one-a of section eleven hundred\ntwenty-six of this article alleging that a child has been abused in an\neducational setting, a school administrator or superintendent shall\nwhere there is a reasonable suspicion to believe that an act of child\nabuse has occurred:\n  1. Where the subject child has made the allegation: (a) promptly\nnotify the parent of such child that an allegation of child abuse in an\neducational setting has been made regarding such child and promptly\nprovide the parent with a written statement prepared pursuant to\nregulations of the commissioner setting forth parental rights,\nresponsibilities and procedures under this article; (b) where a school\nadministrator receives a written report, promptly provide a copy of such\nreport to the superintendent; and (c) promptly forward such report to\nappropriate law enforcement authorities. In no event shall reporting to\nlaw enforcement be delayed by reason of an inability to contact the\nsuperintendent.\n  2. Where a parent of the child has made the allegation: (a) promptly\nprovide the parent of such child with a written statement prepared\npursuant to regulations of the commissioner setting forth parental\nrights, responsibilities and procedures under this article; (b) where a\nschool administrator receives a written report, promptly provide a copy\nof such report to the superintendent; and (c) promptly forward such\nreport to appropriate law enforcement authorities. In no event shall\nreporting to law enforcement be delayed by reason of an inability to\ncontact the superintendent.\n  3. Where a person other than the subject child or the parent of a\nsubject child has made the allegation: (a) promptly notify the parent of\nthe subject child that an allegation of child abuse in an educational\nsetting has been made regarding his or her child and promptly provide\nthe parent with a written statement prepared pursuant to regulations of\nthe commissioner setting forth parental rights, responsibilities and\nprocedures under this article; (b) ascertain from the person making such\nreport the source and basis for such allegation; (c) where a school\nadministrator receives a written report, promptly provide a copy of such\nreport to the superintendent; and (d) promptly forward such report to\nappropriate law enforcement authorities. In no event shall reporting to\nlaw enforcement be delayed by reason of an inability to contact the\nsuperintendent.\n  4. Any school administrator or superintendent who reasonably and in\ngood faith makes a report of allegations of child abuse in an\neducational setting or reasonably and in good faith transmits such a\nreport to a person or agency as required by this article and in a manner\ndescribed in section eleven hundred twenty-six of this article and this\nsection shall have immunity from civil liability which might otherwise\nresult by reason of such actions.\n
N.Y. PBG Law § 402-C*2 — New York Code / Act PBG / Article 13 / Title 1 / Section 402-C*2
Notice of pre-termination meeting
Status: in_force

* § 402-c. Notice of pre-termination meeting. 1. When the New York\ncity housing authority mails notice of a pre-termination meeting to a\nhousehold having an authorized occupant over the age of sixty-two years,\nsuch authority shall include with such notice a notification that the\ntenant lessee has the opportunity to meet with the property manager, or\nhis or her designee, to discuss the possible termination of tenancy.\nSuch notice shall be mailed to such households by certified mail.\n  2. The property manager, or his or her designee, shall schedule the\npre-termination meeting no more than seven days after the date of\nmailing of the notice of pre-termination meeting; provided, however,\nthat the meeting may occur up to fourteen days after the date of mailing\nif so requested by a tenant lessee. Such pre-termination notice shall be\nmailed at least forty-five days before the date fixed for a termination\nof tenancy hearing before a hearing officer, except that the New York\ncity housing authority may give not less than fifteen days notice before\nthe date fixed for a termination of tenancy hearing before a hearing\nofficer if the charges are based on non-desirability.\n  * NB There are 2 § 402-c's\n
N.Y. GMU Law § 868 — New York Code / Act GMU / Article 18-A / Title 1 / Section 868
Agreements of the municipality and state
Status: in_force

§ 868. Agreements of the municipality and state. The municipality is\nauthorized to, and the state does hereby, pledge to and agree with the\nholders of the bonds or notes that neither the municipality nor the\nstate, respectively, will limit or alter the rights, hereby vested in\nthe agency to acquire, construct, reconstruct, improve, maintain, equip\nand furnish the project or projects, to establish and collect rentals,\nfees and other charges and to fulfill the terms of any agreements made\nwith the holders of the bonds or notes nor in any way impair the rights\nand remedies of the bondholders or noteholders until the bonds or notes,\ntogether with interest thereon, with interest on any unpaid installments\nof interest and all costs and expenses in connection with any action or\nproceeding by or on behalf of the bondholders or noteholders are fully\nmet and discharged.\n
N.Y. MDW Law § 149 — New York Code / Act MDW / Article 5 / Title 1 / Section 149
Public halls
Status: in_force

§ 149. Public halls. 1. Every public hall shall be everywhere at least\nthree feet in clear width.\n  2. Every public hall shall be completely enclosed with fireproof\nfloor, ceiling and walls, and, in dwellings erected under plans filed in\nthe department after September first, nineteen hundred fifty-one, such\nhall shall be separated from every stair by fireproof partitions or\nwalls. All doors and their assemblies opening from such hall or stairs\nshall be fireproof, with the doors self-closing and without transoms,\nexcept that in a dwelling three stories or less in height occupied by\nnot more than four families on each story, or in a class A dwelling or\nany section thereof two stories or less in height, any such hall which\nfurnishes access to only one stair need not be separated from such stair\nby any partition or door and the walls of a public hall may be\nfire-retarded and the floors may be provided with three inches or more\nof incombustible deafening materials between the beams instead of being\nfireproof.\n  3. Except in dwellings three stories or less in height and occupied by\ntwo families or less on every story, and except as provided in\nsubdivisions four to seven inclusive, 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 each such hall and at\nright angles to its length, with an additional window in each forty feet\nof hall or fraction thereof beyond the first sixty feet from such end\nwindow; or the hall shall have one window opening directly upon a street\nor upon a lawful yard or court in every forty feet of its length or\nfraction thereof measured from one end of the hall.\n  4. When the length of any recess or return off a public hall does not\nexceed twice the width of such recess or return, no window shall be\nrequired therein. But whenever the length of a recess or return exceeds\ntwice its width, there shall be an additional window or windows meeting\nthe requirements for a separate public hall. No entrance hall shall have\na return or recess which exceeds in length twice its width.\n  5. 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 or fire-tower meeting the requirements of\nsection one hundred forty-four if such vestibule or public hall is\nlighted and ventilated as required for fireproof dwellings by sections\nthirty-seven and one hundred seven.\n  6. The foregoing provisions of this section with regard to lighting\nand ventilation shall not apply to that portion of an entrance hall\nbetween the first flight of stairs and the entrance provided the\nentrance door contains five square feet or more of glazed surface or\nsuch entrance hall does not extend from the outer entrance of the\ndwelling more than sixty feet.\n  7. A passenger elevator vestibule not exceeding in length twice the\nparallel length of the elevator shaft or shafts opening into it need not\nbe equipped with a window if it conforms to the requirements of sections\nthirty-seven and one hundred seven for public halls in fireproof\nmultiple dwellings. Every door and its assembly separating such a\nvestibule from any public hall connected with a stair, fire-stair or\nfire-tower shall be fireproof, with the door self-closing and glazed\nwith good quality wire glass ten square feet or more in area. No such\ndoor shall be kept open by any device whatever.\n  8. Any part of a public hall that is shut off from any other part of\nsuch hall by a door or doors shall be deemed a separate hall.\n