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N.Y. COM Law § 160 — New York Code / Act COM / Article 5-A / Section 160
Legislative findings and objectives
Status: in_force

§ 160. Legislative findings and objectives. The legislature hereby\nfinds and declares that the promotion, attraction, stimulation,\ndevelopment and expansion of tourist travel, resort, vacation, culture\nand convention activities are vital and necessary concerns of the people\nof this state, since such activities form an important part of its\neconomy. Therefore, it is hereby determined that a program authorizing\nmatching funds and assistance to tourist promotion agencies for the\nplanning and promotion of programs designed to stimulate and increase\nthe volume of such tourist travel, resort, vacation, culture and\nconvention activities within our state will strengthen its economy,\nincrease employment of our citizens and promote the general welfare of\nthe people.\n
N.Y. WKC Law § 57 — New York Code / Act WKC / Article 4 / Section 57
Restriction on issue of permits and the entering into contracts unless compensation is secured
Status: in_force

§ 57. Restriction on issue of permits and the entering into contracts\nunless compensation is secured.  1. The head of a state or municipal\ndepartment, board, commission or office authorized or required by law to\nissue any permit for or in connection with any work involving the\nemployment of employees in a hazardous employment defined by this\nchapter, and notwithstanding any general or special statute requiring or\nauthorizing the issue of such permits, shall not issue such permit\nunless proof duly subscribed by an insurance carrier is produced in a\nform satisfactory to the chair, that compensation for all employees has\nbeen secured as provided by this chapter. Nothing herein, however, shall\nbe construed as creating any liability on the part of such state or\nmunicipal department, board, commission or office to pay any\ncompensation to any such employee if so employed.\n  2. The head of a state or municipal department, board, commission or\noffice authorized or required by law to enter into any contract for or\nin connection with any work involving the employment of employees in a\nhazardous employment defined by this chapter, notwithstanding any\ngeneral or special statute requiring or authorizing any such contract,\nshall not enter into any such contract unless proof duly subscribed by\nan insurance carrier is produced in a form satisfactory to the chair,\nthat compensation for all employees has been secured as provided by this\nchapter.\n
N.Y. BNK Law § 114 — New York Code / Act BNK / Article 3 / Section 114
Assessment of stockholders to make good impairment of capital stock; sale of stock
Status: in_force

§ 114. Assessment of stockholders to make good impairment of capital\nstock; sale of stock.\n  Whenever the superintendent shall have made requisition upon any bank\nor trust company pursuant to the provisions of article two of this\nchapter to make good the amount of an impairment of its capital stock,\nthe directors of the bank or trust company shall immediately give notice\nof such requisition to each stockholder and of the amount of the\nassessment which he must pay for the purpose of making good such\ndeficiency, by a written or printed notice mailed to such stockholder at\nhis last address appearing upon the records of the bank or trust\ncompany, or served personally upon him. If any stockholder shall refuse\nor neglect to pay the assessment specified in such notice within sixty\ndays from the date thereof, the directors of such bank or trust company\nshall have the right to sell to the highest bidder at public auction the\nstock of such stockholder, after giving previous notice of such sale\nonce a week for two successive weeks in a newspaper of general\ncirculation in the county where the principal office of such bank or\ntrust company is located; or such stock may be sold at private sale, and\nwithout such published notice, provided, however, that before making a\nprivate sale thereof an offer in writing to purchase such stock shall\nfirst be obtained, and a copy thereof served upon the owner of record of\nthe stock sought to be sold either personally or by mailing a copy of\nsuch offer to such owner at his last address appearing upon the records\nof the bank or trust company; and if, after service of such offer, such\nowner shall still refuse or neglect to pay such assessment within two\nweeks from the time of service of such offer, the said directors may\naccept such offer and sell such stock to the person or persons making\nsuch offer, or to any other person or persons making a larger offer than\nthe amount named in the offer submitted to such stockholder; but said\nstock shall in no event be sold for a smaller sum than the amount of the\nassessment called for and the necessary costs of sale.  Out of the\navails of the stock sold the directors shall pay the necessary costs of\nsale and the amount of the assessment called for thereon. The balance,\nif any, shall be paid to the person or persons whose stock has been thus\nsold. A sale of stock as herein provided shall effect an absolute\ncancellation of the outstanding certificate or certificates evidencing\nthe stock so sold, and shall render the same null and void and a new\ncertificate or certificates shall be issued to the purchaser or\npurchasers of said stock.\n
N.Y. LIE Law § 45 — New York Code / Act LIE / Article 3 / Section 45
Equities of lienors to be determined
Status: in_force

§ 45. Equities of lienors to be determined. The court may adjust and\ndetermine the equities of all the parties to the action and the order of\npriority of different liens, and determine all issues raised by any\ndefense or counterclaim in the action. But in no case shall the court\ndetermine any issue between the state and the contractor where a claim\nhas been or can be submitted to the court of claims for adjudication and\nin case a counterclaim is set forth by any defendant in his answer, such\ndefendant shall be deemed to have waived a trial by jury of the issues\nraised thereby.\n
N.Y. STF Law § 118 — New York Code / Act STF / Article 7 / Section 118
Statements of accounts rendered
Status: in_force

§ 118. Statements of accounts rendered. The comptroller shall\nimmediately examine the accounts rendered by every public officer or\nother person receiving moneys belonging to the state, with the vouchers,\nand audit, adjust and make a statement thereof.  If any necessary\nvouchers are wanting or defective, he shall give notice to such person\nto furnish proper vouchers within not less than thirty nor more than\nninety days, and at the expiration of such time he shall audit, adjust\nand make a statement of such accounts on the vouchers and proofs before\nhim. He shall transmit a copy of every account as settled to such\npersons, and if any balance is stated therein to be due the state, and\nis not paid to the treasurer within ninety days after its transmission\nto such person, the comptroller shall deliver a certified copy of such\naccount to the attorney-general for prosecution. Such certified copy\nshall be presumptive evidence of the indebtedness of such person to the\nstate for the balance so certified, and if on the trial of any action\nbrought thereon, the defendant gives any evidence other than such as was\nproduced to the comptroller before the statement of such accounts, and\nby means thereof, the balance so stated is reduced or no balance is\nfound to be due, the defendant shall be liable for and pay the costs of\nsuch action.\n
N.Y. FCT Law § 354.2 — New York Code / Act FCT / Article 3 / Part 5 / Section 354.2
Duties of counsel
Status: in_force

§ 354.2. Duties of counsel. 1. If the court has entered a\ndispositional order pursuant to section 352.2, it shall be the duty of\nthe respondent's counsel to promptly advise such respondent and his or\nher parent or other person responsible for his or her care in writing of\nthe right to appeal to the appropriate appellate division of the supreme\ncourt, the time limitations involved, the manner of instituting an\nappeal and obtaining a transcript of the testimony and the right to\napply for leave to appeal as a poor person if he or she is unable to pay\nthe cost of an appeal. It shall be the further duty of such counsel to\nexplain to the respondent and his or her parent or person responsible\nfor his or her care the procedures for instituting an appeal, the\npossible reasons upon which an appeal may be based and the nature and\npossible consequences of the appellate process.\n  2. It shall also be the duty of such counsel to ascertain whether the\nrespondent wishes to appeal and, if so, to serve and file the necessary\nnotice of appeal.\n  3. If the respondent has been permitted to waive the appointment of\ncounsel pursuant to section two hundred forty-nine-a, it shall be the\nduty of the court to provide the notice and explanation pursuant to\nsubdivision one and, if the respondent indicates that he or she wishes\nto appeal, the clerk of the court shall file and serve the notice of\nappeal.\n
N.Y. GCN Law § 37-B — New York Code / Act GCN / Article 2 / Section 37-B
Population
Status: in_force

§ 37-b. Population. 1. The term population when used in relation to\nthis state, or a municipality or other subdivision thereof, or a portion\nof such a municipality or subdivision, shall, unless otherwise provided\nin relation to such use, mean population as shown by the latest federal\ncensus published as a final population count by the United States bureau\nof the census.\n  2. Unless otherwise specifically provided, the term population when\nused in relation to payments of aid or assistance by the state to a\nmunicipality or other subdivision thereof shall mean population as shown\nby the latest federal census of such municipality or subdivision\npublished as a final population count by the United States bureau of the\ncensus prior to the commencement of the state fiscal year during which\nsuch aid or assistance is payable.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 599-C — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 29-GG / Section 599-C
Penalties
Status: in_force

§ 599-c. Penalties. A violation of the provisions of section five\nhundred ninety-nine-a of this chapter shall be punishable by a fine of\nnot less than one hundred dollars and not to exceed one thousand\ndollars.\n
N.Y. PEN Law § 195.02 — New York Code / Act PEN / Part 3 / Title L / Article 195 / Section 195.02
Concealment of a human corpse
Status: in_force

§ 195.02 Concealment of a human corpse.\n  A person is guilty of concealment of a human corpse when, having a\nreasonable expectation that a human corpse or a part thereof will be\nproduced for or used as physical evidence in: (a) an official\nproceeding; (b) an autopsy as part of a criminal investigation; or (c)\nan examination by law enforcement personnel as part of a criminal\ninvestigation; such person, alone or in concert with another, conceals,\nalters or destroys such corpse or part thereof with the intent to\nprevent its production, use or discovery.\n  Concealment of a human corpse is a class E felony.\n
N.Y. EPT Law § 7-1.4 — New York Code / Act EPT / Article 7 / Part 1 / Section 7-1.4
Purposes for which trust may be created
Status: in_force

§ 7-1.4 Purposes for which trust may be created\n  An express trust may be created for any lawful purpose.\n
N.Y. CNT Law § 652 — New York Code / Act CNT / Article 17 / Section 652
Undersheriff and staff of sheriff
Status: in_force

§ 652. Undersheriff and staff of sheriff. 1. Within ten days after\nentering upon the duties of the office, the sheriff shall appoint an\nundersheriff to serve during his pleasure. During the absence or\ninability of the sheriff to act or when a vacancy shall occur in the\noffice of the sheriff, the undersheriff shall, in all things, execute\nthe duties of the office of sheriff until a new sheriff is elected or\nappointed and has qualified.\n  2. Within the limits of the appropriation, the sheriff may appoint as\nmany regular deputy sheriffs as he may deem proper, but not exceeding\none for every three thousand inhabitants of the county. The board of\nsupervisors may, however, authorize the appointment of such additional\nregular deputy sheriffs as it may determine. A female correction officer\nor female deputy sheriff who is authorized to perform correctional\nduties and has completed training, as mandated by the state commission\nof correction, shall be in attendance in a correctional facility when\nfemales are confined in the correctional facility and shall, when deemed\nnecessary by the sheriff or keeper of the jail to maintain the order and\nsecurity of the facility, be in attendance in any housing unit where\nfemales are confined. A male correction officer or male deputy sheriff\nwho is authorized to perform correctional duties and has completed\ntraining, as mandated by the state commission of correction, shall be in\nattendance in a correctional facility when males are confined in the\ncorrectional facility and shall, when deemed necessary by the sheriff or\nkeeper of the jail to maintain the order and security of the facility,\nbe in attendance in any housing unit where males are confined. The\nsheriff may also appoint keepers, guards, clerks and employees as may be\nauthorized by the board of supervisors and such appointees shall serve\nduring his pleasure. Any person may also be deputed by any sheriff or\nundersheriff by written instrument to do particular acts.\n  3. Each such appointment shall be in a writing filed and recorded in\nthe office of the county clerk.\n  4. Before the appointment by a sheriff of any person as an\nundersheriff or a deputy, other than a person deputed to do particular\nacts, the sheriff shall require such person to, and such person shall,\nsubmit to the sheriff fingerprints of such person, in the form and\nmanner prescribed by the division of criminal justice services, and it\nshall thereupon be the duty of the sheriff to compare, or cause to be\ncompared such fingerprints with fingerprints filed with the division of\ncriminal justice services; provided, however, that in any case where the\nfingerprints of any such person shall once have been submitted pursuant\nto this section and are on file in the office of the sheriff, no new\nsubmission thereof shall be required, nor shall the sheriff be required\nto make or cause to be made such comparison if such comparison shall\nhave been made previously and certification thereof by such department\nis on file in his office.\n
N.Y. LLC Law § 1307 — New York Code / Act LLC / Article 13 / Section 1307
(Reserved)
Status: in_force

§ 1307. (Reserved)\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 2899-J — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 28-F / Section 2899-J
Medical record documentation requirements
Status: in_force

* § 2899-j. Medical record documentation requirements. An attending\nphysician shall document or file the following in the patient's medical\nrecord:\n  1. the dates of all oral requests by the patient for medication under\nthis article;\n  2. the written request by the patient for medication under this\narticle, including the declaration of witnesses and interpreter's\ndeclaration, if applicable;\n  3. the attending physician's diagnosis and prognosis, determination of\ndecision-making capacity, and determination that the patient is acting\nvoluntarily, of the patient's own volition and without coercion, and has\nmade an informed decision;\n  4. written determination of decision-making capacity under section\ntwenty-eight hundred ninety-nine-i of this article; and\n  5. a note by the attending physician indicating that all requirements\nunder this article have been met and indicating the steps taken to carry\nout the request, including a notation of the medication prescribed or\nordered.\n  * NB Effective August 5, 2026\n
N.Y. CVP Law § 208 — New York Code / Act CVP / Article 2 / Section 208
Infancy, insanity
Status: in_force

§ 208. Infancy, insanity. (a) If a person entitled to commence an\naction is under a disability because of infancy or insanity at the time\nthe cause of action accrues, and the time otherwise limited for\ncommencing the action is three years or more and expires no later than\nthree years after the disability ceases, or the person under the\ndisability dies, the time within which the action must be commenced\nshall be extended to three years after the disability ceases or the\nperson under the disability dies, whichever event first occurs; if the\ntime otherwise limited is less than three years, the time shall be\nextended by the period of disability. The time within which the action\nmust be commenced shall not be extended by this provision beyond ten\nyears after the cause of action accrues, except, in any action other\nthan for medical, dental or podiatric malpractice, where the person was\nunder a disability due to infancy. This section shall not apply to an\naction to recover a penalty or forfeiture, or against a sheriff or other\nofficer for an escape.\n  (b) Notwithstanding any provision of law which imposes a period of\nlimitation to the contrary and the provisions of any other law\npertaining to the filing of a notice of claim or a notice of intention\nto file a claim as a condition precedent to commencement of an action or\nspecial proceeding, with respect to all civil claims or causes of action\nbrought by any person for physical, psychological or other injury or\ncondition suffered by such person as a result of conduct which would\nconstitute a sexual offense as defined in article one hundred thirty of\nthe penal law committed against such person who was less than eighteen\nyears of age, incest as defined in section 255.27, 255.26 or 255.25 of\nthe penal law committed against such person who was less than eighteen\nyears of age, or the use of such person in a sexual performance as\ndefined in section 263.05 of the penal law, or a predecessor statute\nthat prohibited such conduct at the time of the act, which conduct was\ncommitted against such person who was less than eighteen years of age,\nsuch action may be commenced, against any party whose intentional or\nnegligent acts or omissions are alleged to have resulted in the\ncommission of said conduct, on or before the plaintiff or infant\nplaintiff reaches the age of fifty-five years. In any such claim or\naction, in addition to any other defense and affirmative defense that\nmay be available in accordance with law, rule or the common law, to the\nextent that the acts alleged in such action are of the type described in\nsubdivision one of section 130.30 of the penal law or subdivision one of\nsection 130.45 of the penal law, the affirmative defenses set forth,\nrespectively, in the closing paragraph of such sections of the penal law\nshall apply.\n
N.Y. NYP Law § 2 — New York Code / Act NYP / Section 2
Declaration of policy and statement of purposes
Status: in_force

§ 2. Declaration of policy and statement of purposes.\n  The legislature has heretofore created the New York state urban\ndevelopment corporation to engage in the construction of projects to\nfulfill essential public purposes which are necessary for the health,\nsafety and welfare of the people of this state, as found by the\nlegislature in section two of the New York state urban development\ncorporation act.\n  In order to assist in the completion of projects to which the\ncorporation is contractually obligated, to provide for the orderly\nmarketing of obligations to finance such completion, and to provide for\nthe orderly payment of debt service of the corporation, it is hereby\nfound and declared that a separate corporate governmental agency, to be\nknown as the "New York state project finance agency," should be created\nas a single purpose agency to provide long-term financing to the New\nYork state urban development corporation, by acquiring funds from\nappropriations by the state and from sale of its notes and bonds.\n  It is hereby declared that the aforementioned purposes are public uses\nand public purposes for which public money may be loaned and tax\nexemptions granted, and that the powers and duties of the New York state\nproject finance agency, as hereinafter prescribed are necessary and\nproper for the purpose of achieving the ends here recited.\n
N.Y. AGM Law § 8 — New York Code / Act AGM / Article 2 / Section 8
Counsel
Status: in_force

§ 8. Counsel.  There shall be a counsel of the department to be\nappointed by the commissioner and who shall serve during the pleasure of\nthe commissioner. The counsel of the department shall represent and\nappear for the department in all actions and proceedings involving any\nquestion under this chapter or within the jurisdiction of the department\nunder any general or special law or under or in reference to any act,\norder or proceeding of or before the commissioner, and shall, when\ndirected, intervene, if possible, in behalf of the department in any\naction or proceeding involving or relating to any matter within the\njurisdiction or powers of the department as herein prescribed, except\nthat the attorney-general of the state shall continue to have direct\ncharge of and bring such actions as he may deem necessary for any and\nall violations of this chapter.  The said counsel shall, also, act as\ncounsel for any officer of the department in the conduct of a hearing,\ninvestigation or inquiry instituted under authority of the department or\nas provided in this chapter. He shall advise the commissioner or any\nofficer of the department, when so requested, in regard to all matters\nin connection with their powers and duties, and perform generally all\nduties and services as counsel of the department which may reasonably be\nrequired of him.\n
N.Y. PBG Law § 570 — New York Code / Act PBG / Article 13 / Title 165 / Section 570
Village of Scotia housing authority
Status: in_force

§ 570. Village of Scotia housing authority.  A municipal housing\nauthority, to be known as the Village of Scotia housing authority, is\nhereby created and established for the Village of Scotia in the county\nof Schenectady for the accomplishment of any or all of the purposes\nspecified in article eighteen of the constitution of the state of New\nYork. It shall constitute a body corporate and politic, be perpetual in\nduration and consist of at least three members and not more than seven\nmembers. It shall have the powers and duties now or hereafter conferred\nby this chapter upon municipal housing authorities. It shall be\norganized in the manner prescribed by and subject to the provisions of\nthis chapter, and the authority, its members, officers and employees and\nits operations and activities shall in all respects be governed by the\nprovisions of this chapter. For purposes of article fifteen-A of the\nexecutive law only, the authority shall be deemed a state agency as that\nterm is used in such article, and its contracts for design,\nconstruction, services and materials shall be deemed state contracts\nwithin the meaning of that term as set forth is such article.\n
N.Y. UDA Law § 9-C — New York Code / Act UDA / Section 9-C
Rules and regulations
Status: in_force

§ 9-c. Rules and regulations. The corporation shall, assisted by the\ncommissioner of economic development and in consultation with the\ndepartment of economic development, promulgate rules and regulations in\naccordance with the state administrative procedure act. Such rules and\nregulations shall be consistent with the program plan required by\nsubdivision nineteen of section one hundred of the economic development\nlaw.\n