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N.Y. TWN Law § 172-C — New York Code / Act TWN / Article 11 / Section 172-C
Alteration of boundaries of fire protection district
Status: in_force

§ 172-c. Alteration of boundaries of fire protection district. The\ntown board of a town in which any fire protection district has been\nestablished, or if established in two or more towns, the town boards of\nsuch towns acting jointly by a majority vote of the members of each of\nsuch town boards, upon petition and after a public hearing, or upon the\nmotion of such town board or town boards after a public hearing, may\nalter the boundaries of such fire protection district in accordance with\nsuch petition or motion and exclude from the district territory\npreviously located therein. Such petition, if any, shall be signed by\nresident taxpayers owning taxable real property aggregating at least\none-half of the assessed valuation of all the taxable real property\nowned by resident taxpayers in the territory to be excluded and at least\none-half of the assessed valuation of all the taxable real property\nowned by resident taxpayers in the remaining territory of the district.\nThe assessed valuations in either case shall be the assessed valuations\nof the taxable real property as shown by the latest completed\nassessment-roll of the town. Such petition, if any, shall be signed, and\nacknowledged or proved in the same manner as a deed to be recorded, or\nauthenticated in the manner provided by the election law for the\nauthentication of nominating petitions.  Notice of such hearing shall be\ngiven and such hearing held and the subject matter thereof determined in\nthe manner provided herein for hearings upon the establishment of fire\nprotection districts, except that the notice of hearing shall state in\ngeneral terms the purposes of the hearing and the manner in which it is\nproposed to alter the boundaries of the district. Any resolution\naltering the boundaries of such fire protection district made upon\nmotion of the town board or town boards without a petition shall be\nsubject to a permissive referendum as provided in article seven of this\nchapter. For the purposes of this section, the boundaries of such fire\nprotection district shall be deemed to be altered pursuant to petition\nof resident taxpayers and the territory described in the notice\nexcluded, upon the adoption by the town board or town boards of the\nresolution providing therefor, unless such resolution shall specify some\nother date for such purpose, in which case such boundaries shall be\ndeemed to be altered and such territory excluded on the date so\nspecified, and such alteration of boundaries upon motion of the town\nboard or town boards without a petition shall become effective as\nprovided in section ninety-one of this chapter.  Unless renegotiated,\nany existing contract for the supplying of fire protection to any such\nfire protection district shall be carried out in the same manner as if\nsuch boundaries had not been altered or territory excluded from the\ndistrict.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 1609 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 16 / Section 1609
Conflicting laws
Status: in_force

§ 1609. Conflicting laws.  Nothing in this article shall be deemed to\nderogate or detract from the functions, powers and duties of any\ndepartment or agency of the state prescribed by law.\n
N.Y. CVR Law § 19-A — New York Code / Act CVR / Article 2-A / Section 19-A
Prohibition against unreasonable withholding of consent
Status: in_force

§ 19-a. Prohibition against unreasonable withholding of consent.  1.\nNo corporation formed for the purpose of the cooperative ownership of\nreal estate within the state shall withhold its consent to the sale or\nproposed sale of certificates of stock or other evidence of ownership of\nan interest in such corporation because of the race, creed, national\norigin, or sex of the purchaser.\n  2. For the purposes of this section a "corporation" shall include the\ncooperative management, cooperative tenants, cooperative shareholders,\nor any appointee or successor in interest of a corporation.\n  3. This section shall apply to every sale or proposed sale whether by\na corporation directly, its successor in interest, or by any other\nlawfully entitled party.\n  4. Every agreement, negative covenant, restrictive covenant or other\nprovision, whether written or oral and wherever contained, inconsistent\nwith this section shall be void and unenforceable.\n
N.Y. RPA Law § 1107 — New York Code / Act RPA / Article 11 / Section 1107
Report of referee
Status: in_force

§ 1107. Report of referee. The referee must deliver his report to the\npetitioner, or file it with the clerk, within ten days after the case is\nclosed. He must state therein whether any person was or was not produced\nbefore him as being the person whose death is in question. He must\nappend thereto, in the form of depositions, the proofs, if any,\nrespecting the identity of any person so produced with the person whose\ndeath is in question or if no one is so produced, upon the question\nwhether the latter person is living. He must also state in his report\nhis conclusions upon the questions controverted before him.\n
N.Y. PEN Law § 215.15 — New York Code / Act PEN / Part 3 / Title L / Article 215 / Section 215.15
Intimidating a victim or witness in the third degree
Status: in_force

§ 215.15 Intimidating a victim or witness in the third degree.\n  A person is guilty of intimidating a victim or witness in the third\ndegree when, knowing that another person possesses information relating\nto a criminal transaction and other than in the course of that criminal\ntransaction or immediate flight therefrom, he:\n  1. Wrongfully compels or attempts to compel such other person to\nrefrain from communicating such information to any court, grand jury,\nprosecutor, police officer or peace officer by means of instilling in\nhim a fear that the actor will cause physical injury to such other\nperson or another person; or\n  2. Intentionally damages the property of such other person or another\nperson for the purpose of compelling such other person or another person\nto refrain from communicating, or on account of such other person or\nanother person having communicated, information relating to that\ncriminal transaction to any court, grand jury, prosecutor, police\nofficer or peace officer.\n  Intimidating a victim or witness in the third degree is a class E\nfelony.\n
N.Y. LEG Law § 62-A — New York Code / Act LEG / Article 4 / Section 62-A
Subpoenas; oaths
Status: in_force

§ 62-a. Subpoenas; oaths. The chairman, vice-chairman or a majority of\na legislative committee may issue a subpoena requiring a person to\nattend before the committee and be examined in reference to any matter\nwithin the scope of the inquiry or investigation being conducted by the\ncommittee, and, in a proper case, to bring with him, a book or paper.\nThe provisions of the civil practice law and rules in relation to\nenforcing obedience to a subpoena lawfully issued by a judge,\narbitrator, referee or other person in a matter not arising in an action\nin a court of record apply to a subpoena issued by a legislative\ncommittee as authorized by this section. Any member of a legislative\ncommittee may administer an oath to a witness.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 805 — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 37-A / Section 805
Separability
Status: in_force

§ 805. Separability. If any section or provision of this article shall\nbe adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or\ninapplicable to any person or situation, such judgment shall not affect,\nimpair or invalidate any other section or provision of this article or\nthe applicability of such section or provision to other persons or other\nsituations.\n
N.Y. MHY Law § 31.25 — New York Code / Act MHY / Title E / Article 31 / Section 31.25
Residential services for treatment of eating disorders
Status: in_force

§ 31.25 Residential services for treatment of eating disorders.\n  The commissioner shall establish, pursuant to regulation, licensed\nresidential providers of treatment and/or supportive services to\nchildren, adolescents, and adults with eating disorders, as that term is\ndefined in section 30.02 of this title. Such regulations shall be\ndeveloped in consultation with representatives from each of the\ncomprehensive care centers for eating disorders established pursuant to\narticle thirty of this chapter and licensed treatment professionals,\nsuch as physicians, psychiatrists, psychologists and therapists, with\ndemonstrated expertise in treating patients with eating disorders.\n
N.Y. JUD Law § 123 — New York Code / Act JUD / Article 4-A / Section 123
Restrictions on official referees
Status: in_force

§ 123. Restrictions on official referees.  No official referee\ncontinued in office and serving under this article, as amended, shall\nduring his continuance in office, other than as member of a\nconstitutional convention, or the incumbent of a non-salaried office in\nthe educational system of the state hold any other public office or\ntrust, elective or appointive, practice law, act as attorney or\ncounsellor in any court of this state, or act as receiver or\ncommissioner, or unofficial referee in any court, but shall devote his\nwhole time and capacity to the duties of his office as such official\nreferee.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 2832-A — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 28 / Section 2832-A
Emergency department security
Status: in_force

* § 2832-a. Emergency department security. 1. A general hospital\nlocated in a city or county with a population of one million or more\nshall be required to have at least one off-duty law enforcement officer\nor trained security personnel be present at all times in the emergency\ndepartment, subject to emergent circumstance in any hospital that\nrequires an adjustment in personnel.\n  2. A general hospital located in a city or county with a population\nless than one million shall be required to have at least one off-duty\nlaw enforcement officer or trained security personnel on premises at all\ntimes in a manner that prioritizes physical presence near, or within\nclose proximity to, the emergency department of such hospital with\ndirect responsibility to the emergency department. This shall not apply\nto hospitals designated as critical access hospitals, sole community\nhospitals, or rural emergency hospitals. However, if any such hospital\nexperiences increased rates of violence or abuse of emergency department\npersonnel, by an amount to be determined by the commissioner, evidenced\nby internal reporting pursuant to the violence prevention program or\nreports to law enforcement the commissioner shall work with the critical\naccess hospital, sole community hospital, or rural emergency hospital to\ncome into compliance with the requirement, to have at least one off-duty\nlaw enforcement officer or trained security personnel on premises at all\ntimes in a manner that prioritizes physical presence near, or within\nclose proximity to, the emergency department of such hospital with\ndirect responsibility to the emergency department, over a reasonable\nperiod of time.\n  * NB Effective September 18, 2026\n
N.Y. RRD Law § 231 — New York Code / Act RRD / Article 6 / Section 231
Where route coincides with another route
Status: in_force

§ 231. Where route coincides with another route. Whenever the route or\nroutes determined upon by the commissioners coincide with the route or\nroutes covered by the charter of an existing corporation, formed for the\npurpose of constructing and operating such a railroad, and it has not\nforfeited its charter or failed to comply with the provisions thereof,\nrequiring the construction of a road or roads within the time therein\nprescribed, such corporation shall have the like power to construct and\noperate such railroad upon the fulfillment of the like requirements and\nconditions imposed by the commissioners as a corporation specially\nformed under this article, and the commissioners may fix and determine\nthe route or routes by which any elevated steam railroad now in actual\noperation may connect with other steam railroads or the depots thereof,\nor with steam ferries, upon making compensation therefor, and in case\nsuch corporations can not agree with the owners of such steam railroads,\ndepots or ferries upon the amount of such compensation, and such owners\nmay be entitled to compensation therefor, the amount of such\ncompensation shall be ascertained and paid in the manner prescribed in\nthe condemnation law, and upon fulfillment by such elevated railroad\ncorporation, so far as it relates to such connection, of the\nrequirements and conditions imposed by this article, it shall possess\nall the powers conferred by section two hundred and twenty-nine of this\narticle, and when any connecting route or routes shall be so designated,\nsuch elevated railroad corporation may construct such connection with\nall the rights and with like effect as though the same had been part of\nthe original route of such railroad.\n
N.Y. VOL Law § 58 — New York Code / Act VOL / Article 4 / Section 58
Application of provisions of workmen's compensation law
Status: in_force

§ 58. Application of provisions of workmen's compensation law.  All\nthe powers and duties conferred or imposed upon the chairman of the\nworkmen's compensation board and the workmen's compensation board by the\nworkmen's compensation law which are necessary for the administration of\nthis chapter and not inconsistent with this chapter are, to that extent,\nmade applicable to this chapter, even though such provisions of the\nworkmen's compensation law are not expressly made applicable to this\nchapter by the provisions of this chapter or the workmen's compensation\nlaw.\n
N.Y. ISC Law § 7114 — New York Code / Act ISC / Article 71 / Section 7114
Pending actions
Status: in_force

§ 7114. Pending actions. No action or proceeding, pending at the time\nof the merger or consolidation to which either of the constituent\ncompanies may be a party, shall be abated or discontinued by reason of\nsuch merger or consolidation, but the same may be prosecuted to final\njudgment in the same manner as if the merger or consolidation had not\ntaken place; or the continuing or consolidated company, may be\nsubstituted in the place of such constituent company by order of the\ncourt in which the action or proceeding may be pending.\n
N.Y. ACG Law § 301 — New York Code / Act ACG / Article 7 / Section 301
Powers and duties
Status: in_force

§ 301. Powers and duties. The county comptroller shall:\n  1. Examine, audit and verify all books, records and accounts kept by\nthe various administrative units, offices, officials paid from county\nfunds, institutions and other agencies of the county, including bond and\nnote registers and trust accounts, and the accrual and collection of all\ncounty revenues and receipts, and for this purpose have access to all\nsuch books, records and accounts at any time.\n  2. Procure from the depositories with which the director of finance\nshall have deposited the funds and moneys coming into his possession,\nstatements, at least monthly, of all moneys deposited by the director of\nfinance or paid out pursuant to his order, and reconcile such statements\nwith the county accounts.\n  3. Prescribe such methods of accounting for the county and other units\nof local government of the county as he may deem necessary, provided the\nsame shall have been approved by the state comptroller and county\nexecutive.\n  4. Submit to the board of supervisors periodic reports in such form\nand detail and at such times as may be prescribed by county act.\n  5. Be the auditing authority of the county.\n  6. Perform such additional and related duties as the board of\nsupervisors shall require by county act.\n
N.Y. DCD Law § 185 — New York Code / Act DCD / Article 7 / Section 185
Meeting of creditors and notice thereof
Status: in_force

§ 185. Meeting of creditors and notice thereof. The trustees, within\nfifteen months from the time of their appointment, shall call a general\nmeeting of the creditors of such debtor, by a notice to be published in\nthe same manner, as hereinbefore directed respecting the publication of\nthe notice of their appointment; in which notice, they shall specify the\nplace and time of such meeting, which time shall not be more than three\nmonths, nor less than two months after the first publication of such\nnotice. Every such notice shall be published at least once in each week,\nuntil the time of such meeting.\n
N.Y. VOL Law § 60 — New York Code / Act VOL / Article 4 / Section 60
Assessment for expenses
Status: in_force

§ 60. Assessment for expenses. 1. The estimated annual expenses\nnecessary for the workers' compensation board to administer the\nprovisions of the volunteer firefighters' benefit law shall be borne by\nall affected employers and included as part of the assessment rate\ngenerated pursuant to subdivision two of section one hundred fifty-one\nof the workers' compensation law.\n  2. Annually, the chair of the department of audit and control, as soon\nas practicable after the first of April, shall ascertain the total\namount of actual expenses.\n
N.Y. CCO Law § 83 — New York Code / Act CCO / Article 5-A / Section 83
Status as profit-making corporation
Status: in_force

§ 83. Status as profit-making corporation. Notwithstanding any\ninconsistent provisions of this chapter, no worker cooperative shall be\nclassed as a non-profit or not-for-profit corporation.\n
N.Y. COM Law § 481 — New York Code / Act COM / Article 26 / Section 481
Statement of legislative findings and declaration
Status: in_force

§ 481. Statement of legislative findings and declaration. It is hereby\nfound and declared that New York state needs, as a matter of public\npolicy, to provide critical assistance to small businesses to comply\nwith public health or other emergency orders or regulations, and to take\ninfectious disease mitigation measures related to the COVID-19 pandemic.\nThe COVID-19 capital costs tax credit program is created to provide\nfinancial assistance to economically harmed businesses to offer relief\nand reduce the duration and severity of the current economic\ndifficulties.\n
N.Y. HAY Law § 343-U*2 — New York Code / Act HAY / Article 12 / Section 343-U*2
Portion of the state highway system to be designated as the "Waterloo: Birthplace of Memorial Day Highway"
Status: in_force

* § 343-u. Portion of the state highway system to be designated as the\n"Waterloo: Birthplace of Memorial Day Highway". All that portion of the\nstate highway system constituting state route ninety-six, in Seneca\ncounty from the Phelps town line to the town line of Ulysses, shall be\ndesignated and known as the "Waterloo: Birthplace of Memorial Day\nHighway".\n  * NB There are 8 § 343-u's\n
N.Y. ISC Law § 9106 — New York Code / Act ISC / Article 91 / Section 9106
Exemptions from taxation
Status: in_force

§ 9106. Exemptions from taxation. The following shall be exempt from\nthe payment of any taxes imposed under the provisions of this article:\n  (a) the government of the United States, or of any state or\nmunicipality thereof, or any instrumentality of any such government\nwhich is not subject to taxation by this state;\n  (b) the persons, firms, associations or corporations which are\nexempted from the requirement that they obtain a license to do business\nin this state, under the provisions of section one thousand one hundred\neight of this chapter;\n  (c) any foreign or alien fraternal benefit society; and\n  (d) any corporation otherwise subject to the provisions of this\narticle which as a health maintenance organization offers a\ncomprehensive health services plan pursuant to the provisions of article\nforty-four of the public health law to subscribers. Such exemption shall\nbe limited to that income derived from subscriber prepayments to such\nplan.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 716 — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 34-A / Section 716
Violations and penalties
Status: in_force

§ 716. Violations and penalties. Whenever there shall be a violation\nof this section, an application may be made by the attorney general in\nthe name of the people of the state of New York to a court or justice\nhaving jurisdiction to issue an injunction, and upon notice to the\ndefendant of not less than five days, to enjoin and restrain the\ncontinuance of such violations; and if it shall appear to the\nsatisfaction of the court or justice that the defendant has, in fact,\nviolated this section, an injunction may be issued by such court or\njustice, enjoining and restraining any further violation, without\nrequiring proof that any person has, in fact, been injured or damaged\nthereby. In any such proceeding the court may make allowances to the\nattorney general as provided in section eighty-three hundred three,\nsubdivision six of the civil practice law and rules, and direct\nrestitution. In connection with any such proposed application, the\nattorney general is authorized to take proof and make a determination of\nthe relevant facts and to issue subpoenas in accordance with the civil\npractice law and rules.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 2633 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 26-A / Section 2633
Acquisition and application of property
Status: in_force

§ 2633. Acquisition and application of property. Subject to the\nregulations of the department, the board of visitors or the duly\nappointed treasurer of the homes, as agent of the department, may\nreceive, retain and expend receipts other than state appropriations, any\nmoney or other personal property given, bequeathed or entrusted to the\nboard of visitors or duly appointed treasurer, for the purposes for\nwhich it is given or bequeathed to the homes or entrusted for\nsafekeeping or, if unaccompanied by conditions or limitations, for any\nof the purposes of the homes or for the convenience of the residents\nthereof.\n
N.Y. MIL Law § 131.6 — New York Code / Act MIL / Article 7 / Part 11 / Section 131.6
Marshals
Status: in_force

§ 131.6. Marshals.  (a) Summary courts-martial and the military judges\nor presidents of other courts-martial and of courts of inquiry may each\nappoint and, at any time, remove one or more marshals.\n  (b) Each marshal shall perform the usual duties of such marshals and\nshall execute any process, mandate or order issued by such military\njudge or president or court or officer.\n  (c) A bond given as herein provided may be prosecuted for breach of\nthe conditions thereof, in the name of the people, by the attorney\ngeneral or a judge advocate and all moneys recovered shall be paid to\nthe military fund injured.\n
N.Y. RPP Law § 473 — New York Code / Act RPP / Article 15 / Section 473
Prohibition
Status: in_force

§ 473. Prohibition. A private transfer fee obligation recorded or\nentered into in this state on or after the effective date of this\nsection does not run with the land and is not binding on or enforceable\nat law or in equity against any owner, purchaser, or mortgagee of any\ninterest in real property as an equitable servitude or otherwise. Any\nprivate transfer fee obligation that is recorded or entered into in this\nstate on or after the effective date of this section is void and\nunenforceable. This section shall not apply to a private transfer fee\nobligation recorded or entered into prior to the effective date of this\nsection. This section shall not be deemed to require that a private\ntransfer fee obligation recorded, filed or entered into in this state\nbefore the effective date of this section is presumed valid and\nenforceable. It is the public policy of this state that no private\ntransfer fee obligation shall be valid or enforceable whenever entered\ninto, recorded or filed. Furthermore, this article shall not validate\nany private transfer fee agreement that is contrary to the law of this\nstate.\n