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N.Y. PBL Law § 91 — New York Code / Act PBL / Article 8 / Section 91
Action to restrain
Status: in_force

§ 91. Action to restrain.  Any citizen of the state may maintain an\naction to restrain any person or corporation from committing any of the\nunlawful acts specified in section ninety of this chapter, in any city\nor town in which said citizen is assessed for and is liable to pay, or\nwithin one year before the commencement of the action has paid, a tax.\n  The attorney-general may at any time, in the exercise of his\ndiscretion, bring and maintain an action in the name of the people of\nthe state of New York, to restrain any person or corporation from any of\nthe unlawful acts specified in section ninety of this chapter.  It shall\nbe the duty of the attorney-general to institute and prosecute such an\naction, upon the written request of ten citizens of this state who are\nassessed for taxes therein and whose aggregate assessments amount to not\nless than ten thousand dollars, and who shall state, in writing, facts\nand circumstances showing any such unlawful act or acts and give an\nundertaking with sureties to be approved by a justice of the supreme\ncourt to indemnify the people against the costs of such action.\n
N.Y. RRD Law § 237 — New York Code / Act RRD / Article 6 / Section 237
Abandonment of portion of route by elevated railroad
Status: in_force

§ 237. Abandonment of portion of route by elevated railroad.  Any\ncompany operating an elevated railroad or railroads in any city of this\nstate for the transportation of passengers, mails or freight, and which,\nprior to the twenty-ninth day of April, eighteen hundred and ninety-one,\nshall have built and operated six-tenths of its route as set forth and\nembodied in its articles of incorporation, may declare relinquished and\nabandoned any portion of its said route, which it may deem no longer\nnecessary for the successful operation of its road and the convenience\nof the public. Such declaration of abandonment to be valid shall be\nadopted by the board of directors, under the seal of such company, and\nshall be submitted to the stockholders thereof at a meeting called for\nthe purpose of taking the same into consideration. Due notice of the\ntime and place of holding said meeting and stating the object thereof\nshall be given by the company to its stockholders by written or printed\nnotices addressed to each of the persons in whose name the capital stock\nof the company stands on the books thereof, at the address of such\npersons as stated on the books, or as known to the secretary of the\ncompany, and delivered or mailed to such persons, or the legal\nrepresentatives of such persons, respectively, at least thirty days\nbefore the time of holding the meeting of such company, and also by a\ngeneral notice published daily for at least four weeks in some newspaper\nlast designated for the publication of the session laws or of judicial\nproceedings and legal notices in the county where the route of such\ncompany is located; and at the said meeting of stockholders the\ndeclaration of the said directors shall be considered and a vote by\nballot taken for the adoption or rejection of the same, each share\nentitling the holder thereof to one vote, and said ballots shall be cast\nin person or by proxy, and if two-thirds of all the votes of the\nstockholders cast in person or by proxy at said meeting shall be for the\nadoption of said declaration of abandonment, then that fact shall be\ncertified thereon by the secretary of the company under the seal\nthereof, and the declaration so adopted shall be submitted for approval\nto the commissioner of transportation, and if approved by him, such\napproval shall be indorsed thereon, and the said declaration so\ncertified and indorsed shall be filed and recorded in the office of the\nsecretary of state, and from the time of such filing such portion of\nsaid route designated in such declaration of such company shall be\ndeemed to be abandoned. A copy of such declaration of abandonment, duly\ncertified by the secretary of state under his official seal, shall be\npresumptive evidence in all courts and places of the facts which it\nrecites, and of the regularity of the proceedings resulting in such\nabandonment.\n
N.Y. DCD Law § 35 — New York Code / Act DCD / Article 2-A / Section 35
Alternative determinations of value
Status: in_force

§ 35. Alternative determinations of value. Where valuation under the\nprovisions of section thirty-four is impracticable or would cause undue\ndelay, the court, upon petition by either the secured creditor or the\nliquidator, may order the value of the security determined by any of the\nfollowing methods:\n  (1) By compromise, if the secured creditor and the liquidator agree\nupon a value. The liquidator may redeem such assets by payment of the\nagreed value, if authorized by the court.\n  (2) By litigation, through proceedings in the liquidation proceeding.\nThe liquidator may redeem such assets by paying the value so determined,\nif authorized by the court.\n  (3) By liquidator's sale of the assets which, when completed and\napproved by the court, shall pass to the purchaser good title, free and\nclear of all liens of the secured creditor, such liens to be transferred\nto the proceeds of the sale. The order of the sale may be either\n  (a) Conditional, requiring the sale to be made by the liquidator only\nif the secured creditor does not complete a determination by collection\nor creditor's sale as set forth in section thirty-four of this article\nwithin a time fixed by the court; or\n  (b) Absolute, requiring the sale to be made by the liquidator within\nthe time fixed by the court.\n
N.Y. SCP Law § 1118 — New York Code / Act SCP / Article 11 / Section 1118
Powers before issuance of letters Before letters are issued to him and subject to the provisions of section 1128 of this article the publ...
Status: in_force

§ 1118. Powers before issuance of letters\n  Before letters are issued to him and subject to the provisions of\nsection 1128 of this article the public administrator is authorized to:\n  1. Take possession of, collect and secure the personal property within\nhis county of any person who shall die intestate or testate within this\nstate or elsewhere or whose property shall arrive with the county after\nhis death whenever there is no person eligible to act as fiduciary of an\nintestate or of a testator, if the executor named in the will refuses or\nneglects to act or is dead or his whereabouts are unknown or if he is\nnot eligible to receive letters.\n  2. Take possession of, manage and collect the rents of the real\nproperty of an intestate whose distributees are unknown or, whose\ndistributees if known, are non-domiciliaries or of a testator if the\nexecutor named in the will refuses or neglects to act or is dead or his\nwhereabouts are unknown or if he is not eligible to receive letters.\n  3. Pay the funeral expenses of the decedent.\n  4. Sell as and when authorized by the court perishable property or\nsuch other property of the decedent as the preservation of the estate\nrequires.\n  5. Sell at public auction all property delivered to him as the effects\nof persons whose deaths have been reported to him by the department of\nhospitals, the police department or any other department or person.\n  6. Defray the expenses of the foregoing activities and the expenses\nincidental to his application for letters.\n
N.Y. BNK Law § 202-F — New York Code / Act BNK / Article 5 / Section 202-F
Restrictions on loans, purchases of securities and total liabilities of any one person to New York branch or agency of foreign bank
Status: in_force

§ 202-f. Restrictions on loans, purchases of securities and total\nliabilities of any one person to New York branch or agency of foreign\nbank. Before opening a branch or agency in this state, and annually\nthereafter so long as a branch or agency is maintained in this state, a\nforeign banking corporation, licensed pursuant to article two of this\nchapter, shall certify to the superintendent the amount of its paid-in\ncapital stock, its surplus fund and its undivided profits, each\nexpressed in the currency of the country of its incorporation, the\ndollar equivalent of which amount, as determined by the superintendent,\nshall be deemed to be the amount of its capital stock, surplus fund and\nundivided profits. Loans, purchases and discounts of notes, bills of\nexchange, bonds, debentures and other obligations, and extensions of\ncredit and acceptances by a branch or agency of a foreign banking\ncorporation within this state shall be subject to the same limitations\nas to amount in relation to capital stock, surplus fund, and undivided\nprofits as are applicable to banks and trust companies pursuant to\narticle three of this chapter, provided, however, that with the prior\napproval of the superintendent of financial services, the capital notes\nand capital debentures of such foreign banking corporation may be\ntreated as capital stock in computing such limitations.\n
N.Y. DEA Law § 36 — New York Code / Act DEA / Article 3-A / Section 36
Implied warranty in contracts for shelters
Status: in_force

§ 36. Implied warranty in contracts for shelters. 1. In any sale of or\nin any contract\n  (a) to sell,\n  (b) to construct, or\n  (c) to alter or improve any area or portion of a building, structure,\nor other real property in order to provide\nany facility represented, expressly or impliedly, to reduce the\nintensity of fallout radiation, there is an implied warranty or\ncondition that such facility complies with the plan, regulations or\norders of the commission which are in effect pertaining to shelters,\nunless there is prompt and full disclosure in accordance with the\nregulations of the commission of the fact that such facility does not\ncomply in this respect with such plan, regulations or orders of the\ncommission.\n  2. For purposes of this section, the plan, regulations or orders of\nthe commission pertaining to shelters and to the form and manner by\nwhich disclosure is to be made shall take effect thirty days after\nfiling by the commission in the office of the department of state.\n
N.Y. GCN Law § 59 — New York Code / Act GCN / Article 2 / Section 59
Bastard; illegitimate child
Status: in_force

§ 59. Bastard; illegitimate child. The term "bastard" or "illegitimate\nchild" in a statute means a child born out of wedlock. Hereafter in any\nlocal law, ordinance or resolution or in any public or judicial\nproceeding or in any process, notice, order, decree, judgment, record or\nother public document or paper, the term "bastard" or "illegitimate\nchild" shall not be used, but the term "child born out of wedlock" shall\nbe used in substitution therefor and with the same force and effect.\n
N.Y. STF Law § 179-U — New York Code / Act STF / Article 11-B / Section 179-U
Advance payments
Status: in_force

§ 179-u. Advance payments. 1. When a state agency administering a\ncontract shall advise the not-for-profit organization of the agency's\nintention to renew the contract, the not-for-profit organization, may,\nupon receipt of a written directive, be entitled to an advance payment\npending execution of the renewal contract if such contract is not fully\nexecuted by the commencement date of the succeeding contract; the\nwritten directive shall specifically set forth the dollar amount and the\nperiod of time covered by the advance payment. Such advance payment\nshall offset future payments due to the organization for services\nprovided during the term of the prospective renewal contract and shall\nnot exceed the maximum contract amount set forth in said renewal\ncontract.\n  2. A state agency providing an advance payment pursuant to subdivision\none of this section shall submit a written directive, a voucher and such\nother documents as may be required to the comptroller for approval.\n
N.Y. JUD Law § 435 — New York Code / Act JUD / Article 14 / Section 435
Qualifications of state reporter and deputies
Status: in_force

§ 435. Qualifications of state reporter and deputies. No one shall be\nappointed to the office of state reporter or of deputy state reporter\nwho is not an attorney and counselor of this state; provided, however,\nthat the limitation contained herein with respect to appointment to the\noffice of deputy state reporter shall not apply to any deputy supreme\ncourt reporter or assistant supreme court reporter transferred from the\noffice of the supreme court reporter to the law reporting bureau in\naccordance with the direction contained in section six of chapter four\nhundred ninety-four of the laws of nineteen hundred thirty-eight.\n
N.Y. CVS Law § 204 — New York Code / Act CVS / Article 14 / Section 204
Recognition and certification of employee organizations
Status: in_force

§ 204. Recognition and certification of employee organizations. 1.\nPublic employers are hereby empowered to recognize employee\norganizations for the purpose of negotiating collectively in the\ndetermination of, and administration of grievances arising under, the\nterms and conditions of employment of their public employees as provided\nin this article, and to negotiate and enter into written agreements with\nsuch employee organizations in determining such terms and conditions of\nemployment.\n  2. Where an employee organization has been certified or recognized\npursuant to the provisions of this article, it shall be the exclusive\nrepresentative, for the purposes of this article, of all the employees\nin the appropriate negotiating unit, and the appropriate public employer\nshall be, and hereby is, required to negotiate collectively with such\nemployee organization in the determination of, and administration of\ngrievances arising under, the terms and conditions of employment of the\npublic employees as provided in this article, and to negotiate and enter\ninto written agreements with such employee organizations in determining\nsuch terms and conditions of employment.\n  3. For the purpose of this article, to negotiate collectively is the\nperformance of the mutual obligation of the public employer and a\nrecognized or certified employee organization to meet at reasonable\ntimes and confer in good faith with respect to wages, hours, and other\nterms and conditions of employment, or the negotiation of an agreement,\nor any question arising thereunder, and the execution of a written\nagreement incorporating any agreement reached if requested by either\nparty, but such obligation does not compel either party to agree to a\nproposal or require the making of a concession.\n
N.Y. TWN Law § 242 — New York Code / Act TWN / Article 15 / Section 242
Assessments payable in installments
Status: in_force

§ 242. Assessments payable in installments. 1. The supervisor shall\npresent the returned assessment roll to the town board at its next\nmeeting. If obligations shall have been issued to finance the\nimprovement, in whole or in part, the town board shall divide the amount\nof the unpaid assessment against each parcel of land into such annual\ninstallments as shall be necessary to completely amortize the principal\namount of such obligations as they shall mature. A special assessment\nroll shall be prepared setting forth such amortization, specifying the\nowner of each parcel of land and the amount of each annual installment\nwhich shall be assessed against such parcel.\n  2. There shall be added to the amount of each installment, interest at\nthe highest rate borne by the obligations so issued. The original\nassessment roll or data file as authorized by article fifteen-C of the\nreal property tax law returned by the collector or receiver of taxes,\ntogether with the special assessment roll for the payment of the\nassessments in installments, shall be filed in the office of the town\nclerk.\n  3. Whenever assessments shall be payable in installments, each\ninstallment thereof shall become a lien at and only from the time the\nsame becomes payable upon the parcel of real estate upon which the same\nshall be assessed, prior and superior to all other claims, liens, assets\nor interests therein, except the lien of an existing tax or assessment.\n
N.Y. TAX Law § 1262-D — New York Code / Act TAX / Article 29 / Part 4 / Section 1262-D
Allocation and distribution of revenues from sales and use taxes to villages within the county of Albany
Status: in_force

§ 1262-d. Allocation and distribution of revenues from sales and use\ntaxes to villages within the county of Albany. Notwithstanding any other\nprovision of this chapter to the contrary, the net collections from a\ntax imposed by Albany county pursuant to this article set aside for\nallocation and distribution to the towns and villages therein shall be\ndistributed between such towns and villages where any such village has\nelected or hereafter elects to take its share in cash, directly in\nproportion to their respective populations determined in accordance with\nthe latest decennial federal census or special population census taken\npursuant to section twenty of the general municipal law completed and\npublished prior to the end of the quarter for which the allocation is\nmade, which special census must include the entire area of the county,\nexcept that in the towns of Colonie and Coeymans, the amount to be paid\nto each village therein shall be determined by the ratio that the full\nvaluation of real property in each such village within said town bears\nto the full valuation of real property in the entire town as set forth\nin subdivision (c) of section twelve hundred sixty-two of this chapter;\nprovided, however, that commencing with the July, nineteen hundred\neighty-one quarterly distribution, one-eighth of the amount of such net\ncollections allocated to the town of Colonie and each successive quarter\nthereafter, cumulatively, an additional one-eighth part of each such\nquarterly town allocation shall be distributed between such village or\nvillages and the town of Colonie in proportion to their respective full\nvaluations of real property, with the remainder of each such town\nquarterly allocation through and including that distributable in\nJanuary, nineteen hundred eighty-three, being an evenly declining\nportion of each such quarterly allocation, to be distributed in\nproportion to population as hereinbefore set forth for the remainder of\nAlbany county, so that the April, nineteen hundred eighty-three\nquarterly allocation to the town of Colonie and those allocations\nthereafter received shall be divided between said town and the villages\ntherein solely in proportion to their respective full valuations of real\nproperty as provided herein.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 384 — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 25-A / Section 384
Registration of manufacturers of new bedding
Status: in_force

§ 384. Registration of manufacturers of new bedding.  1. Every\nmanufacturer of new bedding sold in this state shall file a notice with\nthe department of state which: (a) states its name and address; and (b)\naffirms that it uses new material when it manufactures new bedding.\n  2. Each registration shall expire one year from the date of issue.\n
N.Y. SCP Law § 1614 — New York Code / Act SCP / Article 16 / Section 1614
Authentication of foreign will or letters In any case in which a foreign will or letters are required to be proved under this article, th...
Status: in_force

§ 1614.  Authentication of foreign will or letters\n  In any case in which a foreign will or letters are required to be\nproved under this article, the will or letters shall be authenticated in\nthe manner prescribed by the CPLR.\n
N.Y. SCC Law § 31 — New York Code / Act SCC / Article 4 / Section 31
Members; president; organization of council
Status: in_force

§ 31. Members; president; organization of council. The aldermen of the\ncity shall constitute the common council thereof. The members of the\ncommon council shall meet in the room provided for the purpose on the\nsecond day of January after their election, or if that be Sunday, then\non the next day, and organize.  The president shall preside at all\nmeetings and discharge such other duties as may be defined by ordinance\nof the common council and otherwise by law. The common council may at\nany regular meeting, elect one of its members president pro tempore to\nact during the temporary absence or disability of the president and who\nshall be the president of the common council in case of a permanent\nvacancy in that office.  Until such permanent vacancy shall be filled,\nthe mayor shall preside over the meetings of the common council. Until\nsuch a vacancy is filled the common council shall transact no business\nexcept to adjourn from time to time. The president may vote like other\nmembers of the common council upon all resolutions and ordinances\nsubmitted to the body for its action in case of a tie vote, and when a\nmember of the common council is elected president, he shall be entitled\nto vote as a member of the common council. The president of the common\ncouncil shall have the power of commissioner of deeds.\n
N.Y. CVR Law § 62 — New York Code / Act CVR / Article 6 / Section 62
Notice
Status: in_force

§ 62. Notice. 1. If the petition be to change the name of an infant,\nnotice of the time and place when and where the petition will be\npresented must be served, in like manner as a notice of a motion upon an\nattorney in an action, upon (a) both parents of the infant, if they be\nliving, unless the petition be made by one of the parents, in which case\nnotice must be served upon the other, if he or she be living, and (b)\nthe general guardian or guardian of the person, if there be one. But if\nany of the persons, required to be given notice by this section, reside\nwithout the state, then the notice required by this section must be sent\nby registered mail to the last known address of the person to be served.\nIf it appears to the satisfaction of the court that a person required to\nbe given notice by this section cannot be located with due diligence\nwithin the state, and that such person has no known address without the\nstate, then the court may dispense with notice or require notice to be\ngiven to such persons and in such manner as the court thinks proper.\n  2. If the petition be to change the name of a person currently\nconfined as an incarcerated individual in any correctional facility or\ncurrently under the supervision of the department of corrections and\ncommunity supervision or a county probation department as a result of a\nconviction for a violent felony offense as defined in section 70.02 of\nthe penal law or a felony defined in article one hundred twenty-five of\nsuch law or any of the following provisions of such law sections 130.25,\n130.30, 130.40, 130.45, 255.25, 255.26, 255.27, article two hundred\nsixty-three, 135.10, 135.25, 230.05, 230.06, subdivision two of section\n230.30 or 230.32, notice of the time and place when and where the\npetition will be presented shall be served, in like manner as a notice\nof a motion upon an attorney in an action, upon the district attorney of\nevery county in which such person has been convicted of such felony and\nupon the court or courts in which the sentence for such felony was\nentered. Unless a shorter period of time is ordered by the court, said\nnotice shall be served upon each such district attorney and court or\ncourts not less than sixty days prior to the date on which such petition\nis noticed to be heard.\n  3. Except as provided in subdivisions one and two of this section, the\ncourt shall not require any other pre-hearing notice. Under no\ncircumstances shall the court require notice to United States\nimmigration and customs enforcement, United States customs and border\nprotection, United States citizenship and immigration services, or any\nsuccessor agencies, or any agencies having similar duties.\n  4. Except for applications in family court pursuant to section sixty\nof this article, the court shall not request or require consent from any\nparty other than the petitioner, or in the case of a petitioner who does\nnot have capacity to consent, their legal representative, as a condition\nof granting the name change or obtaining certified copies of the name\nchange order.\n