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N.Y. JUD Law § 2-B — New York Code / Act JUD / Article 2 / Section 2-B
General powers of courts of record
Status: in_force

§ 2-b. General powers of courts of record. A court of record has power\n  1. to issue a subpoena requiring the attendance of a person found in\nthe state to testify in a cause pending in that court, subject, however,\nto the limitations prescribed by law with respect to the portion of the\nstate in which the process of the local court of record may be served;\n  2. to administer an oath to a witness in the exercise of the powers\nand duties of the court and;\n  3. to devise and make new process and forms of proceedings, necessary\nto carry into effect the powers and jurisdiction possessed by it.\n
N.Y. MHY Law § 29.28 — New York Code / Act MHY / Title E / Article 29 / Section 29.28
Payment of costs for prosecution of incarcerated individual-patients
Status: in_force

§ 29.28 Payment of costs for prosecution of incarcerated\n           individual-patients.\n  (a) When an incarcerated individual-patient, as defined in subdivision\n(a) of section 29.27 of this article, who was committed from a state\ncorrectional facility, is alleged to have committed an offense while in\nthe custody of the department, the department of corrections and\ncommunity supervision shall pay all reasonable costs for the prosecution\nof such offense, including but not limited to, costs for: a grand jury\nimpaneled to hear and examine evidence of such offense, petit jurors,\nwitnesses, the defense of any incarcerated individual financially unable\nto obtain counsel in accordance with the provisions of the county law,\nthe district attorney, the costs of the sheriff and the appointment of\nadditional court attendants, officers or other judicial personnel.\n  (b) It shall be the duty of the governing body of any county wherein\nsuch prosecution occurs to cause a sworn statement of all costs to be\nforwarded to the department of corrections and community supervision.\nUpon certification by such department that such costs as authorized by\nthis section have been incurred, the commissioner of corrections and\ncommunity supervision shall forward the proper vouchers to the state\ncomptroller. It shall be the duty of the comptroller to examine such\nstatement and to correct same by striking therefrom any and all items\nwhich are not authorized pursuant to the provisions of this section and\nafter correcting such statement, the comptroller shall draw his or her\nwarrant for the amount of any such costs in favor of the appropriate\ncounty treasurer, which sum shall be paid to said county treasurer out\nof any moneys appropriated therefor.\n  (c) The department shall, after consultation with the director of the\nbudget, promulgate rules and regulations to carry out the provisions of\nthis section.\n
N.Y. STF Law § 99-PP — New York Code / Act STF / Article 6 / Section 99-PP
Background check fund
Status: in_force

* § 99-pp. Background check fund. 1. There is hereby established in\nthe joint custody of the state comptroller and commissioner of taxation\nand finance a special fund to be known as the "background check fund".\n  2. Such fund shall consist of all revenues received by the\ncomptroller, pursuant to the provisions of section two hundred\ntwenty-eight of the executive law and all other moneys appropriated\nthereto from any other fund or source pursuant to law. Nothing contained\nin this section shall prevent the state from receiving grants, gifts or\nbequests for the purposes of the fund as defined in this section and\ndepositing them into the fund according to law.\n  3. The moneys of the background check fund, following appropriation by\nthe legislature, shall be allocated for the direct costs associated with\nperforming background checks pursuant to section two hundred\ntwenty-eight of the executive law.\n  4. The state comptroller may invest any moneys in the background check\nfund not expended for the purpose of this section as provided by law.\nThe state comptroller shall credit any interest and income derived from\nthe deposit and investment of moneys in the background check fund to the\nbackground check fund.\n  5. (a) Any unexpended and unencumbered moneys remaining in the\nbackground check fund at the end of a fiscal year shall remain in the\nbackground check fund and shall not be credited to any other fund.\n  (b) To the extent practicable, any such remaining funds shall be used\nto reduce the amount of the fee described in subdivision two of section\ntwo hundred twenty-eight of the executive law.\n  * NB There are 3 § 99-pp's\n
N.Y. RPA Law § 1311 — New York Code / Act RPA / Article 13 / Section 1311
Necessary defendants
Status: in_force

§ 1311. Necessary defendants.  Each of the following persons, whose\ninterest is claimed to be subject and subordinate to the plaintiff's\nlien, shall be made a party defendant to the action:\n  1. Every person having an estate or interest in possession, or\notherwise, in the property as tenant in fee, for life, by the curtesy,\nor for years, and every person entitled to the reversion, remainder, or\ninheritance of the real property, or of any interest therein or\nundivided share thereof, after the determination of a particular estate\ntherein.\n  2. Every person having a right of dower or an inchoate right of dower\nin the real property or any part or share thereof.\n  3. Every person having any lien or incumbrance upon the real property\nwhich is claimed to be subject and subordinate to the lien of the\nplaintiff.\n  4. Where the mortgage is upon any of the public utilities regulated by\nthe public service law, the public service commission.\n
N.Y. STF Law § 179-CC — New York Code / Act STF / Article 11-B / Section 179-CC
Judicial review
Status: in_force

§ 179-cc. Judicial review. Any state agency action or failure to act\nwith respect to the contract approval process in implementation of a\nprogram under the provisions of this article shall be subject to\njudicial review in an action pursuant to article seventy-eight of the\ncivil practice law and rules brought by a not-for-profit organization\nwhich provides services that would or could assist a state agency in\ncarrying out activities with respect to such program.\n
N.Y. RPA Law § 797-H — New York Code / Act RPA / Article 7-D / Section 797-H
Answer
Status: in_force

§ 797-h. Answer. At or prior to the time the petition is to be heard\nthe respondent may answer orally or in writing. If the answer is oral\nthe substance thereof shall be recorded by the clerk or, if a particular\ncourt has no clerk, by the presiding judge or justice of such court, and\nmaintained in the case record. The answer may contain any legal or\nequitable defense.\n
N.Y. CTC Law § 29 — New York Code / Act CTC / Article 4 / Section 29
Laws repealed
Status: in_force

§ 29. Laws repealed.  Chapter nine hundred and twenty-two of the laws\nof nineteen hundred twenty and all acts amendatory thereof are hereby\nrepealed.\n
N.Y. AGM Law § 24 — New York Code / Act AGM / Article 2 / Section 24
Publication of department bulletins, publications and reports
Status: in_force

§ 24. Publication of department bulletins, publications and reports.\nThere may be published by the department from time to time bulletins or\nother publications and reports containing accurate data, statistics and\ninformation.\n  1. As to agriculture, agricultural production, agricultural labor and\nthe agricultural conditions of the state, and the development and\nimprovement thereof, with a view of increasing farm production and\nvalues;\n  2. As to the sources, supply and prices of foods, their storage and\naccumulation at different places, and the quantities and location of the\navailable supply thereof;\n  3. As to the market prices of foods;\n  4. As to facilities afforded for transportation, marketing and\ndistribution of foods within the state;\n  5. As to matters pertaining generally to the production of foods, the\nactual food value of articles used as foods, and the sale and\ndistribution thereof to the consumers, which in the opinion of the\ncommissioner will prove valuable or of interest to the public;\n  6. As to investigations, hearings and inquiries conducted as provided\nin this chapter, the conclusions reached as to the matters involved\ntherein, and the orders and recommendations made as a result thereof;\n  7. As to any other matter which the commissioner deems proper.\n  Such bulletins, publications and reports and the information contained\ntherein shall be published and distributed in the manner deemed best by\nthe commissioner for the dissemination of knowledge as to the\nagricultural and dairy interests of the state and the production, sale,\npurchase, storage, marketing and distribution of foods, and the economic\nand food value of articles used as food.  The cost of publishing such\nbulletins, publications and reports shall be paid in the same manner as\nother expenses of the department out of appropriations made therefor.\nCopies of the bulletins, publication and reports of the department may\nalso be sold to the public at the estimated cost thereof, in accordance\nwith a schedule of charges which the commissioner is hereby authorized\nto adopt.\n
N.Y. SCT Law § 48 — New York Code / Act SCT / Article 2 / Section 48
Two or more separate and distinct parcels of real estate may be included in one transfer
Status: in_force

§ 48. Two or more separate and distinct parcels of real estate may be\nincluded in one transfer. The county treasurer may include in one\ncertificate of sale, to a purchaser at the tax sale, two or more lots or\nseparate and distinct parcels of real estate sold to the same purchaser,\nprovided, however, that such separate and distinct lots or parcels of\nreal estate be offered separately at the public tax sale.\n
N.Y. LAB Law § 210 — New York Code / Act LAB / Article 7 / Section 210
Proceedings for nonenforcement
Status: in_force

§ 210. Proceedings for nonenforcement. Any officer, agent or employee\nof this state or of a municipal corporation therein having a duty to act\nin the premises who violates, evades or knowingly permits the violation\nof any of the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of malfeasance\nin office and shall be suspended or removed by the authority having\npower to appoint or remove such officer, agent or employee; otherwise by\nthe governor.  Any citizen of this state may maintain proceedings for\nthe suspension or removal of such officer, agent or employee who\nknowingly permits the violation of any of the provisions of this\nchapter.\n
N.Y. TAX Law § 478 — New York Code / Act TAX / Article 20 / Section 478
Determination of tax
Status: in_force

§ 478. Determination of tax. If any person files any return under this\narticle, but such return is incorrect or insufficient, the commissioner\nof taxation and finance shall determine the amount of tax due at any\ntime within three years after the return was filed (whether or not such\nreturn was filed on or after the due date), and give written notice of\nsuch determination to such person, except that if such person fails to\nfile a return or files a willfully false or fraudulent return with\nintent to evade the tax, such determination may be made at any time.\nNotwithstanding any of the foregoing provisions of this section, where,\nbefore the expiration of the time prescribed in this section for the\ndetermination of tax, both the commissioner of taxation and finance and\nthe taxpayer have consented in writing to its determination after such\ntime, the tax may be determined at any time prior to the expiration of\nthe period agreed upon. The period so agreed upon may be extended by\nsubsequent agreements in writing made before the expiration of the\nperiod previously agreed upon. Any determination made pursuant to this\nsection shall finally and irrevocably fix the tax unless the person\nagainst whom it is assessed shall, within ninety days after the giving\nof notice of such determination, petition the division of tax appeals\nfor a hearing. After such hearing, the division of tax appeals shall\ngive notice of the determination of the administrative law judge to the\nperson liable for the tax and to the commissioner of taxation and\nfinance. Such determination may be reviewed by the tax appeals tribunal\nas provided in article forty of this chapter. The decision of the tax\nappeals tribunal may be reviewed as provided in section two thousand\nsixteen of this chapter, but the proceeding may not be commenced unless\nthe amount of tax stated or referred to in the decision, with penalties\nand interest thereon, if any, shall have been first deposited with the\ncommissioner of taxation and finance, and an undertaking filed with him,\nin such amount and with such sureties as a justice of the supreme court\nshall approve, to the effect that if the proceeding be dismissed or the\ndecision confirmed, the petitioner will pay all costs and charges which\nmay accrue against him in the prosecution of the proceeding, or at the\noption of the petitioner such undertaking may be in a sum sufficient to\ncover the tax, penalties, interest, costs and charges aforesaid, in\nwhich event the petitioner shall not be required to pay such tax,\npenalties and interest as a condition precedent to the commencement of\nthe proceeding.\n  The remedy provided by this section for review of a decision of the\ntax appeals tribunal shall be the exclusive remedy available to any\ntaxpayer to judicially determine the liability of such taxpayer for\ntaxes under this article.\n
N.Y. BNK Law § 635 — New York Code / Act BNK / Article 13-A / Section 635
Definitions
Status: in_force

§ 635. Definitions. 1. "Person" when used in this article means an\nindividual, partnership, corporation, unincorporated association, joint\nstock association, trust or other group, however organized.\n  2. "License" when used in this article means any license duly issued\nby the superintendent pursuant to the provisions of article nine,\nnine-A, eleven-B, twelve-B, twelve-C, twelve-D or thirteen-B of this\nchapter or any registration certificate issued by the superintendent\npursuant to the provisions of article twelve-D of this chapter.\n  3. "Licensee" when used in this article means any person issued a\nlicense.\n
N.Y. CCA Law § 1301 — New York Code / Act CCA / Article 13 / Section 1301
How cause brought on for trial; notice of trial
Status: in_force

§ 1301. How cause brought on for trial; notice of trial. Upon joinder\nof issue the clerk shall place the case upon a general calendar. Where\nany party appears in person, the clerk shall fix a date for trial not\nless than five nor more than fifteen days after joinder of issue, and\nshall immediately notify all the parties by mail of such date. If any of\nthe parties has appeared by attorney, the clerk shall notify the\nattorney. Where all parties appear by attorney any party may serve a\nnotice on the others fixing a date for trial not less than five nor more\nthan eight days after the service of such notice, and shall file such\nnotice, with proof of service thereof, with the clerk, who shall\nthereupon place the case on the calendar for trial. The case shall be\nset down for trial as provided for by the rules.\n
N.Y. PEN Law § 115.00 — New York Code / Act PEN / Part 3 / Title G / Article 115 / Section 115.00
Criminal facilitation in the fourth degree
Status: in_force

§ 115.00 Criminal facilitation in the fourth degree.\n  A person is guilty of criminal facilitation in the fourth degree when,\nbelieving it probable that he is rendering aid:\n  1. to a person who intends to commit a crime, he engages in conduct\nwhich provides such person with means or opportunity for the commission\nthereof and which in fact aids such person to commit a felony; or\n  2. to a person under sixteen years of age who intends to engage in\nconduct which would constitute a crime, he, being over eighteen years of\nage, engages in conduct which provides such person with means or\nopportunity for the commission thereof and which in fact aids such\nperson to commit a crime.\n  Criminal facilitation in the fourth degree is a class A misdemeanor.\n
N.Y. TRA Law § 300 — New York Code / Act TRA / Article 13 / Section 300
Declaration of policy
Status: in_force

§ 300. Declaration of policy. In order to assure effective discharge\nof state responsibility with respect to the provision of adequate mass\ntransportation services to the inhabitants of the State, the department\nmay enter into an agreement with any municipal corporation to pay on\nbehalf of the State a share of the project cost of any municipal project\nundertaken in accordance with the provisions of any federal grant or\nproject approval received from the Federal Urban Mass Transportation\nAdministration or the Federal Highway Administration.\n  The state share of a municipal project undertaken with federal\nassistance from the Federal Urban Mass Transportation Administration or\nthe Federal Highway Administration may be fifteen percent of the project\ncost.\n  In the event a municipal propect is undertaken with federal assistance\nas authorized by the Federal Aid Highway Act of l973, and the federal\nassistance provided is less than eighty percent of the project cost, the\nstate share may be increased by an amount equivalent to the difference\nbetween the federal assistance received and eighty percent of the\nproject cost provided, however, that the maximum state share of any\nmunicipal project shall not exceed twenty-five percent of the project\ncost.\n
N.Y. STF Law § 99-FF — New York Code / Act STF / Article 6 / Section 99-FF
Parks retail stores fund
Status: in_force

* § 99-ff. Parks retail stores fund. 1. Notwithstanding sections\neight, eight-a and seventy of this chapter and any other provision of\nlaw, rule, regulation or practice to the contrary, there is hereby\nestablished in the joint custody of the state comptroller and the\ncommissioner of tax and finance a parks retail stores fund, which shall\nbe classified by the state comptroller as an enterprise fund, and which\nshall consist of all moneys received from private entities and\nindividuals from retail operations at state parks, recreational\nfacilities and historic sites operated by the office of parks,\nrecreation and historic preservation.\n  2. Moneys within the parks retail stores fund shall be made available\nto the commissioner of parks, recreation and historic preservation for\nservices and expenses relating to the operation of retail stores and in\nsupport of the sale of retail goods at state parks, recreational\nfacilities and historic sites.\n  * NB There are 2 § 99-ff's\n
N.Y. ABP Law § 602 — New York Code / Act ABP / Article 6 / Section 602
Payment of abandoned property
Status: in_force

§ 602. Payment of abandoned property. 1. In such succeeding month of\nApril, and on or before the tenth day thereof, every county treasurer\nand the commissioner of finance of the city of New York shall pay or\ndeliver to the state comptroller all abandoned property specified in\nparagraph (a) of subdivision one of section six hundred, which was so\nabandoned as of the first day of January next preceding.\n  2. Within thirty days after a decree as provided by section two\nthousand two hundred twenty-two of the surrogate's court procedure act,\nthe executor, administrator, guardian or testamentary trustee shall pay\nor deliver to the state comptroller all abandoned property specified in\nparagraph (b) of subdivision one of section six hundred.\n  4. A payment or delivery of abandoned property required to be made\npursuant to subdivision one or subdivision three of this section may be\nmade without an order.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 35 — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 4 / Section 35
Municipal regulations
Status: in_force

§ 35. Municipal regulations. This article shall not affect the\napplication of any ordinance, by-law or regulation of a municipal\ncorporation relating to hawkers and peddlers within the limits of such\ncorporations, but the provisions of this article are to be complied with\nin addition to the requirements of any such ordinance, by-law or\nregulation; provided, however, that no such by-law, ordinance or\nregulation shall prevent or in any manner interfere with the hawking or\npeddling, without the use of any but a hand driven vehicle, in any\nstreet, avenue, alley, lane or park of a municipal corporation, by any\nhonorably discharged member of the armed forces of the United States who\n(1) was honorably discharged from such service, or (2) has a qualifying\ncondition, as defined in section one of the veterans' services law, and\nhas received a discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from\nsuch service, or (3) is a discharged LGBT veteran, as defined in section\none of the veterans' services law, and has received a discharge other\nthan bad conduct or dishonorable from such service, and who is\nphysically disabled as a result of injuries received while in the\nservice of said armed forces and the holder of a license granted\npursuant to section thirty-two of this article.\n
N.Y. PVH Law § 905 — New York Code / Act PVH / Article 16 / Section 905
Periodic review of contract performance; renegotiation and termination of contract
Status: in_force

§ 905. Periodic review of contract performance; renegotiation and\ntermination of contract. 1. The division shall, by regulation as\nhereinafter provided, provide for formal evaluation of the performance\nof a company to determine its progress in achieving the objectives\noutlined in the annual neighborhood preservation plan contained in its\ncontract with the division. Such evaluation shall include a review of\nthe efforts of the company to execute each of the components of its plan\nand a consultation between the company and the division regarding the\nfindings of the division relative to performance. The division shall\nprovide or cause to be provided technical assistance determined to be\nnecessary by the division to improve the ability of the company to\nexecute each of the components of its plan. Such evaluation and\ndetermination of the need for technical assistance shall consider the\nfinancial and staff resources of the company for the period evaluated\nand any special considerations which may have had an impact on\nperformance during the period.\n  2. If the division determines that a company has not made sufficient\nprogress toward achieving the objectives of its annual neighborhood\npreservation plan the division shall conduct a site visit to review\nthese findings and, if warranted, shall place the company on probation.\n  3. The division shall terminate or not renew or not extend a contract\nin accordance with provisions of subdivision six of section nine hundred\nthree of this article if the commissioner determines that the\nperformance of a company is not sufficient to merit continued\nparticipation in the program.\n  4. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the commissioner may terminate any\ncontract upon a finding of substantial non-compliance or other\nsubstantial breach of the contract.\n
N.Y. CVP Law § 4104 — New York Code / Act CVP / Article 41 / Section 4104
Number of jurors
Status: in_force

§ 4104. Number of jurors. A jury shall be composed of six persons.\n