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N.Y. MHY Law § 81.05 — New York Code / Act MHY / Title E / Article 81 / Section 81.05
Venue
Status: in_force

§ 81.05 Venue.\n  (a) A proceeding under this article shall be brought in the supreme\ncourt within the judicial district, or in the county court of the county\nin which the person alleged to be incapacitated resides, or is\nphysically present, or in the surrogate's court having jurisdiction\npursuant to subdivision (b) of section 81.04 of this article. If the\nperson alleged to be incapacitated is being cared for as a resident in a\nfacility, the residence of that person shall be deemed to be in the\ncounty where the facility is located and the proceeding shall be brought\nin that county, subject to application by an interested party for a\nchange in venue to another county because of the inconvenience of the\nparties or witnesses or the condition of the person alleged to be\nincapacitated. If the person alleged to be incapacitated is not present\nin the state, or the residence of such person cannot be ascertained, the\nresidence shall be deemed to be in the county in which all or some of\nsuch person's property is situated.\n  (b) After the appointment of a guardian, temporary guardian, special\nguardian, standby guardian, or alternate standby guardians, any\nproceeding to modify a prior order shall be brought in the supreme\ncourt, county court, or surrogate's court which granted the prior order.\nIf, at the time of the application to modify a prior order, the\nincapacitated person is being cared for as a resident in a facility, the\nproceeding shall be brought in the county where the facility is located,\nsubject to application by an interested party for a change in venue to\nthe court which granted the prior order because of the inconvenience of\nthe parties or witnesses or the condition of the incapacitated person.\n
N.Y. TRA Law § 100 — New York Code / Act TRA / Article 4 / Section 100
Concurrence in joint tariffs
Status: in_force

§ 100. Concurrence in joint tariffs. The names of the several carriers\nwhich are parties to any joint tariff shall be specified therein, and\neach of the parties thereto, other than the one filing the same, shall\nfile with the commissioner such evidence of concurrence therein or\nacceptance thereof as may be required or approved by the commissioner;\nand where such evidence of concurrence or acceptance is filed, it shall\nnot be necessary for the carriers filing the same also to file copies of\nthe tariffs in which they are named as parties.\n
N.Y. RPP Law § 230 — New York Code / Act RPP / Article 7 / Section 230
Right of tenants to form, join or participate in tenants' groups
Status: in_force

§ 230. Right of tenants to form, join or participate in tenants'\ngroups. 1. No landlord shall interfere with the right of a tenant to\nform, join or participate in the lawful activities of any group,\ncommittee or other organization formed to protect the rights of tenants;\nnor shall any landlord harass, punish, penalize, diminish, or withhold\nany right, benefit or privilege of a tenant under his tenancy for\nexercising such right.\n  2. Tenants' groups, committees or other tenants' organizations shall\nhave the right to meet without being required to pay a fee in any\nlocation on the premises including a community or social room where use\nis normally subject to a fee which is devoted to the common use of all\ntenants in a peaceful manner, at reasonable hours and without\nobstructing access to the premises or facilities. No landlord shall deny\nsuch right.\n
N.Y. BNK Law § 490-D — New York Code / Act BNK / Article 11-A / Section 490-D
Provisions of agreement
Status: in_force

§ 490-d. Provisions of agreement. The agreement shall provide for the\nfollowing: (a) The designation of a corporate trustee or a board of\ntrustees to administer the fund and procedure for the resignation or\nremoval of any such trustee or trustees and for the selection of a\nsubstitute trustee or trustees;\n  (b) The amount of the initial contribution to the fund, which shall be\nmade by all parties to the agreement ratably in proportion to their\nrespective share and deposit liabilities, and which shall be not less\nthan one-fourth of one per centum of the total share and deposit\nliabilities, of each such party;\n  (c) The manner of making subsequent calls for contributions, which\nshall be made ratably upon all parties to the agreement in proportion to\ntheir respective share and deposit liabilities, except that the\nsuperintendent, where he deems it necessary and advisable, may exempt\nany such party or parties from any such call in whole or in part;\n  (d) Procedure for amendment of such agreement and its termination and\nliquidation of the fund;\n  (e) The powers to be vested in the corporate trustee or board of\ntrustees, as the case may be, and the manner in which such powers shall\nbe exercised;\n  (f) The distribution of any earnings realized from the fund which\ndistribution shall be made only with the written consent of the\nsuperintendent;\n  (g) The method of determining from time to time the amount of the\nshare and deposit liabilities of the respective parties to the\nagreement;\n  (h) The requirements to be complied with by a party to the agreement\ndesiring to withdraw therefrom prior to its termination, provided the\ncontributions to the fund theretofore made by such withdrawing party\nshall not be returned but shall remain the property of the fund.\n
N.Y. COM Law § 1 — New York Code / Act COM / Article 1 / Section 1
Short title
Status: in_force

§ 1. Short title. This chapter shall be known as the "economic\ndevelopment law".\n
N.Y. NPC Law § 802 — New York Code / Act NPC / Article 8 / Section 802
Authorization of amendment or change, class vote
Status: in_force

§ 802. Authorization of amendment or change, class vote.\n  (a) Amendment or change of the certificate of incorporation shall be\nauthorized:\n  (1) If there are members entitled to vote thereon, by majority vote of\nsuch members at a meeting as provided in paragraph (c) of section 613\n(Vote of members).\n  (2) If there are no members entitled to vote thereon, by vote of a\nmajority of the entire board.\n  (b) Notwithstanding any provision in the certificate of incorporation\nor by-laws, members of a class shall be entitled to vote and to vote as\na class upon the authorization of an amendment and, in addition to the\nauthorization of the amendment required by paragraph (a) (1), the\namendment shall be authorized by majority vote of the members of the\nclass, when the proposed amendment would exclude or limit their right to\nvote on any matter except as such right may be limited by voting rights\ngiven to members of an existing class or of a new class.\n  (c) Any one or more of the following changes may be authorized by or\npursuant to authorization of the board:\n  (1) To specify or change the location of the office of the\ncorporation.\n  (2) To specify or change the post office address to which the\nsecretary of state shall mail a copy of any process against the\ncorporation served upon him.\n  (3) To make, revoke or change the designation of a registered agent,\nor to specify or change the address of its registered agent.\n  (4) To specify, change or delete the email address to which the\nsecretary of state shall email a notice of the fact that process against\nthe corporation has been electronically served upon him or her.\n  (d) This section shall not alter the vote required under any other\nsection for the authorization of an amendment referred to therein, nor\nalter the authority of the board to authorize amendments under any other\nsection.\n
N.Y. FIS Law § 703 — New York Code / Act FIS / Article 7 / Section 703
Disclosure requirements
Status: in_force

§ 703. Disclosure requirements. (a) A student debt consultant shall\nclearly and conspicuously disclose in all advertisements:\n  (1) the actual services the consultant provides to borrowers;\n  (2) that borrowers may apply for consolidation loans from the United\nStates department of education at no cost, including providing a direct\nlink in all online advertising and contact information in all print\nadvertising to the application materials for a Direct Consolidation Loan\nfrom the United States department of education;\n  (3) that consolidation or other services offered by the consultant may\nnot be the best or only option for borrowers;\n  (4) that alternative federal student loan repayment plans, including\nincome-based programs, that do not require consolidating existing\nfederal student loans may be available; and\n  (5) that borrowers should consider consulting their student loan\nservicer before signing any legal document concerning a student loan.\n  (b) The disclosures required by subsection (a) of this section, if\ndisseminated through print media or the internet, shall be clearly and\nlegibly printed or displayed in not less than twelve-point bold type,\nor, if the advertisement is printed to be displayed in print that is\nsmaller than twelve point, in bold type print that is no smaller than\nthe print in which the text of the advertisement is printed or\ndisplayed.\n  (c) The provisions of this section shall apply to all consultants who\ndisseminate advertisements in the state of New York or who intend to\ndirectly or indirectly contact a borrower who has a student loan and is\na resident of or a student in New York state. Consultants shall\nestablish and at all times maintain control over the content, form and\nmethod of dissemination of all advertisements of their services.\nFurther, all advertisements shall be sufficiently complete and clear to\navoid the possibility to mislead or deceive.\n
N.Y. CVP Law § 4536 — New York Code / Act CVP / Article 45 / Section 4536
Proof of writing by comparison of handwriting
Status: in_force

Rule 4536. Proof of writing by comparison of handwriting.  Comparison\nof a disputed writing with any writing proved to the satisfaction of the\ncourt to be the handwriting of the person claimed to have made the\ndisputed writing shall be permitted.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 178 — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 11 / Section 178
Action on bond
Status: in_force

§ 178. Action on bond. All claims or suits brought in any court\nagainst any licensed person may be brought in the name of the person\ndamaged upon the bond deposited by such licensed person as provided in\nsection one hundred seventy-seven and may be transferred and assigned as\nother claims for damages in civil suits. The amount of damages claimed\nby plaintiff, and not the penalty named in the bond, shall determine the\njurisdiction of the court in which the action is brought. The\ncommissioner may institute a suit against the bond on behalf of any\nperson damaged. Where such licensed person has departed from the state\nwith intent to defraud his creditors or to avoid the service of a\nsummons in an action brought under this section, service shall be made\nupon the surety in the manner provided for service of a summons. A copy\nof such summons shall be mailed to the last known post office address of\nthe residence of the licensed person and the place where he conducted\nsuch employment agency, as shown by the records of the commissioner.\n
N.Y. PEN Law § 215.57 — New York Code / Act PEN / Part 3 / Title L / Article 215 / Section 215.57
Bail jumping in the first degree
Status: in_force

§ 215.57 Bail jumping in the first degree.\n  A person is guilty of bail jumping in the first degree when by court\norder he has been released from custody or allowed to remain at liberty,\neither upon bail or upon his own recognizance, upon condition that he\nwill subsequently appear personally in connection with an indictment\npending against him which charges him with the commission of a class A\nor class B felony, and when he does not appear personally on the\nrequired date or voluntarily within thirty days thereafter.\n  Bail jumping in the first degree is a class D felony.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 743 — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 35-B / Section 743
Enforcement by attorney general
Status: in_force

§ 743. Enforcement by attorney general. 1. In addition to the other\nremedies provided, whenever there shall be a violation of this article,\napplication may be made by the attorney general in the name of the\npeople of the state of New York to a court or justice having\njurisdiction by a special proceeding to issue an injunction, and upon\nnotice to the defendant of not less than five days, to enjoin and\nrestrain the continuance of such violations; and if it shall appear to\nthe satisfaction of the court or justice that the defendant has, in\nfact, violated this article, an injunction may be issued by such court\nor justice, 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 paragraph six of subdivision (a) of\nsection eighty-three hundred three of the civil practice law and rules,\nand direct restitution. Whenever the court shall determine that a\nviolation of this article has occurred, the court shall impose a civil\npenalty of not less than one thousand dollars and not more than three\nthousand dollars for each violation. In connection with any such\nproposed application, the attorney general is authorized to take proof\nand make a determination of the relevant facts and to issue subpoenas in\naccordance with the civil practice law and rules.\n  2. The provisions of this article may be enforced concurrently by a\nmunicipal consumer affairs office.\n
N.Y. UDC Law § 2405 — New York Code / Act UDC / Article 23 / Section 2405
Districts and number of judges therein
Status: in_force

§ 2405. Districts and number of judges therein. The county shall be\ndivided into judicial districts as follows: The county as a whole shall\nconstitute the first judicial district in which one district court judge\nshall be elected. The town of Hempstead shall be the second judicial\ndistrict, the town of North Hempstead the third judicial district and\nthe town of Oyster Bay the fourth judicial district.  There shall be\nfourteen district court judges elected in the second district, five in\nthe third district and six in the fourth district. For the purpose of\nelecting such judges and for the purpose of determining the boundaries\nof such districts, any city heretofore or hereafter created from the\nterritory of any town shall be considered to be part of that town.\n  The compensation of the judges of the district court authorized on the\neffective date of this act shall be the same as the existing judges of\nthe district court.\n
N.Y. ACA Law § 15.11 — New York Code / Act ACA / Title C / Article 15 / Section 15.11
Express warranties
Status: in_force

§ 15.11. Express warranties. Information provided pursuant to the\nprovisions of this article shall create an express warranty pursuant to\nsection 13.05 of this title. When such information is not supplied\nbecause not applicable, this shall constitute an express warranty that\nsuch required information is not applicable.\n
N.Y. SCP Law § 910 — New York Code / Act SCP / Article 9 / Section 910
Annual account of internee's estate 1
Status: in_force

§ 910. Annual account of internee's estate\n  1. Except as provided in subdivision 2 a temporary administrator of an\ninternee's property must annually within 30 days after the anniversary\nof his or her appointment, as long as any of the internee's property or\nof the proceeds thereof remains under his or her control, file in the\ncourt an account in similar manner and form as provided in 1719 and the\nsame shall be verified and examined as provided in 1720 and 1721.\n  2.  Where the temporary administrator omits to file an account as\nrequired under subdivision 1 or where it appears that the account is\ndefective, proceedings may be taken as prescribed in 1722.\n  3. When an internee or another duly appointed representative appears\nand claims his or her property the temporary administrator shall account\nfor, deliver and pay over the remainder thereof, after making such\ndeductions as are allowable by law.\n
N.Y. PBO Law § 33-A — New York Code / Act PBO / Article 3 / Section 33-A
Removal of heads of departments
Status: in_force

§ 33-a. Removal of heads of departments. Any officer who is, or any or\neither of the officers who are, the head of a department, if appointed\nby the governor by and with the advice and consent of the senate, may be\nremoved from office by the governor whenever in his judgment the public\ninterest shall so require. In case of such a removal the governor shall\nfile with the department of state a statement of the cause of such\nremoval and shall report such removal and the cause thereof to the\nlegislature at its next session.\n
N.Y. CVR Law § 50 — New York Code / Act CVR / Article 5 / Section 50
Right of privacy
Status: in_force

§ 50. Right of privacy. A person, firm or corporation that uses for\nadvertising purposes, or for the purposes of trade, the name, portrait,\npicture, likeness, or voice of any living person without having first\nobtained the written consent of such person, or if a minor of such\nminor's parent or guardian, is guilty of a misdemeanor.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 916 — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 40 / Section 916
Notice
Status: in_force

§ 916. Notice. In accordance with any applicable federal law or rule,\nevery peer-to-peer car sharing program shall display the following\nnotice prominently and in a clear and conspicuous location on its\nwebsite, with lettering that is legible: "NOTICE: New York State Law\nprohibits the following practices by peer-to-peer car sharing program\nadministrators based upon race, color, ethnic origin, religion,\ndisability, sex, marital status, residence or geographic location,\nincome, sexual orientation, genetic predisposition or age: (1) refusal\nto allow participation in a peer-to-peer car sharing program; and (2)\nthe imposition of any additional charge (except in certain instances\nwhere the shared vehicle driver is under the age of 25). In addition, it\nis unlawful for any peer-to-peer car sharing program administrator to\nrefuse to allow participation in the program to any person solely on the\nrequirement of ownership of a credit card."\n
N.Y. CVP Law § 213-C — New York Code / Act CVP / Article 2 / Section 213-C
Action by victim of conduct constituting certain sexual offenses
Status: in_force

§ 213-c. Action by victim of conduct constituting certain sexual\noffenses. Notwithstanding any other limitation set forth in this\narticle, except as provided in subdivision (b) of section two hundred\neight of this article, all civil claims or causes of action brought by\nany person for physical, psychological or other injury or condition\nsuffered by such person as a result of conduct which would constitute\nrape in the first degree as defined in section 130.35 of the penal law,\nor rape in the second degree as defined in subdivision four, five or six\nof section 130.30 of the penal law, or rape in the second degree as\ndefined in former subdivision two of section 130.30 of the penal law, or\nrape in the third degree as defined in subdivision one, two, three,\nseven, eight or nine of section 130.25 of the penal law, or a crime\nformerly defined in section 130.50 of the penal law, or a crime formerly\ndefined in subdivision two of section 130.45 of the penal law, or a\ncrime formerly defined in subdivision one or three of section 130.40 of\nthe penal law, or incest in the first degree as defined in section\n255.27 of the penal law, or incest in the second degree as defined in\nsection 255.26 of the penal law (where the crime committed is rape in\nthe second degree as defined in subdivision four, five or six of section\n130.30 of the penal law, or rape in the second degree as formerly\ndefined in subdivision two of section 130.30 of the penal law, or a\ncrime formerly defined in subdivision two of section 130.45 of the penal\nlaw), or aggravated sexual abuse in the first degree as defined in\nsection 130.70 of the penal law, or course of sexual conduct against a\nchild in the first degree as defined in section 130.75 of the penal law\nmay be brought against any party whose intentional or negligent acts or\nomissions are alleged to have resulted in the commission of the said\nconduct, within twenty years. Nothing in this section shall be construed\nto require that a criminal charge be brought or a criminal conviction be\nobtained as a condition of bringing a civil cause of action or receiving\na civil judgment pursuant to this section or be construed to require\nthat any of the rules governing a criminal proceeding be applicable to\nany such civil action.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 1009 — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 41 / Section 1009
Licenses; entities
Status: in_force

§ 1009. Licenses; entities. 1. (a) Except as otherwise provided in\nsections one thousand six and one thousand seventeen of this article,\nonly entities licensed by the commission may conduct an authorized\nprofessional combative sport within the state. The commission may, in\nits discretion, issue a license to conduct or hold authorized\nprofessional combative sports, subject to the provisions hereof, to any\nperson or corporation duly incorporated, or limited liability company\nauthorized, under the laws of the state of New York.\n  (b) A prospective licensee must submit to the commission proof that it\ncan furnish suitable premises, as determined by the commission, in which\nsuch combative sport is to be held.\n  (c) Upon written application the commission may grant to any entity\nholding a license issued hereunder, the privilege of holding such a\nmatch or exhibition on a specified date in other premises, or in another\nlocation, than the premises or location previously approved by the\ncommission, subject however to approval of the commission and the rules\nand regulations of the commission.\n  2. (a) The commission may, in its discretion and in accordance with\nregulations adopted by the commission to protect the health and safety\nof professionals in training, issue a license to operate a training\nfacility providing contact sparring maintained either exclusively or in\npart for the use of professional combative sports participants. At a\nminimum, any such regulation shall require:\n  (i) first aid materials to be stored in an accessible location on the\npremises and for the presence on the premises of a person trained and\ncertified in the use of such materials and procedures for\ncardio-pulmonary resuscitation at all times during which the facility is\nopen for training purposes;\n  (ii) clean and sanitary bathrooms, shower rooms, and locker rooms;\n  (iii) adequate ventilation and lighting of accessible areas of the\ntraining facility;\n  (iv) establishment of a policy concerning the restriction of smoking\nin training areas, including provisions for its enforcement by the\nfacility operator;\n  (v) compliance with state and local fire ordinances;\n  (vi) inspection and approval of surfaces on which training for\ncombative sports will be held; and\n  (vii) establishment of a policy for posting all commission license\nsuspensions and license revocations received from the commission\nincluding provisions for enforcement of such suspensions and revocations\nby the facility operator.\n  (b) A prospective entity licensee shall submit to the commission proof\nthat it can furnish suitable facilities in which the training is to be\nconducted, including the making of such training facilities available\nfor inspection by the commission at any time during which training is in\nprogress.\n