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N.Y. PBH Law § 2808-B — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 28 / Section 2808-B
Certification of financial statements and financial information
Status: in_force

§ 2808-b. Certification of financial statements and financial\ninformation.  1. All financial statements or financial information\nrequired by law or regulation to be submitted by a nursing home or\nfacility providing health-related service shall be certified in their\nentirety by an independent certified public accountant or independent\npublic accountant. The commissioner shall by regulation establish the\nform of certification which shall ensure that the certified public\naccountant or public accountant:\n  (a) has disclosed any and all material facts known to him, disclosure\nof which is necessary to make the financial statements or financial\ninformation not misleading; and\n  (b) during the period of his professional engagement, at the time of\nexpressing his opinion, or during the period covered by the financial\nstatements, did not have nor was committed to acquire, any direct\nfinancial interest or material indirect financial interest in the\nownership or operation of the nursing home or facility; and\n  (c) during the period of his professional engagement, at the time of\nexpressing his opinion or during the period covered by the financial\nstatements, was not connected in any way with the ownership, financing\nor operation of the nursing home or facility as a director, officer or\nemployee, or in any capacity other than as an independent certified\npublic accountant or independent public accountant; and\n  (d) subsequent to such certification discloses any material fact\ndiscovered by him which existed at the time of such certification and\nwas not disclosed in the financial statements or financial information,\nthe disclosure of which is necessary to make the financial statements or\nfinancial information not misleading and discloses any material\nmisstatement in said financial statements or financial information.\n  2. Any person submitting a financial statement or financial\ninformation which he knows to be false or certifying a financial\nstatement or financial information which he knows to be false shall be\nguilty of a class E felony.\n
N.Y. ISC Law § 4225 — New York Code / Act ISC / Article 42 / Section 4225
Domestic life insurance companies; discrimination as to brokers
Status: in_force

§ 4225. Domestic life insurance companies; discrimination as to\nbrokers. No officer, trustee or director of a domestic life insurance\ncompany shall direct or require a borrower from the life insurance\ncompany on mortgage to negotiate any policy of insurance on the\nmortgaged property through any particular insurance broker, or attempt\nto divert to any particular insurance broker the patronage of borrowers\nfrom the life insurance company, or refuse to accept any such insurance\npolicy because it was not negotiated through a particular insurance\nbroker.\n
N.Y. ELN Law § 16-104 — New York Code / Act ELN / Article 16 / Section 16-104
Proceedings as to form of ballot, party name, etc
Status: in_force

§ 16-104. Proceedings as to form of ballot, party name, etc. 1. The\nform and content of any ballot, or portion thereof, to be used in an\nelection, and the right to use any emblem design, party or independent\nbody name, may be contested in a proceeding instituted in the supreme\ncourt by any aggrieved candidate or by the chairman of any party\ncommittee or independent body.\n  2. The wording of the abstract or form of submission of any proposed\namendment, proposition or question may be contested in a proceeding\ninstituted by any person eligible to vote on such amendment, proposition\nor question.\n  3. A proceeding pursuant to subdivision two of this section must be\ninstituted within seven days after the last day to certify the wording\nof any such abstract or form of submission.\n  4. A final order including the resolution of any appeals in any\nproceeding involving the contents of official ballots on voting machines\nshall be made, if possible, at least five weeks before the day of the\nelection at which such voting machines are to be used, or if such\nproceeding is commenced within five weeks of an election, no later than\nthe day following the day on which the case is heard.\n
N.Y. AGM Law § 106 — New York Code / Act AGM / Article 7 / Section 106
Purpose
Status: in_force

§ 106. Purpose. The purpose of this article is to provide for the\nlicensing and identification of dogs, the control and protection of the\ndog population and the protection of persons, property, domestic animals\nand deer from dog attack and damage.\n
N.Y. AGM Law § 260 — New York Code / Act AGM / Article 22 / Section 260
Definitions
Status: in_force

§ 260. Definitions. As used in this article:\n  1. "Farmers' market" shall mean any building, structure or place, the\nproperty of a municipal corporation or under lease to or in possession\nof a public or private agency, individual or business used or intended\nto be used by two or more producers for the direct sale of a diversity\nof farm and food products, as defined in subdivision four of this\nsection, from producers to consumers and food buyers. Such market may\nalso include facilities for the packing, shipping, first-instance\nprocessing or storage of farm and food products, and shall include all\nequipment used or intended to be used in connection with such\nfacilities. Such market may also include other businesses which\nreasonably serve the public or make the market more convenient,\nefficient, profitable or successful, including, but not limited to, food\nservice, baking, and non-food retailing.\n  2. "Public market" shall mean any building, structure or place,\noperated on a not-for-profit basis in the public interest for the\nbuying, selling or keeping for sale of farm and food products at retail\nand/or wholesale, and may include a farmers' market.\n  3. "Producer" shall mean any person or persons who grow, produce, or\ncause to be grown or produced any farm or food products in New York\nstate.\n  4. "Farm and food product" shall mean any agricultural, horticultural,\nforest, or other product of the soil or water, including but not limited\nto, fruits, vegetables, eggs, dairy products, meat and meat products,\npoultry and poultry products, fish and fish products, grain and grain\nproducts, honey, nuts, preserves, maple sap products, apple cider, fruit\njuice, wine, ornamental or vegetable plants, nursery products, flowers,\nfirewood and Christmas trees.\n  5. "First-instance processing" shall mean the washing, grading and\npackaging of farm and food products in connection with a farmers'\nmarket.\n  6. "Storage" shall mean a facility or equipment with a refrigerated,\ncontrolled atmosphere, or other enclosed unit used for the purpose of\nlong-term storage of farm and food products in connection with a\nfarmers' market.\n  7. "Public or private agency" shall mean any agency of federal, state\nor local government, regional market authority, public benefit\ncorporation, not-for-profit corporation, cooperative corporation or\neducational institution.\n  8. "Rural area" shall mean a town having a population density of less\nthan one hundred fifty persons per square mile or a county having a\npopulation of two hundred thousand or less as reflected in the latest\nfederal census.\n  9. "Food desert" shall mean an area with limited access to affordable\nand nutritious food, particularly such an area that is composed of\npredominately lower-income neighborhoods and communities.\n
N.Y. PBS Law § 67-A — New York Code / Act PBS / Article 4 / Section 67-A
Charges for past services
Status: in_force

§ 67-a. Charges for past services. 1. A gas or electric corporation\nshall inspect and assure the accuracy of a metering device upon the\nrequest of any new commercial customer.\n  2. No gas corporation or electric corporation shall charge its new\ncommercial customer for past services received if the failure to charge\nfor such services resulted from the faulty operation or inoperation of a\nmetering device which the gas or electric corporation failed to inspect\nas provided in subdivision one of this section.\n  3. The provisions of this section shall not apply in the case of a\nmeter which is faulty or inoperable due to the culpable conduct of the\ncustomer or one of his agents.\n
N.Y. UCT Law § 1807 — New York Code / Act UCT / Article 18 / Section 1807
Review
Status: in_force

§ 1807. Review.\n  A person commencing an action upon a small claim under this article\nshall be deemed to have waived all right to appeal, except that either\nparty may appeal on the sole grounds that substantial justice has not\nbeen done between the parties according to the rules and principles of\nsubstantive law.\n
N.Y. CPL Law § 700.35 — New York Code / Act CPL / Part 3 / Title T / Article 700 / Section 700.35
Eavesdropping and video surveillance warrants; manner and time of execution
Status: in_force

§ 700.35 Eavesdropping and video surveillance warrants; manner and time\n             of execution.\n  1.  An eavesdropping or video surveillance warrant must be executed\naccording to its terms by a law enforcement officer who is a member of\nthe law enforcement agency authorized in the warrant to intercept the\ncommunications or conduct the video surveillance.\n  2.  Upon termination of the authorization in the warrant,\neavesdropping or video surveillance must cease and as soon as\npracticable thereafter any device installed for such purpose either must\nbe removed or must be permanently inactivated  as soon as practicable by\nany means approved by the issuing justice.  Entry upon a private place\nor premise for the removal or permanent inactivation of such device is\ndeemed to be authorized by the warrant.\n  3.  The contents of any communication intercepted or of any\nobservation made by any means authorized by this article must, if\npossible, be recorded on tape or wire or other comparable device.  The\nrecording of the contents of any such communication or observation must\nbe done in such way as will protect the recording from editing or other\nalterations.\n  4. In the event an intercepted communication is in a code or foreign\nlanguage, and the services  of an expert in that foreign language or\ncode cannot reasonably be obtained during the interception period, where\nthe warrant so authorizes and in a manner specified therein, the\nminimization required by subdivision seven of section 700.30 of this\narticle may be accomplished as soon as practicable after such\ninterception.\n  5. A good faith reliance by a provider of a wire or electronic\ncommunication service upon the validity of a court order issued pursuant\nto this article is a complete defense against any civil cause of action\nor criminal action based solely on a failure to comply with this\narticle.\n
N.Y. PVH Law § 19 — New York Code / Act PVH / Article 2 / Section 19
Consideration for issuance of stock, bonds or income debentures
Status: in_force

§ 19. Consideration for issuance of stock, bonds or income debentures.\nNo company shall issue stock, bonds, or income debentures except for\nmoney or property actually received for the use and lawful purposes of\nthe company, provided, however, that a mutual company may issue stock\nfor home owners purchase notes if the purchase transaction has received\nthe written endorsement of the commissioner in accordance with\nsupplementary rules and regulations of the commissioner made therefor\nand if at least two hundred dollars in money or property is received by\nsuch company toward the issuance of such stock. No stock, bonds or\nincome debentures shall be issued for property except upon a valuation\napproved by the supervising agency or by the commissioner, as the case\nmay be, and such valuations shall be used in computing the estimated or\nactual project cost.\n
N.Y. EXC Law § 46 — New York Code / Act EXC / Article 4 / Section 46
Office of welfare inspector general
Status: in_force

§ 46. Office of welfare inspector general. 1. There is hereby created\nin the department of audit and control an office of welfare inspector\ngeneral.  The head of the office shall be the welfare inspector general,\nwho shall be appointed by the comptroller, by and with the advice and\nconsent of the senate.\n  2. The comptroller shall fix the compensation of the welfare inspector\ngeneral within the amounts appropriated therefor.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 898-E — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 39DDDD / Section 898-E
Private right of action
Status: in_force

§ 898-e. Private right of action. Any person, firm, corporation or\nassociation that has been damaged as a result of a gun industry member's\nacts or omissions in violation of this article shall be entitled to\nbring an action for recovery of damages or to enforce this article in\nthe supreme court or federal district court.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 260 — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 16 / Section 260
Cutting and harvesting ice by adjoining proprietors
Status: in_force

§ 260. Cutting and harvesting ice by adjoining proprietors. Whenever\nthe owner or lessee of lands bordering upon the Hudson river shall\nrequire the ice formed in said river between the center thereof and said\nlands for the purpose of filling any icehouse now erected, or which may\nat the time of the formation of such ice hereafter be erected on any\nsuch lands adjoining the same, such owner or lessee of said lands and\nicehouses shall have the exclusive privilege of cutting and harvesting\nall the ice so formed in said river in front of and adjacent to said\nlands and between the same and the center of said river; provided such\nowner or lessee shall have indicated his intention of exercising such\nprivilege by staking out so much of said ice as shall be required for\nsaid purpose, which said staking out shall not be required to be done\nuntil the ice has attained a thickness of four inches; and provided,\nalso, such owner or lessee shall surround the cuttings and openings made\nwith fences of bushes or other safeguards to warn all persons of such\ncuttings and openings. And, whenever any icehouse is located on an\nisland in said river, this article shall apply to all ice formed\nopposite the shores of such island in both channels into which said\nriver shall be divided by such island, subject to the provision\nhereinafter contained; and it shall not be lawful for any person other\nthan the owner or lessee of such lands and icehouses, whether located on\nthe banks of the river or on such island, to take possession of or cut\nthe ice so staked out in said river or channel between the center\nthereof and his lands, and the same is prohibited after such owner or\nlessee shall have complied with the foregoing requirements.\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 7-0107 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 7 / Section 7-0107
General functions, powers and duties
Status: in_force

§ 7-0107. General functions, powers and duties.\n  1. In providing counsel to the Governor on environmental policy\nmatters, the council shall:\n  a. Advise the Governor on comprehensive environmental management\npolicy for the state.\n  b. At the request of the Governor, provide an overview in both the\npublic and private sector on matters affecting the environment, giving\nits judgment on specific matters referred to it.\n  c. Develop or cause to be developed guidelines for weighing the\ncomplex interrelationships between environmental quality, economic\ndevelopment, and the growing population associated with economic growth.\n  d. Study and from time to time report to the Governor on environmental\nconditions and trends in the state.\n  e. Recommend state environmental policies, including legislation for\nimplementation thereof, to improve the functioning of the state and the\nenvironment of the state.\n  2. To assist in carrying out the aforementioned functions as provided\nin this section, the council may:\n  a. Request and shall receive from any court, department, division,\nboard, bureau, commission or agency of the state or any political\nsubdivision thereof, such assistance as will enable it properly to carry\nout its powers and duties under this section.\n  b. Make or recommend such special environmental studies as it deems\nappropriate or desirable.\n  c. Hold public and private hearings for specified purposes, take\ntestimony, subpoena witnesses, and require production of books, records,\nand papers.\n  d. Report its findings to the Governor.\n
N.Y. PEN Law § 230.07 — New York Code / Act PEN / Part 3 / Title M / Article 230 / Section 230.07
Patronizing a person for prostitution; defense
Status: in_force

§ 230.07 Patronizing a person for prostitution; defense.\n  In any prosecution for patronizing a person for prostitution in the\nfirst or second degrees or patronizing a person for prostitution in a\nschool zone, it is a defense that the defendant did not have reasonable\ngrounds to believe that the person was less than the age specified.\n
N.Y. PAR Law § 25.11 — New York Code / Act PAR / Title D / Article 25 / Section 25.11
Special events
Status: in_force

§ 25.11 Special events.  1. The commissioner may authorize the holding\nof special events as defined in section 21.05. He shall adopt and may,\nfrom time to time, amend rules and regulations determining the special\nevents which shall be subject to permit and designating the equipment\nand facilities necessary for safe operation of snowmobiles and for the\nsafety of operations, participants, and observers in such special\nevents. Whenever a special event is proposed to be held, the person in\ncharge thereof shall, at least fifteen days prior thereto, file an\napplication with the commissioner to hold such special event. The\napplication shall set forth the date and location of the proposed\nspecial event and such other information as the commissioner may\nrequire, and such event shall not be conducted without written\nauthorization from the commissioner. Copies of such regulations shall be\nfurnished by the commissioner to any person making an application\ntherefor.\n  2. Snowmobiles operated at special events approved by the commissioner\npursuant to subdivision one shall be exempt from the provisions of this\narticle concerning mufflers and lights during the time of such\noperation, including all pre-race practice at the location of said meet\nand the provisions of article forty-seven of the vehicle and traffic law\nconcerning registration.\n
N.Y. EXC Law § 1 — New York Code / Act EXC / Article 1 / Section 1
This chapter shall be known as the "Executive Law
Status: in_force

§ 1. This chapter shall be known as the "Executive Law."\n
N.Y. TAX Law § 625 — New York Code / Act TAX / Article 22 / Part 2 / Section 625
Gift for fish and wildlife management
Status: in_force

§ 625. Gift for fish and wildlife management. Effective for any tax\nyear commencing on or after January first, nineteen hundred eighty-two,\nan individual in any taxable year may elect to contribute to the\nconservation fund for fish and wildlife management purposes. Such\ncontribution shall be in any whole dollar amount and shall not reduce\nthe amount of state tax owed by such individual. The tax commission\nshall include space on the personal income tax return to enable a\ntaxpayer to make such contribution. Notwithstanding any other provision\nof law all revenues collected pursuant to this section shall be credited\nto the conservation fund and used only for those purposes enumerated in\nsection eighty-three of the state finance law.\n
N.Y. PML Law § 602 — New York Code / Act PML / Article 6 / Section 602
Definitions
Status: in_force

§ 602. Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall\nmean and include:\n  1. "Administrative code." The administrative code of the city.\n  2. "Board." The board of directors of the corporation as such board is\nconstituted pursuant to section six hundred three of this article.\n  3. "Bonds" and "notes." Bonds and notes respectively, authorized and\nissued by the corporation pursuant to this article.\n  4. "Branch office." An establishment maintained and operated by the\ncorporation, where off-track, pari-mutuel bets on horse races may be\nplaced in accordance with the terms and conditions of this article and\nthe regulations promulgated pursuant thereto.\n  5. "Charter." The New York city charter.\n  6. "City." The city of New York.\n  8. "Corporation." The New York city off-track betting corporation\nestablished by section six hundred three of this article.\n  9. "Cost of corporation's functions." All costs and expenses incurred\nby the corporation in connection with the performance of the functions\nof the corporation, including, but not limited to, operating expenses of\nthe corporation, the cost of acquiring, constructing or equipping branch\noffices and other facilities and premises of the corporation, and\ninterest and principal on bonds, notes or other obligations of the\ncorporation issued to finance the acquisition, construction or equipment\nof such offices, facilities or premises.\n  10. "Commissioner of finance." The commissioner of finance of the\ncity.\n  11. "Mayor." The mayor of the city.\n  12. "State." The state of New York.\n  13. "Track." The grounds or enclosure within which horse races are\nconducted by any person, corporation or association lawfully authorized\nto hold such races.\n  14. "Site selection board." The site selection board shall be composed\nof the commissioner of general services, the chief executive officer of\nthe urban development corporation, the director of the division of the\nbudget, and a designee of the mayor of the city of New York; and with\nrespect to a branch office located wholly or partly within a borough, of\nthe city, the president or presidents of the borough or boroughs in\nwhich the proposed site is located.\n
N.Y. RPP Law § 204 — New York Code / Act RPP / Article 6 / Section 204
Widow's quarantine
Status: in_force

§ 204. Widow's quarantine. A widow may remain in the chief house of\nher husband forty days after his death, whether her dower is sooner\nassigned to her or not, without being liable to any rent for the same;\nand in the meantime she may have her reasonable sustenance out of the\nestate of her husband.\n
N.Y. RSS Law § 508-B*2 — New York Code / Act RSS / Article 14 / Section 508-B*2
Death benefits for correction officers employed by Nassau county
Status: in_force

* § 508-b. Death benefits for correction officers employed by Nassau\ncounty. a. As used in this section, the term "correction officer" shall\nmean a person employed by Nassau county with a title of correction\nrecruit, correction officer, correction corporal, correction sergeant,\ncorrection lieutenant, or correction captain.\n  b. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, where a\ncorrection officer would have been entitled to a service retirement\nbenefit at the time of his or her death and where his or her death\noccurs on or after the effective date of this section, the beneficiary\nor beneficiaries may elect to receive, in a lump sum, an amount payable\nwhich shall be equal to the pension reserve that would have been\nestablished had the member retired on the date of his or her death, or\nthe value of the death benefit and the\nreserve-for-increased-take-home-pay, if any, whichever is greater.\n  * NB There are 4 § 508-b's\n