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N.Y. SCC Law § 157 — New York Code / Act SCC / Article 9 / Section 157
Application of chapter limited
Status: in_force

§ 157. Application of chapter limited. Where, by special or local laws\naffecting the city, a superintendent of buildings is provided for, the\nprovisions of this chapter shall not affect the manner of appointment,\ntenure or term of office, removal or salary or compensation of such\nsuperintendent, or impair any of the powers or duties possessed by or\nconferred upon him under or by virtue of such special or local laws.\n
N.Y. WKC Law § 114-A — New York Code / Act WKC / Article 7 / Section 114-A
Disqualification for false representation
Status: in_force

§ 114-a. Disqualification for false representation. 1. If for the\npurpose of obtaining compensation pursuant to section fifteen of this\nchapter, or for the purpose of influencing any determination regarding\nany such payment, a claimant knowingly makes a false statement or\nrepresentation as to a material fact, such person shall be disqualified\nfrom receiving any compensation directly attributable to such false\nstatement or representation. In addition, as determined by the board,\nthe claimant shall be subject to a disqualification or an additional\npenalty up to the foregoing amount directly attributable to the false\nstatement or representation. Any penalty monies shall be paid into the\nstate treasury.\n  2. If with the knowledge of a claimant, another person knowingly makes\na false statement or representation as to a material fact for the\npurpose of assisting a claimant in either obtaining, or influencing any\ndetermination regarding compensation pursuant to section fifteen of this\nchapter, such claimant may be disqualified from receiving any\ncompensation directly attributable to such false statement or\nrepresentation. In addition, as determined by the board, the claimant\nmay be subject to a disqualification or an additional penalty up to the\nforegoing amount directly attributable to the false statement or\nrepresentation. Any penalty monies shall be deposited to the credit of\nthe general fund of the state.\n  3. If the board or any court having jurisdiction over proceedings in\nrespect of any claim for compensation determines that the proceedings in\nrespect of such claim, including any appeals, have been instituted or\ncontinued without reasonable ground:\n  (i) the cost of such proceedings shall be assessed against the party\nwho has so instituted or continued the proceedings, which shall be\npayable to the board for administrative expenses pursuant to section one\nhundred fifty-one of this chapter;\n  (ii) reasonable attorneys' fees shall be assessed against an attorney\nor licensed representative who has instituted or continued proceedings\nwithout reasonable grounds, which assessment shall be payable to the\nboard for administrative expenses pursuant to section one hundred\nfifty-one of this chapter. Fees awarded under this provision may not be\nrecouped from the party; and\n  (iii) such assessments shall be in addition to any other penalty\npermitted under this chapter.\n
N.Y. DOM Law § 170-A — New York Code / Act DOM / Article 10 / Section 170-A
Special action
Status: in_force

§ 170-a. Special action. a. A spouse against whom a decree of divorce\nhas been obtained under the provisions of subdivision five or six of\nsection one hundred seventy of this chapter, where the decree, judgment\nor agreement of separation was obtained or entered into prior to January\ntwenty-first, nineteen hundred seventy, may institute an action in which\nthere shall be recoverable, in addition to any rights under this or any\nother provisions of law, an amount equivalent to the value of any\neconomic and property rights of which the spouse was deprived by virtue\nof such decree, except where the grounds for the separation judgment\nwould have excluded recovery of economic and property rights.\n  b. In determining the value of the economic and property rights\ndescribed in subdivision a hereof, the plaintiff's interest shall be\ncalculated as though the defendant died intestate and as if the death of\nthe defendant had immediately antedated the divorce.\n  c. If the defendant shall establish that intervening circumstances\nhave rendered an award described in subdivision a hereof inequitable,\nthe court may award to the plaintiff such portion of such economic and\nproperty rights as justice may require.\n  d. If the defendant shall establish that the plaintiff has expressly\nor impliedly waived all or some portion of the aforesaid economic or\nproperty rights, the court shall deny recovery of all such rights, or\ndeny recovery of the portion of such rights as justice may require.\n  e. Actions under this subdivision may be brought:\n  (i) Within two years of the enactment of this section, or\n  (ii) Within two years of the obtainment of the subject divorce,\nwhichever is later.\n
N.Y. PML Law § 223 — New York Code / Act PML / Article 2 / Section 223
Special police officers
Status: in_force

§ 223. Special police officers. For the purpose of preserving order\nand preventing offenses against the laws prohibiting gambling, the\ntrustees or directors of any corporation created under or subject to the\nprovisions of this article are hereby authorized to appoint from time to\ntime, five or more special police officers, and the same to remove at\npleasure, who, when appointed, shall be peace officers with the same\npowers within and about such grounds as are set forth in section 2.20 of\nthe criminal procedure law, whose duty, when appointed, shall be to\npreserve order within and around the grounds and racetracks of such\ncorporation, to protect the property within such grounds, to eject or\narrest all persons who shall be improperly within the grounds of such\ncorporation or who shall be guilty of disorderly conduct, or who shall\nneglect or refuse to pay the fees or to observe the rules prescribed by\nsuch corporation; and it shall be the further duty of such police\nofficers, when appointed, to prevent all violations of law with\nreference to pool-selling, bookmaking and other gambling, and to arrest\nany and all persons violating such provisions, and to convey such person\nor persons so arrested, with a statement of the cause of such arrest,\nbefore a court having jurisdiction of such offense, to be dealt with\naccording to the law. The appointment of police officers in pursuance of\nthis section shall not be deemed to supersede in any way on the grounds\nand racetrack of such corporation the authority of peace officers or\npolice officers of the jurisdiction within which such grounds and\nracetrack are located.\n
N.Y. ISC Law § 2805 — New York Code / Act ISC / Article 28 / Section 2805
Adverse action notification
Status: in_force

§ 2805. Adverse action notification. If an insurer takes an adverse\naction based upon credit information, the insurer shall:\n  (a) provide notification to the consumer that an adverse action has\nbeen taken, in accordance with the requirements of the federal Fair\nCredit Reporting Act, 15 USC 1681m(a); and\n  (b) provide notification to the consumer explaining the reason for the\nadverse action. The reasons must be provided in sufficiently clear and\nspecific language so that a person can identify the basis for the\ninsurer's decision to take an adverse action. Such notification shall\ninclude a description of up to four factors that were the primary\ninfluences of the adverse action. The use of generalized terms such as\n"poor credit history", "poor credit rating", or "poor insurance score"\ndoes not meet the explanation requirements of this subsection.\nStandardized credit explanations provided by consumer reporting agencies\nor other third party vendors are deemed to comply with this section.\n
N.Y. ISC Law § 3227 — New York Code / Act ISC / Article 32 / Section 3227
Interest upon surrenders, policy loans and other funds
Status: in_force

§ 3227. Interest upon surrenders, policy loans and other funds. (a)\nInterest, at the rate provided for in section three thousand two hundred\nfourteen of this article, shall be payable by life insurers, fraternal\nbenefit societies, and life insurance departments of savings banks upon:\n(1) the value of policies surrendered by policyholders for cash values,\nincluding the rollover of annuity funds to other entities, and (2) the\nfunds disbursed as policy loans. Such interest payment shall be added to\nand be a part of the total sum paid or be paid separately at the option\nof the insurer.\n  (b) The interest calculated on amounts described in paragraphs one and\ntwo of subsection (a) hereof shall be calculated from the date the\ndocumentation necessary to complete the transaction is received by the\ninsurer and shall be payable if the funds are not mailed or delivered by\nthe insurer within ten working days of said receipt.\n  (c) No interest need be payable pursuant to this section unless the\namount of such interest is at least twenty-five dollars or if the\npayment of benefits by the insurer has been deferred pursuant to other\nprovisions of this chapter.\n  (d) Irrespective of the payment of interest in accordance with the\nabove provisions, such life insurers, fraternal benefit societies and\nlife insurance departments of savings banks shall make disbursements\nunder paragraphs one and two of subsection (a) hereof as expeditiously\nas possible.\n
N.Y. RCO Law § 333 — New York Code / Act RCO / Article 17 / Section 333
Conveyance of property for church, school or missionary purposes
Status: in_force

§ 333. Conveyance of property for church, school or missionary\npurposes. Any church or society of The United Methodist Church created\nby or existing under the laws of the state of New York, having its\nprincipal office or place of worship in the state of New York, or whose\nplace of worship was within the state of New York, is hereby authorized\nand empowered by the concurrent vote of two-thirds of its qualified\nvoters present and voting therefor, at a meeting regularly called for\nthat purpose, and of two-thirds of all its trustees and by the written\nconsent of the resident bishop and the district superintendent, to\ndirect the transfer and conveyance of any of its property, real or\npersonal, which it now has or may hereafter acquire, to any religious,\ncharitable or missionary corporation connected with The United Methodist\ndenomination and incorporated by or organized under any law of the state\nof New York, either solely, or among other purposes, to establish or\nmaintain, or to assist in establishing or maintaining churches, schools\nor mission stations, or to erect or assist in the erection of such\nbuildings as may be necessary for any such purposes, with or without the\npayment of any money or other consideration therefor; and upon such\nconcurrent votes being given, the trustees shall execute such transfer\nor conveyance; and upon the same being made, the title to and the\nownership and right of possession of the property so transferred and\nconveyed shall be vested in and conveyed to such grantee; provided,\nhowever, that nothing herein contained shall impair or affect in any way\nany existing claim or lien against any property so transferred or\nconveyed, or any action at law or legal proceeding; and such transfer\nshall be subject, in respect to the amount of property the said grantee\nmay take and hold, to the restrictions and limitations of all laws then\nin force.\n
N.Y. UDA Law § 9-D — New York Code / Act UDA / Section 9-D
Reports and evaluation
Status: in_force

§ 9-d. Reports and evaluation. (1) Reporting. The corporation shall,\non or before October 1, 1988 and on or before each October first\nthereafter, submit a report to the governor and the legislature on the\noperations and accomplishments of the small and medium-sized business\nassistance program. The report to be submitted on October 1, 2005 and on\nor before each October first thereafter shall be consolidated with the\nannual program report of the corporation required under the provisions\nof subdivision (b) of section thirty of this act, as amended.\n  (2) Evaluation. (a) The corporation shall submit to the director of\nthe budget, the chairperson of the senate finance committee and the\nchairperson of the assembly ways and means committee an evaluation of\nthe small and medium-sized business assistance program prepared by an\nentity independent of the corporation. Such an evaluation shall be\nsubmitted by September 1, 2005 and by September first every four years\nthereafter.\n  (b) Between evaluation due dates, the corporation shall maintain the\nnecessary records and data required to satisfy such evaluation\nrequirements and to satisfy information requests received from the\ndirector of the budget, the chairperson of the senate finance committee\nand the chairperson of the assembly ways and means committee between\nsuch evaluation due dates.\n
N.Y. CCA Law § 1910 — New York Code / Act CCA / Article 19 / Section 1910
Costs upon appeal
Status: in_force

§ 1910. Costs upon appeal. (a) Costs upon an appeal may be awarded by\nthe appellate court in its discretion, and if awarded shall be as\nfollows:\n  1. To the appellant upon reversal, not more than thirty dollars.\n  2. To the respondent upon affirmance, not more than twenty-five\ndollars.\n  3. To either party upon modification, not more than twenty-five\ndollars.\n  (b) Costs upon appeal from the judgment or order of the appellate\ncourt shall be as provided in the CPLR.\n
N.Y. PVH Law § 574 — New York Code / Act PVH / Article 11 / Section 574
Establishment of fund
Status: in_force

§ 574. Establishment of fund. 1. There is hereby created and\nestablished in the division of housing and community renewal a revolving\nfund to be known as the "housing development fund."\n  2. There shall be paid into such housing development fund (a) any\nmoneys appropriated and made available by the state for the purposes of\nsuch fund, (b) notwithstanding the provisions of the state finance law\nor any other provision of law, any moneys which the division of housing\nand community renewal shall receive in repayment of advances made from\nsuch fund, and (c) any other moneys which may be made available to the\ndivision of housing and community renewal for the purpose of such fund\nfrom any other source or sources.\n  2-a. All moneys paid into the fund from repayments of loans authorized\nby section five hundred seventy-six-d of this article shall continue to\nbe made available for the purpose of providing loans pursuant to such\nsection.\n  3. Any moneys held in such housing development fund not required for\nimmediate disbursement may be invested, at the discretion of the\ncommissioner, in obligations of the state or the United States\ngovernment or obligations the principal and interest of which are\nguaranteed by the state or the United States government. Any income or\ninterest earned by, or increment to, such housing development fund shall\nbe added to the moneys held in such fund for the purposes herein\nprovided.\n
N.Y. ELN Law § 10-114 — New York Code / Act ELN / Article 10 / Section 10-114
Military ballots; deadline for receipt, and delivery to polling place
Status: in_force

§ 10-114. Military ballots; deadline for receipt, and delivery to\npolling place. 1. The board of elections shall cause all military\nballots received by it before the close of the polls on election day and\nall ballots contained in envelopes showing a cancellation mark of the\nUnited States postal service or a foreign country's postal service, or\nshowing a dated endorsement of receipt by another agency of the United\nStates government or are signed and dated by the voter and one witness\nthereto, with a date which is ascertained to be not later than the day\nof the election and received by such board of elections not later than\nseven days following the day of a primary election and not later than\nthirteen days following the day of a general or special election to be\ncast and counted.\n  2. The board of elections shall thereafter process such ballots in the\nmanner provided in this chapter for processing absentee ballots.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 3550 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 35-A / Section 3550
Definitions
Status: in_force

§ 3550. Definitions. When used in this article, the following words\nand phrases shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section:\n  1. "Tanning facility" shall mean any establishment where one or more\nultraviolet radiation device is used, offered, or made available for use\nby any human being, whether or not a fee is charged, directly or\nindirectly, but shall not include any facility where any such device is\nused by a qualified health care professional for treatment of medical\nconditions.\n  2. "Ultraviolet radiation device" shall mean any equipment which is\ndesigned to emit electromagnetic radiation in the wavelength interval of\ntwo hundred to four hundred nanometers in air, and which is intended to\ninduce tanning of the human skin through irradiation, including, but not\nlimited to, a sunlamp, tanning booth, or tanning bed.\n  3. "Ultraviolet nail drying device" shall mean any equipment which is\ndesigned to emit electromagnetic radiation in the wavelength interval of\ntwo hundred to four hundred nanometers in air, and which is intended to\ninduce nail curing or hardening through irradiation.\n  4. "Person" shall mean an individual, corporation, partnership, joint\nventure, or any business entity.\n
N.Y. TAX Law § 2020 — New York Code / Act TAX / Article 40 / Section 2020
Official seal
Status: in_force

§ 2020. Official seal. The tax appeals tribunal shall have and use an\nofficial seal; and the records, its proceedings and copies of all papers\nand documents in its possession and custody may be authenticated in the\nusual form under such seal and the signature of any one of the\ncommissioners or the secretary, and shall be received in evidence in the\nsame manner and with like effect as deeds regularly acknowledged or\nproven.\n
N.Y. BSC Law § 1213 — New York Code / Act BSC / Article 12 / Section 1213
Omission or default of receiver
Status: in_force

§ 1213. Omission or default of receiver.\n  Upon notice to the attorney-general and upon such notice to creditors\nor others interested as the court shall direct, the court may, in the\nfurtherance of justice, relieve a receiver from any omission or default,\non such conditions as may be imposed, and, on compliance therewith,\nconfirm his action.\n
N.Y. HAY Law § 313 — New York Code / Act HAY / Article 11 / Section 313
Costs of new hearing
Status: in_force

§ 313. Costs of new hearing. If upon a new hearing, the damages\nassessed are increased, the applicant shall pay the costs and expenses\nthereof, otherwise the owner shall pay the same.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 723 — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 35 / Section 723
Written warranty; contents
Status: in_force

§ 723. Written warranty; contents. The mobile home warranty from the\nmanufacturer to the buyer shall be set forth in writing and shall\ncontain the following terms:\n  1. Defects. That the mobile home is free from any substantial defects\nin materials or workmanship.\n  2. Corrective action. That the manufacturer or the dealer for the\naccount of the manufacturer shall take appropriate corrective action\nwithin sixty days of receipt of written notification at the site of the\nmobile home in instances of substantial defects in materials or\nworkmanship, which become evident within one year from the date of the\ndelivery of the mobile home to the consumer, provided the consumer or\nhis transferee gives written notice of such defects to the manufacturer\nor dealer at their business address not later than one year and ten days\nafter date of delivery.\n
N.Y. HAY Law § 344-E*6 — New York Code / Act HAY / Article 12 / Section 344-E*6
Portion of the state highway system to be designated as "John Spear Way"
Status: in_force

* § 344-e. Portion of the state highway system to be designated as\n"John Spear Way". All that portion of the state highway system\nconstituting state route two hundred eight, also known as South Street\nand Goshen Avenue, in the village of Washingtonville, in the county of\nOrange, shall be designated and known as "John Spear Way".\n  * NB There are 13 § 344-e's\n
N.Y. ACA Law § 19.13 — New York Code / Act ACA / Title D / Article 19 / Section 19.13
Inspection; certificate for portable booths and miniature cinematograph machines
Status: in_force

§ 19.13. Inspection; certificate for portable booths and miniature\ncinematograph machines.  Before moving pictures shall be exhibited with\na portable booth, under section 19.09 of this article, and before a\nminiature machine without a booth shall be used as prescribed in section\n19.11 of this article, there shall be obtained from the appropriate\nauthority, as defined in section 19.03 of this article, a certificate of\napproval.\n
N.Y. RPP Law § 433 — New York Code / Act RPP / Article 12 / Section 433
Construction of article
Status: in_force

§ 433. Construction of article. This article shall be construed\nliberally, so far as may be necessary for the purpose of effecting its\ngeneral intent.\n
N.Y. RPP Law § 261 — New York Code / Act RPP / Article 8 / Section 261
Maintenance of telegraph or other electric wires raises no presumption of grant
Status: in_force

§ 261. Maintenance of telegraph or other electric wires raises no\npresumption of grant. Whenever any wire or cable used for any telegraph,\ntelephone, electric light or other electric purpose, or for the purpose\nof communication otherwise than by the aid of electricity, is or shall\nbe attached to, or does or shall extend upon or over any building or\nland, no lapse of time whatever shall raise a presumption of any grant\nof, or justify a prescription of any perpetual right to, such attachment\nor extension.\n
N.Y. UDA Law § 23 — New York Code / Act UDA / Section 23
Notes and bonds as legal investments
Status: in_force

§ 23. Notes and bonds as legal investments. The notes and bonds of the\ncorporation are hereby made securities in which all public officers and\nbodies of this state and all municipalities and municipal subdivisions,\nall insurance companies and associations, and other persons carrying on\nan insurance business, all banks, bankers, trust companies, savings\nbanks and savings associations, including savings and loan associations,\nbuilding and loan associations, investment companies and other persons\ncarrying on a banking business, all administrators, guardians,\nexecutors, trustees and other fiduciaries, and all other persons\nwhatsoever who are now or may hereafter be authorized to invest in bonds\nor other obligations of the state, may properly and legally invest\nfunds, including capital, in their control or belonging to them.\n
N.Y. BSC Law § 1313 — New York Code / Act BSC / Article 13 / Section 1313
Actions or special proceedings by foreign corporations
Status: in_force

§ 1313. Actions or special proceedings by foreign corporations.\n  An action or special proceeding may be maintained by a foreign\ncorporation, in like manner and subject to the same limitations, as an\naction or special proceeding brought by a domestic corporation, except\nas otherwise prescribed by statute.\n
N.Y. PBG Law § 523 — New York Code / Act PBG / Article 13 / Title 118 / Section 523
City of Olean Housing Authority
Status: in_force

§ 523. City of Olean Housing Authority.  A municipal housing authority\nto be known as the City of Olean Housing Authority, is hereby created\nand established for the city of Olean in the county of Cattaraugus, for\nthe accomplishment of any or all of the purposes specified in article\neighteen of the constitution of the state of New York. It shall\nconstitute a body corporate and politic, be perpetual in duration and\nconsist of five members. It shall have the powers and duties now or\nhereafter conferred by this chapter upon municipal housing authorities.\nIt shall be organized in the manner prescribed by and subject to the\nprovisions of this chapter, and the authority, its members, officers and\nemployees and its operations and activities shall in all respects be\ngoverned by the provisions of this chapter.\n