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N.Y. GBS Law § 339-B — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 21-A / Section 339-B
Manipulation of prices of securities
Status: in_force

§ 339-b. Manipulation of prices of securities. Any person, who\ninflates, depresses, or causes fluctuations in, or attempts to inflate,\ndepress or cause fluctuations in, or combines or conspires with any\nother person or persons to inflate, depress or cause fluctuations in,\nthe market prices of the stocks, bonds or other evidences of debt of a\ncorporation, company or association, or of an issue or any part of an\nissue of the stock, bonds or evidences of debt of a corporation, company\nor association, by means of pretended purchases and sales thereof, or by\nany other fictitious transactions or devices, for or on account of such\nperson or of any other person, or for or on account of the persons so\ncombining or conspiring, whereby either in whole or in part a\nsimultaneous change of ownership or of interest in such stocks, bonds or\nevidences of debt, or of such issue or part of an issue thereof, is not\neffected, is guilty of a misdemeanor. A pretended purchase or sale of\nany such stocks, bonds or other evidences of debt whereby, in whole or\nin part, no simultaneous change of ownership or interest therein is\neffected, shall be prima facie evidence of the violation of this section\nby the person or persons taking part in the transaction of such\npretended purchase or sale.\n
N.Y. RPP Law § 442-C — New York Code / Act RPP / Article 12-A / Section 442-C
Violations by salespersons; broker's responsibility
Status: in_force

§ 442-c. Violations by salespersons; broker's responsibility. No\nviolation of a provision of this article by a real estate salesperson or\nemployee of a real estate broker shall be deemed to be cause for the\nrevocation or suspension of the license of the broker, unless it shall\nappear that the broker had actual knowledge of such violation or retains\nthe benefits, profits or proceeds of a transaction wrongfully negotiated\nby their salesperson or employee after notice of the salesperson's or\nemployee's misconduct. A broker shall be guilty of a misdemeanor for\nhaving any salesperson associated with their firm who has not secured\nthe required license authorizing such employment.\n
N.Y. STF Law § 108 — New York Code / Act STF / Article 7 / Section 108
Application of federal moneys to expense of the audit and disbursement thereof
Status: in_force

§ 108. Application of federal moneys to expense of the audit and\ndisbursement thereof. Where a law of this state enacted or to be enacted\nto supplement or aid in effecting the purposes of an act of congress\nunder which federal moneys are granted or allocated to this state or to\nan agency thereof provides, in terms or effect, that the commissioner or\ndepartment of taxation and finance shall be the custodian and disbursing\nagency of such moneys and that they shall be paid out on the audit and\nwarrant of the comptroller, and the cost of such additional service,\nwithin an amount stated, is made a lawful charge against such moneys so\ngranted or allocated as part of the expense of administering such law\nand act of congress, by authorized action of state or federal\nauthorities, the comptroller and such commissioner are hereby authorized\nto accept and expend such moneys, within the amount so stated, for\nemploying any additional assistants and paying necessary expenses\nrequired for the performance of such added duties. The director of the\nbudget shall allocate to the comptroller and the commissioner or\ndepartment of taxation and finance, respectively, the moneys, if any,\navailable for each; and so much thereof as may be used for additional\npersonal service shall be paid in accordance with schedules approved by\nhim.\n
N.Y. BNK Law § 153 — New York Code / Act BNK / Article 3-B / Section 153
Offices
Status: in_force

§ 153. Offices. Notwithstanding the provisions of sections twenty-nine\nand one hundred five of this chapter, (a) a subsidiary trust company may\nopen and occupy a trust office, including its principal office, at any\none or more locations in the state of New York at which the owning bank\nholding company, any affiliated bank, or any affiliated trust company\nhas a banking office, and (b) an affiliated trust company may open and\noccupy a trust office at the location in the state at which such\nsubsidiary trust company has its principal office. A subsidiary trust\ncompany or an affiliated trust company, as the case may be, which\nproposes to open and occupy a trust office pursuant to this section\nshall make written application to the superintendent for leave to do so\nin the manner provided in section twenty-nine of this chapter with\nrespect to branch offices and shall pay the investigation fee specified\ntherein.\n
N.Y. CVP Law § 4544 — New York Code / Act CVP / Article 45 / Section 4544
Contracts in small print
Status: in_force

§ 4544. Contracts in small print. The portion of any printed contract\nor agreement involving a consumer transaction or a lease for space to be\noccupied for residential purposes where the print is not clear and\nlegible or is less than eight points in depth or five and one-half\npoints in depth for upper case type may not be received in evidence in\nany trial, hearing or proceeding on behalf of the party who printed or\nprepared such contract or agreement, or who caused said agreement or\ncontract to be printed or prepared. As used in the immediately preceding\nsentence, the term "consumer transaction" means a transaction wherein\nthe money, property or service which is the subject of the transaction\nis primarily for personal, family or household purposes. No provision of\nany contract or agreement waiving the provisions of this section shall\nbe effective.  The provisions of this section shall not apply to\nagreements or contracts entered into prior to the effective date of this\nsection.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 396-X*2 — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 26 / Section 396-X*2
Unauthorized removal or destruction of newspapers
Status: in_force

* § 396-x. Unauthorized removal or destruction of newspapers. 1. It\nshall be unlawful for any unauthorized person to maliciously remove or\ndestroy a newspaper left or delivered on another person's property. For\npurposes of this section: (a) "unauthorized removal or destruction"\nshall mean malicious removal or destruction by a person other than the\nowner or lessee of property or the agent of the owner or lessee of such\nproperty from which the newspaper is removed; (b) "newspaper" shall mean\na paper of general circulation which is printed and distributed\nordinarily not less frequently than once a week and which contains news,\narticles of opinion, advertising, or other matters regarded as current\ninterest; and (c) "another person's property" shall mean property owned\nby or leased to another person.\n  2. The publisher of a newspaper may bring an action under article\nsixty-three of the civil practice law and rules to enjoin the\nunauthorized removal or destruction of the publisher's newspaper.\n  3. A knowing violation of this section shall be punishable by a civil\nfine of not to exceed one thousand dollars.\n  4. Nothing contained in this section shall be deemed to limit or\nmodify the applicability of the penal law to the conduct described in\nthis section.\n  * NB There are 2 § 396-x's\n
N.Y. FCT Law § 838 — New York Code / Act FCT / Article 8 / Part 3 / Section 838
Petitioner and respondent may have friend or relative present
Status: in_force

§ 838. Petitioner and respondent may have friend or relative present.\nUnless the court shall find it undesirable, the petitioner shall be\nentitled to a non-witness friend, relative, counselor or social worker\npresent in the court room. This section does not authorize any such\nperson to take part in the proceedings. However, at any time during the\nproceeding, the court may call such person as a witness and take his or\nher testimony. Unless the court shall find it undesirable, the\nrespondent shall be entitled to a non-witness friend, relative,\ncounselor or social worker present in the court room in the event such\nrespondent is not represented by legal counsel. This section does not\nauthorize any such person to take part in the proceedings.  However, at\nany time during the proceeding, the court may call such person as a\nwitness and take his or her testimony.\n
N.Y. AGM Law § 231 — New York Code / Act AGM / Article 19 / Section 231
Licenses, issuance of
Status: in_force

§ 231. Licenses, issuance of. No person or corporation shall maintain\nor operate any refrigerated warehouse and/or locker plant unless\nlicensed by the commissioner. Application shall be made upon a form\nprescribed by the commissioner. The applicant shall satisfy the\ncommissioner of his or her character, financial responsibility, and\ncompetency to operate a refrigerated warehouse or locker plant. The\ncommissioner, if so satisfied, shall issue to the applicant a license or\nlicenses which will expire on the thirtieth of September of the next odd\nnumbered year following its issuance. Application for renewal of such\nlicense or licenses for a period of two years shall be made biennially,\nupon a form prescribed by the commissioner and submitted no later than\nthirty days prior to the expiration of the existing license or licenses.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 686 — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 33 / Section 686
Designation of secretary of state as agent for service of process; service of process
Status: in_force

§ 686. Designation of secretary of state as agent for service of\nprocess; service of process. Any person who shall offer to sell or sell\na franchise in this state as a franchisor, subfranchisor or franchise\nsales agent shall be deemed to have irrevocably appointed the secretary\nof state as his or its agent upon whom may be served any summons,\ncomplaint, subpoena, subpoena duces tecum, notice, order or other\nprocess directed to such person, or any partner, principal, officer,\nsalesman or director thereof, or his or its successor, administrator or\nexecutor, in any action, investigation, or proceeding which arises under\nthis article or a rule hereunder, with the same force and validity as if\nserved personally on such person. Service of such process upon the\nsecretary of state shall be made by personally delivering to and leaving\nwith him or a deputy secretary of state a copy thereof at the office of\nthe department of state, and such service shall be sufficient provided\nthat notice of such service and a copy of such process are sent\nforthwith by the department to such person, by registered or certified\nmail with return receipt requested, at his address as set forth in the\napplication for registration of his offering prospectus or in the\nregistered offering prospectus itself filed with the department of law\npursuant to this article, or in default of the filing of such\napplication or prospectus, at the last address known to the department.\nService of such process shall be complete upon receipt by the department\nof a return receipt purporting to be signed by the addressee or a person\nqualified to receive his or its registered or certified mail, in\naccordance with the rules and customs of the post office department, or,\nif acceptance was refused or unclaimed by the addressee or his or its\nagent, or if the addressee moved without leaving a forwarding address,\nupon return to the department of the original envelope bearing a\nnotation by the postal authorities that receipt thereof was refused or\nthat such mail was otherwise undeliverable.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 399-B — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 26 / Section 399-B
Contracts for the use of the streets for hack stands
Status: in_force

§ 399-b. Contracts for the use of the streets for hack stands.  The\nowner, lessee or other occupant of any real property, or any other\nperson, copartnership or corporation, who shall make or enter into any\nagreement, contract or arrangement whatsoever whereby the right is\nattempted to be granted or is granted to any person, copartnership,\nassociation or corporation to use any portion of any public highway,\nstreet, avenue, boulevard, park or other public property owned by the\nstate of New York or any municipality therein for the purpose of\npermitting any vehicle to stand while awaiting passengers for hire or as\na private hack stand, and any owner, lessee or other person,\ncopartnership or corporation who shall make or enter into any contract\nor arrangement for the payment of or receives thereby any sum of money,\npercentage or profits or other thing of value under any such contract,\nagreement, consent or arrangement for such use of such public property\nas such private hack stand, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.\n
N.Y. FCT Law § 350.2 — New York Code / Act FCT / Article 3 / Part 5 / Section 350.2
Order of removal
Status: in_force

§ 350.2. Order of removal. 1. Where the proceeding has been commenced\nby the filing of an order of removal pursuant to a direction authorized\nby sections 220.10, 310.85 and 330.25 of the criminal procedure law, the\ndate of filing in the family court shall be deemed for purposes of\nsection 350.1 to be the date of the entry of an order pursuant to\nsubdivision one of section 345.1.\n  2. The clerk of court shall calendar an appearance to be held within\nseven days from the date the order of removal was filed. At such\nappearance the court shall schedule a dispositional hearing in\naccordance with section 350.1 and determine such other issues as may\nproperly be before it.\n
N.Y. UDC Law § 2020 — New York Code / Act UDC / Article 20 / Section 2020
Disposition of fines and penalties
Status: in_force

§ 2020. Disposition of fines and penalties.\n  All fines and penalties collected by the court shall be paid over to\nthe persons or agencies entitled to the same pursuant to law.\n
N.Y. TAX Law § 1439-E — New York Code / Act TAX / Article 31-A-2 / Section 1439-E
Exemptions
Status: in_force

* § 1439-e. Exemptions. 1. The following shall be exempt from payment\nof the real estate transfer tax:\n  (a) The state of New York, or any of its agencies, instrumentalities,\npolitical subdivisions, or public corporations (including a public\ncorporation created pursuant to agreement or compact with another state\nor the Dominion of Canada).\n  (b) The United Nations, the United States of America and any of its\nagencies and instrumentalities.\n  The exemption of such governmental bodies or persons shall not,\nhowever, relieve a grantee from them of liability for the tax.\n  2. The tax shall not apply to any of the following conveyances:\n  (a) Conveyances to the United Nations, the United States of America,\nthe state of New York, or any of their instrumentalities, agencies or\npolitical subdivisions (or any public corporation, including a public\ncorporation created pursuant to agreement or compact with another state\nor the Dominion of Canada);\n  (b) Conveyances which are or were used to secure a debt or other\nobligation;\n  (c) Conveyances which, without additional consideration, confirm,\ncorrect, modify or supplement a prior conveyance;\n  (d) Conveyances of real property without consideration and otherwise\nthan in connection with a sale, including conveyances conveying realty\nas bona fide gifts;\n  (e) Conveyances given in connection with a tax sale;\n  (f) Conveyances to effectuate a mere change of identity or form of\nownership or organization where there is no change in beneficial\nownership, other than conveyances to a cooperative housing corporation\nof the real property comprising the cooperative dwelling or dwellings;\n  (g) Conveyances which consist of a deed of partition;\n  (h) Conveyances given pursuant to the federal bankruptcy act;\n  (i) Conveyances of real property which consist of the execution of a\ncontract to sell real property without the use or occupancy of such\nproperty or the granting of an option to purchase real property without\nthe use or occupancy of such property; and\n  (j) Conveyances of an option or contract to purchase real property\nwith the use or occupancy of such property where the consideration is\nless than two hundred thousand dollars and such property was used solely\nby the grantor as his personal residence and consists of a one, two or\nthree-family house, an individual residential condominium unit or the\nsale of stock in a cooperative housing corporation in connection with\nthe grant or transfer of a proprietary leasehold covering an individual\nresidential cooperative unit.\n  * NB Repealed December 31, 2027\n  * NB There are 3 § 1439-e's\n
N.Y. PEP Law § 347 — New York Code / Act PEP / Article 9-A / Section 347
Liability of assignees
Status: in_force

§ 347. Liability of assignees.  Except where the assignment is\ninvoluntary or as otherwise specifically provided in this article, any\ncivil action for a violation of this article which may be brought\nagainst a lessor may be maintained against any subsequent assignee of\nthe lessor only if the violation for which the action or proceeding is\nbrought is apparent on the face of the lease application or the retail\nlease agreement. For purposes of this section, a violation is apparent\non the face of these documents if:\n  1. The agreement contains a disclosure which can be determined to be\nincomplete or inaccurate from the face of the agreement or other\ndocuments assigned; or\n  2. The agreement or application either contains a prohibited provision\nor does not contain the notices, legend or items required by this\narticle.\n
N.Y. JUD Law § 480 — New York Code / Act JUD / Article 15 / Section 480
Entering hospital to negotiate settlement or obtain release or statement
Status: in_force

§ 480. Entering hospital to negotiate settlement or obtain release or\nstatement. It shall be unlawful for any person to enter a hospital for\nthe purpose of negotiating a settlement or obtaining a general release\nor statement, written or oral, from any person confined in said hospital\nor sanitarium as a patient, with reference to any personal injuries for\nwhich said person is confined in said hospital or sanitarium within\nfifteen days after the injuries were sustained, unless at least five\ndays prior to the obtaining or procuring of such general release or\nstatement such injured party has signified in writing his willingness\nthat such general release or statement be given. This section shall not\napply to a person entering a hospital for the purpose of visiting a\nperson therein confined, as his attorney or on behalf of his attorney.\n
N.Y. AGM Law § 258-J — New York Code / Act AGM / Article 21 / Section 258-J
Construction, exceptions and limitations
Status: in_force

§ 258-j. Construction, exceptions and limitations. The license\nrequired by this article shall be in addition to any other license\nrequired by this chapter or otherwise required by law. This article\nshall apply to the city of New York, but shall not be construed to\nconflict with, alter or repeal laws in force relating to the board of\nhealth or the department of health of the city of New York, nor the\nhealth code in force in such city or any amendments thereof duly adopted\nnor shall any provision of this article or any regulations adopted\nthereunder, relating to matters of health, sanitation or purity or\nwholesomeness of milk which is in conflict with the health code or the\nregulations of the board of health or the department of health of the\ncity of New York, apply to the city of New York, or to the production\nand transportation of milk for said city. No milk dealer shall hereafter\naccept for sale or distribution in a marketing area or at a plant\nsupplying such marketing area when such marketing area is regulated by a\nstate milk marketing order, milk from any premises on which milk is\nproduced or from any plant in which milk is handled unless such premises\nconstitute a milk production area dairy farm as defined by section two\nhundred fifty-eight-l or unless the milk from such plant has been\nreceived for sale or distribution in such marketing area or at a plant\nsubject to such order within the past two full calendar years without\nfirst satisfying the commissioner that such proposed added milk supply\nis reasonably needed for such marketing area, and that the acceptance of\nsuch added milk supply will not deprive any municipality or any other\nmarketing area of a supply, present or future, more conveniently related\nto it. If any clause, sentence, paragraph or part of this article shall\nfor any reason be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be\ninvalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the\nremainder thereof, but shall be confined in its operation to the clause,\nsentence, paragraph, or part thereof, directly involved in the\ncontroversy in which such judgment shall have been rendered. No\nprovision of this article shall apply or be construed to apply to\nforeign or interstate commerce, except insofar as the same may be\neffective pursuant to the United States constitution and to the laws of\nthe United States enacted pursuant thereto. Technical, legal and other\nassistants and employees in the service of the milk control board at the\ntime such transfer takes place shall be transferred to the division,\nsubject to qualifying examinations to be conducted by the civil service\ncommission as soon as convenient after transfer, and in the meantime\nthey shall serve without examination. The civil service commission shall\ndesignate, upon advice of the commissioner the positions which it is not\npracticable to fill by competitive examinations, including the director,\nassistant director, counsel and assistant counsel.\n
N.Y. ISC Law § 6101 — New York Code / Act ISC / Article 61 / Section 6101
Definitions
Status: in_force

§ 6101. Definitions. In this article:\n  (a) "Advisory committee" means any official body, by whatever name\ncalled, which is chosen by the subscribers of a reciprocal insurer and\nwhich has, subject to the articles of association and subscribers\nagreement, ultimate power and responsibility in the management and\ncontrol of the affairs of a reciprocal insurer.\n  (b) "Attorney-in-fact" means a person designated and appointed by\nsubscribers to a reciprocal insurer to act for and bind the subscribers\nin all transactions relating to or arising out of the operations of a\nreciprocal insurer, subject to limitations as may be lawfully provided.\n  (c) "Books, accounts and records" means all working papers, ledgers,\nand other relevant documents which demonstrate, disclose and support\ntransactions of the reciprocal and each individual subscriber, as\ndistinguished from the attorney-in-fact, and which relate to the\noperations and activities of the reciprocal. The phrase "books, accounts\nand records" shall not mean or include working papers, ledgers, or other\nrelevant documents which relate exclusively to the operation and\nactivities of the attorney-in-fact as a separate entity.\n  (d) "Financial interest" means that a person owns, directly or\nindirectly, more than one percent of the outstanding stock in the\nattorney-in-fact, has any outstanding loans from the attorney-in-fact,\nor earns a commission or other compensation as a producer for the\nreciprocal.\n  (e) "Material transaction" means a transaction, other than claim\npayments, that involves more than one-half of one percent of the\nreciprocal's admitted assets as of the thirty-first day of December of\nthe prior year.\n  (f) "Person" means an individual, partnership, firm, association,\ncorporation, not-for-profit corporation, joint-stock company, trust, any\nsimilar entity, or any combination of the foregoing acting in concert.\n  (g) "Subscriber" means a person who has become a member of a\nreciprocal through the execution of a subscriber's agreement.\n  (h) "Subscriber's agreement" means a document executed by the\nsubscriber which designates and appoints, through a power of attorney,\nthe attorney-in-fact and, either within the agreement or via a\nmanagement agreement or an appended set of bylaws, that sets forth the\nduties of the attorney-in-fact.\n