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N.Y. AGM Law § 96-J — New York Code / Act AGM / Article 5-B / Section 96-J
Farmer and custom processors
Status: in_force

§ 96-j. Farmer and custom processors. This article shall not apply to\nany bona fide farmer who butchers his own domestic animals on his own\nfarm exclusively for use by him and members of his household and his\nnon-paying guests and employees, custom slaughterers, custom slaughtered\nmeat, farm dressed meat, custom meat by-products, custom meat food\nproducts, and establishments where only such products are prepared,\nproduced, processed or packaged, provided, however, that custom\nslaughtered meat, farm dressed meat, custom meat by-products and custom\nmeat food products shall be identified as such in such manner as may be\nrequired by the commissioner by duly promulgated rules and regulations.\n
N.Y. RCO Law § 225-I — New York Code / Act RCO / Article 11-A / Section 225-I
Trustee meetings
Status: in_force

§ 225-i. Trustee meetings. 1. Meetings of the trustees of an\nincorporated free Methodist church shall be called by giving at least\nforty-eight hours' notice thereof personally or by mail to all the\ntrustees, and such notice may be given by the pastor, the secretary of\nthe board of trustees or by any two of the trustees, but by the\nunanimous consent of the trustees a meeting may be held without previous\nnotice thereof. The pastor may preside at a trustee meeting and in his\nabsence the senior trustee in service, or some member, the board of\ntrustees elects for that purpose, shall be chairman. A majority of the\nwhole number of trustees shall constitute a quorum for the transaction\nof business at any meeting lawfully convened.\n  2. The effect of a tie vote creating a deadlock shall be to carry the\nquestion involved (with all pending questions appertaining thereto) over\nto the next sitting or meeting of the board. In case of such a deadlock\nextending beyond three successive sittings or meetings of the board of\ntrustees, the whole matter involved shall be settled in a meeting of the\ncorporate society.\n
N.Y. GMU Law § 990-E — New York Code / Act GMU / Article 19-B / Section 990-E
Municipal theme district development plan
Status: in_force

§ 990-e. Municipal theme district development plan. An application for\nthe designation of a municipal theme district made pursuant to section\nnine hundred ninety-d of this article shall contain a municipal theme\ndistrict development plan. Such municipal theme district development\nplan shall describe in detail the plans for development of the theme\ndistrict, including the changes in buildings, structures and\ninfrastructure within the district, the activities to be conducted\nwithin the district, and the proposed benefits that the district will\nhave for the community.\n
N.Y. RPP Law § 332-A — New York Code / Act RPP / Article 9 / Section 332-A
Validation of the record, execution and proof or acknowledgment of certain other instruments
Status: in_force

§ 332-a. Validation of the record, execution and proof or\nacknowledgment of certain other instruments.  The record made prior to\nthe day when this act takes effect in the office of the recording\nofficer of any county in this state or, the execution and proof or\nacknowledgment made prior to the day when this act takes effect, of any\ndeed, mortgage, assignment or satisfaction piece of a mortgage,\ndischarge or release of part of mortgaged premises, or other conveyance\nor a power of attorney, the acknowledgment of the execution of which by\na corporation was made by an officer thereof, or the execution of which\nwas proven by a subscribing witness, such acknowledgment or proof having\nbeen taken or made before an officer or person thereto authorized, and\nthe certificate or certification thereof or therefor being sufficient as\nto form in all respects except that it either did not state the place of\nresidence of such officer of the corporation or of such subscribing\nwitness or did not state it with sufficient particularity, shall be in\nall respects as valid and effectual as though such certificate or\ncertification had contained a sufficient statement as to such place of\nresidence; but this section shall not affect any action or proceeding\npending at the time of the taking effect thereof.\n
N.Y. PML Law § 606 — New York Code / Act PML / Article 6 / Section 606
Personnel administration; pension, retirement and other benefits
Status: in_force

§ 606. Personnel administration; pension, retirement and other\nbenefits.  1. For the purposes of this section, all employees of the New\nYork city off-track betting corporation on or after the effective date\nof the chapter of the laws of two thousand eight which amended this\nsection shall remain employees of such corporation after such effective\ndate.\n  2. The corporation shall administer its personnel pursuant to the\ncivil service law and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder,\nand classification and compensation schedules of the state department of\ncivil service, and all other applicable provisions of general laws\nrelating to civil service administration. The corporation shall retain\nall personnel, payroll and associated employee records and shall ensure\nthat the New York city employees' retirement system has access to such\nrecords for retirement purposes consistent with current records\nretention requirements.\n  3. Any officer or employee of the corporation who heretofore acquired\nor shall hereafter acquire such position status by transfer and who at\nthe time of such transfer was a member of the New York city employees'\nretirement system shall, with respect to such retirement system,\ncontinue to have the rights, privileges, obligations and status which\nwould have applied to him if he had continued to hold the office or\nposition which entitled him to such membership prior to such transfer.\nEmployment by the corporation shall constitute city-service for the\npurposes of chapter one of title thirteen of the administrative code of\nthe city of New York.\n  4. All employees and officers of the corporation in classes or\npositions whose incumbents, in equivalent classes or positions of the\ncity, are eligible, as of the effective date hereof, to participate in,\nand receive benefits from any city authorized health insurance or\nwelfare benefit program, shall be eligible to participate in, and\nreceive benefits from any such health insurance or welfare benefit\nprogram; provided, however, that the corporation shall reimburse the\ncity or its designee for the actual cost of benefits under this\nsubdivision.\n
N.Y. JUD Law § 85 — New York Code / Act JUD / Article 4 / Section 85
Power of appellate division as to calendars and administration of justice
Status: in_force

§ 85. Power of appellate division as to calendars and administration\nof justice. The appellate division of each department may provide by\nrule for the manner of making up calendars in each county embraced\nwithin the department; for the classification, for the purposes of\ntrial, of actions placed upon such calendars and for the making up of\ntwo or more calendars within such classification; for the continuance on\nsuch calendars, from term to term, of actions for which notes of issue\nhave been once served and filed, without a second or further serving and\nfiling thereof; and also from time to time may provide rules as it may\ndeem necessary generally to promote the efficient transaction of\nbusiness and the orderly administration of justice therein.\n
N.Y. UJC Law § 1901 — New York Code / Act UJC / Article 19 / Section 1901
Costs; amount
Status: in_force

§ 1901. Costs; amount.\n  Costs upon issue joined and after trial shall be calculated as\nfollows:\n  (a) for money only: for one hundred dollars or under, five dollars;\nfor every additional one hundred dollars or fractional part thereof,\nfive dollars.\n  (b) for the recovery of a chattel: the amounts provided by subdivision\n(a), based upon the value of the chattel as determined by the judgment\nor claimed by the adverse party, as the case may be.\n
N.Y. EXC Law § 1002 — New York Code / Act EXC / Article 50 / Section 1002
Laws repealed
Status: in_force

§ 1002. Laws repealed.  Chapter twenty-three of the laws of nineteen\nhundred nine, entitled "An act in relation to executive officers,\nconstituting chapter eighteen of the consolidated laws, " and all acts\namendatory thereof and supplemental thereto, constituting the executive\nlaw as heretofore in effect, are hereby repealed.\n
N.Y. PAR Law § 13.11 — New York Code / Act PAR / Title C / Article 13 / Section 13.11
Real property abutting parks or parkways
Status: in_force

§ 13.11 Real property abutting parks or parkways.  1. If the\nacquisition of real property for park, parkway, historic preservation or\nrecreational purposes by the office or a state agency results in\nabutting premises being cut off from access to a public road, or if\nbecause of such acquisition it is desirable for public convenience to\nprovide marginal or service roads near or adjacent to such acquired\nproperty, the office or state agency so acquiring is authorized to\nacquire such additional real property as may be necessary to provide\nsuch abutting premises with means of ingress and egress to a public road\nor to provide such marginal or service roads. The location of such\nadditional real property and the nature and extent of the title to be\nacquired therein shall be such as in the discretion of the commissioner\nor state agency, as the case may be, as shall best serve the interest of\nthe state.\n  2. The office or state agency so acquiring is authorized to construct\nupon such real property, out of funds appropriated, a suitable access,\nservice or marginal road, and is further authorized to enter into an\nagreement with the owner of the abutting premises as to his right of\nentry thereupon and with said owner or with any municipality as to the\nfuture maintenance thereof, and to transfer title and jurisdiction\nthereover to such municipality.  Nothing herein contained shall be\nconstrued to repeal any specific limitation upon the powers and duties\nof the office or any state agency.\n
N.Y. EXC Law § 259-Q — New York Code / Act EXC / Article 12-B / Section 259-Q
Civil actions against board personnel
Status: in_force

§ 259-q. Civil actions against board personnel. 1. No civil action\nshall be brought in any court of the state, except by the attorney\ngeneral on behalf of the state, against any officer or employee of the\nboard of parole or former division of parole, in his personal capacity,\nfor damages arising out of any act done or the failure to perform any\nact within the scope of the employment and in the discharge of the\nduties by such officer or employee.\n  2. Any claim for damages arising out of any act done or the failure to\nperform any act within the scope of the employment and in the discharge\nof the duties of any officer or employee of the board of parole or\nformer division of parole shall be brought and maintained in the court\nof claims as a claim against the state.\n  3. The state shall save harmless and indemnify any officer or employee\nof the board of parole or former division of parole from financial loss\nresulting from a claim filed in a court of the United States for damages\narising out of an act done or the failure to perform any act that was\n(a) within the scope of the employment and in the discharge of the\nduties of such officer or employee, and (b) not done or omitted with the\nintent to violate any rule or regulation of the department, board or\nformer division or of any statute or governing case law of the state or\nof the United States at the time the damages were sustained; provided\nthat the officer or employee shall comply with the provisions of\nsubdivision four of section seventeen of the public officers law.\n  4. (a) The provisions of this section shall supplement, and be\navailable in addition to, the provisions of section seventeen of the\npublic officers law and, insofar as this section is inconsistent with\nsection seventeen of the public officers law, the provisions of this\nsection shall be controlling.\n  (b) The provisions of this section shall not be construed in any way\nto impair, modify or abrogate any immunity available to any officer or\nemployee of the board of parole or former division of parole under the\nstatutory or decisional law of the state or the United States.\n  5. This section shall not in any way impair, limit or modify the\nrights and obligations of any insurer under any policy of insurance.\n  6. The benefits of subdivision three hereof shall inure only to\nofficers and employees of the board of parole or former division of\nparole and shall not enlarge or diminish the rights of any other party.\n  7. This section shall apply with respect to claims arising on or after\nthe effective date of this section. Claims arising prior thereto shall\nbe governed by section seventeen of the public officers law or section\ntwenty-four of the correction law as the case may be.\n
N.Y. TRA Law § 42 — New York Code / Act TRA / Article 2-D / Section 42
Scope of jurisdiction
Status: in_force

§ 42. Scope of jurisdiction. The territorial jurisdiction of the Utica\ntransit authority shall be coterminous with the territorial limits of\nthe City of Utica and of the areas the Utica transit commission is now\nserving. The Utica transit authority may provide its services or\nfacilities to any additional areas or areas, outside of its territorial\njurisdiction, in which it is franchised, licensed, authorized or\npermitted to provide such services or facilities by a local legislative\nbody or governmental regulatory agency.\n
N.Y. COR Law § 804 — New York Code / Act COR / Article 24 / Section 804
Good behavior allowances against definite sentences
Status: in_force

§ 804. Good behavior allowances against definite sentences. 1. Every\nperson confined in an institution serving a definite sentence of\nimprisonment may receive time allowances as discretionary reductions of\nthe term of his sentence not to exceed in the aggregate one-third of the\nterm imposed by the court. Such allowances may be granted for good\nbehavior and efficient and willing performance of duties assigned or\nprogress and achievement in an assigned treatment program, and may be\nwithheld, forfeited or cancelled in whole or in part for bad behavior,\nviolation of institutional rules or failure to perform properly in the\nduties or program assigned.\n  2. If a person is serving more than one sentence, the authorized\nallowances may be granted separately against the term of each sentence\nor, where consecutive sentences are involved, against the aggregate\nterm. Allowances based upon sentences of less than one month may be\ngranted, and in such case the maximum allowance shall be one day for\nevery three days of the sentence. In no case, however, shall the total\nof all allowances granted to any such person exceed one-third of the\ntime he would be required to serve, computed without regard to this\nsection.\n  3. No person shall have the right to demand or require the allowances\nauthorized by this section. The decision of the sheriff, superintendent,\nwarden or other person in charge of the institution, or where such\ninstitution is under the jurisdiction of a county or city department the\ndecision of the head of such department, as to the granting,\nwithholding, forfeiture, cancellation or restoration of such allowances\nshall be final and shall not be reviewable if made in accordance with\nlaw.\n  4. A person who has earned a reduction of sentence pursuant to this\nsection and who has been conditionally released under subdivision two of\nsection 70.40 of the penal law shall not forfeit such reduction by\nreason of conduct causing his return to the institution. Provided,\nnevertheless, that such reduction may be forfeited by reason of\nsubsequent conduct while serving the remainder of his term.\n  5. The state commission of correction shall promulgate record keeping\nrules and regulations for the granting, withholding, forfeiture,\ncancellation and restoration of allowances authorized by this section.\n  6. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this section, in any\ncase where a person is serving a definite sentence in an institution\nunder the jurisdiction of the state department of corrections and\ncommunity supervision, subdivisions three and four of section eight\nhundred three of this chapter shall apply.\n  7. Upon commencement of any definite sentence the provisions of this\nsection shall be furnished to the person serving the sentence and the\nmeaning of same shall be fully explained to him by an officer designated\nin the regulation to perform such duty.\n
N.Y. STF Law § 179-J — New York Code / Act STF / Article 11-A / Section 179-J
Disclaimer of state responsibility for interest payments incurred by contractors
Status: in_force

§ 179-j. Disclaimer of state responsibility for interest payments\nincurred by contractors. In the event that an interest payment is made\nby a contractor in the course of transacting business with any entity\nother than a state agency, such interest shall not be an obligation of\nthe state and the state shall not reimburse the contractor for such\ninterest, nor shall any moneys expended for such interest payments be\ncounted toward any matching requirement applicable to grants or payments\nof state funds unless expressly permitted by statute or regulation.\n
N.Y. PVH Law § 921 — New York Code / Act PVH / Article 16-A / Section 921
Definitions
Status: in_force

§ 921. Definitions. As used in this article:\n  1. "Commissioner" shall mean the commissioner of the state division of\nhousing and community renewal.\n  2. "Division" shall mean the division of housing and community\nrenewal.\n  3. "Eligible applicant" shall mean a not-for-profit corporation or\ncharitable organization, organized for a period of one or more years,\nwhich is either incorporated under the not-for-profit corporation law\n(or such law together with any other applicable law) or, if\nunincorporated, is not organized for the private profit or benefit of\nits members and has been engaged primarily in community preservation\nactivities.\n  4. "Municipality" shall mean any unit of local government within the\nstate with a population of more than twenty thousand persons.\n  5. "Neighborhood" shall mean an area within the municipality\nidentified by recognized or established boundaries consistent with a\ndetermination of neighborhood eligibility under article sixteen of this\nchapter.\n  6. "Urban initiatives projects" or "projects" shall mean a specific\nwork or series of works for the revitalization and improvement of a\nneighborhood through creation, preservation or improvement of\nresidential housing units; preservation or improvement of local\ncommercial facilities and public facilities or other aspects of the area\nenvironment which include as part of its project the creation,\npreservation or improvement of residential housing units.\n  7. "Persons of low income" shall mean those persons and families whose\nincomes do not exceed eighty percent of the median income for the\nmetropolitan statistical area in which a project is located.\n  8. "Corporation" shall mean the housing trust fund corporation\nestablished in section forty-five-a of this chapter.\n  9. "Division urban initiatives program" shall mean the program\nheretofore administered by the division pursuant to appropriations and\nreappropriations for the purposes of urban initiatives programs.\n
N.Y. PEN Law § 241.07 — New York Code / Act PEN / Part 3 / Title N / Article 241 / Section 241.07
Aggravated harassment of a rent regulated tenant
Status: in_force

§ 241.07 Aggravated harassment of a rent regulated tenant.\n  An owner is guilty of aggravated harassment of a rent regulated tenant\nwhen:\n  1. With intent to induce three or more rent regulated tenants\noccupying different housing accommodations in two or more residential\nbuildings to vacate such housing accommodations, such owner\nintentionally engages in a systematic ongoing course of conduct that:\n  (a) impairs the habitability of such housing accommodations; or\n  (b) creates or maintains a condition which endangers the safety or\nhealth of one or more of the dwellings' rent regulated tenants; or\n  (c) is reasonably likely to interfere with or disturb, and does\ninterfere with or disturb, the comfort, repose, peace or quiet of one or\nmore of such rent regulated tenants in their use and occupancy of such\nhousing accommodation including, but not limited to, the interruption or\ndiscontinuance of essential services.\n  2. Such owner commits the crime of harassment of a rent regulated\ntenant in the first degree as defined in section 241.05 of this article\nand has previously been convicted within the preceding five years of\nsuch crime.\n  The good faith commencement and pursuit of a lawful eviction action by\nan owner against a rent regulated tenant in a court of competent\njurisdiction shall not, by itself, constitute a "systematic ongoing\ncourse of conduct" in violation of paragraph (c) of subdivision one of\nthis section.\n  Aggravated harassment of a rent regulated tenant is a class D felony.\n
N.Y. PBS Law § 70-A — New York Code / Act PBS / Article 4 / Section 70-A
Street lights
Status: in_force

§ 70-a. Street lights. 1. Any municipality or other government entity\nproposing to acquire title to and transfer ownership of the complete\nsystem of street light luminaires or fixtures, all supporting\ninfrastructure, and associated electric circuitry may file an\napplication with the commission to determine if there is public interest\nfor the commission to commence a proceeding to facilitate an ownership\ntransfer agreement between the owner of the street lights and the\npetitioning municipality.\n  2. The municipality shall file an application with the commission\nidentifying or providing:\n  (a) an inventory form with pole numbers, location, light size, light\ntype and other relevant descriptive information; upon request an\nelectric corporation shall provide such information required based on\nthe actual cost, if any, to prepare the same;\n  (b) a statement explaining the need for the change in ownership\nincluding the anticipated financial impacts to the municipality;\n  (c) a statement explaining the municipality's plans to retrofit the\nfixtures to be acquired with energy efficient lighting; and\n  (d) such other information as the applicant may consider relevant or\nas the commission may require.\n  3. Any such application filed with the commission shall be accompanied\nby proof of service, and shall be served on the owner or owners of the\nstreet light equipment and supporting infrastructure which are subject\nto such proceeding. The applicant shall serve a copy of such application\non such other persons or entities as the chair may deem appropriate. The\napplicant, the commission and those served shall constitute the parties\nto a proceeding pursuant to this section.\n  4. The commission shall require any utility named as a party to a\nproceeding pursuant to this section to have an effective tariff which\nestablishes the process to facilitate the transfer of ownership of\nstreet light equipment, including light emitting diodes, supporting\ninfrastructure, any required street lighting attachment provisions, and\nthe rates and charges related to the foregoing.\n  5. The commission shall require that any agreement between the\nmunicipality and the owner of the street lighting system provide that\nany personnel that work on such street lighting system will be\nelectrically qualified to accommodate the environment within which the\nstreet light equipment shall exist and/or be in compliance with\nestablished standards associated with work in close proximity to\nelectrical equipment and further provide that any required make-ready\nwork must be performed by the utility or qualified contractor.\n  6. The commission shall work with the New York state energy research\nand development authority to identify energy efficiency or of the\nfunding which would be available for municipalities for the purposes of\nthe section.\n