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N.Y. PVH Law § 450 — New York Code / Act PVH / Article 8-A / Section 450
Policy and purposes of article
Status: in_force

§ 450. Policy and purposes of article. It is hereby declared that\nthere exists in municipalities in this state a seriously inadequate\nsupply of safe and sanitary dwelling accommodations; that such shortage\nconstitutes an emergency and a grave menace to the health, safety,\nmorals, welfare and comfort of citizens of this state; that existing\nconditions of deterioration of housing marked by noncompliance with the\nmultiple dwelling law or local housing codes threaten a further decrease\nin such supply; that rehabilitation and improvement of dwellings to\nprolong the useful life of such dwellings may be necessary to arrest\nsuch conditions of deterioration; that the elimination of such\nconditions by rehabilitation or other improvement cannot readily be\nprovided by the ordinary unaided operation of private enterprise without\npublic aid in the form of low interest loans or grants to owners of such\nmultiple dwellings; that such rehabilitation or other improvement of\nsuch dwellings to bring them into conformance with the multiple dwelling\nlaw and local housing codes is a public use, a public purpose and a city\npurpose for which public money may be loaned or granted by a\nmunicipality and for which indebtedness may be contracted by a\nmunicipality; that such conditions require the provisions hereinafter\nenacted, and the necessity in the public interest for the provisions\nhereinafter enacted is hereby declared as a matter of legislative\ndetermination.\n
N.Y. CTC Law § 2 — New York Code / Act CTC / Article 1 / Section 2
Organization of court of claims
Status: in_force

§ 2. Organization of court of claims. 1. The court of claims is hereby\ncontinued.\n  2. Such court shall consist of (a) twenty-seven judges, who shall be\nappointed by the governor, by and with the advice and consent of the\nsenate; (b) such number of additional judges not exceeding seventeen to\nand including December thirty-first, nineteen hundred eighty-two, and\nnot exceeding fifteen on and after January first, nineteen hundred\neighty-three, as shall be appointed by the governor, by and with the\nadvice and consent of the senate; (c) such number of additional judges\nnot exceeding nineteen as shall be appointed by the governor, by and\nwith the advice and consent of the senate prior to December\nthirty-first, nineteen hundred eighty-two; (d) such number of additional\njudges not exceeding thirty-seven as shall be appointed by the governor,\nby and with the advice and consent of the senate; (e) such number of\nadditional judges not exceeding twelve as shall be appointed by the\ngovernor, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, provided\nthat no more than five of such judges shall be appointed prior to July\nfirst, nineteen hundred ninety.\n  3. The term of each judge hereafter appointed shall be nine years,\nprovided, however, that the existing terms of present judges shall\ncontinue until the expiration thereof.\n  4. Whenever the term of office of a judge shall expire, or his office\nbecome vacant from any cause, his successor shall be appointed for the\nunexpired term. Notwithstanding the provisions of section five of the\npublic officers law, a judge of the court of claims shall hold over and\ncontinue to discharge the duties of his office, after the expiration of\nthe term for which he shall have been appointed, until his successor\nshall have been chosen and qualified but after the expiration of such\nterm the office shall be deemed vacant for the purpose of choosing his\nsuccessor.\n  6. By an order to be filed in the office of the secretary of state,\nthe governor shall designate one of the judges as presiding judge, who\nshall act as such during his term, and thereafter upon the appointment\nof his successor, the governor shall designate such successor or any\nother judge of the court as presiding judge, who shall act as such\nduring his term.\n  7. A judge of the court of claims must be an attorney and\ncounselor-at-law admitted to practice in the courts of this state, of at\nleast ten years' experience in practice.\n  8. Whenever in any other statute reference is made to the board of\nclaims or any officer thereof, the same shall be deemed to refer to and\nmean the court of claims or an officer thereof. A determination of the\nboard of claims heretofore rendered shall have the same force and effect\nand be subjected to the same procedure as provided in this act for a\njudgment.\n
N.Y. EPT Law § 6-3.3 — New York Code / Act EPT / Article 6 / Part 3 / Section 6-3.3
Concerning the creation of certain future estates
Status: in_force

§ 6-3.3 Concerning the creation of certain future estates\n  (a) Subject to the provisions of article 9:\n  (1) An estate may be created to commence at a future time.\n  (2) An estate for life may be created in a term of years and a future\nestate limited thereon.\n  (3) A future estate may be limited after a term of years, provided\nthat, if such future estate is subject to a condition precedent, the\ncondition must occur within the period prescribed by article 9.\n  (4) A fee or a lesser estate may be limited on a fee, subject to a\ncondition precedent which must occur within the period prescribed by\narticle 9.\n
N.Y. PEN Law § 120.70 — New York Code / Act PEN / Part 3 / Title H / Article 120 / Section 120.70
Luring a child
Status: in_force

§ 120.70 Luring a child.\n  1. A person is guilty of luring a child when he or she lures a child\ninto a motor vehicle, aircraft, watercraft, isolated area, building, or\npart thereof, for the purpose of committing against such child any of\nthe following offenses: an offense as defined in section 70.02 of this\nchapter; an offense as defined in section 125.25 or 125.27 of this\nchapter; a felony offense that is a violation of article one hundred\nthirty of this chapter; an offense as defined in section 135.25 of this\nchapter; an offense as defined in sections 230.30, 230.33, 230.34 or\n230.34-a of this chapter; an offense as defined in sections 255.25,\n255.26, or 255.27 of this chapter; or an offense as defined in sections\n263.05, 263.10, or 263.15 of this chapter. For purposes of this\nsubdivision "child" means a person less than seventeen years of age.\nNothing in this section shall be deemed to preclude, if the evidence\nwarrants, a conviction for the commission or attempted commission of any\ncrime, including but not limited to a crime defined in article one\nhundred thirty-five of this chapter.\n  2. Luring a child is a class E felony, provided, however, that if the\nunderlying offense the actor intended to commit against such child\nconstituted a class A or a class B felony, then the offense of luring a\nchild in violation of this section shall be deemed respectively, a class\nC felony or class D felony.\n
N.Y. ISC Law § 4211 — New York Code / Act ISC / Article 42 / Section 4211
Election of directors of domestic stock life insurance companies
Status: in_force

§ 4211. Election of directors of domestic stock life insurance\ncompanies. (a) No election of directors of a domestic stock life\ninsurance company shall be valid unless a copy of the notice of election\nshall have been filed in the office of the superintendent at least ten\ndays before the day of such election in addition to the service thereof,\nas required by section six hundred five of the business corporation law.\n  (b) Whenever any directors of such a company shall have resigned and\nsuccessors shall have been chosen pursuant to the provisions of the\nby-laws, such successors shall not take office nor exercise their duties\nuntil ten days after written notice of their election shall have been\nfiled in the office of the superintendent.\n  (c) Policyholders of such an insurance company shall be eligible for\nelection as directors or officers, whether or not they are shareholders.\n
N.Y. SCP Law § 1904 — New York Code / Act SCP / Article 19 / Section 1904
Petition and process 1
Status: in_force

§ 1904. Petition and process\n  1. A proceeding under this article may be instituted by filing of a\nverified petition by a fiduciary or any person interested. The petition\nshall include facts showing the condition of the estate.\n  2. If the petition be entertained process shall issue to all persons\ninterested and also to the creditors if the court so directs.\n  3. Upon judicial settlement of the accounts of a fiduciary any party\nto the proceeding may show facts which make a disposition of the real\nproperty left by the decedent desirable. When such relief is sought upon\nan accounting notice thereof shall be given in the process.\n  4. If any part of the reversion or remainder in the real property or\nin proceeds of sale thereof is limited in any contingency to the persons\nwho shall compose a certain class upon the termination of any trust or\nlegal life estate, the process shall issue to and be served upon those\npersons who would be entitled to the reversion, remainder or proceeds if\nthe event upon which the termination of the trust or legal life estate\ndepended had happened immediately before the application was made.\n  5. No person shall be entitled to process under this section solely by\nreason of the fact that he has been or may be designated as appointee of\nsaid property or proceeds or of any interest therein, under a power of\nappointment or disposition.\n  6. The disposition may be authorized whether any persons who may\neventually become entitled to the remainders in the real property or to\nthe proceeds of the sale thereof are in being or not, and whether at the\ntime of the disposition the reversion is in the life tenant or in some\nother person.\n  7. The state of New York may be made a party in the same manner as a\nprivate person where it appears that the property may have escheated or\nwhere the state has a lien of record on the interest of any beneficiary.\nThe petition in that case shall show the nature of the interest of the\nstate and the reason or reasons for making the state a party to the\nproceedings. Upon failure to state such facts, the proceeding shall be\ndismissed as to the state.\n  8. The provisions of section three hundred fifteen shall apply to a\nproceeding under this section.\n
N.Y. CCA Law § 1812 — New York Code / Act CCA / Article 18 / Section 1812
Enforcement of small claims judgments
Status: in_force

§ 1812. Enforcement of small claims judgments. (a) The special\nprocedures set forth in subdivision (b) hereof shall be available only\nwhere:\n  1. there is a recorded judgment of a small claims court; and\n  2. (i) the aforesaid judgment resulted from a transaction in the\ncourse of the trade or business of the judgment debtor, or arose out of\na repeated course of dealing or conduct of the judgment debtor, and (ii)\nthere are at least two other unsatisfied recorded judgments of a small\nclaims court arising out of such trade or business or repeated course of\ndealing or conduct, against that judgment debtor; and\n  3. the judgment debtor failed to satisfy such judgment within a period\nof thirty days after receipt of notice of such judgment. Such notice\nshall be given in the same manner as provided for the service of a\nsummons or by certified mail, return receipt requested, and shall\ncontain a statement that such judgment exists, that at least two other\nunsatisfied recorded judgments exist, and that failure to pay such\njudgment may be the basis for an action, for treble the amount of such\nunsatisfied judgment, pursuant to this section.\n  (b) Where each of the elements of subdivision (a) of this section are\npresent the judgment creditor shall be entitled to commence an action\nagainst said judgment debtor for treble the amount of such unsatisfied\njudgment, together with reasonable counsel fees, and the costs and\ndisbursements of such action, provided, however, that in any such action\nit shall be a defense that the judgment debtor did not have resources to\nsatisfy such judgment within a period of thirty days after receipt of\nnotice of such judgment. The failure to pay a judgment obtained in an\naction pursuant to this section shall not be the basis for another such\naction pursuant to this section.\n  (c) Where the judgment is obtained in an action pursuant to\nsubdivision (b), and arises from a business of the defendant, the court\nshall, in addition to its responsibilities under this article, advise\nthe attorney general in relation to his authority under subdivision\ntwelve of section sixty-three of the executive law, and if such judgment\narises from a certified or licensed business of the defendant, advise\nthe state or local licensing or certifying authority.\n  (d) Where a judgment has been entered in a small claims court and\nremains unsatisfied, the small claims clerk shall, upon request, issue\ninformation subpoenas, at nominal cost, for the judgment creditor and\nprovide the creditor with assistance on their preparation and use. The\ncourt shall have the same power as the supreme court to punish a\ncontempt of court committed with respect to an information subpoena.\n
N.Y. SAP Law § 308 — New York Code / Act SAP / Article 3 / Section 308
Streamlined optional adjudicatory proceedings for small businesses
Status: in_force

§ 308. Streamlined optional adjudicatory proceedings for small\nbusinesses. Unless otherwise prohibited by law, an agency may adopt\nregulations providing for use at the option of a small business of\nstreamlined adjudicatory proceedings conducted by mail, electronic mail,\ntelephone conference or videoconference. In adopting such regulations,\nthe agency shall:\n  1. consider the types of programs and issues for which such\nstreamlined proceedings may reasonably be conducted, taking into account\n(a) the complexity of the matters to be resolved in the proceeding, (b)\nthe severity of potential sanctions, (c) any necessity for personal\nappearances, including but not limited to requirements for sworn\ntestimony or cross-examination, and (d) any potential reduction in the\ncosts and burdens of participating in the proceeding for the agency and\nfor other parties, and shall appropriately limit the availability of\nstreamlined proceedings to programs and issues in which the public\ninterest in fair outcomes can continue to be assured;\n  2. ensure that a streamlined proceeding may only be used at the option\nof the respondent small business with the consent of the agency and any\nother necessary party to the proceeding, and that the rights of\nrespondents and other parties will not be diminished in any respect by\nvirtue of participation in a streamlined proceeding;\n  3. specify the format or formats for remote conduct of streamlined\nproceedings;\n  4. establish procedures for requesting and scheduling such\nproceedings, for the conduct of such proceedings, and for the\ndevelopment of a complete record as provided in section three hundred\ntwo of this article; and\n  5. provide that, in the event that it becomes impractical or\ninappropriate to continue a proceeding commenced pursuant to this\nsection as a streamlined proceeding, such proceeding may be rescheduled\nas an adjudicatory proceeding pursuant to section three hundred one of\nthis article without prejudice to any party.\n
N.Y. TAX Law § 1343 — New York Code / Act TAX / Article 30-B / Section 1343
Deposit and disposition of revenues
Status: in_force

§ 1343. Deposit and disposition of revenues. Revenues resulting from\nthe imposition of the tax authorized by this article shall be deposited\nand disposed of in the same manner as revenues resulting from the\nimposition of the tax authorized by article thirty-A of this chapter.\n
N.Y. BNK Law § 395 — New York Code / Act BNK / Article 10 / Section 395
Alternative provisions relative to payment of interest to shareholders
Status: in_force

§ 395. Alternative provisions relative to payment of interest to\nshareholders. Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the\ncontrary the superintendent may adopt such rules or regulations as shall\npermit mutual savings and loan associations to pay interest on share\naccounts at the option of such association.\n
N.Y. BSC Law § 101 — New York Code / Act BSC / Article 1 / Section 101
Short title
Status: in_force

§ 101. Short title.\n  This chapter shall be known as the "Business Corporation Law".\n
N.Y. MIL Law § 304 — New York Code / Act MIL / Article 13 / Section 304
Proceedings to be stayed unless interest unaffected by military service
Status: in_force

§ 304. Proceedings to be stayed unless interest unaffected by military\nservice.  At any stage thereof, any action or proceeding in any court or\nin any adjudicatory or licensing proceeding before any state agency,\nincluding any public benefit corporation or public authority, or any\npolitical subdivision of the state, in which a person in military\nservice is involved as a party, during the period of such service or\nwithin sixty days thereafter may, in the discretion of the court or\nadjudicatory or licensing agency before which it is pending, on its own\nmotion, and shall, on application to it by such person or some person on\nhis behalf, be stayed as provided in this act, unless, in the opinion of\nthe court or adjudicatory or licensing agency, the ability of plaintiff\nto prosecute the action, or the defendant to conduct his defense, or in\nany adjudicatory or licensing proceeding the ability of the party to\nrepresent his interest, is not materially affected by reason of his\nmilitary service.\n
N.Y. EPT Law § 11-A-5.2 — New York Code / Act EPT / Article 11-A / Part 5 / Section 11-A-5.2
Disbursements from principal
Status: in_force

§ 11-A-5.2 Disbursements from principal\n  (a) A trustee shall make the following disbursements from principal:\n  (1) the remaining two-thirds of the disbursements described in\nparagraph 11-A-5.1 (1);\n  (2) all of the trustee's compensation calculated on principal as a fee\nfor acceptance, distribution, or termination, and disbursements made to\nprepare property for sale;\n  (3) payments on the principal of a trust debt;\n  (4) except as provided in paragraph 11-A-5.1 (2), all expenses for\naccountings, judicial proceedings or other matters that involve both the\nincome and remainder interests or that concern primarily principal,\nincluding a proceeding to construe the trust or to protect the trust or\nits property;\n  (5) premiums paid on a policy of insurance not described in paragraph\n11-A-5.1 (4) of which the trust is the owner and beneficiary;\n  (6) estate, inheritance, and other transfer taxes, including\npenalties, apportioned to the trust; and\n  (7) disbursements related to environmental matters, including\nreclamation, assessing environmental conditions, remedying and removing\nenvironmental contamination, monitoring remedial activities and the\nrelease of substances, preventing future releases of substances\ncollecting amounts from persons liable or potentially liable for the\ncosts of those activities, penalties imposed under environmental laws or\nregulations and other payments made to comply with those laws or\nregulations, statutory or common law claims by third parties, and\ndefending claims based on environmental matters.\n  (b) If a principal asset is encumbered with an obligation that\nrequires income from that asset to be paid directly to the creditor, the\ntrustee shall transfer from principal to income an amount equal to the\nincome paid to the creditor in reduction of the principal balance of the\nobligation.\n
N.Y. PVH Law § 577-A — New York Code / Act PVH / Article 11 / Section 577-A
Adjusting fair rental equalization for the elderly
Status: in_force

§ 577-a. Adjusting fair rental equalization for the elderly. (a) For\nthe purpose of enabling lower income elderly persons to continue in\noccupancy without paying rentals in excess of a fair proportion of their\nincome, any municipality having a population of less than one million is\nauthorized to make and to contract to make periodic payments to a\nhousing development fund company in an amount not exceeding the\ndifference between the rent or carrying charges for the dwellings\noccupied by such lower income persons and one-third of their net\nprobable aggregate annual income, where such rent or carrying charges\nexceed such one-third of income; provided that the aggregate amount of\nperiodic payments to be made in accordance with contracts entered into\nby the municipality during any fiscal year thereof pursuant to this\nsection, subdivision nine of section thirty-one, subdivision seven of\nsection eighty-five-a, and section one hundred twenty-six of this\nchapter shall not exceed the aggregate amount of all real property taxes\npaid or payable during such fiscal year by all companies organized\npursuant to this article, article II, article IV, and article V of this\nchapter and the aggregate estimated receipts of all such companies in\nsuch fiscal year from rental surcharges collected or to be collected\npursuant to this chapter.\n  (b) Such payments shall be made only where over-income tenants are\nrequired to pay surcharges to the municipality.\n  (c) Such payments shall be made only on account of a person or family\nin occupancy where the head of the household is sixty-two years of age\nor older and is not a recipient of public assistance pursuant to the\nsocial services law, and where the net probable aggregate annual income\nof the person or family in occupancy does not exceed six thousand five\nhundred dollars a year.  Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision\ntwenty-nine of section two of this chapter, net probable aggregate\nannual income as used in this subdivision shall mean the annual income\nof family members from all sources after deduction of federal, state and\ncity income taxes; provided that any municipality may provide that\nincreases in benefits under the social security act which take effect\nafter such person or family has assumed occupancy shall not be taken\ninto account.\n  (d) A company having a contract with the municipality pursuant to this\nsubdivision may not collect from persons or families in occupancy on\nwhose account such payments are made any rentals in excess of the\namounts specified in such contract.\n
N.Y. NPC Law § 1612 — New York Code / Act NPC / Article 16 / Section 1612
Public records and public meetings
Status: in_force

§ 1612. Public records and public meetings.\n  (a) The board shall cause minutes and a record to be kept of all its\nproceedings. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the land bank\nshall be subject to the open meetings law and the freedom of information\nlaw.\n  (b) A land bank shall hold a public hearing prior to financing or\nissuance of bonds. The land bank shall schedule and hold a public\nhearing and solicit public comment. After the conclusion of the public\nhearing and comments, the land bank shall consider the results of the\npublic hearing and comments with respect to the proposed actions. Such\nconsideration by the land bank shall include the accommodation of the\npublic interest with respect to such actions; if such accommodation is\ndeemed in the best interest of the community proposed actions shall\ninclude such accommodation.\n  (c) In addition to any other report required by this chapter, the land\nbank, through its chairperson, shall annually deliver, in oral and\nwritten form, a report to the municipality. Such report shall be\npresented by March fifteenth of each year to the governing body or board\nof the municipality. The report shall describe in detail the projects\nundertaken by the land bank during the past year, the monies expended by\nthe land bank during the past year, and the administrative activities of\nthe land bank during the past year. At the conclusion of the report, the\nchairperson of the land bank shall be prepared to answer the questions\nof the municipality with respect to the projects undertaken by the\nauthority during the past year, the monies expended by the municipality\nduring the past year, and the administrative activities of the\nmunicipality during the past year.\n