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N.Y. COM Law § 240 — New York Code / Act COM / Article 12 / Section 240
Powers and duties of the commissioner
Status: in_force

§ 240. Powers and duties of the commissioner. The commissioner acting\nby and through the department shall have the power and it shall be his\nduty:\n  1. To assure that comprehensive, reliable and timely information and\nresearch is available for effective economic development efforts at the\nlocal and state levels; such information and research on the economic\nconditions and trends of the state, its regions and localities should be\nadequate to meet the needs of sound policy development, economic\nresearch, economic development and private investment.\n  2. To investigate issues concerning state economic information and\nresearch including the quality, timeliness and detail of certain\ninformation; the unavailability of information on certain important\ntopics; the need to update information collection and indices to reflect\nstructural changes in the state's economy; the need to adapt information\ncollection and dissemination to meet new and emerging needs of users;\ncutbacks in federal economic information systems and in federal support\nfor state information gathering and dissemination; uncertainty about the\nmost economic and effective way of supporting the collection and\ndissemination of information; the need for standard formats and computer\ncompatibility among information systems maintained by different levels\nof government, and by different state agencies; and the need for a\ncomprehensive policy or strategy to guide the state's economic\ninformation system and its development.\n  3. The commissioner shall establish and maintain, within available\nappropriations, a statewide economic information system accessible to\nstate, regional and local government and academic information users and\nproducers. Such information system shall be maintained by the\ndepartment. The commissioner may subcontract for related services to a\ncollege, university or other non-profit institution. After the economic\ninformation system is established, the commissioner shall submit a\nreport to the director of the budget and the chairmen of the senate\nfinance and assembly ways and means committees, evaluating the adequacy\nof such economic information system and setting forth the reasons for\nselecting such system.\n
N.Y. STF Law § 97-KK — New York Code / Act STF / Article 6 / Section 97-KK
Local services account
Status: in_force

§ 97-kk. Local services account. 1. There is hereby established in the\njoint custody of the state comptroller and the commissioner of taxation\nand finance a local services account within the miscellaneous special\nrevenue fund.\n  2. All revenue received by the commissioner of taxation and finance\nfrom charge-backs and fees for services related to the real property\ninformation system, fees for services related to the geographical\ninformation systems and any other fees, fines and penalties collected by\nthe office and not assigned to another fund or account shall be\ndeposited to the credit of the local services account.\n  3. Moneys within the local services account, upon appropriation by the\nlegislature, shall be available to the commissioner of taxation and\nfinance for services and expenses of the commissioner relating to the\nprovision of technical and administrative assistance to local\ngovernments.\n
N.Y. EXC Law § 837-L — New York Code / Act EXC / Article 35 / Section 837-L
Capital prosecution extraordinary assistance program
Status: in_force

§ 837-l. Capital prosecution extraordinary assistance program. There\nis hereby created within the division a capital prosecution\nextraordinary assistance program to be administered by the commissioner,\nto distribute funds to district attorneys for the prosecution of capital\ncases. Such funds shall be distributed where the commissioner\ndetermines, on the basis of a written certification by the applicant\ndistrict attorney, that due to the nature or number of capital cases\nbeing prosecuted by the district attorney a significant financial burden\nhas resulted and financial assistance is necessary in order to fulfill\nsuch district attorney's responsibilities; provided, however, that such\nfunds shall not be used to supplant existing resources.  Such funds may\nalso be distributed to a district attorney who, upon the request of\nanother district attorney, has provided assistance in the prosecution of\na capital case.\n
N.Y. BNK Law § 204 — New York Code / Act BNK / Article 5 / Section 204
Reports of foreign banking corporations; penalties
Status: in_force

§ 204. Reports of foreign banking corporations; penalties. Every\nforeign banking corporation licensed by the superintendent to engage in\nbusiness in this state, shall at such times and in such form as the\nsuperintendent shall prescribe, make written reports to the\nsuperintendent under the oath of one of its officers, managers or agents\ntransacting business in this state, showing the amount of its assets and\nliabilities and containing such other matters as the superintendent\nshall prescribe. If any such corporation shall fail to make any such\nreport as directed by the superintendent, it shall be subject to the\npenalties prescribed by section one hundred twenty-five of this chapter,\nand any false statement contained in any such report or in any other\nsworn statement made to the superintendent by such corporation in\npursuance of the provisions of this chapter shall constitute perjury.\nNothing herein contained shall be deemed to modify the prohibitions of\nsection one hundred thirty-one of this chapter.\n
N.Y. JUD Law § 344 — New York Code / Act JUD / Article 10 / Section 344
Number of attendants upon courts in certain counties
Status: in_force

§ 344. Number of attendants upon courts in certain counties. In any\ncounty where the compensation of the attendants provided for in section\nfour hundred and three of this chapter, is now fixed by statute at the\nsum of three dollars per day and mileage, the number of attendants to be\nappointed for any one term of court, pursuant to said section, shall not\nexceed eighteen.\n
N.Y. PML Law § 253 — New York Code / Act PML / Article 2 / Section 253
Powers of the fund
Status: in_force

§ 253. Powers of the fund. The fund shall have power:\n  1. To sue and be sued.\n  2. To have a seal and to alter the seal at its pleasure.\n  3. To make by-laws for the management and regulation of its affairs.\n  4. To acquire, hold and dispose of personal property for its corporate\npurposes.\n  5. To appoint officers, agents and employees, to prescribe their\nqualifications and to fix their compensation.\n  6. To perform such other acts and engage in such other activities as\nmay be necessary and proper for exercising its powers.\n
N.Y. PBG Law § 544 — New York Code / Act PBG / Article 13 / Title 139 / Section 544
Village of Lancaster housing authority
Status: in_force

§ 544. Village of Lancaster housing authority.  A municipal housing\nauthority, to be known as the village of Lancaster housing authority, is\nhereby created and established for the village of Lancaster in the\ncounty of Erie for the accomplishment of any or all of the purposes\nspecified in article eighteen of the constitution of the state of New\nYork. It shall constitute a body corporate and politic, be perpetual in\nduration and consist of five members. It shall have the powers and\nduties now or hereafter conferred by this chapter upon municipal housing\nauthorities. It shall be organized in the manner prescribed by and\nsubject to the provisions of this chapter, and the authority, its\nmembers, officers and employees and its operations and activities shall\nin all respects be governed by the provisions of this chapter.\n
N.Y. PTR Law § 121-304 — New York Code / Act PTR / Article 8-A / Section 121-304
Person erroneously believing himself a limited partner
Status: in_force

§ 121-304. Person erroneously believing himself a limited partner. (a)\nExcept as provided in subdivision (b) of this section, a person who\nmakes a contribution to a limited partnership and erroneously but in\ngood faith believes that he has become a limited partner in the limited\npartnership is not a general partner in the limited partnership and is\nnot bound by its obligations by reason of making the contribution,\nreceiving distributions from the limited partnership or exercising any\nrights of a limited partner, if, on ascertaining the mistake, he:\n  (1) causes an accurate certificate of limited partnership or a\ncertificate of amendment to be executed and filed; or\n  (2) withdraws from the partnership by executing and delivering to the\nlimited partnership a written notice declaring withdrawal under this\nsection.\n  (b) A person who makes a contribution of the kind described in\nsubdivision (a) of this section is liable as a general partner to any\nthird party who transacts business with the limited partnership (i)\nbefore the person withdraws and an appropriate certificate is filed to\nshow withdrawal, or (ii) before an appropriate certificate is filed to\nshow that he is not a general partner, but in either case only if the\nthird party reasonably believed, based upon the limited partner's\nconduct, that the limited partner was a general partner and extended\ncredit to the partnership in reasonable reliance on the credit of such\nperson.\n
N.Y. AGM Law § 357 — New York Code / Act AGM / Article 26 / Section 357
Selling or offering to sell or exposing diseased animal
Status: in_force

§ 357. Selling or offering to sell or exposing diseased animal. A\nperson who wilfully sells or offers to sell, uses, exposes, or causes or\npermits to be sold, offered for sale, used or exposed, any horse or\nother animal having the disease known as glanders or farcy, or other\ncontagious or infectious disease dangerous to the life or health of\nhuman beings, or animals, or which is diseased past recovery, or who\nrefuses upon demand to deprive of life an animal affected with any such\ndisease, is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment for not\nmore than one year, or by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars\nor by both.\n
N.Y. CRC Law § 56 — New York Code / Act CRC / Article 5 / Section 56
Prisoner's right to communicate with friends
Status: in_force

§ 56. Prisoner's right to communicate with friends. (1) The\ncommissioner of correction of the city of New York shall cause to be\nplaced in each district prison a notice in several languages, setting\nforth that prisoners have the right to send a message or to write to or\ncause their relatives or friends to be telephoned to in the manner\nhereinafter set forth, and also stating the rates of messenger service.\nWhenever a person is detained in a district prison the keeper or other\nperson in charge shall, at the request of such prisoner, telephone,\nwithout cost, to one number in the city of New York given him by said\nprisoner in an effort to reach his relatives and friends, or, at the\noption of the prisoner, give him a stamped envelope free of charge, or\nat cost an envelope with necessary postage for a special delivery\nletter. The keeper or other person in charge shall, at the request of\nsuch prisoner, telephone to such other numbers as the prisoner may\nrequest upon the payment of the regular telephone charge for the same.\nIt shall be the duty of the lieutenant, or other officer in charge at\nthe police station, to telephone free of charge to three numbers at the\nrequest of the prisoner. In each case the lieutenant, or other officer\nin charge of the station house, or the keeper, or other person in charge\nof the district prison, shall inform the prisoner of his opportunity to\ntelephone or receive a stamped envelope and postage as above set forth,\nand in addition thereto, in each district prison there shall be\ninstalled a messenger telegraph service, and whether the prisoner sends\na message by said service or by a messenger he shall not be charged any\nsum greater than the customary rate for similar service from any other\nplace in the city.\n  (2) At the time of the arraignment of a defendant, the judge shall\ninform said defendant that he is entitled to communicate with his\nrelatives or friends, by letter or telephone free of charge. But the\nfailure of the judge to give the warning prescribed herein shall not be\ndeemed a reason to reverse a judgment of conviction unless such failure\nis shown to have deprived the defendant of a fair trial.\n
N.Y. AGM Law § 73 — New York Code / Act AGM / Article 5 / Section 73
Report of disease
Status: in_force

§ 73. Report of disease.  Every person shall immediately report to the\ncommissioner the existence among animals of any infectious or\ncommunicable disease coming to his knowledge. Every report shall be in\nwriting and shall include a description of the diseased animal or\nanimals, the location thereof, the name of the disease suspected, and,\nif known, the name and address of the owner or person in charge of such\nanimal or animals.\n
N.Y. VAW Law § 59 — New York Code / Act VAW / Article 4 / Section 59
Liberal construction
Status: in_force

§ 59. Liberal construction. The provisions of this article relating to\ngiving notice of injury and filing of claim, and to the contents of any\nsuch notice or claim, shall be construed liberally in order to\neffectuate the objects and purposes of this chapter.\n
N.Y. ISC Law § 4529 — New York Code / Act ISC / Article 45 / Section 4529
Subsidiaries authorized
Status: in_force

§ 4529. Subsidiaries authorized. (a) A domestic fraternal benefit\nsociety may invest in subsidiaries as authorized in article seventeen of\nthis chapter for domestic life insurance companies, provided such\nsociety meets the requirements of subsection (b) of section forty-five\nhundred twenty-seven or section four thousand five hundred thirty of\nthis article.\n  (b) A domestic fraternal benefit society may create, maintain and\noperate, or may establish organizations to operate, not-for-profit\ninstitutions to provide one or more social, intellectual, educational,\ncharitable, benevolent, moral, fraternal, patriotic or religious\nbenefits to members. Such institutions may furnish services free or at a\nreasonable charge. Any real or personal property owned, held or leased\nby the society for this purpose shall be reported in the society's\nannual statement.\n
N.Y. LAB Law § 225 — New York Code / Act LAB / Article 8-A / Section 225
Hours of labor and wages on work of elimination of grade crossings
Status: in_force

§ 225. Hours of labor and wages on work of elimination of grade\ncrossings.  All work of every kind upon the elimination of railroad\ngrade crossings under article seven, section fourteen of the\nconstitution, under chapters six hundred and seventy-seven, six hundred\nand seventy-eight, eight hundred and six, eight hundred and twenty-five\nof the laws of nineteen hundred twenty-eight and chapter six hundred and\neighty-one of the laws of nineteen hundred twenty-nine, or acts\namendatory of or supplemental thereto, or under acts which such statutes\namended or supplemented, or under the railroad law, the highway law, or\nany other general or special law, for the cost of which work the state\nand/or its civil divisions is liable in any proportion is hereby\ndeclared to be public work for the state and/or for its civil divisions,\nand the wages, the hours of work and labor and days of employment of all\nlaborers, workmen or mechanics employed on such work whether by the\nstate or by a municipality or by a board or commission appointed\npursuant to law or by a railroad or other corporation intrusted with the\nperformance of such work or by any contractor or subcontractor on such\nwork shall hereafter be subject to and in accord with the provisions of\narticle eight of this chapter, and every contract for such elimination\nwork hereafter entered into shall contain a stipulation that no laborer,\nworkman or mechanic in the employ of the contractor, subcontractor or\nother person doing or contracting to do the whole or a part of the work\ncontemplated by the contract shall be permitted or required to work more\nthan eight hours in any one calendar day or more than five days in any\none week except in cases of extraordinary emergency caused by fire,\nflood or danger to life or property. No such person shall be employed\nmore than eight hours in any day or more than five days in any one week\nexcept in such emergency.\n
N.Y. CVP Law § 8302 — New York Code / Act CVP / Article 83 / Section 8302
Additional allowance to plaintiff as of right in real property actions
Status: in_force

§ 8302. Additional allowance to plaintiff as of right in real property\nactions. (a) Actions in which allowance made. A plaintiff, if a judgment\nis entered in his favor and he recovers costs, is entitled to an\nadditional allowance, in an action:\n  1. to foreclose a mortgage upon real property; or\n  2. for the partition of real property; or\n  3. to compel the determination of a claim to real property.\n  (b) Amount of allowance. An additional allowance under this rule shall\nbe computed upon the amount found to be due upon the mortgage, or the\nvalue of the property which is partitioned or the claim to which is\ndetermined, at the rate of:\n  1. ten per cent of a sum not exceeding two hundred dollars; plus\n  2. five per cent of any additional sum not exceeding eight hundred\ndollars; plus\n  3. two per cent of any additional sum not exceeding two thousand\ndollars; plus\n  4. one per cent of any additional sum not exceeding five thousand\ndollars.\n  (c) Additional allowance where action settled. Where an action\nspecified in subdivision (a) is settled before judgment, the plaintiff\nis entitled to an additional allowance upon the amount paid upon the\nsettlement, computed at one-half of the rates set forth in subdivision\n(b).\n  (d) Additional allowance in foreclosure action. In an action to\nforeclose a mortgage upon real property, a plaintiff entitled to an\nadditional allowance pursuant to subdivision (a) or (c) shall also be\nentitled to the sum of fifty dollars. Where a part of the mortgage debt\nis not due, if the judgment directs the sale of the whole property, the\nadditional allowance specified in subdivision (a) shall be computed as\nprovided in subdivision (b) upon the whole sum unpaid upon the mortgage.\nIf the judgment directs the sale of a part only, it shall be computed\nupon the sum actually due, and if the court thereafter grants an order\ndirecting the sale of the remainder or a part thereof, it shall be\ncomputed upon the amount then due. The aggregate of additional\nallowances so computed shall not exceed the sum which would have been\nallowed if the entire sum secured by the mortgage had been due when the\njudgment was entered.\n
N.Y. PBS Law § 77 — New York Code / Act PBS / Article 4 / Section 77
Powers of local officers
Status: in_force

§ 77. Powers of local officers.  If in any city of the first or second\nclass there now exists or shall hereafter be created a board, body or\nofficer having jurisdiction of matters pertaining to gas or electric\nservice, such board, body or officer shall have and may exercise such\npower, jurisdiction and authority in enforcing the laws of the state and\nthe orders, rules and regulations of the commission as may be prescribed\nby statute or by the commission.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 778-A — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 36-C / Section 778-A
Contracts requiring down payments in escrow
Status: in_force

§ 778-a. Contracts requiring down payments in escrow. 1. An escrow\nagent who undertakes to hold a buyer's down payment in the purchase and\nsale of a home shall have the fiduciary obligation to segregate and\nsafeguard the buyer's down payment in a special bank account, and shall\nnot commingle such down payment with the escrow agent's personal or\nbusiness funds.\n  2. A contract which requires that a down payment be held in escrow\nshall identify the escrow agent and the bank in which the down payment\nshall be deposited during the term of the escrow.\n  3. An escrow agent shall not be required to maintain a down payment in\na bank account which is separate from all other bank accounts, provided\nthe escrow agent's books of account and banking records shall accurately\nshow the allocation to each owner of all funds that are deposited in the\nescrow agent's special bank account and all transactions relating to the\nreceipt and disbursement of escrow funds.\n  4. Unless the contract provides otherwise, an escrow agent shall not\nbe required to deposit the down payment in an interest-bearing bank\naccount. If the escrow agent is an attorney admitted to practice in this\nstate, a bank account authorized by section four hundred ninety-seven of\nthe judiciary law shall be a lawful depository for down payments held by\nthe attorney in escrow.\n  5. The provisions of this section may be modified by a written\nagreement signed by the buyer, seller and escrow agent.\n  6. The provisions of this section are not exclusive and do not relieve\na buyer, seller or escrow agent from compliance with all other\napplicable provisions of law, or from civil or criminal liability\nimposed by other applicable provisions of law.\n
N.Y. TAX Law § 1600 — New York Code / Act TAX / Article 34 / Section 1600
Short title
Status: in_force

§ 1600. Short title. This article shall be known and may be cited as\nthe "New York state lottery for education law."\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 399-R — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 26 / Section 399-R
Sale of paint pellet guns
Status: in_force

§ 399-r. Sale of paint pellet guns. (a) No person, firm, or\ncorporation shall sell or offer to sell a paint pellet gun to any person\nunder sixteen years of age.\n  (b) For purposes of this subdivision, the term "paint pellet gun"\nmeans a gun, air gun, pistol, rifle, or like device in appearance or\nfunction, capable of and designed for discharging and propelling through\nthe air to a target a small quantity of paint enclosed within a pellet\nor pellet-like device or capsule or capsule-like device that breaks upon\nimpact with the target, overspreading the target with paint.\n  (c) Any person, firm, or corporation who violates the provisions of\nthis section shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more than five\nhundred dollars.\n
N.Y. POA Law § 3 — New York Code / Act POA / Section 3
No title
Status: in_force

§ 3. The treasurer of such commission shall, before entering upon the\ndischarge of his duties, execute and file in the office of the\ncommission his bond or undertaking in the penal sum of twenty-five\nthousand dollars, conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties\nand the lawful application of all moneys which may come into his hands\nas such treasurer. He shall keep a full and accurate account of all\nmoneys received and paid out by the commission and such account shall at\nall times be open to inspection. The treasurer, shall, in the month of\nJuly each year, make and file with the clerk of each such municipality,\na detailed verified report of all receipts and disbursements for the\npreceding fiscal year.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 175 — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 11 / Section 175
Form and contents of license
Status: in_force

§ 175. Form and contents of license. 1. Every license shall contain\nthe name of the person licensed, a designation of the city, town or\nvillage, street and number of the place in which the person licensed is\nauthorized to carry on the said employment agency, and the number and\ndate of such license. If the licensee is a corporation, the license\nshall be issued in the name of the corporation and the names of the\npresident and treasurer individually and as officers.  All other\nofficers of the corporation and all stockholders of a corporation whose\nstock is not publicly traded holding ten percent or more of the stock of\nsuch corporation shall be deemed licensees.\n  2. It shall be the duty of the licensee to notify promptly the\ncommissioner of any changes of the persons licensed or deemed to be\nlicensees, and of any material change in the ownership or operation of\nthe agency.\n