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N.Y. GBS Law § 774 — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 36-A / Section 774
Action by the attorney general
Status: in_force

§ 774. Action by the attorney general. 1. Upon any violation of the\nprovisions of this article, an application may be made by the attorney\ngeneral in the name of the people of the state of New York to a court or\njustice having jurisdiction to issue an injunction, and upon notice to\nthe defendant of not less than five days, to enjoin and restrain the\ncontinuance of the violation. If it shall appear to the satisfaction of\nthe court or justice that the defendant has violated this section, an\ninjunction may be issued by the court or justice, enjoining and\nrestraining any further violation, without requiring proof that any\nperson has, in fact, been injured or damaged thereby. In any such\nproceeding, the court may make allowances to the attorney general as\nprovided in paragraph six of subdivision (a) of section eight thousand\nthree hundred three of the civil practice law and rules, and direct\nrestitution.\n  In connection with an application made under this section, the\nattorney general is authorized to take proof and to make a determination\nof the relevant facts and to issue subpoenas in accordance with the\ncivil practice law and rules.\n  2. The provisions of this article may be enforced concurrently by the\ndirector of a municipal consumer affairs office, or by the town\nattorney, city corporation counsel, or other lawful designee of a\nmunicipality or local government, and all moneys collected thereunder\nshall be retained by such municipality or local government.\n
N.Y. RPP Law § 130-J — New York Code / Act RPP / Article 4-A / Section 130-J
Right to appeal
Status: in_force

§ 130-j. Right to appeal. Any person aggrieved by any determination\nhereunder shall have such right of appeal as is granted to a party to a\nspecial proceeding.  All proceedings and appeals hereunder shall be\nentitled to such preference as is granted in respect to plans of\nreorganization under the provisions of section one hundred and\ntwenty-two of this chapter.\n
N.Y. PEN Law § 405.12 — New York Code / Act PEN / Part 4 / Title W / Article 405 / Section 405.12
Unpermitted use of indoor pyrotechnics in the second degree
Status: in_force

§ 405.12 Unpermitted use of indoor pyrotechnics in the second degree.\n  A person is guilty of unpermitted use of indoor pyrotechnics in the\nsecond degree when he or she is responsible for obtaining a necessary\npermit to use indoor pyrotechnics, as required by paragraph o of\nsubdivision one of section 405.10 of this article, and, without\nobtaining such permit or knowing that he or she is not in compliance\nwith the terms of a permit, he or she intentionally ignites or detonates\npyrotechnics for which such permit is required, or knowingly permits\nanother to ignite or detonate such pyrotechnics, in a building, as\ndefined in paragraph e of subdivision one of section 405.10 of this\narticle.\n  Unpermitted use of indoor pyrotechnics in the second degree is a class\nA misdemeanor.\n
N.Y. STF Law § 97-Y — New York Code / Act STF / Article 6 / Section 97-Y
Business and licensing services account
Status: in_force

§ 97-y. Business and licensing services account. 1. There is hereby\nestablished within the miscellaneous special revenue fund in the joint\ncustody of the state comptroller and the commissioner of taxation and\nfinance an account to be known as the "business and licensing services\naccount".\n  2. The business and licensing services account shall consist of all\nmonies collected by the department of state from: (a) fees paid to it in\nconjunction with its activities pursuant to the business corporation\nlaw, the not-for-profit corporation law, or other corporate law, the\npartnership law, the limited liability company law, and correlative\nprovisions of the executive law, the general business law and any other\nlaw, consolidated or unconsolidated; (b) fees paid to it in conjunction\nwith its activities pursuant to the provisions of section ninety-six-a\nof the executive law or pursuant to any other provision of law, for\nservices rendered in accordance with the provisions of the uniform\ncommercial code or article ten-A of the lien law; (c) fees charged for\nthe regulation, licensing, examination, certification, registration and\ndiscipline activities of the department of state; (d) monies received\nfrom licenses granted under section four hundred thirty-eight of the\njudiciary law; and (e) fees collected pursuant to section three hundred\nninety-nine-pp of the general business law.\n  3. Monies within the business and licensing services account, upon\nappropriation by the legislature, shall be available to the department\nof state for the operation of the department in relation to (a) uniform\ncommercial code and related tax lien requirements, (b) corporations and\nstate records functions and services, including but not limited to\nreviewing, filing, searching, certifying or copying of documents,\ninstruments and records rendered by the department in conjunction\ntherewith, (c) the regulation, licensing, examination, certification,\nregistration and discipline activities of the department of state, and\n(d) implementation, operation and enforcement of articles seven-A,\neight-B and eight-C of the general business law.\n  4. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this section to the\ncontrary, moneys deposited pursuant to sections ninety-seven-r and\nninety-seven-nn of this article shall be available to the department of\nstate for the purposes set forth in such sections.\n
N.Y. GMU Law § 682 — New York Code / Act GMU / Article 15-C / Section 682
Definitions
Status: in_force

§ 682. Definitions.  As used herein, the following terms shall have\nthe following meanings:\n  1. "Government" or "employer" shall mean any county, city, town,\nvillage, school district or other political subdivision in this state\nhaving one hundred or more full-time employees, except the city of New\nYork.\n  2. "Public employee" or "employee" shall mean any person directly\nemployed and compensated by a government, except persons employed in the\nlegislative or judicial branch thereof.\n  3. "Supervisor" shall mean any person, regardless of title, who is\nassigned to exercise any level of supervisory responsibility over public\nemployees.\n  4. "Grievance" shall mean any claimed violation, misinterpretation or\ninequitable application of the existing laws, rules, procedures,\nregulations, administrative orders or work rules of a government or a\ndepartment or agency thereof, which relate to or involve employee health\nor safety, physical facilities, materials or equipment furnished to\nemployees or supervision of employees; provided, however, that such term\nshall not include any matter involving an employee's rate of\ncompensation, retirement benefits, disciplinary proceeding or any matter\nwhich is otherwise reviewable pursuant to law or any rule or regulation\nhaving the force and effect of law.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 2991 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 29-C / Section 2991
Creation and use of proxies in residential health care and mental hygiene facilities
Status: in_force

§ 2991. Creation and use of proxies in residential health care and\nmental hygiene facilities. 1. Residential health care facilities and\nmental hygiene facilities shall establish procedures:\n  (a) to provide information to adult residents about their right to\ncreate a health care proxy under this article;\n  (b) to educate adult residents about the authority delegated under a\nhealth care proxy, what a proxy may include or omit, and how a proxy is\ncreated and revoked;\n  (c) to help ensure that each resident who creates a proxy while\nresiding at the facility does so voluntarily.\n  2. Such procedures shall be established in accordance with regulations\nissued by the commissioners of health, mental health, and the office for\npeople with developmental disabilities for facilities subject to their\nrespective regulatory authorities.\n
N.Y. VIL Law § 11-1122 — New York Code / Act VIL / Article 11 / Section 11-1122
Outside extension of mains
Status: in_force

§ 11-1122 Outside extension of mains. The board of trustees may, by\nresolution, determine to extend water mains outside the village.  Such\nresolution shall contain a general description of the proposed extension\nand the estimated expense thereof and the amount thereof, if any, to be\nexpended by the village. If the resolution be adopted, the board of\nwater commissioners shall make the extension accordingly. If such\nextension is made, the board of water commissioners shall adopt rules,\nregulations and rates to apply to all consumers outside of the village.\n
N.Y. PTR Law § 121-103 — New York Code / Act PTR / Article 8-A / Section 121-103
Reservation of partnership name
Status: in_force

§ 121-103. Reservation of partnership name.  (a) Subject to section\n121-102 of this article, the exclusive right to the use of a name may be\nreserved by:\n  (1) Any person intending to organize a domestic limited partnership\nunder this article;\n  (2) Any domestic limited partnership or any foreign limited\npartnership authorized to do business in this state intending to change\nits name;\n  (3) Any foreign limited partnership intending to apply for authority\nto do business in this state and to adopt that name; and\n  (4) Any person intending to organize a foreign limited partnership and\nintending to have it apply for authority to do business in this state.\n  (b) A fictitious name for use pursuant to section 121-902 of this\narticle may be reserved by:\n  (1) Any foreign limited partnership intending to apply for authority\nto do business in this state pursuant to subdivision (a) of section\n121-902 of this article.\n  (2) Any authorized foreign limited partnership intending to change its\nfictitious name under which it does business in this state.\n  (3) Any authorized foreign limited partnership which has changed its\nname in its jurisdiction, such new name not being available in this\nstate.\n  (c) Application to reserve a limited partnership name shall be\ndelivered to the department of state. It shall set forth the name and\naddress of the applicant, the name to be reserved, and a statement of\nthe basis for the application under subdivision (a) or (b) of this\nsection. The secretary of state may require that there be included in\nthe application a statement as to the nature of the business to be\nconducted by the limited partnership. If the name is available for\nlimited partnership use, the department of state shall reserve the name\nfor the use of the applicant for a period of sixty days and issue a\ncertificate of reservation. The restrictions and qualifications set\nforth in section 121-102 of this article are not waived by the issuance\nof a certificate of reservation.  The certificate of reservation shall\ninclude the name of the applicant, the name reserved, and the date of\nreservation. The certificate of reservation (or in lieu thereof an\naffidavit by the applicant or by his or her agent or attorney that the\ncertificate of reservation has been lost or destroyed) shall accompany\nthe certificate of limited partnership or the application for authority\nwhen either is delivered to the department of state.\n  (d) The secretary of state may extend the reservation for additional\nperiods of not more than sixty days each, upon the written request of\nthe applicant or his or her attorney or agent delivered to the\ndepartment of state, to be filed before expiration of the reservation\nperiod then in effect. Such request shall have attached to it the\ncertificate of reservation of name. No more than two such extensions\nshall be granted.\n
N.Y. RPA Law § 732 — New York Code / Act RPA / Article 7 / Section 732
Special provisions applicable in non-payment proceeding if the rules so provide
Status: in_force

§ 732. Special provisions applicable in non-payment proceeding if the\nrules so provide. If the appropriate appellate division shall so provide\nin the rules of a particular court, this section shall be applicable in\nsuch court in a proceeding brought on the ground that the respondent has\ndefaulted in the payment of rent; in such event, all other provisions of\nthis article shall remain applicable in such proceeding, except to the\nextent inconsistent with the provisions of this section.\n  1. The notice of petition shall be returnable before the clerk, and\nshall be made returnable within ten days after its service.\n  2. If the respondent answers, the clerk shall fix a date for trial or\nhearing not less than three nor more than eight days after joinder of\nissue, and shall immediately notify by mail the parties or their\nattorneys of such date. If the determination be for the petitioner, the\nissuance of a warrant shall not be stayed for more than five days from\nsuch determination, except as provided in section seven hundred\nfifty-three of this article.\n  3. If the respondent fails to answer within ten days from the date of\nservice, as shown by the affidavit or certificate of service of the\nnotice of petition and petition, the judge shall render judgment in\nfavor of the petitioner and may stay the issuance of the warrant for a\nperiod of not to exceed ten days from the date of service, except as\nprovided in section seven hundred fifty-three of this article.\n  4. The notice of petition shall advise the respondent of the\nrequirements of subdivisions 1, 2 and 3, above.\n
N.Y. GOB Law § 18-201 — New York Code / Act GOB / Article 18-A / Section 18-201
Specifications of liability for employers and employees
Status: in_force

§ 18-201.  Specifications of liability for employers and employees. 1.\nAs used in this section:\n  (a)  "Person" means any individual, firm, company, partnership, joint\nventure, joint-stock association, corporation, association, trust or\nother legal entity.\n  (b)  The words "employer", "employee", "employment", "compensation",\n"injury" and "death" shall have the same meaning as set forth in section\ntwo of the workers' compensation law.\n  (c)  The terms "indemnity" and "contribution" shall not include a\nclaim or cause of action for contribution or indemnification based upon\na provision in a written contract entered into prior to the accident or\noccurrence by which the employer had expressly agreed to contribution to\nor indemnification of the claimant or person asserting the cause of\naction for the type of loss suffered.\n  2.  The liability of an employer and his or her employees set forth in\nsections ten, eleven and twenty-nine of the workers' compensation law\nshall be exclusive and in place of any other liability whatsoever, to\nemployees, their personal representatives, spouses, parents, dependents,\ndistributees or any person otherwise entitled to recover damages,\ncontribution or indemnity, at common law or otherwise, on account of\ninjury or death or liability arising therefrom, except that if an\nemployer fails to secure the payment of compensation for its injured\nemployees and their dependents as provided in section fifty of the\nworkers' compensation law, an injured employee, or his or her legal\nrepresentative in case death results from the injury, may, at his or her\noption, elect to claim compensation under the workers' compensation law,\nor to maintain an action in the courts for damages against the employer\non account of such injury; and in such an action it shall not be\nnecessary to plead or prove freedom from contributory negligence nor may\nthe defendant plead as a defense that the injury was caused by the\nnegligence of a fellow servant nor that the employee assumed the risk of\nhis or her employment, nor that the injury was due to the contributory\nnegligence of the employee.\n
N.Y. CPL Law § 215.10 — New York Code / Act CPL / Part 2 / Title I / Article 215 / Section 215.10
Referral of selected felonies to dispute resolution
Status: in_force

§ 215.10 Referral of selected felonies to dispute resolution.\n  Upon or after arraignment in a local criminal court upon a felony\ncomplaint, or upon or after arraignment in a superior court upon an\nindictment or superior court information, and before final disposition\nthereof, the court, with the consent of the people and of the defendant,\nand with reasonable notice to the victim and an opportunity for the\nvictim to be heard, may order that the action be adjourned in\ncontemplation of dismissal, for the purpose of referring the action to a\ncommunity dispute center established pursuant to article twenty-one-A of\nthe judiciary law. Provided, however, that the court may not order any\naction adjourned in contemplation of dismissal if the defendant is\ncharged therein with: (i) a class A felony, or (ii) a violent felony\noffense as defined in section 70.02 of the penal law, or (iii) any drug\noffense as defined in article two hundred twenty of the penal law, or\n(iv) a felony upon the conviction of which defendant must be sentenced\nas a second felony offender, a second violent felony offender, or a\npersistent violent felony offender pursuant to sections 70.06, 70.04 and\n70.08 of the penal law, or a felony upon the conviction of which\ndefendant may be sentenced as a persistent felony offender pursuant to\nsection 70.10 of such law.\n
N.Y. FCT Law § 913 — New York Code / Act FCT / Article 9 / Part 1 / Section 913
Support and family offense proceedings
Status: in_force

§ 913. Support and family offense proceedings. On its own motion and\nat any time in a proceeding under this article, the court may direct the\nfiling of a support petition under article four or a family offense\npetition under article eight of this act.\n
N.Y. GCT Law § 25-V — New York Code / Act GCT / Article 2-G / Section 25-V
Definitions
Status: in_force

§ 25-v. Definitions. As used in this article the following terms shall\nhave the following meanings:\n  (a) "Vendor of energy services". Any person, corporation or other\nentity which is not a utility, except a public utility service operated\nby a city having a population of one million or more in accordance with\na local law adopted pursuant to article fourteen-A of the general\nmunicipal law and the power authority of the state of New York, and\nwhich furnishes or sells electricity, gas or steam, whether or not such\nvendor produces such energy and regardless of whether such furnishing or\nselling constitutes the main activity of such person, corporation or\nother entity or is merely incidental thereto.\n  (b) "Electricity redistributor". Any landlord, tenant or agent\nthereof, who purchases electricity from a utility or any other person,\ncorporation or other entity and on a metered or unmetered basis resells\nor otherwise redistributes for any consideration such electricity to a\nnon-residential energy user.\n  (c) "Eligible vendor of energy services".\n  (1) Any electricity redistributor that sells or otherwise\nredistributes for any consideration electricity at a rate which: (i) on\na metered or unmetered basis, does not exceed the amount charged by the\nutility or any other person, corporation or other entity to such\nelectricity redistributor for electricity used or consumed by the\nnon-residential energy user, except that a reasonable charge may be\npermitted for administrative and operating costs and (ii) provided,\nhowever, that no electricity redistributor shall come within this\ndefinition where such administrative and operating costs exceed a\nreasonable percentage mark-up of the amount charged by such utility or\nsuch other person, corporation or other entity for such electricity; or\n  (2) Any vendor of energy services which is not an electricity\nredistributor.\n  (d) "Rebate". The amount of a reduction in a non-residential energy\nuser's energy bill, as specified in section twenty-five-w of this\narticle, for the sales tax imposed pursuant to section eleven hundred\nseven of the tax law on the sale of electricity, gas or steam.\n  (e) "Discount". The amount of a reduction in an eligible vendor of\nenergy services' energy bill, as specified in section twenty-five-w of\nthis article, equal to the rebate made by such vendor to a\nnon-residential energy user in accordance with this article.\n  (f) "Non-residential energy user". Any non-residential user of\nelectricity, gas or steam, except a government agency or instrumentality\nthereof, public benefit corporation, or any entity that is exempt from\nthe sales tax imposed pursuant to section eleven hundred seven of the\ntax law, provided that the term "non-residential energy user" shall not\ninclude an owner or operator of residential income producing property,\nexcept a hotel.\n  (g) "Utility". Any electric corporation, gas corporation or steam\ncorporation subject to the jurisdiction and general supervision of the\npublic service commission.\n
N.Y. COM Law § 100-A — New York Code / Act COM / Article 4 / Section 100-A
Comprehensive economic development reporting
Status: in_force

§ 100-a. Comprehensive economic development reporting. The department\nshall prepare an annual comprehensive economic development report, no\nlater than December thirty-first of each year, listing economic\ndevelopment assistance provided by the New York state urban development\ncorporation and the department, including but not limited to tax\nexpenditures, marketing and advertising, grants, awards and loans. Such\ncomprehensive report shall include aggregate totals for each economic\ndevelopment program administered by the New York state urban development\ncorporation and the department, including but not limited to program\nprogress, program participation rates, economic impact, regional\ndistribution, industry trends, and any other information deemed\nnecessary by the commissioner. The department shall prominently post the\ncomprehensive economic development report on its website no later than\nJanuary first of each year.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 350-C — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 22-A / Section 350-C
Notice of proposed action
Status: in_force

§ 350-c. Notice of proposed action. Before the attorney-general\ncommences an action pursuant to section three hundred fifty-d of this\narticle he shall be required to give the person against whom such action\nis contemplated appropriate notice by certified mail and an opportunity\nto show, either orally or in writing, why such action should not be\ncommenced. In such showing, said person may present, among other things,\nevidence that the advertisement is subject to and complies with the\nrules and regulations of, and the statutes administered by, the Federal\nTrade Commission or any official department, division, commission or\nagency of the state of New York.\n