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N.Y. ACA Law § 8.05 — New York Code / Act ACA / Title B / Article 8 / Section 8.05
Objectives
Status: in_force

§ 8.05. Objectives. The New York state writers' institute shall:\n  1. Establish an arts and cultural program for the study of creative\nwriting in the context of literary criticism, the humanities and other\ncreative arts;\n  2. Hire such writers, artists and other personnel as may be necessary\nfor programs, courses, workshops, lectures and readings to encourage the\ndevelopment of writing skills in all phases and genres of writing\nincluding fiction, non-fiction, poetry, journalism, playwriting and\nscreenwriting;\n  3. Offer such scholarships, grants and awards in writing as may help\ndevelop the talent of writers and the craft of writing;\n  4. Offer programs for teachers and high school students in New York\nthat will serve to train them in the craft of writing and demonstrate it\nas a complement to other areas of education;\n  5. Authorize the trustees of the state university to accept, on behalf\nof the institute, gifts, contributions and bequests of unrestricted\nfunds from individuals, foundations, corporations and other\norganizations or institutions for the purpose of furthering the\ninstitute's objectives;\n  6. Offer at least one lecture annually by a distinguished writer on an\naspect of the creative imagination which will further the objectives of\nthe institute's programs and which will enrich the community's exposure\nto the arts;\n  7. Establish and maintain such publications, records and documents as\nmay help arts audiences for the future and stimulate and aid the craft\nof writing;\n  8. Foster cooperation among programs for writers in New York,\nincluding workshops that will serve to enhance continued development in\nthe craft of writing and to increase opportunities for writers in New\nYork state; and\n  9. Develop other programs that will enhance the craft of writing and\nopportunities for writers.\n
N.Y. ABP Law § 1207 — New York Code / Act ABP / Article 12 / Section 1207
Contents and time of answer
Status: in_force

§ 1207. Contents and time of answer.  For the purpose of reckoning the\ntime within which a respondent must appear or answer, service by\npublication under this article is complete on the twenty-eighth day\nafter the date of first publication. Any respondent, or any person\nmaking claim to any of the property or funds described in the petition,\nshall have sixty days after completion of service within which to\nappear, and the time for all further proceedings shall be as prescribed\nfor proceedings in the supreme court. The answer shall be verified,\nshall set forth the true name, residence and business address, if any,\nof the claiming respondent, and shall set forth in full detail the basis\nof the claim and the respondent's claim of title thereto.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 744 — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 35-B / Section 744
Severability
Status: in_force

§ 744. Severability. If any provision of this article or if any\napplication thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the\nremainder of this article and the application of the provision to other\npersons and circumstances shall not be affected thereby.\n
N.Y. NPC Law § 1506-A — New York Code / Act NPC / Article 15 / Section 1506-A
Cemetery corporations; restrictions
Status: in_force

§ 1506-a. Cemetery corporations; restrictions.\n  (a) No cemetery corporation shall, directly or indirectly:\n  (1) sell, or have, enter into or perform a lease of any of its real\nproperty to a funeral entity, or use any of its property for location of\na funeral entity;\n  (2) commingle its funds with a funeral entity;\n  (3) direct or carry on its business or affairs with a funeral entity;\n  (4) authorize control of its business or affairs by a funeral entity;\n  (5) engage in any sale or cross-marketing of goods or services with a\nfuneral entity;\n  (6) have or enter into or perform a management or service contract for\ncemetery operations with a funeral entity; or\n  (7) have, enter into or perform a management contract with any entity\nother than a not-for-profit cemetery corporation; provided, however,\nthat a not-for-profit cemetery corporation may enter into or perform a\nmanagement contract with a private cemetery corporation for the\noperational management of a mausoleum or columbarium by such private\ncemetery corporation provided such contract shall have first been\nauthorized by the board of the not-for-profit cemetery corporation.\n  (b) Only the provisions of subdivisions one and two of paragraph (a)\nof this section shall apply to cemetery corporations with thirty acres\nor less of real property dedicated to cemetery purposes, and only to the\nextent the sale or lease is of real property dedicated to cemetery\npurposes, and such cemeteries shall not engage in the sale of funeral\nhome goods or services, except if such goods and services are otherwise\npermitted to be sold by cemeteries, nor shall a majority of the members\nof the board of directors or trustees of such cemeteries be made up of\nthe representatives of a funeral entity.\n  (c) For the purposes of this section, "funeral entity" means a person,\npartnership, corporation, limited liability company or other form of\nbusiness organization providing funeral home services, or owning,\ncontrolling, conducting or affiliated with a funeral home, any\nsubsidiary thereof or an officer, director or stockholder having a ten\nper centum or greater proprietary, beneficial, equitable or credit\ninterest in a funeral home.\n
N.Y. TAX Law § 951-A — New York Code / Act TAX / Article 26 / Part 1 / Section 951-A
General provisions and definitions
Status: in_force

§ 951-a. General provisions and definitions. When used in this\narticle:\n  (a) The term "executor" means the executor or administrator of the\nestate of the decedent, or, if there is no executor or administrator\nappointed, qualified and acting, then any person or entity in actual or\nconstructive possession of any property of the decedent.\n  (b) The term "person" includes an individual, a trustee, a\ncorporation, an association, a joint-stock company, a partnership, a\nlimited liability company and a bank.\n  (c) The term "tangible personal property" means corporeal personal\nproperty, including money held for numismatic purposes, and does not\ninclude deposits in banks, mortgages, debts, receivables, shares of\nstock, bonds, notes, credits, evidences of an interest in property,\nevidences of debt, or choses in action generally.\n  (d) The term "persons interested in the estate" shall include all\npersons who may be entitled to receive or who have received any property\nor interest which is required to be included in the gross estate of a\ndecedent, or any benefit whatsoever with respect to any such property or\ninterest, whether under a will, or intestacy, or by reason of any of the\ntransfers, trusts, estates, interests, rights, powers and\nrelinquishments of powers which are required to be included in the gross\nestate.\n  (e) The term "taxpayer" means the estate of the decedent and any other\nperson subject to or liable for any tax imposed by this article.\n  (f) Tax treatment of charitable contributions for determining\ndomicile.  Notwithstanding any other provision of any other law to the\ncontrary, the making of a financial contribution, gift, bequest,\ndonation or any other financial instrument or pledge in any amount or\nthe donation or loan of any object of any value, or the volunteering,\ngiving or donation of uncompensated time, or any combination of the\nforegoing, considered a charitable contribution under subsection (c) of\nsection one hundred seventy of the internal revenue code, or to a\nnot-for-profit organization, as defined in subdivision seven of section\none hundred seventy-nine-q of the state finance law, shall not be used\nin any manner to determine where an individual is domiciled at the time\nof his or her death.\n
N.Y. GMU Law § 202 — New York Code / Act GMU / Article 10 / Section 202
Certificate to be issued to exempt volunteer firefighter
Status: in_force

§ 202. Certificate to be issued to exempt volunteer firefighter. Any\nperson described in sections two hundred or two hundred one of this\narticle shall be entitled to a certificate from the company in which he\nor she served or of which he or she was a member at the time of its\ndisbandment which shall show the date of the entrance of such\nfirefighter upon his or her service, the period of his or her service;\nif he or she was honorably discharged from such company the certificate\nshall so state; that he or she was in good standing in his or her\ncompany at the time of applying for such certificate or at the time he\nor she was discharged therefrom; or that he or she was in good standing\nin his or her company at the time of the disbandment thereof. Such\ncertificate shall be signed by the president, captain, foreman or\nsecretary of the company and shall be acknowledged by such officers\nbefore an officer commissioned to take acknowledgments, and shall also\nhave attached thereto a certificate attested by the affidavit of the\nsecretary, clerk or other person having the custody of the company's\nrecord of membership, that the statements of fact contained in said\ncertificate are true, and the affidavit and acknowledgment shall be\nsubstantially in the following form:\nState of New York         )\n                          ) ss.\nCounty of ............    )\n  On this ............ day of ........... , in the year ........... ,\nbefore me personally came ......................... , to me known and by\nme known to be the same persons described in and who executed the\nforegoing certificate and they severally duly acknowledged to me that\nthey executed the same and the said .............................. being\nby me duly sworn, deposes and says, that he/she is ................. of\nthe company aforesaid and is the custodian of the records of its\nmembership and that the facts above stated relating to the service of\nthe person described in such certificate are true.\n                                     ...................................\n                                                Notary Public\n  Such certificate so attested shall in all courts of the state and in\nthe offices of all persons clothed with power of appointment or removal\nin the service of this state and in the several cities, counties, towns\nand villages thereof, be presumptive evidence of the facts therein\nstated.\n
N.Y. RCO Law § 351 — New York Code / Act RCO / Article 18 / Section 351
Conveyance of property
Status: in_force

§ 351. Conveyance of property. Whenever it may become necessary or\nadvisable to mortgage or dispose of any church property, the trustees\nmay mortgage or sell and convey the same by first securing the authority\nof the society for such sale or mortgage and the approval of the\narchbishop, or bishop, who is administrator of the Byelorussian\nAutocephalic Orthodox Church in America, and obtaining leave of the\nsupreme or county court therefor pursuant to the provisions of this\nchapter; provided that in all cases the proceeds of such sale or\nmortgage shall be used either for the payment of debts or for the\npurchase or improvement of property for the same uses and deeded to the\nsame corporation; or if not so used, shall be held subject to the order\nof the diocesan council of the Byelorussian Autocephalic Orthodox Church\nin America which has ecclesiastical jurisdiction over such church.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 1399-NN — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 13-G / Section 1399-NN
Findings and purpose
Status: in_force

§ 1399-nn. Findings and purpose. 1. Cigarette smoking presents serious\npublic health concerns to the state and to the citizens of the state.\nThe Surgeon General has determined that smoking causes lung cancer,\nheart disease and other serious diseases, and that there are hundreds of\nthousands of tobacco-related deaths in the United States each year.\nThese diseases most often do not appear until many years after the\nperson in question begins smoking.\n  2. Cigarette smoking also presents serious financial concerns for the\nstate. Under certain health-care programs, the state may have a legal\nobligation to provide medical assistance to eligible persons for health\nconditions associated with cigarette smoking, and those persons may have\na legal entitlement to receive such medical assistance.\n  3. Under these programs, the state pays millions of dollars each year\nto provide medical assistance for these persons for health conditions\nassociated with cigarette smoking.\n  4. It is the policy of the state that financial burdens imposed on the\nstate by cigarette smoking be borne by tobacco product manufacturers\nrather than by the state to the extent that such manufacturers either\ndetermine to enter into a settlement with the state or are found\nculpable by the courts.\n  5. On November twenty-third, nineteen hundred ninety-eight, leading\nUnited States tobacco product manufacturers entered into a settlement\nagreement, entitled the "Master Settlement Agreement," with the state.\nThe master settlement agreement obligates these manufacturers, in return\nfor a release of past, present and certain future claims against them as\ndescribed therein, to pay substantial sums to the state (tied in part to\ntheir volume of sales); to fund a national foundation devoted to the\ninterests of public health; and to make substantial changes in their\nadvertising and marketing practices and corporate culture, with the\nintention of reducing underage smoking.\n  6. It would be contrary to the policy of the state if tobacco product\nmanufacturers who determine not to enter into such a settlement could\nuse a resulting cost advantage to derive large, short-term profits in\nthe years before liability may arise without ensuring that the state\nwill have an eventual source of recovery from them if they are proven to\nhave acted culpably. It is thus in the interest of the state to require\nthat such manufacturers establish a reserve fund to guarantee a source\nof compensation and to prevent such manufacturers from deriving large,\nshort-term profits and then becoming judgment-proof before liability may\narise.\n
N.Y. VIL Law § 14-1430 — New York Code / Act VIL / Article 14 / Section 14-1430
Tax for unpaid assessments
Status: in_force

§ 14-1430 Tax for unpaid assessments. The board of trustees shall\ninclude in the annual tax levy the principal or interest accruing during\nthe same fiscal year upon bonds, notes or certificates of indebtedness\nissued on account of default in the payment of local assessments under\nthis article, and shall levy the same upon the lots or parcels in\ndefault.\n  Such principal shall be apportioned among the lots or parcels in\ndefault so that the tax thereon will be the same as if an equal portion\nof the assessment were then to be paid. Interest on an unpaid assessment\nshall be added to such tax at the rate payable by the bond, note or\ncertificate of indebtedness, which must be computed to the time when the\nprincipal or an instalment will become due; or if no principal will\nbecome due during the fiscal year, then the interest accruing during\nthat year upon the assessment must be levied upon such lot or parcel.\n
N.Y. RPA Law § 1075 — New York Code / Act RPA / Article 10 / Section 1075
Liens to be ascertained
Status: in_force

§ 1075. Liens to be ascertained. Before an interlocutory judgment is\nrendered for the sale of the property, the court must direct a reference\nto ascertain whether any person not a party, has a lien upon the\nproperty, or any part thereof.  But the court may direct or dispense\nwith such reference, in its discretion, where a party produces a search,\ncertified by the clerk, or by the clerk and register as the case\nrequires, of the county where the property is situated and it appears\ntherefrom, and by the affidavits, if any, produced therewith, that there\nis no such outstanding lien.  Except as otherwise expressly prescribed\nin this article, the proceedings upon and subsequent to the reference\nmust be the same as prescribed by law where a reference is made in an\naction for partition to ascertain whether there is a creditor not a\nparty who has a lien on the share or interest of a party.\n
N.Y. SCP Law § 2504 — New York Code / Act SCP / Article 25 / Section 2504
Wills to be retained after probate; exceptions 1
Status: in_force

§ 2504. Wills to be retained after probate; exceptions\n  1. A written will which has been admitted to probate must remain in\nthe court, except where the will is on file in a court or public office\nof another state or country under the laws of which it cannot be\nremoved.\n  2. When it appears that the laws of another jurisdiction require the\nproduction of an original will before the provisions thereof become\neffective in such jurisdiction the court may cause any original will on\nfile in its office to be sent to any court which, or to any officer of\nsuch jurisdiction who, under the laws thereof, is empowered to receive\nthe will for probate, or may deliver the will to any person interested\nin the probate thereof in such jurisdiction or to his fiduciary in such\nmanner and upon such terms as it deems proper for the preservation of\nthe will and the protection of other parties interested in the estate.\n  3. In the case of a joint will which has been admitted to probate in\nthis state the court of such county may under such terms as it deems\nproper transmit the original joint will to the surrogate's court of any\nother county in this state for probate as the will of any other signer\nthereof. It shall be the duty of the court of such other county to keep\na true copy thereof in its office and thereafter to return the original\nwill to the surrogate's court of the county of original probate.\n
N.Y. PBO Law § 24 — New York Code / Act PBO / Article 2-A / Section 24
Successive actions
Status: in_force

§ 24. Successive actions.  The same, or any other applicant, may, in\nlike manner, either before or after judgment in the first action, obtain\nan order, permitting him to maintain another action, in the same court,\nupon the same bond or undertaking, for another default or misconduct.\nAny number of such orders may be successively made; and neither of the\nactions authorized thereby is affected by the pendency of, or the\nrecovery of judgment in, any other, except as otherwise expressly\nprescribed in this article.\n
N.Y. EXC Law § 160-P — New York Code / Act EXC / Article 6-E / Section 160-P
Basis for denial
Status: in_force

§ 160-p. Basis for denial. The department may, in accordance with the\nprovisions of this article relating to hearings, deny the issuance of a\ncertificate as a state certified real estate appraiser, or license as a\nstate licensed real estate appraiser, or license as a state licensed\nreal estate appraiser assistant, to an applicant on any of the grounds\nenumerated in this article.\n
N.Y. CAN Law § 40 — New York Code / Act CAN / Article 3 / Section 40
Relation to other laws
Status: in_force

§ 40. Relation to other laws. 1. The provisions of this article shall\napply, except that where a provision of this article conflicts with\nanother provision of this chapter, this article shall apply.\n  2. Medical cannabis shall not be deemed to be a "drug" for purposes of\narticle one hundred thirty-seven of the education law.\n
N.Y. ABP Law § 1305 — New York Code / Act ABP / Article 13 / Section 1305
Unclaimed surplus moneys after recovery of cost of public assistance and care
Status: in_force

§ 1305. Unclaimed surplus moneys after recovery of cost of public\nassistance and care.\n  Any amount comprising a balance credited to an estate or person\npursuant to sections one hundred fifty-two-b or three hundred sixty of\nthe social services law which, on June thirtieth in any year, has for\nfour years from the date of such credit remained unclaimed by the estate\nor person entitled thereto shall be deemed abandoned property.\n  On or before the tenth day of September in each year every public\nwelfare official shall pay such abandoned property to the state\ncomptroller. Such payment shall be accompanied by a written report,\naffirmed as true and accurate under penalty of perjury, in such form as\nthe state comptroller may prescribe.\n
N.Y. GMU Law § 72-K*2 — New York Code / Act GMU / Article 5 / Section 72-K*2
Notification of change in use of property used for recreational purposes
Status: in_force

* 72-k. Notification of change in use of property used for\nrecreational purposes.\n  1. Whenever an owner of real property used for recreational purposes\ndesires to change the use of such property he shall notify the chief\nexecutive officer of each municipal corporation in which the property is\nsituated of his intention to so change the use. Such notification shall\nbe made by certified or registered mail and may be given at any time\nbefore the change in use becomes effective. The notice shall indicate\nthe location of the property, the use to which it is presently devoted\nand the proposed new use.\n  2. Failure to give notice pursuant to the provisions of this section\nshall not constitute a cloud on the title nor affect in any manner the\ntitle to the real property involved.\n  3. As used in this section the term:\n  (a) "Real property used for recreational purposes" shall include but\nnot be limited to the utilization of real property for parks, picnic\nareas, swimming facilities, golf courses and other such similar\nfacilities available to the general public.\n  (b) "Chief executive officer" shall mean:\n  (1) In the case of a county, the county executive or manager, or if\nthere is none, the chairman of the board of supervisors.\n  (2) In the case of cities, the mayor, except in those cities having a\ncity manager, it shall mean such city manager.\n  (3) In the case of towns, the supervisor.\n  (4) In the case of villages, the mayor, except in those villages\nhaving a president or manager, it shall mean such latter officer.\n  (c) "Change the use" shall mean the use of recreational property or a\nportion thereof for non-recreational purposes or the permanent\ndiscontinuance of such property or a portion thereof for recreational\npurposes.\n  * NB There are 2 § 72-k's\n