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N.Y. PEN Law § 55.05 — New York Code / Act PEN / Part 2 / Title E / Article 55 / Section 55.05
Classifications of felonies and misdemeanors
Status: in_force

§ 55.05 Classifications of felonies and misdemeanors.\n  1. Felonies. Felonies are classified, for the purpose of sentence,\ninto five categories as follows:\n  (a) Class A felonies;\n  (b) Class B felonies;\n  (c) Class C felonies;\n  (d) Class D felonies; and\n  (e) Class E felonies.\n  Class A felonies are subclassified, for the purpose of sentence, into\ntwo categories as follows: subclass I and subclass II, to be known as\nclass A-I and class A-II felonies, respectively.\n  2. Misdemeanors. Misdemeanors are classified, for the purpose of\nsentence, into three categories as follows:\n  (a) Class A misdemeanors;\n  (b) Class B misdemeanors; and\n  (c) Unclassified misdemeanors.\n
N.Y. COR Law § 203 — New York Code / Act COR / Article 8 / Section 203
Regulations for release of certain sex offenders
Status: in_force

§ 203. Regulations for release of certain sex offenders. 1. The\ncommissioner shall promulgate rules and regulations that shall include\nguidelines and procedures on the placement of sex offenders designated\nas level two or level three offenders pursuant to article six-C of this\nchapter. Such regulations shall provide instruction on certain factors\nto be considered when investigating and approving the residence of level\ntwo or level three sex offenders released on presumptive release,\nparole, conditional release or post-release supervision. Such factors\nshall include the following:\n  (a) the location of other sex offenders required to register under the\nsex offender registration act, specifically whether there is a\nconcentration of registered sex offenders in a certain residential area\nor municipality;\n  (b) the number of registered sex offenders residing at a particular\nproperty;\n  (c) the proximity of entities with vulnerable populations;\n  (d) accessibility to family members, friends or other supportive\nservices, including, but not limited to, locally available sex offender\ntreatment programs with preference for placement of such individuals\ninto programs that have demonstrated effectiveness in reducing sex\noffender recidivism and increasing public safety; and\n  (e) the availability of permanent, stable housing in order to reduce\nthe likelihood that such offenders will be transient.\n  2. The department shall have the duty, prior to the release to\ncommunity supervision of an incarcerated individual designated a level\ntwo or three sex offender pursuant to the sex offender registration act,\nto provide notification to the local social services district in the\ncounty in which the incarcerated individual expects to reside, when\ninformation available or any other pre-release procedures indicates that\nsuch incarcerated individual is likely to seek to access local social\nservices for homeless persons. The department shall provide such notice,\nwhen practicable, thirty days or more before such incarcerated\nindividual's release, but in any event, in advance of such incarcerated\nindividual's arrival in the jurisdiction of such local social services\ndistrict.\n
N.Y. TAX Law § 1438-H — New York Code / Act TAX / Article 31-A-1 / Section 1438-H
Designation of agents
Status: in_force

* § 1438-h. Designation of agents. The treasurer is authorized to\ndesignate the recording officer to act as his or her agent for purposes\nof collecting the tax authorized by this article. The treasurer shall\nprovide for the manner in which such person may be designated as his or\nher agent subject to such terms and conditions as the treasurer shall\nprescribe. The real estate transfer tax shall be paid to such agent as\nprovided in section fourteen hundred thirty-eight-c of this article.\n  * NB Repealed December 31, 2026\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 41-0101 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 41 / Section 41-0101
Sixth park region; definition
Status: in_force

§ 41-0101. Sixth park region; definition.\n  The sixth region shall consist of the counties of Hamilton and Essex\nand those portions of the counties of Saint Lawrence, Lewis, Oneida,\nClinton, Franklin, Herkimer, Fulton, Ulster, Saratoga, Warren,\nWashington, Greene, Delaware and Sullivan lying within the Adirondack or\nCatskill parks as defined in section 9-0101 of this chapter.\n
N.Y. NPC Law § 556 — New York Code / Act NPC / Article 5-A / Section 556
Reviewing compliance
Status: in_force

§ 556. Reviewing compliance.\n  Compliance with this article shall be determined in light of the facts\nand circumstances existing at the time a decision is made or action is\ntaken, and not retrospectively.\n
N.Y. UJC Law § 1303 — New York Code / Act UJC / Article 13 / Section 1303
Jury trials; how obtained; jury fee
Status: in_force

§ 1303. Jury trials; how obtained; jury fee.\n  (a) If the defendant appears before the clerk to answer in person, he\nshall demand a jury trial, if desired, at that time. If he does not do\nso, any other party may demand trial by jury by mailing such a demand to\nthe clerk and all other parties within three days after receiving notice\nof the trial date as set forth in § 1301(a).\n  (b) If a motion is made to have a trial date set, as provided in §\n1301(b), the movant shall include demand for trial by jury, if desired,\nin his notice of motion. If he omits to do so, any other party desiring\ntrial by jury shall demand it in papers opposing the motion.\n  (c) If the trial date is set by agreement pursuant to § 1301(c), the\ntrial shall be without jury unless the stipulation provides otherwise.\n  (d) The party demanding trial by jury shall pay the fee therefor upon\nmaking the demand. If trial by jury is stipulated to, the stipulation\nshall provide for payment of the jury fee, and in the absence of\nproviding therefor, it shall be paid by the plaintiff.\n  (e) Unless a jury is demanded or stipulated to, and the jury fee paid\nas provided in section nineteen hundred eleven of this act, trial by\njury is waived.\n  (f) The court may relieve a party from the effect of failing to comply\nwith this section if no undue prejudice to the rights of another party\nwould result.\n
N.Y. ISC Law § 7104 — New York Code / Act ISC / Article 71 / Section 7104
Company approval of merger or consolidation agreement
Status: in_force

§ 7104. Company approval of merger or consolidation agreement. (a)\nWhen any domestic company shall propose to enter into an agreement of\nmerger or consolidation, the board of directors, trustees or other\ngoverning body shall, except as provided by section seven thousand one\nhundred seven of this article, submit the question of such agreement to\nthe shareholders or members as the case may be at a meeting thereof, by\ncausing a copy of such proposed agreement or a summary thereof approved\nby the superintendent, together with notice, stating the time, place and\npurpose of such meeting, to be delivered personally, or deposited in the\npost office, postage prepaid at least thirty days, unless a shorter time\nnot less than ten days, be approved by the superintendent, prior to the\ntime fixed for such meeting, addressed to each shareholder or member, as\nthe case may be, at his address of record.  However, a domestic mutual\ncompany may give notice by publication in a newspaper of general\ncirculation in the county in which the company has its principal office\nand in either of the two largest cities in each state in which the\ncompany shall be licensed to do business, provided, however, that a\nfull, true and correct copy of such proposed agreement, or a summary\nthereof approved by the superintendent, shall be included in such\nnotice.\n  (b) At any such meeting, the shareholders or members may vote in\nperson or by proxy, each shareholder to be entitled to one vote for each\nshare held by him and each member shall be entitled to such number of\nvotes as may be provided for in the by-laws of the company; and votes\nrepresenting two-thirds of all the shares in the case of purely stock\ncompanies, or votes representing two-thirds of all the shares, if any,\nand votes representing two-thirds of all the votes cast by members\nrepresented at the meeting in person or by proxy in the case of other\ncompanies, shall be necessary for the adoption of such proposed\nagreement.\n  (c) In effecting a merger of a reciprocal insurer with a stock company\nsubscribers of reciprocals shall be deemed shareholders in proportion to\ntheir respective interests in the reciprocal insurer's surplus to\npolicyholders.\n  (d) Notwithstanding any other law, in circumstances in which a\ndomestic mutual life insurance company is merging with a wholly-owned\nsubsidiary stock life insurance company as provided in subsection (b) of\nsection seven thousand one hundred two of this article, in lieu of the\nprovisions set forth in subsection (a) of this section, the directors or\ntrustees of such domestic mutual life insurance company and such\nwholly-owned subsidiary stock life insurance company may authorize the\nofficers of such companies to adopt a merger agreement between them by a\nmajority vote of their respective boards at meetings held not less than\nthirty days after notice of the proposed agreement has been given to\nsuch directors or trustees.\n
N.Y. BNK Law § 336 — New York Code / Act BNK / Article 8-A / Section 336
Special remedies where property is deposited
Status: in_force

§ 336. Special remedies where property is deposited. 1. Every banking\norganization, foreign banking corporation or national banking\nassociation authorized to receive personal property upon deposit for\nsafe-keeping or as bailee for storage, and which shall have received any\nsuch property and shall have issued a receipt therefor, shall have the\nremedies of a warehouseman as to such property, and the banking\norganization, foreign banking corporation or national banking\nassociation shall have a lien on such deposits or the proceeds thereof\nto the same extent and with the same effect, and enforceable in the same\nmanner, as is provided by article seven of the uniform commercial code.\n  2. A banking organization, foreign banking corporation or national\nbanking association holding personal property upon deposit for which a\nreceipt was issued by a predecessor in interest may have the remedies\nprovided by this section.\n  3. The provisions of this section shall not preclude any other remedy\nby action or otherwise for the enforcement of the claim of the banking\norganization, foreign banking corporation or national banking\nassociation against the person from whom personal property has been\nreceived upon deposit and to whom a receipt shall have been issued\ntherefor, nor bar the right of the banking organization, foreign banking\ncorporation or national banking association to recover the debt due it\nin any other lawful manner.\n
N.Y. SCC Law § 121 — New York Code / Act SCC / Article 8 / Section 121
Proposals
Status: in_force

§ 121. Proposals. No contract shall be let, except after the receipt\nof sealed bids or proposals therefor, and no bids or proposals shall be\nreceived at any time other than at a regular meeting of said board, and\nunless they conform to the rules of the board and the general ordinances\nof the common council. All bids or proposals must be indorsed with the\ntitle of the work or materials to which they relate, the name of the\nbidder and his residence. It shall be the duty of each member of the\nboard to be present at the time and place mentioned in the public notice\nfor the receipt and opening of bids or proposals, and such meetings\nshall be open to the public. After all the bids or proposals have been\npresented, but not until one-half hour after the time stated in the\npublic notice for holding the meeting, all bids or proposals shall be\nopened by some member of the board or by its secretary, publicly and in\nthe presence of the bidders and other persons there present, and an\nabstract of all of such bids or proposals, with the prices and security\noffered, shall be transcribed in a book kept for that purpose, without\nany change, correction or addition whatever. A majority of the board\nneed not be present when such bids or proposals are opened. The board\nmay reject all bids or proposals received at any meeting and advertise\nagain for new bids or proposals to be received at another meeting as\nabove prescribed. No person submitting, or on whose behalf a bid or\nproposal is submitted, nor the principal or sureties on any bond or\nsecurity accompanying the same, shall have the right to withdraw or\ncancel any such bid, proposal, or bond until the board shall have\nawarded the contract for which such bid or proposal is made, and such\ncontract shall have been duly executed.\n
N.Y. PBG Law § 474 — New York Code / Act PBG / Article 13 / Title 71 / Section 474
Village of Spring Valley housing authority
Status: in_force

§ 474. Village of Spring Valley housing authority.  A municipal\nhousing authority, to be known as the village of Spring Valley housing\nauthority, is hereby created and established for the village of Spring\nValley in the county of Rockland, for the accomplishment of any or all\nof the purposes specified in article eighteen of the constitution of the\nstate of New York. It shall constitute a body corporate and politic, be\nperpetual in duration and consist of five members. It shall have the\npowers and duties now or hereafter conferred by this chapter upon\nmunicipal housing authorities. It shall be organized in the manner\nprescribed by and subject to the provisions of this chapter, and the\nauthority, its members, officers and employees and its operations and\nactivities shall in all respects be governed by the provisions of this\nchapter.\n
N.Y. GMU Law § 639 — New York Code / Act GMU / Article 15-B / Title 71 / Section 639
City of Buffalo urban renewal agency
Status: in_force

§ 639. City of Buffalo urban renewal agency. An urban renewal agency,\nto be known as the city of Buffalo urban renewal agency, is hereby\nestablished for the accomplishment of any or all of the purposes\nspecified in articles fifteen and fifteen-A of this chapter and in\naccordance with article eighteen of the constitution of the state of New\nYork. It shall constitute a body corporate and politic, and be perpetual\nin duration and it shall be composed of the mayor of the city of Buffalo\nand eight other members, of whom one shall be the president of the\ncommon council of the city of Buffalo, one shall be the chairman of the\nurban renewal committee of the common council of the city of Buffalo,\none shall be the minority leader of the common council of the city of\nBuffalo, one shall be the corporation counsel of the city of Buffalo,\none shall be the commissioner of urban renewal of the city of Buffalo,\none shall be the commissioner of administration and finance of the city\nof Buffalo and the remaining two shall be residents of the city of\nBuffalo appointed by the mayor, whose terms of office shall expire with\nthat of the mayor. In the event there be no minority leader of the\ncommon council of the city of Buffalo, such vacancy on the city of\nBuffalo urban renewal agency shall be filled by appointment of the\ncommon council. It shall have the powers and duties now or hereafter\nconferred by article fifteen-A of this chapter upon municipal renewal\nagencies.  It shall be organized in the manner prescribed by and be\nsubject to the provisions of article fifteen-A of this chapter and the\nagency, its members, officers and employees and its operations and\nactivities shall in all respects be governed by the provisions of such\narticle.\n
N.Y. CNT Law § 226-D — New York Code / Act CNT / Article 5 / Section 226-D
Waiver of fees for veterans' organizations
Status: in_force

§ 226-d. Waiver of fees for veterans' organizations. The Westchester\ncounty legislature is hereby authorized to waive fees by local law,\nincluding but not limited to building permit review fees and fees\nassociated with capital improvements to any post or hall owned by a\nnot-for-profit congressionally chartered veterans' organization located\nin such county.\n
N.Y. JUD Law § 799-A — New York Code / Act JUD / Article 20-A / Section 799-A
Notice of application for remission and discharge and costs on remission
Status: in_force

§ 799-a. Notice of application for remission and discharge and costs\non remission. An application for an order, as prescribed in section\nseven hundred and ninety-eight, cannot be heard, until such notice\nthereof as the court deems reasonable, has been given to the\ndistrict-attorney of the county, and until he has had an opportunity to\nexamine the matter, and prepare to resist the application. And upon\ngranting such an order, the court must always impose, as a condition\nthereof, the payment of the costs and expenses, if any, incurred in an\naction or special proceeding for the collection of the fine, or the\npenalty of the recognizance.\n
N.Y. CVP Law § 7513 — New York Code / Act CVP / Article 75 / Section 7513
Fees and expenses
Status: in_force

§ 7513. Fees and expenses. Unless otherwise provided in the agreement\nto arbitrate, the arbitrators' expenses and fees, together with other\nexpenses, not including attorney's fees, incurred in the conduct of the\narbitration, shall be paid as provided in the award. The court, on\napplication, may reduce or disallow any fee or expense it finds\nexcessive or allocate it as justice requires.\n
N.Y. CPL Law § 710.40 — New York Code / Act CPL / Part 3 / Title T / Article 710 / Section 710.40
Motion to suppress evidence; when made and determined
Status: in_force

§ 710.40  Motion to suppress evidence; when made and determined.\n  1.  A motion to suppress evidence must be made after the commencement\nof the criminal action in which such evidence is allegedly about to be\noffered, and, except as otherwise provided in section 710.30 and in\nsubdivision two of this section, it must be made within the period\nprovided in subdivision one of section 255.20.\n  2.  The motion may be made for the first time when, owing to\nunawareness of facts constituting the basis thereof or to other factors,\nthe defendant did not have reasonable opportunity to make the motion\npreviously, or when the evidence which he seeks to suppress is of a kind\nspecified in section 710.30 and he was not served by the people, as\nprovided in said section 710.30, with a pre-trial notice of intention to\noffer such evidence at the trial.\n  3.  When the motion is made before trial, the trial may not be\ncommenced until determination of the motion.\n  4.  If after a pre-trial determination and denial of the motion the\ncourt is satisfied, upon a showing by the defendant, that additional\npertinent facts have been discovered by the defendant which he could not\nhave discovered with reasonable diligence before the determination of\nthe motion, it may permit him to renew the motion before trial or, if\nsuch was not possible owing to the time of the discovery of the alleged\nnew facts, during trial.\n
N.Y. JUD Law § 93 — New York Code / Act JUD / Article 4 / Section 93
Appointment of clerks and deputy clerks of the appellate divisions
Status: in_force

§ 93. Appointment of clerks and deputy clerks of the appellate\ndivisions. 1. The justices of the appellate division of the supreme\ncourt in each department shall, from time to time, appoint and shall\nhave the power to remove a clerk.\n  2. The presiding justice of the appellate division of the supreme\ncourt in each of the third and fourth departments, shall, with the\napproval of the other justices of said department, have power to appoint\nand remove a deputy to the clerk of said appellate division.\n
N.Y. CPL Law § 195.40 — New York Code / Act CPL / Part 2 / Title I / Article 195 / Section 195.40
Waiver of indictment; filing of superior court information
Status: in_force

§ 195.40  Waiver of indictment; filing of superior court information.\n  When indictment is waived in a superior court the district attorney\nshall file a superior court information in such court at the time the\nwaiver is executed.  When indictment is waived in a local criminal court\nthe district attorney shall file a superior court information in the\nappropriate superior court within ten days of the execution of the court\norder approving the waiver.  Upon application of a defendant whose\nwaiver of indictment has been approved by the court, and who, at the\ntime of such approval or subsequent thereto, has been committed to the\ncustody of the sheriff pending disposition of the action, and who has\nbeen confined in such custody for a period of more than ten days from\nthe date of approval without the filing by the district attorney of a\nsuperior court information, the superior court must release him on his\nown recognizance unless:\n  (a)  The failure of the district attorney to file a superior court\ninformation during such period of confinement was due to defendant's\nrequest, action or condition or occurred with his consent; or\n  (b)  The people have shown good cause why such order of release should\nnot be issued.  Such good cause must consist of some compelling fact or\ncircumstance which precluded the filing of the superior court\ninformation within the prescribed period.\n
N.Y. COM Law § 186 — New York Code / Act COM / Article 6 / Section 186
Transfers of economic development power
Status: in_force

§ 186. Transfers of economic development power. The transfer of an\neconomic development power allocation between facilities of a recipient\nshall be prohibited unless specifically approved by the board as\nconsistent with the criteria and requirements in sections one hundred\neighty-four, one hundred eighty-five and subdivision (g) of section one\nhundred eighty-seven of this article as may be applicable. Any transfer\nwhich occurs without the board's approval shall be invalid and such\ntransfer may subject the recipient to revocation of its allocation and\nmodification or revocation of its contract.\n
N.Y. DCD Law § 75 — New York Code / Act DCD / Article 3 / Section 75
When assignment to be directed
Status: in_force

§ 75. When assignment to be directed. An order, directing the\nexecution of an assignment, must be made by the court, where it appears,\nby the verdict of the jury; or, if a jury has not been demanded, or the\njurors have been discharged by reason of their inability to agree, where\nit satisfactorily appears to the court; as follows:\n  1. That the petitioner is justly and truly indebted to the consenting\ncreditors, in sums which amount, in the aggregate, to two-thirds of all\nthe debts, which the petitioner owed, at the time of presenting his\npetition, to creditors residing within the United States.\n  2. That he has honestly and fairly given a true account of his\nproperty.\n  3. That he has, in all things, conformed to the matters required of\nhim by this article.\n
N.Y. WKC Law § 319 — New York Code / Act WKC / Article 10 / Section 319
Special fund for civil defense volunteers
Status: in_force

§ 319. Special fund for civil defense volunteers. There is hereby\ncreated a fund which shall be known as the special fund for civil\ndefense volunteers to provide for payment of cash benefits and medical\ncare and funeral expenses under this article and expenses of\nadministration under section three hundred twenty-five of this article.\nSuch fund shall consist of any moneys appropriated therefor or credited\nthereto.\n