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N.Y. TWN Law § 216 — New York Code / Act TWN / Article 13 / Section 216
Powers of town board
Status: in_force

§ 216. Powers of town board. Every petition for any purpose required\nby article twelve of this chapter to be initiated by petition shall be\npresented to the town board but no such petition for any such purpose\nwithin a district to which this article shall apply, shall be acted upon\nby the town board unless such petition and the purposes thereof shall\nhave been approved in writing by a majority of the commissioners of such\ndistrict. The town board shall call a hearing upon all petitions so\napproved by the commissioners and give notice thereof and such hearing\nshall be held in the manner provided in article twelve of this chapter.\nThe town board shall call a hearing upon other purposes authorized by\narticle twelve of this chapter to be undertaken without petition, only\nafter such purposes shall have been approved in writing by a majority of\nthe commissioners of such district, and the town board shall give notice\nthereof and such hearing shall be held in the manner provided in article\ntwelve of this chapter. If the town board shall determine to grant the\npetition or to authorize any such purpose, it may delegate to the board\nof commissioners the conduct of all further proceedings thereon pursuant\nto article twelve. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to\ndelegate or transfer any power of the town board not contained in\narticle twelve or in sections two hundred thirty-seven, two hundred\nthirty-eight and two hundred thirty-nine of article fifteen of this\nchapter.\n
N.Y. CPL Law § 185.10 — New York Code / Act CPL / Part 2 / Title H / Article 185 / Section 185.10
Definition of terms
Status: in_force

* § 185.10  Definition of terms.\n  As used in this article:\n  1.  "Independent audio-visual system" shall mean an electronic system\nfor the transmission and receiving of audio and visual signals,\nencompassing encoded signals, frequency domain multiplexing or other\nsuitable means to preclude the unauthorized reception and decoding of\nthe signals by commercially available television receivers, channel\nconverters, or other available receiving devices.\n  2.  "Electronic arraignment" means an arraignment in which various\nparticipants, including the defendant, are not personally present in the\ncourt but in which all of the participants are simultaneously able to\nsee and hear reproductions of the voices and images of the judge,\ncounsels, defendant, police officer and any other appropriate\nparticipant, by means of an independent audio-visual system.\n* NB Expired September 1, 1983\n
N.Y. HAY Law § 343-G*2 — New York Code / Act HAY / Article 12 / Section 343-G*2
Portion of the state highway system to be designated as the "Pearl Harbor Memorial Expressway"
Status: in_force

* § 343-g. Portion of the state highway system to be designated as the\n"Pearl Harbor Memorial Expressway". All that portion of the state\nhighway system located in Richmond county constituting route 440 from\nOuterbridge Crossing to route 278 (West Shore Expressway) shall be\ndesignated and known as the "Pearl Harbor Memorial Expressway".\n  * NB There are 2 § 343-g's\n
N.Y. BNK Law § 486-A — New York Code / Act BNK / Article 11 / Section 486-A
Retention of special additional mortgage recording tax exemption for converted federal credit unions
Status: in_force

§ 486-a. Retention of special additional mortgage recording tax\nexemption for converted federal credit unions. Mortgages made by a\ncredit union that is issued an authorization certificate on or after\nJanuary first, two thousand nine pursuant to section four hundred\neighty-six of this article shall be exempt from the special additional\nmortgage tax imposed pursuant to paragraph (a) of subdivision one-a of\nsection two hundred fifty-three of the tax law.\n
N.Y. EXC Law § 64 — New York Code / Act EXC / Article 5 / Section 64
Costs recovered
Status: in_force

§ 64. Costs recovered. Costs recovered by the attorney-general may be\napplied by him in payment of the expenses incurred by him in the action\nor proceeding in which they are received, or of any expenditure which he\nis authorized to incur not otherwise provided for. He shall, at the\nclose of each fiscal year, render to the comptroller an account of such\ncosts received, with vouchers of such expenditures. During the fiscal\nyear, the comptroller is authorized to transfer any amount available\nwithin the account dedicated for this purpose to the general fund, upon\nthe request of the director of the budget. In the event insufficient\ncash remains in such account to meet expenditures against available\nappropriations from such account, the comptroller is authorized to\ntransfer the amounts necessary to meet such expenditures from the\ngeneral fund; provided however that in no event shall the cumulative\nvalue of any such transfers from the general fund made to such account\nwithin a single fiscal year exceed ten percent of the value of the\nappropriations made in such fiscal year from such account or the\ncumulative balance of transfers from the account to the general fund.\nThe comptroller shall establish such accounts and records as are\nnecessary to provide an accurate accounting and reporting of the\ntransfers to or from the general fund.\n
N.Y. CVR Law § 24 — New York Code / Act CVR / Article 3 / Section 24
Privilege from arrest of officers of courts of record
Status: in_force

§ 24. Privilege from arrest of officers of courts of record. An\nofficer of a court of record, appointed or elected pursuant to law, is\nprivileged from arrest, during the actual sitting, which he is required\nto attend, of a term of the court of which he is an officer, and no\nlonger; but an attorney or counselor is not thus privileged, unless he\nis employed in a cause, to be heard at that term.\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 8-0103 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 8 / Section 8-0103
Legislative findings and declaration
Status: in_force

§ 8-0103. Legislative findings and declaration.\n  The legislature finds and declares that:\n  1. The maintenance of a quality environment for the people of this\nstate that at all times is healthful and pleasing to the senses and\nintellect of man now and in the future is a matter of statewide concern.\n  2. Every citizen has a responsibility to contribute to the\npreservation and enhancement of the quality of the environment.\n  3. There is a need to understand the relationship between the\nmaintenance of high-quality ecological systems and the general welfare\nof the people of the state, including their enjoyment of the natural\nresources of the state.\n  4. Enhancement of human and community resources depends on a quality\nphysical environment.\n  5. The capacity of the environment is limited, and it is the intent of\nthe legislature that the government of the state take immediate steps to\nidentify any critical thresholds for the health and safety of the people\nof the state and take all coordinated actions necessary to prevent such\nthresholds from being reached.\n  6. It is the intent of the legislature that to the fullest extent\npossible the policies, statutes, regulations, and ordinances of the\nstate and its political subdivisions should be interpreted and\nadministered in accordance with the policies set forth in this article.\nHowever, the provisions of this article do not change the jurisdiction\nbetween or among state agencies and public corporations.\n  7. It is the intent of the legislature that the protection and\nenhancement of the environment, human and community resources shall be\ngiven appropriate weight with social and economic considerations in\npublic policy. Social, economic, and environmental factors shall be\nconsidered together in reaching decisions on proposed activities.\n  8. It is the intent of the legislature that all agencies conduct their\naffairs with an awareness that they are stewards of the air, water,\nland, and living resources, and that they have an obligation to protect\nthe environment for the use and enjoyment of this and all future\ngenerations.\n  9. It is the intent of the legislature that all agencies which\nregulate activities of individuals, corporations, and public agencies\nwhich are found to affect the quality of the environment shall regulate\nsuch activities so that due consideration is given to preventing\nenvironmental damage.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 4652 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 46-A / Section 4652
Commissioner; powers and duties
Status: in_force

* § 4652. Commissioner; powers and duties. For the purposes of this\narticle, the commissioner shall have all the powers and duties delegated\nto him or her pursuant to section forty-six hundred three of this\nchapter.\n  * NB There are 2 § 4652's\n
N.Y. EPT Law § 5-3.4 — New York Code / Act EPT / Article 5 / Part 3 / Section 5-3.4
Action in supreme court by child born after execution of will,
Status: in_force

§ 5-3.4 Action in supreme court by child born after execution of will,\n          by surviving spouse upon revocation of will by marriage or by\n          subscribing witness with interest under will\n  In the event that the administration of a decedent's estate in the\nsurrogate's court has been completed and the estate distributed, an\naction may be maintained in the supreme court by an after-born child\nunder 5-3.2, a surviving spouse under 5-1.3 or an attesting witness\nunder 3-3.2 to enforce rights under such sections against testamentary\nbeneficiaries or distributees, as the case may be.\n
N.Y. LAB Law § 1006 — New York Code / Act LAB / Article 35 / Section 1006
Funding
Status: in_force

§ 1006. Funding. The department shall identify and leverage any\navailable funds as necessary, including any private funds provided for\nthe purpose of supporting this article, which may be used to subsidize\nthe New York youth jobs connector program. The department may further\nidentify any private or not-for-profit entities which currently provide\njob placement or training services, or other services described in\nsection one thousand five of this article, whether as the entity's\nprimary purpose or coincidental to such entities' operations. Such\nentities may include, but not be limited to, boys and girls clubs, local\nor statewide affiliated young persons' organizations, and employer\nassociations. The department may, to the extent practicable, contract\nwith such entities for the explicit purpose of using their membership or\nstaff to directly seek out and notify unemployed youths between the ages\nof sixteen and twenty-four years about the New York youth jobs connector\nprogram and the services offered thereunder.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 571 — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 29-E / Section 571
Declared face value; cash redemption
Status: in_force

§ 571. Declared face value; cash redemption. No trading stamp company\nshall advertise, distribute or redeem trading stamps hereafter issued in\nthis state unless:\n  1. Each stamp has legibly printed upon its face a cash value\ndetermined by the company in cents or any fraction thereof, and\n  2. The rightful holders may, at their option, redeem the stamps in\ncash when duly presented to the company for redemption in a number\nhaving an aggregate cash value of not less than one dollar.\n
N.Y. UCC Law § 2-A-202 — New York Code / Act UCC / Article 2-A / Part 2 / Section 2-A-202
Final Written Expression: Parol or Extrinsic Evidence
Status: in_force

Section 2-A-202. Final Written Expression: Parol or Extrinsic Evidence.\n  Terms with respect to which the confirmatory memoranda of the parties\nagree or which are otherwise set forth in a record intended by the\nparties as a final expression of their agreement with respect to such\nterms as are included therein may not be contradicted by evidence of any\nprior agreement or of a contemporaneous oral agreement but may be\nexplained or supplemented:\n       (a) by course of dealing or usage of trade or by course of\n           performance; and\n       (b) by evidence of consistent additional terms unless the court\n           finds the record to have been intended also as a complete and\n           exclusive statement of the terms of the agreement.\n
N.Y. EXC Law § 43 — New York Code / Act EXC / Article 4 / Section 43
Examiners
Status: in_force

§ 43. Examiners.  1. Whenever the comptroller may deem it necessary to\nenable him to perform the duties imposed upon him by law with regard to\nthe inspection, examination and audit of the fiscal affairs of the state\nor of the several officers, departments, institutions, public\ncorporations or political subdivisions thereof, he may assign the work\nof such inspection, audit and examination to any examiner or examiners\nappointed by him pursuant to law.\n  2. The comptroller is authorized to employ such examiners as he may\ndeem necessary to carry out the provisions of law in relation to his\nduty as to money paid into court.\n
N.Y. NPC Law § 1515 — New York Code / Act NPC / Article 15 / Section 1515
Actions affecting cemetery corporations
Status: in_force

§ 1515. Actions affecting cemetery corporations.\n  In any action or proceeding affecting or instituted by any cemetery\ncorporation the cemetery board shall be served with notice thereof in\nthe same manner as any necessary party and shall take such steps in the\naction or proceeding as it may deem necessary to protect the public\ninterest.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 3903 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 39 / Section 3903
Purposes of the center
Status: in_force

§ 3903. Purposes of the center. In order to more effectively serve the\nhealth and medical needs of the state's agricultural community, the\ncenter shall:\n  1. develop strategies for the provision of comprehensive occupational\nhealth services for New York farmers and agricultural workers, including\nbut not limited to migrant workers;\n  2. research and develop information on the epidemiology of\nfarm-related occupational illness;\n  3. compile resource material relating to agricultural medicine and\npreventive health care;\n  4. provide continuing agricultural health and medical education\nprograms for physicians and other health care personnel and service\nproviders practicing within the state;\n  5. provide education and other service programs to farmers and\nagricultural workers on agricultural health and safety issues; and\n  6. establish relations with existing health care and agricultural\ninterest groups to ensure appropriate, targeted delivery of agricultural\nhealth and safety services and information.\n
N.Y. SCT Law § 16 — New York Code / Act SCT / Article 1 / Section 16
Receivers of taxes
Status: in_force

§ 16. Receivers of taxes. Upon the expiration of the terms of the\nseveral receivers of taxes, there shall be elected in each town of the\ncounty in the manner and at the time prescribed by law for the election\nof town officers a receiver of taxes who shall hold office for the term\nof four years from the first day of December succeeding his election.\n
N.Y. VOL Law § 11-C*2 — New York Code / Act VOL / Article 2 / Section 11-C*2
Volunteer firefighters; presumption in certain diseases
Status: in_force

* § 11-c. Volunteer firefighters; presumption in certain diseases.\nNotwithstanding any provision of this chapter or of any general, special\nor local law to the contrary, and for the purposes of this chapter, any\ncondition of impairment of health caused by diseases of the lung,\nresulting in total or partial disability or death to a volunteer\nfirefighter, where such volunteer firefighter successfully passed a\nphysical examination on entry into such service or subsequent thereto,\nwhich examination failed to reveal any evidence of such conditions,\nshall be presumptive evidence that such disability or death (a) was\ncaused by the natural and proximate result of an accident, not caused by\nsuch firefighter's own negligence and (b) was incurred in the\nperformance and discharge of duty, unless the contrary be proven by\ncompetent evidence.\n  * NB Repealed June 30, 2030\n  * NB There are 2 § 11-c's\n
N.Y. UDA Law § 14 — New York Code / Act UDA / Section 14
Acquisition of real property from a municipality or an urban renewal agency
Status: in_force

§ 14. Acquisition of real property from a municipality or an urban\nrenewal agency. (1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained\nin article fifteen or article fifteen-A of the general municipal law or\nin any general, special or local law applicable to the sale of real\nproperty by a municipality or an urban renewal agency, a municipality or\nan urban renewal agency may, in addition to employing any other lawful\nmethod of utilizing or disposing of any real property and appurtenances\nthereto or any interest therein owned by such municipality or urban\nrenewal agency or acquired by such municipality or urban renewal agency\npursuant to article fifteen of article fifteen-A of the general\nmunicipal law, sell, lease for a term not exceeding ninety-nine years,\nor otherwise dispose of any such real property and appurtenances thereto\nor any interest therein to the corporation for the effectuation of any\nof the purposes of an urban renewal program, without public auction, or\nsealed bids or public notice.\n  (2) Notwithstanding the provisions of any general, special or local\nlaw or charter, any municipality, by resolution of its local governing\nbody, is hereby empowered without referendum, public auction, sealed\nbids or public notice, to sell, lease for a term not exceeding\nninety-nine years, grant or convey to the corporation any real property\nowned by it which the corporation shall certify to be necessary or\nconvenient for its corporate purposes. Any such sale, lease, grant or\nconveyance shall be made with or without consideration and upon such\nterms and conditions as may be agreed upon by such municipality and the\ncorporation. Certification shall be evidenced by a formal request from\nthe president of the corporation. Before any such sale, lease, grant or\nconveyance may be made to the corporation, a public hearing shall be\nheld by the local governing body to consider the same. Notice of such\nhearing shall be published at least ten days before the date set for the\nhearing in such publication and in such manner as may be designated by\nthe local governing body.\n
N.Y. GMU Law § 78-B — New York Code / Act GMU / Article 5 / Section 78-B
Demolition and removal of unsafe structures
Status: in_force

§ 78-b. Demolition and removal of unsafe structures. The governing\nbody of any city, town, or village may commence a special proceeding in\na court of competent jursidiction to collect the costs of demolition,\nincluding reasonable and necessary legal expenses incidental to\nobtaining an order to demolish, from the owner of any building or\nstructure that may now be or shall hereafter become dangerous or unsafe\nto the public. The provisions of article four of the civil practice law\nand rules shall govern any special proceeding commenced under this\nsection.\n
N.Y. TRA Law § 104 — New York Code / Act TRA / Article 4 / Section 104
Free transportation on municipal ferries of soldiers, sailors and marines in uniform
Status: in_force

§ 104. Free transportation on municipal ferries of soldiers, sailors\nand marines in uniform. A ferry owned or operated by a municipality\nbetween points wholly within the state of New York shall carry without\ncharge or fee of any kind for transportation between such points any\nsoldier, sailor or marine in uniform during their term of enlistment in\nthe service of the state or the United States.\n
N.Y. BNK Law § 9018 — New York Code / Act BNK / Article 16 / Section 9018
Effect of invalidity of part of article; severability
Status: in_force

§ 9018. Effect of invalidity of part of article; severability. If any\nprovision of this article or application thereof to any person or\ncircumstances is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other\nprovisions or applications of this article which can be given effect\nwithout the invalid provision or application, and to this end the\nprovisions of this article are declared severable.\n
N.Y. ISC Law § 6707 — New York Code / Act ISC / Article 67 / Section 6707
Tax exemption; residual market participation exemption; security funds
Status: in_force

§ 6707. Tax exemption; residual market participation exemption;\nsecurity funds. (a) Every nonprofit property/casualty insurance company\nsubject to the provisions of this article shall be exempt from any fees,\ntaxes, special ad valorem levies or assessments of any kind, including,\nbut not limited to, franchise taxes, sales taxes or other taxes, upon or\nwith respect to any property owned by it or under its jurisdiction,\ncontrol or supervision, or upon the uses thereof, or upon or with\nrespect to its activities or operations in furtherance of the powers\nconferred upon it by this article, or upon or with respect to any\nrevenues or other income received by the nonprofit property/casualty\ninsurance company, except that every nonprofit property/casualty\ninsurance company licensed pursuant to this article shall be subject to\nthe assessment upon domestic insurers under section two hundred six of\nthe financial services law, the assessments upon insurance carriers\nunder sections one hundred fifty-one and two hundred twenty-eight of the\nworkers' compensation law and all special fund assessments upon\ninsurance carriers under the workers' compensation law.\n  (b) Every nonprofit property/casualty insurance company subject to the\nprovisions of this article shall be exempt from participation in the\nplan pursuant to article fifty-three of this chapter, the association\npursuant to article fifty-four of this chapter and the association\npursuant to article fifty-five of this chapter.\n  (c) A nonprofit property/casualty insurance company and the contracts\nit issues will be subject to the provisions of article seventy-six of\nthis chapter and article six-A of the workers' compensation law.\n
N.Y. BNK Law § 200-B — New York Code / Act BNK / Article 5 / Section 200-B
Actions maintained against foreign banking corporation; residents; foreign corporations, foreign banking corporations as non-residents
Status: in_force

§ 200-b. Actions maintained against foreign banking corporation;\n           residents; foreign corporations, foreign banking corporations\n           as non-residents.\n  1. An action or special proceeding against a foreign banking\ncorporation may be maintained by a resident of this state for any cause\nof action.  For purposes of this subdivision one, the term "resident of\nthis state" shall include any corporation formed under any law of this\nstate.\n  2. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, an action or special\nproceeding against a foreign banking corporation may be maintained by\nanother foreign corporation or foreign banking corporation or by a\nnon-resident in the following cases only:\n  (a) where the action is brought to recover damages for the breach of a\ncontract made or to be performed within this state, or relating to\nproperty situated within this state at the time of the making of the\ncontract;\n  (b) where the subject matter of the litigation is situated within this\nstate;\n  (c) where the cause of action arose within this state, except where\nthe object of the action or special proceeding is to affect the title of\nreal property situated outside this state;\n  (d) where the action or special proceeding is based on a liability for\nacts done within this state by a foreign banking corporation;\n  (e) where the defendant is a foreign banking corporation doing\nbusiness in this state.\n  3. The limitations contained in subdivision two do not apply to a\ncorporation formed and existing under the laws of the United States and\nwhich maintains an office in this state.\n