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N.Y. TCP Law § 25 — New York Code / Act TCP / Article 3 / Section 25
Definitions
Status: in_force

§ 25. Definitions. A telegraph corporation is a corporation organized\nto construct, own, use and maintain a line or lines of electric\ntelegraph wholly within or partly without this state, or to acquire and\nown any interest in any such line or lines, or any grants therefor or\nfor any or all of such purposes. A telephone corporation is a\ncorporation organized to construct, own, use and maintain a line or\nlines of electric telephone wholly within or partly without the state,\nor to acquire and own any interest in any such line or lines, or any\ngrants therefor or for any or all of such purposes.  A telegraph and\ntelephone corporation is a corporation organized for both such telegraph\nand telephone purposes.\n
N.Y. CNT Law § 835 — New York Code / Act CNT / Article 23 / Section 835
Jefferson county hospital for contagious diseases
Status: in_force

§ 835. Jefferson county hospital for contagious diseases. The board of\nsupervisors of the county of Jefferson is hereby authorized to maintain\nand operate a hospital in such county for the treatment and control of\ncommunicable diseases and may annually appropriate such sums as it may\ndeem proper and necessary for the support, operation and maintenance of\nsuch hospital. The expenses thereof shall be raised by taxation levied\nand assessed against the taxable property in the county of Jefferson.\n
N.Y. STF Law § 97-YYY — New York Code / Act STF / Article 6 / Section 97-YYY
Children and family services quality enhancement fund
Status: in_force

* § 97-yyy. Children and family services quality enhancement fund. 1.\nThere is hereby established in the joint custody of the state\ncomptroller and the commissioner of taxation and finance a special\nrevenue fund to be known as the children and family services quality\nenhancement fund.\n  2. The children and family services quality enhancement fund shall\nconsist of moneys received by the state pursuant to subdivision ten of\nsection one hundred fifty-three-k of the social services law and\nsubdivision six of section three hundred eighty-seven of the social\nservices law, moneys donated or given to the state, and all other moneys\nappropriated, credited or transferred thereto from any other fund or\nsource.\n  3. Moneys of the children and family services quality enhancement\nfund, following appropriation by the legislature and allocation by the\ndirector of the budget, shall be made available to the commissioner of\nthe office of children and family services for activities to increase\nthe availability and/or quality of children and family services programs\nwhich may include, but not be limited to, staff recruitment, retention\nand training activities, research projects and targeted services\nexpansion and/or demonstration projects to test innovative models for\nservice delivery including such areas as health, mental health and\nsubstance abuse services.\n  4. The office of children and family services shall submit a report to\nthe governor and the legislature by January thirty-first, two thousand\nthree and annually thereafter detailing all expenditures made from the\nchildren and family services quality enhancement fund during the\nprevious year, the status of any research projects and demonstration\nprojects funded by the quality enhancement fund, and the office's\npriorities for allocating funds from the quality enhancement fund for\nthe current year.\n  * NB Repealed June 30, 2027\n  * NB There are 2 § 97-yyy's\n
N.Y. PTR Law § 121-901 — New York Code / Act PTR / Article 8-A / Section 121-901
Law governing
Status: in_force

§ 121-901. Law governing. Subject to the constitution of this state,\nthe laws of the jurisdiction under which a foreign limited partnership\nis organized govern its organization and internal affairs and the\nliability of its limited partners.\n
N.Y. MDW Law § 327 — New York Code / Act MDW / Article 9 / Section 327
Indexing names; fees for searches
Status: in_force

§ 327. Indexing names; fees for searches. 1. The names and addresses\nfiled in accordance with section three hundred twenty-five shall be\nindexed under the direction of the registrar of records of the\ndepartment in such a manner that all of those filed in relation to each\ndwelling shall be together and readily ascertainable. The department\nshall provide the necessary books and clerical assistance for that\npurpose, and the expense thereof shall be paid by the city. Such indices\nshall be public records.\n  2. The department shall have power to charge and collect fees for\nsearches, and to make rules governing charges for certification of\npending violations.\n
N.Y. HAY Law § 237 — New York Code / Act HAY / Article 9 / Section 237
When town or county expense
Status: in_force

§ 237. When town or county expense. The towns of this state, except as\notherwise herein provided, shall be liable to pay the expenses for the\nconstruction and repair of its public or free bridges constructed over\nstreams or other waters within their bounds, and their just and\nequitable share of such expenses when so constructed over streams or\nother waters upon their boundaries, except between the counties of\nWestchester and New York; and when such bridges are constructed over\nstreams or other waters forming the boundary line of towns, either in\nthe same or adjoining counties, such towns shall be jointly liable to\npay such expenses. When such bridges are constructed over streams or\nother waters forming the boundary line between a city of the third class\nand a town, such city and town shall be liable each to pay its just and\nequitable share of the expenses for the construction, maintenance and\nrepair of such bridges. Except as otherwise provided by law, a city of\nthe third class shall be deemed a town for the purposes of this article.\nEach of the counties of this state shall also be liable to pay for the\nconstruction, care, maintenance, preservation and repair of public\nbridges lawfully constructed over streams or other waters forming its\nboundary line, not less than one-sixth part of the expense of\nconstruction, care, maintenance, preservation and repair, and, except in\na county containing a portion of the Adirondack park, the whole of such\nexpenses of public bridges lawfully constructed or to be constructed\nover streams, or waterways, intersecting county roads.\n
N.Y. ISC Law § 7427 — New York Code / Act ISC / Article 74 / Section 7427
Offsets
Status: in_force

§ 7427. Offsets. (a) In all cases of mutual debts or mutual credits\nbetween the insurer and another person in connection with any action or\nproceeding under this article, such credits and debts shall be set off\nand the balance only shall be allowed or paid, except as provided in\nsubsection (b) hereof.\n  (b) No offset shall be allowed in favor of any such person, however,\nwhere:\n  (1) the obligation of the insurer to such person would not at the date\nof the entry of any liquidation order, or otherwise, as provided in\nsection seven thousand four hundred five of this article, entitle him to\nshare as a claimant in the assets of such insurer, or\n  (2) the obligation of the insurer to such person was purchased by or\ntransferred to such person with a view of its being used as an offset,\nor\n  (3) the obligation of such person is to pay an assessment levied\nagainst the members of a mutual insurer or to pay a balance upon a\nsubscription to the shares of a stock insurance corporation.\n
N.Y. PTR Law § 121-1002 — New York Code / Act PTR / Article 8-A / Section 121-1002
Limited partners' derivative action
Status: in_force

§ 121-1002. Limited partners' derivative action. (a) A limited partner\nmay bring an action in the right of a limited partnership to recover a\njudgment in its favor if all general partners with authority to do so\nhave refused to bring the action or if an effort to cause those general\npartners to bring the action is not likely to succeed.\n  (b) In a derivative action, at least one plaintiff must be a limited\npartner at the time of bringing the action and (i) at the time of the\ntransaction of which he complains, or (ii) his status as a limited\npartner had devolved upon him by operation of law or in accordance with\nthe terms of the partnership agreement from a person who was a partner\nat the time of the transaction of which he complains.\n  (c) In a derivative action, the complaint shall set forth with\nparticularity the efforts of the plaintiff to secure the initiation of\nsuch action by a general partner, or the reasons for not making such\neffort.\n  (d) A derivative action shall not be discontinued, compromised or\nsettled without the approval of the court having jurisdiction of the\naction. If the court shall determine that the interests of the limited\npartners will be substantially affected by such discontinuance,\ncompromise or settlement, the court, in its discretion, may direct that\nnotice, by publication or otherwise, shall be given to the limited\npartners whose interests it determines will be so affected. If notice is\nso directed to be given, the court may determine which one or more of\nthe parties to the action shall bear the expenses of giving the same, in\nsuch amount as the court shall determine and find to be reasonable in\nthe circumstances, and the amount of such expense shall be awarded as\nspecial costs of the action and recoverable in the same manner as\nstatutory taxable costs.\n  (e) If the derivative action on behalf of the limited partnership is\nsuccessful, in whole or in part, or if anything is received by the\nplaintiff or plaintiffs or a claimant or claimants as a result of a\njudgment, compromise or settlement of an action or claim, the court may\naward the plaintiff or plaintiffs, claimant or claimants reasonable\nexpenses, including reasonable attorneys' fees, and shall direct him or\nthem to account to the limited partnership for the remainder of the\nproceeds so received by him or them. This subdivision shall not apply to\nany judgment rendered for the benefit of injured limited partners only\nand limited to a recovery of the loss or damage sustained by them.\n
N.Y. TAX Law § 1213 — New York Code / Act TAX / Article 29 / Part 1 / Subpart B / Section 1213
Deliveries outside the jurisdiction where sale is made
Status: in_force

§ 1213. Deliveries outside the jurisdiction where sale is made. Where\na sale of tangible personal property or services, including prepaid\ntelephone calling services, but not including other services described\nin subdivision (b) of section eleven hundred five of this chapter,\nincluding an agreement therefor, is made in any city, county or school\ndistrict, but the property sold, the property upon which the services\nwere performed or prepaid telephone calling or other service is or will\nbe delivered to the purchaser elsewhere, such sale shall not be subject\nto tax by such city, county or school district. However, if delivery\noccurs or will occur in a city, county or school district imposing a tax\non the sale or use of such property, prepaid telephone calling or other\nservices, the vendor shall be required to collect from the purchaser, as\nprovided in section twelve hundred fifty-four of this article, the\naggregate sales or compensating use taxes imposed by the city, if any,\ncounty and school district in which delivery occurs or will occur, for\ndistribution by the commissioner to such taxing jurisdiction or\njurisdictions. For the purposes of this section delivery shall be deemed\nto include transfer of possession to the purchaser and the receiving of\nthe property or of the service, including prepaid telephone calling\nservice, by the purchaser. Notwithstanding the foregoing, where a\ntransportation service described in paragraph ten of subdivision (c) of\nsection eleven hundred five of this chapter begins in one jurisdiction\nbut ends in another jurisdiction, any tax imposed pursuant to the\nauthority of this article shall be due the jurisdiction or jurisdictions\nwhere the service commenced.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 460-G — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 28-C / Section 460-G
Action
Status: in_force

§ 460-g. Action. An individual who is harmed by a provider as a result\nof a provider's violation of this article may bring an action in his or\nher own name against a provider to enjoin such unlawful act or practice,\nan action to recover his or her actual damages or twenty-five hundred\ndollars, whichever is greater, or both such actions, in addition to any\nother remedy available in law or equity. The court may award costs and\nreasonable attorney's fees to a prevailing plaintiff.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 2899-L — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 28-F / Section 2899-L
Protection and immunities
Status: in_force

* § 2899-l. Protection and immunities. 1. A physician, pharmacist,\nother health care provider or other person shall not be subject to\ncivil, administrative, or criminal liability or penalty or professional\ndisciplinary action by any government entity for taking any reasonable\ngood-faith action or refusing to act under this article, including, but\nnot limited to: (a) engaging in discussions with a patient relating to\nthe risks and benefits of end-of-life options in the circumstances\ndescribed in this article, (b) providing a patient, upon request, with a\nreferral to another health care provider, (c) being present when a\nqualified individual self-administers medication, (d) refraining from\nacting to prevent the qualified individual from self-administering such\nmedication, or (e) refraining from acting to resuscitate the qualified\nindividual after the qualified individual self-administers such\nmedication.\n  2. A health care provider or other person shall not be subject to\nemployment, credentialing, or contractual liability or penalty for any\nreasonable good-faith action or refusing to act under this article,\nincluding, but not limited to:\n  (a) engaging in discussions with a patient relating to the risks and\nbenefits of end-of-life options in the circumstances described in this\narticle;\n  (b) providing a patient, upon request, with a referral to another\nhealth care provider;\n  (c) being present when a qualified individual self-administers\nmedication;\n  (d) refraining from acting to prevent the qualified individual from\nself-administering such medication; or\n  (e) refraining from acting to resuscitate the qualified individual\nafter the qualified individual self-administers such medication.\nHowever, this subdivision does not bar a health care facility from\nacting under paragraph (c) of subdivision two of section twenty-eight\nhundred ninety-nine-m of this article.\n  3. Nothing in this section shall limit civil, administrative, or\ncriminal liability or penalty or any professional disciplinary action,\nor employment, credentialing, or contractual liability or penalty for\nnegligence, recklessness or intentional misconduct.\n  * NB Effective August 5, 2026\n
N.Y. CAL Law § 84 — New York Code / Act CAL / Article 8 / Section 84
Damage caused by termination of canal navigation
Status: in_force

§ 84. Damage caused by termination of canal navigation. No part of the\ncanal system of the state which was improved pursuant to chapter seven\nhundred ten of the laws of nineteen hundred seven and the acts\nsupplemental thereto and amendatory thereof, shall be abandoned or\nnavigation thereof permanently closed, nor shall the state cede or\ntransfer ownership, jurisdiction or control thereof to the United States\npursuant to authority conferred by constitutional amendment, until the\nexpiration of one year after the corporation shall have been authorized\nand empowered by law to cause a notice of intention to take such action\nto be published once in each month during such year in at least one\nnewspaper published in each county adjacent to the part of such canal\nsystem affected by such notice. Each person, who, at the time of the\nfirst publication of such notice, is the owner of a commercial float\nregistered pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, which, at the\nclose of navigation in such year, shall have been actually engaged in\nthe navigation of the part of such canal system so abandoned, closed,\nceded or transferred, or so relinquished to the jurisdiction or control\nof the United States, may present a claim for damages against the state\nincluding the corporation to a court of competent jurisdiction, which\ncourt shall hear and determine the liability of the corporation\ntherefor; and, if the court shall find that such person has suffered or\nsustained damages by reason of such abandonment, closing, ceding,\ntransfer, or relinquishment which the corporation, in right and justice,\nor in law or equity, is obligated to pay, such damages shall constitute\na valid and legal claim against the corporation, and the corporation\nshall be deemed liable therefor, and the court may make an award to such\nperson and render a judgment in his favor against the corporation in\nsuch sums as it shall find to be just and equitable. It is declared to\nbe the purpose of this section to encourage and induce the construction\nof boats for use upon such canal system and their operation thereon and\nto protect from loss, financial investments made in such construction\nand operation caused by an abrupt, permanent termination of navigation,\nor the creation of conditions, which would result in the impairment,\nlimitation or destruction of navigation of such canal system by such\nfloats.\n
N.Y. PCM Law § 6 — New York Code / Act PCM / Section 6
No title
Status: in_force

§ 6. All general or special laws inconsistent with this act, or with\nany part thereof, are hereby repealed. Provided, however, that this act\nshall in no manner affect any provisions of such laws concerning\nfurlough or leave of absence of policemen or exempting patrolmen from\nobligation to wear uniform when not on actual duty.\n
N.Y. JUD Law § 294 — New York Code / Act JUD / Article 9 / Section 294
Stenographers of courts must file oath of office
Status: in_force

§ 294. Stenographers of courts must file oath of office. Each\nstenographer specified in this chapter or the civil practice act,\nsurrogate's court act, court of claims act or New York city civil court\nact, before entering upon the discharge of his duties, must subscribe\nthe constitutional oath of office, and file the same in the office of\nthe clerk of the court, or, in the supreme court, in the office of the\nclerk of the county where the term sits, or the judge resides, by which\nor by whom he is appointed.\n
N.Y. PEN Law § 220.25 — New York Code / Act PEN / Part 3 / Title M / Article 220 / Section 220.25
Criminal possession of a controlled substance; presumption
Status: in_force

§ 220.25 Criminal possession of a controlled substance; presumption.\n  1. The presence of a controlled substance in an automobile, other than\na public omnibus, is presumptive evidence of knowing possession thereof\nby each and every person in the automobile at the time such controlled\nsubstance was found; except that such presumption does not apply (a) to\na duly licensed operator of an automobile who is at the time operating\nit for hire in the lawful and proper pursuit of his trade, or (b) to any\nperson in the automobile if one of them, having obtained the controlled\nsubstance and not being under duress, is authorized to possess it and\nsuch controlled substance is in the same container as when he received\npossession thereof, or (c) when the controlled substance is concealed\nupon the person of one of the occupants.\n  2. The presence of a narcotic drug, narcotic preparation, marihuana or\nphencyclidine in open view in a room, other than a public place, under\ncircumstances evincing an intent to unlawfully mix, compound, package or\notherwise prepare for sale such controlled substance is presumptive\nevidence of knowing possession thereof by each and every person in close\nproximity to such controlled substance at the time such controlled\nsubstance was found; except that such presumption does not apply to any\nsuch persons if (a) one of them, having obtained such controlled\nsubstance and not being under duress, is authorized to possess it and\nsuch controlled substance is in the same container as when he received\npossession thereof, or (b) one of them has such controlled substance\nupon his person.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 4500 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 45 / Section 4500
Legislative findings and statement of policy
Status: in_force

§ 4500. Legislative findings and statement of policy. The security of\nthe health and welfare of the residents of this state requires, that the\nutmost attention be given to assure that persons seeking medical care\nand treatment in this state receive adequate care rendered within the\nstandards of ethics and public policy applicable to all practices of\nmedicine. Medical referral services, organized as profit making\nenterprises within this state, have been found to be engaged in the\npractice of medicine, have been sharing fees received for referrals with\ndoctors and hospitals to whom patients are referred, have been otherwise\ncompensating doctors and hospitals for accepting patients referred to\nthem, have been giving medical advice by telephone to persons seeking\nreferrals and have been advertising their services, all in violation of\nthe standards of ethics and public policy applicable to the practice of\nmedicine and which would be violations of standards of professional\nconduct if the acts were performed by physicians.  Such profit making\nreferral services have consistently engaged in practices inimical to the\npublic interest which would be prohibited to physicians and have engaged\nin relationships with physicians which are in violation of the laws and\npublic policy of this state and which have permitted physicians to\nbenefit indirectly from acts and practices which would be prohibited to\nthem directly.  It is hereby declared to be the public policy of this\nstate that the public health, safety and welfare of the citizens of this\nstate require that such profit making medical referral service\norganizations be declared to be invalid and unlawful in this state.\n
N.Y. DEA Law § 105 — New York Code / Act DEA / Article 8 / Section 105
Powers of auxiliary police
Status: in_force

§ 105. Powers of auxiliary police.  The local legislative body of any\ncounty, town, city or village may by resolution confer or authorize the\nconferring upon members of the auxiliary police the powers of peace\nofficers, subject to such restrictions as such body shall impose, and\nsubject to the provisions of subdivision twenty-six of section 2.10 and\nsection 2.20 of the criminal procedure law.\n
N.Y. BNK Law § 1 — New York Code / Act BNK / Article 1 / Section 1
Short title
Status: in_force

§ 1. Short title. This chapter, together with amendments thereof,\nshall be known as the "banking law", and shall be applicable to all\ncorporations, partnerships and individuals defined in the next section\nand to such other corporations, unincorporated associations,\npartnerships and individuals as shall subject themselves to special\nprovisions thereof, or who shall, by violating any of its provisions,\nbecome subject to the penalties provided therein.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 603 — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 29-H / Section 603
Severability
Status: in_force

§ 603. Severability. If any provision of this article or the\napplication thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid the\ninvalidity thereof shall not affect other provisions or applications of\nthe article which can be given effect without the invalid provision or\napplication, and to this and the provisions of this article are\nseverable.\n
N.Y. CVP Law § 2603 — New York Code / Act CVP / Article 26 / Section 2603
Cost of administration of property paid into court
Status: in_force

§ 2603. Cost of administration of property paid into court. A party\nentitled to the income of any property paid into court shall be charged\nwith the expense of administering such property and of receiving and\npaying over the income thereof.\n