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N.Y. CVR Law § 81 — New York Code / Act CVR / Article 8 / Section 81
Commencement or threat of action unlawful
Status: in_force

§ 81. Commencement or threat of action unlawful. It shall be unlawful\nfor any person, either as a party or attorney, or in behalf of either,\nto file, serve or cause to be filed or served, or threaten to file,\nserve or cause to be filed or served, any process or pleading, in any\ncourt of the state, setting forth or seeking to recover a sum of money\nupon any cause of action abolished by this article, whether such cause\nof action arose within or without the state.\n
N.Y. MDW Law § 367 — New York Code / Act MDW / Article 11 / Section 367
Effect of invalidity in part
Status: in_force

§ 367. Effect of invalidity in part. If any term, part, provision,\narticle, section, subdivision or paragraph of this chapter shall be held\nunconstitutional, or ineffective in whole or in part, then to the extent\nthat it is not unconstitutional or ineffective, this chapter and such\nterm, part, provision, article, section, subdivision or paragraph\nthereof shall be in full force and effect; and such determination shall\nnot be deemed to invalidate the remaining terms, parts, provisions,\narticles, sections, subdivisions or paragraphs thereof.\n
N.Y. UCC Law § 12-A-102 — New York Code / Act UCC / Article 12-A / Part 1 / Section 12-A-102
Definitions
Status: in_force

Section 12-A-102. Definitions.\n  (a) Article A Definitions. In this article:\n  (1) "Adjustment date" means the date that is one year after the\neffective date.\n  (2) "Article 12" means Article 12 of this code.\n  (3) "Article 12 property" means a controllable account, controllable\nelectronic record, or controllable payment intangible.\n  (4) "Effective date" means the date determined pursuant to section 88\nof the UCC Revision Act.\n  (5) "Revised UCC" means the Uniform Commercial Code as amended by the\nUCC Revision Act.\n  (6) "UCC Revision Act" means the chapter of the laws of two thousand\ntwenty-five that added this article and article 12 to the Uniform\nCommercial Code.\n  (b) Definitions in other articles. The following definitions in other\narticles of this code apply to this article.\n"Controllable account".                       Section 9--102.\n"Controllable electronic record".             Section 12--102.\n"Controllable payment intangible".            Section 9--102.\n"Electronic money".                           Section 9--102.\n"Financing statement".                        Section 9--102.\n  (c) Article 1 definitions and principles. Article 1 contains general\ndefinitions and principles of construction and interpretation applicable\nthroughout this article.\n
N.Y. TSF Law § 11 — New York Code / Act TSF / Section 11
Bonds as legal investments
Status: in_force

§ 11. Bonds as legal investments. The bonds of the corporation are\nhereby made securities in which all public officers and bodies of this\nstate and all municipalities and political subdivisions, all insurance\ncompanies and associations and other persons carrying on an insurance\nbusiness, all banks, bankers, trust companies, savings banks and savings\nassociations, including savings and loan associations, building and loan\nassociations, investment companies and other persons carrying on a\nbanking business, all administrators, guardians, executors, trustees and\nother fiduciaries, and all other persons whatsoever who are now or may\nhereafter be authorized to invest in bonds or in other obligations of\nthe state, may properly and legally invest funds, including capital, in\ntheir control or belonging to them. The bonds are also hereby made\nsecurities which may be deposited with and may be received by all public\nofficers and bodies of the state and all municipalities, political\nsubdivisions and public corporations for any purpose for which the\ndeposit of bonds or other obligations of the state is now or may\nhereafter be authorized.\n
N.Y. RRD Law § 300 — New York Code / Act RRD / Article 7 / Section 300
Legislative policy and purposes
Status: in_force

§ 300. Legislative policy and purposes. It is hereby declared to be\nthe policy of the state to encourage and bring about the rehabilitation,\nimprovement, and continued operation by private enterprise of the\nfacilities of any domestic railroad corporation which now or hereafter\nis a debtor in proceedings under the bankruptcy laws of the United\nStates and which in the calendar year preceding the institution of such\nproceedings had passenger miles within the state of five hundred million\nor more, and to encourage and bring about the rehabilitation of such\ncorporations in order to enable them, with private capital and under\nprivate management, to furnish safe, efficient, and adequate\ntransportation service to the people of the state; and it is hereby\nfurther found and declared that the rehabilitation and continued\noperation of such corporations by private enterprise and enabling such\nbankruptcy proceedings to be terminated are matters of public concern;\nthat it is necessary to create, with adequate safeguards, inducements\nand opportunities for the employment of private investment in such\nrehabilitation and continued operation; that a railroad redevelopment\ncorporation qualifying hereunder serves a public purpose; that provision\nmust be made for the granting of partial tax exemption to such\ncorporations; that the commissioner of transportation and any other\nstate agency empowered to act under section three hundred three are\nhereby declared to be the agencies and instrumentalities of the state to\ncarry out the policy and purposes herein recited; and the necessity in\nthe public interest for the provisions of this article is hereby\ndeclared as a matter of legislative determination.\n
N.Y. BSC Law § 618 — New York Code / Act BSC / Article 6 / Section 618
Cumulative voting
Status: in_force

§ 618. Cumulative voting.\n  The certificate of incorporation of any corporation may provide that\nin all elections of directors of such corporation each shareholder shall\nbe entitled to as many votes as shall equal the number of votes which,\nexcept for such provisions as to cumulative voting, he would be entitled\nto cast for the election of directors with respect to his shares\nmultiplied by the number of directors to be elected, and that he may\ncast all of such votes for a single director or may distribute them\namong the number to be voted for, or any two or more of them, as he may\nsee fit, which right, when exercised, shall be termed cumulative voting.\n
N.Y. BAT Law § 22 — New York Code / Act BAT / Section 22
No title
Status: in_force

§ 22. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to affect, diminish\nor impair the rights and obligations created by, or to repeal any of the\nprovisions of chapter three hundred and fifty-two of the laws of New\nJersey of nineteen hundred twenty and chapter two hundred and sixty-two\nof the laws of New Jersey of nineteen hundred twenty-four.\n  If, however, any loss shall be suffered by or accrue to the said\nsinking fund, and if, after the making of the payment by the port\nauthority to the state of New Jersey as hereinbefore provided, the\nmoneys in the said sinking fund shall at any time be or become less than\nan amount equal to the principal amount of the then currently\noutstanding New Jersey Camden bridge-Holland tunnel bonds, or if the\nincome and interest currently received from or currently accruing upon\nthe moneys in the said sinking fund shall be or become insufficient to\npay the interest currently accruing upon or currently payable in\nconnection with the aforesaid New Jersey Camden bridge-Holland tunnel\nbonds, the state of New Jersey represents and agrees that it will make\ngood such deficits out of sources other than revenues from the said\nHolland tunnel.\n  The said payment by the port authority to the state of New Jersey\nconstitutes repayment for all moneys contributed by the said state\ntoward the cost of construction of the said Holland tunnel, including\nthe moneys diverted and appropriated by chapter three hundred and\nnineteen of the laws of New Jersey of nineteen hundred twenty-six and\nchapter fifty-eight of the laws of New Jersey of nineteen hundred\ntwenty-seven from the road fund, created by chapter fifteen of the laws\nof New Jersey of nineteen hundred seventeen. The requirement of chapter\nfifty-eight of the laws of New Jersey of nineteen hundred twenty-seven\nthat the said moneys diverted and appropriated by the said statutes of\nthe state of New Jersey shall be returned and credited to the said road\nfund, with interest, shall be and shall be deemed to be satisfied and\ndischarged so far as it relates to the revenues arising from the\noperation of the said Holland tunnel.\n  The provisions of this section shall constitute a covenant and\nagreement by the state of New York with the state of New Jersey, the\nport authority and the holders of any bonds or other obligations of the\nport authority, as security for which the tolls and revenues of said\nHolland tunnel may be pledged.\n
N.Y. EXC Law § 23-C — New York Code / Act EXC / Article 2-B / Section 23-C
Consistency among local disaster preparedness plans
Status: in_force

§ 23-c. Consistency among local disaster preparedness plans. 1. The\nlocal disaster preparedness plans for each county, city, town, or\nvillage shall be so developed that no part of the local disaster\npreparedness plan of any county or any city, town, or village within\nsuch county conflicts with any part of the local disaster preparedness\nplan of any of the other said entities within such county or such county\nitself. In the event of any such conflict, such conflict shall be\nresolved by such county. The provisions of this subdivision shall not\napply to a city wholly containing more than one county or to any county\nwholly contained within any such city.\n  2. In the event that any part of the local disaster preparedness plan\nof any county or any city, town, or village within such county conflicts\nwith any part of the local disaster preparedness plan of any other\ncounty or any city, town, or village within any such other county, such\nconflict shall be resolved by the state emergency management office, as\ndefined in paragraph (e) of subdivision one of section twenty-nine-e of\nthis article. The provisions of this subdivision shall not apply to any\ncounty wholly contained within a city wholly containing more than one\ncounty. Any city wholly containing more than one county shall be subject\nto the provisions of this subdivision as if it were a county.\n  3. Said state emergency management office is hereby authorized and\ndirected to promulgate any rules or regulations or take any other\nmeasures necessary to effectuate the provisions of this section.\n
N.Y. AGM Law § 241 — New York Code / Act AGM / Article 19 / Section 241
Transfer of food held in refrigerated warehouse
Status: in_force

§ 241. Transfer of food held in refrigerated warehouse. The transfer\nof any food from one refrigerated warehouse or locker plant to another\nfor the purpose of evading any provisions of this article is hereby\nprohibited.\n
N.Y. HAY Law § 344-M*23 — New York Code / Act HAY / Article 12 / Section 344-M*23
Portion of the state highway system to be designated as the "Rensselaer County Purple Heart Highway"
Status: in_force

* § 344-m. Portion of the state highway system to be designated as the\n"Rensselaer County Purple Heart Highway". All that portion of the state\nhighway system constituting state route forty-three in the county of\nRensselaer starting at the county's border with Massachusetts,\ncontinuing in a generally northwesterly direction and terminating at its\nintersection with Interstate 90 in the town of North Greenbush, county\nof Rensselaer, shall be designated and known as the "Rensselaer County\nPurple Heart Highway".\n  * NB There are 23 § 344-m's\n
N.Y. TAX Law § 475 — New York Code / Act TAX / Article 20 / Section 475
General powers of the tax commission
Status: in_force

§ 475.  General powers of the tax commission.  The powers conferred\nupon the tax commission by sections one hundred seventy-one and one\nhundred seventy-one-b of this chapter shall, so far as applicable, be\nexercisable with respect to the provisions of this article.  Such\ncommission may require returns to be filed with it at such times and\ncontaining such information as it may prescribe and in such event the\nfact that a person's name is signed to the return shall be prima facie\nevidence for all purposes that the return was actually signed by such\nperson.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, the tax\ncommission may enter into an agreement with any city of this state which\nis authorized to impose a tax similar to that imposed by this article to\nprovide for the joint administration, in whole or in part, of such\ntaxes.\n
N.Y. VIL Law § 2-216 — New York Code / Act VIL / Article 2 / Section 2-216
Qualification of voters
Status: in_force

§ 2-216 Qualification of voters. Each resident in such territory\nqualified to vote for town officers may vote at such election.\n
N.Y. UCT Law § 1703 — New York Code / Act UCT / Article 17 / Section 1703
Appeals; practice and procedure in general
Status: in_force

§ 1703. Appeals; practice and procedure in general.\n  (a) Practice and procedure on appeals shall be as provided in article\n55 of the CPLR except insofar as this act or the rules of this court\nconsistent with this act otherwise provide.\n  (b) An appeal as of right from a judgment entered in a small claim or\na commercial claim must be taken within thirty days of the following,\nwhichever first occurs:\n  1. service by the court of a copy of the judgment appealed from upon\nthe appellant.\n  2. service by a party of a copy of the judgment appealed from upon the\nappellant.\n  3. service by the appellant of a copy of the judgment appealed from\nupon a party.\nWhere service as provided in paragraphs one through three of this\nsubdivision is by mail, five days shall be added to the thirty day\nperiod prescribed in this section.\n
N.Y. GMU Law § 96 — New York Code / Act GMU / Article 5 / Section 96
Municipal community garden activities
Status: in_force

§ 96. Municipal community garden activities. 1. A municipality is\nauthorized to hold land, however acquired, either in fee or of a lesser\ninterest, or by lease, contract or agreement with the owners and to\nallow same to be used for community gardening under the terms and\nconditions established in article thirty-eight of the executive law, as\napplicable, for such period of time and under such further conditions as\nmay be authorized by local law. Such use of land is a valid exercise of\nmunicipal powers.  A municipality may encourage individuals, community\norganizations and groups to use vacant lands and municipal facilities\nfor such period of time and under such conditions as the municipality\nmay determine for use in community garden programs, including but not\nlimited to, a condition that users possess liability insurance and\naccept liability for injury or damage resulting from use of the vacant\npublic land for community gardening purposes. A fee related to\npreparation of assigned lots may be charged participants.\n  2. A municipality may establish a program in conjunction with the\ncooperative extension or county extension association for ready\nidentification of accessible land resources in the municipality\navailable for such programs.  Any community garden program should to the\nfullest extent practicable be community in scope in order that all\ninterested families and individuals, who reside in the area, be afforded\nan equal opportunity to use available plots subject to reasonable\ncontinuing tenure.\n  3. A municipal corporation may assist the development of a community\ngarden by contributing, or providing at cost, from resources under the\ncontrol of the municipality, upon agreement with the user of such land\nas approved pursuant to the local finance law: initial site preparation,\nincluding top soil and grading; water systems; perimeter fencing;\nstorage bins or sheds, and other necessary appurtenances or equipment.\n  4. At the discretion of the municipality, fertilizer including\nmunicipally produced compost, seeds, or tools may be procured in\nquantity and made available at cost to community groups involved in\ngarden projects. A tool lending facility may be established by the\nmunicipality so that gardening tools are available on an equitable\nrotating basis to all members of the community. Such assistance shall be\na valid municipal purpose.\n  5. For the purposes of carrying out the provisions of this section, a\ncommunity gardening program may be deemed part of a youth or senior\ncitizen program.\n
N.Y. RPP Law § 196 — New York Code / Act RPP / Article 6 / Section 196
When dower barred by misconduct
Status: in_force

§ 196. When dower barred by misconduct. In case of a divorce,\ndissolving the marriage contract for the misconduct of the wife, she\nshall not be endowed.\n
N.Y. BNK Law § 243 — New York Code / Act BNK / Article 6 / Section 243
Surplus fund
Status: in_force

§ 243. Surplus fund. 1. Every savings bank shall create a fund to be\nknown as a surplus fund. Such fund may be created or increased by\ncontributions made by the incorporators as provided in this article or\nby transfers from undivided profits or by transfers from earnings as\nrequired in this article. Such fund up to ten per centum of the amount\ndue depositors shall not be available for any purpose other than that\nspecified in subdivision two of this section, except with the prior\nwritten approval of the superintendent, provided that such fund shall be\navailable without such approval for the purpose of paying expenses or\nabsorbing losses only in the event such savings bank has no undivided\nprofits against which such expenses or losses may be charged.\n  2. Contributions of incorporators or trustees to the surplus fund may\nbe repaid pro rata in such amounts as will not reduce the surplus fund\nbelow five per centum of the amount due depositors, provided the written\napproval of the superintendent shall be required before any repayments\nmay be made that will reduce the surplus fund below the amount created\nat the time of incorporation of the savings bank.  In case of the\nliquidation of the savings bank before the contributions to the surplus\nfund have been repaid, any portion of such contributions not needed for\nthe payment of the expenses of liquidation and the payment of depositors\nand creditors in full may be repaid to the contributors pro rata.\n  3. Contributions heretofore made by incorporators or trustees of any\nsavings bank to pay its expenses or to maintain its solvency, under an\nagreement with the superintendent that such contributions may be\nreturned whenever such return will not affect the solvency of such\nsavings bank or render it unsafe to continue business, may be returned\nin accordance with the provisions of such agreement.\n  4. The aggregate of the guaranty fund and expense fund of every\nsavings bank at the time this act takes effect shall constitute the\nsurplus fund at that date and shall thereafter be subject to all the\nprovisions of this article relating to surplus fund.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 220 — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 12-C / Section 220
Definitions
Status: in_force

§ 220. Definitions. As used in this article, the following words and\nphrases shall have the following meanings:\n  1. "commercial trampoline" shall mean a device that:\n  (a) incorporates a trampoline bed; and\n  (b) is used for entertainment or recreational jumping, springing,\nbouncing, acrobatics, or gymnastics in a trampoline park.\n  2. "emergency response plan" shall mean a written plan of action for\nthe reasonable and appropriate contact, deployment, and coordination of\nservices, agencies, and personnel to provide the earliest possible\nresponse to an injury or emergency.\n  3. "inspection" shall mean a procedure that an inspector conducts to:\n  (a) determine whether a trampoline park facility, including any device\nor material, is constructed, assembled, maintained, tested, and operated\nin accordance with this article and the manufacturer's recommendations;\n  (b) determine the operational safety of a trampoline park facility,\nincluding any device or material;\n  (c) determine whether the trampoline park complies with safety\nstandards; and\n  (d) determine whether the trampoline park's policies, safeguards, and\nprocedures comply with this article.\n  4. "inspector" shall mean an individual who:\n  (a) conducts an inspection of a trampoline park to certify compliance\nwith this article and industry safety standards; and\n  (b) (i) is certified by:\n  (A) a nationally accredited organization that develops and publishes\nconsensus standards for a wide range of materials, products, systems,\nand services that are used for trampolines; or\n  (B) a nationally accredited organization that promotes trampoline park\nsafety;\n  (ii) represents the insurer of the trampoline park;\n  (iii) represents a nationally accredited organization that:\n  (A) inspects amusement and recreational facilities and equipment; and\n  (B) certifies and trains professional private industry inspectors\nthrough written testing and continuing education requirements; or\n  (iv) represents an organization that the United States Olympic\nCommittee designates as the national governing body for gymnastics.\n  5. "operator" shall mean a person who manages, or controls or who has\nthe duty to manage or control the operation of a trampoline park.\n  6. "owner" shall mean a person, corporation, partnership, limited\nliability company, or association who owns a commercial trampoline park.\n  7. "participant" shall mean an individual that uses trampoline park\nequipment.\n  8. "trampoline bed" shall mean the flexible surface of a trampoline on\nwhich a user jumps or bounces.\n  9. "trampoline court" shall mean an area of a trampoline park\ncomprising:\n  (a) multiple commercial trampolines; or\n  (b) at least one commercial trampoline and at least one associated\nfoam or inflatable bag pit.\n  10. "trampoline park" shall mean a place of business that offers the\nrecreational use of a trampoline court for a fee or charge for admission\nto the trampoline park for entertainment or recreational purposes.\n
N.Y. PBG Law § 606 — New York Code / Act PBG / Article 14-A / Section 606
Housing access voucher pilot program
Status: in_force

* § 606. Housing access voucher pilot program. The commissioner,\nsubject to the appropriation of funds for this purpose, shall implement\na four-year pilot program to provide rental assistance in the form of\nhousing vouchers for eligible individuals and families who are homeless\nor who face an imminent loss of housing in accordance with the\nprovisions of this article. The housing trust fund corporation shall\nissue vouchers pursuant to this article beginning March first, two\nthousand twenty-six, subject to appropriation of funds for this purpose,\nand may contract with the division of housing and community renewal to\nadminister any aspect of this pilot program in accordance with the\nprovisions of this article. The commissioner shall designate and\ncontract with housing access voucher local administrators in the state\nto make vouchers available to such individuals and families beginning\nMarch first, two thousand twenty-six and to administer other aspects of\nthe pilot program in accordance with the provisions of this article.\n  * NB Expires May 1, 2030\n