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N.Y. UJC Law § 1702 — New York Code / Act UJC / Article 17 / Section 1702
Appeals; judgments and orders appealable
Status: in_force

§ 1702. Appeals; judgments and orders appealable.\n  (a) Appeals as of right. An appeal may be taken as of right:\n  1. from any final or interlocutory judgment except one entered\nsubsequent to an order of an appellate court which disposes of all the\nissues in the action; or\n  2. from an order not specified in subdivision (b), where the motion it\ndecided was made upon notice and it:\n  (i) grants, refuses, continues or modifies a provisional remedy; or\n  (ii) settles, grants or refuses an application to resettle a\ntranscript or statement on appeal; or\n  (iii) grants or refuses a new trial; except where specific questions\nof fact arising upon the issues in an action triable by the court have\nbeen tried by a jury, pursuant to an order for that purpose, and the\norder grants or refuses a new trial upon the merits; or\n  (iv) involves some part of the merits; or\n  (v) affects a substantial right; or\n  (vi) in effect determines the action and prevents a judgment from\nwhich an appeal might be taken; or\n  (vii) determines a statutory provision of the state to be\nunconstitutional, and the determination appears from the reasons given\nfor the decision or is necessarily implied in the decision; or\n  3. from an order, where the motion it decided was made upon notice,\nrefusing to vacate or modify a prior order, if the prior order would\nhave been appealable as of right under paragraph two had it decided a\nmotion made upon notice.\n  (b) Orders not appealable as of right.  An order is not appealable as\nof right where it:\n  1. requires or refuses to require a more definite statement in a\npleading; or\n  2. orders or refuses to order that scandalous or pre-judicial matter\nbe stricken from a pleading.\n  (c) Appeals by permission. An appeal may be taken from any order which\nis not appealable as of right by permission of the justice who made the\norder granted before application to a judge or justice of the appellate\ncourt; or by permission of a judge or justice of the appellate court\nupon refusal by the justice who made the order or upon direct\napplication.\n  (d) On any appeal taken hereunder the appellate court shall have full\npower to review any exercise of discretion by the court or justice\nbelow.\n
N.Y. RPA Law § 803 — New York Code / Act RPA / Article 8 / Section 803
Alterations or replacements of structures by person having estate for life or years
Status: in_force

§ 803. Alterations or replacements of structures by person having\nestate for life or years. 1. When a person having an estate for life or\nfor years in land proposes to make an alteration in, or a replacement of\na structure or structures located thereon, then the owner of a future\ninterest in such land can neither recover damages for, nor enjoin the\nalteration or replacement, if the person proposing to make such\nalteration or replacement complies with the requirements hereinafter\nstated as to the giving of security and establishes the following facts:\n  a. That the proposed alteration or replacement is one which a prudent\nowner of an estate in fee simple absolute in the affected land would be\nlikely to make in view of the conditions existing on or in the\nneighborhood of the affected land; and\n  b. That the proposed alteration or replacement, when completed, will\nnot reduce the market value of the interests in such land subsequent to\nthe estate for life or for years; and\n  c. That the proposed alteration or replacement is not in violation of\nthe terms of any agreement or other instrument regulating the conduct of\nthe owner of the estate for life or for years or restricting the land in\nquestion; and\n  d. That the life expectancy of the owner of the estate for life or the\nunexpired term of the estate for years is not less than five years; and\n  e. That the person proposing to make such alteration or replacement,\nnot less than thirty days prior to commencement thereof, served upon\neach owner of a future interest, who is in being and ascertained, a\nwritten notice of his intention to make such alteration or replacement,\nspecifying the nature thereof, which notice was served personally or by\nregistered mail sent to the last known address of each such owner of a\nfuture interest.\n  2. When the owner of a future interest in the affected land demands\nsecurity that the proposed alteration or replacement, if begun, will be\ncompleted and that he be protected against responsibility for\nexpenditures incident to the making of the proposed alteration or\nreplacement, the court in which the action to recover damages or to\nenjoin the alteration or replacement is pending, or if no such action is\npending, the supreme court, on application thereto, on such notice to\nthe interested parties as the court may direct, shall fix the amount and\nterms of the security reasonably necessary to satisfy such demand. The\nfurnishing of the security so fixed shall be a condition precedent to\nthe making of the proposed alteration or replacement.\n  3. This section applies only to estates for life or for years created\non or after September 1, 1937.\n
N.Y. DOM Law § 144 — New York Code / Act DOM / Article 9 / Section 144
Proof required
Status: in_force

§ 144.  Proof required. 1.  In an action to annul a marriage, a final\njudgment annulling the marriage shall not be rendered by default for\nwant of an appearance or pleading, or by consent, or upon a trial of an\nissue, without proof of the facts upon which the allegation of nullity\nis founded.  Plaintiff shall prove that there has been no such\ncohabitation between the parties as would bar a judgment except that in\nan action under subdivision (c) of section one hundred forty the\nplaintiff may prove instead that the mental illness still continues.\n  2.  In any action, whether or not contested, brought to annul a\nmarriage, the declaration or confession of either party to the marriage\nis not alone sufficient as proof, but other satisfactory evidence of the\nfacts must be produced.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 740-A — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 35-B / Section 740-A
Automobile broker business surety bond
Status: in_force

§ 740-a. Automobile broker business surety bond. 1. Automobile broker\nbusinesses shall obtain and continue in effect a surety bond in an\namount of one hundred thousand dollars executed by a surety company\nauthorized to transact business in the state by the department of\nfinancial services of the state or its successor. The bonds shall be\napproved as to form by the secretary of state and shall be conditioned\non the automobile broker business' payment of all valid bank drafts,\nincluding checks, drawn for the purchase of motor vehicles and\nsafekeeping of all customer deposits related to the sale of a motor\nvehicle between the time of receipt of such customer deposit and the\ntransfer of good title to the vehicle to the customer.\n  2. Recovery against a bond may be made by a person, including the\nstate, who obtains a judgment against the automobile broker business for\nan act or omission on which the bond is conditioned if the act or\nomission occurred during the term of the bond. The total liability\nimposed on the surety under this section for all breaches of the bond\ncondition is limited to the face amount of the bond. Such liability may\ninclude, but is not limited to, the amount of the valid bank drafts,\nincluding checks, drawn by the automobile broker business for the\npurchase of motor vehicles. In no event shall the surety on a bond be\nliable for total claims in excess of the bond amount, regardless of the\nnumber or nature of claims made against the bond or the number of years\nthe bond remained in force.\n  3. Any surety issuing a bond pursuant to this subdivision shall be\nrequired to provide sixty days' notice to the secretary of state prior\nto the effective date of cancellation of the bond.\n
N.Y. HAY Law § 342-Y*2 — New York Code / Act HAY / Article 12 / Section 342-Y*2
Portion of state highway system to be designated as "The Putnam County Veterans Memorial Bridge"
Status: in_force

* § 342-y. Portion of state highway system to be designated as "The\nPutnam County Veterans Memorial Bridge". The bridge crossing New York\nstate routes 6 and 22 in the town of Southeast in Putnam county shall be\ndesignated and known as "The Putnam County Veterans Memorial Bridge".\n  * NB There are 2 § 342-y's\n
N.Y. PEN Law § 250.10 — New York Code / Act PEN / Part 3 / Title N / Article 250 / Section 250.10
Possession of eavesdropping devices
Status: in_force

§ 250.10 Possession of eavesdropping devices.\n  A person is guilty of possession of eavesdropping devices when, under\ncircumstances evincing an intent to use or to permit the same to be used\nin violation of section 250.05, he possesses any instrument, device or\nequipment designed for, adapted to or commonly used in wiretapping or\nmechanical overhearing of a conversation.\n  Possession of eavesdropping devices is a class A misdemeanor.\n
N.Y. UCC Law § 2-A-101 — New York Code / Act UCC / Article 2-A / Part 1 / Section 2-A-101
Short Title
Status: in_force

Section 2-A-101. Short Title.\n  This Article shall be known and may be cited as the Uniform Commercial\nCode - Leases.\n
N.Y. DCD Law § 285 — New York Code / Act DCD / Article 10-A / Section 285
Alternative federal exemptions
Status: in_force

§ 285. Alternative federal exemptions. Notwithstanding any\ninconsistent provision of law, an individual debtor may opt to exempt\nfrom property of the estate such property as is permitted to be exempted\npursuant to section five hundred twenty-two of title eleven of the\nUnited States Code in lieu of such property as is permitted to be\nexempted pursuant to the applicable provisions of this article.\n
N.Y. GMU Law § 2 — New York Code / Act GMU / Article 1 / Section 2
Definitions
Status: in_force

§ 2. Definitions. The term "municipal corporation," as used in this\nchapter, includes only a county, town, city and village. The term\n"governing board" includes the board of supervisors of a county, the\ntown board of a town, the common council of a city, and the board of\ntrustees of a village.\n  a. "Urban renewal." The term "urban renewal" shall mean a program as\ndefined in article fifteen of this chapter.\n  b. "Infant" or "minor". The term "infant" or "minor", as used in this\nchapter, shall mean a person who has not attained the age of eighteen\nyears.\n
N.Y. STF Law § 123-I — New York Code / Act STF / Article 7-A / Section 123-I
Existing rights and remedies preserved
Status: in_force

§ 123-i. Existing rights and remedies preserved. Nothing in this\narticle shall abridge or alter rights of actions or remedies now or\nhereafter existing.\n
N.Y. TAX Law § 1572 — New York Code / Act TAX / Article 33-B / Section 1572
Miscellaneous
Status: in_force

§ 1572. Miscellaneous. A local law adopted by any designated\ncommunity, pursuant to this article, may contain such other provisions\nas the designated community deems necessary for the proper\nadministration of the tax imposed pursuant to this article, including\nprovisions concerning the determination of tax, the imposition of\ninterest on underpayments and overpayments and the imposition of civil\npenalties.  Such provisions shall be identical to the corresponding\nprovisions of the real estate transfer tax imposed by article thirty-one\nof this chapter, so far as such provisions can be made applicable to the\ntax imposed pursuant to this article.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 104 — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 9 / Section 104
Issue of a non-negotiable bill of lading not so marked
Status: in_force

§ 104. Issue of a non-negotiable bill of lading not so marked.  Any\nperson who with intent to defraud issues or aids in issuing a\nnon-negotiable bill of lading without the words "not negotiable" placed\nplainly upon the face thereof, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.\n
N.Y. BNK Law § 9-F — New York Code / Act BNK / Article 1 / Section 9-F
Geographic discrimination in making mortgage loans prohibited
Status: in_force

§ 9-f. Geographic discrimination in making mortgage loans prohibited.\n1.  No banking institution as such term is defined in this section shall\nrefuse to make a prudent loan upon the security of real property or\notherwise discriminate with respect thereto because of the geographic\nlocation of such property if such property is located within the\ngeographic area ordinarily serviced by such bank or within the community\nwithin which the principal or any branch office of such banks is\nlocated. A violation of the provisions of this subdivision shall be\nsubject to the applicable provisions of sections thirty-nine and\nforty-four of this chapter.\n  2. Any person who makes application for such a loan and is refused\nsuch loan may request the superintendent to review the denial of such\napplication. If the superintendent determines that such loan was prudent\nand was denied in violation of subdivision one hereof, the\nsuperintendent shall certify such determination to the state of New York\nmortgage agency created pursuant to title seventeen of article eight of\nthe public authorities law.\n  3. For the purposes of this section, the term (a) "prudent loan" means\na loan upon the security of real property which is prudent by acceptable\nbanking standards and is in compliance with all of the provisions of\nthis chapter and rules and regulations of the superintendent of\nfinancial services; and (b) notwithstanding any other provision of this\nchapter or law to the contrary, the term banking institution when used\nin this section shall mean and include all banks, trust companies,\nsavings banks, savings and loan associations, credit unions, mortgage\nbankers, exempt organizations as defined in article twelve-D of this\nchapter and foreign banking corporations whether incorporated,\nchartered, organized or licensed under the laws of this state or any\nother state or the United States.\n  4. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision or part of this\nsection or the application thereof to any person, firm or corporation,\nor circumstance shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction\nto be invalid or unconstitutional, such judgment shall not affect,\nimpair or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined (i) in\nits operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, or part\nof this section, or (ii) in its application to the person, firm or\ncorporation, or circumstance, directly involved in the controversy in\nwhich such judgment shall have been rendered.\n
N.Y. ABC Law § 53-A — New York Code / Act ABC / Article 4 / Section 53-A
Vendor's license
Status: in_force

§ 53-a. Vendor's license. In cities having a population of one million\nor more, any individual person may apply for a license to sell beer as a\nvendor. Such application shall be in writing, and verified, and shall\ncontain such information as the liquor authority shall require. Such\napplication shall be accompanied by a check or draft for the amount\nrequired by this article for such license. If the liquor authority shall\ngrant the application it shall issue a license in such form as shall be\ndetermined by its rules. Such a license shall contain a description of\nthe licensed premises and in form and in substance shall be a license to\nthe person therein specifically designated to sell beer as a vendor in\ncities having a population of one million or more only, from the\npremises therein specifically licensed. A vendor's license shall\nauthorize the holder thereof to sell beer at retail to be delivered by\nsuch vendor to a person for consumption in his home and shall authorize\nthe holder thereof to operate one vehicle for the delivery of beer, but\nshall not authorize the sale to any person or licensee for resale.\n
N.Y. NPC Law § 550 — New York Code / Act NPC / Article 5-A / Section 550
Short title
Status: in_force

§ 550. Short title.\n  This article may be known and may be cited as the "New York prudent\nmanagement of institutional funds act".\n
N.Y. UJC Law § 1813 — New York Code / Act UJC / Article 18 / Section 1813
Duty to pay judgments
Status: in_force

§ 1813. Duty to pay judgments.\n  (a) Any person, partnership, firm or corporation which is sued in a\nsmall claims court for any cause of action arising out of its business\nactivities, shall pay any judgment rendered against it in its true name\nor in any name in which it conducts business. "True name" includes the\nlegal name of a natural person and the name under which a partnership,\nfirm or corporation is licensed, registered, incorporated or otherwise\nauthorized to do business.  "Conducting business" as used in this\nsection shall include, but not be limited to, maintaining signs at\nbusiness premises or on business vehicles; advertising; entering into\ncontracts; and printing or using sales slips, checks, invoices or\nreceipts.  Whenever a judgment has been rendered against a person,\npartnership, firm or corporation in other than its true name and the\njudgment has remained unpaid for thirty-five days after receipt by the\njudgment debtor of notice of its entry, the aggrieved judgment creditor\nshall be entitled to commence an action in small claims court against\nsuch judgment debtor, notwithstanding the jurisdictional limit of the\ncourt, for the sum of the original judgment, costs, reasonable\nattorney's fees, and one hundred dollars.\n  (b) Whenever a judgment which relates to activities for which a\nlicense is required has been rendered against a business which is\nlicensed by a state or local licensing authority and which remains\nunpaid for thirty-five days after receipt by the judgment debtor of\nnotice of its entry and the judgment has not been stayed or appealed,\nthe state or local licensing authority shall consider such failure to\npay, if deliberate or part of a pattern of similar conduct indicating\nrecklessness, as a basis for the revocation, suspension, conditioning or\nrefusal to grant or renew such license. Nothing herein shall be\nconstrued to preempt an authority's existing policy if it is more\nrestrictive.\n  (c) The clerk shall attach to the notice of suit required under this\narticle a notice of the duty imposed by this section.\n
N.Y. MCF Law § 10 — New York Code / Act MCF / Section 10
Bonds and notes as legal investments
Status: in_force

§ 10. Bonds and notes as legal investments. The bonds and notes of the\nagency are hereby made securities in which all public officers and\nbodies of this state and all municipalities and municipal subdivisions,\nall insurance companies and associations, and other persons carrying on\nan insurance business, all banks, bankers, trust companies, savings\nbanks and saving associations, including savings and loan associations,\nbuilding and loan associations, investment companies and other persons\ncarrying on a banking business, all administrators, guardians,\nexecutors, trustees and other fiduciaries, and all other persons\nwhatsoever who are now or may hereafter be authorized to invest in bonds\nor other obligations of the state, may properly and legally invest\nfunds, including capital, in their control and belonging to them.\n
N.Y. ISC Law § 2617 — New York Code / Act ISC / Article 26 / Section 2617
Unfair discrimination for the use of prescriptions to block the effects of opioids
Status: in_force

§ 2617. Unfair discrimination for the use of prescriptions to block\nthe effects of opioids. No insurer or entity authorized to issue the\nkinds of insurance specified in paragraphs one or two of subsection (a)\nof section one thousand one hundred thirteen of this chapter shall\nrefuse to issue a life insurance policy or annuity contract or adjust\nthe amount of premiums, or rates, charged for life insurance policies or\nannuity contracts for any individual solely because such individual has\nbeen prescribed medication used to block the effects of opioids,\nincluding, but not limited to, Naloxone and Narcan, unless such action\nis based on sound actuarial principles or actual or reasonably\nanticipated experience.\n
N.Y. LLC Law § 1308 — New York Code / Act LLC / Article 13 / Section 1308
Regulation of professions
Status: in_force

§ 1308. Regulation of professions. (a) This article shall not repeal,\nmodify or restrict any provision of the education law or the judiciary\nlaw or any rules or regulations adopted thereunder regulating the\nprofessions referred to in the education law or the judiciary law except\nto the extent in conflict herewith.\n  (b) A foreign professional service limited liability company, other\nthan a foreign professional service limited liability company authorized\nto practice law, shall be under the supervision of the regents of the\nuniversity of the state of New York and be subject to disciplinary\nproceedings and penalties, and its authority to do business shall be\nsubject to suspension, revocation or annulment for cause, in the same\nmanner and to the same extent as is provided with respect to individuals\nand their licenses, certificates and registrations in title eight of the\neducation law relating to the applicable profession.  Notwithstanding\nthe provisions of this subdivision, a foreign professional service\nlimited liability company authorized to practice medicine shall be\nsubject to the pre-hearing procedures and hearing procedures as are\nprovided with respect to individual physicians and their licenses in\nTitle II-A of article two of the public health law.\n  (c) A foreign professional service limited liability company\nauthorized to practice law shall be subject to the regulation and\ncontrol of, and its authority to do business shall be subject to\nsuspension, revocation or annulment for cause by, the appellate division\nof the supreme court and the court of appeals in the same manner and to\nthe same extent provided in the judiciary law with respect to individual\nattorneys and counselors-at-law. Such limited liability company need not\nqualify for any certification under section four hundred sixty-four of\nthe judiciary law, take an oath of office under section four hundred\nsixty-six of the judiciary law or register under section four hundred\nsixty-seven of the judiciary law.\n
N.Y. CVS Law § 19 — New York Code / Act CVS / Article 2 / Title B / Section 19
Election by certain villages, school districts, special districts and public agencies located in two or more counties
Status: in_force

§ 19. Election by certain villages, school districts, special\ndistricts and public agencies located in two or more counties. The\nadministration of this chapter in a village, school district or special\ndistrict incorporated or established on or after the effective date of\nthis act and comprising territory in two or more counties, or in a\npublic agency established on or after the effective date of this\namendment and maintained jointly by two or more counties or two or more\nmunicipal corporations or other civil divisions, including school\ndistricts, situated in different counties, shall be under the\njurisdiction of the civil service commission or personnel officer having\njurisdiction over the classified service of one of such counties\nselected by action of the governing board or body of such village,\nschool district or special district, or the appointing authority of such\npublic agency.  In the event that such board or body of such a newly\nincorporated village or newly established school district or special\ndistrict or the appointing authority of such newly established public\nagency fails to make such selection within ninety days after the\neffective date of such incorporation or establishment, such village,\nschool district, special district or public agency shall be subject to\nthe jurisdiction of the civil service commission or personnel officer\nhaving jurisdiction over the classified service of the county in which\nthe greater or greatest territorial area of such village, school\ndistrict, special district or public agency is located.\n