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N.Y. PBG Law § 219-A — New York Code / Act PBG / Article 10-B / Section 219-A
Policy of state and purpose of article
Status: in_force

§ 219-a. Policy of state and purpose of article.  It is hereby\ndeclared that there exists within the state, and particularly within\ncertain cities thereof, an acute shortage of housing; that low income\ninhabitants of the state, and particularly demobilized servicemen of\nworld war II and their families, as well as the families of servicemen\nstill serving within the military and naval forces of the United States,\nare unable to obtain adequate, safe and sanitary dwelling accommodations\nwithin their financial reach; that this condition is a menace to the\nhealth, safety, morals, welfare and reasonable comfort of the citizens\nof the state; that this condition has reached the stage of an acute\nemergency which cannot be adequately and immediately alleviated by the\nnormal processes of construction of permanent housing and the\nconstruction of permanent public housing projects in connection with\nslum clearance, and that immediate mitigation is required by such\nemergency means as are available; that this condition requires that\nprovision be made for public emergency housing as hereinafter provided;\nthat this condition requires that certain cities and authorities be\nauthorized to cooperate and enter into agreements with a government and\nwith each other to the end that emergency housing may be obtained as\nexpeditiously as possible; that this condition requires the temporary\nsuspension of various normal restrictions, prohibitions, limitations and\nprocedures to the end that emergency housing may be supplied with the\nleast possible delay; that the acquisition, construction, management,\noperation, and disposition of such emergency housing and the real and\npersonal property and other facilities necessary, incidental or\nappurtenant thereto is a public use for which public money may be spent,\nprivate property acquired, and tax exemption granted; and that the\nnecessity in the public interest for the provisions hereinafter enacted\nis hereby declared as a matter of legislative determination.\n
N.Y. VIL Law § 5-514 — New York Code / Act VIL / Article 5 / Section 5-514
Limitation of tax levy
Status: in_force

§ 5-514 Limitation of tax levy. I. The amount which may be raised by\ngeneral village tax on real estate in any fiscal year for village\npurposes, shall be the same amount as a village may raise under the\nprovisions of article eight of the constitution.\n  2. If any joint indebtedness described in title one-A of article two\nof the local finance law is allocated and apportioned, or is excluded,\nunder or pursuant to such title or any other provision of law for the\npurpose of determining the debt-contracting power of a county, city,\ntown, village or school district, such allocation and apportionment, or\nexclusion, shall not limit the amount to be raised in any village\noutside the limitations applicable to villages set forth in article\neight of the constitution to provide for the interest on and the\nprincipal of any greater proportionate share of such debt service which\nthe village has agreed or is required to provide. The total of the\namounts which may be so raised by all participating public corporations\noutside any limitation imposed by or pursuant to article eight of the\nconstitution to provide for their respective portions of any payment of\nprincipal or of interest on joint indebtedness shall not exceed the full\namount required to be provided by all of such participants to make any\nsuch payment.\n
N.Y. RPA Law § 1753 — New York Code / Act RPA / Article 17 / Section 1753
Effect of disposition
Status: in_force

§ 1753. Effect of disposition.  A deed, mortgage, release or lease\nmade in good faith, as prescribed in this article, upon an application\nin behalf of an infant, incompetent person or conservatee, has the same\nvalidity and effect as if executed by the person in whose behalf it was\nexecuted, and as if the infant were of full age or the incompetent\nperson or conservatee were of sound mind and competent to manage his\naffairs. It shall be valid and effectual to vest in any purchaser an\ninterest of an infant not in being at the time of the said sale, and any\nmortgage so executed shall be a valid lien and charge upon the\ncontingent interest of an infant not in being at the time of the\nexecution and delivery of the same. A release of an inchoate right to\ndower as authorized by this article shall have the same effect as if the\nwife had joined with the husband in a deed or conveyance of the property\naffected thereby and had duly acknowledged the same in the manner\nrequired by law to pass the estate of married women. The failure to\nconduct the proceeding strictly in accordance with the provisions of\nthis article shall not invalidate the disposition if the interests of\nthe infant, incompetent person or conservatee have not been prejudiced.\n
N.Y. UCT Law § 1701 — New York Code / Act UCT / Article 17 / Section 1701
Appeals; to what court
Status: in_force

§ 1701. Appeals; to what court.\n  Appeals in civil causes shall be taken to the county court, unless an\nappellate term of the supreme court has been established by the\nappellate division of the department and such appellate division has\ndirected that such appeals be taken to such term, in which case the\nappeal shall be taken to the appellate term.\n
N.Y. NAV Law § 49-C — New York Code / Act NAV / Article 4 / Part 1 / Section 49-C
Termination of unsafe operation
Status: in_force

§ 49-c. Termination of unsafe operation. A police officer or peace\nofficer, acting pursuant to his or her special duties, who has\nreasonable cause to believe that a vessel, including a rowboat, canoe or\nkayak, is being operated, in his or her presence, upon the navigable\nwaters of the state, or any tidewaters bordering on or lying within the\nboundaries of the county of Nassau or Suffolk, in violation of any\nsection of this article, and that it would be so imminently hazardous to\ncontinue to operate such vessel as to be likely to cause an accident or\nphysical injury, may direct the master or operator of such vessel to\ncease operating upon such waters, and to proceed immediately to dock the\nvessel at the nearest available safe anchorage, dock or mooring until\nthe violation charged by such officer is finally adjudicated or until\nsuch hazardous condition is remediated or otherwise corrected.\n
N.Y. YTS Law § 15-128 — New York Code / Act YTS / Article 10 / Section 15-128
Requirements for returns, notices, records and statements
Status: in_force

§ 15-128. Requirements for returns, notices, records and statements.\n  A. General. The State Tax Commission may prescribe regulations as to\nthe keeping of records, the content and form of returns and statements\nand the filing of copies of federal income tax returns and\ndeterminations.  The State Tax Commission may require any person, by\nregulation or notice served upon such person, to make such return,\nrender such statements or keep such records as the State Tax Commission\nmay deem sufficient to show whether or not such person is liable under\nthis article for tax or for collection of tax.\n  B. Partnerships. Every partnership doing business in the City of\nYonkers and having no partners who are residents of the City of Yonkers\nshall make a return for the taxable year setting forth all items of\nincome, gain, loss and deduction and such other pertinent information as\nthe State Tax Commission regulations and instructions prescribe. Such\nreturn shall be filed on or before the 15th day of the fourth month\nfollowing the close of each taxable year. For purposes of this\nsubsection, "taxable year" means year or period which would be a taxable\nyear of the partnership if it were subject to tax under this article.\n  C. Information at source. The State Tax Commission may prescribe\nregulations and instructions requiring returns of information to be made\nand filed on or before February 28 of each year as to the payment or\ncrediting in any calendar year of amounts of six hundred dollars ($600)\nor more to any taxpayer under this article. Such returns may be required\nof any person, including lessees or mortgagors of real or personal\nproperty, fiduciaries, employers and all officers and employees of this\nstate, or any municipal corporation or political subdivision of this\nstate, having the control, receipt, custody, disposal or payment of\ninterest, rents, salaries, wages, premiums, annuities, compensations,\nremunerations, emoluments or other fixed or determinable gains, profits\nor income, except interest coupons payable to bearer. A duplicate of the\nstatement as to tax withheld on wages, required to be furnished by an\nemployer to an employee, shall constitute the return of information\nrequired to be made under this section with respect to such wages.\n  D. Notice of qualification as receiver, etc. Every receiver, trustee\nin bankruptcy, assignee for benefit of creditors or other like fiduciary\nshall give notice of his qualification as such to the State Tax\nCommission, as may be required by regulation.\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 42-0107 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 42 / Section 42-0107
Powers and duties of the partnership
Status: in_force

§ 42-0107. Powers and duties of the partnership.\n  The partnership shall have the power:\n  1. To sue and be sued.\n  2. To make by-laws for the management and regulation of its affairs.\n  3. To make and execute contracts and all other instruments necessary\nor convenient for the exercise of its powers and functions under this\narticle.\n  4. To appoint and remove an executive officer, officers, agents and\nemployees, and prescribe their duties and qualifications and fix their\ncompensation.\n  5. To contract for professional and technical assistance and advice,\nincluding retaining or employing counsel, private consultants and\nindependent contractors.\n  6. To accept gifts, grants, loans, or contributions from, and enter\ninto contracts or other transactions with, the United States and the\nstate or any commission of either of them, any municipality, any public\nor private corporation, individual or other legal entity, and to use any\nsuch gifts, grants, loans or contributions to advance any of its\ncorporate purposes.\n  7. To conduct scientific, economic and environmental studies.\n  8. To conduct environmental education programs.\n  9. To facilitate and provide passive recreational activities including\nhiking, nature study and photography.\n  10. To make recommendations regarding necessary facilities including\npaths and trails, education center and related parking areas.\n  11. To assist individuals, corporations, associations and public\nentities on ways to protect the resources of the reserve.\n  12. To prepare an annual report on the conduct of its activities which\nshall include a recommended budget for the next year.\n  13. To adopt and use a seal.\n  14. To construct or cause to have constructed necessary facilities,\nincluding paths and trails, a visitor education center, and related\nparking areas on the land described in section three of the chapter of\nthe laws of two thousand fifteen that added this subdivision.\n  15. To exercise and perform such other powers and duties as shall have\nbeen or may be conferred by law.\n
N.Y. TAX Law § 1449-KK — New York Code / Act TAX / Article 31-D / Section 1449-KK
Deposit and disposition of revenue
Status: in_force

* § 1449-kk. Deposit and disposition of revenue. 1. All taxes,\npenalties and interest imposed by the town under the authority of\nsection fourteen hundred forty-nine-bb of this article, which are\ncollected by the treasurer or his or her agents, shall be deposited in a\nsingle trust fund for the town and shall be kept in trust and separate\nand apart from all other monies in possession of the treasurer. Moneys\nin such fund shall be deposited and secured in the manner provided by\nsection ten of the general municipal law. Pending expenditure from such\nfund, moneys therein may be invested in the manner provided in section\neleven of the general municipal law. Any interest earned or capital gain\nrealized on the moneys so deposited or invested shall accrue to and\nbecome part of such fund.\n  2. The treasurer shall retain such amount as he or she may determine\nto be necessary for refunds with respect to the tax imposed by the town,\nunder the authority of section fourteen hundred forty-nine-bb of this\narticle, out of which the treasurer shall pay any refunds of such taxes\nto those taxpayers entitled to a refund pursuant to the provisions of\nthis article.\n  3. The treasurer, after reserving such refunds, shall on or before the\ntwelfth day of each month pay to the town supervisor the taxes,\npenalties and interest imposed by the town under the authority of\nsection fourteen hundred forty-nine-bb of this article, collected by the\ntreasurer, pursuant to this article during the next preceding calendar\nmonth. The amount so payable shall be certified to the town supervisor\nby the treasurer, who shall not be held liable for any inaccuracy in\nsuch certification. Provided, however, any such certification may be\nbased on such information as may be available to the treasurer at the\ntime such certification must be made under this section. Where the\namount so paid over to the town in any such distribution is more or less\nthan the amount due to the town, the amount of the overpayment or\nunderpayment shall be certified to the town supervisor by the treasurer,\nwho shall not be held liable for any inaccuracy in such certification.\nThe amount of the overpayment or underpayment shall be so certified to\nthe town supervisor as soon after the discovery of the overpayment or\nunderpayment as reasonably possible and subsequent payments and\ndistributions by the treasurer to such town shall be adjusted by\nsubtracting the amount of any such overpayment from or by adding the\namount of any such underpayment to such number of subsequent payments\nand distributions as the treasurer and town supervisor shall consider\nreasonable in view of the overpayment or underpayment and all other\nfacts and circumstances.\n  4. All monies received from the treasurer shall be deposited in the\nfund of the town, pursuant to section sixty-four-e of the town law.\n  * NB Repealed December 31, 2050\n
N.Y. STF Law § 91-D — New York Code / Act STF / Article 6 / Section 91-D
Recruitment incentive and retention account
Status: in_force

* § 91-d. Recruitment incentive and retention account. 1. There is\nhereby established in the joint custody of the state comptroller and the\ncommissioner of taxation and finance an account in the miscellaneous\nspecial revenue fund to be known as the recruitment incentive account.\n  2. Such account shall consist of all revenues received from\ncontributions, donations and all other moneys credited or transferred\nthereto from any other fund or source pursuant to law.\n  3. Moneys of the account, following appropriation by the legislature\nmay be expended for the recruitment incentive and retention program.\nMoneys shall be paid out of the account on the audit and warrant of the\nstate comptroller on vouchers certified or approved by the adjutant\ngeneral of New York state.\n  * NB Repealed September 1, 2031\n
N.Y. MDW Law § 326 — New York Code / Act MDW / Article 9 / Section 326
Service of notices, orders and summonses
Status: in_force

§ 326. Service of notices, orders and summonses. 1. Every notice,\norder or summons relative to a dwelling shall be served five days before\nthe time for compliance therewith. The posting of a copy of such notice,\norder or summons in a conspicuous place in such dwelling, together with\nthe mailing of a copy thereof, within five days of such posting, to each\nperson whose name has been filed with the department of health or the\ndepartment charged with the enforcement of this chapter, in accordance\nwith the provisions of section three hundred twenty-five, at his address\nas therewith filed, shall be sufficient service thereof, except as\nprovided in subdivision three.\n  2. Except as provided by the provisions of this chapter which are less\nrestrictive than the provisions of this subdivision, if any notice,\norder or summons is directed to any person pursuant to any provision of\nthis chapter, including the provisions of subdivision two of section\nthree hundred nine, and if the address of such person is not registered\nor, in any case for which personal service is provided, if such person\ncannot with due diligence be served personally, then such notice, order\nor summons may be served by posting a copy thereof in a conspicuous\nplace upon the premises within which a violation is alleged to have been\nplaced or a condition complained of is alleged to exist, and by sending\na copy thereof by registered mail, return receipt requested, addressed\nto such person at his last known address or place of residence.\n  3. In the case of a summons if the address of any agent or lessee\nwhose name and address have been filed in accordance with the provisions\nof section three hundred twenty-five is in the city in which the\ndwelling is situated, then a copy of the summons shall also be delivered\nat such address to a person of lawful age, if upon reasonable\napplication admittance can be obtained and such person found; and\nprovided also that personal service of the summons upon the owner of\nsuch dwelling shall be sufficient service thereof upon him.\n  4. Notwithstanding any inconsistency with this section, in a city,\nhaving a population of one million or more, a local law may provide for\nthe manner of serving civil process for the enforcement of penalties,\nsanctions and remedies provided in such local law.\n
N.Y. RPP Law § 244 — New York Code / Act RPP / Article 8 / Section 244
When grant takes effect
Status: in_force

§ 244. When grant takes effect. A grant takes effect, so as to vest\nthe estate or interest intended to be conveyed, only from its delivery;\nand all the rules of law, now in force, in respect to the delivery of\ndeeds, apply to grants hereafter executed.\n
N.Y. NAV Law § 98 — New York Code / Act NAV / Article 6 / Section 98
Application of article
Status: in_force

§ 98. Application of article. The provisions of this article shall not\napply to vessels navigating under a coastwise license and employed in\nthe coasting trade. If, however, any such vessel shall employ a pilot\nlicensed under the provisions of this article, such pilot shall be\nentitled to receive as compensation for his services pilotage fees in an\namount not to exceed the rates established by this article.\n
N.Y. PEP Law § 251 — New York Code / Act PEP / Article 7-B / Section 251
Definitions
Status: in_force

§ 251. Definitions. 1. The term "property" as used in this article\nmeans money, instruments payable, drawn or issued to bearer or to cash,\ngoods, chattels and tangible personal property other than (a)\n"instruments" as defined in subdivision two of this section, (b)\nanimals, (c) wrecks governed by the provisions of the navigation law,\n(d) logs and other property governed by section three hundred\ntwenty-three of the town law and (e) vehicles governed by the vehicle\nand traffic law.\n  2. The term "instrument" as used in this article means a check, draft,\npromissory note, bond, bill of lading, warehouse receipt, stock\ncertificate or other paper or document, other than those payable, drawn\nor issued to bearer or to cash and other than money, evidencing,\nrepresenting or embodying a chose in action or a right with respect to\nproperty or a share, participation or other interest in property or in\nan enterprise.\n  3. The term "lost property" as used in this article includes lost or\nmislaid property. Abandoned property, waifs and treasure trove, and\nother property which is found, shall be presumed to be lost property and\nsuch presumption shall be conclusive unless it is established in an\naction or proceeding commenced within six months after the date of the\nfinding that the property is not lost property.\n  4. The term "owner" as used in this article means any person entitled\nto possession of the lost property as against the finder and against any\nother person who has made a claim.\n  5. The term "finder" as used in this article means the person who\nfirst takes possession of lost property.\n  6. "Transportation facility" as used in this article means a railroad\ncar or coach, Pullman car, street surface railroad car, subway car,\nmotor bus, motor coach, taxicab, aircraft or steamship, and any other\nvehicle or conveyance used for carriage of persons whether or not such\nuse is in the course of a business of transporting persons.\n"Transportation company" as used in this article means the person\ncarrying on a business of operating a transportation facility. A taxi\ndriver is a "transportation company" with respect to a taxicab which he\nowns and operates as owner.\n
N.Y. CPL Law § 140.15 — New York Code / Act CPL / Part 2 / Title H / Article 140 / Section 140.15
Arrest without a warrant; when and how made by police officer
Status: in_force

§ 140.15  Arrest without a warrant; when and how made by police officer.\n  1.  A police officer may arrest a person for an offense, pursuant to\nsection 140.10, at any hour of any day or night.\n  2.  The arresting police officer must inform such person of his\nauthority and purpose and of the reason for such arrest unless he\nencounters physical resistance, flight or other factors rendering such\nprocedure impractical.\n  3.  In order to effect such an arrest, such police officer may use\nsuch physical force as is justifiable pursuant to section 35.30 of the\npenal law.\n  4.  In order to effect such an arrest, a police officer may enter\npremises in which he reasonably believes such person to be present,\nunder the same circumstances and in the same manner as would be\nauthorized, by the provisions of subdivisions four and five of section\n120.80, if he were attempting to make such arrest pursuant to a warrant\nof arrest.\n
N.Y. PEN Law § 230.08 — New York Code / Act PEN / Part 3 / Title M / Article 230 / Section 230.08
Patronizing a person for prostitution in a school zone
Status: in_force

§ 230.08 Patronizing a person for prostitution in a school zone.\n  1. A person is guilty of patronizing a person for prostitution in a\nschool zone when, being twenty-one years old or more, he or she\npatronizes a person for prostitution and the person patronized is less\nthan eighteen years old at a place that he or she knows, or reasonably\nshould know, is in a school zone.\n  2. For purposes of this section, "school zone" shall mean "school\nzone" as defined in subdivision two of section 230.03 of this article.\n  Patronizing a person for prostitution in a school zone is a class E\nfelony.\n
N.Y. UDG Law § 7 — New York Code / Act UDG / Section 7
Operation and maintenance fund
Status: in_force

§ 7. Operation and maintenance fund. The fund shall establish an\noperation and maintenance fund, to which shall be charged any and all\noperating expenses of the fund, including but not limited to, salaries,\nwages, rents, utility charges, office supplies and equipment, and to\nwhich shall be credited all receipts of the fund necessary to meet such\noperating expenses.\n
N.Y. YFA Law § 5 — New York Code / Act YFA / Section 5
Power of city or covered organization to determine the expenditure of available funds
Status: in_force

§ 5. Power of city or covered organization to determine the\nexpenditure of available funds. Nothing contained in this act shall be\nconstrued to limit the power of the city or a covered organization to\ndetermine, from time to time, within available funds for the city or for\nsuch covered organization, the purposes for which expenditures are to be\nmade by the city or such covered organization and the amounts of such\nexpenditures, consistent with the aggregate expenditures then permitted\nunder the financial plan for the city or such covered organization.\n