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N.Y. DOM Law § 254 — New York Code / Act DOM / Article 13 / Section 254
Confidentiality
Status: in_force

§ 254. Confidentiality.  1. Notwithstanding any other provision of\nlaw, in any proceeding for custody, divorce, separation or annulment,\nwhether or not an order of protection or temporary order of protection\nis sought or has been sought in the past, the court may, upon its own\nmotion or upon the motion of any party or the attorney for the child,\nauthorize any party or the child to keep his or her address confidential\nfrom any adverse party or the child, as appropriate, in any pleadings or\nother papers submitted to the court, where the court finds that the\ndisclosure of the address or other identifying information would pose an\nunreasonable risk to the health or safety of a party or the child.\nPending such a finding, any address or other identifying information of\nthe child or party seeking confidentiality shall be safeguarded and\nsealed in order to prevent its inadvertent or unauthorized use or\ndisclosure.\n  2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if a party or a child\nhas resided or resides in a residential program for victims of domestic\nviolence as defined in section four hundred fifty-nine-a of the social\nservices law, the present address of the party and the child and the\naddress of the residential program for victims of domestic violence\nshall not be revealed.\n  3. Upon authorization as provided in subdivision one of this section,\nthe identifying information shall be sealed and shall not be disclosed\nin any pleading or other document filed in a proceeding under this\narticle. The court shall designate the clerk of the court or such other\ndisinterested person as it deems appropriate, with consent of such\ndisinterested person, as the agent for service of process for the party\nwhose address is to remain confidential and shall notify the adverse\nparty of such designation in writing. The clerk or disinterested person\ndesignated by the court shall, when served with process or other papers\non behalf of the party whose address is to remain confidential, promptly\nnotify such party whose address is to remain confidential and forward\nsuch process or papers to him or her.\n  4. In any case in which such a confidentiality authorization is made,\nthe party whose address is to remain confidential shall inform the clerk\nof the court or disinterested person designated by the court of any\nchange in address for purposes of receipt of service or process or any\npapers.\n
N.Y. PEN Law § 222.55 — New York Code / Act PEN / Part 3 / Title M / Article 222 / Section 222.55
Criminal sale of cannabis in the second degree
Status: in_force

§ 222.55 Criminal sale of cannabis in the second degree.\n  A person is guilty of criminal sale of cannabis in the second degree\nwhen:\n  1. he or she knowingly and unlawfully sells more than sixteen ounces\nof cannabis or more than five ounces of concentrated cannabis; or\n  2. being twenty-one years of age or older, he or she knowingly and\nunlawfully sells or gives, or causes to be given or sold, more than\nthree ounces of cannabis or more than twenty-four grams of concentrated\ncannabis to a person less than eighteen years of age. This subdivision\nshall not apply to designated caregivers, practitioners, employees of a\nregistered organization or employees of a designated caregiver facility\nacting in compliance with article three of the cannabis law.\n  Criminal sale of cannabis in the second degree is a class E felony.\n
N.Y. ABP Law § 1200 — New York Code / Act ABP / Article 12 / Section 1200
Unclaimed property paid or deposited in federal courts
Status: in_force

§ 1200. Unclaimed property paid or deposited in federal courts.  All\nmoney or other property which shall have been, or shall hereafter be,\npaid into or deposited in the custody of, or be under the control of,\nany court of the United States in and for any district within the state,\nor shall have been or hereafter shall be in the custody of any\ndepository, registry, clerk, or other officer of such court, and the\nrightful owner or owners thereof either (a) shall have been or shall be\nunknown for a period of ten consecutive years; or (b) shall have died or\nshall die without having disposed thereof, and without having left or\nwithout leaving a will disposing thereof, and without having left or\nwithout leaving heirs, next-of-kin, or distributees; or (c) shall have\nabandoned or shall abandon such funds or property, are declared to have\nescheated or to escheat, together with all interest accrued thereon, to\nand to have become or to become the property of the state.\n
N.Y. PEN Law § 165.07 — New York Code / Act PEN / Part 3 / Title J / Article 165 / Section 165.07
Unlawful use of secret scientific material
Status: in_force

§ 165.07 Unlawful use of secret scientific material.\n  A person is guilty of unlawful use of secret scientific material when,\nwith intent to appropriate to himself or another the use of secret\nscientific material, and having no right to do so and no reasonable\nground to believe that he has such right, he makes a tangible\nreproduction or representation of such secret scientific material by\nmeans of writing, photographing, drawing, mechanically or electronically\nreproducing or recording such secret scientific material.\n  Unlawful use of secret scientific material is a class E felony.\n
N.Y. CCA Law § 1810 — New York Code / Act CCA / Article 18 / Section 1810
Limitation on right to resort to small claims procedures
Status: in_force

§ 1810. Limitation on right to resort to small claims procedures. If\nthe clerk shall find that the procedures of the small claims part are\nsought to be utilized by a claimant for purposes of oppression or\nharassment, as where a claimant has previously resorted to such\nprocedures on the same claim and has been unsuccessful after the hearing\nthereon, the clerk may in his discretion compel the claimant to make\napplication to the court for leave to prosecute the claim in the small\nclaims part.  The court upon such application may inquire into the\ncircumstances and, if it shall find that the claim has already been\nadjudicated, or that the claim is sought to be brought on solely for\npurposes of oppression or harassment and not under color of right, it\nmay make an order denying the claimant the use of the small claims part\nto prosecute the claim.\n
N.Y. AGM Law § 407 — New York Code / Act AGM / Article 26-A / Section 407
Construction with other laws
Status: in_force

§ 407. Construction with other laws. Nothing in this article shall be\nconstrued to (a) limit or restrict agents or officers of societies for\nthe prevention of cruelty to animals or the police from enforcing other\nprovisions of article twenty-six of this chapter or any other law\nrelating to the humane treatment of, or cruelty to, animals, (b) limit\nor restrict any municipality from enacting or enforcing any authorized\nlocal law, rule, regulation or ordinance of general application to\nbusinesses governing public health, safety or the rights of consumers,\nor (c) limit or restrict any municipality from enacting or enforcing a\nlocal law, rule, regulation or ordinance governing pet dealers, as such\nterm is defined in this article, including a law, rule, regulation or\nordinance governing the health or safety of animals acquired or\nmaintained by pet dealers, the source of animals sold or offered for\nsale by pet dealers, and the spay or neuter of such animals; provided,\nhowever, that any such local law, rule, regulation or ordinance shall be\nno less stringent than the applicable provisions of this article and may\nnot result in essentially banning all sales of dogs or cats raised and\nmaintained in a healthy and safe manner. Where any penalty may be\nauthorized for the violation of such a local law, rule, regulation or\nordinance, the authorized penalty in such local law, rule, regulation or\nordinance may not exceed a civil penalty of up to five hundred dollars.\nWhere a municipality adopts such a local law, rule, regulation or\nordinance that is more stringent than the applicable provisions of this\narticle, such municipality shall have sole responsibility for\nenforcement of such law, rule, regulation or ordinance that is more\nstringent than the applicable provisions of this article.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 390 — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 26 / Section 390
Substitution of spurious oils for internal combustion engines
Status: in_force

§ 390. Substitution of spurious oils for internal combustion engines.\nIt shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to fill with a\nspurious or substitute article any order for a lubricating oil for an\ninternal combustion engine, if such oil ordered is designated by a\ntrademark or distinctive trade name, unless and until it is explained to\nthe person giving the order that the article offered is not the article\nthat he has ordered, and the purchaser shall thereupon elect to take the\nsubstitute article that is being offered to him. Any person violating\nthis section, and any person, firm or corporation whose servant, agent\nor other employee violates this section in the course of his employment,\nshall forfeit to the manufacturer whose product was ordered, or to the\nproprietor of the trademark or trade name by which the article ordered\nwas designated by the purchaser, as the case may be, one hundred\ndollars, for each such offense, to be recovered by suit by the person,\nfirm or corporation claiming the penalty, against the person, firm or\ncorporation from whom the penalty is claimed. Nothing in this section\nshall lessen, impeach, or avoid any remedy at law or in equity which the\nparty aggrieved might have had if this section had not been enacted, and\nnothing herein contained shall prevent or avoid or defeat any\nprosecution under any of the existing penal, trademark or other statutes\nof this state.\n
N.Y. BSC Law § 1515 — New York Code / Act BSC / Article 15 / Section 1515
Regulation of professions
Status: in_force

§ 1515. Regulation of professions.\n  This article shall not repeal, modify or restrict any provision of the\neducation law or the judiciary law regulating the professions referred\nto therein except to the extent in conflict herewith.\n
N.Y. RRD Law § 203 — New York Code / Act RRD / Article 5 / Section 203
Expense of construction and operation
Status: in_force

§ 203. Expense of construction and operation.  Whenever any railroad\nshall be constructed, equipped or operated under section two hundred and\none, the expense of such construction, and in case said railroad shall\nbe equipped and operated by such city, the expense of such equipment and\noperation shall be paid by the municipal corporation within which such\nrailroad is situate, in the same manner as the other expenses of such\nmunicipal corporation are paid and provided for.\n
N.Y. HAY Law § 343-ZZ — New York Code / Act HAY / Article 12 / Section 343-ZZ
Portion of the state highway system to be designated as the "Staff Sergeant Kyu Hyuk Chay Memorial Bridge"
Status: in_force

§ 343-zz. Portion of the state highway system to be designated as the\n"Staff Sergeant Kyu Hyuk Chay Memorial Bridge". The bridge on state\nroute one hundred twenty which crosses the Saw Mill River Parkway in the\ntown of New Castle, county of Westchester, shall be designated as the\n"Staff Sergeant Kyu Hyuk Chay Memorial Bridge".\n
N.Y. NPC Law § 1617 — New York Code / Act NPC / Article 16 / Section 1617
Contracts
Status: in_force

§ 1617. Contracts.\n  (a) The land bank may, in its discretion, assign contracts for\nsupervision and coordination to the successful bidder for any\nsubdivision of work for which the land bank receives bids. Any\nconstruction, demolition, renovation and reconstruction contract awarded\nby the land bank shall contain such other terms and conditions as the\nland bank may deem desirable. The land bank shall not award any\nconstruction, demolition, renovation and reconstruction contract greater\nthan ten thousand dollars except to the lowest bidder who, in its\nopinion, is qualified to perform the work required and who is\nresponsible and reliable. The land bank may, however, reject any or all\nbids or waive any informality in a bid if it believes that the public\ninterest will be promoted thereby. The land bank may reject any bid, if,\nin its judgment, the business and technical organization, plant,\nresources, financial standing, or experience of the bidder justifies\nsuch rejection in view of the work to be performed.\n  (b) For the purposes of article fifteen-A of the executive law only,\nthe land bank shall be deemed a state agency as that term is used in\nsuch article, and all contracts for procurement, design, construction,\nservices and materials shall be deemed state contracts within the\nmeaning of that term as set forth in such article.\n
N.Y. BNK Law § 611-A — New York Code / Act BNK / Article 13 / Section 611-A
Appointment of single judge
Status: in_force

§ 611-a. Appointment of single judge. When the superintendent has\ntaken possession of and is liquidating the business and property in this\nstate of any banking organization under the provisions of this article,\nthe superintendent shall be entitled to the appointment of a single\njudge to supervise the liquidation upon request to the administrative\njudge of the supreme court in the judicial district in which the\nprincipal office of such banking organization is located. Such judge\nshall have the power to order expedited or simplified procedures or\norder a reference wherever necessary to resolve a matter in such\nliquidation.\n
N.Y. RCO Law § 92 — New York Code / Act RCO / Article 5 / Section 92
Division of Roman Catholic parish; disposition of property
Status: in_force

§ 92. Division of Roman Catholic parish; disposition of property.\nWherever a Roman Catholic parish has been heretofore or shall hereafter\nbe duly divided by the Roman Catholic bishop having jurisdiction over\nsaid parish, and the original Roman Catholic church corporation is given\none part of the old parish, and a new or second Roman Catholic church\ncorporation is given the remaining part of the old parish, and it\nfurther appears that by reason of the said division the original Roman\nCatholic church corporation holds title to real property situate within\nthe part of the old parish that was given to the new or second Roman\nCatholic church corporation, then the said Roman Catholic bishop or his\nsuccessor shall have the right and power, of himself, independently of\nany action or consent on the part of the trustees of the original Roman\nCatholic church corporation, to transfer the title of the said real\nproperty, with or without valuable consideration, to the said new or\nsecond Roman Catholic church corporation. Said transfer shall be made by\nthe said Roman Catholic bishop or his successor after having complied\nwith the requirements of this chapter in the same manner as the trustees\nof any religious corporation are compelled to do before making a\ntransfer of church property. If a valuable consideration is paid for the\ntransfer the same shall be received by the said Roman Catholic bishop or\nhis successor and distributed between the said original Roman Catholic\nchurch corporation and the new or second Roman Catholic church\ncorporation in such proportions as in the discretion of the said bishop\nor his successor may seem proper.\n
N.Y. MIL Law § 17 — New York Code / Act MIL / Article 1 / Section 17
Purchase of military property
Status: in_force

§ 17. Purchase of military property.  Under the direction of the\ngovernor, the adjutant general shall authorize the purchase of such\nmilitary property as may be required for the use of the organized\nmilitia.  In extreme emergencies, however, the commanding officer of any\nunit of the organized militia may purchase such necessities as are\nrequired for the immediate use and care of his command.  A report of\nsuch purchases shall be made forthwith to the adjutant general.\n
N.Y. TAX Law § 1449-CC — New York Code / Act TAX / Article 31-D / Section 1449-CC
Payment of tax
Status: in_force

* § 1449-cc. Payment of tax. 1. The real estate transfer tax imposed\npursuant to this article shall be paid to the treasurer or the recording\nofficer acting as the agent of the treasurer upon designation as such\nagent by the treasurer. Such tax shall be paid at the same time as the\nreal estate transfer tax imposed by article thirty-one of this chapter\nis required to be paid. Such treasurer or recording officer shall\nendorse upon each deed or instrument effecting a conveyance a receipt\nfor the amount of the tax so paid.\n  2. A return shall be required to be filed with such treasurer or\nrecording officer for purposes of the real estate transfer tax imposed\npursuant to this article at the same time as a return is required to be\nfiled for purposes of the real estate transfer tax imposed by article\nthirty-one of this chapter. The treasurer shall prescribe the form of\nreturn, the information which it shall contain, and the documentation\nthat shall accompany the return. Said form shall be identical to the\nreal estate transfer tax return required to be filed pursuant to section\nfourteen hundred nine of this chapter, except that the treasurer shall\nadapt said form to reflect the provisions in this chapter that are\ninconsistent, different, or in addition to the provisions of article\nthirty-one of this chapter. The real estate transfer tax returns\nrequired to be filed pursuant to this section shall be preserved for\nthree years and thereafter until such treasurer or recording officer\norders them to be destroyed.\n  3. The recording officer shall not record an instrument effecting a\nconveyance unless the return required by this section has been filed and\nthe tax imposed pursuant to this article shall have been paid as\nrequired in this section.\n  * NB Repealed December 31, 2050\n
N.Y. PEN Law § 210.25 — New York Code / Act PEN / Part 3 / Title L / Article 210 / Section 210.25
Perjury; defense
Status: in_force

§ 210.25 Perjury; defense.\n  In any prosecution for perjury, it is an affirmative defense that the\ndefendant retracted his false statement in the course of the proceeding\nin which it was made before such false statement substantially affected\nthe proceeding and before it became manifest that its falsity was or\nwould be exposed.\n
N.Y. PML Law § 246 — New York Code / Act PML / Article 2 / Section 246
Approval of plans of corporation
Status: in_force

§ 246. Approval of plans of corporation. The commission shall not\ngrant to a corporation hereafter formed pursuant to this chapter, a\nlicense to conduct a running or steeplechase race meeting within the\nstate until such corporation shall have submitted to the commission a\nstatement of the location of its proposed grounds and racetrack,\ntogether with a plan of such racetrack, and plans of all buildings,\nseating stands and other structures, in such form as the commission may\nprescribe, and such plans shall have been approved by the commission.\nThe commission at the expense of the applicant may order such\nengineering examination thereof as the commission may deem necessary.\nAlterations of buildings, seating stands or other structures, and the\nerection of new or additional buildings, seating stands or other\nstructures on the grounds of any corporation heretofore or hereafter\nformed pursuant to this chapter may be made only with the approval of\nthe commission and after examination and inspection of the plans thereof\nand the issuance of a permit therefor by such commission. The approval\nof the certificate of incorporation of such corporation shall not be\ndeemed to vest in it the right to a license to conduct running or\nsteeplechase race meetings at such race course or racetrack unless such\ngrounds, track, buildings, seating stands and other structures are\ncompleted in accordance with the plans approved by the commission.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 359-H — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 23-A / Section 359-H
Destruction of certain records, books and other data by the attorney-general
Status: in_force

§ 359-h. Destruction of certain records, books and other data by the\nattorney-general. Any and all books, registers, cards, indices, office\nrecords and other documentary evidence seized and held by the department\nof law under a subpoena or order of the court in proceedings commenced\nunder article twenty-three-a of the general business law, may be\ndestroyed after a period of six years from the date of closing said case\non its office records, when no proceeding shall have been instituted to\ncompel the return of such records by the defendants.\n
N.Y. RRD Law § 56 — New York Code / Act RRD / Article 3 / Section 56
Locomotives must stop at grade crossings
Status: in_force

§ 56. Locomotives must stop at grade crossings. All trains and\nlocomotives on railroads crossing each other at grade shall come to a\nfull stop before crossing, not less than two hundred nor more than eight\nhundred feet from the crossing, and shall then cross only when the way\nis clear and upon a signal from a watchman stationed at the crossing. If\nthe corporations cannot agree as to the expense of the watchman, it\nshall be determined by the commissioner of transportation upon\napplication thereto by either of them. If the corporations disagree as\nto the precedence of trains the commissioner of transportation may,\nafter hearing, upon the application of either corporation, prescribe\nrules in relation thereto.  The full stop and crossing on signal may be\ndiscontinued if the commissioner of transportation shall decide it to be\nimpracticable, or if, with the approval of the commissioner of\ntransportation, an interlocking switch and signal apparatus is adopted\nand put in operation at such a crossing. The full stop and crossing on\nsignal shall not be required in depot yards, or the approaches thereto,\nif the crossing roads are under lease or subject to the same management\nor control in the use of tracks. An engineer, violating the foregoing\nprovisions of this section, or any such rule of the commissioner of\ntransportation, shall be liable to a penalty of one hundred dollars; and\nany corporation or person operating the railroad, violating any of such\nprovisions or rules, shall be liable to a penalty of five hundred\ndollars. The commissioner of transportation may, whenever in his\njudgment the public safety requires the erection of interlocking switch\nand signal devices at points where steam and street surface railroads\nintersect at grade, direct the erection of such devices and apportion\nthe expense of construction, operating and maintenance thereof between\nthe companies affected thereby. No railroad corporation, nor any\nofficer, agent or employee thereof, shall stop its cars, horses, or\nlocomotives upon a grade crossing of a railroad of another corporation,\nfor the purpose of receiving or delivering passengers or freight, or\nother purpose, and any person or corporation violating this provision,\nshall be liable to a penalty of two hundred and fifty dollars.\n