N.Y. ENV Law § 27-0103 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 27 / Title 1 / Section 27-0103
State solid waste management plan
Status: in_force

§ 27-0103. State solid waste management plan.\n  1. For the purposes of this article, the department is designated as\nthe official state agency with the responsibility for preparing and\nupdating the New York state solid waste management plan (hereinafter\nreferred to as the "plan") consistent with the state resource recovery\npolicies declared in the New York state resource recovery policy act,\nwith this title, with titles five and seven of this article, and with\nthe federal "Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976" and\namendments thereto.\n  2. The commissioner shall biennially review the status of programs and\ninformation contained within the plan and make recommendations for\nlegislation or other state action related to:\n  (a) comprehensive procurement policies applicable to state agencies\nand public authorities which will give maximum feasible encouragement to\nthe procurement of products manufactured with stated levels of secondary\nmaterials;\n  (b) incentives for developing and expanding markets for promoting the\nreturn of secondary materials and other recovered resources to\nproductive use; and\n  (c) analysis of packaging and other various components of the waste\nstream to propose changes which will conserve energy and reduce solid\nwaste generation.\n  In making such recommendations and reviewing said plans the\ncommissioner shall take into account sound principles of solid waste\nmanagement and relevant considerations of natural resources\nconservation, energy production and employment creating opportunities\nand shall further take into account any relevant changes in federal and\nstate laws, any local solid waste management plans developed pursuant to\nsection 27-0107 of this article, and the experience of agencies, local\ngovernments, private industry, the public and the results of the public\nparticipation contemplated by the United States Environmental Protection\nAgency's Guidelines for Public Participation in Programs under the\nResource Conservation and Recovery Act (40 CFR Part 25). On the basis of\nthat review, the commissioner shall modify the plan, as appropriate,\nand, not later than March thirty-first of every other year, shall file\nsuch modified plan with the governor and the legislature.\n  3. Amendments to the plan shall assure current attention to:\n  (a) an identification of the boundaries of those regions within the\nstate which, as a result of urban concentration, geographic conditions,\nsecondary materials markets, technological feasibility, and other\nfactors, are appropriate for carrying out regional solid waste\nmanagement;\n  (b) identification of which solid waste functions will be planned for\nand carried out by which local authorities, regional authorities, state\nauthorities, agencies and public benefit corporations, giving due\nconsideration to the compatibility of the planning and implementing\nfunctions which can be combined at the local level;\n  (c) identification of local, regional and state authorities and\nagencies which shall have responsibility for the solid waste functions\nidentified in the plan which shall be managed and carried out by or on\nbehalf of such entities or any combination thereof, giving due\nconsideration to the compatibility of the planning and implementing\nfunctions which can be combined at the local level;\n  (c-1) identification of strategies, programs and practices, in\nconsultation with the commissioner of the office of general services, to\nbe undertaken by the state in the management of solid waste generated by\nstate agencies, to ensure the attainment by the state of statewide solid\nwaste reduction and recycling goals established in the plan. Using\ninformation obtained from individual state agencies, the plan shall set\nforth dates by which the state of New York as a generator of solid waste\nis to recover progressively increasing amounts of recyclable materials\nfrom its waste stream and attain a reduction in its waste stream,\nconsistent with the statewide waste reduction and recycling goals\nidentified in the plan.\n  (d) identification of the environmental impacts including, but not\nlimited to, air or water pollution, or the generation of hazardous waste\nresulting from the utilization of solid waste management technologies;\n  (e) identification and projections of changes in the waste stream that\nare likely to occur during the useful life of a proposed facility, on a\nstatewide and regional basis, during the projected planning period;\n  (f) the status of solid waste management activities and capacity, and\nprojected special needs within the state;\n  (g) an assessment of future programs and resource needs to effectuate\nthe purposes of such plan;\n  (h) an assessment of alternative resource recovery practices including\nbut not limited to source separation, waste volume reduction, community\nrecycling centers and sanitary landfill or other environmentally sound\ndisposal manner or practice;\n  (i) any local solid waste management plan submitted to the\ncommissioner by or on behalf of any municipality;\n  (j) legislative recommendations appropriate to effectuate the purposes\nof this title; and\n  (k) any other recommendations as may be appropriate.\n  4. In the case of any region which, pursuant to the federal "Resource\nConservation and Recovery Act of 1976", would be located in two or more\nstates, the commissioner shall include in the plan an identification of\nsuch regions and the function to be performed thereby and shall submit\nto the governor and the legislature recommendations for the development\nand enactment of the interstate agreements necessary to carry out the\npurposes of this article.\n  5. In connection with developing and updating the plan, the\ncommissioner may request and shall receive from any department,\ndivision, board, bureau, commission or other agency of the state or any\npolitical subdivision thereof or any public authority such assistance\nand data as may be reasonably necessary to enable the commissioner to\ncarry out his responsibilities under this section. In making such\nrequest, the commissioner shall consult and cooperate with such\nmunicipality or other public body to ensure against unnecessary\nduplication of effort or other administrative inefficiency.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 1502 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 15 / Title 1 / Section 1502
Municipal mosquito control; costs; assessment on property benefited
Status: in_force

§ 1502. Municipal mosquito control; costs; assessment on property\nbenefited.  1. If a local board of health of a municipality shall (a)\ndetermine, in its discretion, that, owing to the natural conditions\nwhich are favorable to the breeding of mosquitoes and owing to the\nbenefits to be secured to the public by the suppression of such\nconditions, some part or all of the expenses of suppressing or removing\na breeding place for mosquitoes should, in equity be borne by the owners\nof the property which will be benefited by such suppression; or, (b)\ndeem it necessary, in order to suppress or remove any such breeding\nplace, that any swamp, bog, meadow or other low or wet lands within the\nmunicipality over which said board has jurisdiction, shall be drained\nand that it is necessary, in order thereto, that a ditch or ditches or\nother channel for the free passage of water should be opened through\nlands belonging to a person or persons other than the owners of the\nlands whereon such breeding place shall be located, such local board of\nhealth shall make application to the state water power and control\ncommission to construct and complete such channels and ditches for the\nfree passage of water, or to do such other act or thing as such local\nboard of health shall have determined to be necessary upon such lands in\norder to suppress or remove such breeding place, and to apportion,\nassess and collect the amount of the cost thereof from the owners of the\nlands which will be benefited by the suppression and removal of such\nbreeding place.\n  2. The state water power and control commission shall proceed,\nconstruct and complete such channel and ditches, or do such other act or\nthing as may be necessary, and apportion, assess and collect the cost of\nthe same from the owners of the lands benefited by such suppression or\nremoval, in the manner provided for the drainage of any swamp, bog,\nmeadow or other low or wet land and the apportionment, assessment and\ncollection of the cost of such drainage, by the conservation law.\n  3. In any case where, under the provisions of this article the state\nwater power and control commission is to determine what property is\nbenefited and to what extent said property is benefited by the\nsuppression or removal of any such breeding place, such commission shall\nnot be restricted in their determination to property immediately\nadjoining the premises whereon such breeding place is located; and, in\napportioning the benefit to any property, such commission may consider\nany circumstances by reason whereon any property will be benefited by\nthe suppression and removal of such breeding place.\n  4. This article shall be construed with the provisions of the\nconservation law. In case of conflict the provisions of this article\nshall be substituted for the provisions of the conservation law, but\nsuch parts of the provisions of the conservation law as are not\nnecessarily superseded shall apply.\n
N.Y. VAT Law § 155 — New York Code / Act VAT / Title 1 / Article 1 / Section 155
Traffic infraction
Status: in_force

§ 155. Traffic infraction. The violation of any provision of this\nchapter, except articles forty-seven and forty-eight, or of any law,\nordinance, order, rule or regulation regulating traffic which is not\ndeclared by this chapter or other law of this state to be a misdemeanor\nor a felony. A traffic infraction is not a crime and the punishment\nimposed therefor shall not be deemed for any purpose a penal or criminal\npunishment and shall not affect or impair the credibility as a witness\nor otherwise of any person convicted thereof. This definition shall be\nretroactive and shall apply to all acts and violations heretofore\ncommitted where such acts and violations would, if committed subsequent\nto the taking effect of this section, be included within the meaning of\nthe term "traffic infraction" as herein defined. Except in those\nportions of Suffolk county for which a district court has been\nestablished, outside of cities having a population in excess of one\nmillion in which administrative tribunals have heretofore been\nestablished, courts and judicial officers heretofore having jurisdiction\nover such violations shall continue to do so and for such purpose such\nviolations shall be deemed misdemeanors and all provisions of law\nrelating to misdemeanors except as provided in section eighteen hundred\nfive of this chapter and except as herein otherwise expressly provided\nshall apply except that no jury trial shall be allowed for traffic\ninfractions. In those portions of Suffolk county for which a district\ncourt has been established and in cities having a population in excess\nof one million in which administrative tribunals have heretofore been\nestablished, the criminal courts of such cities or portions of Suffolk\ncounty in which a district court has been established shall have\njurisdiction to hear and determine any complaint alleging a violation\nconstituting a traffic infraction, except that administrative tribunals\nheretofore established in such cities or portions of Suffolk county in\nwhich a district court has been established shall have jurisdiction to\nhear and determine any charge of an offense which is a traffic\ninfraction, except parking, standing or stopping. In cities having a\npopulation in excess of two hundred thousand in which administrative\ntribunals have heretofore been established, and any such administrative\ntribunal established by the city of Yonkers, the city of Peekskill, or\nthe city of Syracuse, such tribunals shall have jurisdiction to hear and\ndetermine any charge of an offense which is a parking, standing or\nstopping violation. Any fine imposed by an administrative tribunal shall\nbe a civil penalty. For purposes of arrest without a warrant, pursuant\nto article one hundred forty of the criminal procedure law, a traffic\ninfraction shall be deemed an offense.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 552 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 12 / Section 552
Applications, reports, regulations
Status: in_force

§ 552. Applications, reports, regulations.  Each qualifying school\nwhich seeks an apportionment pursuant to this article shall submit to\nthe commissioner an application therefor, at such times, in such form\nand containing such information as the commissioner may by regulation\nprescribe in order to carry out the purposes of this article.  Such\napplications shall include an audited statement of the expenditures of\nmaintenance and repair of such qualifying school for the base year.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 276 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 2-A / Title 1 / Section 276
Education and outreach
Status: in_force

§ 276. Education and outreach. The department or the panel may conduct\neducation and outreach programs for consumers and health care providers\nrelating to the safe, therapeutic and cost-effective use of prescription\ndrugs and appropriate treatment practices for containing prescription\ndrug costs. The department or the panel shall provide information as to\nhow prescribers, pharmacists, patients and other interested parties can\nobtain information regarding drugs included on the preferred drug list,\nwhether any change has been made to the preferred drug list since it was\nlast issued, and the process by which prior authorization may be\nobtained.\n
N.Y. SOS Law § 131-R — New York Code / Act SOS / Article 5 / Title 1 / Section 131-R
Liability for reimbursement of public assistance benefits
Status: in_force

§ 131-r. Liability for reimbursement of public assistance benefits. 1.\nAny person who is receiving or has received, within the previous ten\nyears, public assistance pursuant to the provisions of this article, and\nwho wins a lottery prize of six hundred dollars or more shall reimburse\nthe department from the winnings, for all such public assistance\nbenefits paid to such person during the previous ten years; provided,\nhowever, that such crediting to the department shall in no event exceed\nfifty percent of the amount of the lottery prize. The commissioner shall\nenter into an agreement with the director of the lottery, pursuant to\nsection sixteen hundred thirteen-b of the tax law, for the crediting of\nlottery prizes against public assistance benefits. Nothing herein shall\nlimit the ability of a social services district to make recoveries\npursuant to section 104 or section 106-b of this chapter.\n  2. Any inconsistent provision of this chapter or of any other law\nnotwithstanding, a social services official may not assert any claim\nunder any provision of this chapter to recover payments of public\nassistance if such payments were reimbursed by child support\ncollections.\n
N.Y. ELN Law § 3-104 — New York Code / Act ELN / Article 3 / Title 1 / Section 3-104
State board of elections; enforcement powers
Status: in_force

§ 3-104. State board of elections; enforcement powers.\n  1. (a) There shall be a unit known as the division of election law\nenforcement established within the state board of elections. The head of\nsuch unit shall be the chief enforcement counsel.\n  (b) The state board of elections shall have jurisdiction of, and be\nresponsible for, the execution and enforcement of the provisions of\narticle fourteen of this chapter and other statutes governing campaigns,\nelections and related procedures; provided however that the chief\nenforcement counsel shall have sole authority within the state board of\nelections to investigate on his or her own initiative or upon complaint\nalleged violations of such statutes and all complaints alleging\nviolations shall be forwarded to the division of election law\nenforcement.\n  2. (a) Whenever a local board of elections shall determine, on its own\ninitiative or upon complaint, or otherwise, that there is substantial\nreason to believe a violation of this chapter or any code or regulation\npromulgated thereunder has been committed by a candidate or political\ncommittee or other person or entity that files statements required by\narticle fourteen of this chapter solely with such local board, it shall\nexpeditiously make an investigation which shall also include\ninvestigation of reports and statements made or failed to be made by the\ncomplainant and any political committee supporting his candidacy if the\ncomplainant is a candidate or, if the complaint was made by an officer\nor member of a political committee, of reports and statements made or\nfailed to be made by such political committee and any candidates\nsupported by it. The local board shall report the results of its\ninvestigation to the division of election law enforcement chief\nenforcement counsel within ninety days of the start of such\ninvestigation. The chief enforcement counsel may direct the local board\nof elections at any time to suspend its investigation so that the\ndivision of election law enforcement can investigate the matter.\n  (b) The chief enforcement counsel may request, and shall receive, the\nassistance of the state police in any investigation it shall conduct.\n  3. Upon receipt of a complaint and supporting information alleging any\nviolation of this chapter, or upon his or her own initiative, the chief\nenforcement counsel shall determine if an investigation should be\nundertaken. The chief enforcement counsel shall, if necessary, obtain\nadditional information from the complainant or from other sources to\nassist such counsel in making this determination. Such analysis shall\ninclude the following: first, whether the allegations, if true, would\nconstitute a violation of this chapter and, second, whether the\nallegations are supported by credible evidence. The chief enforcement\ncounsel may at any time ask that the board authorize him or her to\nexercise the powers which the board is otherwise authorized to exercise\npursuant to subdivisions five and six of section 3-102 of this title.\nThe board shall vote on whether to grant or refuse to grant such\nauthority no later than twenty days after the chief enforcement counsel\nmakes such request. For purposes of considering and voting on such\nrequest, the chief enforcement counsel shall be entitled to participate\nin all matters related thereto and shall vote on the board's granting or\nrefusal to grant such request only when there is a tie. Should the board\nnot vote on such request within twenty days of its submission, or grant\nthe chief enforcement counsel's request, the chief enforcement counsel\nshall be so empowered to act pursuant to subdivisions five and six of\nsection 3-102 of this title.\n  4. If the chief enforcement counsel determines that the allegations,\nif true, would not constitute a violation of this chapter or that the\nallegations are not supported by credible evidence, he or she shall\nissue a letter forthwith to the complainant dismissing the complaint and\nnotice to the board.\n  5. (a) If, an individual has failed to cure pursuant to section\n3-104-a of this title, or the chief enforcement counsel determines that\nsubstantial reason exists to believe that a person, acting as or on\nbehalf of a candidate or political committee under circumstances\nevincing an intent to violate such law that does not otherwise warrant\ncriminal prosecution, or has unlawfully violated any provision of this\nchapter, the board shall assign a hearing officer, randomly from a list\nof prospective hearing officers each of whom shall have been approved by\na majority vote of the board. The chief enforcement counsel shall\nprovide a written report to such hearing officer as to: (1) whether\nsubstantial reason exists to believe a violation of this chapter has\noccurred and, if so, the nature of the violation and any applicable\npenalty, based on the nature of the violation; (2) whether the matter\nshould be resolved extra-judicially; and (3) whether a special\nproceeding should be commenced in the supreme court to recover a civil\npenalty. The hearing officer shall make findings of fact and conclusions\nof law based on a preponderance of the evidence as to whether a\nviolation has been established and, if so, who is guilty of such\nviolation on notice to and with an opportunity for the individual or\nentity accused of any violations to be heard. However, if the hearing\nofficer finds that on balance, the equities favor a dismissal of the\ncomplaint, the hearing officer shall dismiss the charges. In determining\nwhether the equities favor a dismissal, the hearing officer shall\nconsider the following factors: (1) whether the complaint alleges a de\nminimis violation of article fourteen of this chapter; (2) whether the\nsubject of the complaint has made a good faith effort to correct the\nviolation; and (3) whether the subject of the complaint has a history of\nsimilar violations. For purposes of making any such findings under this\nsubdivision, proceedings before the hearing officer shall be governed by\narticle three of the state administrative procedure act. The chief\nenforcement counsel shall adopt the report of the hearing officer and\nmay, in his or her discretion, commence a special proceeding in the\nsupreme court pursuant to sections 16-100, 16-114 and 16-116 of this\nchapter should the findings of fact and conclusions of law support the\ncommencement of such proceeding or enter into an agreement to settle\nsuch matter with the subject of the complaint. In the event the chief\nenforcement counsel commences a special proceeding, the court shall\nafford the subject of the compliant an opportunity to be heard and shall\nbe empowered to accept, reject or modify the findings of fact and\nconclusions of law made by the hearing officer. If the board fails to\nproduce a list of eligible hearing officers, the chief enforcement\ncounsel may commence a special proceeding as provided herein in\naccordance with recommendations made in his or her report.\n  (b) If the chief enforcement counsel determines that reasonable cause\nexists to believe a violation warranting criminal prosecution has taken\nplace, the chief enforcement counsel shall present such findings to the\nboard. Within thirty days of such submission, the board shall vote on\nwhether to accept or reject such findings. For purposes of voting on\nacceptance or rejection of findings by the chief enforcement counsel,\nthe chief enforcement counsel shall be entitled to participate in all\nmatters related to the review of his or her report and shall vote on its\nacceptance or rejection only when there is a tie. Should the board fail\nto vote to either accept or reject the findings within thirty days of\nsubmission of such findings, or should the board accept the findings by\nthe chief enforcement counsel that there is reasonable cause to believe\nthat a violation warranting criminal prosecution has taken place, the\nchief enforcement counsel shall, forthwith, and in any event no later\nthan seven calendar days of such failure to accept or reject the\nfindings by the board, refer such matter to the attorney general or\ndistrict attorney with jurisdiction over such matter to commence a\ncriminal action as such term is defined in the criminal procedure law.\n  6. Upon notification that a special proceeding has been commenced by a\nparty other than the state board of elections, pursuant to section\n16-114 of this chapter, the chief enforcement counsel shall investigate\nthe alleged violations unless otherwise directed by the court.\n  7. The chief enforcement counsel shall prepare a report to be included\nin the annual report of the board to the governor, the state board of\nelections and legislature, summarizing the activities of the unit during\nthe previous year.\n  8. The state board of elections may promulgate rules and regulations\nconsistent with law to effectuate the provisions of this section.\n
N.Y. VAT Law § 121-B — New York Code / Act VAT / Title 1 / Article 1 / Section 121-B
Limited use motorcycle
Status: in_force

§ 121-b. Limited use motorcycle. A limited use vehicle having only two\nor three wheels, with a seat or saddle for the operator. A limited use\nmotorcycle having a maximum performance speed, of more than thirty miles\nper hour but not more than forty miles per hour shall be a class A\nlimited use motorcycle. A limited use motorcycle having a maximum\nperformance speed of more than twenty miles per hour but not more than\nthirty miles per hour, shall be a class B limited use motorcycle. A\nlimited use motorcycle having a maximum performance speed of not more\nthan twenty miles per hour shall be a class C limited use motorcycle.\n
N.Y. SOS Law § 371-A — New York Code / Act SOS / Article 6 / Title 1 / Section 371-A
Procedure
Status: in_force

§ 371-a.  Procedure.  In any proceeding commenced pursuant to this\nchapter in which the family court has exercised jurisdiction, the\nprovisions of articles one, two and eleven of the family court act shall\napply to the extent that they do not conflict with the specific\nprovisions of the social services law.\n
N.Y. RPT Law § 906 — New York Code / Act RPT / Article 9 / Title 1 / Section 906
County treasurer to be furnished certain statements
Status: in_force

§ 906. County treasurer to be furnished certain statements. 1. Upon\ncompletion of the tax rolls, the clerk of the board of supervisors shall\ndeliver to the county treasurer an abstract of such rolls stating the\nnames of the collecting officers, the amount which each is to collect,\nthe purpose for which it is to be collected and the persons to whom and\nthe time within which it is to be paid. Upon receiving such account, the\ncounty treasurer shall charge to each collecting officer the amount to\nbe collected by him.\n  2. Upon completion of the tax rolls, the clerk of the board of\nsupervisors shall deliver to the county treasurer a statement showing\nthe names of all railroad, telegraph, telephone, electric, gas, water\nand pipe line corporations and persons assessed for oil and gas rights\nliable for taxes or special ad valorem levies on such rolls, the\nassessment of the real property owned by each and the amount due thereon\nin each city and town in the county.  At the request of a corporation or\nperson named on the statement, the county treasurer shall mail a copy of\nthe statement to such corporation or person. The county treasurer may\ncharge a reasonable fee, not to exceed twenty-five dollars, for the cost\nof producing and mailing the statement.\n
N.Y. VAT Law § 109-B — New York Code / Act VAT / Title 1 / Article 1 / Section 109-B
County emergency medical services vehicle
Status: in_force

§ 109-b. County emergency medical services vehicle. Every vehicle\noperated by a county emergency medical services coordinator or deputy\ncounty emergency medical services coordinator appointed pursuant to the\nprovisions of section two hundred twenty-three-b of the county law, when\noperated in an official capacity while engaged in an emergency\noperation.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 818 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 17 / Section 818
Evidence-based and scientifically based reading instruction
Status: in_force

§ 818. Evidence-based and scientifically based reading instruction. 1.\n(a) On or before January first, two thousand twenty-five, the\ncommissioner shall provide school districts with the instructional best\npractices for the teaching of reading to students in prekindergarten\nthrough grade three. Instructional best practices for the teaching of\nreading shall be evidence-based and scientifically based, focusing on\nreading competency in the areas of phonemic awareness, phonics,\nvocabulary development, reading fluency, comprehension, including\nbackground knowledge, oral language and writing, oral skill development,\nand align with the department's culturally responsive-sustaining\nframework. Such instructional best practices shall be periodically\nupdated by the commissioner where appropriate.\n  (b) Every school district shall annually review their curriculum and\ninstructional practices in the subject of reading for students in\nprekindergarten through grade three to ensure that they align with the\nreading instructional best practices provided by the commissioner, and\nthat all early reading instructional practices and interventions are\npart of an aligned plan designed to improve student reading outcomes in\nprekindergarten through grade three.\n  2. For the purpose of this section, "evidence-based and scientifically\nbased", "phonemic awareness", "comprehension", "reading fluency",\n"vocabulary development", "culturally responsive-sustaining framework",\nand such other terms necessary to implement this section shall be as\ndefined by the commissioner in regulations.\n  3. On or before September first, two thousand twenty-five, every\nschool district shall verify to the commissioner that their curriculum\nand instructional practices in the subject of reading in prekindergarten\nthrough grade three align with all of the elements of the instructional\nbest practices provided by the commissioner pursuant to this section.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 221 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 5 / Part 1 / Section 221
Dissolution of educational institution by stockholders
Status: in_force

§ 221.  Dissolution of educational institution by stockholders.  1.\nMeeting to consider application for dissolution, when to be called. The\ntrustees of any educational corporation chartered by regents or subject\nto their visitation and having capital stock, may, and upon the written\napplication of any person owning or lawfully holding one-third of the\nsaid capital stock, must call a general meeting of the stockholders of\nthe said corporation as hereinafter provided, for the purpose of\ndetermining whether or not such corporation shall surrender its charter\nand be dissolved and its property distributed among the stockholders\nthereof.\n  2. Notice thereof, how published. The notice for such general meeting\nmust state the object thereof and be subscribed by the chairman or other\nacting presiding officer and the secretary or acting secretary of the\nsaid corporation or board of trustees; it shall be published once a week\nfor three successive weeks prior to such meeting in a daily or weekly\nnewspaper circulated in the place where the principal office of such\ncorporation is located; or if there be no such paper, then in a daily or\nweekly paper circulated within the county, if there be one, or, if not,\nin an adjoining county to that in which such corporation is located.\n  3. Vote requisite for surrender of charter and dissolution.  Whenever,\nat a meeting of the stockholders called as hereinbefore provided, any\nperson or persons holding or qualified to vote upon a majority of the\ncapital stock of such educational corporation shall vote to surrender\nthe charter thereof and to dissolve the corporation, the trustees of\nsuch corporation, or a majority of them, must make and sign a\ncertificate of such action, cause the same to be properly attested by\nthe officers of the corporation and file the same, together with a copy\nof the published notice for the meeting at which such action was taken,\nand due proof of the publication thereof, in the office of the board of\nregents of the university of the state of New York and thereupon, if the\nsaid proceedings shall have been regularly conducted as above\nprescribed, the charter of said corporation shall be deemed to be\nsurrendered and the said corporation dissolved.\n  4. Powers of trustees of educational corporations upon dissolution.\nUpon the dissolution of such educational corporation as herein provided,\nor upon the revocation by the regents, pursuant to section two hundred\nnineteen of this chapter, of the charter of an educational corporation\nhaving outstanding shares of stock, the trustees thereof shall forthwith\nbecome and be trustees of the creditors and stockholders of the\ncorporation dissolved. They shall have full power to settle the affairs\nof the said corporation; to collect and pay the outstanding debts; to\nsue for and recover debts and property thereof by the name of the\ntrustees of such corporation; to sell and dispose of the property\nthereof, at public or private sale, and to divide among the stockholders\nthe moneys or other property that shall remain after the payment of\ndebts and necessary expenses.\n  5. Notice to creditors to present claims, how published. The said\ntrustees shall, after the dissolution of the said corporation, insert in\na newspaper circulated in the place where the principal office of said\ncorporation is located, or if there be none such then in a newspaper\ncirculated within the county, if there be one, or, if not, in an\nadjoining county, a notice once in each week for three successive\nmonths, requiring all persons having claims against the said corporation\ndissolved to present the same with proof thereof to the said trustees at\nthe place designated in such notice, on or before a day therein named\nwhich shall be not less than three months from the first publication\nthereof. In case any action shall be brought upon any claim which shall\nnot have been presented to the said trustees within three months from\nthe first publication of such notice, the said trustees shall not be\nchargeable for any assets, moneys or proceeds of the said corporation\ndissolved, which they may have paid in satisfaction of other claims\nagainst the said corporation, or in making distribution to the\nstockholders thereof, before the commencement of such action.\n  6. Surrender of stock scrip, upon distribution to shareholders.  Upon\nthe distribution by the said trustees of assets or property, or the\nproceeds thereof, of the dissolved corporation among its stockholders,\nthe said trustees may require the certificates of ownership of capital\nstock, if such have been issued, standing in the name of any stockholder\nclaiming a distributive share, or under whom such share is claimed, to\nbe surrendered for cancellation by such stockholder or person claiming\nthe said share. In the event of the non-production of any such\ncertificate, the said trustees may require satisfactory proof of the\nloss thereof, or of any other cause for such non-production, together\nwith such security as they may prescribe, before payment of the\ndistributive share to which the person claiming upon such share of stock\nmay appear to be entitled.\n  7. Notice of distribution, to absent and unknown shareholders.  In\ncase the said trustees upon such distribution by them of assets or\nproperty, or the proceeds thereof, of the dissolved corporation among\nits stockholders, shall be unable to find any of the said stockholders\nor the persons lawfully owning or entitled to any portion of the said\ncapital stock, they shall give notice in the manner hereinabove provided\nfor calling the general meeting of stockholders of such distribution, to\nthe persons in whose names such stock shall stand upon the books of the\nsaid corporation, requiring them to appear at a time and place\ndesignated, to receive the portion of such assets or property to which\nthey may be entitled; in case of the failure of any such persons to so\nappear, it shall be lawful for the said trustees to pay over and deliver\nto the county treasurer of the county wherein the principal office of\nsuch corporation was located, or to any trust company or other\ncorporation located within such county and authorized to receive moneys\non deposit under order or judgment of a court of record, the proportion\nof the assets, property or proceeds aforesaid which such non-appearing\nstock bears to the whole stock; the said trustees shall also deliver\ntherewith a list of the persons entitled to receive the same, together\nwith the separate amounts to which they shall be severally entitled.\n  8. Liability of trustees, when to cease. Upon the payment and\ndischarge of the debts and obligations of the corporation dissolved, as\nhereinbefore provided, and the distribution of its assets, property and\nproceeds among the stockholders thereof, and due provision made, as\nhereinabove prescribed, for the interests of non-appearing stockholders\nand such as can not be found, the said trustees shall become and be\nrelieved and discharged from further duty, liability and responsibility\nby reason of their relation to the said corporation, or towards the\nstockholders thereof.\n  9. Duties and liabilities of custodians. Any county treasurer, trust\ncompany or other corporation to whom assets, property or proceeds shall\nbe delivered as herein provided, shall hold the same in trust for the\npersons designated and entitled to receive it; and upon receiving\nsatisfactory proof of the right and title thereto, or upon the order of\nany court of record competent to adjudicate thereupon, shall pay over\nand deliver to any persons entitled to receive the same the portion of\nsuch proceeds, property or assets to which they shall be entitled.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 909 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 19 / Section 909
School hygiene districts
Status: in_force

§ 909. School hygiene districts. 1. The board of supervisors of any\ncounty, with the approval of the commissioner of education, shall have\npower to establish in such county a school hygiene district which shall\ninclude the supervisory district or districts in such county, as defined\nin this chapter. The board of education of any union free school\ndistrict of four thousand five hundred or more population, which employs\na superintendent of schools, or of any city having a population of less\nthan fifty thousand, within such county, may at any time adopt a\nresolution requesting that such union free school district or city be\nincluded within such school hygiene district, and after the approval of\nsuch request by the district committee on school hygiene, herein-below\nmentioned, and by the commissioner of education, and upon the subsequent\nfiling by the clerk of such board of education of a certified copy of\nsuch resolution and of a certified copy of such approvals with the clerk\nof the board of supervisors, such union free school district or city\nshall be included within such school hygiene district.\n  2. When such a school hygiene district is established, as hereinabove\nprovided, the board of supervisors shall appropriate funds for the\nsalary and necessary expenses of a district director of school hygiene.\nFunds may also be appropriated for assistants to the director of school\nhygiene. Within thirty days after such appropriation is made the\nchairman of the board of supervisors shall call a meeting, to be held at\na date as early as practicable, of the district superintendents and\nschool superintendents in such school hygiene district together with the\nchairman of the board of supervisors, at which meeting such persons\nshall organize themselves into a district committee on school hygiene\nand shall elect a chairman thereof. In any school hygiene district which\nincludes part or all of a county health district, as defined in the\npublic health law, the district health officer of such county health\ndistrict shall be a member of such committee. The district director of\nschool hygiene and assistants shall be appointed by and work under the\ndirection of such district committee on school hygiene. They shall meet\nthe qualifications established by the commissioner of education and be\ncertificated as supervisors of teachers. Any person appointed as such\ndistrict director of school hygiene shall be a physician duly licensed\nand registered to practice in this state and shall have practiced as a\nphysician, or been engaged in public health work, for at least two\nyears.\n  3. It shall be the duty of the district director of school hygiene to\nadvise, assist, and exercise general supervision over, medical\ninspectors, dentists and school nurses in the public schools in such\nschool hygiene district; to keep informed as to their work and require\nsuch reports from them as he may deem necessary; to see that suitable\nrecommendations based on the findings of the medical inspectors in their\nexaminations of pupils are brought to the attention of their teachers\nand of those in parental relation to such pupils; to aid, and keep\ninformed as to the work of, oral hygienists, nutrition workers, and\nother school employees engaged in health work in such schools; to\ninspect, and report to the proper authorities on, the sanitary\nconditions of school buildings, and in other ways to promote the\nphysical welfare and health education of pupils. Whenever the board of\nsupervisors, or, in a county constituting, in whole or in part, a county\nhealth district, the district health officer thereof, shall, under any\nprovisions of law now in force or hereafter enacted, assign any public\nhealth nurse to the duties of a school nurse in any school or schools\nwithin a school hygiene district, she may be assigned to perform such\nduties under the direct control of the district director of school\nhygiene of such school hygiene district. Such district director of\nschool hygiene shall be subject to supervision by the state medical\ninspector of schools.\n  4. If it be ascertained upon any test or examination held by a medical\ninspector under the provisions of section nine hundred four of this\narticle in any of the school districts within a school hygiene district\nthat any of the pupils are afflicted with defective sight or hearing or\nother physical disability and the parents have been duly notified as to\nthe existence of such defects and physical disability and are unable to\nprovide the necessary relief and treatment for such pupils and such fact\nis reported by said medical inspector to the district director of school\nhygiene, such district director shall have power and it shall be his\nduty to provide relief for such pupils within the amount appropriated\nfor such purpose by the board of supervisors.\n  5. The board of supervisors, after determining the amount of the\nappropriation necessary for the salary and expenses of such district\ndirector of school hygiene and assistants, shall levy one-half of such\namount by tax on the towns, union free school districts and cities, if\nany, included within such school hygiene district, and shall apportion\nsuch amount, so levied, among such towns, union free school districts\nand cities, according to the assessed valuation of the taxable property\ntherein. Whenever a board of supervisors shall make such an\nappropriation and levy such a tax, the commissioner of education shall\napportion to each such town, union free school district and city, an\namount equal to that so levied upon each such respective town, union\nfree school district or city. The board of supervisors shall likewise,\nafter determining the amount of the appropriation necessary for expenses\nincurred for the relief of pupils under subdivision four of this\nsection, levy the total amount by tax upon the towns, union free school\ndistricts and cities, if any, included within such school hygiene\ndistrict, and shall apportion such amount so levied among such towns,\nunion free school districts and cities according to the assessed\nvaluation of the taxable property therein. The sums collected from the\ntaxes so levied, and the amount apportioned by the commissioner of\neducation, shall be paid to the county treasurer of such county, who\nshall expend such moneys for the purposes hereinabove provided and in\nthe same manner as other county charges are paid.\n
N.Y. SOS Law § 460-A — New York Code / Act SOS / Article 7 / Title 1 / Section 460-A
Certificates of incorporation
Status: in_force

§ 460-a. Certificates of incorporation. 1. Unless the written approval\nof the department shall have been endorsed on or annexed to a\ncertificate of incorporation, no such certificate shall hereafter be\nfiled which includes among its corporate purposes the care of destitute,\ndelinquent, abandoned, neglected or dependent children; the\nestablishment or operation of any aged care accommodation, as defined in\nthe private housing finance law, or adult care facility; the placing-out\nor boarding-out of children, as defined in this chapter; the\nestablishment or operation of a home or shelter for unmarried mothers or\na residential program for victims of domestic violence, as defined in\nsubdivision four of section four hundred fifty-nine-a of this chapter;\nor the solicitation of contributions for any such purpose or purposes,\nprovided, however, that the approval of the department shall not be\nrequired for filing of a certificate of incorporation which is\nrestricted in its statement of corporate purposes to the establishment\nor operation of a facility for which an operating certificate is\nrequired by article twenty-three, nineteen, thirty-one or thirty-two of\nthe mental hygiene law, or to the establishment or operation of a\nhospital, residential health care facility, or a home health agency, as\nthose terms are defined in article twenty-eight of the public health\nlaw.\n  2. The department shall promulgate regulations establishing the\nprocedure for submitting certificates of incorporation for approval and\nspecifying the documentation to be submitted in connection with such\napproval. The department shall approve or disapprove a certificate of\nincorporation solely on the basis of information submitted pursuant to\nregulations. The department shall approve or disapprove a certificate of\nincorporation by indicating its approval by endorsement of the\ncertificate of incorporation or its disapproval by giving written notice\nthereof, which notice shall state the reasons for disapproval. A\ncertificate of incorporation not acted upon within sixty days of the\nreceipt of all information and documentation required by department\nregulations shall be deemed to be disapproved.\n  3. Where a corporation engages in, or holds itself out as being\nauthorized to engage in, activities described in this section without\nhaving obtained requisite approvals, the department may institute and\nmaintain an action in the supreme court through the attorney general to\nprocure a judgement dissolving and vacating or annulling the certificate\nof incorporation of any such corporation.\n
N.Y. GOB Law § 11-106 — New York Code / Act GOB / Article 11 / Title 1 / Section 11-106
Compensation for injury or death to police officers and firefighters or their estates
Status: in_force

§ 11-106. Compensation for injury or death to police officers and\nfirefighters or their estates. 1. In addition to any other right of\naction or recovery otherwise available under law, whenever any police\nofficer or firefighter suffers any injury, disease or death while in the\nlawful discharge of his official duties and that injury, disease or\ndeath is proximately caused by the neglect, willful omission, or\nintentional, willful or culpable conduct of any person or entity, other\nthan that police officer's or firefighter's employer or co-employee, the\npolice officer or firefighter suffering that injury or disease, or, in\nthe case of death, a representative of that police officer or\nfirefighter may seek recovery and damages from the person or entity\nwhose neglect, willful omission, or intentional, willful or culpable\nconduct resulted in that injury, disease or death.\n  2. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to expand or restrict the\nexisting liability of an employer or co-employee at common-law or under\nsections two hundred five-a and two hundred five-e of the general\nmunicipal law for injuries or death sustained in the line-of-duty by any\npolice officer or firefighter.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 1005-D — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 5 / Title 1 / Section 1005-D
Sharing employees, services and resources; indemnity and defense
Status: in_force

§ 1005-d. Sharing employees, services and resources; indemnity and\ndefense. 1. For the purposes of this section, the following words and\nterms shall have the following meanings unless the context indicates\nanother meaning or intent:\n  (a) "Department" means the department of transportation.\n  2. A shared services agreement may be executed between the department\nand the authority, canal corporation, or both of them, only for an\nemergency situation or extreme weather conditions, to share employees,\nservices or resources as deemed appropriate including, but not limited\nto, for the performance of work and activities by the department on the\nfacilities and property under the jurisdiction of the authority or canal\ncorporation, and for the performance of work and activities by the\nauthority or canal corporation on the facilities and property under the\njurisdiction of the department. Such agreement or any project undertaken\npursuant to such an agreement shall not be deemed to impair the rights\nof bondholders and may provide for, but not be limited to, the\nmanagement, supervision and direction of such employees' performance of\nsuch services. Such agreement shall provide that the term shall not be\nlonger than ten days. All shared employees shall remain employees of\ntheir respective employers and all applicable collectively bargained\nagreements shall remain in effect for the entire length of the shared\nservices agreement. Further, such shared services agreement shall not\namend, repeal or replace the terms of any agreement that is collectively\nnegotiated between an employer and an employee organization, including\nan agreement or interest arbitration award made pursuant to article\nfourteen of the civil service law.\n  3. The authority shall defend any unit, entity, officer or employee of\nthe department, using the forces of the department of law pursuant to\nsubdivision eleven of this section in any action, proceeding, claim,\ndemand or the prosecution of any appeal arising from or occasioned by\nthe acts or omissions to act in the performance of the functions of the\nauthority or canal corporation pursuant to a shared services agreement.\n  4. Defense pursuant to subdivision three of this section shall be\nconditioned upon the full cooperation of the department.\n  5. The authority shall indemnify and hold harmless any unit, entity,\nofficer or employee of the department in the amount of any judgment\nobtained against the department or in the amount of any settlement the\ndepartment enters into with the consent of the authority for any and all\nclaims, damages or liabilities arising from or occasioned by the acts or\nomissions to act of the authority or canal corporation pursuant to a\nshared services agreement; provided, however, that the act or omission\nfrom which such judgment or settlement arose occurred while the\nauthority or canal corporation was acting within the scope of its\nfunctions pursuant to a shared services agreement. No such settlement of\nany such action, proceeding, claim or demand shall be made without the\napproval of the authority's board of trustees or its designee.\n  6. Any claim or proceeding commenced against any unit, entity, officer\nor employee of the authority or canal corporation that arises pursuant\nto any shared services agreement shall not be construed in any way to\nimpair, alter, limit, modify, abrogate or restrict any immunity\navailable to or conferred upon any unit, entity, officer or employee of\nthe authority or canal corporation, or to impair, alter, limit, modify,\nabrogate or restrict any right to defense and indemnification provided\nfor any governmental officer or employee by, in accordance with, or by\nreason of, any other provision of state or federal statutory or common\nlaw.\n  7. (a) The state shall defend any unit, entity, officer or employee of\nthe authority and canal corporation using the forces of the department\nof law in any action, proceeding, claim, demand or the prosecution of\nany appeal arising from or occasioned by the acts or omissions to act in\nthe performance of the functions of the department pursuant to a shared\nservices agreement.\n  (b) Defense pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subdivision shall be\nconditioned upon the full cooperation of the authority and canal\ncorporation.\n  (c) The state shall indemnify and hold harmless any unit, entity,\nofficer or employee of the authority or canal corporation in the amount\nof any judgment obtained against the authority or canal corporation in\nthe amount of any settlement the authority or canal corporation enters\ninto with the consent of the state for any and all claims, damages or\nliabilities arising from or occasioned by the acts or omissions to act\non behalf of the department pursuant to a shared services agreement,\nprovided, however, that the act or omission from which such judgment or\nsettlement arose occurred while the department was acting within the\nscope of its functions pursuant to a shared services agreement. Any such\nsettlement shall be executed pursuant to section twenty-a of the court\nof claims act.\n  (d) Any claim or proceeding commenced against any unit, entity,\nofficer or employee of the department pursuant to any shared services\nagreement shall not be construed in any way to impair, alter, limit,\nmodify, abrogate or restrict any immunity available to or conferred upon\nany unit, entity, officer or employee of the department, or to impair,\nalter, limit, modify, abrogate or restrict any right to defense and\nindemnification provided for any governmental officer or employee by, in\naccordance with, or by reason of, any other provision of state or\nfederal statutory or common law.\n  (e) Any payment made pursuant to this subdivision or any monies paid\nfor a claim against or settlement with the department, authority or\ncanal corporation pursuant to this subdivision and pursuant to a shared\nservices agreement shall be paid from appropriations for payment by the\nstate pursuant to the court of claims act.\n  8. This section shall not in any way affect the obligation of any\nclaimant to give notice to the state, authority, or canal corporation\nunder section ten and section eleven of the court of claims act or any\nother provision of law provided, however, that notice served upon the\nstate, authority, or canal corporation who is a party to the shared\nservices agreement shall be valid notice on all parties to the\nagreement, when such claim arises out of such shared services agreement.\nThe state, authority and canal corporation shall notify each other when\nthey receive a notice of claim, notice of intention to make a claim or a\nclaim arising out of such agreement.\n  9. The provisions of this section shall not be construed to impair,\nalter, limit or modify the rights and obligations of any insurer under\nany insurance agreement.\n  10. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, when employed pursuant\nto a shared services agreement, employees of the authority, canal\ncorporation and department shall be deemed employees of all such\nentities and the state for purposes of the workers' compensation law.\n  11. At the request of the authority or canal corporation, services and\nassistance and legal services for the authority or canal corporation\nshall be performed by forces or officers of the department and the\ndepartment of law respectively, and all other state officers,\ndepartments, boards, divisions and commissions shall render services\nwithin their respective functions.\n  12. The authority shall prepare and submit to the governor, the\ntemporary president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, the\nattorney general, and the comptroller on or before the first day of\nFebruary of each year, a report detailing each specific instance of\nresource sharing between the department, the authority, and the canal\ncorporation undertaken pursuant to this section during the preceding\ncalendar year.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 2509-A — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 25 / Title 1 / Section 2509-A
Corded window blind leaflet
Status: in_force

§ 2509-a. Corded window blind leaflet. The commissioner, in\nconsultation with the secretary of state, shall create a leaflet\nregarding the danger that corded window blinds pose to children\nincluding proper installation of blinds, examples of current standards\nand the potential fatal consequences from strangulation posed by corded\nwindow blinds. Such leaflet shall be posted on the department's website\nin a printable format to allow each pediatric primary care provider to\nprovide the leaflet to parents at a child's six month well child visit.\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 51-0107 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 51 / Title 1 / Section 51-0107
Powers and duties of the commissioner
Status: in_force

§ 51-0107. Powers and duties of the commissioner.\n  In administering the provisions of this article, the commissioner:\n  1. shall make an itemized estimate of funds or appropriations required\nannually for inclusion in the executive budget.\n  2. may in the name of the state as further provided within this\narticle contract to make, within the limitations of appropriations\navailable therefor, a state grant for payment to a municipality\nrepresenting the state share of the cost of a project approved and to be\nundertaken pursuant to this article. Such contracts shall be subject to\napproval by the state comptroller and as to form by the attorney\ngeneral.\n  3. shall approve vouchers for the payment of local assistance pursuant\nto an approved contract. All such payments shall be paid on the audit\nand warrant of the state comptroller.\n  4. may perform such other and further acts and promulgate such rules\nand regulations as may be necessary, proper or desirable to carry out\nthe provisions of this article.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 1020-O*2 — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 5 / Title 1-A* / Section 1020-O*2
Payments by municipalities
Status: in_force

* § 1020-o. Payments by municipalities. The board of trustees of the\nvillage and the governing body of any municipality in which surplus of\nthe authority is sold pursuant to section one thousand twenty-f of this\ntitle are authorized to make payments to the authority for its support.\nIt is hereby determined that such payments are for a public purpose for\nthe benefit of the people of such village and such municipalities.\n  * NB There are 2 § 1020-o's\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 1020-P — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 5 / Title 1-A / Section 1020-P
Exemption from taxation
Status: in_force

* § 1020-p. Exemption from taxation. 1. It is hereby found and\ndeclared that the operation of the authority is primarily for the\nbenefit of the people of the state of New York, for the improvement of\ntheir health, welfare and prosperity, and is a public purpose, and the\nauthority shall be regarded as performing an essential governmental\nfunction in carrying out the provisions of this title.\n  2. The authority shall be required to pay no taxes nor assessments\nupon any of the property acquired or controlled by it or upon its\nactivities in the operation and maintenance thereof or upon income\nderived therefrom, provided that nothing herein shall prevent the\nauthority from entering into agreements to make payments in lieu of\ntaxes with the governing bodies of municipalities, as provided for in\nsection one thousand twenty-q of this title.\n  3. The securities and other obligations issued by the authority, their\ntransfer and the income therefrom shall, at all times, be free from\ntaxation by the state or any municipality, except for estate and gift\ntaxes.\n  * NB There are 2 § 1020-p's\n
N.Y. ELN Law § 9-122 — New York Code / Act ELN / Article 9 / Title 1 / Section 9-122
Proclamation of result
Status: in_force

§ 9-122. Proclamation of result. Upon the completion of the canvass\nand of the returns of the canvass, the chair of the board of inspectors\nor an inspector under the scrutiny of an inspector of the opposite party\nshall make public oral proclamation of the total number of votes cast at\nthe election at the polling place for all candidates for each office,\nor, if it be a primary election, the total number of party votes of each\nparty so cast for all candidates for each office or party position; upon\neach ballot proposal, if any and the total number of write-in votes\nrecorded for each office. As an alternative to such oral proclamation,\nsuch chair or inspector may cause to be posted the results tape(s),\ntally sheet(s), and any other materials necessary to ascertain such\ntotal numbers of votes cast.\n
N.Y. MRE Law § 107 — New York Code / Act MRE / Article 5 / Title 1 / Section 107
Entrance doors
Status: in_force

§ 107. Entrance doors.  Every door giving access to an entrance hall\nfrom outside the dwelling shall contain at least five square feet of\nglazed surface. Every such door shall open outwardly. The width of every\nsuch door shall be at least forty-four inches. However, when double\ndoors are provided each of the doors separately shall be at least two\nfeet six inches.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 2722 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 27-B / Title 1 / Section 2722
Commissioner; functions, powers and duties
Status: in_force

§ 2722. Commissioner; functions, powers and duties.  In order to\nfurther the declared purposes of this article, the commissioner shall\nhave the following functions, powers and duties:\n  1. to conduct scientific investigations into the causes, prevention,\nevaluation and treatment of hypertension;\n  2. to develop more efficient methods for screening, evaluation and\ntreatment of hypertension;\n  3. promote programs of professional education and training in the\nprevention of heart disease and hypertension and the rehabilitation of\nvictims of heart disease and hypertension for physicians, medical\nstudents, nurses, pharmacists and persons in the public health\nprofession;\n  4. gather data and statistics relative to the prevention of heart\ndisease and hypertension and develop methods and procedures for the\nrehabilitation of these victims;\n  5. enter into such contracts and agreements with individuals,\ncolleges, universities, associations, corporations, municipalities and\nother units of government as may be deemed necessary and advisable to\ncarry out the general intent and purposes of this article.\n
N.Y. MDW Law § 33 — New York Code / Act MDW / Article 3 / Title 1 / Section 33
Cooking spaces
Status: in_force

§ 33. Cooking spaces. 1. Every space which is intended, arranged or\ndesigned for cooking or warming of food shall be either a kitchen or\nkitchenette. The term "kitchen" shall mean such a space eighty square\nfeet or more in floor area. The term "kitchenette" shall mean such a\nspace which is less than eighty square feet in floor area.\n  2. Every cooking space shall be deemed to be in compliance with this\nsection if such space was accepted or approved by the department on or\nbefore June thirtieth, nineteen hundred ninety-five, and is maintained\nin accordance with such acceptance or approval.\n  3. Except as provided in sections sixty-one and sixty-seven and\nsubdivision two of this section, a kitchen or kitchenette shall be\nunlawful unless it is constructed, arranged and maintained in compliance\nwith the following applicable provisions:\n  a. The ceiling and walls, exclusive of doors, of all kitchenettes\nshall be fire-retarded or in lieu thereof such space shall be equipped\nwith one or more sprinkler heads to fuse at a temperature not higher\nthan two hundred twelve degrees Fahrenheit. Such heads shall be\nconnected to the water supply through a pipe of at least one-half inch\ninside diameter.\n  b. In every kitchen and kitchenette, all combustible material\nimmediately underneath or within one foot of any apparatus used for\ncooking or warming of food shall be fire-retarded or covered with\nasbestos at least three-sixteenths of an inch in thickness and\ntwenty-six gauge metal or with fire-resistive material of equivalent\nrating, except where such apparatus is installed in accordance with\nrequirements established by the department in conformity with generally\naccepted safety standards for such apparatus. There shall always be at\nleast two feet of clear space above any exposed cooking surface of such\napparatus.\n  c. Every kitchenette constructed after July first, nineteen hundred\nforty-nine, shall be provided with a window opening upon a street or\nupon a yard, court, shaft, or upon any space above a setback. Such\nwindow shall be at least one foot wide, have a total area of at least\nthree square feet and be at least ten per centum of the superficial\nfloor area of such kitchenette. In lieu of such window, such kitchenette\nmay be provided with mechanical ventilation to provide at least six\nchanges per hour of the air volume of such kitchenette or, when such\nkitchenette is on the top story, may have a skylight at least one foot\nwide with a total area of at least four square feet or one-eighth of the\narea of the kitchenette, whichever is greater, and shall have\nventilating openings of at least one-half of the area of the skylight.\n  d. Every kitchenette constructed after July first, nineteen hundred\nforty-nine, may be equipped with a door or doors, provided the lower\nportion of each such door has a metal grille containing at least\nforty-eight square inches of clear openings or, in lieu of such a\ngrille, there are two clear open spaces, each of at least twenty-four\nsquare inches, one between the bottom of the door and the floor, and the\nother between the top of each such door and the head jamb.\n  e. Every kitchen and kitchenette shall be provided with gas or\nelectricity or both, and shall be equipped for artificial lighting.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 906 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 19 / Section 906
Existence of communicable diseases; return after illness
Status: in_force

§ 906. Existence of communicable diseases; return after illness. 1.\nWhenever, upon investigation and evaluation by the director of school\nhealth services or other health professionals acting upon direction or\nreferral of such director for care and treatment, a student in the\npublic schools shows symptoms of any communicable or infectious disease\nreportable under the public health law that imposes a significant risk\nof infection of others in the school, he or she shall be excluded from\nthe school and sent home immediately, in a safe and proper conveyance.\nThe director of school health services shall immediately notify a local\npublic health agency of any disease reportable under the public health\nlaw.\n  2. Following absence on account of illness or from unknown cause, the\ndirector of school health services may examine each student returning to\na school without a certificate from a local public health officer, a\nduly licensed physician, physician assistant, or nurse practitioner.\n  3. The director of school health services, or other health\nprofessionals acting upon direction or referral of such director, may\nmake such evaluations of teachers and any other school employees, school\nbuildings and premises as, in their discretion, they may deem necessary\nto protect the health of the students and staff.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 600 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 6 / Title 1 / Section 600
State aid; general requirements
Status: in_force

§ 600. State aid; general requirements. In order to be eligible for\nstate aid under this title, a municipality shall be required to do the\nfollowing in accordance with the provisions of this article:\n  1. submit an application to the department for state aid which is\napproved by the commissioner in accordance with section six hundred one\nof this title;\n  2. provide core public health services, as defined in section six\nhundred two of this title, in accordance with an application for state\naid submitted by the municipality and approved by the commissioner;\n  3. submit a community health assessment in accordance with section six\nhundred two-a of this title;\n  4. establish, collect and report fees and revenue for services\nprovided by the municipality, in accordance with section six hundred six\nof this title; and\n  5. appropriate or otherwise make funds available to finance a\nprescribed share of the cost of public health services.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 705 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 15 / Section 705
Penalty for violation
Status: in_force

§ 705. Penalty for violation.  Any person violating any of the\nprovisions of this article shall be liable to a penalty of not less than\nfifty dollars nor more than one hundred dollars for every such\nviolation, to be sued for by any taxpayer of the school district, and\nrecovered before any justice of the peace and when collected, to be paid\nto the collector or treasurer for the benefit of said school district.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 2505 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 25 / Title 1 / Section 2505
Human breast milk; collection, storage and distribution; general powers of the commissioner
Status: in_force

§ 2505. Human breast milk; collection, storage and distribution;\ngeneral powers of the commissioner. The commissioner is hereby empowered\nto:\n  (a) adopt regulations and guidelines including, but not limited to\ndonor standards, methods of collection, and standards for storage, and\ndistribution of human breast milk;\n  (b) conduct educational activities to inform the public and health\ncare providers of the availability of human breast milk for infants\ndetermined to require such milk and to inform potential donors of the\nopportunities for proper donation;\n  (c) conduct educational activities to encourage and facilitate\nemployers and child day care centers to establish environments that do\nnot discourage breastfeeding and the provision of breast milk. Such\nenvironments may include sanitary locations for breastfeeding and\nrefrigerators to assist in breastfeeding and feeding babies with\nexpressed breast milk; and\n  (d) establish rules and regulations to effectuate the provisions of\nthis section.\n
N.Y. VAT Law § 109 — New York Code / Act VAT / Title 1 / Article 1 / Section 109
Controlled-access highway
Status: in_force

§ 109. Controlled-access highway.  Every highway, street, or roadway\nin respect to which owners or occupants of abutting lands and other\npersons have no legal right of access to or from the same except at such\npoints only and in such manner as may be determined by the public\nauthority having jurisdiction over such highway, street, or roadway.\n
N.Y. PML Law § 1307 — New York Code / Act PML / Article 13 / Title 1 / Section 1307
Required regulations
Status: in_force

§ 1307. Required regulations. 1. The commission is authorized:\n  (a) to adopt, amend or repeal such regulations, consistent with the\npolicy and objectives of this article, as amended and supplemented, as\nit may deem necessary to protect the public interest in carrying out the\nprovisions of this article; and\n  (b) to adopt, amend or repeal such regulations as may be necessary for\nthe conduct of hearings before the commission and for the matters within\nall other responsibilities and duties of the commission imposed by this\narticle.\n  2. The commission shall, without limitation, include the following\nspecific provisions in its regulations in accordance with the provisions\nof this article:\n  (a) prescribing the methods and forms of application and registration\nwhich any applicant or registrant shall follow and complete;\n  (b) prescribing the methods, procedures and form for delivery of\ninformation concerning any person's family, habits, character,\nassociates, criminal record, business activities and financial affairs;\n  (c) prescribing such procedures for the fingerprinting of an\napplicant, employee of a licensee, or registrant, and methods of\nidentification which may be necessary to accomplish effective\nenforcement of restrictions on access to the casino and other restricted\ncasino areas of the gaming facility;\n  (d) prescribing the method of notice to an applicant, registrant or\nlicensee concerning the release of any information or data provided to\nthe commission by such applicant, registrant or licensee;\n  (e) prescribing the manner and procedure of all hearings conducted by\nthe commission or any presiding officer;\n  (f) prescribing the manner and method of collection of payments of\ntaxes, fees, interest and penalties;\n  (g) defining and limiting the areas of operation, the rules of\nauthorized games, odds, and devices permitted, and the method of\noperation of such games and devices;\n  (h) regulating the practice and procedures for negotiable transactions\ninvolving patrons, including limitations on the circumstances and\namounts of such transactions, and the establishment of forms and\nprocedures for negotiable instrument transactions, redemptions, and\nconsolidations;\n  (i) prescribing grounds and procedures for the revocation or\nsuspension of operating certificates, licenses and registrations;\n  (j) governing the manufacture, distribution, sale, deployment, and\nservicing of gaming devices and equipment;\n  (k) prescribing for gaming operations the procedures, forms and\nmethods of management controls, including employee and supervisory\ntables of organization and responsibility, and minimum security and\nsurveillance standards, including security personnel structure, alarm\nand other electrical or visual security measures; provided, however,\nthat the commission shall grant an applicant broad discretion concerning\nthe organization and responsibilities of management personnel who are\nnot directly involved in the supervision of gaming operations;\n  (l) prescribing the qualifications of, and the conditions pursuant to\nwhich, engineers, accountants, and others shall be permitted to practice\nbefore the commission or to submit materials on behalf of any applicant\nor licensee;\n  (m) prescribing minimum procedures for the exercise of effective\ncontrol over the internal fiscal affairs of a licensee, including\nprovisions for the safeguarding of assets and revenues, the recording of\ncash and evidence of indebtedness, and the maintenance of reliable\nrecords, accounts, and reports of transactions, operations and events,\nincluding reports to the commission;\n  (n) providing for a minimum uniform standard of accountancy methods,\nprocedures and forms; a uniform code of accounts and accounting\nclassifications; and such other standard operating procedures, as may be\nnecessary to assure consistency, comparability, and effective disclosure\nof all financial information, including calculations of percentages of\nprofit by games, tables, gaming devices and slot machines;\n  (o) requiring quarterly financial reports and the form thereof, and an\nannual audit prepared by a certified public accountant licensed to do\nbusiness in this state, attesting to the financial condition of a\nlicensee and disclosing whether the accounts, records and control\nprocedures examined are maintained by the licensee as required by this\narticle and the regulations promulgated hereunder;\n  (p) governing the gaming-related advertising of licensees, their\nemployees and agents, with the view toward assuring that such\nadvertisements are not deceptive; and\n  (q) governing the distribution and consumption of alcoholic beverages\non the premises of the licensee.\n  3. The commission shall, in its regulations, prescribe the manner and\nprocedure of all hearings conducted by the commission.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 2805 — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 9 / Title 1 / Section 2805
Reports and publications by authorities
Status: in_force

§ 2805. Reports and publications by authorities. Every authority or\ncommission heretofore or hereafter continued or created shall, in\naccordance with the provisions of section one hundred sixty-four-a of\nthe executive law and the regulations promulgated pursuant thereto,\nprovide for cost savings in the printing and distribution of its reports\nand other authority publications.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 358 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 8 / Section 358
State aid for certain higher educational institutions
Status: in_force

§ 358. State aid for certain higher educational institutions.  1.\nState financial assistance may be provided for designated shares of\ncapital expenditures or operating expenditures or both to the following\ntypes of institutions operating in conjunction with the state university\nprogram:\n  a. Medical schools, dental schools, research centers and similar\ninstitutions or facilities operating specified training or research\nprograms or projects pursuant to contracts with the state university.\nThe state university is hereby authorized to enter into such contracts\nwith the city university of New York.  The acceptance of any such\nfinancial assistance or the making of any such contract by or on behalf\nof a medical school, dental school, research center or similar\ninstitution or facility shall not subject it or its programs to\nsupervision, control or regulation by the state university trustees\nexcept to the extent that such supervision, control or regulation are\nexpressly stated in the contract.\n  b. Community colleges.\n  c. Post-secondary technical vocational training institutions which are\npartly supported by a municipality or board of education and partly\nsupported by an educational foundation for an industry chartered by the\nboard of regents.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 291 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 5 / Part 3 / Section 291
Custodian of funds
Status: in_force

§ 291. Custodian of funds.  The state commissioner of taxation and\nfinance and the state comptroller are hereby constituted and appointed\nthe joint custodians of the moneys paid to the state of New York for\nvocational education, under the provisions of such act, and such moneys\nshall be paid out in the manner provided by such act for the purposes\ntherein specified.\n
N.Y. LAB Law § 502 — New York Code / Act LAB / Article 18 / Title 1 / Section 502
Wage reporting - findings and policy
Status: in_force

§ 502. Wage reporting - findings and policy. The legislature hereby\nfinds and declares that New York state is committed to developing the\nmost efficient and effective system possible for administering the\nunemployment insurance system which, for more than a half century, has\nprovided financial support to workers who have lost their jobs through\nno fault of their own.\n  Unlike all other states and territories, which administer their\nunemployment insurance systems pursuant to a wage reporting system\nwhereby employers report employee wages on a regular basis, New York\nmaintains a wage request system. In order to acquire the enormous amount\nof wage data necessary to calculate unemployment insurance benefits\nusing such a system, the department is required to send out hundreds of\nthousands of wage requests to employers every year. These requests are\nfor information which, in large part, is submitted by employers on a\nquarterly basis to the statewide wage reporting system administered by\nthe department of taxation and finance.\n  Given the size and complexity of the unemployment insurance system, an\nincrease in efficiency will necessarily result in significant\nimprovements in the services provided to benefit claimants and\nemployers. The improvements for benefit claimants that would result from\nthe implementation of a wage reporting system include more timely and\naccurate entitlement and benefit rate determinations, a reduction in the\nneed to rely upon a claimant's own tax and wage statements and a\ndecrease in claimant overpayments which must be recovered at a later\ndate. As for employers, they would, for the large majority of benefit\nclaims filed, no longer be required to provide employee wage data upon\nrequest, which would remove a significant employer burden as well as the\npotential for a fifty dollar penalty each time a wage request is not\nanswered in a timely manner. Wage reporting would also reduce the number\nof employers incorrectly charged for benefits.\n  Furthermore, the department is accountable under federal and state law\nto measure the success of training, employment and reemployment\ninitiatives operated pursuant to such laws. The assessment of individual\nperformance is the best way to measure program quality and to develop\nprogram improvements. Job placement, employment duration and earnings\nare basic outcomes used to measure such performance. Information\nsurveys, traditionally used to collect such data, have proved to be both\nexpensive and unreliable because of low response rates and faulty recall\nby those who respond. Using the statewide wage reporting system to track\nsuch performance outcomes will avoid these problems and produce a\nreliable system of accountability while placing no additional burdens on\nemployers.\n  Accordingly, for the above reasons, section one hundred seventy-one-a\nof the tax law is amended to provide the department with complete access\nto the wage reporting files maintained by the department of taxation and\nfinance as the first stage in a transition to an unemployment insurance\nsystem based upon such wage reporting files, with the express\nrequirement that the department shall design and operate such system so\nthat an individual eligible for benefits under the current law would be\neligible for the same amount of benefits under a new system based upon\nthe wage reporting files. In addition, complete access to the wage\nreporting files is granted for administration of the department's\nemployment security programs as well as for evaluation of the effect on\nearnings of participation in training programs with respect to which the\ndepartment has reporting, monitoring or evaluating responsibilities.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 720 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 15-C / Section 720
Definitions
Status: in_force

§ 720. Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall\nhave the following meanings:\n  1. "Bundled" means a textbook and any other learning material,\nincluding, but not limited to, workbooks, online technologies,\ndictionaries, CD-ROMS, or books, packaged together to be sold for one\nprice.\n  2. "Institution of higher education" means any institution of higher\neducation, recognized and approved by the regents of the university of\nthe state of New York, which provides a course of study leading to the\ngranting of a post-secondary degree or diploma.\n  3. "Publisher" means any publishing house, publishing firm, or\npublishing company that publishes textbooks and supplemental materials.\n  4. "Textbook" means any textbook that is adopted for a course, as\ndetermined by the faculty member or members or entity charged with\nchoosing that textbook.\n  5. "Supplemental materials" means materials that supplement the\nprimary textbook or textbooks that come in the form of another book,\nonline technologies, a workbook, CD-ROM, or any other format, and that\ncan be used by a faculty member or a student during the teaching of a\ncourse.\n  6. "Adopter" means any faculty member or academic department at\ninstitutions of higher learning responsible for considering and choosing\ntextbooks and/or supplemental materials to be utilized in connection\nwith the accredited courses taught at institutions of higher education.\n
N.Y. PEN Law § 490.00 — New York Code / Act PEN / Part 4 / Title Y-1 / Article 490 / Section 490.00
Legislative findings
Status: in_force

§ 490.00 Legislative findings.\n  The devastating consequences of the recent barbaric attack on the\nWorld Trade Center and the Pentagon underscore the compelling need for\nlegislation that is specifically designed to combat the evils of\nterrorism. Indeed, the bombings of American embassies in Kenya and\nTanzania in 1998, the federal building in Oklahoma City in 1995, Pan Am\nFlight number 103 in Lockerbie in 1988, the 1997 shooting atop the\nEmpire State Building, the 1994 murder of Ari Halberstam on the Brooklyn\nBridge and the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center, will forever\nserve to remind us that terrorism is a serious and deadly problem that\ndisrupts public order and threatens individual safety both at home and\naround the world. Terrorism is inconsistent with civilized society and\ncannot be tolerated.\n  Although certain federal laws seek to curb the incidence of terrorism,\nthere are no corresponding state laws that facilitate the prosecution\nand punishment of terrorists in state courts. Inexplicably, there is\nalso no criminal penalty in this state for a person who solicits or\nraises funds for, or provides other material support or resources to,\nthose who commit or encourage the commission of horrific and cowardly\nacts of terrorism. Nor do our criminal laws proscribe the making of\nterrorist threats or punish with appropriate severity those who hinder\nthe prosecution of terrorists. Finally, our death penalty statute must\nbe strengthened so that the cold-blooded execution of an individual for\nterrorist purposes is a capital offense.\n  A comprehensive state law is urgently needed to complement federal\nlaws in the fight against terrorism and to better protect all citizens\nagainst terrorist acts. Accordingly, the legislature finds that our laws\nmust be strengthened to ensure that terrorists, as well as those who\nsolicit or provide financial and other support to terrorists, are\nprosecuted and punished in state courts with appropriate severity.\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 25-0101 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 25 / Title 1 / Section 25-0101
Short title
Status: in_force

§ 25-0101. Short title.\n  This article shall be known as the "Tidal Wetlands Act".\n
N.Y. VAT Law § 117-B — New York Code / Act VAT / Title 1 / Article 1 / Section 117-B
Hazardous operation
Status: in_force

§ 117-b. Hazardous operation.  The operation, or parking, of a vehicle\non or immediately adjacent to a public highway while such vehicle is\nactually engaged in an operation which would restrict, impede or\ninterfere with the normal flow of traffic.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 457 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 10 / Section 457
Plans and specifications
Status: in_force

§ 457. Plans and specifications.  1. (a) No combined occupancy\nstructure shall be acquired, leased, erected, repaired, enlarged or\nremodeled by the fund until the detailed plans and specifications and\ncost estimates for the school portion thereof have been submitted to the\nboard of education and its approval has been endorsed thereon.\n  (b) The board of education shall also review and approve the\narchitectural concept, including an outline of the plans and\nspecifications therefor, of the non-school portion of any combined\noccupancy structure to be erected, repaired, enlarged or remodeled in\naccordance with the provisions of any lease or other agreement between\nthe fund and any developer.\n  2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law applicable to the city\nschool district of the city of New York or the board of education of the\ncity of New York, such district and such board shall only be required to\nsubmit an outline of the plans and specifications for a combined\noccupancy structure, and for the school portion thereof, to the\ncommissioner of education for his information.\n  3. Every contract, lease or other agreement executed by or on behalf\nof the fund which makes provision for the construction, acquisition,\nreconstruction, rehabilitation or improvement of the school portion of\nany combined occupancy structure shall include a provision that the\narchitect who designed the facility, or an architect or engineer\nretained specifically for the purpose of supervision, shall supervise\nthe work to be performed through to completion and shall see to it that\nthe materials furnished are in accordance with the drawings, plans,\nspecifications and contractual provisions therefor.\n
N.Y. ELD Law § 220 — New York Code / Act ELD / Article 2 / Title 1 / Section 220
Resident advisor program
Status: in_force

§ 220. Resident advisor program. 1. Within amounts appropriated\ntherefor, the office may establish or administer as necessary a resident\nadvisor program in locales across the state and in such a manner that\ninsures a wide geographic representation.\n  2. The director of the office is directed to work in cooperation with\nappropriate state and federal agencies to facilitate the successful\noperation of local resident advisor program sites.\n  3. In administering the resident advisor program, the director is\ndirected to provide program sites with technical assistance to housing\nand supportive service providers; training of an ongoing nature for\nprogram sponsors; marketing materials and technical assistance aimed at\nobtaining resident acceptance to resident advisors; and assistance in\ndeveloping necessary linkages between state, federal and local partners.\n
N.Y. MRE Law § 205 — New York Code / Act MRE / Article 6 / Title 1 / Section 205
Separation and ventilation of stairs
Status: in_force

§ 205. Separation and ventilation of stairs. 1. All stairs and\nfire-stairs shall be completely separated from one another and from\nevery elevator or other shaft by fireproof walls.  They shall be\nconstructed of fireproof material throughout and shall contain no wood\nor other inflammable material of any kind, except that handrails of\nhardwood may be provided.\n  2. Access to stairs and fire-stairs from any public vestibule or other\npublic hall shall be through fireproof doors and assemblies, with the\ndoors self-closing and at least three feet wide, or through pairs of\nsuch doors at least four feet wide, containing in either case a fixed\nsash glazed with wire glass at least one-quarter inch thick and at least\nthree hundred sixty square inches in area.\n  3. At the highest level of every stair and fire-stair there shall be\nprovided a window or a skylight. At such termination, there shall also\nbe an opening of at least one hundred forty-four square inches which\nshall communicate directly to the outer air, which opening may be a part\nof such window or skylight. Except as herein provided, such skylight\nshall ccomply with the provisions of subdivision two of section one\nhundred eight.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 503 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 5 / Title 1 / Section 503
Laboratories; state hospitals; service to counties and municipalities
Status: in_force

§ 503. Laboratories; state hospitals; service to counties and\nmunicipalities. 1. The director of any hospital in the department, with\nthe approval of the commissioner, may enter into a contract with proper\nmunicipal or county officials under which the laboratory service of the\nhospital may be made available to municipalities or counties or parts\nthereof when in his judgment such a contract shall be in the interest of\npublic health and not prejudicial to the interest or work of the\ninstitution.\n  2. The treasurer of the hospital, or the director thereof, if there is\nno treasurer, shall receive all moneys paid in consideration of such\ncontract and pay the same into the general fund of the state.\n
N.Y. ELN Law § 14-107 — New York Code / Act ELN / Article 14 / Title 1 / Section 14-107
Independent expenditure reporting
Status: in_force

§ 14-107. Independent expenditure reporting. 1. For purposes of this\narticle:\n  (a) "Independent expenditure" means an expenditure made by an\nindependent expenditure committee in the form of (i) an audio or video\ncommunication via broadcast, cable or satellite, (ii) a written\ncommunication via advertisements, pamphlets, circulars, flyers,\nbrochures, letterheads or (iii) other published statements, where such\nexpenditure is conveyed to five hundred or more members of a general\npublic audience, or in the form of any paid internet or digital\nadvertisement targeted to fifty or more members of a general public\naudience, or in the form of a public-facing website, which: (i)\nirrespective of when such communication is made, contains words such as\n"vote," "oppose," "support," "elect," "defeat," or "reject," which call\nfor the election or defeat of the clearly identified candidate, (ii)\nrefers to and advocates for or against a clearly identified candidate or\nballot proposal on or after January first of the year of the election in\nwhich such candidate is seeking office or such proposal shall appear on\nthe ballot, or (iii) within sixty days before a general or special\nelection for the office sought by the candidate or thirty days before a\nprimary election, includes or references a clearly identified candidate.\nAn independent expenditure shall not include communications where such\ncandidate, the candidate's political committee or its agents, a party\ncommittee or its agents, or a constituted committee or its agents or a\npolitical committee formed to promote the success or defeat of a ballot\nproposal or its agents, did authorize, request, suggest, foster or\ncooperate in such communication.\n  (b) Independent expenditures do not include expenditures in connection\nwith:\n  (i) a written news story, commentary, or editorial or a news story,\ncommentary, or editorial distributed through the facilities of any\nbroadcasting station, cable or satellite unless such publication or\nfacilities are owned or controlled by any political party, political\ncommittee or candidate; or\n  (ii) a communication that constitutes a candidate debate or forum; or\n  (iii) internal communication by members to other members of a\nmembership organization of not more than five hundred members, for the\npurpose of supporting or opposing a candidate or candidates for elective\noffice, provided such expenditures are not used for the costs of\ncampaign material or communications used in connection with\nbroadcasting, telecasting, newspapers, magazines, or other periodical\npublication, billboards, or similar types of general public\ncommunications; or\n  (iv) internal communications by members to other members of a\nmembership organization of not more than five hundred members or\ncommunications by a corporation organized for charitable purposes\npursuant to §501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code, within sixty days\nbefore a general or special election for the office sought by the\ncandidate or thirty days before a primary election, that includes or\nreferences a clearly identified candidate but does not otherwise qualify\nas an independent expenditure under this section.\n  (v) a communication published on the Internet, unless the\ncommunication is a paid advertisement or a public-facing website paid\nfor, hosted, and/or operated by a political committee.\n  (c) An independent expenditure committee shall not include payments or\nexpenditures made by a party or constituted committee that is required\nto file disclosure reports under this chapter.\n  (d) Independent expenditures shall not include payments or\nexpenditures where coordination occurs in the creation, formation, or\noperation of the independent expenditure committee making the payment or\nexpenditure.\n  Coordination shall include:\n  (i) The candidate or the candidate's authorized committee, or an agent\nof the candidate or candidate's authorized committee, participated in\nthe creation or formation of the independent expenditure committee\nwithin two years of the general election, primary or special election in\nwhich the candidate is a candidate for nomination or election and the\npayment or expenditure made is for the benefit of that candidate.\n  (ii) The candidate or an agent of the candidate appears at any\nfundraising event hosted by an independent expenditure committee, or its\nagent, making a payment or expenditure that benefits that candidate\nwithin two years of the general election, primary or special election in\nwhich the candidate is a candidate for nomination or election.\n  (iii) The independent expenditure committee making the payment or\nexpenditure, or its agent, employed or retained an individual, other\nthan an individual described in subparagraph (viii) of this paragraph,\nwho was employed by the candidate, the candidate's authorized committee\nor an agent of the candidate or has held a policymaking,\nnon-administrative position in the office of the candidate's elected\noffice within two years of the general election, primary or special\nelection in which the candidate is a candidate for nomination or\nelection, and the payment or expenditure is made for the benefit of that\ncandidate.\n  (iv) The independent expenditure committee making the payment or\nexpenditure, or its agent, is a member of the candidate's immediate\nfamily or is established, directed, or managed by a member of the\nimmediate family of the candidate, and the payment or expenditure is\nmade for the benefit of that candidate.\n  (v) The independent expenditure committee making the payment or\nexpenditure benefiting the candidate, republishes, disseminates, or\ndistributes, in whole or in part, any video, audio, written, or other\ncampaign-related material prepared by the candidate or the candidate's\nauthorized committee or by an agent of the candidate or the candidate's\nauthorized committee. This paragraph shall not apply if the independent\nexpenditure committee making the payment or expenditure obtains the\ncommunication or materials from a publicly available source.\n  (vi) The candidate or the candidate's authorized committee, or an\nagent of the candidate or the candidate's authorized committee, shares\nor rents space for a campaign-related purpose with or from the\nindependent expenditure committee, or its agent, making the payment or\nexpenditure benefitting the candidate.\n  (vii) The independent expenditure committee, or its agent, making the\npayment or expenditure benefitting the candidate has participated in\nstrategic discussions with the candidate, the candidate's authorized\ncommittee, or an agent of the candidate or the candidate's authorized\ncommittee within two years of the general election, primary or special\nelection in which the candidate is a candidate for nomination or\nelection. Discussions shall be deemed strategic if information about the\ncandidate's or opponent's electoral campaign plans, projects, or\nactivities that is not obtained from a publicly available source is\nconveyed to the independent expenditure committee, or its agent, making\nthe payment or expenditure. This paragraph shall only apply to\ndiscussions occurring after the independent expenditure committee is\nformed or, one week after the candidate has been certified for that\nelection, whichever occurs first.\n  (viii) The independent expenditure committee, or its agent, making the\npayment or expenditure benefitting the candidate, and the candidate or\nthe candidate's authorized committee knowingly retain the same\nindividual or entity to provide professional campaign services within\ntwo years of the general election, primary or special election in which\nthe candidate is a candidate for nomination or election, and the\nprofessional campaign services provider discloses strategic information\nregarding one party with the other party. Information shall be deemed\nstrategic if it relates to either party's respective campaign or\nindependent expenditure plans, projects, or activities that are not\nobtained from a publicly available source. This subparagraph shall not\nprohibit a candidate, a candidate's authorized committee, or an agent of\nthe candidate or the candidate's authorized committee from retaining the\nsame professional campaign services provider as the independent\nexpenditure committee, or its agent, making the payment or expenditure\nbenefitting the candidate upon the professional campaign services\nprovider entering into a confidentiality agreement with both parties\nexpressly stating that it will not disclose strategic information\nregarding each party with the other party.\n  (ix) The independent expenditure committee, or its agent, making the\npayment or expenditure benefitting the candidate, utilizes strategic\ninformation or data related to the candidate, that is not from a\npublicly available source and is not otherwise available by\nsubscription, from an individual who has been previously compensated,\nreimbursed or retained by the candidate as a consultant, political,\nmedia or fundraising advisor, vendor or contractor within two years of\nthe general election, primary or special election in which the candidate\nis a candidate for nomination or election.\n  (e) The following shall not be coordination:\n  (i) A candidate's or a party or constituted committee's response to an\ninquiry about that candidate's or party or constituted committee's\npositions on legislative or policy issues.\n  (ii) A public communication in which a candidate is clearly identified\nonly in his or her capacity as the owner or operator of a business that\nexisted prior to the candidacy is not a coordinated communication with\nrespect to the clearly identified candidate if: (A) The medium, timing,\ncontent, and geographic distribution of the public communication are\nconsistent with public communications made prior to the candidacy; and\n(B) The public communication does not promote, support, attack, or\noppose that candidate or another candidate in their capacity as\ncandidates who seeks the same office as that candidate.\n  (f) For purposes of this section, the term "immediate family" means\nspouse, child, parent, grandparent, brother, half-brother, sister, or\nhalf-sister of the candidate, and the spouses of such persons.\n  (g) For purposes of this section, "agent" means a person authorized by\nthe candidate or the candidate's authorized committee, who acts on\nbehalf of or at the direction of a candidate or the candidate's\nauthorized committee; or a party committee or constituted committee\nacting on behalf of a candidate; or a person authorized by an\nindependent expenditure committee who acts on behalf of or at the\ndirection of such committee.\n  2. Whenever any person makes an independent expenditure, such\ncommunication shall, in a manner consistent with section 14-106 of this\narticle, clearly state the name of the person who paid for, or otherwise\npublished or distributed the communication and state, with respect to\ncommunications regarding candidates, that the communication was not\nexpressly authorized or requested by any candidate, or by any\ncandidate's political committee or any of its agents; provided, however,\nthat paragraphs three and four of section 14-106 of this article shall\nnot apply to the disclosure requirements under this section.\n  3. Any person prior to making any independent expenditure shall first\nregister with the state board of elections as a political committee and\nas an independent expenditure committee in conformance with this article\nprovided, however, that no foreign national, government, instrumentality\nor agent may register as an independent expenditure committee for the\npurpose of making independent expenditures in any state or local\nelection. Such person shall comply with all disclosure obligations\nrequired for political committees by law and shall provide the following\nadditional information upon registration:\n  (a) Where the person making the statement is an individual, the name,\naddress, occupation and employer of the person.\n  (b) Where the person making the statement is an entity, the name and\nemployer of any individual who exerts operational or managerial\ninfluence or control over the entity, as well as any salaried employee\nof the entity. The disclosures required by this paragraph shall include\nthe name of at least one natural person.\n  (c) Identification of individuals named in paragraphs (a) and (b) of\nthis subdivision who have, during the two-year period before the\nstatement is filed, been employed or retained as a political, media, or\nfundraising adviser or consultant for a candidate, any entity directly\ncontrolled by a candidate, or any party committee or constituted\ncommittee, or have held a formal position in the office of a candidate's\nelected office, or any party committee or constituted committee, and the\nname of the relevant employer.\n  (d) Identification of individuals named in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c)\nof this paragraph who are members of a candidate's immediate family.\n  (e) The information provided pursuant to this subdivision shall be\nupdated within twenty-four hours of any change in ownership or control\nof any registered entity.\n  4. (a) Required disclosures.  (i) Any independent expenditure\ncommittee who has registered pursuant to subdivision three of this\nsection shall disclose to the state board of elections electronically,\nonce a week on Monday any contribution to such committee of one thousand\ndollars or more, any expenditures, except paid internet and digital\nadvertisements, made by such committee over five thousand dollars, and\nany independent expenditure in the form of a paid internet or digital\nadvertisement over five hundred dollars made during the reporting\nperiod.\n  (ii) Any independent expenditure committee who has registered with the\nstate board of elections pursuant to subdivision three of this section\nshall disclose to the state board of elections electronically, within\ntwenty-four hours, any contribution to such independent expenditure\ncommittee of one thousand dollars or more or expenditure made by such\ncommittee over five thousand dollars made within thirty days before any\nprimary, general, or special election.\n  (b) The disclosures required by paragraph (a) of this subdivision\nshall include, in addition to any other information required by law:\n  (i) the name, address, occupation and employer of the person making\nthe statement;\n  (ii) For each expenditure or payment made: (1) the dollar amount paid\nfor each independent expenditure, the name and address of the person or\nentity receiving the payment, the date the payment was made and a\ndescription of the independent expenditure;\n  (2) the election to which the independent expenditure pertains and the\nname of the clearly identified candidate or the ballot proposal\nreferenced and whether the candidate or ballot proposal is supported or\nopposed; and\n  (3) A list of all expenditures made by and liabilities incurred for\nservices rendered during the relevant reporting period.\n  (iii) For each contribution received the name, address, occupation and\nemployer of any person providing a contribution, gift, loan, advance or\ndeposit of one thousand dollars or more for the independent expenditure,\nor the provision of services for the same and the date it was given.\n  5. A copy of all political communications paid for by the independent\nexpenditure, including but not limited to broadcast, cable or satellite\nschedules and scripts, advertisements, pamphlets, circulars, flyers,\nbrochures, letterheads and other printed matter and statements or\ninformation conveyed to one thousand or more members of a general public\naudience by computer or other electronic devices, and paid internet or\ndigital advertisements, shall be filed with the state board of elections\nwith the statements required by this section.\n  5-a. The state board of elections shall maintain and make available\nonline for public inspection in a machine readable format, a complete\nrecord of any independent expenditure in the form of a paid internet or\ndigital advertisement required to be filed under subdivision five of\nthis section. The record shall be maintained for a period no less than\nfive years from the date of filing and contain a digital copy of the\nindependent expenditure and the information provided on the registration\nform of the independent expenditure committee making such expenditure\npursuant to paragraphs (a) and (b) of subdivision three of this section.\nThe state board of elections shall promulgate rules necessary to comply\nwith the provisions of this subdivision which shall be effective no\nlater than one hundred twenty days after the effective date of this\nsubdivision.\n  6. Every statement required to be filed pursuant to this section shall\nbe filed electronically with the state board of elections.\n  7. The state board of elections shall promulgate regulations with\nrespect to the statements required to be filed by this section and shall\nprovide forms suitable for such statements.\n  8. (a) All criminal liability related to this section shall require\nknowing and willful violations in accordance with section 14-126 of this\narticle.\n  (b) A knowing and willful violation of the provisions of subdivisions\nthree and four of this section shall subject the person to a civil\npenalty equal to five thousand dollars or the cost of the communication,\nwhichever is greater, in a special proceeding or civil action brought by\nthe board.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 408 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 9 / Section 408
Plans and specifications of school buildings must be approved by commissioner of education
Status: in_force

§ 408. Plans and specifications of school buildings must be approved\nby commissioner of education. 1. No schoolhouse shall hereafter be\nerected, purchased, repaired, enlarged or remodeled nor shall the\nadvertisement for bids for the execution of the plans and specifications\nfor such schoolhouses be placed, in any school district except in a city\nschool district in a city having seventy thousand inhabitants or more,\nat an expense which shall exceed one hundred thousand dollars, until the\nplans and specifications shall have been submitted to the commissioner\nof education and his approval endorsed thereon. Such plans and\nspecifications shall show in detail the ventilation, heating and\nlighting of such buildings.\n  In the case of a school district in a city having seventy thousand\ninhabitants or more, all the provisions previously set forth in this\nsubdivision shall apply, except that the commissioner may waive the\nrequirement for submission of plans and specifications and substitute\ntherefor the requirement for submission of an outline of such plans and\nspecifications for his review. Such outline shall be in a form which he\nmay prescribe from time to time.\n  In either case, the commissioner may, in his discretion, review plans\nand specifications for projects estimated at an expense of less than one\nhundred thousand dollars.\n  In the case of a school district in a city having a million\ninhabitants or more, all of the provisions previously set forth in this\nsubdivision shall apply, except that such school district shall only be\nrequired to submit an outline of the plans and specifications to the\ncommissioner of education for his information where a schoolhouse is to\nbe erected in conjunction with the development of a project to be\ndeveloped under the provisions of article two or five of the private\nhousing finance law and where both the school and the project are to\nhave rights or interests in the same land, regardless of the similarity\nor equality thereof, including fee interests, easements, space rights or\nother rights or interests.\n  2. The commissioner of education shall not approve the plans for the\nerection or purchase of any school building or addition thereto or\nremodeling thereof unless the same shall provide for heating,\nventilation, lighting, sanitation, storm drainage and health, fire and\naccident protection adequate to maintain healthful, safe and comfortable\nconditions therein and unless the county superintendent of highways or\ncommissioner of public works has been advised of the location of all\ntemporary and permanent entrances and exits upon all public highways and\nthe storm drainage plan which is to be used.\n  3. The commissioner shall approve the plans and specifications,\nheretofore or hereafter submitted pursuant to this section, for the\nerection or purchase of any school building or addition thereto or\nremodeling thereof on the site or sites selected therefor pursuant to\nthis chapter, if such plans conform to the requirements and provisions\nof this chapter and the regulations of the commissioner adopted pursuant\nto this chapter in all other respects; provided, however, that the\ncommissioner of education shall not approve the plans for the erection\nor purchase of any school building or addition thereto unless the site\nhas been selected with reasonable consideration of the following\nfactors; its place in a comprehensive, long-term school building\nprogram; area required for outdoor educational activities; educational\nadaptability, environment, accessibility; soil conditions; initial and\nultimate cost. In developing such plans and specifications, school\ndistricts are encouraged to review the energy conservation and saving\nbest practices available from the department and the New York state\nenergy research and development authority.\n  * 3-a. (a) The commissioner shall not approve the plans for the\nerection of any new schoolhouse within five hundred feet of a\ncontrolled-access highway as defined in this subdivision unless the\ncommissioner determines that (i) space is so limited that there is no\nother appropriate site to erect such schoolhouse; (ii) plans for such\nschoolhouse include adequate engineering controls to address air\nquality; and (iii) the school district has demonstrated that other\npotential sites would pose equal or greater hazards to health and\nsafety.\n  (b) For purposes of this subdivision, the construction of a new\nschoolhouse upon the site of an existing schoolhouse, or the\nconstruction of an addition or annex constructed to serve an existing\nschoolhouse, shall not be considered erection of a new schoolhouse.\n  (c) For purposes of this subdivision, a "controlled-access highway"\nshall mean: (i) a controlled-access highway as defined by section one\nhundred nine of the vehicle and traffic law under the jurisdiction of\nthe commissioner of transportation which has been functionally\nclassified by the department of transportation as principal arterial -\ninterstate or principal arterial - other freeway/expressway on official\nfunctional classification maps approved by the federal highway\nadministration pursuant to part 470.105 of title 23 of the code of\nfederal regulations, as amended from time to time; and (ii) a divided\nhighway under the jurisdiction of the New York state thruway authority\nfor mixed traffic with access limited as the authority may determine and\ngenerally with grade separations at intersections.\n  (d) Nothing in this subdivision shall be construed to create a private\nright of action to enforce the terms of this subdivision.\n  * NB Effective December 21, 2029\n  4. No funds voted by a district meeting or other competent authority\nin any school district to which the provisions of subdivision one of\nthis section are applicable, exceeding the amounts specified in such\nsubdivision, shall be expended by the trustees or board of education\nuntil the commissioner of education shall certify that the plans and\nspecifications for the same comply with the provisions of this section.\n  5. In a city having a population of one million or more, all\ndesigning, draughting and inspecting necessary in connection with the\nconstruction, additions to, alterations and maintenance of schoolhouses\nshall be performed by a bureau established and maintained for this\npurpose under the board of education. The work of this bureau shall be\nperformed by civil service employees in the classified civil service\nunder the direction of the superintendent of school buildings, design\nand construction, except that repairs, betterment and maintenance of\nheating and ventilating plants and equipment, elevators and mechanical\nequipment shall remain under the direction of the superintendent of\nplant operation and maintenance. In a special case upon approval of the\nboard of estimate, such designing, draughting or inspecting may be\notherwise performed.\n  6. The commissioner may promulgate regulations relating to the\npurchase of existing school buildings. Such regulations shall provide\nfor an appraisal of such buildings as school buildings and the land on\nwhich they are situated as school sites by the commissioner of taxation\nand finance, such estimates of the cost of renovation and construction\nas may be necessary and limitations on the cost of acquisition and\nrenovation, in taking into consideration the age and condition of such\nexisting buildings, in relation to the estimated cost of constructing a\nnew building containing comparable facilities. Such regulations may also\nrequire the prior approval of the commissioner of any renovations\nproposed to be made to such existing school buildings.\n  7. The commissioner shall issue guidance informing all school\ndistricts of the manner in which building aid may be utilized to support\ndistrict-operated universal prekindergarten programs pursuant to\nsections thirty-six hundred two-e and thirty-six hundred two-ee of this\nchapter.\n
N.Y. SOS Law § 372 — New York Code / Act SOS / Article 6 / Title 1 / Section 372
Records and reports
Status: in_force

§ 372. Records and reports. 1. Every court, and every public board,\ncommission, institution, or officer having powers or charged with duties\nin relation to abandoned, delinquent, destitute, neglected or dependent\nchildren who shall receive, accept or commit any child shall provide and\nkeep a record showing:\n  (a) the full and true name of the child;\n  (b) the child's sex and date and place of birth, if ascertainable, or\nthe child's apparent age;\n  (c) the full and true names and places of birth of the child's\nparents, and such parents' actual residence if living, or such parents'\nlatest known residence, if deceased or whereabouts unknown and the name\nand actual residence of any other person having custody of the child, as\nnearly as the same can reasonably be ascertained;\n  (d) the religious faith of the parents and of the child;\n  (e) the name and address of any person, agency, institution or other\norganization to which the child is committed, placed out, boarded out,\nor otherwise given into care, custody or control;\n  (f) the religious faith and occupation of the head or heads of the\nfamily with whom the child is placed out or boarded out and their\nrelationship, if any, to the child;\n  (g) if any such child shall die, the date and cause of death and place\nof burial;\n  (h) any further disposition or change in care, custody or control of\nthe child;\n  (i) the date or dates of reception and of any subsequent disposition\nor change in care, custody or control and, in case of adoption, the name\nand title of the judge or surrogate making the order of adoption, the\ndate of such order and the date and place of filing of such order;\n  (j) the reasons for any act performed in reference to such child\nherein required to be recorded, together with such further information\nas the department may require; and shall make to the department upon\nblanks provided by the department reports of each such child placed out,\nor boarded out, containing the information herein required to be kept;\nand shall furnish such information to any authorized agency to which any\nsuch child shall be committed or otherwise given into custody; and\n  (k) if any such child shall have a developmental disability as defined\npursuant to subdivision twenty-two of section 1.03 of the mental hygiene\nlaw, and, if so, the type of such developmental disability.\n  2. Every charitable, eleemosynary, reformatory, or correctional\ninstitution, public or private, incorporated or unincorporated, and\nevery agency, association, corporation, institution, society or other\norganization which shall receive, accept, or admit any child whether or\nnot in receipt of payments from public funds for the support of such\nchild shall provide and keep a record as described in subdivision one,\nand also showing how, by whom and for what reason such child shall have\nbeen given into its custody or committed to it and shall make reports of\neach such child to the department upon blanks provided by the department\ngiving all the information required by subdivision one to be recorded\ntogether with such further information as the department may require.\nExcept as to children placed out, boarded out or surrendered or for whom\nguardianship is accepted or adoption provided, the requirement of this\nsection shall not apply to hospitals, day nurseries, eleemosynary day\nschools, and summer and vacation homes and camps, or to institutions for\nthe care of convalescent, anaemic, under-nourished or cardiac children,\npreventoria, working boys' homes, emergency shelters and schools for the\nblind and for the deaf, but all such hospitals, homes and institutions\nshall keep such records and make to the department such reports as the\ndepartment may require.\n  3. Such records maintained by the department or an authorized agency,\nincluding a local social services district, regarding such children are\nconfidential, provided, however, that such records are subject to the\nprovisions of article thirty-one of the civil practice law and rules.\nWhen either the subject foster child, or such child's parent, or such\nchild's guardian if any, is not a party to the action, a copy of the\nnotice or motion for discovery shall be served upon such parent,\nguardian, and child and, if the child is still a minor, the child's\nattorney. Such persons may thereafter appear in the action with regard\nto such discovery. Where no action is pending, upon application by a\nparent, relative or legal guardian of such child or by an authorized\nagency, after due notice to the institution or authorized agency\naffected and hearing had thereon, the supreme court may by order direct\nthe officers of such institution or authorized agency to furnish to such\nparent, relative, legal guardian or authorized agency such extracts from\nthe record relating to such child as the court may deem proper. The\ndepartment through its authorized agents and employees may examine at\nall reasonable times the records required by this section to be kept.\n  4. (a) All such records relating to such children shall be open to the\ninspection of the board and the department at any reasonable time, and\nthe information called for under this section and such other data as may\nbe required by the department shall be reported to the department, in\naccordance with the regulations of the department. Such records kept by\nthe department shall be deemed confidential and shall be safeguarded\nfrom coming to the knowledge of and from inspection or examination by\nany person other than one authorized, by the department, by a judge of\nthe court of claims when such records are required for the trial of a\nclaim or other proceeding in such court or by a justice of the supreme\ncourt, or by a judge of the family court when such records are required\nfor the trial of a proceeding in such court, after a notice to all\ninterested persons and a hearing, to receive such knowledge or to make\nsuch inspection or examination. No person shall divulge the information\nthus obtained without authorization so to do by the department, or by\nsuch judge or justice.\n  (b)(i) Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law to the\ncontrary, records relating to children kept pursuant to this section\nshall be made available to officers and employees of the state\ncomptroller or of the city comptroller of the city of New York, or of\nthe county officer designated by law or charter to perform the auditing\nfunction in any county not wholly contained within a city, for the\npurposes of a duly authorized performance audit, provided that such\ncomptroller shall have certified to the keeper of such records that he\nor she has instituted procedures developed in consultation with the\ndepartment to limit access to client-identifiable information to persons\nrequiring such information for purposes of the audit, that such persons\nshall not use such information in any way except for purposes of the\naudit and that appropriate controls and prohibitions are imposed on the\ndissemination of client-identifiable information obtained in the conduct\nof the audit. Information pertaining to the substance or content of any\npsychological, psychiatric, therapeutic, clinical or medical reports,\nevaluations or like materials or information pertaining to such child or\nthe child's family shall not be made available to such officers and\nemployees unless disclosure of such information is absolutely essential\nto the specific audit activity and the department gives prior written\napproval.\n  (ii) Any failure to maintain the confidentiality of\nclient-identifiable information shall subject such comptroller or\nofficer to denial of any further access to records until such time as\nthe audit agency has reviewed its procedures concerning controls and\nprohibitions imposed on the dissemination of such information and has\ntaken all reasonable and appropriate steps to eliminate such lapses in\nmaintaining confidentiality to the satisfaction of the department. The\ndepartment shall establish the grounds for denial of access to records\ncontained under this section and shall recommend, as necessary, a plan\nof remediation to the audit agency. Except as provided in this section,\nnothing in this paragraph shall be construed as limiting the powers of\nsuch comptroller or officer to access records which he is otherwise\nauthorized to audit or obtain under any other applicable provision of\nlaw. Any person given access to information pursuant to this paragraph\nwho releases data or information to persons or agencies not authorized\nto receive such information shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor.\n  4-a. Notwithstanding any provisions of law to the contrary, social\nservices districts shall provide a written summary of services rendered\nto a child upon the request of a probation service conducting an\ninvestigation pursuant to the provisions of section 351.1 of the family\ncourt act. Information provided to a probation service pursuant to the\nprovisions of this subdivision shall be maintained by such service\naccording to the provisions of subdivision five of section 351.1 of the\nfamily court act.\n  4-b. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, foster care\ninformation governed by this section may be released by the department\nor an authorized agency to a person, agency or organization for purposes\nof a bona fide research project. Identifying information shall not be\nmade available, however, unless it is absolutely essential to the\nresearch purpose and the department gives prior approval. Information\nreleased pursuant to this subdivision shall not be re-disclosed except\nas otherwise permitted by law and upon the approval of the department.\n  5. The requirements of this section to keep records and make reports\nshall not apply to the birth parent or parents, or relatives within the\nsecond degree of such parents.\n  6. The provisions of this section as to records and reports to the\ndepartment shall apply also to the placing out, adoption or boarding out\nof a child and the acceptance of guardianship or of surrender of a\nchild.\n  7. An authorized agency as defined in paragraphs (a) and (b) of\nsubdivision ten of section three hundred seventy-one of this chapter or\nany primary or secondary school or an office of the division for youth,\nexcept agencies operating pursuant to article nineteen-H of the\nexecutive law, who shall receive, accept, enroll or commit any child\nunder such circumstances as shall reasonably indicate that such child\nmay be a missing person shall make inquiries of each such child to the\ndivision of criminal justice services in a manner prescribed by such\ndivision; provided that as used in this subdivision a court shall not be\nincluded within the definition of an authorized agency. If such child\nappears to match a child registered with the statewide central register\nfor missing children as described in section eight hundred\nthirty-seven-e of the executive law, or one registered with the national\ncrime information center register, such agency shall immediately contact\nthe local law enforcement agency.\n  8. In any case where a child is to be placed with or discharged to a\nrelative or other person legally responsible pursuant to section ten\nhundred seventeen or ten hundred fifty-five of the family court act,\nsuch relative or other person shall be provided with such information by\nan authorized agency as is provided to foster parents pursuant to this\nsection and applicable regulations of the department.\n
N.Y. SOS Law § 131-I*2 — New York Code / Act SOS / Article 5 / Title 1 / Section 131-I*2
Family loan program
Status: in_force

* § 131-i. Family loan program. 1. From amounts appropriated for such\npurpose, the department of labor in consultation with the department is\nhereby authorized and directed to solicit proposals to establish\nprograms to be known as family loan programs. Such programs shall\nprovide small, no-interest loans to custodial parents with income below\ntwo hundred percent of the federal poverty level and who are working or\nenrolled in a post-secondary education program, to aid in covering the\ncosts of unexpected expenses that could interfere with their ability to\nmaintain employment or continue education. Loans awarded through a\nfamily loan program may be paid directly to a third party on behalf of a\nloan recipient and in either case shall not constitute income or\nresources for the purposes of public assistance and care so long as the\nfunds are used for the intended purpose.\n  2. The commissioner of labor shall enter into written agreements with\nnot-for-profit organizations or local government agencies to administer\nloan pools. Agreements shall be entered into with no more than four\norganizations and/or agencies, no more than one of which shall be\nlocated in the city of New York.\n  3. Program sites shall be approved based on the demonstrated ability\nof the organization or governmental agency to secure funding from\nprivate and/or public sources sufficient to establish a loan pool to be\nmaintained through repayment agreements entered into by eligible\nlow-income families. Funds awarded by the department of labor to\napproved program sites shall be used for the express purposes of\ncovering staffing and administration costs associated with administering\nthe loan pool.\n  4. From amounts appropriated for such purpose, the department of labor\nin consultation with the office of temporary and disability assistance\nis hereby authorized and directed to solicit proposals to establish up\nto four new family loan programs. Such programs shall operate according\nto provisions set forth in subdivision one through three of this\nsection; provided, however, that such programs may provide no- or\nlow-interest loans, and further provided that applications submitted by\na consortium of not-for-profit organizations or local government\nagencies shall be viewed as one program and may receive greater funding\nby the department of labor than an application submitted by a single\norganization or agency. Low-interest loans shall not exceed a rate\ngreater than two-thirds of the prime rate. No not-for-profit\norganization or local government agency awarded funding from\nappropriations made in the nineteen hundred ninety-seven--nineteen\nhundred ninety-eight fiscal year shall be eligible for funds made\navailable from appropriations made in the nineteen hundred\nninety-nine--two thousand fiscal year.\n  * NB There are 2 § 131-i's\n
N.Y. EXC Law § 603 — New York Code / Act EXC / Article 21-B / Title 1 / Section 603
Warranty seals; notice to the department
Status: in_force

§ 603. Warranty seals; notice to the department. 1. Before a\nmanufactured home may be installed in this state, the manufacturer shall\nobtain from the department a New York state manufacturer's warranty seal\nand attach the seal to the manufactured home in the manner to be\nprescribed by the department.\n  2. Before a manufactured home may be installed in this state, the\ninstaller shall obtain from the department a New York state installer's\nwarranty seal and attach the seal to the manufactured home in the manner\nprescribed by the department.\n  3. On a quarterly basis, every installer shall report to the\ndepartment all installations completed by that person or business entity\nduring the designated reporting period. The report shall be on a form\nprovided by the department and must include the location of each unit of\nmanufactured housing, the owner of each unit at the time of\ninstallation, the type or model of the unit, the manufacturer of the\nunit, written certification that the installation meets the standards of\nthe New York state uniform fire prevention and building code and the\nname and address of the manufacturer, retailer, mechanic or installer\ncompleting the notice.\n
N.Y. RPT Law § 802 — New York Code / Act RPT / Article 8 / Title 1 / Section 802
Commissioners of equalization
Status: in_force

§ 802. Commissioners of equalization. 1. In a county where the board\nof supervisors has determined that commissioners of equalization shall\nbe the county equalization agency, three persons shall be appointed\ncommissioners of equalization as provided in this section for a term of\nthree years. Each person so appointed shall be paid by the county for\nhis services, a sum to be determined by the board of supervisors, for\nthe time actually and necessarily spent in the performance of his\nduties, and his actual and necessary expenses incurred in connection\ntherewith.\n  2. Two of the commissioners shall be residents of the county and not\nmembers of the board of supervisors. The third commissioner shall not be\na resident of or a taxpayer in the county, but shall reside in the\njudicial district in which the county is situated. Not more than one\ncommissioner shall reside in the same city or town. If a commissioner\nremoves to a city or town in which another commissioner resides, the\noffice of the commissioner so removing shall thereupon become vacant. If\nthere are any cities in the county, one commissioner shall be a resident\nof one of such cities and one commissioner shall be a resident of a town\nin the county.\n  3. All three commissioners shall be chosen from the political parties\npolling in such county at the last gubernatorial election either the\nhighest or the next highest number of votes for governor. Appointments\nshall be so made that not more than two commissioners are members of the\nsame political party. If the office of any commissioner becomes vacant\nbefore the expiration of his term, such vacancy shall be filled for the\nunexpired term by the appointment of a person who, at the time of his\nappointment, is a member of the same political party as his predecessor.\n  4. Commissioners of equalization shall be appointed by the board of\nsupervisors except that in a county where one commissioner is required\nto be a resident of a city and one commissioner a resident of a town\npursuant to subdivision two of this section, the commissioner appointed\nfrom a city shall be named by the supervisors representing cities and\nthe commissioner appointed from a town shall be named by the supervisors\nrepresenting towns. The appointment of all three commissioners in a\ncounty having any cities shall be confirmed by a two-thirds vote of the\nboard of supervisors. If the board of supervisors is unable to agree\nupon the commissioners as provided herein and such commissioners have\nnot been appointed before the first day of June succeeding the adoption\nof the resolution determining that commissioners of equalization shall\nbe the county equalization agency, the clerk of such board shall apply\nto the county judge certifying to him the fact that such resolution was\nadopted and such commissioners have not been appointed, whereupon the\ncounty judge shall appoint the commissioners subject to the provisions\nof subdivisions two and three of this section.\n
N.Y. ELN Law § 5-100 — New York Code / Act ELN / Article 5 / Title 1 / Section 5-100
Registration; required
Status: in_force

§ 5-100. Registration; required. A person shall not be entitled to\nvote in any election held pursuant to this chapter unless he shall be\nregistered, and if required, enrolled pursuant to the provisions of this\narticle unless he shall present a court order directing that he be\npermitted to vote at such election. Where a specific provision of law\nrelating to the registration of voters exists in any other statute,\nwhich is inconsistent with the provisions of this article, such\nprovision shall apply and the provisions of this article not\ninconsistent therewith shall apply.\n
N.Y. ELN Law § 3-105 — New York Code / Act ELN / Article 3 / Title 1 / Section 3-105
Administrative complaint procedure
Status: in_force

§ 3-105. Administrative complaint procedure. 1. The state board of\nelections shall establish and maintain a uniform, nondiscriminatory\nadministrative complaint procedure pursuant to which any person who\nbelieves that there is a violation (including a violation which has\noccurred or is occurring or is about to occur) of any provision of title\nthree of the federal Help America Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA), may file a\ncomplaint.\n  2. Initially, any such complaint may be made orally, in person or by\ntelephone, or in writing. Such complaints may be made to the state board\nof elections or with any local board of elections. A toll-free number\nshall be made available therefor for telephone calls to the state board\nof elections. Complaints shall be addressed by election officials\nexpediently and informally whenever possible.\n  3. All formal complaints shall be filed with the state board of\nelections. All formal complaints shall be written, signed and sworn by\nthe complainant. The complainant shall use a complaint form promulgated\nby the state board of elections. The state board of elections or a local\nboard of elections shall assist any person with a disability who\nrequests assistance to file a complaint. Complaints raising similar\nquestions of law and/or fact may be consolidated by the state board of\nelections.\n  4. Upon the written request of the complainant, there shall be a\nhearing on the record, unless prior to the hearing, the state board of\nelections, in accordance with subdivision four of section 3-100 of this\narticle, sustains the formal complaint as being uncontested. Any party\nto the hearing may purchase a transcript of such hearing.\n  5. The evidentiary standard applied to all formal complaints shall be\na preponderance of the evidence.\n  6. Hearings shall be conducted by a panel of two commissioners of the\nstate board of elections of opposite parties or senior staff members of\nopposite parties as selected by the commissioners of that party. If the\npanel does not agree to sustain the complaint, the formal complaint\nshall be deemed dismissed and shall constitute the determination of the\npanel.\n  7. The determination of the hearing panel will be final unless changed\nby the state board of elections pursuant to subdivision four of section\n3-100 of this article, within ninety days of the filing of the formal\ncomplaint. A final determination shall be filed and published by the\nstate board of elections within ninety days after the filing of the\nformal complaint, unless the complainant agrees to a longer period of\ntime. When a violation has been found, the final determination shall\ninclude an appropriate remedy for any violation of Title III of the Help\nAmerica Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA) found by the state board of elections. A\nfinal determination dismissing a formal complaint may be filed by any\none member of the hearing panel.\n  8. Whenever a final determination of a formal complaint is not made\nwithin ninety days, or any other longer agreed upon time period, the\nstate board of elections shall refer the formal complaint to an\nindependent, alternative dispute resolution agency. Such hearings and\ndeterminations shall be conducted by the alternative dispute resolution\nagency pursuant to regulations promulgated by the state board of\nelections pursuant to subdivision four of section 3-100 of this article.\nSuch agency shall have sixty days, from the expiration of the original\nninety day time period, or any other longer agreed upon time period, to\nmake a final determination. The state board of elections shall contract,\npursuant to subdivision four of section 3-100 of this article with one\nor more such alternative dispute resolution entities for this specific\npurpose.\n  9. No provision of this section shall be construed to impair or\nsupersede the right of an aggrieved party to seek a judicial remedy\nincluding a judicial remedy concerning any final determination made\npursuant to subdivision eight of this section. The state board of\nelections shall provide notice to all complainants of the provisions of\nthis subdivision.\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 57-0103 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 57 / Title 1 / Section 57-0103
Legislative declaration
Status: in_force

§ 57-0103. Legislative declaration.\n  The legislature hereby declares it to be in the public interest to\nprotect and manage the Pine Barrens-Peconic Bay system, in the county of\nSuffolk, by establishing a Long Island Pine Barrens maritime reserve. It\nis further in the public interest to establish a council made up of\nrepresentatives of state and local governments and private citizens to\nprepare a comprehensive management plan and make recommendations to\npreserve, protect and enhance the natural, recreational, economic and\neducational values of the region, which the state and local governments\nmay adopt. In addition, it is further in the public interest to\nestablish a commission made up of a governor's appointee, the county\nexecutive of Suffolk county and the supervisors of the towns of\nBrookhaven, Riverhead and Southampton to prepare, oversee and\nparticipate in the implementation of a comprehensive land use plan for\nthe Central Pine Barrens area to guide development therein in a manner\nsuitable to the needs for preservation of the core preservation area and\ncompatible growth and development in the compatible growth area.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 290 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 5 / Part 3 / Section 290
Acceptance of law of the United States
Status: in_force

§ 290. Acceptance of law of the United States. The state of New York\nhereby accepts all of the provisions and the benefits of an act passed\nby the senate and house of representatives of the United States of\nAmerica, in congress assembled, entitled "An act to provide for the\npromotion of vocational education; to provide for cooperation with the\nstates in the promotion of such education in agriculture and the trades\nand industries; to provide for co-operation with the states in the\npreparation of teachers of vocational subjects; and to appropriate money\nand regulate its expenditure," approved February twenty-third, nineteen\nhundred seventeen.\n
N.Y. ELD Law § 205 — New York Code / Act ELD / Article 2 / Title 1 / Section 205
Exclusion from mandatory retirement
Status: in_force

§ 205. Exclusion from mandatory retirement. Notwithstanding any other\nprovision of law, an employee of the office or an employee of a local\npublic agency whose position is in whole or in part funded through the\noffice, or the federal older Americans act of 1965 as amended, shall not\nbe subject to any mandatory retirement provision based on the age of\nsuch employee.\n
N.Y. ELN Law § 7-125 — New York Code / Act ELN / Article 7 / Title 1 / Section 7-125
Ballots; special presidential voters
Status: in_force

§ 7-125. Ballots; special presidential voters. 1. The ballots for\nspecial presidential voters shall provide for voting for presidential\nand vice presidential electors only and shall be in the form prescribed\nfor absentee ballots, except that either on the front or the back they\nshall be endorsed with the words printed or stamped, "Official\nBallot-Special Presidential Voter" and "Presidential Electors".\n  2. There shall be three envelopes for each special presidential\nabsentee ballot issued by mail: the inner affirmation envelope into\nwhich a voter places his or her voted ballot, the outer envelope which\nshall be addressed to the absentee voter, and the mailing envelope which\nis addressed to the county board of elections. The board of elections\nshall furnish with each special presidential ballot an envelope. On one\nside of the envelope shall be printed:\n              OFFICIAL BALLOT, SPECIAL PRESIDENTIAL VOTERS,\n                          FOR GENERAL ELECTION,\n                         NOVEMBER......., 20....\nName of voter ..........................................................\nResidence from which vote is being cast:\nStreet and number ......................................................\nCity or town ...........................................................\nCounty .................................................................\nAssembly District or Ward ..............................................\nElection District ......................................................\n  The date of the election and name of the county shall be printed, and\nthe name of the voter, residence, name of the city or town, number of\nward or assembly district, if any, and election district shall be\nprinted, written or stamped in by the board.\n  3.  On the reverse side of such envelope shall be printed the\nfollowing statement:\n                 STATEMENT OF SPECIAL PRESIDENTIAL VOTER\n  I do declare I am a qualified special presidential voter of said\ndistrict; that I am not qualified and am not able to qualify to vote\nelsewhere than as set forth on the reverse side of this envelope; that I\nam a citizen of the United States; that on the date of the election for\nwhich this ballot is voted, I will be at least eighteen years of age;\nand that I have not committed any act, nor am I under any impediment,\nwhich denies me the right to vote.\n  I hereby declare that the foregoing is a true statement to the best of\nmy knowledge and belief, and I understand that if I make any material\nfalse statement in the foregoing statement, I shall be guilty of a\nmisdemeanor.\nDate.................20.....       .....................................\n                                   Signature or mark of voter\n                                   .....................................\n                                   Signature of Witness (required only\n                                   if voter does not sign his or her own\n                                   name)\n                                   .....................................\n                                   Address of Witness\n  4. The envelope shall be gummed, ready for sealing, and shall have\nprinted thereon, on the side opposite the statement, instructions as to\nthe duties of the voter after the marking of the ballot, which\ninstructions shall include a specific direction stating that the\nenvelope must be delivered or mailed to the appropriate board of\nelections and a specific direction stating when such envelope must be\ndelivered or postmarked and when such envelope, if so mailed, must reach\nsuch board of elections in order to be canvassed.\n  5. Each ballot envelope shall be enclosed in a second envelope\naddressed to the board of elections and bearing a specific direction\nthat if an application for special presidential ballot is received with\nthe ballot, such application must be completed by the voter and returned\nin such envelope together with the envelope containing the special\npresidential ballot. Such second envelope shall be enclosed in a third\nenvelope addressed to the special presidential voter. The second and\nthird envelopes shall have printed on the face thereof the words\n"Election Material--Please Expedite".\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 2500-K — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 25 / Title 1 / Section 2500-K
Maternal depression
Status: in_force

§ 2500-k. Maternal depression.  1. Definitions. As used in this\nsection:\n  (a) "Maternal depression" means a wide range of emotional and\npsychological reactions an individual may experience throughout\npregnancy and the postpartum period. These reactions may include, but\nare not limited to, feelings of despair or extreme guilt, prolonged\nsadness, lack of energy, difficulty concentrating, fatigue, extreme\nchanges in appetite, and thoughts of suicide or of harming the baby.\nMaternal depression may include prenatal depression, perinatal mood and\nanxiety disorder, the "baby blues," postpartum depression, or postpartum\npsychosis.\n  (b) "Maternal health care provider" means a physician, midwife, nurse\npractitioner, or physician assistant, or other health care practitioner\nacting within his or her lawful scope of practice, attending a perinatal\nindividual, including any practitioner attending the individual's child,\nfrom conception up to one year postpartum.\n  2. Maternal depression information. (a) The commissioner, in\nconsultation with the commissioner of mental health, shall make\navailable to maternal health care providers information on maternal\ndepression. The information shall include, but not be limited to:\n  (i) a summary of the current evidence base and professional guidelines\nfor maternal depression screening;\n  (ii) validated, evidence-based tools for maternal depression\nscreening;\n  (iii) information about follow-up support for patients who may require\nfurther evaluation, referral, or treatment including, when available,\ninformation about specific community resources and entities licensed by\nthe office of mental health; and\n  (iv) information on engaging support for the mother, which may include\ncommunicating with the other parent of the child and other family\nmembers, as appropriate and consistent with patient confidentiality.\n  (b) The information on maternal depression shall be posted on the\ndepartment's website. The commissioner shall, in collaboration with the\ncommissioner of mental health, update and review the information on\nmaternal depression, as necessary.\n  3. Maternal depression screenings. (a) The commissioner, in\nconsultation with the office of mental health, the office of addiction\nservices and supports, and other relevant stakeholders as determined by\nthe commissioner, shall publish guidance for incorporating maternal\ndepression screenings into routine perinatal care. This guidance shall\ninclude, but not be limited to, recommendations and best practices\nrelated to:\n  (i) when maternal health care providers should initiate maternal\ndepression screenings and how often such screenings should be repeated\nthroughout pregnancy and the postpartum period;\n  (ii) screening for social needs that may contribute to maternal\ndepression such as social support, intimate partner violence, food and\nhousing insecurity, diaper insecurity, and barriers to appropriate\nhealthcare;\n  (iii) screening for substance use disorders;\n  (iv) referrals for appropriate follow-up evaluation, diagnosis, and\ntreatment; and\n  (v) reimbursement methodologies to incentivize provider participation.\n  (b) The commissioner, in consultation with the office of mental\nhealth, the office of addiction services and supports, and other\nrelevant stakeholders as determined by the commissioner, shall identify\nexisting information and training programs designed to inform providers\nin an effort to promote maternal depression screening and treatment, and\npublish the links to such information and training programs on the\ndepartment's website. The identified information and training programs\nshall include the following topics:\n  (i) health equity;\n  (ii) implicit bias and cultural competency;\n  (iii) screening, referral and treatment options;\n  (iv) patient resources and available services;\n  (v) patients' rights;\n  (vi) pharmacotherapy;\n  (vii) trauma-informed, patient-centered care; and\n  (viii) other topics as identified by the commissioner.\n  4. Maternal depression treatment. The commissioner, in consultation\nwith the commissioner of mental health, shall:\n  (a) inform providers of the need to raise awareness about maternal\ndepression; and\n  (b) provide information on the department's and office of mental\nhealth's websites regarding how to locate available providers who treat\nor provide support for maternal depression including, but not limited\nto, mental health professionals, other licensed professionals, peer\nsupport, not-for-profit corporations and other community resources.\n  5. The commissioner shall make any regulations necessary to implement\nthis section.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 4907 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 49 / Title 1 / Section 4907
Rights and remedies
Status: in_force

§ 4907. Rights and remedies. The rights and remedies conferred in this\narticle upon enrollees and health care providers shall be cumulative and\nin addition to and not in lieu of any other rights or remedies available\nunder law.\n
N.Y. MDW Law § 144 — New York Code / Act MDW / Article 5 / Title 1 / Section 144
Egress from dwellings
Status: in_force

§ 144. Egress from dwellings. 1. A dwelling three or more stories in\nheight shall have at least two means of egress extending to the roof\nfrom an entrance story, street, court or yard. The entrances to such\nmeans of egress at every story shall be at least fifteen feet distant\nfrom each other unless they are on opposite sides of a public hall. One\nmeans of egress shall be a stair constructed as provided in section one\nhundred forty-eight. The other means of egress shall be either another\nsuch stair or a fire-escape constructed as provided in section\nfifty-three.\n  2. If the number of living rooms on any story, or in any section of\nany story, above the entrance story exceeds twenty, there shall be an\nadditional stair, or fire-stair, extending from the entrance story to\nthe roof for each twenty rooms or fraction thereof on such story or\nsection thereof in excess of twenty, except that no additional stair, or\nfire-stair, shall be required for such excess on any story or section\nthereof if the number of living rooms thereon does not exceed thirty and\nif in addition one stair serving such story or section and every\nentrance hall or other public hall connected therewith are everywhere\nfour feet six inchs or more in clear width.\n  3. There shall be accessible from every apartment two means of egress\nfrom the dwelling, one of which shall be a stair within fifty feet from\na means of egress from such apartment. For such dwellings erected under\nplans filed in the department after September first, nineteen hundred\nfifty-one, such stair shall also be enclosed and comply with the\nprovisions of section one hundred forty-eight.\n  4. Whenever more than two stairs are required, one or more of such\nstairs may be fire-stairs or fire-towers, provided that there shall\nnever be more than one such fire-stair or fire-tower for each two other\nrequired stairs.\n
N.Y. SOS Law § 390-D — New York Code / Act SOS / Article 6 / Title 1 / Section 390-D
Requiring barriers to be placed around swimming pools and bodies of water on the grounds of family day care homes or group family day car...
Status: in_force

§ 390-d. Requiring barriers to be placed around swimming pools and\nbodies of water on the grounds of family day care homes or group family\nday care homes. 1. For the purposes of this section the following terms\nshall have the meanings set forth below:\n  (a) "Grounds of a family day care home or group family day care home"\nshall mean in, on or within any building, structure or land contained\nwithin the real property boundary line of a family day care home or a\ngroup family day care home.\n  (b) "Swimming pool" shall mean any outdoor pool or tub intended for\nswimming, bathing or wading purposes.\n  (c) "Bodies of water" shall include, but not limited to, ponds,\nsprings, streams, creeks, lakes, rivers and oceans.\n  (d) "Barriers" shall mean all fences, enclosures or other materials\nsufficient to form an obstruction to the free passage of persons through\nsuch materials.\n  2. (a) Any swimming pool or body of water located on the grounds of a\nfamily day care home or group family day care home shall be surrounded\nby a barrier sufficient to form an obstruction to the free passage of\nchildren through such barrier into such swimming pool or body of water.\nSuch barrier shall be adequate to make such swimming pool or body of\nwater inaccessible to children which, including gates thereto, shall be\nat least four feet high from the adjacent ground. All such gates shall\ninclude a locked barrier which shall be located at least four feet high\nabove the adjacent ground or otherwise made inaccessible to children\nfrom the outside.\n  (b) Where a body of water is present and not wholly contained within\nthe grounds of family day care home or group family day care home, the\ngrounds of such home must be surrounded and enclosed by a barrier\nsufficient to make such body of water inaccessible to children.\n  (c) All pathways, walkways, decks or any other connecting entrance to\nsuch swimming pool or body of water shall be obstructed by a barrier\nsufficient to impede the free passage of children into or around the\narea immediately adjacent to such swimming pool or body of water.\n  (d) Swimming pools or bodies of water that are entirely covered by a\nsolid object which is secured by sufficient weight, locking apparatus,\nand/or other device that would prevent a child in care from removing the\nsolid object and accessing the swimming pool or body of water, shall be\nconsidered a sufficient barrier for the purposes of this section.\n  (e) As an alternative to surrounding the pool or other body of water\nlocated on the grounds of a family day care home or group family day\ncare home with a barrier as described in paragraph (a) of this\nsubdivision, the day care provider may use the property for day care if\nthe provider bars access to such pool or other body of water by\nsurrounding a part of the grounds not including such pool or other body\nof water with a barrier as described in paragraph (a) of this\nsubdivision provided that:\n  (i) There is no unsecured means of egress from the home by which\nchildren could gain access to the pool or other body of water. For\npurposes of this paragraph, the day care provider may secure a door or\nother means of egress that is remotely located from the pool or other\nbody of water by use of an alarm device or system that will alert the\nday care provider if the door or other means of egress is opened;\n  (ii) All children in care are directly and closely supervised by the\nprovider or an assistant at all times the children are outside the home\nor other dwelling where the day care is provided; and\n  (iii) The parents or guardians of each child in care have submitted to\nthe provider a written acknowledgment that the pool or other body of\nwater exists, that a barrier as otherwise required by this section has\nnot been provided, and that the children will have the potential for\naccess to the pool or other body of water.\n  (f) Where a natural barrier or other obstacle located on the property\nlies between the pool or body of water and the building in which the\nfamily or group family day care is provided such that the natural\nbarrier or other obstacle prevents access by children in care to the\npool or body of water, a fence or additional barrier as otherwise\nrequired by this section shall not be required and the day care provider\nmay use the property for day care provided that:\n  (i) There is no unsecured means of egress from the home by which\nchildren could gain access to the pool or other body of water. For\npurposes of this paragraph, the day care provider may secure a door or\nother means of egress that is remotely located from the pool or other\nbody of water by use of an alarm device or system that will alert the\nday care provider if the door or other means of egress is opened;\n  (ii) All children in care are directly and closely supervised by the\nprovider or an assistant at all times the children are outside the home\nor other dwelling where the day care is provided; and\n  (iii) The parents or guardians of each child in care have submitted to\nthe provider a written acknowledgment that the pool or other body of\nwater exists, that a barrier as otherwise required by this section has\nnot been provided, and that the children will have the potential for\naccess to the body of water.\n  In determining what constitutes a natural barrier or other obstacle\nfor purposes of this paragraph, the presence of natural and artificial\nterrain features or constructs may be considered along with the distance\nbetween the building in which the family or group family day care is\nprovided and the pool or body of water.\n  3. Where a swimming pool or body of water is located on a property\nadjacent to a family or group family day home, the child day care\nprovider must take suitable precautions to prevent the children in care\nfrom having access to the adjacent swimming pool or body of water,\nincluding taking any precautions specifically required by the office of\nchildren and family services to protect the safety of children receiving\nday care.\n  4. Nothing in this section shall preclude local authorities with\nenforcement jurisdiction of the applicable sanitation, health, fire\nsafety or building construction code from making appropriate inspections\nto assure compliance with such standards.\n
N.Y. GMU Law § 884 — New York Code / Act GMU / Article 18-A / Title 1 / Section 884
Public bidding
Status: in_force

§ 884. Public bidding. The provisions of any law relating to the\nrequirement of public bidding with respect to the construction of public\nfacilities or projects shall not be applicable to the acquisition,\nconstruction, reconstruction, improvement, maintenance, equipping and\nfurnishing of projects authorized by this act.\n
N.Y. VAT Law § 146 — New York Code / Act VAT / Title 1 / Article 1 / Section 146
Stop
Status: in_force

§ 146. Stop.  When required means complete cessation from movement.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 373-A — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 8-A / Section 373-A
Jurisdiction in actions by, against or involving the fund
Status: in_force

§ 373-a. Jurisdiction in actions by, against or involving the fund.\nThe state supreme court shall have exclusive jurisdiction of any action,\nwhere the amount sought to be recovered, exclusive of interest and\ncosts, exceeds ten thousand dollars, brought by or against or involving\nthe fund.  The venue of any such action shall be determined in\naccordance with the provisions of the civil practice law and rules.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 393 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 8-B / Section 393
Election
Status: in_force

§ 393. Election. 1. Election of the optional retirement program.\n  (a) Each eligible employee initially appointed on or after July first,\nnineteen hundred sixty-four, within thirty days of his entry into\nservice, shall elect (i) to join either the New York state teachers'\nretirement system or the New York state employees' retirement system or\nother public retirement system in this state in accordance with the\nprovisions of law applicable thereto or (ii) to elect the optional\nretirement program established pursuant to this article; provided\nhowever, that (1) such persons initially entering service during the\nperiod July first, nineteen hundred sixty-four through November fourth,\nnineteen hundred sixty-four may defer such election until December\nfourth, nineteen hundred sixty-four, and (2) eligible employees of an\nelecting employer initially appointed on or after the effective date of\nthe election to offer such program may defer such election until the\nninetieth day following such effective date of the election to offer\nsuch program established by an electing employer. Any such deferred\nelection shall be effective as of the date of entry into service or the\neffective date of such offer, whichever is later.\n  (b) In the event an eligible employee fails to make an election as\nprovided in paragraph (a) of this subdivision, he shall be deemed to\nhave elected membership in the New York state teachers' retirement\nsystem, or such public retirement system in this state in which his\nmembership may be otherwise required in accordance with law, except that\neligible employees of institutions under the management and control of\nCornell university or Alfred university as the representative of the\nstate university trustees shall be deemed to have elected membership in\nthe New York state employees' retirement system. Such membership shall\nbe effective as of the date of entry into service, or in the case of\nmembership in the New York city employees retirement system, at the time\notherwise required by law.\n  (c) The amount, if any, required to have been contributed by any\nemployee in accordance with an election, a deferred election or failure\nto elect pursuant to paragraph (a) or paragraph (b) of this subdivision\nshall be collected by payroll deductions in such manner as may be\nprovided by the comptroller for employees of state university electing\nthe optional retirement program, or by the appropriate fiscal officer\nfor employees of an electing employer, or in the case of membership in\neither the New York state employees' retirement system or the New York\nstate teachers' retirement system or other public retirement system in\nthis state, by the retirement system concerned.\n  (d) Eligible employees other than those employed by an electing\nemployer appointed on or before June thirtieth, nineteen hundred\nsixty-four, may elect the optional retirement program established\npursuant to this article. Such election shall be made on or before\nDecember fourth, nineteen hundred sixty-four, and shall become effective\nas of January first, nineteen hundred sixty-five. Eligible employees of\nan electing employer appointed before the effective date of the election\nto offer such program may elect the optional retirement program\nestablished pursuant to this article. Such election shall be made on or\nbefore the ninetieth day following the effective date of such offer and\nshall become effective on or as of the first day of January next\nfollowing the effective date of such offer.\n  (e) Any state employee or employee of an electing employer who becomes\neligible to elect the optional retirement program by reason of (i) the\ncertification of the position held by him pursuant to paragraph three of\nsection three hundred ninety of this article or (ii) his appointment,\npromotion, transfer or reclassification to a position previously so\ncertified, may elect the optional retirement program established\npursuant to this article. Such election shall be made within thirty days\nafter notice in writing to such employee of his eligibility, and shall\nbecome effective on the date of such election, except that in no case\nshall such election by a state employee become effective prior to\nJanuary first, nineteen hundred sixty-five, or in the case of an\neligible employee of an electing employer, prior to the first day of\nJanuary next following the effective date of the offer of such program.\n  (f) Any eligible employee who was employed by the University of\nBuffalo prior to its merger into state university and who elected to\ncontinue in the retirement program theretofore provided by the\nUniversity of Buffalo in accordance with section three of chapter nine\nhundred eighty of the laws of nineteen hundred sixty-two and who elects\nthe optional retirement program established pursuant to this article as\nprovided in paragraphs (d) or (e) of this subdivision shall become\nineligible to continue in the retirement program provided by the\nUniversity of Buffalo prior to merger on the effective date of such\nelection. Such election shall constitute a waiver of all rights and\nbenefits provided under sections three and seven of chapter nine hundred\neighty of the laws of nineteen hundred sixty-two.\n  (g) No election by an eligible employee of the optional retirement\nprogram shall be effective unless it shall be accompanied by an\nappropriate application, where required, for the issuance of a contract\nor contracts under the program.\n  2. Ineligibility for retirement system membership. Any employee who\nelects the optional retirement program shall be ineligible for\nmembership in the New York state employees' retirement system, the New\nYork state teachers' retirement system or any other public retirement\nsystem in this state so long as he shall remain continuously employed in\nany position by state university or the institutions under the\nmanagement and control of Cornell university or Alfred university as\nrepresentative of the board or by an electing employer and shall\ncontinue in the optional retirement program.\n  3. (a) Any eligible employee who is a member of either the New York\nstate employees' retirement system or the New York state teachers'\nretirement system at the time he elects the optional retirement program\nestablished pursuant to this article, shall be deemed to be a person who\ndiscontinues service on the effective date of such election, for the\npurpose of determining his eligibility for rights and benefits in either\nsuch system; provided however, that if he does not withdraw his\naccumulated contributions, (i) his continued service with state\nuniversity while under the optional retirement program shall be deemed\nto be member service in either the New York state employees' retirement\nsystem or the New York state teachers' retirement system for the purpose\nof determining his eligibility for any vested retirement allowance,\nretirement allowance or ordinary death benefit under either such system\ndependent upon a specified period of total service or upon attainment of\na specified age while in service or upon death while in service; and\n(ii) the amount of any such benefit to which he or his estate or person\ndesignated by him may become entitled under either such system shall be\ncomputed only on the basis of service otherwise creditable to him\ntherein and his compensation during such service.\n  (b) Electing employees and their beneficiaries shall not be entitled\nto any right or benefit under either the New York state employees'\nretirement system or the New York state teachers' retirement system\nother than a vested retirement allowance, retirement allowance or\nordinary death benefit to the extent expressly provided for in this\nsection.\n  4. (a) Any eligible employee of an electing employer who is a member\nor transferred contributor of either the New York city teachers'\nretirement system or the New York city employees' retirement system at\nthe time he elects the optional retirement program offered by an\nelecting employer pursuant to this article shall be deemed to be a\nperson who terminates membership on the effective date of such election,\nfor the purpose of determining his eligibility for rights and benefits\nin either such system; provided however, that if he does not withdraw\nhis accumulated contributions, (i) his continued service at a community\ncollege whose employees are otherwise eligible for the New York city\nteachers' retirement system, or the New York city employees' retirement\nsystem shall be deemed to be member service in either the New York city\nteachers' retirement system or the New York city employees' retirement\nsystem for the purpose of determining his eligibility for any retirement\nallowance or ordinary death benefit under either such system dependent\nupon a specified period of total service or upon attainment of a\nspecified age while in service or upon death while in service; and (ii)\nthe amount of any such benefit to which he or his estate or person\ndesignated by him may become entitled under either such system shall be\ncomputed only on the basis of service otherwise creditable to him\ntherein and his compensation during such service. (b) Electing employees\nand their beneficiaries shall not be entitled to any right or benefit\nunder either the New York city teachers' retirement system or the New\nYork city employees' retirement system other than a retirement allowance\nor ordinary death benefit to the extent expressly provided for in this\nsection. Such employee shall not be eligible for any benefit pursuant to\nsection B3-36.0, subdivision two or section B3-36.0, subdivision three\nof the administrative code of the city of New York or section two\nhundred forty-five of the military law.\n  5. (a) Subdivision two of this section shall not apply to any eligible\nemployee who has elected the optional retirement program and after June\nthirtieth, two thousand two, renders service which is creditable in the\nNew York state teachers' retirement system, other than service for which\na contribution is made to the optional retirement program.\n  (b) Subdivision three of this section shall not apply to any member of\nthe New York state teachers' retirement system who, after joining such\nsystem, elects the optional retirement program.\n  (c) Anything in subdivision three of this section notwithstanding, any\neligible employee who is a member of the New York state teachers'\nretirement system and had elected the optional retirement program prior\nto July first, two thousand two, may obtain credit for service, other\nthan service for which a contribution is made to the optional retirement\nprogram, which is creditable in such system, was rendered after such\nmember had elected the education department optional retirement program,\nand was rendered between December first, nineteen hundred ninety-one and\nJune thirtieth, two thousand two, provided (i) such member has rendered\nat least five years of service credited with the New York state\nteachers' retirement system at the time such service is credited, and\n(ii) in the case of such member subject to the provisions of article\nfourteen or fifteen of the retirement and social security law, the\nmember contributes three percent of the wages earned for such service\ntogether with interest at the rate of five percent per annum compounded\nannually from the date of such service until payment is made.\n  (d) Anything in this subdivision five notwithstanding, service as an\neligible employee for which a contribution is made to the optional\nretirement program shall neither entitle any eligible employee to join\nor rejoin the New York state teachers' retirement system nor be\ncreditable in such system.\n
N.Y. SOS Law § 392 — New York Code / Act SOS / Article 6 / Title 1 / Section 392
Services for relative and non-relative kinship caregivers
Status: in_force

§ 392. Services for relative and non-relative kinship caregivers. 1.\nNotwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, when a local\nsocial services district is in contact with a relative or non-relative\nkinship caregiver or a suitable person who the district has approached\nabout being a kinship caregiver, such district shall provide written\ninformation as described in subdivision two of this section to such\ncaregivers or prospective suitable persons. Such information shall also\nbe made available through the website of both the office and the\ndistrict and by other appropriate means in a manner accessible to\nrelatives and non-relatives caring for children outside of the foster\ncare system.\n  2. Such information shall include but not be limited to:\n  a. information relating to child only grants, including but not\nlimited to, how to apply for child only grants;\n  b. information about how to become a kinship foster parent and other\noptions for care; and\n  c. information on how to contact the department of family assistance\nkinship programs and any resources funded through or operating in the\nlocal social services district for relative and non-relative kinship\ncaregivers, including those that provide supportive services for all\nrelative and non-relative kinship caregivers in the district.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 679-B — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 14 / Part 2 / Subpart 4 / Section 679-B
Primary care practitioner scholarship program
Status: in_force

§ 679-b. Primary care practitioner scholarship program. 1.\nCertification. Primary care practitioner scholarships may be awarded\nannually, subject to the availability of funds therefor. Such awards\nshall be allocated pursuant to section nine hundred four of the public\nhealth law, to eligible students certified to the president by the\ncommissioner of health.\n  2. Duration. Each scholarship shall entitle the recipient to an annual\naward and a recipient shall be eligible for no more than the equivalent\nof two academic years based on full-time study.\n  3. Calculation of award amounts. The president shall make annual\nawards of up to fifteen thousand dollars, but in no event shall the\naward exceed cost of attendance at the institution. Cost of attendance\nshall mean tuition, required fees, books, transportation, room and\nboard.\n  4. Award disbursement. Annual award disbursements shall be the\nresponsibility of the president.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 403-D — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 4 / Title 1 / Section 403-D
The New York state home for veterans in the lower-Hudson Valley
Status: in_force

§ 403-d. The New York state home for veterans in the lower-Hudson\nValley. There is hereby established a state home for veterans in the\nlower-Hudson Valley. Such home for veterans shall be subject to the\nprovisions of this article except when such provisions are inconsistent\nwith the provisions of article twenty-six-A of this chapter.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 233-C — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 5 / Part 1 / Section 233-C
Study
Status: in_force

§ 233-c. Study. The commissioner shall conduct a study which shall\ninclude, but not be limited to, documenting the history of the freedom\ntrail and underground railroad including identifying sites most likely\nto be eligible for inclusion on the national or state registers of\nhistoric places, or both; providing for the historic research and\ncompilation of contemporaneous reports and records necessary to document\nthe underground railroad sites in New York state, as well as the\ncontributions of individuals and organizations who participated in the\nactivities of the underground railroad; and developing cultural and\nhistoric guidebooks, local histories  and the publication of public and\nprivate documents relating to the underground railroad. The commissioner\nshall consult with the commissioner of the office of parks, recreation\nand historic preservation and the national park service in the conduct\nof the study.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 454 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 10 / Section 454
General powers and duties of fund
Status: in_force

§ 454. General powers and duties of fund. The fund shall have the\nfollowing powers in addition to those specifically conferred elsewhere\nin this article:\n  1. To sue and be sued;\n  2. To have a seal and alter the same at pleasure;\n  3. To make and alter by-laws for its organization and internal\nmanagement;\n  4. With the approval of the comptroller of the city of New York to\nprescribe a system of accounts;\n  5. To make rules and regulations governing the exercise of its\ncorporate powers and the fulfillment of its corporate purposes under\nthis article, which rules and regulations shall be filed with the\nsecretary of state in the manner provided by section one hundred two of\nthe executive law;\n  6. With the approval of the board of education, to purchase, receive,\nlease or otherwise acquire real and personal property necessary or\nconvenient for its corporate purposes;\n  7. Subject to the terms and conditions of any lease, sublease or other\nagreement with the board of education, to possess, hold, use and improve\nreal and personal property acquired by or on behalf of the fund so long\nas its corporate existence shall continue;\n  8. Upon a two-thirds vote of the trustees of the fund, and subject to\nthe approval of the board of education, to design, construct, acquire,\nreconstruct, rehabilitate and improve combined occupancy structures and\nincidental or appurtenant facilities thereto, or cause such structures\nand facilities to be designed, constructed, acquired, reconstructed,\nrehabilitated and improved in accordance with the provisions of this\narticle;\n  9. In connection with such design, construction, acquisition,\nreconstruction, rehabilitation and improvement, to install or cause to\nbe installed water, sewer, gas, electrical, telephone, heating, air\nconditioning and other utility services, including appropriate\nconnections;\n  10. Subject to the terms and conditions of any lease, sublease or\nother agreement with the board of education, to maintain, repair and\nkeep up the real property held by it and all combined occupancy\nstructures and facilities constructed, acquired, reconstructed,\nrehabilitated or improved pursuant to this article;\n  11. Subject to the terms and conditions of any lease, sublease or\nother agreement with third parties and to the determination of the board\nof education that such real property is unnecessary for the present or\nforeseeable future school building needs of the city of New York, to\nsurrender to the appropriate city official, for other public use or for\nsale, lease or other disposition in accordance with law, real property\nheld by the fund for its corporate purposes;\n  12. To make and execute contracts, leases, subleases and all other\ninstruments or agreements necessary or convenient for the exercise of\nits corporate powers and the fulfillment of its corporate purposes under\nthis article, subject to the approval of the corporation counsel as to\nform of all such documents to which the city of New York is a party; the\nterm of any such lease or sublease or renewal thereof shall not be\nlimited by any provision of any general, special or local law or charter\napplicable to the city of New York or to the board of education of the\ncity of New York;\n  13. To procure insurance against any loss in connection with its\nproperty and other assets in such amounts and from such insurers as it\ndeems desirable;\n  14. With the consent of the board of education to use the agents,\nemployees and facilities of the board;\n  15. To engage the services of construction, engineering,\narchitectural, legal and financial consultants, surveyors and\nappraisers, on a contract basis or as employees, for professional\nservice and technical assistance and advice;\n  16. To assist generally, the department of general services of the\ncity of New York in making land surveys, topographical surveys and\nvaluation appraisals of real property sought to be acquired by the board\nof education of the city of New York;\n  17. To borrow money and issue negotiable notes, bonds or other\nobligations and to provide for the rights of the holders thereof;\n  18. To invest any moneys held in any funds or accounts not required\nfor immediate use or disbursement, at the discretion of the fund, in\nobligations of the city, the state or the United States government or\nobligations the principal of and interest on which are guaranteed by the\ncity, the state or the United States government or obligations of\nagencies or instrumentalities of the United States government which may\nfrom time to time be legally purchased by savings banks of the state as\ninvestments of funds belonging to them or in their control; and\ntemporarily to deposit or invest moneys not required for immediate use\nor disbursement in interest bearing time deposits or certificates of\ndeposit issued by, a bank or trust company located and authorized to do\nbusiness in this state, provided, however, that such time deposits or\ncertificates of deposit shall be payable within such time as the\nproceeds shall be needed and provided further that such time deposits or\ncertificates of deposit be secured by a pledge of obligations of the\nUnited States of America, or any obligation fully guaranteed or insured\nas to interest and principal by the United States of America acting\nthrough an agency, subdivision, department or division thereof, or\nobligations of the state of New York or of a corporate agency or\ninstrumentality of the state of New York, including the fund itself, or\nobligations of the city of New York.\n  19. To accept any gifts or grants or loans of funds and property or\nfinancial or other aid in any form from the federal government or any\nagency or instrumentality thereof or from the state or from any other\nsource and to comply, subject to the provisions of this article, with\nthe terms and conditions thereof;\n  20. At the request or with the approval of the board of education, to\ngrant, sell, license, lease or otherwise transfer without public auction\nor bidding any real property or any rights or interests therein or\nthereto, including fee interests, easements, space rights or air rights,\nheld by it and occupied or reserved for school purposes and needed\ntherefor, to a private individual or private or public corporation\nsolely and exclusively for the purpose of developing and constructing\ntherein or thereon a combined occupancy structure, or a part or portion\nthereof, or for the purpose of rehabilitating or improving an existing\nschool to become part of a combined occupancy structure within the\nmeaning of this article subject to a prior and enforceable agreement\napproved by the board of education for the reconveyance, retransfer or\nleaseback of the school portion thereof, upon completion, for use and\noccupancy by the said board of education in those instances where a\ngrant, sale or lease has been made to such private individual or private\nor public corporation; provided, however, that no such sale, lease or\ntransfer of lands or rights therein or thereto is authorized where the\ndevelopment of a combined occupancy structure contemplates the erection\nof nonschool facilities or improvements over an existing playground\nunless such combined occupancy structure to be constructed over such\nplayground shall provide playground area at least equal in size to the\nthen existing playground area;\n  21. At the request or with the approval of the board of education, to\ncontract with the owner or other developer of a combined occupancy\nstructure for the purchase or lease of the school portion thereof upon\ncompletion for use and occupancy by the board of education of the city\nof New York;\n  22. To grant, sell, lease, sublease or otherwise convey the school\nportion of combined occupancy structures to the city of New York for use\nand occupancy by the board of education of the city of New York; and\n  23. To do any and all things necessary or convenient to carry out its\ncorporate purposes and exercise the powers given and granted to it in\nthis article.\n
N.Y. SOS Law § 151 — New York Code / Act SOS / Article 5 / Title 1 / Section 151
Penalties for cashing public assistance checks or accepting electronic benefit transfers from public assistance recipients
Status: in_force

§ 151. Penalties for cashing public assistance checks or accepting\nelectronic benefit transfers from public assistance recipients. 1.\nUnauthorized transactions. Except as otherwise provided in subdivision\ntwo of this section, no person, firm, establishment, entity, or\ncorporation (a) licensed under the provisions of the alcoholic beverage\ncontrol law to sell liquor and/or wine at retail for off-premises\nconsumption; (b) licensed to sell beer at wholesale and also authorized\nto sell beer at retail for off-premises consumption; (c) licensed or\nauthorized to conduct pari-mutuel wagering activity under the racing,\npari-mutuel wagering and breeding law; (d) licensed to participate in\ncharitable gaming under article fourteen-H of the general municipal law;\n(e) licensed to participate in the operation of a video lottery facility\nunder section one thousand six hundred seventeen-a of the tax law; (f)\nlicensed to operate a gaming facility under section one thousand three\nhundred eleven of the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law; or\n(g) providing adult-oriented entertainment in which performers disrobe\nor perform in an unclothed state for entertainment, or making available\nthe venue in which performers disrobe or perform in an unclothed state\nfor entertainment, shall cash or accept any public assistance check or\nelectronic benefit transfer device issued by a public welfare official\nor department, or agent thereof, as and for public assistance.\n  2. Authorized transactions. (a) A grocery store that sells groceries\nincluding staple foods and that also offers, or is located within the\nsame building or complex as, a casino, gambling casino, or gaming\nestablishment; and any area of a pari-mutuel race track that does not\naccept wagers and is not open to the public or to unauthorized\npersonnel, such as non-wagering areas of the backstretch, may accept any\npublic assistance check or electronic benefit transfer issued by a\npublic welfare official or department, or agent thereof. For purposes of\nthis paragraph, "gaming establishment" shall mean any video lottery\nfacility, off-track betting branch office, simulcast facility, licensed\ncommercial charitable gaming facility, or any pari-mutuel race track.\n  (b) Any establishment that offers gambling incidental to the principal\npurpose of the business at such location may accept any public\nassistance check or electronic benefit transfer device issued by a\npublic welfare official or department, or agent thereof.\n  3. Penalties. (a) A violation of the provisions of subdivision one of\nthis section taking place at the licensed premises by a person,\ncorporation or entity licensed under the alcoholic beverage control law:\n(i) to sell liquor and/or wine at retail for off-premises consumption;\n(ii) to sell beer at wholesale and also authorized to sell beer at\nretail for off-premises consumption; or (iii) to sell liquor, wine\nand/or beer for on-premises consumption at an establishment where\nentertainers appear unclothed as permitted by the rules of the state\nliquor authority, shall constitute cause, for the purposes of section\none hundred eighteen of the alcoholic beverage control law, for the\nrevocation, cancellation or suspension of such license.\n  (b) A violation of the provisions of subdivision one of this section\nby any person, corporation or entity licensed to operate a gaming\nfacility under section one thousand three hundred eleven of the racing,\npari-mutuel wagering and breeding law; licensed under section one\nthousand six hundred seventeen-a of the tax law to participate in the\noperation of a video lottery facility; licensed or authorized to conduct\npari-mutuel wagering under the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding\nlaw; or licensed to participate in charitable gaming under article\nfourteen-H of the general municipal law, shall subject such person,\ncorporation or entity to disciplinary action pursuant to section one\nhundred four of the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law and\nsection one thousand six hundred seven of the tax law, which may include\nrevocation, cancellation or suspension of such license or authorization.\n  (c) A violation of the provisions of subdivision one of this section\nby any person, firm, establishment, entity or corporation providing\nadult-oriented entertainment in which performers disrobe or perform in\nan unclothed state for entertainment, or making available the venue in\nwhich performers disrobe or perform in an unclothed state for\nentertainment, shall be a violation, as defined in subdivision three of\nsection 10.00 of the penal law, subject to a fine of not more than one\nhundred dollars, a second such violation shall be a violation subject to\na fine of not more than five hundred dollars, and a third or subsequent\nsuch violation shall be class B misdemeanor subject to a fine of not\nmore than one thousand dollars.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 1020-A — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 5 / Title 1-A / Section 1020-A
Declaration of legislative findings and declarations
Status: in_force

* § 1020-a. Declaration of legislative findings and declarations. The\nlegislature hereby finds and declares that:\n  Constantly escalating and excessive costs of electricity in the\ncounties of Suffolk and Nassau and that portion of the county of Queens\nserved by the Long Island lighting company (hereinafter referred to as\nthe "service area") pose a serious threat to the economic well-being,\nhealth and safety of the residents of and the commerce and industry in\nthe service area.\n  There is a lack of confidence that the needs of the residents and of\ncommerce and industry in the service area for electricity can be\nsupplied in a reliable, efficient and economic manner by the Long Island\nlighting company (hereinafter referred to as "LILCO").\n  Such excessive costs and lack of confidence have deterred commerce and\nindustry from locating in the service area and have caused existing\ncommerce and industry to consider seriously moving out of the service\narea.\n  The decisions by LILCO to commence construction of the Shoreham\nnuclear power plant and thereafter to continue such construction were\nimprudent.\n  The investment of LILCO in the Shoreham nuclear power plant has\ncreated significant rate increases, straining the economic capabilities\nof ratepayers in the service area, and likely will require further\nsubstantial rate increases if such plant is placed in service.\n  It is uncertain whether the Shoreham nuclear plant ever will go into\ncommercial service, or if it does whether its reliability, cost of\nconstruction, operation and maintenance will be such as to provide\nsufficient, reliable and economic electric service to ratepayers in the\nservice area. The very substantial financial strain of the investment in\nthe Shoreham nuclear plant has required LILCO to suspend dividends on\nits common and preferred stock, severely threatening the continued\neconomic viability of LILCO.\n  For all the above reasons, a situation threatening the economy, health\nand safety exists in the service area.\n  Dealing with such a situation in an effective manner, assuring the\nprovision of an adequate supply of electricity in a reliable, efficient\nand economic manner, and retaining existing commerce and industry in and\nattracting new commerce and industry to the service area, in which a\nsubstantial portion of the state's population resides and which\nencompasses a substantial portion of the state's commerce and industry,\nare hereby expressly determined to be matters of state concern within\nthe meaning of paragraph three of subdivision (a) of section three of\narticle nine of the state constitution.\n  Such matters of state concern best can be dealt with by replacing such\ninvestor owned utility with a publicly owned power authority. Such an\nauthority can best accomplish the purposes and objectives of this title\nby implementing, if it then appears appropriate, the results of\nnegotiations between the state and LILCO. In such circumstances, such an\nauthority will provide safe and adequate service at rates which will be\nlower than the rates which would otherwise result and will facilitate\nthe shifting of investment into more beneficial energy demand/energy\nsupply management alternatives, realizing savings for the ratepayers and\ntaxpayers in the service area and otherwise restoring the confidence and\nprotecting the interests of ratepayers and the economy in the service\narea. Moreover, in such circumstances the replacement of such investor\nowned utilities by such an authority will result in an improved system\nand reduction of future costs and a safer, more efficient, reliable and\neconomical supply of electric energy. The legislature further finds that\nsuch an authority shall utilize to the fullest extent practicable, all\neconomical means of conservation, and technologies that rely on\nrenewable energy resources, cogeneration and improvements in energy\nefficiency which will benefit the interests of the ratepayers of the\nservice area.\n  * NB There are 2 § 1020-a's\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 1020-I — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 5 / Title 1-A / Section 1020-I
Subsidiaries
Status: in_force

* § 1020-i. Subsidiaries. 1. The authority shall have the right to\nexercise and perform all or part of its powers and functions through one\nor more wholly owned subsidiaries by acquiring the voting shares thereof\nor by resolution of the board directing any of its trustees, officers or\nemployees to organize a subsidiary corporation pursuant to the business\ncorporation law, the not-for-profit corporation law or the\ntransportation corporations law. Such resolution shall prescribe the\npurpose for which such subsidiary corporation is to be formed.\n  2. The authority may transfer to any subsidiary corporation any\nmoneys, property (real, personal or mixed) or facilities in order to\ncarry out the purposes of this title. Each such subsidiary corporation\nshall have all the privileges, immunities, tax exemptions and other\nexemptions of the authority to the extent the same are not inconsistent\nwith the statute or statutes pursuant to which such subsidiary was\nincorporated provided, however, that in any event any such subsidiary\ncorporation shall be entitled to exemptions from the state public\nservice law and any regulation by, or the jurisdiction of, the public\nservice commission, and the state environmental quality review act to\nthe extent provided in subdivision two of section one thousand twenty-s\nof this title.\n  * NB There are 2 § 1020-i's\n
N.Y. MRE Law § 64 — New York Code / Act MRE / Article 4 / Title 1 / Section 64
One story transient dwellings
Status: in_force

§ 64. One story transient dwellings. The only provisions of article\nfour which shall apply to one story transient dwellings in existence on\nJuly first, nineteen hundred fifty-two, shall be sections sixty,\nsixty-one, sixty-five and title two.\n