N.Y. PBG Law § 402-B — New York Code / Act PBG / Article 13 / Title 1 / Section 402-B
Power of authority to enter into mixed-finance transactions to continue viability of public housing
Status: in_force

§ 402-b. Power of authority to enter into mixed-finance transactions\nto continue viability of public housing. 1. Legislative findings and\ndeclaration. The legislature finds and declares that the state has a\nvital interest in the continued viability of public housing. It is\nnecessary to ensure that public housing continues to serve low-income\nindividuals and families who would otherwise face homelessness or be\nforced into unsafe or unsanitary housing. Public housing functions as a\nsafety net for persons most in need of safe, decent and affordable\nhousing. The legislature further finds that the New York city housing\nauthority has made, and continues to make, a concerted effort to provide\npublic housing to individuals and families in need. Certain projects\nowned by the New York city housing authority have suffered deterioration\nover time, and the housing authority does not have sufficient resources\nto address this deterioration. An infusion of private capital is\nnecessary to ensure the continued success and long term viability of\nthese projects. The legislature further finds that bringing state\nfinanced public housing operated by the New York city housing authority\nwithin the public housing subsidized by the federal government, by\nutilizing the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009,\nwill allow the New York city housing authority to enter into mixed\nfinance transactions, which will result in receiving new operating and\ncapital subsidies from the federal government and preserve the units as\npublic housing. The legislature also finds that tenants living in the\nprojects that have been financed by the city of New York, commonly known\nas Marble Hill Houses, St. Mary's Park Houses, Bay View Houses,\nBoulevard Houses, Linden Houses and Samuel Houses, located in the city\nof New York, counties of Bronx, Kings and New York, will, through\nmultiple contracts and agreements among the New York city housing\nauthority, investment partners and the federal government, be afforded\nthe same protections as tenants living in the projects listed in\nsubdivision two of this section. The legislature therefore finds and\ndeclares that enactment of this section would enable redevelopment and\nrehabilitation of those certain New York state and New York city\nfinanced projects owned by the New York city housing authority, and the\ncontinued operation of said projects for persons and families of low\nincome.\n  2. Upon approval by the commissioner of the division of housing and\ncommunity renewal, the New York city housing authority is hereby\nauthorized to sell or lease all or part of the residential buildings\nwithin the projects commonly known as Marlboro Houses, Chelsea Houses,\nCastle Hill Houses, 344 East 28th Street, Amsterdam Addition, Bushwick\nHouses, Stephen Wise Towers, Arthur H. Murphy Houses, Baychester Houses,\nJonathan Williams Plaza, Drew-Hamilton Houses, Independence Towers,\nRutgers Houses, Stapleton Houses and Manhattanville Houses, located in\nthe city of New York, counties of Bronx, Kings, New York and Richmond,\nupon such terms and conditions and in such manner as the New York city\nhousing authority may deem appropriate and in compliance with the\nprovisions of this section. The commissioner of the division of housing\nand community renewal shall not grant such approval unless he or she\nmakes a finding that such sale or lease will enable the projects to be\nredeveloped and operated in such manner as to provide decent, safe and\nsanitary housing within the financial reach of persons and families of\nlow income and a further finding that new federal assistance is\nsignificantly more likely to be available to the projects listed in this\nsection if such approval is granted. There shall be no requirement for a\nfinding by the commissioner of the division of housing and community\nrenewal that provisions have been made to pay or otherwise assure\npayment or retirement of all bonds, notes and other obligations\nheretofore issued to finance the projects or a portion thereof, provided\nthat the sale or lease of the projects is part of a comprehensive plan\nof rehabilitation and/or restructuring which includes the provision of\nhousing for persons and families of low income. The sale or lease of all\nor part of the residential buildings within the projects enumerated in\nthis section shall be made subject to all pertinent federal statutory,\nexecutive orders, consent orders and regulatory requirements, as those\nrequirements may be amended from time to time, and contracts and\nagreements which shall be recorded against and which shall run with the\nland, including a regulatory and operating agreement and a declaration\nof restrictive covenants requiring the operation and maintenance of such\nresidential projects in compliance with federal requirements, and\namendments to a certain mixed-finance amendment to the consolidated\nannual contributions contract between the New York city housing\nauthority and the United States department of housing and urban\ndevelopment (collectively, the "applicable public housing\nrequirements").\n  3. (a) All applicable public housing requirements pertaining to\nfederal public housing projects shall apply to the projects listed in\nsubdivision two of this section, including but not limited to all\nprocedural and substantive due process requirements, restrictions on\nevictions except for just cause, the right to automatic renewals of\nleases, and the right to meaningful input in matters concerning tenants;\nSection 8 units shall be subject to the voluntary conversion agreement\nand management plan approved by the United States department of housing\nand urban development on September eleventh, two thousand eight, and as\nit may be amended from time to time. The public housing and Section 8\nleases of tenants in occupancy of the projects listed in subdivision two\nof this section on the date of sale or lease of such projects shall\nremain in effect, except as such leases may be modified or assigned to\nreflect changes in the ownership of project buildings. Each such tenant\nshall enjoy the same rights and obligations as other tenants with public\nhousing leases occupying dwelling units in the housing projects owned\nand operated by the New York city housing authority that are not listed\nin subdivision two of this section, or pursuant to Section 8 leases\nsupported by Section 8 vouchers, except as provided by paragraph (b) of\nthis subdivision. Each project owner and the New York city housing\nauthority shall be jointly and severally obligated to provide and\nprotect the rights set forth herein.\n  (b) All units in projects listed in subdivision two of this section\nwhere there has been an allocation of federal low-income housing tax\ncredits, during the required federal regulatory compliance periods\napplicable to such federal low-income housing tax credits, shall upon\nvacancy be rented by persons or families whose income does not exceed\nsixty percent of area median income at a rent, including utilities, not\nto exceed thirty percent of the household's adjusted gross income. All\nother units shall upon vacancy be rented by persons or families whose\nincome does not exceed eighty percent of area median income at a rent,\nincluding utilities, not to exceed thirty percent of the household's\nadjusted gross income. All income guidelines applicable to federal\npublic housing projects shall apply to projects listed in subdivision\ntwo of this section. Each such tenant shall enjoy the same rights and\nobligations as other tenants with public housing leases occupying\ndwelling units in the housing projects owned and operated by the New\nYork city housing authority that are not listed in subdivision two of\nthis section, or pursuant to Section 8 leases supported by Section 8\nvouchers, except as provided by this paragraph.\n  (c) All tenants who reside in the housing projects listed in\nsubdivision two of this section prior to the sale or lease of such\nproject shall be entitled to remain in their current apartments,\nprovided that such tenant or tenants comply with the terms and\nconditions of their leases and meet all applicable federal income\nguidelines. Each such tenant shall enjoy the same rights and obligations\nas other tenants with public housing leases occupying dwelling units in\nthe housing projects owned and operated by the New York city housing\nauthority that are not listed in subdivision two of this section, or\npursuant to Section 8 leases supported by Section 8 vouchers, except as\nprovided by paragraph (b) of this subdivision.\n  (d) For each project listed in subdivision two of this section, all\nunits occupied by persons of low income shall be physically integrated\nwith all other units in the project. They shall share common means of\naccess, services and amenities equally with all other units and shall in\nno way be physically or otherwise set apart from all other units in the\nproject.\n  (e) All prospective public housing and Section 8 tenants shall be\nselected from a waiting list which shall be maintained by the New York\ncity housing authority in compliance with the federal public housing and\nSection 8 laws and all applicable rules and regulations. The New York\ncity housing authority and each respective project owner shall screen\ntenants and jointly have final approval over tenant selection all in\naccordance with aforementioned laws, rules and regulations. All\nprospective public housing tenants shall be taken from the waiting list\nin the order in which they applied for the size appropriate unit,\nsubject however to preferences and priorities provided for in the public\nhousing law and all applicable rules and regulations.\n  (f) The entity that acts as the managing member or general partner of\nthe respective owner of each project listed in subdivision two of this\nsection following transfer of such project, shall at all times be a\nnot-for-profit housing development fund corporation wholly owned by the\nNew York city housing authority and shall be established under article\neleven of the private housing finance law. The board of directors of\nsuch housing development fund corporation shall be composed of the\nchairperson of the New York city housing authority and the duly\nappointed members of such authority.\n  (g) The entity that owns any project or assists in the management of\nany project may include an entity exempt from federal income taxes under\nsection 501(c)3 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as amended, or its\nwholly owned subsidiary.\n  (h) The provisions of this section may be enforced by any party\naggrieved by a violation of such provisions.\n  (i) In the case where there is an allocation of federal low income\nhousing tax credits in connection with a sale or lease of the project,\nthe fee payable to the project developer shall not exceed twelve percent\nof the total development cost, provided however, that the fee payable to\nsuch developer may be increased to the maximum percentage permitted\nunder regulations promulgated by the division of housing and community\nrenewal if the developer assumes additional financial risk. Such\nincrease shall not be granted (i) for risk the developer is customarily\nrequired to assume or guarantees which the developer is customarily\nrequired to provide by industry practice, (ii) for any risks or\nguarantees which parties other than the developer would ultimately bear,\nor (iii) if the cost of such risks or guarantees would be paid from\ngovernmental grants, loans, subsidies or other governmental funds. The\nforegoing limitation shall not apply to any portion of a developer fee\npaid to the housing authority.\n  (j) The provisions of this section shall be applicable to each of the\nprojects delineated in subdivision two of this section commencing on the\nclosing date of the sale or lease of each respective project in\ncompliance with applicable law and shall be binding on all owners and\noperators of such project.\n  4. State subsidies available to the projects listed in subdivision two\nof this section in connection with the bonds, notes or other obligations\nheretofore issued to finance the cost thereof may, subject to annual\nappropriation and upon compliance with the provisions of this section,\ncontinue to be used to pay the debt service on such bonds, notes or\nother obligations, subject to such terms and conditions as the\ncommissioner of the division of housing and community renewal may deem\nappropriate.\n  5. The New York city housing authority shall be required to develop\nand circulate a notice to all tenants of public housing projects listed\nin subdivisions one and two of this section. The notice shall contain\ninformation regarding the transfer and federalization process, as well\nas notice that tenants' rights to occupancy and due process shall\ncontinue as they existed prior to the transfer.\n  6. The New York city housing authority, shall provide the commissioner\nof the division of housing and community renewal, the speaker of the\nassembly, the temporary president of the senate, the minority leader of\nthe assembly, the minority leader of the senate, the chair of the\nassembly housing committee, and the chair of the senate housing,\nconstruction, and community development committee copies of the annual\nproject activity report or any substantially similar annual report that\nit is required to submit to the United States department of housing and\nurban development that is related to the projects listed in subdivisions\none and two of this section.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 399-A — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 8-C / Section 399-A
Reduction of salaries for tax-deferred annuities
Status: in_force

§ 399-A. Reduction of salaries for tax-deferred annuities.  The board\nof higher education of a city having a population of one million or\nmore, in its discretion, may enter into a written agreement with any of\nits employees to reduce the annual salary, as otherwise earned and\npayable by law, of such employee for the purpose of providing a\ntax-deferred annuity for such employee under the retirement system in\nwhich such employee is currently a member; but only if such retirement\nsystem specifically provides for such tax-deferred annuities, and\nsubject to any provisions and limitations applicable thereto.  Any such\nagreement may be terminated upon written notice by either such employee\nor such board.  Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to\ndiminish or impair any benefits to which such employee or his legal\nrepresentatives or beneficiaries would be otherwise entitled had such\nsalary reduction agreement not been entered into in accordance with the\nprovisions of this section.\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 72-0103 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 72 / Title 1 / Section 72-0103
Definitions
Status: in_force

§ 72-0103. Definitions.\n  When used in this article:\n  "State environmental regulatory program" means any of the regulatory\nor permit programs for which fees are assessed under this article.\n
N.Y. PBG Law § 402-H — New York Code / Act PBG / Article 13 / Title 1 / Section 402-H
Succession rights
Status: in_force

§ 402-h. Succession rights. 1. The policies and procedures of the New\nYork city housing authority include, and shall continue to include,\npolicies and procedures allowing individuals to claim succession rights\nto public housing units in properties owned and operated by the New York\ncity housing authority upon the permanent departure or death of the\ntenant of record from the unit.\n  2. The New York city housing authority shall establish written\npolicies and procedures for asserting succession rights consistent with\nthe requirements of applicable federal, state, and local laws,\nregulations, and guidance, as they may change from time to time. Such\nwritten policies and procedures shall also be consistent with the New\nYork city housing authority's occupancy standards. Such policies and\nprocedures shall include, but not be limited to:\n  (a) eligibility requirements for lease succession;\n  (b) relocation requirements, if any, arising out of lease succession;\n  (c) the requirement to pay use and occupancy during the pendency of\nsuccession rights proceedings; and\n  (d) the right to an administrative grievance of the New York city\nhousing authority's denial of succession rights, except as limited by\nthe New York city housing authority's succession rights policies and\nprocedures.\n  3. The New York city housing authority shall issue notice in writing\nof substantive changes to its succession rights policies and procedures\nat least thirty days prior to implementing those changes, and shall\nafford an opportunity to provide written comments with respect to the\nproposed changes. The New York city housing authority shall consider\nwritten comments prior to implementation of the proposed changes.\n
N.Y. VAT Law § 100-C — New York Code / Act VAT / Title 1 / Article 1 / Section 100-C
Articulated bus
Status: in_force

§ 100-c. Articulated bus. A two unit bus with a flexible coupling\nconnection between the units.\n
N.Y. SOS Law § 152-C — New York Code / Act SOS / Article 5 / Title 1 / Section 152-C
Menstrual products
Status: in_force

§ 152-c. Menstrual products. Any provider of temporary shelter that is\nreimbursed from state or state-administered grants or funds shall be\nrequired to provide an adequate number of menstrual products\ncommensurate with an individual's needs, including, but not limited to,\nsanitary napkins, tampons and panty liners, at no cost to individuals\nrequiring such products. For purposes of this section, "temporary\nshelter" shall include but not be limited to a family shelter, a shelter\nfor adults, a hotel, an emergency apartment, a domestic violence\nshelter, a runaway and homeless youth shelter, or a safe house for\nrefugees.\n
N.Y. SOS Law § 147 — New York Code / Act SOS / Article 5 / Title 1 / Section 147
Misuse of food stamps, food stamp program coupons, authorization cards and electronic access devices
Status: in_force

§ 147. Misuse of food stamps, food stamp program coupons,\nauthorization cards and electronic access devices. 1. a.  Whoever\nknowingly uses, transfers, acquires, alters, purchases, transports or\npossesses food stamps, food stamp program coupons, authorization cards\nor electronic access devices which entitle a person to obtain food\nstamps, in any manner not authorized by section ninety-five of this\nchapter shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor except that if the\nvalue of the benefit he or she obtained:\n  (i) exceeds one thousand dollars, he or she shall be guilty of a class\nE felony; or\n  (ii) exceeds three thousand dollars, he or she shall be guilty of a\nclass D felony; or\n  (iii) exceeds fifty thousand dollars, he or she shall be guilty of a\nclass C felony.\n  b. For the purposes of this section, the value of the benefit obtained\nshall be the cumulative face value of such food stamps, food stamp\nprogram coupons, authorization cards or electronic access devices.\n  2. Any person found to have violated the provisions of subparagraph\n(i), (ii) or (iii) of paragraph a of subdivision one of this section,\nwho shall possess a license to sell liquor under section sixty-three of\nthe alcoholic beverage control law or to sell lottery tickets under\narticle thirty-four of the tax law, shall have such license or licenses\nrevoked in addition to any other penalty authorized by law.  As used\nherein, the word "person" shall mean any individual, partnership,\ncorporation, or association.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 518 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 11 / Section 518
Pension reserve fund
Status: in_force

§ 518. Pension reserve fund.  The pension reserve fund shall be the\nfund from which shall be paid the pensions to new entrants on account of\nwhich reserves shall be transferred from the pension accumulation fund.\nShould any disability pension payable from said fund be canceled, the\npension reserve thereon shall thereupon be transferred from the pension\nreserve fund to the pension accumulation fund.  Should the pension of a\ndisability beneficiary be reduced as a result of an increase in his\nearning capacity, the amount of the annual reduction in his pension\nshall be paid annually into the pension accumulation fund during the\nperiod of such reduction.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 2-C — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 1 / Section 2-C
Release of student information to certain entities
Status: in_force

§ 2-c. Release of student information to certain entities. 1.\nDefinitions. As used in this section the following terms shall have the\nfollowing meanings:\n  a. "Student information" shall mean personally identifiable\ninformation and biometric records as such terms are defined in section\n99.3 of title 34 of the code of federal regulations implementing the\nFamily Education Rights and Privacy Act, as such federal law and\nregulations are from time to time amended, or any other individual\nstudent records and shall also include de-identifiable information which\nmeans a collection of data or information that has been altered with the\ngoal of making the student or students associated with such data or\ninformation permanently unknowable.\n  b. "Personally identifiable information" shall mean personally\nidentifiable information as defined in section 99.3 of title 34 of the\ncode of federal regulations implementing the Family Education Rights and\nPrivacy Act, section 1232-g of title 20 of the United States code, as\nsuch federal law and regulations are from time to time amended.\n  c. "Shared learning infrastructure service provider" or "SLISP" shall\nmean any entity that collects, stores, organizes, or aggregates student\ninformation and contracts with or enters into an agreement with the\ndepartment for the purposes of providing student information to a data\ndashboard operator for use in a data dashboard. Provided that the term\nSLISP shall not include boards of cooperative educational services or\nregional information centers operated by boards of cooperative\neducational services or other public entities.\n  d. "Data dashboard" shall mean an electronic data system or hosted\nsoftware application or applications that is designed to utilize data\nand information collected, stored, organized or aggregated by a SLISP\nand that is designed to provide, through a contract between a New York\nschool district and a data dashboard operator, end users such as\neducators, students and their families with access to customized student\ninformation with the goal of supporting instruction and student\nlearning.\n  e. "Data dashboard operator" shall mean any third party contractor\nowning or operating a data dashboard that contracts or otherwise enters\ninto an agreement to utilize data and information from a SLISP.\n  f. "Educational agency" shall mean any public school district, board\nof cooperative educational services, special act school district, public\nschool kindergarten program, universal pre-kindergarten programs\nauthorized pursuant to section thirty-six hundred two-e of this chapter,\npublicly funded pre-kindergarten programs, approved preschool special\neducation programs pursuant to section forty-four hundred ten of this\nchapter, approved private school for the education of students with\ndisabilities and a state supported or state operated school subject to\nthe provisions of article eighty-five, eighty-seven or eighty-eight of\nthis chapter.\n  g. "Student" shall mean any person attending an educational agency\nidentified in paragraph f of this subdivision.\n  2. An educational agency may opt out of providing personally\nidentifiable information to a SLISP or data dashboard operator for the\npurpose of creating data dashboards. An educational agency may at any\ntime request that any personally identifiable information associated\nwith such agency not be shared or provided to a SLISP or data dashboard\noperator. Such request shall be made to the department and upon receipt\nof such request, the department shall take all actions necessary to\nprevent and prohibit the sharing or providing of such information to any\nSLISP or data dashboard operator and that upon receipt of such request,\nthe department shall take actions to immediately ensure that any\npersonally identifiable information provided to any SLISP or data\ndashboard operator is deleted from such SLISP or operator and destroyed\nin a secure manner.\n  3. The commissioner and the department are hereby prohibited from\nproviding any student information to a SLISP and the commissioner and\ndepartment shall take actions to immediately ensure that any student\ninformation provided to any SLISP shall be deleted from such SLISP and\ndestroyed in a secure manner.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 373 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 8-A / Section 373
General powers and duties of fund
Status: in_force

§ 373. 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, to prescribe a system of\naccounts;\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. To accept jurisdiction over and to hold, use and improve, in\naccordance with such terms and conditions as the fund and the state\nuniversity shall determine, any or all real property acquired by the\nstate university trustees in the name of the state for state university\npurposes, together with such rights and privileges as may be incidental\nand appurtenant thereto;\n  7. To purchase, receive, lease or otherwise acquire in accordance with\nthe requirements of article eleven of the state finance law personal\nproperty necessary and convenient for its corporate purposes, provided\nthat such personal property shall not be construed to include\nfurnishings and equipment for completed facilities;\n  8. To design, construct, acquire, reconstruct, rehabilitate and\nimprove academic buildings, dormitories and other facilities for the\nstate university in accordance with sections three hundred seventy-five\nand three hundred seventy-six of this chapter;\n  9. In connection with such design, construction, acquisition,\nreconstruction, rehabilitation and improvement, (i) to install or cause\nto be installed water, sewer, gas, electrical, telephone, heating, air\nconditioning and other utility services, including appropriate\nconnections, (ii) to construct or cause to be constructed walkways,\nroadways and other improvements on adjacent real property made available\nby the state university, and (iii) to landscape adjacent real property\nor cause the same to be landscaped;\n  10. To maintain, repair and keep up the real property held by it and\nthe facilities constructed, acquired, reconstructed, rehabilitated or\nimproved pursuant to this article until responsibility therefor is\ntransferred to the state university in accordance with section three\nhundred seventy-nine of this chapter;\n  11. Subject to the terms of any lease or agreement with third parties,\nwith respect to approved university-related economic development\nfacilities or approved university related economic development projects\nto develop, manage, operate, and/or lease, solely or in cooperation with\none or more entities or individuals, or to surrender to the appropriate\nstate official, for other public use or for sale, lease or other\ndisposition in accordance with law, real property made available to the\nfund for its corporate purposes by the state university whenever the\nstate university trustees determine that such real property is\nunnecessary for present or foreseeable future needs of the state\nuniversity;\n  12. To make and execute contracts, lease agreements, and all other\ninstruments necessary or convenient for the exercise of its corporate\npowers and the fulfillment of its corporate purposes under this article\nto an amount not exceeding seventy-five thousand dollars without prior\napproval by any other state officer or agency; notwithstanding the\nforegoing, all contracts, lease agreements, and all other instruments\nexceeding seventy-five thousand dollars in amount shall be subject to\nsection one hundred twelve of the state finance law;\n  13. To procure insurance against any loss in connection with any\nfacility leased to the fund under section three hundred seventy-eight of\nthis chapter, in such amounts, and from such insurers, as it deems\ndesirable;\n  14. To act as agent for, or to assist generally, the attorney general\nand the state commissioner of transportation in making land surveys,\ntopographical surveys and valuation appraisals of real property sought\nto be acquired by the state university trustees;\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; and\n  16. 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  * 17. To construct, design/build (using a competitive selection\nprocess with due consideration of cost), develop, manage, lease and/or\noperate real property and facilities made available to the fund for its\ncorporate purposes by the state university related to academic incubator\nfacilities and a pharmaceutical research, development, which may also\ninclude a manufacturing facility located at the state university New\nYork college of technology at Farmingdale.\n  * NB There are 2 sub 17's\n  * 17. To construct, design/build, develop, manage and/or operate real\nproperty and facilities made available to the fund for its corporate\npurposes by the state university related to academic incubator and\napproved university-related economic development facilities;\n  * NB There are 2 sub 17's\n  * 18. To receive or acquire by gift, purchase or otherwise, real and\npersonal property, or services or other aid, including any reimbursement\nallowance offered or made available by any person, government agency or\ncorporation, including, but not limited to, any foundation or other\nnot-for-profit entity and to receive and use money from any source,\nincluding, but not limited to the dormitory authority of the state of\nNew York, or any other private or public source for the site acquisition\nand construction of a pharmaceutical research, development, which may\nalso include a manufacturing facility at the state university of New\nYork college of technology at Farmingdale.\n  * NB There are 2 sub 18's\n  * 18. With respect to approved university-related economic development\nfacilities, to act as agent for, and execute the powers of, a foundation\nor other not-for-profit entity created by or for the state university;\nand\n  * NB There are 2 sub 18's\n  19. To receive or acquire by gift, purchase or otherwise, real and\npersonal property, or services or other aid, including any reimbursement\nallowance offered or made available by any person, government agency or\ncorporation, including, but not limited to, any foundation or other\nnot-for-profit entity and to receive and use money from any source,\nincluding, but not limited to the dormitory authority of the state of\nNew York, or any other private or public source for the site acquisition\nand construction of approved university-related economic development\nfacilities as set forth in section three hundred seventy-two-a of this\narticle.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 804 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 17 / Section 804
Health education regarding mental health, alcohol, drugs, tobacco abuse and the prevention and detection of certain cancers
Status: in_force

§ 804. Health education regarding mental health, alcohol, drugs,\ntobacco abuse and the prevention and detection of certain cancers.  1.\nAll schools shall ensure that their health education programs recognize\nthe multiple dimensions of health by including mental health and the\nrelation of physical and mental health so as to enhance student\nunderstanding, attitudes and behaviors that promote health, well-being\nand human dignity.\n  2. All schools shall include, as an integral part of health education,\ninstruction so as to discourage the misuse and abuse of alcohol, tobacco\nand other drugs and promote attitudes and behavior that enhance health,\nwell being, and human dignity.\n  3. Instruction regarding alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs shall be\nincluded in the health education provided for all elementary school\npupils and shall be taught by the regular classroom teachers or by\nteachers certified to teach health education. Such instruction shall be\ndesigned according to the needs and abilities of the pupils at\nsuccessive grade levels with the purpose of developing desirable health\nbehavior, attitudes, and knowledge as well as self-reliance and problem\nsolving capacity.\n  4. Instruction regarding alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs, in\naddition to continued health guidance in the junior high school grades\nand the senior high schools, shall be an integral part of a required\nhealth education course at each of these levels in the secondary schools\ncurriculum. Students shall be required to demonstrate knowledge in the\nsubject area through the use of a test, graded project or report, or any\nother means prescribed by the school authorities regarding alcohol,\ndrugs, and tobacco. Any such course shall be taught by teachers holding\na certificate to teach health. Related courses in the secondary school\ncurriculum shall be taught in a manner supportive of health education\nregarding alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs. In addition, instruction\nregarding the dangers of driving while under the influence of alcohol or\ndrugs shall be an integral part of a required health education course in\nthe senior high schools. Such instruction shall be provided in all\nsenior high schools whether or not these schools also provide driver\neducation courses.\n  5. Instruction regarding methods of prevention and detection of\ncertain cancers, including but not limited to breast cancer, skin\ncancer, testicular cancer and other cancers where certain preventive\nmeasures have become generally accepted and certain detection methods\nhave been adopted and recommended generally to the public. Such\ninstruction shall be an integral part of a required health education\ncourse at the senior high school level, in addition to continued health\nguidance in senior high schools. Any such course shall be taught by\nteachers holding a certificate to teach health.\n  6. a. The commissioner may prescribe in regulations such health\neducation courses which include instruction regarding alcohol, tobacco,\nand other drugs as the commissioner may deem necessary and desirable for\nthe welfare of pupils and the community. The contents may be varied to\nmeet the needs of particular school districts, or portions thereof, and\nneed not be uniform throughout the state, provided, however, that school\ndistricts shall utilize either the curriculum for health education\ninstruction regarding alcohol, tobacco and other drugs prescribed by the\ncommissioner or a course approved by the commissioner in accordance with\ncriteria established by the commissioner. The commissioner is authorized\nto make recommendations to the board of regents beginning December\nfirst, two thousand fourteen and every three years thereafter relating\nto the modernization of such instruction required pursuant to\nsubdivision one of this section, to include the most up to date age\nappropriate information available regarding the misuse and abuse of\nalcohol, tobacco and other drugs, including but not limited to heroin\nand opioids. Such instruction shall include, but not be limited to,\ninformation regarding drugs and other substances that are more prevalent\namong school aged youth. Such recommendations shall be the result of a\ncollaboration between the department, the office of alcoholism and\nsubstance abuse services and the department of health. If the board of\nregents adopts such curriculum, the curriculum requirement shall take\neffect no later than the next school year after such curriculum has been\nadopted.\n  b. The commissioner shall make available an interpersonal violence\nprevention education package for grades kindergarten through twelve,\nwhich package may consist of student pamphlets, parent pamphlets,\nvideotapes and other informative materials to be distributed to school\ndistricts, and shall encourage the use of such material as part of the\nhealth or other related curricula or programs.\n  c. The regents shall review the health curriculum requirements in\nexistence on the effective date of this paragraph for the purpose of\nstreamlining such curriculum and identifying any outdated components\nthat may be eliminated or consolidated in order to ensure that students\nhave sufficient time and instruction to develop skills to address issues\nof violence prevention and mental health. To the extent appropriate, the\nregents shall modify the existing curriculum to provide greater focus on\nthe development of skills, by no later than middle school, that are\nneeded to recognize, cope with and address potentially violent incidents\nincluding an understanding of student roles in emergency situations and\nother related skills designed to reduce the threat of violence in\nschools.\n  7. School authorities shall provide the needed facilities, time, and\nplace for the instruction set forth herein and shall provide learning\naids and curriculum resource materials which contribute to effective\nteaching methods and learning in health education regarding alcohol,\ntobacco, and other drugs.\n  8. All pre-service training programs in the state for elementary\nteachers shall include adequate preparation regarding the instruction in\nalcohol, tobacco, and other drugs set forth herein, and no teacher shall\nbe licensed except upon satisfactory demonstration of the competencies\nincluded in the institutional proposals approved by the department.\n  9. Nothing contained in this section shall be deemed to diminish or\nimpair the duties of the commissioner with respect to the continuing\nprogram for critical health problems established by chapter seven\nhundred eighty-seven of the laws of nineteen hundred sixty-seven as\namended. The commissioner shall coordinate actions taken under authority\nof this section with the provisions of said chapter as they relate to\nhealth education in schools, inservice training and training programs,\nand curriculum or syllabus development regarding the deleterious effects\nresulting from the use, misuse, and abuse of alcohol, tobacco, and other\ndrugs.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 3105 — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 10-A / Title 1 / Section 3105
Public purpose of the corporation
Status: in_force

§ 3105. Public purpose of the corporation. The corporation is created\nand shall be operated exclusively for public purposes and not for\npecuniary profit. No part of the net earnings of the corporation shall\ninure to the benefit of any private individual.\n
N.Y. RPT Law § 418 — New York Code / Act RPT / Article 4 / Title 1 / Section 418
Foreign governments
Status: in_force

§ 418.  Foreign governments.  1.  Real property of a foreign\ngovernment which is a member of the United Nations or any world-wide\ninternational organization as defined in section four hundred sixteen of\nthis chapter, the legal title to which stands in the name of such\nforeign government or the principal resident representative or resident\nrepresentative with the rank of ambassador or minister plenipotentiary\nof such foreign government to the United Nations or other such\nworld-wide international organization, used exclusively for the purposes\nof maintaining offices or quarters, for such representatives, or offices\nfor the staff of such representatives, shall be exempt from taxation,\nexcept levies made on a city-wide or borough-wide basis which are\ncollectible with the real property tax, and special ad valorem levies to\nthe extent provided in section four hundred ninety of this chapter.  If\na portion only of any lot or building of any such government or\nrepresentative is used exclusively for the purposes herein described,\nthen such portion only shall be exempt and the remainder shall be\nsubject to taxation unless otherwise exempt from taxation by law.  The\nexemption granted by this section shall apply to taxes which become due\nand payable after the date such property is used for the purposes herein\nstated, and shall continue with respect to such property as long as it\nremains the property of such government and is used for the purposes\nherein stated and no longer.\n  2.  If at any time (a) special ad valorem levies or special\nassessments levied against the property or (b) taxes with respect to the\ntaxable portion of the property, if any, are in arrears, the exemption\ngranted herein shall not apply until the arrears are fully paid.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 672 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 14 / Part 2 / Subpart 3 / Section 672
Regents professional education in medicine or dentistry scholarships
Status: in_force

§ 672. Regents professional education in medicine or dentistry\nscholarships.  1. Number and certification. One hundred regents\nprofessional education in medicine or dentistry scholarships shall be\nawarded each year. Such scholarships shall be allocated as provided in\narticle thirteen to eligible students as certified to the president by\nthe commissioner.\n  2. Duration. Such scholarship shall entitle the recipient to an award\nfor not more than four academic years while matriculated in an approved\nprogram, as defined by the commissioner pursuant to article thirteen.\n  3. Amount. The president shall make academic year awards in the amount\nof one thousand dollars, but if the income exceeds one thousand eight\nhundred dollars, the award shall be reduced by the amount of one dollar\nfor each eight dollars, or part thereof, of the excess, except that in\nno event shall the award be less than three hundred fifty dollars. If\nthe annual amount of tuition and educational fees payable by the student\nis more than three hundred fifty dollars, the award shall not exceed the\namount of such tuition and fees.\n  4. The provisions of this section shall only apply to any recipient\nwho receives his or her first award payment prior to the nineteen\nhundred eighty-five--nineteen hundred eighty-six academic year.\n
N.Y. ELN Law § 17-106 — New York Code / Act ELN / Article 17 / Title 1 / Section 17-106
Misconduct of election officers
Status: in_force

§ 17-106. Misconduct of election officers. Any election officer who\nwilfully refuses to accord to any duly accredited watcher or to any\nvoter or candidate any right given him by this chapter, or who wilfully\nviolates any provision of the election law relative to the registration\nof electors or to the taking, recording, counting, canvassing, tallying\nor certifying of votes, or who wilfully neglects or refuses to perform\nany duty imposed on him by law, or is guilty of any fraud in the\nexecution of the duties of his office, or connives in any electoral\nfraud, or knowingly permits any such fraud to be practiced, is guilty of\na felony.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 1021-K — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 5 / Title 1-B / Section 1021-K
Agreement of the state
Status: in_force

§ 1021-k. Agreement of the state. The state does hereby pledge to and\nagree with the holders of any bonds, notes or other obligations issued\nby the authority under this title, that the state will not limit or\nalter the rights hereby vested in the authority to establish and collect\nthe revenues and other charges referred to in this title and to fulfill\nthe terms of any agreements made with or for the benefit of the holders\nof the securities, or in any way impair the rights and remedies of the\nbondholders until such securities are fully met and discharged. The\nauthority is authorized to include this pledge of the state in all\nagreements by the authority with the holders of its securities. Nothing\ncontained in this article shall be deemed to restrict any right of the\nstate or municipality to amend, modify, repeal or otherwise alter\nstatutes imposing or relating to taxes or fees, or appropriations\nrelating thereto. The authority shall not include within any resolution,\ncontract or agreement with holders of the bonds, notes or other\nobligations issued under this article any provision which provides that\na default occurs as a result of the state or of a municipality\nexercising its right to amend, modify, or repeal or otherwise alter any\nstatute imposing or relating to taxes, fees, or appropriations relating\nthereto.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 418 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 9 / Section 418
Purchase and display of flag
Status: in_force

§ 418. Purchase and display of flag.  It shall be the duty of the\nschool authorities of every public school in the several cities and\nschool districts of the state to purchase a United States flag,\nflag-staff and the necessary appliances therefor, and to display such\nflag upon or near the public school building during school hours, and at\nsuch other times as such school authorities may direct.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 2997-I — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 29-D / Title 1-A / Section 2997-I
Safe patient handling workgroup
Status: in_force

§ 2997-i. Safe patient handling workgroup. 1. The commissioner shall\nestablish a safe patient handling workgroup (referred to in this section\nas the "workgroup") within the department. The workgroup shall consist\nof, at the minimum, the commissioner or his or her designee; the\ncommissioner of labor or his or her designee; representatives of health\ncare provider organizations; representatives from employee organizations\nrepresenting nurses and representatives from employee organizations\nrepresenting direct care workers; representatives of nurse executives;\nrepresentatives who are certified ergonomist evaluation specialists; and\nrepresentatives who have expertise in fields of discipline related to\nhealth care or occupational safety.\n  2. Workgroup members shall receive no compensation for their services\nas members of the workgroup, but shall be reimbursed for actual and\nnecessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.\n  3. The workgroup shall be established no later than January first, two\nthousand fifteen.\n  4. The workgroup shall:\n  (a) Review existing safe patient handling programs or policies,\nincluding demonstration programs previously authorized by chapter seven\nhundred thirty-eight of the laws of two thousand five and national data\nand results;\n  (b) Consult with any organization, educational institution, other\ngovernment entity or agency or person that the workgroup determines may\nbe able to provide information and expertise on the development and\nimplementation of safe patient handling programs;\n  (c) Identify or develop training materials for consideration by health\ncare facilities; and\n  (d) Submit a report to the commissioner by July first, two thousand\nfifteen identifying safe patient handling program best practices,\nproviding examples of sample policies, and identifying resources and\ntools useful for providers to meet the goals of safe patient handling\npolicies.\n  5. All state departments, commissions, agencies, and public\nauthorities shall provide the workgroup with any reasonably requested\nassistance or advice in a timely manner.\n
N.Y. RPT Law § 702 — New York Code / Act RPT / Article 7 / Title 1 / Section 702
Place where and time within which proceeding to be brought
Status: in_force

§ 702. Place where and time within which proceeding to be brought.  1.\nA proceeding to review an assessment of real property under this article\nshall be brought at a special term of the supreme court in the judicial\ndistrict in which the assessment to be reviewed was made.\n  2. Such a proceeding shall be commenced within thirty days after the\nfinal completion and filing of the assessment roll containing such\nassessment. For the purposes of this section an assessment roll shall\nnot be considered finally completed and filed until the last day set by\nlaw for the filing of such assessment roll or until notice thereof has\nbeen given as required by law, whichever is later.\n  3. If it appears upon the answer that the petition or petition and\nnotice, when such notice is required by section seven hundred four of\nthis chapter, were not filed or served and filed where required pursuant\nto section seven hundred forty of this chapter, within the time limited\ntherefor, such failure to file or serve and file the petition or\npetition and notice within such time shall constitute a complete defense\nto the petition and the petition must be dismissed.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 686 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 14 / Part 4 / Section 686
Dissolution of corporation
Status: in_force

§ 686. Dissolution of corporation.  The corporation and its corporate\nexistence shall continue until terminated by law upon a finding that\nthere no longer exists any need for such a corporation; provided,\nhowever, that no such law shall take effect so long as the corporation\nshall have notes or other obligations outstanding.  For the purpose of\nthis section, any appropriation or advance made to the corporation by\nthe state, which has not been repaid, shall not be deemed to be an\noutstanding obligation of the corporation.  Upon the dissolution of the\ncorporation or the cession of its activities all the property and moneys\nof such corporation shall be disposed of in a manner provided by such\nlaw.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 357 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 8 / Section 357
Statutory or contract colleges
Status: in_force

§ 357. Statutory or contract colleges.  Statutory or contract colleges\nshall continue to be operated pursuant to the provisions of this chapter\nbut such colleges shall be subject to the general supervision of the\nstate university trustees.\n
N.Y. VAT Law § 134-A — New York Code / Act VAT / Title 1 / Article 1 / Section 134-A
Qualifying highway
Status: in_force

§ 134-a. Qualifying highway. The highways on the national system of\ninterstate and defense highways and federal-aid primary system highways\nthat are designated by the commissioner of transportation pursuant to\nsection sixteen hundred twenty-seven of this chapter.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 1020-HH — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 5 / Title 1-A / Section 1020-HH
Green jobs-green New York on-bill recovery
Status: in_force

§ 1020-hh. Green jobs-green New York on-bill recovery. 1. Within three\nhundred days of the effective date of this section, the authority shall\nestablish a program to provide for the billing and collection of on-bill\nrecovery charges for payment of obligations of its customers to the\ngreen jobs-green New York revolving loan fund established pursuant to\ntitle nine-A of article eight of the public authorities law. Such\nprogram shall be consistent with the standards set forth in subdivision\nthree of section forty-two and section sixty-six-m of the public service\nlaw. To the maximum extent practicable, funding available from the New\nYork state energy research and development authority shall be utilized\nto defray any costs associated with electronic data interchange\nimprovements or other costs of initiating and implementing this program.\nBilling and collection services under such tariffs shall commence as\nsoon as practicable after establishment of the program.\n  2. The authority may suspend its offering of the on-bill recovery\ncharge provided that the authority makes a finding that there is a\nsignificant increase in arrears or utility service disconnections that\nthe authority determines is directly related to such charge, or a\nfinding of other good cause.\n
N.Y. GOB Law § 7-109 — New York Code / Act GOB / Article 7 / Title 1 / Section 7-109
Commencement of a proceeding or action by the attorney general to compel compliance
Status: in_force

§ 7-109. Commencement of a proceeding or action by the attorney\ngeneral to compel compliance. If it appears to the attorney general that\nany person, association, or corporation has violated or is violating any\nof the provisions of this title, an action or proceeding may be\ninstituted by the attorney general in the name of the people of the\nstate of New York to compel compliance with such provisions and enjoin\nany violation or threatened violation thereof.\n  In connection with the institution of any such action or proceeding,\nthe attorney general is authorized to take proof and make a\ndetermination of the relevant facts and to issue subpoenas in accordance\nwith the civil practice law and rules.\n  If in such action or proceeding, the court finds that a respondent has\ncommitted such violation the court in its discretion may award to the\nattorney general a sum not exceeding two thousand dollars with respect\nto each such respondent as costs of investigation.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 260-A — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 5 / Part 2 / Section 260-A
Meetings of board of trustees
Status: in_force

§ 260-a. Meetings of board of trustees.  Every meeting, including a\nspecial district meeting, of a board of trustees of a public library\nsystem, cooperative library system, public library or free association\nlibrary, including every committee meeting and subcommittee meeting of\nany such board of trustees in cities having a population of one million\nor more, shall be open to the general public.  Such meetings shall be\nheld in conformity with and in pursuance to the provisions of article\nseven of the public officers law.  Provided, however, and\nnotwithstanding the provisions of subdivision one of section ninety-nine\nof the public officers law, public notice of the time and place of a\nmeeting scheduled at least two weeks prior thereto shall be given to the\npublic and news media at least one week before such meeting.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 4363 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 43-B / Title 1 / Section 4363
Waiting lists for organs
Status: in_force

§ 4363. Waiting lists for organs. 1. All organs retrieved for\ntransplantation in New York state shall be allocated according to\nwaiting lists developed by the organ procurement organization in the\nservice area in which the organ is procured, provided, however, that\nnothing herein shall preclude the exercise of medical judgment in\ndetermining the suitability of a proposed recipient to receive a\nparticular organ, and provided further, however, that if an organ is\nbrought into a service area of an organ procurement organization from\nthe service area of another organ procurement organization, the organ\nshall be allocated according to the waiting list developed by the organ\nprocurement organization in the service area in which the organ is to be\nimplanted. Nothing in this section shall prohibit:\n  (a) an individual donor from designating the recipient of an organ;\n  (b) organ sharing with other organ procurement organizations in\naccordance with federal and state standards including standards to meet\nthe needs of patients who are highly sensitized and for whom it is\ndifficult to identify a suitable kidney due to conditions such as a\nblood transfusion, immunization, prior pregnancy or a previous failed\nkidney transplant;\n  (c) organ sharing with other organ procurement organizations in\naccordance with organ sharing agreements approved by the commissioner.\n  2. In policies and procedures for distributing organs, no organ\nprocurement organization shall consider or give any preference to\npatients in a facility based upon the facility's past or present\nprocurement performance or its past or present relationship with a donor\nhospital.\n
N.Y. SOS Law § 131-C — New York Code / Act SOS / Article 5 / Title 1 / Section 131-C
Inclusion of parents and siblings of a minor in the public assistance household
Status: in_force

§ 131-c. Inclusion of parents and siblings of a minor in the public\nassistance household. 1. For the purposes of determining eligibility for\nand the amount of assistance payable, the social services district\nshall, when a minor is named as an applicant for public assistance,\nrequire that his or her parents and minor brothers and sisters also\napply for assistance and be included in the household for purposes of\ndetermining eligibility and grant amounts, if such individuals reside in\nthe same dwelling unit as the minor applying for assistance. Any income\nof or available for such parents, brothers and sisters which is not\ndisregarded under subdivision eight of section one hundred thirty-one-a\nof this article, shall be considered available to such household. The\nprovisions of this subdivision shall not apply to individuals who are\nrecipients of federal supplemental security income benefits or\nadditional state payments pursuant to this chapter, or to individuals\nwhose relationship to the minor is that of stepbrother or stepsister, or\nto any other individuals whose needs are excluded pursuant to department\nregulations consistent with federal law and regulations.\n  2. For the purposes of determining eligibility for and the amount of\nassistance payable, the social services district shall deem available to\nany minor whose parent or legal guardian is a minor, any income of the\nparent or legal guardian of such minor parent or legal guardian residing\nin the same dwelling unit, to the same extent that the income of a\nstepparent would be included pursuant to subdivision nine of section one\nhundred thirty-one-a of this article.\n  3. For the purposes of this section a minor is a child under the age\nof eighteen.\n
N.Y. SOS Law § 394-E — New York Code / Act SOS / Article 6 / Title 1-A / Section 394-E
Allocation of credit
Status: in_force

§ 394-e. Allocation of credit. The aggregate amount of tax credits\nallowed under this title, subdivision fifty-nine of section two hundred\nten-B, subsection (ooo) of section six hundred six and subdivision (ee)\nof section fifteen hundred eleven of the tax law shall be twenty-five\nmillion dollars each year during the period two thousand twenty-three\nand two thousand twenty-four. Such aggregate amount of credits shall be\nallocated by the office on a pro rata basis to each business entity that\ndemonstrates eligibility pursuant to section three hundred ninety-four-b\nof this title.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 804-A — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 17 / Section 804-A
Comprehensive school health education demonstration program
Status: in_force

§ 804-a. Comprehensive school health education demonstration program.\n1.  Within the amounts appropriated, the commissioner is hereby\nauthorized to establish a demonstration program and to distribute state\nfunds to local school districts, boards of cooperative educational\nservices and in certain instances community school districts, for the\ndevelopment, implementation, evaluation, validation, demonstration and\nreplication of exemplary comprehensive health education programs to\nassist the public schools in developing curricula, training staff, and\naddressing local health education needs of students, parents, and staff.\n  2. School districts or BOCES may contract with appropriate agencies or\norganizations to participate in such program. Such program shall be\nlimited to health education at the elementary level and shall be\ndesigned on a multi-year basis. Such program shall include but not be\nlimited to the following components:\n  a. Developer grants for comprehensive school health education\nprograms.\n  (i) Such grants shall include the development, implementation, and\nevaluation of a comprehensive health education program including such\nactivities as:\n  (A) coordination of health instruction with other available programs\nin the school and the community related to health education;\n  (B) provision of inservice training and materials for elementary level\nschool teachers in comprehensive health education;\n  (C) development and implementation of evaluation procedures to measure\nstudents' knowledge, skills, behaviors, and attitudes prior to and after\nproject implementation; and\n  (D) development and implementation of a mechanism for project\nmaintenance and long-range programming.\n  (ii) Upon successful completion of the above activities and the\navailability of funds, such grant recipients will assist other local\neducational agencies with replication.\n  b. Health education regional training centers. Regional training\ncenters for the purpose of developing materials and providing training\nprograms to meet the needs of teachers statewide in the implementation\nof comprehensive school health education programs at the elementary\nlevel will be established.\n  c. Statewide advocacy for comprehensive health education. Development\nand implementation of a statewide advocacy program to create an\nawareness on the part of school administrators of the need to develop\nstrategies for implementing comprehensive school health education\nprograms at the elementary level.\n  d. Replication of validated health education programs. Grants will be\nawarded to local school districts or boards of cooperative educational\nservices for the replication of nationally or state-validated exemplary\nhealth education programs.\n
N.Y. SOS Law § 152-A — New York Code / Act SOS / Article 5 / Title 1 / Section 152-A
Burial reserves for certain recipients of public assistance or care from assigned assets
Status: in_force

§ 152-a. Burial reserves for certain recipients of public assistance\nor  care from assigned assets. When other provisions of this chapter\nproviding  for reserving an amount for the burial of a recipient of\npublic assistance  or care, from assets transferred or assigned to a\nsocial services official,  do not apply to a recipient because of the\ncategory of public assistance or  care received by him or her, as in the\ncase of a  recipient of safety net assistance, a similar burial reserve\nfrom  assigned assets may or shall, as the regulations of the department\nmay  permit or require, be set aside for such recipient; and any  such\nburial  reserve heretofore set aside with the approval of the\ndepartment, or in  accordance with its requirements, shall be deemed to\nhave been authorized.\n
N.Y. PEN Law § 490.25 — New York Code / Act PEN / Part 4 / Title Y-1 / Article 490 / Section 490.25
Crime of terrorism
Status: in_force

§ 490.25 Crime of terrorism.\n  1. A person is guilty of a crime of terrorism when, with intent to\nintimidate or coerce a civilian population, influence the policy of a\nunit of government by intimidation or coercion, or affect the conduct of\na unit of government by murder, assassination or kidnapping, he or she\ncommits a specified offense.\n  2. Sentencing.\n  (a) When a person is convicted of a crime of terrorism pursuant to\nthis section, and the specified offense is a class B, C, D or E felony\noffense, the crime of terrorism shall be deemed a violent felony\noffense.\n  (b) When a person is convicted of a crime of terrorism pursuant to\nthis section, and the specified offense is a class C, D or E felony\noffense, the crime of terrorism shall be deemed to be one category\nhigher than the specified offense the defendant committed, or one\ncategory higher than the offense level applicable to the defendant's\nconviction for an attempt or conspiracy to commit the offense, whichever\nis applicable.\n  (c) When a person is convicted of a crime of terrorism pursuant to\nthis section, and the specified offense is a class B felony offense, the\ncrime of terrorism shall be deemed a class A-I felony offense and the\nsentence imposed upon conviction of such offense shall be in accordance\nwith section 70.00 of this chapter.\n  (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, when a person is\nconvicted of a crime of terrorism pursuant to this section, and the\nspecified offense is a class A-I felony offense, the sentence upon\nconviction of such offense shall be life imprisonment without parole;\nprovided, however, that nothing herein shall preclude or prevent a\nsentence of death when the specified offense is murder in the first\ndegree as defined in section 125.27 of this chapter.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 396-A — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 8-B / Section 396-A
Deductions from benefits of certain retired members
Status: in_force

§ 396-a. Deductions from benefits of certain retired members. 1.\nNotwithstanding any other provision of law, an electing employee who is\nretired from the optional retirement system shall have the right, at any\ntime after such electing employee's retirement, to execute and file a\ndeduction authorization card with the designated insurer or insurers\nupon audit and warrant of the comptroller for employees of the state\nuniversity and by the appropriate fiscal officer for employees of an\nelecting employer authorizing the deduction from such electing\nemployee's retirement allowance of membership dues and such electing\nemployee's share of the cost for employee organization-sponsored benefit\nplans and the payment thereof to a retiree organization of which the\nelecting employee is then a member and which is then affiliated with\neither an employee organization certified or recognized as the\ncollective bargaining representative of all employees in the negotiating\nunit of which the electing employee was a part prior to his or her\nretirement or with an employee organization with which such employee\norganization is then affiliated. The designated insurer or insurers upon\naudit and warrant of the comptroller for employees of the state\nuniversity and by the appropriate fiscal officer for employees of an\nelecting employer shall thereafter deduct from the retirement allowance\nof such electing employee the amount of membership dues and such amounts\nrequired to be paid by such electing employee for such authorized\nemployee organization-sponsored benefit plans, and shall transmit the\nsum so deducted to said retiree organization. Such authorization shall\ncontinue in effect until revoked in writing by such electing employee.\nFor purposes of this section, the term "employee organization-sponsored\nbenefit plans" shall include any and all insurance plans and/or other\nbenefit plans sponsored by such retiree organization whether provided by\n(a) a not-for-profit corporation licensed under article forty-three of\nthe insurance law; (b) any insurance company authorized to do business\nin this state; (c) a health maintenance organization issued a\ncertificate of authority pursuant to article forty-four of the public\nhealth law; or (d) a self-insurance arrangement, welfare fund or benefit\nfund.\n  2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a retired elected\nemployee shall have the right, at any time after his or her retirement,\nto execute and file a deduction authorization card with the designated\ninsurer or insurers upon audit and warrant of the comptroller for\nemployees of the state university and by the appropriate fiscal officer\nfor employees of an electing employer authorizing the payment of\nvoluntary contributions to the political committee, as defined in\nsubdivision one of section 14-100 of the election law, of such electing\nemployee's employee organization, provided such organization is\ncertified or recognized pursuant to article fourteen of the civil\nservice law as the representative of all employees in the negotiating\nunit in which such retired electing employee was then employed. Such\nauthorization shall continue in effect until revoked in writing by such\nelecting employee. The designated insurer or insurers upon audit and\nwarrant of the comptroller for employees of the state university and by\nthe appropriate fiscal officer for employees of an electing employer\nshall determine the cost of administering deductions for voluntary\ncontributions to the political committee and the cost incurred for\nadministering such contributions shall be paid from the funds of the\npolitical committee.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 524 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 11 / Section 524
Exemption from taxation and execution
Status: in_force

§ 524. Exemption from taxation and execution.  The right of a teacher\nto a pension, an annuity, or a retirement allowance, to the return of\ncontributions, any benefit or right accrued or accruing to any person\nunder the provisions of this article, and the moneys in the various\nfunds created hereunder, are hereby exempt from any state or municipal\ntax, and shall not be subject to execution, garnishment, attachment or\nany other process whatsoever, and shall be unassignable except as in\nthis article specifically provided.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 310 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 7 / Section 310
Appeals or petitions to commissioner of education and other proceedings
Status: in_force

§ 310. Appeals or petitions to commissioner of education and other\nproceedings.  Any party conceiving himself aggrieved may appeal by\npetition to the commissioner of education who is hereby authorized and\nrequired to examine and decide the same; and the commissioner of\neducation may also institute such proceedings as are authorized under\nthis article. The petition may be made in consequence of any action:\n  1. By any school district meeting.\n  2. By any district superintendent and other officers, in forming or\naltering, or refusing to form or alter, any school district, or in\nrefusing to apportion any school moneys to any such district or part of\na district.\n  3. By a county treasurer or other distributing agent in refusing to\npay any such moneys to any such district.\n  4. By the trustees of any district in paying or refusing to pay any\nteacher, or in refusing to admit any scholar gratuitously into any\nschool or on any other matter upon which they may or do officially act.\n  5. By any trustees of any school library concerning such library, or\nthe books therein, or the use of such books.\n  6. By any district meeting in relation to the library or any other\nmatter pertaining to the affairs of the district.\n  6-a. By a principal, teacher, owner or other person in charge of any\nschool in denying a child admission to, or continued attendance at, such\nschool for lack of proof of required immunizations in accordance with\nsection twenty-one hundred sixty-four of the public health law.\n  7. By any other official act or decision of any officer, school\nauthorities, or meetings concerning any other matter under this chapter,\nor any other act pertaining to common schools.\n
N.Y. ELN Law § 7-105 — New York Code / Act ELN / Article 7 / Title 1 / Section 7-105
Ballot accountability
Status: in_force

§ 7-105. Ballot accountability. 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of\nthis chapter requiring ballots to include a numbered stub separated from\nthe ballot by a line of perforations, such numbered stubs shall not be\nrequired if the board of elections implements a ballot accountability\nprocess as prescribed by the New York State Board of Elections which (i)\naccounts for the number of each ballot style received by the election\ninspectors, (ii) retains a running count of ballots distributed and\nspoiled which would permit an interim reconciliation at any time during\nvoting; and (iii) provides for ballot reconciliation at the close of\npolls to verify that the number of ballots distributed to voters or\nspoiled when added to unvoted ballots equals the number of ballots\nreceived by the inspectors for the election.\n  2. Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter requiring that a\nballot consisting of two or more sheets be provided to the voter as a\nsingle ballot divided by a line of perforations, such perforated ballots\nshall not be required and such ballot may be provided to the voter as\nseparate, unconnected sheets provided: (i) the ballots clearly inform a\nvoter that the voter must receive the number of ballot sheets the voter\nis entitled to, specifying such number, and (ii) each such ballot sheet\nshall be prominently labeled as "ballot sheet (here insert the number of\nthe ballot sheet) of (here insert the total number of sheets comprising\nthe ballot)."\n  3. The state board of elections shall promulgate regulations for\nballot accountability consistent with this section which shall include\nspecific ballot accountability requirements applicable to any ballot on\ndemand printing process.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 607 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 6 / Title 1 / Section 607
Supplemental health services grants
Status: in_force

§ 607. Supplemental health services grants. 1. There shall be\nestablished within the special revenue fund-other a local public health\nservices program account. All revenues derived from fees collected by\nthe department pursuant to subdivision two of section six hundred six of\nthis article and all fines levied and collected by the department from\nenforcement actions pursuant to the services provided under titles one\nand two of this article, and monies received or recovered as a result of\nany audit exception assessed against the state aid reimbursement to a\nmunicipality under this article, shall be deposited in the local public\nhealth services program account.\n  2. Notwithstanding the limitations of available state aid defined in\nsection six hundred sixteen of this article, monies available for\nsupplemental health services grants in the local health services program\naccount shall be used by the commissioner for the purpose of providing\nsupplemental health services grants to municipalities for the\nenhancement of public health services, as an incentive for a\nmunicipality not organized as a county health district or a part-county\nhealth district to become organized or in recognition of municipalities\nwhich have consistently maximized revenue collections. Criteria for\neligibility for grants under this section shall be established by the\ncommissioner. Monies received from such supplemental grants shall be\nused to enhance or expand public health services and may not supplant\nthe amount that otherwise would be provided by the municipality or\nappropriated to the department.\n
N.Y. RPT Law § 300 — New York Code / Act RPT / Article 3 / Title 1 / Section 300
Property subject to taxation
Status: in_force

§ 300.  Property subject to taxation.  All real property within the\nstate shall be subject to real property taxation, special ad valorem\nlevies and special assessments unless exempt therefrom by law.\nNotwithstanding any provision of this chapter or of any other general,\nspecial or local law to the contrary, personal property, whether\ntangible or intangible, shall not be liable to ad valorem taxation.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 215-D — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 5 / Part 1 / Section 215-D
State university of New York report on economic development activities
Status: in_force

§ 215-d. State university of New York report on economic development\nactivities. The chancellor of the state university of New York shall\nreport to the governor and to the legislature, on or before January\nfirst, two thousand fifteen, on economic development activities\nundertaken by the state university of New York. Such report shall\ninclude, but not be limited to, expenditures of capital funds for\neconomic development activities received from the empire state\ndevelopment corporation, SUNY 2020 challenge grant projects, capital\nexpenditures from other sources, and activities for the purpose of\nsecuring START-UP NY approval.\n
N.Y. ELN Law § 17-162 — New York Code / Act ELN / Article 17 / Title 1 / Section 17-162
Judicial candidates not to contribute
Status: in_force

§ 17-162. Judicial candidates not to contribute. No candidate for a\njudicial office shall, directly or indirectly, make any contribution of\nmoney or other thing of value, nor shall any contribution be solicited\nof him; but a candidate for a judicial office may make such legal\nexpenditures, other than contributions, authorized by this chapter.\n
N.Y. SOS Law § 134-C — New York Code / Act SOS / Article 5 / Title 1 / Section 134-C
Requirement to publicly post information
Status: in_force

§ 134-c. Requirement to publicly post information. 1. Each local\nsocial services district shall be required to post information in\naccordance with this section, in a form and manner to be determined by\nthe commissioner. Such poster shall be conspicuous and visible to all\napplicants and/or recipients of public assistance who are applying for\nassistance and be at least eight and one-half inches by eleven inches in\nsize. Such information shall also be posted on the office of temporary\nand disability assistance's website.\n  2. Such information shall include, but not be limited to, informing\nindividuals who are applying to receive assistance that they have the\nright to:\n  (a) a fair hearing;\n  (b) ask about emergency assistance;\n  (c) apply for all benefits and services;\n  (d) ask about child care;\n  (e) free language services;\n  (f) screening and special services if experiencing domestic violence;\nand\n  (g) a written adequate notice.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 1501 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 15 / Title 1 / Section 1501
Municipal mosquito control; costs to owner and municipality
Status: in_force

§ 1501. Municipal mosquito control; costs to owner and municipality.\n1. Whenever the board of health of a municipality shall determine that\nany accumulation of water wherein mosquito larvae breed, constitutes a\nnuisance or a danger or injury to life or health, the owner or owners of\nthe premises on which the breeding place is located shall bear the\nexpense of its suppression or removal, or so much thereof as the local\nboard of health shall determine to be equitable as hereinafter provided.\n  2. If the local board of health of a municipality shall determine\nthat, owing to the natural conditions which are favorable to the\nbreeding of mosquitoes and owing to the benefit to be secured to the\npublic by the suppression of such conditions, a part of the expense of\nsuch suppression or removal shall be borne by the owner of such premises\nand a part thereof by the municipality wherein the premises are\nsituated, such owner or occupant may proceed to suppress or remove such\nbreeding place and shall be reimbursed by the municipality for such\nproportion of the reasonable expense of such suppression or removal as\nthe board of health shall have determined should be borne by the\nmunicipality.\n  3. For the purpose of ascertaining the actual cost of such suppression\nor removal, the board of health of the municipality or its duly\nauthorized agents may at all times have access to the premises whereon\nthe work is being carried on; and the owner of the premises shall\nfurnish to such board of health such information as the board of health\nmay deem necessary or desirable for the purpose of ascertaining such\nactual cost.\n  4. If in any such case the owner of the premises shall not proceed,\nwithin a reasonable time, to suppress or remove such breeding place, the\nboard of health of the municipality may proceed to suppress and remove\nthe same, and for such proportion of the expense of such suppression and\nremoval as the board of health shall have determined to be equitable, an\naction may be maintained against such owner, and the same shall become a\nfirst lien upon the premises.\n
N.Y. VAT Law § 123 — New York Code / Act VAT / Title 1 / Article 1 / Section 123
Motorcycle
Status: in_force

§ 123. Motorcycle.  Every motor vehicle having a seat or saddle for\nthe use of the rider and designed to travel on not more than three\nwheels in contact with the ground, but excluding a tractor.\n
N.Y. RPT Law § 724 — New York Code / Act RPT / Article 7 / Title 1 / Section 724
Appeals
Status: in_force

§ 724.  Appeals.  An appeal may be taken by either party from an\norder, judgment or determination under this article as from an order of\nthe supreme court, and it shall be heard and determined in like manner\nas appeals from such orders.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 3501 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 35 / Title 1 / Section 3501
Definitions
Status: in_force

§ 3501. Definitions. When used in this article, the following words\nand phrases shall have the following definitions:\n  1. "Radiologic technology" means the practice of radiography,\nradiation therapy and nuclear medicine technology.\n  2. "Radiologic technologist" means a person who is licensed under this\narticle to practice radiography or radiation therapy or nuclear\nmedicine.\n  3. "Radiography" means the use of x-rays or x-ray producing equipment\non human beings for diagnostic purposes under the supervision of a\nlicensed practitioner. The practice includes, but is not limited to:\nmeasuring and positioning patients; selecting and setting up exposure\nfactors on x-ray equipment, and the making of the x-ray exposure; the\nperformance of quality control tests; under the direct supervision of a\nlicensed physician, the intravascular administration of contrast media\nwhen such administration is an integral part of the x-ray or imaging\nprocedure; and, under the direct supervision of a licensed physician,\ncertified nurse practitioner, or licensed physician assistant, the\nintravenous administration of contrast media when such administration is\nan integral part of the x-ray or imaging procedure.\n  4. "Radiographer" means a person, other than a licensed practitioner,\nwho is licensed under this article to practice radiography.\n  5. "Radiation therapy" means the use of external beam and remote\nafterloading brachytherapy equipment for the application of ionizing\nradiation to human beings for therapeutic purposes under the supervision\nof a radiation oncologist. The practice includes but is not limited to:\nsetting up treatment position; selecting required filter and treatment\ndistance; positioning the beam directional shells and molds; using x-ray\nequipment for tumor localization; delivering the radiation treatment as\nprescribed by the physician; certifying the record of the technical\ndetails of the treatments; assisting the professional medical physicist\nin calibration procedures; assisting in treatment planning procedures;\nand the performance of quality control tests.\n  6. "Radiation therapist" means a person, other than a licensed\nphysician, who is licensed under this article to practice radiation\ntherapy.\n  7. "Nuclear medicine technology" means the use of radiopharmaceuticals\nadministered to human beings for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes\nunder the supervision of a physician authorized by a radioactive\nmaterials license. The practice includes but is not limited to: elution\nof a radiopharmaceutical generator; dosage preparation; assay of\nradiopharmaceutical dosages administered to patients; use of nuclear\nmedicine equipment on patients; performance of quality control tests;\nadministration of radiopharmaceuticals to patients for diagnostic\npurposes; and administration of radioactive materials to patients for\ntherapeutic purposes under the personal supervision of a physician\nauthorized by a radiopharmaceuticals license for such use.\n  8. "Nuclear medicine technologist" means a person who is licensed\nunder this article to practice nuclear medicine technology.\n  9. "Radiologist" means a physician duly licensed to practice medicine\nin the state of New York and who is certified by the American Board of\nRadiology or by the American Osteopathic Board of Radiology in\ndiagnostic radiology or radiation oncology.\n  10. "Radiation oncologist" means a physician duly licensed to practice\nmedicine in the state of New York and who is certified by the American\nBoard of Radiology or by the American Osteopathic Board of Radiology in\nradiation oncology.\n  11. "Licensed practitioner" means a person licensed or otherwise\nauthorized under the education law to practice medicine, dentistry,\npodiatry, or chiropractic.\n  12. "Professional medical physicist" means a person licensed or\notherwise authorized to practice medical physics in accordance with\narticle one hundred sixty-six of the education law.\n  14. "License" means a license granted and issued by the department\nunder this article to practice radiography, radiation therapy technology\nor nuclear medicine technology.\n  15. "X-ray or imaging procedure" means and includes conventional\ndiagnostic x-ray or radiology, computer tomography, angiography,\nmagnetic resonance imaging and ultrasound.\n  16. "Intravenous contrast administration certificate" means a\ncertificate granted and issued by the department under this article to\nadminister and inject contrast media.\n  17. "Supervision" means the oversight of a licensed radiologic\ntechnologist by a licensed practitioner acting within the limits\nspecified in the law under which the practitioner is licensed.\n  18. "Direct supervision" means a physician must be present in the\nsection of the facility where the procedure is being performed and is\nnot concurrently encumbered by responsibilities that would preclude the\nphysician from responding to a request for assistance within a timeframe\nthat poses no risk to the patient. The physician shall be immediately\navailable to furnish assistance and direction throughout the performance\nof the procedure, and is professionally responsible for the performance\nof the procedure. It does not mean that the physician must be present in\nthe room when the procedure is performed.\n  19. "Personal supervision" means the physician must be in attendance\nin the room during the performance of the procedure.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 470 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 10 / Section 470
Article not affected if in part unconstitutional or ineffective
Status: in_force

§ 470. Article not affected if in part unconstitutional or\nineffective.  If any section, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause\nor provision of this article shall be unconstitutional or be ineffective\nin whole or in part, to the extent that it is not unconstitutional or\nineffective, it shall be valid or effective and no other section,\nsubdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or provision shall on account\nthereof be deemed invalid or ineffective.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 511-A — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 11 / Section 511-A
Special service retirement
Status: in_force

§ 511-a.  Special service retirement.  1. Retirement upon a special\nservice retirement allowance shall be made under the following\nconditions: Any member, by written notice duly acknowledged and filed\nwith the retirement board before the first day of July, nineteen hundred\nsixty-seven, or within two years after he last became a member,\nwhichever is later, may elect to contribute pursuant to this section on\nthe basis of retirement at an age within five years of the age when he\nwould be eligible for superannuation retirement as provided under\nsubdivision one of section five hundred ten, but not before age\nfifty-five. After such election the rate of deduction from the earnable\ncompensation of the contributor shall be six and one-half per centum if\nhis normal rate as provided under section five hundred sixteen is four\nper centum, and shall be eight per centum if such normal rate is five\nper centum. Where a member elects to contribute pursuant to this\nsection, contributions at such higher rate shall be made from the first\nday of July, nineteen hundred sixty-seven, or from the first of the\nmonth following the expiration of thirty days subsequent to the filing\nof his election, whichever is later. If, at the time of retirement, the\nmember's accumulated contributions are insufficient to provide an\nannuity equal to the pension provided under paragraph b of subdivision\nfour of this section, he shall have the privilege of paying into the\nretirement system by a single payment the amount required in addition to\nhis accumulated contributions to provide an annuity equal to said\npension.\n  2. One year or more after the filing thereof, a member may withdraw\nhis election to contribute pursuant to this section on the basis of\nspecial service retirement. Such withdrawal shall be by written notice\nduly acknowledged and filed with the retirement board. Such member\nthereafter shall contribute on the basis of his rate of normal\ncontribution. Such member, upon application at any time prior to\nretirement and with the approval of the retirement board, shall be\nentitled to a refund of the amount of his contributions and regular\ninterest thereon, which is in excess of the amount of the accumulated\ncontributions which he would then have to his credit had he been\ncontributing on the basis of his rate of normal contribution.\n  3. Any member electing to contribute towards a special service\nretirement allowance under the provisions of this section, who has\nattained age fifty-five or over while in service, shall be eligible to\nretire at any time within five years before the date he would be\neligible for superannuation retirement as provided under subdivision one\nof section five hundred ten, if he files with the retirement board a\nstatement duly attested setting forth at what time not less than thirty\ndays nor more than ninety days subsequent to the execution and filing\nthereof he desires such retirement.\n  4. Upon special service retirement, a member shall receive a special\nservice retirement allowance which shall consist of:\n  a. An annuity which shall be the actuarial equivalent of his\naccumulated contributions at the time of his retirement, and\n  b. A pension of one quarter of his final average salary or if his\ntotal service is less than twenty-five years, a pension of one\none-hundredth of his final average salary multiplied by the number of\nyears of total service, and\n  c. If the member be a present teacher, a further pension of one\none-hundred fortieth of his final average salary multiplied by the\nnumber of years of total service certified on his prior service\ncertificate, and\n  d. If the member has contributed pursuant to paragraph c of\nsubdivision three of section five hundred sixteen, a further pension of\none one-hundred twentieth (1/120) of his final average salary multiplied\nby the number of years of total service in excess of twenty-five years\nbut not in excess of thirty-five years, nor in excess of the number of\nyears for which credit is allowed under paragraph d of subdivision three\nof section five hundred sixteen.\n
N.Y. ISC Law § 4901 — New York Code / Act ISC / Article 49 / Title 1 / Section 4901
Reporting requirements for utilization review agents
Status: in_force

§ 4901. Reporting requirements for utilization review agents. (a)\nEvery utilization review agent shall biennially report to the\nsuperintendent of financial services, in a statement subscribed and\naffirmed as true under the penalties of perjury, the information\nrequired pursuant to subsection (b) of this section.\n  (b) Such report shall contain a description of the following:\n  (1) The utilization review plan;\n  (2) Those circumstances, if any, under which utilization review may be\ndelegated to a utilization review program conducted by a facility\nlicensed pursuant to article twenty-eight of the public health law or\npursuant to article thirty-one of the mental hygiene law;\n  (3) The provisions by which an insured, the insured's designee, or a\nhealth care provider may seek reconsideration of or appeal from adverse\ndeterminations by the utilization review agent, in accordance with the\nprovisions of this title, including provisions to ensure a timely appeal\nand that an insured, the insured's designee, and, in the case of an\nadverse determination involving a retrospective determination, the\ninsured's health care provider is informed of their right to appeal\nadverse determinations;\n  (4) Procedures by which a decision on a request for utilization review\nfor services requiring preauthorization shall comply with timeframes\nestablished pursuant to this title;\n  (5) A description of an emergency care policy, which shall include the\nprocedures under which an emergency admission shall be made or emergency\ntreatment shall be given;\n  (6) A description of the personnel utilized to conduct utilization\nreview including a description of the circumstances under which\nutilization review may be conducted by:\n  (i) administrative personnel;\n  (ii) health care professionals who are not clinical peer reviewers;\nand\n  (iii) clinical peer reviewers;\n  (7) A description of the mechanisms employed to assure that\nadministrative personnel are trained in the principles and procedures of\nintake screening and data collection and are appropriately monitored by\na licensed health care professional while performing an administrative\nreview;\n  (8) A description of the mechanisms employed to assure that health\ncare professionals conducting utilization review are:\n  (i) appropriately licensed, registered or certified; and\n  (ii) trained in the principles, procedures and standards of such\nutilization review agent.\n  (9) A description of the mechanisms employed to assure that only a\nclinical peer reviewer shall render an adverse determination;\n  (10) Provisions to ensure that appropriate personnel of the\nutilization review agent are reasonably accessible by toll-free\ntelephone:\n  (i) not less than forty hours per week during normal business hours,\nto discuss patient care and allow response to telephone requests, and to\nensure that such utilization review agent has a telephone system capable\nof accepting, recording or providing instruction to incoming telephone\ncalls during other than normal business hours and to ensure response to\naccepted or recorded messages not less than one business day after the\ndate on which the call was received; or\n  (ii) notwithstanding the provisions of subparagraph (i) of this\nparagraph, not less than forty hours per week during normal business\nhours, to discuss patient care and allow response to telephone requests,\nand to ensure that, in the case of a request submitted pursuant to\nsubsection (a) of section four thousand nine hundred three of this title\nor an expedited appeal filed pursuant to subsection (b) of section four\nthousand nine hundred four of this title, on a twenty-four hour a day,\nseven day a week basis;\n  (11) The policies and procedures to ensure that all applicable state\nand federal laws to protect the confidentiality of individual medical\nand treatment records are followed;\n  (12) A copy of the materials to be disclosed to an insured or\nprospective insured pursuant to sections three thousand two hundred\nseventeen-a or four thousand three hundred twenty-four of this chapter,\nwhichever is applicable, and this title;\n  (13) A description of the mechanisms employed by the utilization\nreview agent to assure that all subcontractors, subvendors, agents or\nemployees affiliated by contract or otherwise with such utilization\nreview agent will adhere to the standards and requirements of this\ntitle; and\n  (c) The clinical review criteria and standards contained within the\nutilization review plan shall not be subject to disclosure pursuant to\nthe provisions of article six of the public officers law.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 3651 — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 10-D / Title 1 / Section 3651
Definitions
Status: in_force

§ 3651. Definitions. For the purposes of this title, unless the\ncontext otherwise requires:\n  1. "Authority" or "Nassau county interim finance authority" means the\npublic benefit corporation created by this title.\n  2. "Bonds" means bonds, notes and other evidences of indebtedness,\nissued or incurred by the authority.\n  3. "Chief fiscal officer" means the chief fiscal officer of the county\nas defined in the county charter.\n  4. "Comptroller" means the comptroller of the county.\n  5. "Control period" means a period determined by the authority in\naccordance with section thirty-six hundred sixty-nine of this title.\n  6. "County" means the county of Nassau.\n  7. "County charter" means the county government law of Nassau county,\nas amended.\n  8. "County executive" means the county executive of the county.\n  9. "County tax revenues" means (a) that portion of tax revenues that\nis deducted and withheld for transfer and credit by the authority to the\ncounty of Nassau revenue anticipation note withholding fund established\nby the authority and (b) the balance of tax revenues transferred by the\nauthority to the county, pursuant to section thirty-six hundred\nfifty-seven of this title.\n  10. "Covered organization" means the Nassau health care corporation,\nand any other governmental agency, public authority or public benefit\ncorporation which receives or may receive moneys directly, indirectly or\ncontingently from the county, but excluding the authority and (i) any\ngovernmental agency, public authority or public benefit corporation\nspecifically exempted from the provisions of this title by order of the\nauthority upon application of such agency, public authority, or\ncorporation to the authority or at the authority's own motion upon a\nfinding by the authority that such exemption does not materially affect\nthe ability of the county to adopt and maintain a budget pursuant to the\nprovisions of this title, and provided that at the time of such\nexemption, there shall have been and during the period of such exemption\nthere shall be an annual audit by a nationally recognized independent\ncertified public accounting firm or consortium of firms, one of which\nshall be a nationally recognized firm, of the covered organization's\nfinancial statements performed in accordance with generally accepted\nauditing standards and report by such auditor thereon which includes an\nopinion that the financial statements so audited have been prepared in\naccordance with generally accepted accounting principles and such other\ninformation as such auditors deem appropriate, (ii) any state public\nauthority as defined in section two hundred one of the civil service\nlaw, unless specifically named above, or (iii) any governmental agency,\nauthority, commission or instrumentality created by compact or agreement\nbetween the state of New York and another state or states; provided,\nhowever, that the authority may terminate any exemption granted by order\nof the authority pursuant to this subdivision upon a determination that\nthe circumstances upon which such exemption was granted are no longer\napplicable.\n  11. "Director of the budget" means the director of the budget of the\nstate.\n  12. "Financeable costs" or "costs" means costs to finance (a) amounts\nnecessary to accomplish a refunding, repayment or restructuring of a\nportion of the county's outstanding indebtedness or that of any covered\norganization, (b) cash flow needs of the county, (c) tax certiorari\nsettlements and judgments of any kind to which the county is a party,\n(d) appropriated capital costs of the county, including the costs of any\npreliminary studies, surveys, maps, plans, estimates and hearings, (e)\namounts necessary to finance any county deficit, to the extent\nauthorized by state law, or (f) incidental costs, including, but not\nlimited to, legal fees, printing or engraving, publication of notices,\ntaking of title, apportionment of costs, and capitalized interest,\ninsurance premiums, costs related to items authorized in subdivisions\nseven through ten of section thirty-six hundred fifty-four of this title\nor any underwriting or other costs incurred in connection with the\nfinancing thereof.\n  13. "Financial plan" means the financial plan of the county and the\ncovered organizations to be developed pursuant to section thirty-six\nhundred sixty-seven of this title, as from time to time amended.\n  14. "Interim finance period" means the period of time from the\neffective date of this title until the date when (a) the authority shall\ndetermine, based on annual audit reports furnished in accordance with\nthis title, that for each fiscal year, through and including fiscal year\ntwo thousand eight, that the county has adopted and adhered to budgets\ncovering all expenditures the results of which did not show a major\noperating funds deficit when reported in accordance with generally\naccepted accounting principles, subject to the provisions of this title,\nand shall further determine that in the then current fiscal year there\nis a substantial likelihood that the results of the county's operations\nwill not show a deficit in the major operating funds when so reported\nand (b) the chief fiscal officer shall certify that securities sold by\nor for the benefit of the county during the fiscal year immediately\npreceding such date and the then current fiscal year in the general\npublic market satisfied the financing requirements of the county during\nsuch period and that there is a substantial likelihood that such\nsecurities can be sold in the general public market from such date\nthrough the end of the next succeeding fiscal year in amounts which will\nsatisfy substantially all of the capital and seasonal financing\nrequirements of the county during such period in accordance with the\nfinancial plan then in effect.\n  15. "Legislature" means the legislature of the county.\n  16. "Major operating funds" means the general fund, the police\ndistrict fund, the police headquarters fund, the county parks fund and\nthe fire prevention fund of the county, together with any other funds of\nthe county or a covered organization from time to time designated by the\nauthority.\n  17. "NCIFA assistance" means the amount of debt service savings in a\ngiven fiscal year generated from the proceeds of bonds made available to\nor for the benefit of the county or any covered organization as\ndetermined by the authority.\n  18. "Presiding officer" means the presiding officer of the\nlegislature, elected pursuant to the rules of the legislature.\n  19. "Projected gap" means the excess, if any, of annual aggregate\nprojected expenditures over annual aggregate projected revenues for the\nmajor operating funds in each year of a financial plan as determined by\nthe county and certified by the authority. For purposes of determining\nthe projected gap in each fiscal year, annual aggregate projected\nrevenues shall not include the amount of NCIFA assistance or\ntransitional state aid expected to be available for such fiscal year.\n  20. "Public corporation" means and includes the county, the state and\nevery public corporation as defined in the general construction law.\n  21. "Revenues" means the tax revenues and all aid, rents, fees,\ncharges, payments and other income and receipts paid or payable to the\nauthority or a trustee for the account of the authority to the extent\nsuch amounts are pledged to bondholders, but in no event shall revenues\ninclude any transitional state aid.\n  22. "State" means the state of New York.\n  23. "Tax revenues" means sales and compensating use tax net\ncollections paid or payable to the authority pursuant to section twelve\nhundred sixty-one of the tax law.\n  24. "Transitional state aid" means any state aid appropriated to the\nauthority for the benefit of the county for (a) unrestricted aid\npurposes and (b) the purpose of assisting the county in streamlining the\ntax certiorari claims process and eliminating the need to borrow for\nsuch costs.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 551 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 12 / Section 551
Apportionment
Status: in_force

§ 551. Apportionment. 1. In order to meet proper health, welfare and\nsafety standards in qualifying schools for the benefit of the pupils\nenrolled therein, there shall be apportioned health, welfare and safety\ngrants by the commissioner to each qualifying school for the school\nyears beginning on and after July first, nineteen hundred seventy-one,\nan amount equal to the product of thirty dollars multiplied by the\naverage daily attendance of pupils receiving instruction in such school,\nto be applied for costs of maintenance and repair. Such apportionment\nshall be increased by ten dollars multiplied by the average daily\nattendance of pupils receiving instruction in a school building\nconstructed prior to nineteen hundred forty-seven. In no event shall the\nper pupil annual allowance computed under this section exceed fifty per\ncentum of the average per pupil cost of equivalent maintenance and\nrepair in the public schools of the state on a state-wide basis, as\ndetermined by the commissioner, and in no event shall the apportionment\nto a qualifying school exceed the amount of expenditures for maintenance\nand repair of such school as reported pursuant to section five hundred\nfifty-two of this article.\n  2. The apportionment pursuant to this section shall be reduced by one\none hundred eightieth for each day less than one hundred eighty days\nthat such school was actually in total session in the base year, except\nthat the commissioner may disregard such reduction up to five days if he\nfinds that the school was not in session for one hundred eighty days\nbecause of extraordinary adverse weather conditions, impairment of\nheating facilities, insufficiency of water supply, shortage of fuel or\nthe destruction of a school building, and if the commissioner further\nfinds that such school cannot make up such days of instruction during\nthe school year. No such reduction shall be made, however, for any day\non which such school was in session for the purpose of administering the\nregents examinations or the regents scholarship examinations, or any\nday, not to exceed three days, when such school was not in session\nbecause of a conference of teachers called by the principal of the\nschool.\n
N.Y. GOB Law § 13-105 — New York Code / Act GOB / Article 13 / Title 1 / Section 13-105
Effect of transfer of claim or demand
Status: in_force

§ 13-105. Effect of transfer of claim or demand. Where a claim or\ndemand can be transferred, the transfer thereof passes an interest,\nwhich the transferee may enforce by an action or special proceeding, or\ninterpose as a defense or counter-claim, in his own name, as the\ntransferrer might have done; subject to any defense or counter-claim,\nexisting against the transferrer, before notice of the transfer, or\nagainst the transferee. But this section does not apply, where the\nrights or liabilities of a party to a claim or demand, which is\ntransferred, are regulated by special provision of law; nor does it vary\nthe rights or liabilities of a party to a negotiable instrument, which\nis transferred.\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 27-0105 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 27 / Title 1 / Section 27-0105
Preferred statewide hazardous waste management practices hierarchy
Status: in_force

§ 27-0105. Preferred statewide hazardous waste management practices\n             hierarchy.\n  It is hereby declared that the following preferred hazardous waste\nmanagement practices hierarchy is to be used to guide all hazardous\nwaste policies and decisions:\n  a. The generation of hazardous wastes is to be reduced or eliminated\nto the maximum extent practical;\n  b. Hazardous wastes that continue to be generated are to be recovered,\nreused or recycled to the maximum extent practical;\n  c. Detoxification, treatment or destruction technologies are to be\nutilized for hazardous wastes which cannot be reduced, recovered, reused\nor recycled; and\n  d. Land disposal of industrial hazardous wastes, except treated\nresiduals posing no significant threat to the public health or to the\nenvironment, should be phased out as it is the least preferable method\nof industrial hazardous waste management.\n
N.Y. RPT Law § 1538 — New York Code / Act RPT / Article 15-A / Title 1 / Section 1538
Optional assignment of the responsibilities of the county director of real property tax services by the county of Rockland
Status: in_force

§ 1538. Optional assignment of the responsibilities of the county\ndirector of real property tax services by the county of Rockland.\nNotwithstanding sections fifteen hundred thirty, fifteen hundred\nthirty-two, fifteen hundred thirty-six, and fifteen hundred thirty-seven\nof this title, the county of Rockland may assign other county officials\nthe powers and duties of the director of real property tax services\ngranted to such director pursuant to this title. Such county officials\nshall be appointed and have the same terms and conditions of office as\nthe director of real property tax services and shall meet all of the\nqualifications, training, orientation, and interim certification\nrequirements as the director of real property tax services pursuant to\nthis title. All powers, duties and other requirements of the director of\nreal property services pursuant to this title shall be assigned to such\nappropriate county officials appointed pursuant to this section. All\nreports or other information required to be filed in the office of the\ndirector of real property tax services pursuant to this title shall be\nfiled in the office of the appropriate official assigned to receive such\nmaterial by the county of Rockland. If the county of Rockland chooses to\navail itself of this section: (1) it must assign all of the powers and\nduties of the director of real property services pursuant to this title\nto other county officials; (2) the officials appointed by the county to\nfulfill the powers and duties of the director of real property tax\nservices must meet all of the qualifications, training, orientation, and\ninterim certification requirements, and uphold all of the\nresponsibilities of the director of real property tax services pursuant\nto this title; and (3) it shall not be required to maintain a real\nproperty tax service agency.\n
N.Y. MDW Law § 143 — New York Code / Act MDW / Article 5 / Title 1 / Section 143
Construction of first floor
Status: in_force

§ 143. Construction of first floor. 1. The first floor above the\nlowest cellar, or, if there be no cellar, above the lowest story, shall\nbe fireproof or, if the dwelling be three stories or less in height,\nfire-retarded. Said first floor shall be unpierced except for a stair\nleading to a cellar as provided in section one hundred fifty, for lawful\npipes, conduits and ducts and for dumbwaiter and elevator shafts. Any\nsuch dumbwaiter and elevator shafts shall be equipped at all openings\nbelow the said first floor with fireproof doors and assemblies with the\ndoors self-closing.\n  2. Whenever the lowest cellar does not extend over more than half the\narea of the dwelling, that portion of the first floor directly over such\ncellar and the entire second floor above such cellar shall be\nconstructed as in this section prescribed for the first floor above the\nlowest cellar. Whenever the lowest cellar extends over more than half,\nbut not all, of the area of the dwelling, only that portion of the first\nfloor directly over such cellar need be constructed as in this section\nprescribed for the first floor above the lowest cellar.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 101 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 3 / Part 1 / Section 101
Education department; regents of the university
Status: in_force

§ 101. Education department; regents of the university.  There shall\ncontinue to be in the state government an education department.  The\ndepartment is charged with the general management and supervision of all\npublic schools and all of the educational work of the state, including\nthe operations of The University of the State of New York and the\nexercise of all the functions of the education department, of The\nUniversity of the State of New York, of the regents of the university\nand of the commissioner of education and the performance of all their\npowers and duties, which were transferred to the education department by\nsection three hundred twelve of the state departments law or shall have\nbeen prescribed by law before March sixteenth, nineteen hundred\ntwenty-seven, whether in terms vested in such department or university\nor in any sub-department, division or bureau thereof or in such\ncommissioner, board or officer, and such functions, powers and duties\nshall continue to be vested in the education department continued by\nthis chapter and shall continue to be exercised and performed therein by\nor through the appropriate officer, sub-department, division or bureau\nthereof, together with such functions, powers and duties as hereafter\nmay be conferred or imposed upon such department by law.  All the\nprovisions of this chapter, in so far as they are not inconsistent with\nthe provisions of this chapter as hereby amended or may be made\napplicable, shall apply to the education department continued by this\nchapter as hereby amended and to The University of the State of New\nYork, the board of regents of the university, the commissioner of\neducation and to the divisions, bureaus and officers in such department.\nThe head of the department shall continue to be the regents of The\nUniversity of the State of New York, who shall appoint, and at pleasure\nmay remove, the commissioner of education.  The commissioner shall\ncontinue to be the chief administrative officer of the department.  The\nregents also may appoint and, at pleasure, remove a deputy commissioner\nof education, who shall perform such duties as the regents may assign to\nhim by rule and who, in the absence or disability of the commissioner or\nwhen a vacancy exists in the office of commissioner, shall exercise and\nperform the functions, powers and duties conferred or imposed on the\ncommissioner by this chapter.  The regents of The University of the\nState of New York shall continue to constitute a board and The\nUniversity of the State of New York, which was continued under such name\nby section two of article eleven of the constitution, shall continue to\nbe governed and all its corporate powers to be exercised by such board.\n
N.Y. SOS Law § 131-B — New York Code / Act SOS / Article 5 / Title 1 / Section 131-B
Fees for services
Status: in_force

§  131-b.  Fees for services.  If and only to the extent the\nimposition of a fee is required by federal law and regulation to insure\ncontinued full federal financial participation in the state's plan for\nservices under applicable federal law and regulations, the department\nshall, by regulation, require a local social services district to impose\na fee for any service made available by that district to an individual\nwho is not a recipient of public assistance and care.  This section\nshall not apply to fees for day care services as authorized by title\nfive of article six of this chapter.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 3104 — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 10-A / Title 1 / Section 3104
State not liable for obligations
Status: in_force

§ 3104. State not liable for obligations. No obligation of the\ncorporation shall be a debt of the state, and the corporation shall have\nno power to make its obligations payable out of any property or moneys\nexcept those of the corporation.\n
N.Y. SOS Law § 390-L — New York Code / Act SOS / Article 6 / Title 1 / Section 390-L
Securing of furniture
Status: in_force

§ 390-l. Securing of furniture. 1. This section shall apply to any\nchild day care center as defined in paragraph (c) of subdivision one of\nsection three hundred ninety of this title, or any authorized agency as\ndefined in paragraph (a) of subdivision ten of section three hundred\nseventy-one of this title, including any agency boarding home or group\nhome.\n  2. Any facility to which this section applies shall take measures to\nsecurely anchor to the floors or walls of such facility all items of\nlarge furniture and all electronic appliances capable of being tipped\nover due to design, height, weight, stability or other features, using\nangle-braces, anchors or other anchoring devices. Any item of furniture\nor electronic device which cannot be so anchored shall be removed from\nthe facility.\n  3. If a violation of the provisions of this section is discovered by\nthe office of children and family services or any local social services\ndistrict authorized to inspect the facility at which the violation\noccurs, the agency discovering the violation shall provide written\nnotice of the violation to the operator of the facility and to the\noffice of children and family services if such office is not the\ninspecting agency within ten calendar days of the discovery of the\nviolation. The operator of the facility shall correct the violation\nimmediately, upon notice. If the violation is not corrected, the office\nof children and family services may take enforcement action in\naccordance with the applicable sections of state law.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 1020-XX — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 5 / Title 1-A / Section 1020-XX
Liberal interpretation
Status: in_force

§ 1020-xx. Liberal interpretation. This title, being necessary for the\nprosperity of the state and its inhabitants, shall be liberally\nconstrued to effect the purposes hereof.\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 37-0119*2 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 37 / Title 1 / Section 37-0119*2
Coal tar; prohibited
Status: in_force

* § 37-0119. Coal tar; prohibited.\n  1. A person shall not sell or offer for sale a pavement product\ncontaining coal tar.\n  2. A person shall not apply a pavement product that is labeled as\ncontaining coal tar on a driveway or parking area.\n  3. For purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the\nfollowing meanings:\n  a. "Coal tar" means a viscous substance obtained by the destructive\ndistillation of coal and containing levels of polycyclic aromatic\nhydrocarbons (PAHs) in excess of ten thousand milligrams per kilogram.\n  b. "Pavement product" means a material that is for use on an asphalt\nor concrete surface, including but not limited to sealcoat.\n  * NB There are 2 § 37-0119's\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 308 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 7 / Section 308
Other powers
Status: in_force

§ 308. Other powers.  The commissioner of education shall also have\npower and it shall be his duty to cause to be instituted such\nproceedings or processes as may be necessary to properly enforce and\ngive effect to any provision in this chapter or in any other general or\nspecial law pertaining to the school system of the state or any part\nthereof or to any school district or city.  He shall possess the power\nand authority to likewise enforce any rule or direction of the regents.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 813 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 17 / Section 813
School lunch period; scheduling
Status: in_force

§ 813. School lunch period; scheduling.  Each school shall schedule a\nreasonable time for each full day pupil attending pre-kindergarten\nthrough grade twelve to consume lunch.\n
N.Y. SOS Law § 376 — New York Code / Act SOS / Article 6 / Title 1 / Section 376
Certificate to board children and/or minors under age of eighteen years
Status: in_force

§ 376. Certificate to board children and/or minors under age of\neighteen years. 1. An authorized agency which shall board out any child\nand/or minor under the age of eighteen years shall issue to the person\nreceiving such child and/or minor for board a certificate to receive,\nboard or keep a child and/or minor under the age of eighteen years.\nPrior to issuing such certificate, the agency shall require that an\napplicant set forth: his or her employment history, provide personal and\nemployment references and sign a sworn statement indicating whether the\napplicant, to the best of his or her knowledge, has ever been convicted\nof a crime in this state or any other jurisdiction. In accordance with\nthe regulations of the office of children and family services, in\naddition to the requirements set forth in subdivision two of section\nthree hundred seventy-eight-a of this title and paragraph (a) of\nsubdivision one of section four hundred twenty-four-a of this article,\nthe agency shall review information available in the statewide automated\nchild welfare information system to determine whether the applicant\npreviously held such a certificate, or a license or approval as a foster\nparent and, if so, whether such certificate, license or approval was\nrevoked, not renewed, or a foster child was removed from his or her home\nfor health or safety reasons and shall consider such information in\ndetermining whether a certificate should be issued to such applicant.\nNot until all inquiries are completed and evaluated shall the agency\ncause such certificate to be issued.\n  2. The agency issuing or renewing any such certificate shall forthwith\ntransmit a copy or report thereof to the board.\n  3. No person shall be certified by more than one authorized agency but\nany person so certified may receive for care at board or otherwise a\nchild and/or minor under the age of eighteen years from other sources\nupon the written consent and approval of the certifying agency as to\neach such child and/or minor.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 253 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 5 / Part 2 / Section 253
Public and association libraries and museums
Status: in_force

§ 253. Public and association libraries and museums.  1. All\nprovisions of this section and of sections two hundred fifty-four to two\nhundred seventy-one inclusive shall apply equally to libraries, museums,\nand to combined libraries and museums, and the word "library" shall be\nconstrued to mean reference and circulating libraries and reading rooms.\n  2. The term "public" library as used in this chapter shall be\nconstrued to mean a library, other than professional, technical or\npublic school library, established for free public purposes by official\naction of a municipality or district or the legislature, where the whole\ninterests belong to the public; the term "association" library shall be\nconstrued to mean a library established and controlled, in whole or in\npart, by a group of private individuals operating as an association,\nclosed corporation or as trustees under the provisions of a will or deed\nof trust; and the term "free" as applied to a library shall be construed\nto mean a library maintained for the benefit and free use on equal terms\nof all the people of the community in which the library is located.\n  3. The term "Indian library" shall be construed to mean a public\nlibrary established by the tribal government of the Saint Regis Mohawk\ntribe, the Seneca Nations of Indians or the Tonawanda Seneca tribe and\nlocated on their respective reservations, to serve Indians residing on\nsuch reservations and any other persons designated by its board of\ntrustees.\n
N.Y. SOS Law § 143-B — New York Code / Act SOS / Article 5 / Title 1 / Section 143-B
Avoidance of abuses in connection with rent checks
Status: in_force

§ 143-b. Avoidance of abuses in connection with rent checks.  1.\nWhenever a recipient of public assistance and care is eligible for or\nentitled to receive aid or assistance in the form of a payment for or\ntoward the rental of any housing accommodations occupied by such\nrecipient or his family, such payment may be made directly by the public\nwelfare department to the landlord.\n  2. Every public welfare official shall have power to and may withhold\nthe payment of any such rent in any case where he has knowledge that\nthere exists or there is outstanding any violation of law in respect to\nthe building containing the housing accommodations occupied by the\nperson entitled to such assistance which is dangerous, hazardous or\ndetrimental to life or health. A report of each such violation shall be\nmade to the appropriate public welfare department by the appropriate\ndepartment or agency having jurisdiction over violations.\n  3. Every public welfare official shall have the power to initiate or\nto request the recipient to initiate before the appropriate housing rent\ncommission any proper proceeding for the reduction of maximum rents\napplicable to any housing accommodation occupied by a person entitled to\nassistance in the form of a rent payment whenever such official has\nknowledge that essential services which such person is entitled to\nreceive are not being maintained by the landlord or have been\nsubstantially reduced by the landlord.\n  4. The public welfare department may obtain and maintain current\nrecords of violations in buildings where welfare recipients reside which\nrelate to conditions which are dangerous, hazardous or detrimental to\nlife or health.\n  5. (a) It shall be a valid defense in any action or summary proceeding\nagainst a welfare recipient for non-payment of rent to show existing\nviolations in the building wherein such welfare recipient resides which\nrelate to conditions which are dangerous, hazardous or detrimental to\nlife or health as the basis for non-payment.\n  (b) In any such action or proceeding the plaintiff or landlord shall\nnot be entitled to an order or judgment awarding him possession of the\npremises or providing for removal of the tenant, or to a money judgment\nagainst the tenant, on the basis of non-payment of rent for any period\nduring which there was outstanding any violation of law relating to\ndangerous or hazardous conditions or conditions detrimental to life or\nhealth. For the purposes of this paragraph such violation of law shall\nbe deemed to have been removed and no longer outstanding upon the date\nwhen the condition constituting a violation was actually corrected, such\ndate to be determined by the court upon satisfactory proof submitted by\nthe plaintiff or landlord.\n  (c) The defenses provided herein in relation to an action or\nproceeding against a welfare recipient for non-payment of rent shall\napply only with respect to violations reported to the appropriate public\nwelfare department by the appropriate department or agency having\njurisdiction over violations.\n  6. Nothing in this section shall prevent the public welfare department\nfrom making provision for payment of the rent which was withheld\npursuant to this section upon proof satisfactory to it that the\ncondition constituting a violation was actually corrected. Where rents\nwere reduced by order of the appropriate rent commission, the public\nwelfare department may make provision for payment of the reduced rent in\nconformity with such order.\n
N.Y. ELN Law § 14-124 — New York Code / Act ELN / Article 14 / Title 1 / Section 14-124
Exceptions
Status: in_force

§ 14-124. Exceptions. 1. This article shall not apply to any person,\nassociation or corporation engaged in the publication or distribution of\nany newspaper or other publication issued at regular intervals in\nrespect to the ordinary conduct of such business.\n  2. The filing requirements and the expenditure, contribution and\nreceipt limits of this article shall not apply to any candidate or\ncommittee who or which engages exclusively in activities on account of\nwhich, pursuant to the laws of the United States, there is required to\nbe filed a statement or report of the campaign receipts, expenditures\nand liabilities of such candidate or committee with an office or\nofficers of the government of the United States, provided a copy of each\nsuch statement or report is filed in the office of the state board of\nelections.\n  2-a. The provisions of sections 14-102, 14-112 and subdivision one of\nsection 14-118 of this article shall not apply to a political committee\nsupporting or opposing candidates for state or local office which,\npursuant to the laws of the United States, is required to file a\nstatement or report of the campaign receipts, expenditures and\nliabilities of such committee with an office or officer of the\ngovernment of the United States, provided that such committee makes no\nexpenditures to aid or take part in the election or defeat of a\ncandidate for state or local office other than in the form of\ncontributions which do not exceed in the aggregate one thousand dollars\nin any calendar year, and provided further, that a copy of the federal\nreport which lists such contributions is filed with the appropriate\nboard of elections at the same time that it is filed with the federal\nfiling office or officer.\n  3. The contribution and receipt limits of this article shall not apply\nto monies received and expenditures made by a party committee or\nconstituted committee to maintain a permanent headquarters and staff and\ncarry on ordinary activities which are not for the express purpose of\npromoting the candidacy of specific candidates; provided that such\nmonies described in this subdivision shall be deposited in a segregated\naccount.\n  4. No candidate and no political committee taking part solely in his\ncampaign and authorized to do so by him in accordance with this article\nand no committee involved solely in promoting the success or defeat of a\nballot proposal shall be required to file a statement required by\nsections 14-102 and 14-104 of this article if at the close of the\nreporting period for which such statement would be required neither the\naggregate receipts nor the aggregate expenditures by and on behalf of\nsuch candidate or to promote the success or defeat of such proposal, by\nsuch candidate or such political committee or committees exceed one\nthousand dollars and such candidate or such committee files, on the\nfiling date otherwise provided, a statement, sworn or subscribed and\nbearing a form notice that false statements made therein are punishable\nas a class A misdemeanor pursuant to section 210.45 of the penal law,\nstating that each of such aggregate receipts and aggregate expenditures\ndoes not exceed one thousand dollars.\n  5. The provisions of sections 14-104 and 14-112, and subdivision a of\nsection 14-118 shall not apply to any candidate for member of a county\ncommittee of a political party or any candidate for delegate or\nalternate delegate to a judicial district convention if the campaign\nexpenditures made by or on behalf of such candidate do not exceed fifty\ndollars.\n  6. The provisions of sections 14-102, 14-104 and 14-118 respectively,\nof this article shall not apply to a candidate or a committee taking\npart solely in his campaign and authorized to do so by him in accordance\nwith the provisions of this article in a campaign for election to public\noffice or to a committee involved solely in promoting the success or\ndefeat of a ballot proposal in a city, town or village having a\npopulation of less than ten thousand, as shown by the latest federal or\nstate census or enumeration, unless the aggregate receipts of said\ncandidate and his authorized committees or the committees promoting the\nsuccess or defeat of a proposal or the aggregate expenditures made by\nsuch candidate and his authorized committees or the committees promoting\nthe success or defeat of a proposal exceed one thousand dollars.\n  7. No candidate who is unopposed in a primary election and no\npolitical committee authorized by him pursuant to the provisions of this\narticle and taking part solely in his campaign shall be required to file\nthe two statements of receipts, expenditures and contributions required\nby this article to be filed immediately prior to such uncontested\nprimary election, provided that all the information which would be\nrequired to be filed in such statements for a candidate for election to\npublic office shall be contained in the first statement required to be\nfiled in connection with the ensuing general election.\n  8. A political committee formed solely to promote the success or\ndefeat of any ballot proposal submitted to vote at a public election is\nexempt from filing statements required by this article until that\ncommittee has received or expended an amount in excess of one hundred\ndollars.\n
N.Y. RPT Law § 739 — New York Code / Act RPT / Article 7 / Title 1-A / Section 739
Prohibition against change in assessment following decision in small claims proceeding
Status: in_force

§ 739. Prohibition against change in assessment following decision in\nsmall claims proceeding.  1. Except as hereinafter provided and except\nas to any parcel of real property located within a special assessing\nunit as defined in article eighteen of this chapter, where the decision\nof a small claims hearing officer orders a reduction in an assessment,\nthe assessed valuation contained in such decision shall not be\nthereafter changed on such property for the next assessment roll\nprepared on the basis of the taxable status date next occurring on or\nafter the taxable status date of the most recent assessment under review\nin the proceeding subject to such final order or judgment.  Where the\nassessor or other local official having custody and control of the\nassessment roll receives notice of the order or judgment subsequent to\nthe filing of the next assessment roll, he or she is authorized and\ndirected to correct the entry of assessed valuation on the assessment\nroll to conform to the provisions of this section.\n  2. An assessment on property subject to the provisions of subdivision\none of this section may be changed on an assessment roll where:\n  (a) There is a revaluation or update of all real property on the\nassessment roll;\n  (b) There is a revaluation or update in a special assessing unit of\nall real property of the same class;\n  (c) There has been a physical change (improvement) to the property;\n  (d) The zoning of such property has changed;\n  (e) Such property has been altered by fire, demolition, destruction or\nsimilar catastrophe;\n  (f) An action has been taken by any office of the federal, state or\nlocal government which caused a discernible change in the general area\nwhere the property is located which directly impacts on property values;\n  (g) The owner of the property becomes eligible or ineligible to\nreceive an exemption; or\n  (h) The use or classification of the property has changed.\n  3. No petition for review of the assessment of such property shall be\nfiled while the provisions of subdivisions one and two of this section\nare applicable to such property.\n
N.Y. VAT Law § 140-C — New York Code / Act VAT / Title 1 / Article 1 / Section 140-C
Skate board
Status: in_force

§ 140-c. Skate board. A manufactured or assembled device consisting of\na platform having a pair of small wheels near the front and another pair\nat the rear mounted or permanently attached thereto, for skating or\ngliding by means of human foot and leg power.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 3400 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 34 / Title 1 / Section 3400
Funeral directing; definitions
Status: in_force

§ 3400. Funeral directing; definitions. As used in this article,\nunless otherwise stated, the following terms shall have the respective\nmeanings hereinafter set forth or indicated:\n  (a) "Funeral director" means a person to whom a valid license as such\nhas been duly issued.\n  (b) "Undertaker" means a person to whom a valid license as such has\nbeen duly issued.\n  (c) "Embalmer" means a person to whom a valid license as such has been\nduly issued.\n  (d) "Funeral directing" means the care and disposal of the body of a\ndeceased person and/or the preserving, disinfecting and preparing by\nembalming or otherwise, the body of a deceased person for funeral\nservices, transportation, burial or cremation; and/or funeral directing\nor embalming as presently known whether under these titles or\ndesignations or otherwise.\n  (e) "Undertaking" means the care, disposal, transportation, burial or\ncremation by any means other than embalming of the body of a deceased\nperson.\n  (f) "Embalming" means preparing, disinfecting and preserving, either\nhypodermically, arterially or by any other recognized means the body of\na deceased person for burial, cremation or other final disposition.\n  (g) "Funeral establishment" means a single physical location, address\nor premises devoted to or used for the care and preparation of a body of\na deceased person for disposition and for mourning or funeral ceremonial\npurposes.\n  (h) "Burial" includes transportation and/or cremation.\n  (i) "Advertisement" means the publication, dissemination, circulation,\nor placing before the public, or causing directly or indirectly to be\nmade, published, disseminated, or placed before the public, any\nannouncement or statement in a newspaper, magazine, or other\npublication, or in the form of a book, notice, circular, pamphlet,\nletter, hand-bill, poster, bill, sign, placard, card, label, tag, or by\nradio or television or any other means.\n  (j) "Funeral firm" means an individual, partnership, corporation or\nestate representative engaged in the business and practice of funeral\ndirecting.\n  (k) "Registered resident" means a person who passed a funeral\ndirecting examination and who is duly registered as such with the\ndepartment while in the employ of a registered funeral firm and who is\nengaged in the practice of funeral directing under the supervision of a\nlicensed funeral director or undertaker and embalmer; provided, however,\nthat a registered resident shall not have authority to sign any form or\ndocument required by law which requires the signature of a licensed\nfuneral director or make funeral arrangements or own or manage a funeral\nfirm.\n  (l) "Embalming fluid" means any chemicals or substances manufactured\nprimarily for use by licensed funeral directors, undertakers or\nembalmers, or registered residents, to prepare, disinfect or preserve,\neither hypodermically, arterially or by any other recognized means the\nbody of a deceased person for burial, cremation or other final\ndisposition.\n
N.Y. GOB Law § 9-105 — New York Code / Act GOB / Article 9 / Title 1 / Section 9-105
Right of entry for professional land surveyor performing surveying services
Status: in_force

§ 9-105. Right of entry for professional land surveyor performing\nsurveying services. 1. When performing surveying services as a\nprofessional land surveyor licensed under article one hundred forty-five\nof the education law, the land surveyor and authorized agents or\nemployees of any such land surveyor may enter upon or cross any lands\nnecessary to perform surveying services provided that the surveyor and\nauthorized agents or employees of such land surveyor:\n  a. makes reasonable efforts to notify the landowner or, in the case of\na lease, the lessee thereof of his or her intention to enter upon the\nowner's or lessee's land to make a land survey;\n  b. operates upon such lands during reasonable hours;\n  c. operates within a reasonable distance from the property line of the\nland being surveyed; and\n  d. carries proper identification as to their registration or\nemployment and displays such identification to anyone requesting\nidentification.\n  2. Nothing in this section shall be construed to:\n  a. remove civil liability for damage to land, chattels, crops or\npersonal property; or\n  b. authorized any professional land surveyor, authorized agent or\nemployee to enter any building or structure used as a residence or for\nstorage.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 265 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 5 / Part 2 / Section 265
Detention
Status: in_force

§ 265. Detention.  Whoever wilfully detains any book, newspaper,\nmagazine, pamphlet, manuscript or other property belonging to any public\nor incorporated library, reading-room, museum or other educational\ninstitution, for thirty days after notice in writing to return the same,\ngiven after the expiration of the time which by the rules of such\ninstitution, such article or other property may be kept, shall be\npunished by a fine of not less than one nor more than twenty-five\ndollars, or by imprisonment in jail not exceeding six months, and the\nsaid notice shall bear on its face a copy of this section.\n
N.Y. SOS Law § 131-N — New York Code / Act SOS / Article 5 / Title 1 / Section 131-N
Exemption of income and resources
Status: in_force

* § 131-n. Exemption of income and resources.  1. The following\nresources shall be exempt and disregarded in calculating the amount of\nbenefits of any household under any public assistance program: (a) cash\nand liquid or nonliquid resources up to two thousand five hundred\ndollars for applicants, three thousand seven hundred fifty dollars for\napplicants in households in which any member is sixty years of age or\nolder or is disabled or ten thousand dollars for recipients, (b) an\namount up to four thousand six hundred fifty dollars in a separate bank\naccount established by an individual while currently in receipt of\nassistance for the sole purpose of enabling the individual to purchase a\nfirst or replacement vehicle for the recipient to seek, obtain or\nmaintain employment, so long as the funds are not used for any other\npurpose, (c) an amount up to one thousand four hundred dollars in a\nseparate bank account established by an individual while currently in\nreceipt of assistance for the purpose of paying tuition at a two-year or\nfour-year accredited post-secondary educational institution, so long as\nthe funds are not used for any other purpose, (d) the home which is the\nusual residence of the household, (e) one automobile, up to ten thousand\ndollars fair market value, through March thirty-first, two thousand\nseventeen; one automobile, up to eleven thousand dollars fair market\nvalue, from April first, two thousand seventeen through March\nthirty-first, two thousand eighteen; and one automobile, up to twelve\nthousand dollars fair market value, beginning April first, two thousand\neighteen and thereafter, or such other higher dollar value as the local\nsocial services district may elect to adopt, (f) one burial plot per\nhousehold member as defined in department regulations, (g) bona fide\nfuneral agreements up to a total of one thousand five hundred dollars in\nequity value per household member, (h) funds in an individual\ndevelopment account established in accordance with subdivision five of\nsection three hundred fifty-eight of this chapter and section four\nhundred three of the social security act, (i) for a period of six\nmonths, real property which the household is making a good faith effort\nto sell, in accordance with department regulations and tangible personal\nproperty necessary for business or for employment purposes in accordance\nwith department regulations, and (j) funds in a qualified tuition\nprogram that satisfies the requirement of section 529 of the Internal\nRevenue Code of 1986, as amended, and (k) funds in a New York achieving\na better life experience savings account established in accordance with\narticle eighty-four of the mental hygiene law.\n  If federal law or regulations require the exemption or disregard of\nadditional income and resources in determining need for family\nassistance, or medical assistance not exempted or disregarded pursuant\nto any other provision of this chapter, the department may, by\nregulations subject to the approval of the director of the budget,\nrequire social services officials to exempt or disregard such income and\nresources. Refunds resulting from earned income tax credits shall be\ndisregarded in public assistance programs.\n  2. If and to the extent permitted by federal law and regulations,\namounts received under section 105 of Public Law 100-383 as reparation\npayments for internment of Japanese-Americans and payments made to\nindividuals because of their status as victims of Nazi persecution as\ndefined in P.L. 103-286 shall be exempt from consideration as income or\nresources for purposes of determining eligibility for and the amount of\nbenefits under any program provided under the authority of this chapter\nand under title XX of the Social Security Act.\n  3. The department is authorized to establish regulations defining\nincome and resources. The department is further authorized to promulgate\nregulations it deems necessary to prevent the improper establishment and\nuse of accounts for purchase of first or replacement vehicles.\n  * NB Effective until August 22, 2027\n  * § 131-n. Additional exemption of income and resources pursuant to\nfederal law and regulations. 1. If federal law or regulations require,\nas a condition of qualifying for federal financial participation, the\nexemption or disregard of income and resources in determining need for\naid to dependent children, or medical assistance not exempted or\ndisregarded pursuant to any other provision of this chapter, the\ndepartment may, by regulations subject to the approval of the director\nof the budget, require social services officials to exempt or disregard\nsuch income and resources. Such exemptions and disregards shall be\nlimited solely to income resulting from increases in social security\nbenefits authorized by Public Law 92-336, and refunds required to be\ndisregarded in federally aided programs by Public Law 94-164 for months\nprior to July first, nineteen hundred seventy-six, or any other federal\nlaw extending the requirement that refunds resulting from earned income\ntax credits be disregarded in federally aided programs.\n  2. If and to the extent permitted by federal law and regulations,\namounts received under section 105 of Public Law 100-383 as reparation\npayments for internment of Japanese-Americans and payments made to\nindividuals because of their status as victims of Nazi persecution as\ndefined in P.L. 103-286 shall be exempt from consideration as income or\nresources for purposes of determining eligibility for and the amount of\nbenefits under any program provided under the authority of this article\nand under title XX of the Social Security Act; provided, however, that\nsuch treatment shall be applied in the home relief program only to the\nextent that it is permitted under federal law in the program of aid to\ndependent children.\n  * NB Effective August 22, 2027\n
N.Y. UDC Law § 2503 — New York Code / Act UDC / Article 25 / Title 1 / Section 2503
Disposition of fines and penalties
Status: in_force

§ 2503. Disposition of fines and penalties. All fines and penalties\nimposed and collected by any judge of the court sitting as a court of\nspecial sessions or as a magistrate's court shall be paid over to the\ncounty treasurer and be credited by him to the first judicial district,\nexcept as follows:\n  1. Fines and penalties collected in cases arising out of the violation\nof the ordinances or regulations of any town or village shall be paid at\nleast monthly into the treasury of such town or village.\n  2. Fines and penalties which by any general state law are payable to\nthe state of New York or to any department, commission or agency thereof\nshall be paid as in such general state law provided at least monthly.\n  3. Fines and penalties collected for violation of the conservation law\nand of laws and ordinances in relation to the use of the public highways\nby motor vehicles, trailers and motorcycles shall be disposed of as now\nor hereafter required by law except as provided in subdivision four of\nthis section and except further that fines and penalties collected in\ncases arising out of the violation of the regulations of the Long Island\nstate park commission and the state commissioner of parks and recreation\nrelating to traffic, shall be paid over to the county treasurer and\ncredited to the first judicial district.\n  4. Fines and penalties, which by general state laws, but for this\nsection, would be required to be paid to a town or any officer of a\ntown, shall be paid instead to the county treasurer and credited to the\nfirst judicial district.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 2205 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 22 / Title 1 / Section 2205
Tuberculosis; removal of patients to this state; reciprocity agreements
Status: in_force

§ 2205. Tuberculosis; removal of patients to this state; reciprocity\nagreements.  1. The commissioner may make reciprocal agreements with\nstate officials or agencies of other states regarding interstate\ntransportation of state charges without state residence and to arrange\nfor the acceptance and tuberculosis hospital care and treatment of\npersons receiving similar public care and treatment in other states in\naccordance with the terms of such reciprocal agreements, but this state\nshall not, nor shall any county or city be committed to such care and\ntreatment of persons who are not, in the opinion of the commissioner,\nentitled to such public care and treatment by the laws of this state.\n  2. No agreement made pursuant to the provisions of this section shall\nbecome effective until the attorney general has approved its form and\nsufficiency.\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 15-0107 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 15 / Title 1 / Section 15-0107
Definitions as used in this article
Status: in_force

§ 15-0107. Definitions as used in this article.\n  1. "Person" means any individual, firm, co-partnership, association or\ncorporation other than the state and a "public corporation."\n  2. "Public corporation" means "public corporation" as defined in\nsubdivision one of Section 3 of the General Corporation Law and includes\nall public authorities, except the Power Authority of the State of New\nYork.\n  3. "Municipality" or "municipal corporation" includes a county, city,\ntown and village.\n  4. "Waters" shall be construed to include lakes, bays, sounds, ponds,\nimpounding reservoirs, springs, wells, rivers, streams, creeks,\nestuaries, marshes, inlets, canals, the Atlantic ocean within the\nterritorial limits of the state of New York, and all other bodies of\nsurface or underground water, natural or artificial, inland or coastal,\nfresh or salt, public or private, which are wholly or partially within\nor bordering the state or within its jurisdiction.\n  5. "Water power" shall be construed to mean power developed from\nfalling or flowing water, and all electrical current and other forms of\nenergy into which such power may be transformed.\n  6. The term "comprehensive planning" as used in title 11 of this\narticle shall be deemed to mean multi-purpose planning for at least two,\nand as many more as may be found to be practicable and reasonable, of\nthe purposes and uses as provided by this article 15 or by any other\nstatute, the provisions of which and the procedures authorized thereby\nare to remain in full force and effect.\n  7. Other definitions, applicable to this article, are found in\nsections 15-1301, 15-1703, 15-1973 and 15-2101.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 1103 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 23 / Part 1 / Section 1103
Courses of study and qualifications of teachers
Status: in_force

§ 1103. Courses of study and qualifications of teachers.  The courses\nof instruction to accomplish the purposes of part one of this article\nare to be approved by the commissioner of education.  Such courses when\nconducted in elementary or secondary schools are to be approved by the\nsuperintendent in whose jurisdiction such instruction is given.  The\nqualifications of the teachers, directors, assistants and supervisors\nemployed by a vocational education and extension board must conform to\nthe regulations of the regents of the university and the commissioner of\neducation.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 1 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 1 / Title 1 / Section 1
Short title
Status: in_force

§ 1. Short title.  This chapter shall be known as the "Public Health\nLaw."\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 918 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 19 / Section 918
School district nutrition advisory committees
Status: in_force

§ 918. School district nutrition advisory committees. 1. a. Every\nschool district is hereby authorized and encouraged to establish a child\nnutrition advisory committee.\n  b. The district advisory committee is encouraged to meet at least\nquarterly.\n  c. The committee is encouraged to include, but not be limited to, a\nrepresentative of the school board, the food preparation staff, the\nphysical education departments, the school nurse or health staff, a\nregistered dietitian, if available, the faculty of the district, the\nparent teacher associations in the district, the students enrolled in\nthe district, and the parents or guardians of students enrolled in the\ndistrict.\n  d. If, due to special circumstances of a district, it is impossible or\nimpracticable for all groups recommended to have members on the\ncommittee to be represented, the district may approve a committee that,\nto the greatest extent possible, represents the interests of the\naforementioned groups.\n  2. The district is encouraged to give, in such newsletter, if any,\nthat precedes the commencement of school in the fall, written notice to\nall parents or guardians of enrolled students of the existence of a\nschool district nutrition advisory committee and supply information as\nto how such interested parents or guardians may participate on such\ncommittee.\n  3. The district is encouraged, to the extent practicable, to give\nnotice to all parents or guardians and students through its regular\nnewsletters or other regular forms of written communication as to the\nscheduled dates of all meetings of the advisory committee.\n  4. The committee is encouraged to study and make recommendations on\nall facets of the current nutritional policies of the district\nincluding, but not limited to, the goals of the district to promote\nwellness and proper nutrition, vending machine sales; menu criteria;\neducational curriculum teaching healthy nutrition; promote the\nachievement and maintenance of healthy weight; educational information\nprovided to parents or guardians regarding healthy nutrition and the\nhealth risks associated with obesity, asthma, chronic bronchitis and\nother chronic respiratory disease; opportunities offered to parents or\nguardians on how to encourage healthier eating habits to students; and\nthe education provided to teachers and other staff as to the importance\nof healthy nutrition and the health risks associated with a student's\nweight. In addition the committee shall consider recommendations and\npractices of other districts and nutrition studies.\n  5. The committee is encouraged to report periodically to the district\nregarding practices that will educate teachers, parents or guardians and\nchildren about healthy nutrition and raise awareness of the dangers of\nobesity, asthma, chronic bronchitis and other chronic respiratory\ndiseases. The committee is encouraged also to provide any parent teacher\nassociations in the district with such findings and recommendations.\n  6. Each June, the committee shall report to the board of the local\nschool district regarding the status of the implementation of the\ndistrict's programs to improve students' nutritional awareness and\nhealthy diet.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 346 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 7-A / Section 346
Test subject review of computerized test
Status: in_force

§ 346. Test subject review of computerized test. Beginning in the test\nyear two thousand, a test agency which administered a computerized test\nin test year nineteen hundred ninety-four shall offer test subjects who\ntake a computerized test a process whereby test subjects are afforded\nthe opportunity to review questions and answers from their computerized\ntests. On or before July first, nineteen hundred ninety-eight, such test\nagency shall submit to the commissioner a report detailing the\nimplementation of such process. Such report shall set forth in clear\nlanguage the nature of such opportunity, which shall also be sufficient\nto meet the demands of such process. The commissioner shall review and\ncomment upon the report no later than September first, nineteen hundred\nninety-eight.\n
N.Y. ELN Law § 9-110 — New York Code / Act ELN / Article 9 / Title 1 / Section 9-110
Canvass; election day paper ballots that have not been scanned; method of
Status: in_force

§ 9-110. Canvass; election day paper ballots that have not been\nscanned; method of. 1. Election day paper ballots that have not been\nscanned because a ballot scanner was not available or because the ballot\nhas been abandoned by a voter at the ballot scanner shall be canvassed\nas follows: a bipartisan team of inspectors shall cast such ballots on a\nballot scanner, if one is available, at the close of the polls before\nthe tabulated results tape is printed. If a ballot does not scan because\nof an overvote or blank ballot warning on the ballot scanner screen, the\ninspectors shall cause the ballot scanner to eject such ballot to be\nhand counted pursuant to subdivision two of this section.\n  2. Election day paper ballots that cannot be scanned, as provided in\nsubdivision one of section 9-102 of this title as applicable and\nsubdivision one of this section shall be canvassed as follows: The\ninspectors shall unfold each ballot of the kind then to be canvassed and\nshall place all such ballots upon the table in one pile face down. The\nchair shall take up each ballot in order, turn it face up and announce\nloudly and distinctly the vote registered on each section, in the order\nof the sections upon the ballot, or that the ballot is void or the\nsection blank, as the case may be. If more than one person is to be\nelected to the same office or party position the chair, if the ballot is\nvoid or the ballot or section is wholly blank, shall announce as many\nvoid or blank votes as there are persons to be elected to the office or\nparty position. On a primary ballot a "section," as the term is used\nabove, shall mean the space occupied by the title of an office or party\nposition, names of candidates therefor and the voting squares therewith.\nThe canvass of each ballot must be completed before the next ballot is\ntaken up. When the tallies of the votes of all such ballots are proven,\nand the results announced, the inspectors shall affix tally sheets to or\nrecord the results from same on the return of canvass.\n  3. Nothing in this section shall be construed to require or permit\nabsentee or affidavit ballots to be canvassed at the poll site on\nelection day. Such ballots shall be canvassed pursuant to section 9-209\nof this article.\n
N.Y. ELN Law § 7-119 — New York Code / Act ELN / Article 7 / Title 1 / Section 7-119
Ballots; early mail voters
Status: in_force

§ 7-119. Ballots; early mail voters. 1. (a) Ballots for early mail\nvoters shall be, as nearly as practicable, in the same form as those to\nbe voted in the district on election day, except that such ballots need\nnot have a stub, and shall have the words "Early Mail Ballot", endorsed\nthereon.\n  (b) All provisions of this chapter not inconsistent with this\nsubdivision shall be applicable to early mail ballots prepared for\ncounting by a ballot scanner or by hand. The instructions for marking an\nearly mail ballot shall be provided and shall be substantially as\nfollows, so that they accurately reflect the ballot layout:\nINSTRUCTIONS\nMark the (insert "oval" or "square") to the left of the name of your\nchoice. (Provide illustration of correctly-marked voting position here.)\nTo vote for a candidate whose name is not printed on the ballot, (insert\n"mark the oval (or square) to the left of 'write-in' and print the name\nclearly" or "print the name clearly in the box labeled 'write-in'"),\nstaying within the box. Any mark or writing outside the spaces provided\nfor voting may void the entire ballot. You have a right to a replacement\nballot. If you make a mistake or want to change your vote, call the\nboard of elections at (insert phone number here) for instructions on how\nto obtain a new ballot. The number of choices is listed for each\ncontest. Do not mark the ballot for more candidates than allowed. If you\ndo, your vote in that contest will not count.\n  (c) When a question or proposal is included on the ballot,\ninstructions substantially similar to those provided in subdivision\nfifteen of section 7-104 of this article shall be included.\n  2. The determination of the appropriate county board of elections as\nto the candidates duly designated or nominated for public office or\nparty position whose name shall appear on the early mail ballot and as\nto ballot proposals to be voted on shall be made no later than the day\nafter the state board of elections issues its certification of those\ncandidates to be voted for at the general, special or primary election.\nThe determinations of the state board of elections and the respective\ncounty boards of elections shall be final and conclusive with respect to\nsuch offices for which petitions or certificates are required to be\nfiled with such boards, as the case may be but nothing contained in this\nsection shall prevent a board of elections, or a court of competent\njurisdiction from determining at a later date that any such\ncertification, designation or nomination is invalid and, in the event of\nsuch later determination, no vote cast for any such nominee by any voter\nshall be counted at the election.\n  3. There shall be three envelopes for each early mail ballot issued by\nmail: the inner affirmation envelope into which a voter places their\nvoted ballot, the outer envelope which shall be addressed to the early\nmail voter, and the mailing envelope which is addressed to the county\nboard of elections. The board of elections shall furnish with each early\nmail ballot an inner affirmation envelope. On one side of the envelope\nshall be printed:\n                       OFFICIAL EARLY MAIL BALLOT\n                                   for\n                GENERAL (OR PRIMARY OR SPECIAL) ELECTION,\n ..........., 20.......\nName of voter ..................\nResidence (street and number if any) ..............\nCity/or town of (village, if any) .................\nCounty of ...............................\nAssembly District ......................\nLegislative District (as applicable) ..........\nWard (as applicable) .....................\nElection District ....................\nParty Enrollment (in case of primary election) ....................\n  4. The date of the election, name of the county, and name of a city,\nif there be a separate ballot for city voters, shall be printed, and the\nname of the voter, residence, number of the assembly district, if any,\nname of town, number of ward, if any, election district and party\nenrollment, if required, shall be either printed or written or stamped\nin by the board.\n  5. There shall also be a place for two board of elections staff\nmembers or inspectors of opposite political parties to indicate, by\nplacing their initials thereon, that they have checked and marked the\nvoter's poll record and a box labeled "BOE use only" for notations\nrequired when the board of elections reviews affirmation ballot\nenvelopes pursuant to section 9-209 of this chapter.\n  6. On the reverse side of such inner affirmation envelope shall be\nprinted the following statement:\n                               AFFIRMATION\n  I do declare that I am a citizen of the United States, that I am duly\nregistered in the election district shown on the reverse side of this\nenvelope and I am qualified to vote in such district; that I have not\nqualified nor do I intend to vote elsewhere, that I have not committed\nany act nor am I under any impediment which 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 of early mail voter, I shall\nbe guilty of a misdemeanor.\nDate ............... 20 ................\n                                             ..........................\n                                             Signature or mark of voter\n                                             ..........................\n                                             Signature of Witness\n                                             (required only if voter\n                                             does not sign their own\n                                             name)\n                                             ..........................\n                                             Address of Witness\n  7. The inner affirmation envelope shall be gummed, ready for sealing,\nand shall have printed thereon, on the side opposite the statement,\ninstructions as to the duties of the voter after the marking of the\nballot, which instructions shall include a specific direction stating\nwhen such ballot must be postmarked and when such ballot must reach the\noffice of the board of elections in order to be canvassed.\n  8. Each inner affirmation ballot envelope shall be enclosed in an\nouter envelope addressed to the appropriate board of elections and\nbearing on it a specific direction that if an original application for\nan early mail ballot is received with the ballot, such application must\nbe completed by the voter and returned in the outer envelope together\nwith the sealed inner affirmation envelope containing the early mail\nballot within the time limits for receipt of the early mail ballot\nitself. Such inner affirmation envelope and outer envelope shall be\nenclosed in the third envelope addressed to the early mail voter. The\nouter and third envelopes shall have printed on the face thereof the\nwords "Election Material--Please Expedite".\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 3401 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 34 / Title 1 / Section 3401
Funeral directing; powers and duties of commissioner
Status: in_force

§ 3401. Funeral directing; powers and duties of commissioner.  1. The\ncommissioner may, from time to time, make and adopt such rules and\nregulations not inconsistent with law as may be necessary (a) in the\nperformance of his duties and in the administration of the provisions of\nthis article; and (b) to govern and regulate the conduct and transaction\nof the business and practice of funeral directing, undertaking and\nembalming.\n  2. The commissioner shall:\n  (a) ascertain what constitutes the best tests for determining whether\nlife is extinct, and shall prescribe the application of such tests, as\nhe may deem necessary;\n  (b) investigate all alleged violations of law and of all rules and\nregulations relating to funeral directing, undertaking, and embalming;\n  (c) appoint such personnel as he may deem necessary, who, subject to\nthe supervision, direction, and control of the commissioner, shall\nexercise the powers and perform the duties of the department and advise\nthe commissioner under this article.\n
N.Y. LAB Law § 937 — New York Code / Act LAB / Article 32 / Title 1 / Section 937
Civil penalties and revocation
Status: in_force

§ 937. Civil penalties and revocation. 1. The commissioner may, after\na notice and hearing, suspend or revoke any license, or censure, fine,\nor impose probationary or other restrictions on any licensee for good\ncause shown which shall include, but not be limited to the following:\n  (a) conviction of a felony relating to the performance of a mold\nassessment or mold remediation;\n  (b) deceit or misrepresentation in obtaining a license authorized\nunder this article;\n  (c) providing false testimony or documents to the commissioner in\nrelation to a license authorized by this article or any other license\nissued by the commissioner;\n  (d) deceiving or defrauding the public in relation to services\nprovided for a fee that require a license; or\n  (e) incompetence or gross negligence in relation to mold assessment or\nmold remediation.\n  2. Violators of any of the provisions of this article may be fined by\nthe commissioner in an amount not to exceed two thousand dollars for the\ninitial violation and up to ten thousand dollars for each subsequent\nviolation.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 1020-B*2 — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 5 / Title 1-A* / Section 1020-B*2
Green Island power district
Status: in_force

* § 1020-b. Green Island power district. There is hereby defined and\nestablished an area to be known as the "Green Island power district,"\nwhich shall embrace all the territory located within the village of\nGreen Island, Albany county.\n  * NB There are 2 § 1020-b's\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 668-E — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 14 / Part 2 / Subpart 2 / Section 668-E
Military enhanced recognition, incentive and tribute ("MERIT") scholarships
Status: in_force

§ 668-e. Military enhanced recognition, incentive and tribute\n("MERIT") scholarships. 1. Eligible persons. a. Notwithstanding\nsubdivisions three and five of section six hundred sixty-one of this\ntitle, children, spouses and financial dependents of a member of the\narmed forces of the United States or state organized militia who at any\ntime while in service in the armed forces of the United States, as\ndefined by subdivision eight of section one of the military law or in a\nforce of the state organized militia, as defined in subdivision nine of\nsection one of the military law: (i) while a legal resident of New York\nstate, died, became severely and permanently disabled or was classified\nas missing in action, or died as a result of injury or illness suffered\nor incurred during such military service; or (ii) while a legal resident\nof New York state, died or became severely and permanently disabled as a\nresult of injury or illness suffered or incurred during military\ntraining operations.\n  b. A member of the armed forces of the United States who: (i) became\nseverely and permanently disabled as a result of service in the armed\nforces of the United States, as defined by subdivision eight of section\none of the military law,; and (ii) was a legal resident of New York\nstate at the time of military service.\n  c. A member of the armed forces of the United States who: (i) became\nseverely and permanently disabled as a result of injury or illness\nsuffered or incurred during military training operations; and (ii) was a\nlegal resident of New York state at the time of military service.\n  d. A member of the state organized militia who: (i) became severely\nand permanently disabled as a result of injury or illness suffered or\nincurred during active military service, as defined in subdivision six\nof section one of the military law; and (ii) was a legal resident of New\nYork state at the time of active military service.\n  2. Amount. The president shall grant annual scholarships in amounts\ndetermined in accordance with subdivisions two and three of section six\nhundred sixty-eight-d of this subpart.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 672-B — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 14 / Part 2 / Subpart 3 / Section 672-B
Regents professional education in veterinary medicine scholarships
Status: in_force

§ 672-b. Regents professional education in veterinary medicine\nscholarships.  1. Number and certification. Ten regents professional\neducation in veterinary medicine scholarships shall be awarded each\nyear. Such scholarships shall be allocated as provided in article\nthirteen to eligible students as certified to the president by the\ncommissioner.\n  2. Duration. Such scholarship shall entitle the recipient to an award\nfor not more than four academic years while matriculated in an approved\nprogram, as defined by the commissioner pursuant to article thirteen.\n  3. Amount. The president shall make academic year awards in the amount\nof one thousand dollars, but if the income exceeds one thousand eight\nhundred dollars, the award shall be reduced by the amount of one dollar\nfor each eight dollars, or part thereof, of the excess, except that in\nno event shall the award be less than three hundred fifty dollars. If\nthe annual amount of tuition and educational fees payable by the student\nis more than three hundred fifty dollars, the award shall not exceed the\namount of such tuition and fees.\n  4. The provisions of this section shall only apply to any recipient\nwho receives his or her first award payment prior to the nineteen\nhundred eighty-five--nineteen hundred eighty-six academic year.\n
N.Y. PML Law § 1308 — New York Code / Act PML / Article 13 / Title 1 / Section 1308
Reports and recommendations
Status: in_force

§ 1308. Reports and recommendations. The commission shall carry on a\ncontinuous study of the operation and administration of casino control\nlaws which may be in effect in other jurisdictions, literature on this\nsubject which may from time to time become available, and federal laws\nwhich may affect the operation of casino gaming in this state. It shall\nbe responsible for ascertaining any defects in this article or in the\nrules and regulations issued thereunder, formulating recommendations for\nchanges in this article. The commission shall make available to the\ngovernor and the legislature within its annual report an accounting of\nall revenues, expenses and disbursements, a review of its licensing and\nenforcement activities conducted pursuant to section one thousand three\nhundred forty of this article and shall include therein such\nrecommendations for changes in this article as the commission deems\nnecessary or desirable.\n
N.Y. SOS Law § 142 — New York Code / Act SOS / Article 5 / Title 1 / Section 142
Exclusiveness of eligibility requirements
Status: in_force

§ 142. Exclusiveness of eligibility requirements.  No person receiving\nfederal supplemental security income payments and/or additional state\npayments, or family assistance shall for the same period receive any\nother of such forms of assistance.\n
N.Y. MRE Law § 65 — New York Code / Act MRE / Article 4 / Title 1 / Section 65
Artificial lighting
Status: in_force

§ 65. Artificial lighting.  The owner shall provide a light or lights\nin every public hall, stair and fire-stair on every floor so that every\nsuch space shall be lighted adequately.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 3302 — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 10-C / Title 1 / Section 3302
Definitions
Status: in_force

§ 3302. Definitions. As used or referred to in this title, unless a\ndifferent meaning clearly appears from the context:\n  1. "Board" shall mean the board of directors of the corporation as\nestablished by section thirty-three hundred three of this title.\n  2. "Bonds" shall mean the bonds, notes or other evidences of\nindebtedness issued by the corporation pursuant to this title and the\nprovisions of this title relating to bonds and bondholders shall apply\nwith equal force and effect to notes and noteholders, respectively,\nunless the context otherwise clearly requires.\n  3. "Corporation" shall mean the public benefit corporation created by\nsection thirty-three hundred three of this title, known as the\nWestchester county health care corporation.\n  4. "County" shall mean the county of Westchester.\n  5. "Department" shall mean the department of hospitals of the county.\n  6. "Health facility" shall mean a building, structure or unit or any\nimprovement to real property, including all necessary and usual\nattendant and related equipment, facilities or fixtures, or any part or\nparts thereof, or any combination or combinations thereof, including,\nbut not limited to, a general hospital, psychiatric hospital, ambulatory\nclinic or center, chronic disease hospital, nursing home, extended-care\nfacility, dispensary or laboratory or any other related facility, or any\ncombination of the foregoing, constructed, acquired or otherwise\nprovided by or for the use of the corporation or the county in providing\nhealth and medical services to the public.\n  7. "Director" shall mean a voting director appointed to the\ncorporation pursuant to section thirty-three hundred three of this\ntitle.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 1114 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 11 / Title 1 / Section 1114
Lead service line replacement grant program
Status: in_force

§ 1114. Lead service line replacement grant program. 1. The department\nshall allocate appropriated funds equitably among regions of the state.\nWithin each region, the department shall give priority to municipalities\nthat have a high percentage of elevated childhood blood lead levels,\nbased on the most recent available data. In distributing the awards\nallocated for each region to such priority municipalities, the\ndepartment shall also consider whether the community is low income and\nthe number of lead service lines in need of replacement. The department\nmay request that such municipalities provide such documentation as the\ndepartment may require to confirm award eligibility.\n  2. Further, the department shall establish a statewide plan for lead\nservice line replacement, which shall include, at a minimum, a report on\nthe implementation of subdivision one of this section, resources and\ntechniques for identifying lead service lines throughout the state, the\ncost of replacing lead service lines, recommendations for municipalities\non methods for evaluating the status of lead service lines present and\nguidance on replacement.\n  3. The department shall publish information, application forms,\nprocedures and guidelines relating to the program on its website and in\na manner that is accessible to the public and all potential award\nrecipients.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 203 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 5 / Part 1 / Section 203
Officers
Status: in_force

§ 203. Officers.  The elective officers of the university shall be a\nchancellor and a vice-chancellor who shall serve without salary, and\nsuch other officers as are deemed necessary by the regents, all of whom\nshall be chosen by ballot by the regents and shall hold office during\ntheir pleasure; but no election, removal or change of salary of an\nelective officer shall be made by less than six votes in favor thereof.\nEach regent and each elective officer shall, before entering on his\nduties, take and file with the secretary of state the oath of office\nrequired of state officers.\n  The chancellor shall preside at all convocations and at all meetings\nof the regents, and confer all degrees which they shall authorize.  In\nhis absence or inability to act, the vice-chancellor, or if he be also\nabsent, the senior regent present, shall perform all the duties and have\nall the powers of the chancellor.\n
N.Y. RPT Law § 733 — New York Code / Act RPT / Article 7 / Title 1-A / Section 733
Decision of petition for small claims assessment review
Status: in_force

§ 733. Decision of petition for small claims assessment review. 1. The\nhearing officer shall make a decision in writing with respect to the\npetition for small claims assessment review within thirty days after\nconclusion of the hearing conducted with respect thereto. The hearing\nofficer's decision may grant the petition in full or in part or may deny\nthe petition provided, however, that the decision of the hearing officer\nmay not reduce the assessment lower than that requested by the\npetitioner. If the assessment is reduced by an amount equal to or\ngreater than half the reduction sought, the hearing officer shall award\nthe petitioner costs against the respondent assessing unit in an amount\nequal to the fee paid by the petitioner to file the petition for review.\nIf the assessment is reduced by an amount less than half of the\nreduction sought, the hearing officer may award the petitioner costs\nagainst the respondent assessing unit in an amount not to exceed the fee\npaid by the petitioner to file the petition for review.\n  2. If the hearing officer determines from the petition and upon the\nevidence presented at the hearing that the assessment being reviewed is\nunequal or excessive, he shall order a correction of the assessment upon\nthe roll, in whole or in part, in such manner as shall be in accordance\nwith law or shall make it conform to other residential assessments upon\nthe same roll. If the real property is partially exempt from taxation,\nand the order does not specify how much of the total assessed value, as\ndetermined by the hearing officer, is exempt from taxation, the\nexemption shall be reduced so as to preserve the ratio of taxable\nassessed value to total assessed value that existed on the final\nassessment roll.\n  3. If the hearing officer determines that the petitioner did not\nqualify for review pursuant to section seven hundred thirty of this\ntitle, the petition shall be denied without prejudice and the\npetitioner, notwithstanding any other provision of law, shall be\npermitted to commence a proceeding pursuant to title one of this article\nwithin thirty days after having been served with a certified copy of the\ndecision; provided, however, that the petitioner may, with the consent\nof the hearing officer, amend the petition to reduce the amount of\nrelief sought so as to conform with the requirements of section seven\nhundred thirty of this title.\n  4. The decision of the hearing officer shall state the findings of\nfact and the evidence upon which it is based. Such decisions shall be\nattached to and made part of the petition for review and shall be dated\nand signed. Where the decision of the hearing officer determines that\nthe petitioner did not qualify for review pursuant to section seven\nhundred thirty of this article, a notice shall be attached to such\ndecision stating that the petitioner may seek judicial review of such\nassessment pursuant to this article, and that the last day to file for\njudicial review is thirty days after having been served with a certified\ncopy of such decision. Where the decision of the hearing officer\ndetermines that the petition is granted in full or in part, a notice\nshall be attached to such decision stating that the assessment will be\nchanged in compliance with such decision and that such change shall be\nmade on the assessment and tax rolls before the levy of taxes, if\npossible, or that a refund of taxes shall be made within ninety days\nafter such decision is made, or as is provided in Nassau and Suffolk\ncounties, followed by name, telephone number and/or address of a person\nor department responsible to take the actions required by section seven\nhundred thirty-four of this article.\n  5. The hearing officer shall promptly transmit the decision to the\nclerk of the court, who shall file and enter it in accordance with the\nrules promulgated pursuant to section seven hundred thirty-seven of this\ntitle.\n  6. The hearing officer shall, promptly mail a copy of the decision to\nthe petitioner, the clerk of the assessing unit, and the clerk of each\ntax district named in the petition.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 380 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 8-A / Section 380
Tax exemption of moneys and property of fund
Status: in_force

§ 380. Tax exemption of moneys and property of fund.  The moneys and\nproperty of the fund and its operations shall be exempt from taxation.\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 23-0101 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 23 / Title 1 / Section 23-0101
Definitions
Status: in_force

§ 23-0101. Definitions.\n  As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires:\n  1. "Buffer zone" means all that area outside and surrounding the\nunderground gas storage reservoir which the department approves as\nappropriate to protect the integrity of the reservoir, no part of which\nshall be more than thirty-five hundred linear feet from the boundary\nthereof.\n  2. "Cavity" means an open or partially open space left after a salt\nhas been solution mined.\n  3. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of environmental\nconservation.\n  4. "Department" means the department of environmental conservation.\n  5. "Fund" means the oil and gas fund as established in section\neighty-three-a of the state finance law.\n  6. "Field" means the general area underlaid by one or more pools.\n  7. "Gas" means all natural, manufactured, mixed, and byproduct gas,\nand all other hydrocarbons not defined as oil in this section.\n  8. "Local agency" means any local agency, board, authority, school\ndistrict, commission or governing body, including any county, city,\ntown, village or other political subdivision of the state.\n  9. "Metered" means the physical measurement of gas by means acceptable\nto the department.\n  10. "Oil" means crude petroleum oil and all other hydrocarbons,\nregardless of gravity, that are produced at the wellhead in liquid form\nby ordinary production methods and that are not the result of\ncondensation of gas.\n  11. "Owner" means the person who has the right to drill into and\nproduce from a pool or a salt deposit and to appropriate the oil, gas or\nsalt he produces either for himself or others, or for himself and\nothers.\n  12. "Person" means and includes any natural person, corporation,\nassociation, partnership, receiver, trustee, executor, administrator,\nguardian, fiduciary, or other representative of any kind, and includes\nany department, agency or instrumentality of the state or any of its\ngovernmental subdivisions.\n  13. "Plug and abandon" means the plugging, replugging if necessary,\nand abandonment of a well bore including the placing of all bridges,\nplugs, and fluids therein and the restoration and reclamation of the\nsurface in the immediate vicinity to a reasonable condition consistent\nwith the adjacent terrain.\n  14. "Pool" means an underground reservoir containing a common\naccumulation of oil or gas or both; each zone of a structure which is\ncompletely separated from any other zone in the same structure is a\npool.\n  15. "Producer" means the owner of a well or wells capable of producing\noil, gas, or salt; or any salt or hydrocarbon mixture.\n  16. "Product" means any commodity made from oil or gas and includes\nrefined crude oil, crude tops, topped crude, processed crude, processed\ncrude petroleum, residue from crude petroleum, cracking stock, uncracked\nfuel oil, fuel oil, treated crude oil, residuum, gas oil, casinghead\ngasoline, natural-gas gasoline, kerosene, benzine, wash oil, waste oil,\nblended gasoline, lubricating oil, blends or mixtures of oil with one or\nmore liquid products or by-products derived from oil or gas, and blends\nor mixtures of two or more liquid products or by-products derived from\noil or gas, whether herein enumerated or not.\n  17. "Reservoir" means any underground reservoir, natural or artificial\ncavern or geologic dome, sand or stratigraphic trap, whether or not\npreviously occupied by or containing oil or gas.\n  18. "Salt" means sodium chloride, evaporite or other water soluble\nminerals, either in solution or as a solid or crystalline material in a\npure state or as a mixture.\n  19. "Solution mining" means the dissolving of an underground salt by\nwater to produce a brine for transport to another underground or surface\nlocation for sale, processing or storage.\n  20. "Waste" means\n  a. Physical waste, as that term is generally understood in the oil and\ngas industry;\n  b. The inefficient, excessive or improper use of, or the unnecessary\ndissipation of reservoir energy;\n  c. The locating, spacing, drilling, equipping, operating, or producing\nof any oil or gas well or wells in a manner which causes or tends to\ncause reduction in the quantity of oil or gas ultimately recoverable\nfrom a pool under prudent and proper operations, or which causes or\ntends to cause unnecessary or excessive surface loss or destruction of\noil or gas;\n  d. The inefficient storing of oil or gas; and\n  e. The flaring of gas produced from an oil or condensate well after\nthe department has found that the use of the gas, on terms that are just\nand reasonable, is, or will be economically feasible within a reasonable\ntime.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 225 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 5 / Part 1 / Section 225
Unlawful acts in respect to examinations and records
Status: in_force

§ 225.  Unlawful acts in respect to examinations and records. A person\nwho shall:\n  1. Personate or attempt to offer to personate another person in\ntaking, or attempting or offering to take an examination held in\naccordance with this chapter or with the rules of the university; or\n  2. Take, or attempt or offer to take, such an examination in the name\nof any other person; or\n  3. Procure any other person to falsely personate him or to take, or\nattempt or offer to take, any such examination in his name; or\n  4. Have in his possession question papers to be used in any such\nexamination, when not contained in their sealed wrappers, or copies of\nsuch papers or questions, at any time prior to the date set for such\nexamination, unless duly authorized by the regents or the commissioner\nof education; or\n  5. Sell or offer to sell question papers or any questions prepared for\nuse in any examination held in accordance with this chapter or with the\nrules of the university; or\n  6. Use in any such examination any question papers or questions, or\nsecure or prepare the answers to such questions prior to the time set\nfor the examination; or\n  7. Willfully and wrongfully disclose or transmit to any person the\nquestions or answers to such examination prior to the time set for such\nexamination, unless duly authorized by the regents, commissioner of\neducation or appropriate school authorities or otherwise provided by\nlaw, or willfully and wrongfully destroy, falsify or conceal the records\nor results of such examination from the appropriate authorities to whom\nsuch records or results are required to be transmitted in accordance\nwith this chapter, the rules of the regents, the regulations of the\ncommissioner, or the by-laws, rules or regulations of such school\nauthorities; or\n  8. Transmit to the state education department answers to questions\nused in any such examination which are prepared or written outside of\nthe period of examination, or alter any such answers after such period\nis closed; or\n  9. Secure or attempt to secure any credential regularly issued by the\nuniversity, which is based upon such examination or based upon a course\nor courses of study in any institution of learning or educational\ninstitution approved by the university, which he has not actually passed\nor completed; or\n  9-a. Knowingly and willfully make an unauthorized and false alteration\nor representation of any official records related to a student and\nmaintained by a school or college under the supervision of the regents,\nthe commissioner, or the university of the state of New York, including\nidentifying data, grades, records of attendance, records of student\nachievement, assessment results, disciplinary records, and\nindividualized education programs.\n  10. Otherwise secure or attempt to secure the record of having passed\nsuch examination or of having been issued or of having been given credit\ntoward such credential in violation of the university rules; is guilty\nof a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished for a\nfirst offense by a fine of not less than fifty dollars or imprisonment\nfor not less than thirty days, or by both such fine and imprisonment,\nand for a second offense by a fine of not less than two hundred and\nfifty dollars or imprisonment for not less than six months or by both\nsuch fine and imprisonment.\n  11. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision ten of this section,\na violation of this section shall also constitute grounds for\ndisciplinary action in accordance with the provisions of this chapter,\nthe rules of the regents, the regulations of the commissioner, or the\nby-laws, rules or regulations of such school authorities.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 398 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 8-C / Section 398
Definitions
Status: in_force

§ 398. Definitions. Whenever used in this article:\n  1. The term "employer" means the state university of New York, the\nboard of higher education of the city of New York, or a community\ncollege established and operated under article one hundred twenty-six of\nthis chapter.\n  2. The term "employee" means a person employed by the state\nuniversity, the board of higher education of the city of New York, or a\ncommunity college established and operated under article one hundred\ntwenty-six of this chapter.\n  3. The term "comptroller" means the comptroller of the state of New\nYork with respect to the state university or the appropriate fiscal\nofficer with respect to other employers.\n  4. The term "salary" means that amount fixed by or pursuant to law and\npaid by or for an employer to an employee as compensation for services\nrendered by the employee to the employer.\n  5. The term "insurer" means a life insurance corporation or other\ncorporation subject to department of financial services supervision.\n
N.Y. RPT Law § 804 — New York Code / Act RPT / Article 8 / Title 1 / Section 804
Equalization by county equalization agency
Status: in_force

§ 804. Equalization by county equalization agency. 1. On or before\nNovember fifteenth in each year, the county equalization agency of each\ncounty shall inquire into and ascertain as near as may be the percentage\nof full value at which taxable real property in each city and town\ntherein is assessed, which percentage shall be the county equalization\nrate for such city or town. The county equalization agency shall\ndetermine the aggregate full valuation of taxable real property in each\ncity and town for the purpose of apportioning county taxes by dividing\nthe assessed valuation thereof by the county equalization rate\nestablished for such city or town.\n  2. Where the board of supervisors acts as the county equalization\nagency, the county equalization rate established for each city and town\nshall be stated in a resolution of the board of supervisors. Where\ncommissioners of equalization act as the county equalization agency, on\nor before November fifteenth in each year, they shall file with the\nclerk of the board of supervisors the county equalization rates and the\nfull valuations of real property determined by them, including an\nabstract of the evidence upon which the same is based, signed by at\nleast two of such commissioners, and the same shall be binding and\nconclusive on the board of supervisors.\n  3. The clerk of the county legislative body shall provide to each city\nand town a written notification of the county equalization rate\nestablished for each city and town. The written notification shall be on\na form prescribed by the commissioner and it shall be transmitted within\nfive days from the date of the resolution adopting the county\nequalization rates established by the county legislative body or within\nfive days of the date of the filing of the county equalization rates\nestablished by the commissioners of equalization.\n  4. The documentary evidence used in determining the county\nequalization rates for the several cities and towns shall be preserved\nand an abstract of the same published with the county equalization rates\nin the proceedings of the board of supervisors.\n