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N.Y. GBS Law § 458-F — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 28-BB / Section 458-F
Contracts; requirements and contents
Status: in_force

§ 458-f. Contracts; requirements and contents. 1. Every contract\nbetween a consumer and a credit services business shall be in writing,\nshall be dated, shall contain the street address of the credit services\nbusiness and the consumer, and shall be signed by the consumer and\ncredit services business. Each contract shall contain the following:\n  (a) A complete and detailed statement of the services to be performed\nand the results to be achieved by the credit services business for or on\nbehalf of the consumer, including a list of the adverse information\nappearing on the consumer's credit report that will be modified, a\ndescription of the precise nature of each modification, and the\nestimated date by which each modification will occur. A copy of the\nconsumer's current credit report issued by a consumer credit reporting\nagency shall be annexed to the contract with the adverse entries\nproposed to be modified clearly marked.\n  (b) A statement in at least ten point type as follows:\n  "Under New York law no fee may be collected in advance of performance\nof the services specified in this contract."\n  2. The contract shall be accompanied by a completed form in duplicate,\ncaptioned "Notice of Cancellation," which shall be attached to the\ncontract and easily detachable, and which shall contain in at least ten\npoint type the following:\n                         "Notice of Cancellation"\n  "You may cancel this contract,  without any  penalty or  obligation,\nwithin three days from the date the contract is signed.\n  "To cancel this contract, mail or deliver a signed and dated copy of\nthis cancellation notice, or any other written notice,\nto____________________ at\n    (name of seller)\n______________________________________________________________________\n    (address of seller)             (Place of business)\n  not later than midnight____________________.\n                              (date)\n    "I hereby cancel this transaction."\n                      ________________________________________________\n                              (purchaser's signature)\n                      ________________________________________________\n                                    (date)\n  3. A copy of the fully completed contract and all other documents\nshall be given to the buyer at the time the contract is signed.\n
N.Y. UJC Law § 2104 — New York Code / Act UJC / Article 21 / Section 2104
References in other laws
Status: in_force

§ 2104. References in other laws.\n  A reference in any general or special statute, law, local law,\nordinance, resolution, rule, regulation or order:\n  (a) to the justice court act or to any part thereof shall be deemed a\nreference to this act or to the appropriate part thereof if such\nsubstituted reference be consistent with this act.\n  (b) to a justice of the peace of a town shall be deemed a reference to\nthe town court as used in this act or the justice of such town court.\n  (c) to a police justice of a village shall be deemed a reference to a\nvillage court as used in this act or the justice of such village court.\n
N.Y. DPN Law § 8 — New York Code / Act DPN / Section 8
The port of New York authority is hereby authorized and directed to proceed with the development of the port of New York in accordance wi...
Status: in_force

§ 8. The port of New York authority is hereby authorized and directed\nto proceed with the development of the port of New York in accordance\nwith said comprehensive plan as rapidly as may be economically\npracticable and is hereby vested with all necessary and appropriate\npowers not inconsistent with the constitution of the United States or of\neither state, to effectuate the same, except the power to levy taxes or\nassessments. It shall request the congress of the United States to make\nsuch appropriations for deepening and widening channels and to make such\ngrants of power as will enable the said plan to be effectuated. It shall\nhave power to apply to all federal agencies, including the interstate\ncommerce commission, the war department, and the United States shipping\nboard, for suitable assistance in carrying out said plan. It shall\ncooperate with the state highway commissioners of each state so that\ntrunk line highways as and when laid out by each state shall fit in with\nsaid comprehensive plan. It shall render such advice, suggestion and\nassistance to all municipal officials as will permit all local and\nmunicipal port and harbor improvements, so far as practicable, to fit in\nwith said plan. All municipalities within the district are hereby\nauthorized and empowered to cooperate in the effectuation of said plan,\nand are hereby vested with such powers as may be appropriate or\nnecessary so to cooperate. The bonds or other securities issued by the\nport authority shall at all times be free from taxation by either state.\nThe port authority shall be regarded as the municipal corporate\ninstrumentality of the two states for the purpose of developing the port\nand effectuating the pledge of the states in the said compact, but it\nshall have no power to pledge the credit of either state or to impose\nany obligation upon either state, or upon any municipality, except as\nand when such power is expressly granted by statute, or the consent by\nany such municipality is given.\n
N.Y. FCT Law § 421 — New York Code / Act FCT / Article 4 / Part 2 / Section 421
Venue
Status: in_force

§ 421. Venue. Proceedings to compel support under this article may be\noriginated in the county in which one of the parties resides or is\ndomiciled at the time of the filing of the petition. Upon application,\nthe family court may change the place of trial of a proceeding in\naccordance with article five of the civil practice law and rules.\n
N.Y. CMA Law § 5 — New York Code / Act CMA / Section JR1S5
Effect of Inaccuracy
Status: in_force

§ 5. Effect of Inaccuracy. If the estimate or estimates contained in a\nfiscal  impact  note  are  inaccurate, such inaccuracy shall not affect,\nimpair or invalidate such bill.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 750-L — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 35-C / Section 750-L
Official acts used as evidence
Status: in_force

§ 750-l. Official acts used as evidence. The official acts of the\nsecretary of state, department of state and department of environmental\nconservation shall be prima facie evidence of the facts therein and\nshall be entitled to be received in evidence in all actions at law and\nother legal proceedings in any court or before any board, body or\nofficer.\n
N.Y. PBL Law § 38-A — New York Code / Act PBL / Article 3 / Section 38-A
Removal of occupants of land resold
Status: in_force

§ 38-a. Removal of occupants of land resold.  When a resale of land is\ndirected, the commissioner of general services shall cause notice to be\ngiven to every occupant of such land to remove therefrom, and if he does\nnot comply with such notice, he shall direct the district attorney of\nthe county in which such lands may be situated to commence proceedings\nfor his removal before the county judge of such county. On proof, by the\nproduction of a certificate from the commissioner that a resale of such\nland has been duly ordered for default of payment, such judge shall\nissue his warrant to the sheriff of the county, commanding him within\nten days after the receipt thereof, to remove such occupant from such\nlands; and the sheriff shall remove such person within such time, and,\nfor that purpose, shall possess the same powers as in the execution of\ncriminal process. The sheriff shall retain such warrant in his hands,\nand if any person so removed shall return to occupy such lands without\nthe consent of the commissioner, he shall be forthwith removed by the\nsheriff pursuant to such warrant.  The sheriff, for executing a warrant\nunder this section, shall be allowed such compensation, to be paid out\nof the treasury, as the comptroller shall certify to be reasonable.\n
N.Y. DCD Law § 255 — New York Code / Act DCD / Article 9 / Section 255
Proceedings on return of citation
Status: in_force

§ 255. Proceedings on return of citation. Upon the return of such\ncitation properly served, such court shall have the powers in relation\nto such estates, claims, property and committee, which devolve on\ncourts, by virtue of section twenty-one, in relation to assignments and\nassignees for benefit of creditors and such assigned estates.\n
N.Y. SCP Law § 1121 — New York Code / Act SCP / Article 11 / Section 1121
Grant of letters to others If any eligible distributee of the decedent shall petition to supersede the public administrator within 4 mont...
Status: in_force

§ 1121. Grant of letters to others\n  If any eligible distributee of the decedent shall petition to\nsupersede the public administrator within 4 months after the public\nadministrator has become vested with the powers of a fiduciary on the\nestate letters shall be granted to him upon proof that the petitioner\ndid not receive notice of the application by the public administrator\nand upon the further showing that all persons prior or equal in right\nhave been served and have defaulted or waived; but the court may refuse\nto supersede the public administrator if 6 months have elapsed since he\nbecame vested with the powers of a fiduciary.\n
N.Y. BNK Law § 9-M — New York Code / Act BNK / Article 1 / Section 9-M
Return of checks
Status: in_force

§ 9-m. Return of checks. Any banking institution as that term is\ndefined in section nine-f of this chapter, except a credit union, and\nany other financial institution which offers consumer accounts, meaning\naccounts established by natural persons primarily for personal, family\nor household purposes, which can be accessed by check, negotiable order\nof withdrawal, or other similar written instrument, shall offer a\nconsumer account on which the cancelled checks, negotiable orders of\nwithdrawal, or other similar instruments drawn on that account are\nreturned to the customer with a periodic statement of the account.\n
N.Y. CPL Law § 190.65 — New York Code / Act CPL / Part 2 / Title I / Article 190 / Section 190.65
Grand jury; when indictment is authorized
Status: in_force

§ 190.65  Grand jury; when indictment is authorized.\n  1.  Subject to the rules prescribing the kinds of offenses which may\nbe charged in an indictment, a grand jury may indict a person for an\noffense when (a) the evidence before it is legally sufficient to\nestablish that such person committed such offense provided, however,\nsuch evidence is not legally sufficient when corroboration that would be\nrequired, as a matter of law, to sustain a conviction for such offense\nis absent, and (b) competent and admissible evidence before it provides\nreasonable cause to believe that such person committed such offense.\n  2.  The offense or offenses for which a grand jury may indict a person\nin any particular case are not limited to that or those which may have\nbeen designated, at the commencement of the grand jury proceeding, to be\nthe subject of the inquiry; and even in a case submitted to it upon a\ncourt order, pursuant to the provisions of section 170.25, directing\nthat a misdemeanor charge pending in a local criminal court be\nprosecuted by indictment, the grand jury may indict the defendant for a\nfelony if the evidence so warrants.\n  3.  Upon voting to indict a person, a grand jury must, through its\nforeman or acting foreman, file an indictment with the court by which it\nwas impaneled.\n
N.Y. RPP Law § 254-C — New York Code / Act RPP / Article 8 / Section 254-C
Right to a copy of real property appraisals and consumer reports in certain cases
Status: in_force

§  254-c.    Right  to a copy of real property appraisals and consumer\nreports in certain cases. 1. Any lender who requires an applicant for  a\nloan  or forbearance, which is to be secured primarily by an interest in\nreal property, to bear the cost of either an appraisal of said  property\nor  the cost of obtaining a consumer report subject to the provisions of\narticle twenty-five of the general business law as a  condition  to  the\nprocessing   of   the  application  or  the  granting  of  the  loan  or\nforbearance, shall, upon the written request of such applicant,  provide\nto  him  a copy of said appraisal or consumer report as the case may be,\nat no additional cost.\n  2. "Lender" as used in this section shall mean and include any bank,\ntrust company, national bank, savings bank, federal mutual savings bank,\nsavings and loan association, federal savings and loan association,\nprivate banker, credit union, federal credit union, investment company,\ninsurance company, pension fund, mortgage banker or any other entity.\n  3. If any provision of this section, or the application of such\nprovision to any individual, company, corporation or circumstance, shall\nbe held invalid, the remainder of this section, and the application of\nsuch section to individuals, companies, corporations, or circumstances\nother than those to which it is held invalid, shall not be affected\nthereby.\n
N.Y. PBL Law § 80 — New York Code / Act PBL / Article 7 / Section 80
Definitions
Status: in_force

§ 80. Definitions.  As used in this article:\n  1. "Gold mine" means a mineral deposit in which the total sales value\nof the gold is more than fifty per centum of the value of all other\nminerals associated or occurring with the gold in the mine.\n  2. "Silver mine" means a mineral deposit in which the total sales\nvalue of the silver is more than fifty per centum of the value of all\nother minerals associated or occurring with the silver in the mine.\n  3. "Minerals" means all minerals and rocks, more particularly any\ninorganic substance which can be extracted from the earth, excepting\ngas, oil and water.\n  4. "State lands" means all lands now or hereafter owned by the state\nof New York except lands in the forest preserve as defined by section\nsixty-three of the conservation law.\n  5. "Filer" means the person filing a notice of discovery, or his\nheirs, distributees, representatives or successors in interest.\n
N.Y. GCN Law § 37-A — New York Code / Act GCN / Article 2 / Section 37-A
Personal injury
Status: in_force

§ 37-a. Personal injury. "Personal injury" includes libel, slander and\nmalicious prosecution; also an assault, battery, false imprisonment, or\nother actionable injury to the person either of the plaintiff, or of\nanother.\n
N.Y. ISC Law § 5516-F — New York Code / Act ISC / Article 55 / Section 5516-F
Further transfer of moneys of the association
Status: in_force

§ 5516-f. Further transfer of moneys of the association. (a)\nNotwithstanding any other provision of law, the association and all\nofficers and directors with responsibility for custody or investment of\nthe association's assets are authorized and directed to further transfer\nand deposit two hundred fifty million dollars to the miscellaneous\nspecial revenue fund on or before September thirtieth, nineteen hundred\nninety-nine.\n  (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the association and\nall officers and directors with responsibility for custody or investment\nof the association's assets are authorized and directed to further\ntransfer and deposit all revenues generated pursuant to the\nassociation's dissolution pursuant to paragraph two of subsection (c) of\nsection five thousand five hundred two of this article to the\nmiscellaneous special revenue fund on or before December thirtieth, two\nthousand.\n  (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no director, officer\nor employee of the association, nor the association, nor any public\nofficer or employee, nor any actuary, attorney, or advisor to the\nassociation or to the superintendent shall incur or suffer any liability\nwhatsoever to any person by reason of actions taken pursuant to\nauthorizations or directions of the provisions of subsections (a) or (b)\nof this section pursuant to which any of the moneys of the association\nare transferred to the miscellaneous special revenue fund. Any action\nwhich could have been brought against any of the persons or parties or\nentities noted herein, but for the provisions of this section, shall be\nbrought against the state.\n
N.Y. HAY Law § 326 — New York Code / Act HAY / Article 11 / Section 326
Penalties, how recovered
Status: in_force

§ 326. Penalties, how recovered. All penalties or forfeitures given in\nthis chapter, and not otherwise specially provided for, shall be\nrecovered by the town superintendent, in the name of the town in which\nthe offense shall be committed; and when recovered, shall be applied by\nthem in improving the highways and bridges in such town, except that if\nthe offense occurs on any highway included in the systems defined by\nsection three hundred forty-one of this chapter, such penalties or\nforfeitures may be recovered by the commissioner of transportation and\nwhere so recovered shall be deposited by the comptroller into the\nspecial obligation reserve and payment account of the dedicated highway\nand bridge trust fund established pursuant to section eighty-nine-b of\nthe state finance law.\n
N.Y. RAT Law § 72 — New York Code / Act RAT / Article 6 / Section 72
Appeal to court of appeals
Status: in_force

§ 72. Appeal to court of appeals. An appeal to the court of appeals\nmay be taken by the city or any person or party interested in the\nproceeding and aggrieved by the order of the appellate division. Such\nappeal shall be taken and heard in the manner provided in relation to\nappeals from judgments in special proceedings.  An appeal taken but not\nprosecuted within six months after the filing of the notice of appeal,\nunless the time within which to prosecute the same shall have been\nextended by the court, shall be deemed to be abandoned and no agreement\nbetween the parties to the appeal extending the time to prosecute the\nsame shall vary the provisions hereof. The court of appeals may affirm\nor reverse the order appealed from, and may make such order or direction\nas shall be appropriate to the case.\n
N.Y. ACA Law § 34.05 — New York Code / Act ACA / Title K / Article 34 / Section 34.05
Production
Status: in_force

§ 34.05. Production. 1. No performing group shall use, advertise or\npromote a live musical performance or production through the use of a\nfalse, deceptive or misleading affiliation, connection or association\nbetween a recording group and a performing group where such performing\ngroup is seeking to use the same or a substantially similar name as such\nrecording group.\n  2. The provisions of subdivision one of this section shall not apply\nif:\n  (a) the performing group is the authorized registrant and owner of a\nfederal service mark for that recording group registered in the United\nStates Patent and Trademark Office;\n  (b) at least one member of the performing group was a member of the\nrecording group and has a legal right by virtue of use or operation\nunder the group name without having abandoned the name or affiliation\nwith the group;\n  (c) the live musical performance or production is identified in all\nadvertising and promotion as a salute or tribute;\n  (d) the advertising does not relate to a live musical performance or\nproduction taking place in this state; or\n  (e) the performance or production by the performing group with the\nsame or substantially similar name of a specific recording group is\nexpressly authorized by that recording group.\n
N.Y. WKC Law § 328 — New York Code / Act WKC / Article 10 / Section 328
Separability of provisions
Status: in_force

§ 328. Separability of provisions. If any provisions of this act or\nthe application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid,\nthe remainder of this act and the application of such provision to other\npersons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby.\n
N.Y. UCC Law § 4-503 — New York Code / Act UCC / Article 4 / Part 5 / Section 4-503
Responsibility of Presenting Bank for Documents and Goods; Report of Reasons for Dishonor; Referee in Case of Need
Status: in_force

Section 4--503. Responsibility of Presenting Bank for Documents and\n                  Goods; Report of Reasons for Dishonor; Referee in Case\n                  of Need.\n  Unless otherwise instructed and except as provided in Article 5 a bank\npresenting a documentary draft\n  (a) must deliver the documents to the drawee on acceptance of the\ndraft if it is payable more than three days after presentment;\notherwise, only on payment; and\n  (b) upon dishonor, either in the case of presentment for acceptance or\npresentment for payment, may seek and follow instructions from any\nreferee in case of need designated in the draft or if the presenting\nbank does not choose to utilize his services it must use diligence and\ngood faith to ascertain the reason for dishonor, must notify its\ntransferor of the dishonor and of the results of its effort to ascertain\nthe reasons therefor and must request instructions.\nBut the presenting bank is under no obligation with respect to goods\nrepresented by the documents except to follow any reasonable\ninstructions seasonably received; it has a right to reimbursement for\nany expense incurred in following instructions and to prepayment of or\nindemnity for such expenses.\n
N.Y. CVP Law § 2510 — New York Code / Act CVP / Article 25 / Section 2510
Discharge of surety on the undertaking of a fiduciary
Status: in_force

§ 2510. Discharge of surety on the undertaking of a fiduciary. (a)\nMotion; new undertaking; accounting. Surety on the undertaking of any\nfiduciary may move with notice to the person upon whose behalf the\nundertaking was given, to be discharged from liability for any act or\nomission of such fiduciary subsequent to the order of the court or the\ntime when a new undertaking satisfactory to the court is filed. The\ncourt may restrain such fiduciary from acting pending the order\ndischarging such surety from liability. Upon the hearing, the court\nshall order the fiduciary to give a new undertaking and to account,\nwithin such time as the court orders but not exceeding twenty days, for\nall his acts.  If a new undertaking is filed the fiduciary shall account\nfor his acts up to and including the date of such filing. Where the\nfiduciary does not comply with the order to account, the surety may make\nand file such account with the same effect as though filed by the\nfiduciary, and may utilize any disclosure device in obtaining\ninformation necessary for such an accounting. The court shall make such\nprovisions with respect to commissions, allowances, disbursements and\ncosts as it deems just.\n  (b) Settlement of account. When such account has been filed, the\ncourt, upon sufficient notice, shall order all persons interested in the\nproceedings to attend a settlement of the account at a time and place\nspecified, and such settlement shall be made and the rights and\nliabilities of all parties to the proceeding shall be determined and\nenforced. After settlement of the account, the court shall make an order\nrelieving the surety from any act or omission of the fiduciary\nsubsequent to the date of such order or the time when a new undertaking\nsatisfactory to the court was filed, whichever is earlier. Upon written\ndemand by the fiduciary, the surety shall return any compensation paid\nfor the unexpired portion of such suretyship.\n
N.Y. RRD Law § 221 — New York Code / Act RRD / Article 6 / Section 221
Oath and bond of commissioners
Status: in_force

§ 221. Oath and bond of commissioners. Within ten days after his\nappointment, and before entering upon the discharge of any of the duties\nof his office, each commissioner shall take and subscribe the\nconstitutional oath of office, which shall be filed in the office of the\nclerk of the county and shall execute a bond to the people of the state\nin the penal sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, with two or more\nsureties, to be approved by a justice of the supreme court of the\ndepartment in which the railroad is to be built and conditioned for the\nfaithful performance of the duties of the office, which bond shall be\nfiled in the office of the clerk of the county.\n