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N.Y. GBS Law § 899-LL — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 39-FF / Section 899-LL
Scope
Status: in_force

§ 899-ll. Scope. 1. This article shall apply to conduct that occurs in\nwhole or in part in the state of New York. For purposes of this article,\ncommercial conduct takes place wholly outside of the state of New York\nif the business collected such information while the covered user was\noutside of the state of New York, no part of the use of the covered\nuser's personal data occurred in the state of New York, and no personal\ndata collected while the covered user was in the state of New York is\nused.\n  2. Nothing in this article shall be construed to prohibit an operator\nfrom storing a covered user's personal data that was collected pursuant\nto section eight hundred ninety-nine-ff of this article when such\ncovered user is in the state.\n  3. Nothing in this article shall be construed to impose liability for\ncommercial activities or actions by operators subject to 15 U.S.C. 6501\nthat is inconsistent with the treatment of such activities or actions\nunder 15 U.S.C. 6502.\n
N.Y. FCT Law § 1049 — New York Code / Act FCT / Article 10 / Part 4 / Section 1049
Special consideration in certain cases
Status: in_force

§ 1049. Special consideration in certain cases. In scheduling hearings\nand investigations, the court shall give priority to proceedings under\nthis article involving abuse or in which a child has been removed from\nhome before a final order of disposition. Any adjournment granted in the\ncourse of such a proceeding should be for as short a time as is\npracticable.\n
N.Y. PEP Law § 341 — New York Code / Act PEP / Article 9-A / Section 341
Restriction on early termination liability
Status: in_force

§ 341. Restriction on early termination liability. 1. If an agreement\nis terminated early and there is no option to purchase the vehicle or\nthe lessee does not exercise any option he or she may have to purchase\nthe vehicle, the early termination obligation of the lessee may not\nexceed an amount equal to the sum of:\n  (a) any unpaid rental payments that accrued through the date of early\ntermination;\n  (b) any other unpaid charges, other than excess mileage charges,\narising from the failure of the lessee to fulfill his or her obligations\nunder the agreement;\n  (c) any official fees and taxes imposed in connection with lease\ntermination;\n  (d) a reasonable disposition fee or, in lieu thereof, the reasonable\ncosts of retaking, storing, preparing for sale and selling the vehicle;\n  (e) the difference, if any, between: (i) the adjusted capitalized\ncost, and (ii) the sum of all depreciation amounts accrued through the\ndate of early termination, calculated in accordance with the constant\nyield method or any other generally accepted actuarial method, and the\nrealized value of the vehicle; and\n  (f) an additional early termination charge which is reasonable in\nlight of the anticipated or actual harm caused by the default or early\ntermination, the difficulties of proof of loss and the inconvenience or\nnonfeasibility of otherwise obtaining an adequate remedy.\n  As an alternative to the constant yield and other generally accepted\nactuarial methods of determining the depreciation amounts accrued\nthrough the date of early termination of a precomputed lease\ntransaction, those amounts may be determined under paragraph (e) of this\nsubdivision by using a retail lease agreement under which the lease\ncharge is calculated on the adjusted capitalized cost for the time\noutstanding according to a generally accepted actuarial method.\n  2. This section does not limit or restrict the manner of calculating\nthe early termination liability of a lessee, whether by way of\nunamortized capitalized cost, discounted present value of remaining\nrental payments, multiples of monthly payments or otherwise, so long as\nthe early termination liability of the lessee does not exceed that\npermitted by this section.\n  3. Any refundable security deposit or advance rental payment held by\nthe holder may be retained by the holder and shall be credited against\nthe early termination obligation of the lessee.\n  4. There shall be no early termination liability to the lessee if he\nor she has deceased before the end of such lease.\n
N.Y. ISC Law § 4112 — New York Code / Act ISC / Article 41 / Section 4112
Mutual companies; protection against assessments
Status: in_force

§ 4112. Mutual companies; protection against assessments. No domestic\nmutual property/casualty insurance company and no officer or\nrepresentative thereof shall make any contract whether on behalf of such\ncompany or of all or any of its policyholders, whereby the company or\nthe policyholders are insured or indemnified against the imposition or\npayment of assessments which may be made upon members of the company, if\nthe contract is cancellable or otherwise terminable by any party thereto\nupon the giving of notice of cancellation or termination within a period\nof less than one year before the effective date of the cancellation or\ntermination.\n
N.Y. RCO Law § 470 — New York Code / Act RCO / Article 23 / Section 470
Application
Status: in_force

§ 470. Application. 1. This article applies to any unincorporated\nchurch affiliated with the Sikh faith, and to any heretofore\nincorporated church or body, so affiliated, which desires to\nreincorporate pursuant to this article. Independent churches may\nincorporate or reincorporate under this article in the manner provided\nin sections four hundred seventy-one and four hundred seventy-seven of\nthis article, and all the provisions of this article shall apply to such\nchurches as the context requires.\n  2. Nothing hereinafter provided shall prevent or prohibit any\nheretofore incorporated church or body, affiliated with the Sikh faith\nfrom maintaining and continuing the relationship which such church or\nbody enjoyed at the time of the effective date of this article should\nsuch church or body determine not to reincorporate pursuant to this\narticle.\n
N.Y. FCT Law § 581-409 — New York Code / Act FCT / Article 5-C / Part 4 / Section 581-409
Dispute as to surrogacy agreement
Status: in_force

§ 581-409. Dispute as to surrogacy agreement. (a) Any dispute which is\nrelated to a surrogacy agreement other than disputes as to parentage,\nwhich are not resolved through alternative dispute resolution methods,\nshall be resolved by the supreme court, which shall determine the\nrespective rights and obligations of the parties. In any proceeding\ninitiated pursuant to this section, the court may, at its discretion,\nauthorize the use of conferencing or mediation at any point in the\nproceedings.\n  (b) Except as expressly provided in the surrogacy agreement or\nsubdivision (c) or (d) of this section, if the agreement is breached by\nthe person acting as surrogate, the spouse of the person acting as\nsurrogate, if applicable, or one or more intended parent, the\nnon-breaching party shall be entitled to all remedies available at law\nor in equity in any dispute related to the surrogacy agreement.\n  (c) Specific performance shall not be a remedy available for a breach\nby a person acting as surrogate of a provision in the surrogacy\nagreement that the person acting as surrogate be impregnated, agree to a\nmultiple embryo transfer, terminate or not terminate a pregnancy, or\nsubmit to medical procedures including a cesarean section.\n  (d) If any intended parent is adjudicated to be the parent of the\nchild, specific performance is a remedy available for: (1) breach of the\nsurrogacy agreement by a person acting as surrogate which prevents the\nintended parent or parents from exercising the full rights of parentage\nimmediately upon the birth of the child; or (2) breach by the intended\nparent or parents by failure to accept the duties of parentage\nimmediately upon the birth of the child.\n  (e) In any proceeding initiated pursuant to this section, where the\nsupreme court determines that the dispute involves both contractual and\nparentage issues, the court may order that the portion of the\nproceedings raising parentage issues may be transferred to the family or\nsurrogate's court.\n
N.Y. STF Law § 143 — New York Code / Act STF / Article 9 / Section 143
Deposits on plans and specifications for contracts for public work
Status: in_force

§ 143. Deposits on plans and specifications for contracts for public\nwork. 1. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of any general or\nspecial law, the board, division, department, bureau, agency, officer or\ncommission of the state charged with the duty of preparing plans and\nspecifications for and awarding or entering into contracts for the\nperformance of public work may require the payment of a fixed sum of\nmoney, not exceeding one hundred dollars, for each copy of such plans\nand specifications, by persons or corporations desiring a copy thereof.\nAny person or corporation desiring a copy of such plans and\nspecifications and making the deposit required by this section shall be\nfurnished with one copy of the plans and specifications. Notwithstanding\nthe foregoing, where payment is required it shall be waived upon request\nby minority- and women-owned business enterprises certified pursuant to\narticle fifteen-A of the executive law or by service-disabled\nveteran-owned business enterprises certified pursuant to article three\nof the veterans' services law. Such payment may also be waived when such\nplans and specifications are made available and obtained electronically\nor in any non-paper form from the board, division, department, bureau,\nagency, officer or commission of the state.\n  2. If a proposal is duly submitted by any person or corporation making\nthe deposit required by subdivision one and such proposal is accompanied\nby a certified check or other security in accordance with the\nrequirements contained in the plans and specifications or in the public\nadvertisement for bids, and provided the amount of such deposit is fifty\ndollars or more, the full amount of such deposit for one copy of the\nplans and specifications shall be returned to such person or corporation\nwithin thirty days following the award of the contract covered by such\nplans and specifications or the rejection of the bid of such person or\ncorporation provided, however, that such person or corporation shall\nhave returned the plans and specifications in good condition within the\nthirty days. If the amount of such deposit is fifty dollars or more,\npartial reimbursement, in an amount equal to the full amount of such\ndeposit for one set of plans and specifications per unsuccessful bidder\nor non-bidder less the actual cost of reproduction of the plans and\nspecifications as determined by the board, division, department, bureau,\nagency, officer or commission of the state charged with the duty of\npreparing the plans and specifications, shall be made for all other\ncopies of the plans and specifications within thirty days following the\naward of the contract or the rejection of the bids covered by such plans\nand specifications. The full amount of any such deposit made by a\nsuccessful bidder shall be refunded to said successful bidder regardless\nof the amount of such deposit.\n
N.Y. CVR Law § 42 — New York Code / Act CVR / Article 4 / Section 42
Discrimination by utility companies
Status: in_force

§ 42. Discrimination by utility companies. It shall be unlawful for\nany public utility company, as defined in the public service law, to\nrefuse to employ any person in any capacity in the operation or\nmaintenance of a public service on account of the race, creed, color or\nnational origin of such person.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 1399-MM-1 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 13-F / Section 1399-MM-1
Sale of flavored products prohibited
Status: in_force

§ 1399-mm-1. Sale of flavored products prohibited. 1. For the purposes\nof this section "flavored" shall mean any vapor product intended or\nreasonably expected to be used with or for the consumption of nicotine,\nwith a distinguishable taste or aroma, other than the taste or aroma of\ntobacco, imparted either prior to or during consumption of such product\nor a component part thereof, including but not limited to tastes or\naromas relating to any fruit, chocolate, vanilla, honey, candy, cocoa,\ndessert, alcoholic beverage, mint, wintergreen, menthol, herb or spice,\nor any concept flavor that imparts a taste or aroma that is\ndistinguishable from tobacco flavor but may not relate to any particular\nknown flavor. A vapor product intended or reasonably expected to be used\nwith or for the consumption of nicotine, shall be presumed to be\nflavored if a product's retailer, manufacturer, or a manufacturer's\nagent or employee has made a statement or claim directed to consumers or\nthe public, whether expressed or implied, that such product or device\nhas a distinguishable taste or aroma other than the taste or aroma of\ntobacco.\n  2. No vapor products dealer, or any agent or employee of a vapor\nproducts dealer, shall sell or offer for sale at retail in the state any\nflavored vapor product intended or reasonably expected to be used with\nor for the consumption of nicotine.\n  3. Any vapor products dealer, or any agent or employee of a vapor\nproducts dealer, who violates the provisions of this section shall be\nsubject to a civil penalty of not more than one hundred dollars for each\nindividual package of flavored vapor product intended or reasonably\nexpected to be used with or for the consumption of nicotine sold or\noffered for sale, provided, however, that with respect to a\nmanufacturer, it shall be an affirmative defense to a finding of\nviolation pursuant to this section that such sale or offer of sale, as\napplicable, occurred without the knowledge, consent, authorization, or\ninvolvement, direct or indirect, of such manufacturer. Violations of\nthis section shall be enforced pursuant to section thirteen hundred\nninety-nine-ff of this article, except that any person may submit a\ncomplaint to an enforcement officer that a violation of this section has\noccurred.\n  4. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any vapor\nproducts dealer, or any agent or employee of a vapor products dealer,\nwho sells or offers for sale, or who possess with intent to sell or\noffer for sale, any flavored vapor product intended or reasonably\nexpected to be used with or for the consumption of nicotine that the\nU.S. Food and Drug Administration has authorized to legally market as\ndefined under 21 U.S.C. § 387j and that has received a premarket review\napproval order under 21 U.S.C. § 387j(c) et seq.\n
N.Y. GMU Law § 146 — New York Code / Act GMU / Article 7 / Section 146
Devises and bequests restricted
Status: in_force

§ 146. Devises and bequests restricted. This article shall not be\nconstrued or held to authorize any devise or bequest whatever of more\nthan one-half of the estate of the testator or testatrix over and above\nthe payment of debts, liabilities and expenses, in case he or she shall\nleave a husband, wife, child, descendant, or parent him or her\nsurviving. The validity of a devise or bequest for more than such\none-half may be contested only by a surviving husband, wife, child,\ndescendant or parent.\n
N.Y. PEN Law § 120.13 — New York Code / Act PEN / Part 3 / Title H / Article 120 / Section 120.13
Menacing in the first degree
Status: in_force

§ 120.13 Menacing in the first degree.\n  A person is guilty of menacing in the first degree when he or she\ncommits the crime of menacing in the second degree and has been\npreviously convicted of the crime of menacing in the second degree or\nthe crime of menacing a police officer or peace officer within the\npreceding ten years.\n  Menacing in the first degree is a class E felony.\n
N.Y. HAY Law § 349 — New York Code / Act HAY / Article 12-A / Section 349
Application of chapter
Status: in_force

§ 349. Application of chapter. All the provisions of this chapter\nrelating to state highways and not inconsistent with the provisions of\nthis article shall apply to the construction or improvement and the\ncontrol and maintenance of state thruways in the same manner as though\nthey were designated as state highways.\n
N.Y. MHY Law § 82.03 — New York Code / Act MHY / Title E / Article 82 / Section 82.03
Presumption of capacity
Status: in_force

* § 82.03 Presumption of capacity.\n  (a) For the purposes of this article, every adult shall be presumed to\nhave the capacity to enter into a supported decision-making agreement,\nunless that adult has a legal guardian, appointed by a court of\ncompetent jurisdiction, whose granted authority is in conflict with the\nproposed supported decision-making agreement. This presumption may be\nrebutted only by clear and convincing evidence.\n  (b) Capacity shall include capacity with decision-making support\nand/or accommodations.\n  (c) A diagnosis of a developmental or other disability or condition\nshall not constitute evidence of incapacity.\n  (d) The manner in which an adult communicates with others shall not\nconstitute evidence of incapacity.\n  (e) Neither the execution of a supported decision-making agreement by\nan individual, nor the interest in or wish to execute a supported\ndecision-making agreement by an individual, nor the failure of an\nindividual to execute a supported decision-making agreement may be used\nor considered as evidence that the individual lacks capacity, or to deny\nthe decision-maker benefits to which they are otherwise entitled,\nincluding adult protective services.\n  (f) A decision-maker may make and execute a supported decision-making\nagreement, if the decision-maker understands that they are making and\nexecuting an agreement with their chosen supporters and that they are\ndoing so voluntarily.\n  * NB Effective 90 days from the date that the regulations issued in\naccordance with § 1 of chapter 481 of 2022 appear in the New York State\nRegister or the date such regulations are adopted, whichever is later.\n
N.Y. ISC Law § 2333 — New York Code / Act ISC / Article 23 / Section 2333
Non-commercial private passenger automobile insurance rates; apportionment of expenses
Status: in_force

§ 2333. Non-commercial private passenger automobile insurance rates;\napportionment of expenses. With respect to non-commercial private\npassenger automobiles, no filing of a rate, rating plan, rating rule or\nrate manual applicable to insurance for loss of or damage to a motor\nvehicle, the insurance provided for in section five thousand one hundred\nthree of this chapter, bodily injury liability insurance or property\ndamage liability insurance shall be approved by the superintendent, if\nthe filing allocates all of an insurer's administrative expenses as a\npercentage of premium. Every insurer shall reasonably apportion such\nexpenses among its policyholders. For the purpose of this section,\nadministrative expenses includes general expenses and acquisition\nexpenses other than commissions.\n
N.Y. STF Law § 97 — New York Code / Act STF / Article 6 / Section 97
Housing debt fund, and urban renewal debt fund
Status: in_force

§ 97. Housing debt fund, and urban renewal debt fund. All the moneys\nrepaid to the state, both principal and interest on account of\nadvancements made and to be made to cities, towns, villages or public\ncorporations specified in section two of article eighteen of the state\nconstitution from proceeds of state bonds sold or to be sold to provide\nmoneys for low rent housing or urban renewal shall, when received, be\npaid into and shall constitute a special fund in the state treasury to\nbe known as "housing debt fund," or "urban renewal debt fund," as the\ncase may be. Such fund shall be available only for payment of\nappropriations to pay installments of principal of and interest on such\nbonds. Appropriations in any year to pay installments of principal of\nand interest on any such state bonds shall first be paid from such\nspecial fund, so far as the amount of moneys therein will pay the same,\nand the remainder, if any, shall be paid from any other moneys in the\nstate treasury not otherwise appropriated.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 858 — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 39-A / Section 858
Posting of notice
Status: in_force

§ 858. Posting of notice. In each place of business in this state\nwhere a merchant is regularly engaged in sale of Torah scrolls he shall\npost in a conspicuous place a sign which in legible format states:\n"Article 39-A of the New York General Business Law requires merchants to\ndisclose in writing certain information concerning Torah scrolls. If you\nare a prospective recipient of a Torah scroll from a merchant that\ninformation must be given to you in accordance with and under penalty of\nthat law."\n
N.Y. TAX Law § 1289 — New York Code / Act TAX / Article 29-A / Section 1289
Cooperation by city
Status: in_force

§ 1289. Cooperation by city. The city and the TLC shall cooperate with\nand assist the commissioner to effect the purposes of this article and\nthe commissioner's responsibilities under this article. Such cooperation\nshall include the city or TLC obtaining, furnishing, and timely updating\ncurrent, complete and accurate names, addresses and all other\ninformation concerning every (1) taxicab owner, operator, and driver of\ntaxicabs in the city, (2) agent and vehicle owner, and (3) HAIL base,\nHAIL vehicle owner, HAIL vehicle, and driver of a HAIL vehicle, and the\ntrip records and other records of any of them, in the city's possession\nor in the possession of any of its agencies, instrumentalities, agents,\ncontractors, or any other person the TLC has authorized or required to\nobtain or possess such records or information, together with any other\ninformation the commissioner requests, all in a format prescribed by,\nand without cost to, the commissioner. The TLC shall also furnish, or\ncause to be furnished, in a format prescribed by the commissioner, any\nrecords or information in the possession of the TLC, any agent or\ncontractor of the city or the TLC, or any other person the TLC has\nauthorized or required to obtain or possess such records or information,\nconcerning the persons liable for the tax imposed by this article,\nincluding, among other things, detailed trip record information. Such\ncooperation shall also include the TLC assigning identifying numbers and\nother identifying indicia to HAIL bases, HAIL vehicle owners, HAIL\nvehicles, and drivers of HAIL vehicles in a format prescribed by the\ncommissioner, so as to facilitate filing returns, paying tax, and\nperforming other tasks required to administer the tax imposed by this\narticle.\n
N.Y. MIL Law § 131.4 — New York Code / Act MIL / Article 7 / Part 11 / Section 131.4
Complaints of wrongs
Status: in_force

§ 131.4. Complaints of wrongs.  Any member of the organized militia\nwho believes himself wronged by his commanding officer, and, upon due\napplication to such commander, is refused redress, may complain to any\nsuperior officer who shall forward the complaint to the adjutant\ngeneral, who shall examine into said complaint and, if justified shall\ntake proper measures for redressing the wrong complained of.  If the\nadjutant general finds the complaint not to be justified and refuses\nredress, the member who initiated the complaint may appeal to the\ngovernor for redress, in accordance with regulations issued pursuant to\nthis chapter.\n
N.Y. PEN Law § 200.05 — New York Code / Act PEN / Part 3 / Title L / Article 200 / Section 200.05
Bribery; defense
Status: in_force

§ 200.05 Bribery; defense.\n  In any prosecution for bribery, it is a defense that the defendant\nconferred or agreed to confer the benefit involved upon the public\nservant involved as a result of conduct of the latter constituting\nlarceny committed by means of extortion, or an attempt to commit the\nsame, or coercion, or an attempt to commit coercion.\n