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N.Y. CVP Law § 9404 — New York Code / Act CVP / Article 94 / Section 9404
Certificate of character and fitness
Status: in_force

Rule 9404. Certificate of character and fitness.  Unless otherwise\nordered by the appellate division, no person shall be admitted to\npractice without a certificate from the proper committee that it has\ncarefully investigated the character and fitness of the applicant and\nthat, in such respects, he is entitled to admission. To enable the\ncommittee to make such investigation, the justices of the appellate\ndivision are authorized to prescribe and from time to time to amend a\nform of statement or questionnaire to be submitted by the applicant,\nincluding specifically his present and such past places of actual\nresidence as may be required therein, listing the street and number, if\nany, and the period of time he resided at each place.\n
N.Y. CVP Law § 7558 — New York Code / Act CVP / Article 75-A / Section 7558
Depositions and discovery; rules of the arbitration administrator; adjournments
Status: in_force

§ 7558. Depositions and discovery; rules of the arbitration\nadministrator; adjournments. (a) After the appointment of the panel of\narbitrators and notwithstanding inconsistent provisions of sections four\nhundred eight and three thousand one hundred two of this chapter, the\nparties to the arbitration may take depositions and obtain discovery\nregarding the subject matter of the arbitration and, to that end, use\nand exercise the same rights, remedies, and obligations in the\narbitration as if the subject matter of the arbitration were pending in\na civil action.\n  (b) The arbitration administrator shall promulgate rules, subject to\nthe approval of the superintendent of financial services, to ensure the\nexpeditious completion of discovery and the prompt commencement and\nconclusion of the hearing, consistent with applicable provisions of rule\nthirty-four hundred six of this chapter.\n  (c) An adjournment at the request of counsel for any of the parties\nmay be granted only by the chairperson of the panel for good cause\nshown. A proceeding under this article shall be treated in the same\nmanner as an action or proceeding in supreme court for the purpose of\nany claim by counsel of actual engagement.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 69-P — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 6-D / Section 69-P
License without examination
Status: in_force

§ 69-p. License without examination. 1. Any person over the age of\neighteen years who shall present to the secretary of state satisfactory\nevidence that he has been actually engaged in the business of\ninstalling, servicing or maintaining security or fire alarm systems in\nthis state for at least two years within the period of three years\nimmediately prior to October first, nineteen hundred ninety-two, shall\nbe entitled to a license under this article without examination,\nprovided that application therefor is accompanied by the requirements of\nparagraphs (a) and (b), respectively, of subdivision one of section\nsixty-nine-o of this article and the required annual license fee, is\nfiled with the secretary of state.\n  2. The secretary of state shall upon application and without\nexamination, issue a license to any person over the age of eighteen\nyears who has been duly licensed by any other state, territory,\nprotectorate or dependency of the United States to engage in the\nbusiness of installing, servicing or maintaining security or fire alarm\nsystems upon compliance with standards and requirements not lower, in\nthe judgment of the secretary of state, than those of this state,\nprovided, however, that such state extends similar reciprocity to\nlicensees of this state. Such application shall be accompanied by the\nrequirements of paragraphs (a) and (b), respectively, of subdivision one\nof section sixty-nine-o of this article and the required license fee.\n  3. (a) If any person, eligible for any license, mentioned in this\nsection, be in the military service at or during the time application\nfor such license is required to be filed and license fee paid, according\nto the provisions of this section, the period within which said\napplication may be filed and license fee may be paid, is extended in\nbehalf of such person, until three months after the termination of said\nmilitary service, any provision contained in this article to the\ncontrary, notwithstanding.\n  (b) In the case of persons who are or were in the military service and\n(i) have been or will be discharged under conditions other than\ndishonorable, or (ii) have a qualifying condition, as defined in section\none of the veterans' services law, and received a discharge other than\nbad conduct or dishonorable from such service, or (iii) are discharged\nLGBT veterans, as defined in section one of the veterans' services law,\nand have received a discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable\nfrom such service, the period of two years specified in subdivision one\nof this section need not be continuous. The length of time such person\nwas engaged in the business of installing, servicing or maintaining\nsecurity or fire alarm systems before entering the military service may\nbe added to any period of time during which such person was or is\nengaged in the business of installing, servicing or maintaining security\nor fire alarm systems after the termination of military service.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 2874-A — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 28-B / Section 2874-A
Mortgage loans to eligible secured hospital borrowers
Status: in_force

* § 2874-a. Mortgage loans to eligible secured hospital borrowers.\nExcept as specified herein, eligible secured hospital borrowers shall be\nsubject to all of the requirements to which eligible borrowers are\nsubject under this article. Mortgage loans to eligible secured hospital\nborrowers shall be subject to the following criteria:\n  1. The medical care facilities finance agency shall not make a\nmortgage loan to eligible secured hospital borrowers unless the\ncommissioner has recommended the project based on public need, the\nhospital discloses the financial resources available to it, and the\nhospital complies with the provisions of article twenty-eight of this\nchapter. In considering the financial resources available to support a\nproject, the commissioner shall take into account programs designed to\noffset eligible secured hospital borrowers' past and current unmet bad\ndebt and charity care losses.\n  2. A mortgage loan to an eligible secured hospital borrower made by\nthe medical care facilities finance agency shall not exceed an amount\nequal to one hundred percent of the total project costs, which costs\nshall include all costs associated with the refinancing of indebtedness\nattributable to unmet bad debt and charity care losses. To ensure the\ntimely repayment of the principal and interest due on the indebtedness\nrelating to such refinancings, the commissioner may authorize\nreimbursement to eligible secured hospital borrowers for capital related\nexpenses including but not limited to depreciation, rentals and interest\non capital debt and may advance the payment of depreciation to such\nborrowers as needed.\n  * NB Expired December 31, 2015\n
N.Y. GMU Law § 492 — New York Code / Act GMU / Article 14-H / Section 492
Examination of books and records; examination of managers, etc
Status: in_force

§ 492. Examination of books and records; examination of managers,\netc.; disclosure of information.  The governing body of the municipality\nand the control commission shall have power to examine or cause to be\nexamined the books and records of\n  1. Any authorized organization which is or has been licensed to\nconduct bingo, so far as they may relate to bingo including the\nmaintenance, control and disposition of net proceeds derived from bingo\nor from the use of its premises for bingo, and to examine any manager,\nofficer, director, agent, member or employee thereof under oath in\nrelation to the conduct of any such game under any such license, the use\nof its premises for bingo, or the disposition of net proceeds derived\nfrom bingo, as the case may be.\n  2. Any licensed authorized commercial lessor so far as they may relate\nto leasing premises for bingo and to examine said lessor or any manager,\nofficer, director, agent or employee thereof under oath in relation to\nsuch leasing.\n  Any information so received shall not be disclosed except so far as\nmay be necessary for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this\narticle, and article nineteen-B of the executive law.\n
N.Y. LIE Law § 54 — New York Code / Act LIE / Article 3 / Section 54
Judgment in case of failure to establish lien
Status: in_force

§ 54. Judgment in case of failure to establish lien. If the lienor\nshall fail, for any reason, to establish a valid lien in an action under\nthe provisions of this article, he may recover judgment therein for such\nsums as are due him, or which he might recover in an action on a\ncontract, against any party to the action.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 460-C — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 28-C / Section 460-C
Required notices
Status: in_force

§ 460-c. Required notices. 1. Posting of signs. Every provider shall\npost signs, at every location where such provider meets with customers,\nsetting forth information in English and in every other language in\nwhich the person provides or offers to provide immigrant assistance\nservices. There shall be a separate sign for each language, and each\nshall be posted in a location where it will be visible to customers.\n  (a) One sign shall be at least eleven inches by seventeen inches, and\nshall contain the following in not less than sixty point type:\n  "THE INDIVIDUAL PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO YOU UNDER THIS CONTRACT IS NOT\nAN ATTORNEY LICENSED TO PRACTICE LAW OR ACCREDITED BY THE BOARD OF\nIMMIGRATION APPEALS TO PROVIDE REPRESENTATION TO YOU BEFORE THE UNITED\nSTATES CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES, THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND\nSECURITY, THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR IMMIGRATION REVIEW, THE DEPARTMENT OF\nLABOR, THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE OR ANY IMMIGRATION AUTHORITIES AND MAY\nNOT GIVE LEGAL ADVICE OR ACCEPT FEES FOR LEGAL ADVICE. FOR A FREE LEGAL\nREFERRAL CALL THE OFFICE FOR NEW AMERICANS HOTLINE AT (phone number of\nthe office for new Americans). TO FILE A COMPLAINT ABOUT AN IMMIGRANT\nASSISTANCE SERVICE PROVIDER CALL THE OFFICE FOR NEW AMERICANS HOTLINE AT\n(phone number of the office for new Americans), THE NEW YORK STATE\nOFFICE OF ATTORNEY GENERAL AT (phone number of the office of attorney\ngeneral), OR YOUR LOCAL DISTRICT ATTORNEY OR PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE AT\n(phone number of the local district attorney)." The service provider\nshall be responsible for providing the accurate and up-to-date phone\nnumbers required on such sign.\n  (b) A separate sign shall be posted in a location visible to customers\nin conspicuous size type and which contains the schedule of fees for\nservices offered and the statement:\n"YOU MAY CANCEL ANY CONTRACT WITHIN 3 BUSINESS DAYS AND GET BACK YOUR\nDOCUMENTS AND ANY MONEY YOU PAID."\n  2. Notice in advertisements. Every provider who advertises immigrant\nassistance services, whether by signs, pamphlets, newspapers, or any\nother written communication shall post or otherwise include with such\nadvertisement a notice in the language in which the advertisement\nappears. This notice shall be of a conspicuous size and shall state:\n"THE INDIVIDUAL OFFERING TO PROVIDE IMMIGRANT ASSISTANCE SERVICES IS NOT\nAN ATTORNEY LICENSED TO PRACTICE LAW OR ACCREDITED BY THE BOARD OF\nIMMIGRATION APPEALS TO PROVIDE REPRESENTATION BEFORE THE UNITED STATES\nCITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES, THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND\nSECURITY, THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR IMMIGRATION REVIEW, THE DEPARTMENT OF\nLABOR, THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE OR ANY IMMIGRATION AUTHORITIES AND MAY\nNOT GIVE LEGAL ADVICE OR ACCEPT FEES FOR LEGAL ADVICE."\n
N.Y. LIE Law § 61 — New York Code / Act LIE / Article 3 / Section 61
Judgment in action to foreclose a mechanic's lien on property of a railroad corporation
Status: in_force

§ 61. Judgment in action to foreclose a mechanic's lien on property of\na railroad corporation. If the lien is for labor done or materials\nfurnished for a railroad corporation, upon its land, or upon or for its\ntrack, rolling stock or the appurtenances of its railroad, the judgment\nshall not direct the sale of any of the real property described in the\nnotice of the lien, but when in such case, a judgment is entered and\ndocketed with the county clerk of the county where the notice of lien is\nfiled, or a transcript thereof is filed and docketed in any other\ncounty, it shall be a lien upon the real property of the railroad\ncorporation, against which it is obtained, to the same extent, and\nenforceable in like manner as other judgments of courts of record\nagainst such corporation.\n
N.Y. HAY Law § 343-B — New York Code / Act HAY / Article 12 / Section 343-B
Portion of the state highway system to be designated as "The 94th Infantry Division Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

§ 343-b. Portion of the state highway system to be designated as "The\n94th Infantry Division Memorial Highway." That portion of the state\nhighway system beginning at the New York-New Jersey state line, thence\nrunning generally northeasterly on state highway 94 continuing to the\nnorthwestern terminus of highway 94 shall be designated and known as\n"The 94th Infantry Division Memorial Highway."\n
N.Y. PTR Law § 121-908 — New York Code / Act PTR / Article 8-A / Section 121-908
Violations
Status: in_force

§ 121-908. Violations. The attorney general shall, upon his own motion\nor upon the motion of proper parties, bring an action to restrain a\nforeign limited partnership without a certificate of authority from\ndoing any business in this state in violation of this article, or from\ndoing any business in this state which is prohibited under the laws of\nthis state. The attorney general may bring an action or special\nproceeding to annul the authority of a foreign limited partnership which\nis doing any business in this state which is prohibited under the laws\nof this state. The attorney general shall deliver a certified copy of\nthe order of annulment to the department of state. Upon the filing\nthereof by the department of state the certificate of authority of the\nforeign limited partnership to do business in this state shall be\nannulled, and the provisions of section 121-906 of this article shall\nthereafter be applicable.  The secretary of state shall continue as\nagent of the foreign limited partnership upon whom process against it\nmay be served in any action, suit or special proceeding based upon any\nliability or obligation incurred by the foregoing foreign limited\npartnership within the state prior to the filing of the certified copy\nof the order of annulment by the department of state.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 509 — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 29 / Section 509
Interpretation and separability
Status: in_force

§ 509. Interpretation and separability. The provisions of this article\nshall be held to be in addition to, and not in substitution for or\nlimitation of, the provisions of any other law of this state. If any\nprovision of this article or the application thereof to any person or\ncircumstances is held invalid the remainder of the article and the\napplication of such provision to any other person or circumstance shall\nnot be affected thereby.\n
N.Y. ERL Law § 14 — New York Code / Act ERL / Section 14
Intent
Status: in_force

§ 14. Intent. 1. It is the intention of this act to subject to control\nonly those housing accommodations, as that term is defined herein, which\nwere subject to rent control and for which a maximum rent was in effect\non March first, nineteen hundred fifty, pursuant to federal or local\nlaws, and in the discretion of the commission those housing\naccommodations for which a maximum rent was thereafter established,\npursuant to the provisions of section four hereof.\n  2. Any reference made in this act to the local laws specified in\nchapter one of the laws of nineteen hundred fifty shall be deemed to be\nsolely for the purposes of identification, and if any of such laws shall\nbe held invalid, the reference made herein and any maximum rent\nestablished hereunder shall not be affected thereby.\n  3. The provisions of this section shall be deemed to supersede any\nother inconsistent provisions of this act.\n  4. Notwithstanding the decontrol of housing accommodations therein\npursuant to this act, unless otherwise provided herein, no municipality\nshall have the power to adopt local laws with respect to the\nregistration or control of rents or evictions or otherwise to the\nsubject matter of this act.\n
N.Y. NAV Law § 114 — New York Code / Act NAV / Article 8 / Section 114
Ferries
Status: in_force

§ 114. Ferries. A person who:\n  1. Maintains a ferry for profit or hire upon any of the waters of this\nstate without authority of law; or\n  2. Having entered into a recognizance to keep or maintain a ferry,\nviolates the condition of such recognizance,\n  Is guilty of a misdemeanor.\n  Where such ferry is upon waters dividing two counties, the offender\nmay be prosecuted in either county.\n
N.Y. ABC Law § 60 — New York Code / Act ABC / Article 5 / Section 60
Kinds of licenses
Status: in_force

§ 60. Kinds of licenses. The following kinds of licenses may be issued\nfor the manufacture and sale of liquor, alcohol and spirits, to wit:\n  1. Distiller's license, class A.\n  1-a. Distiller's license, class A-1.\n  2. Distiller's license, class B.\n  2-a. Distiller's license, class C.\n  2-b. Distiller's license, class B-1.\n  2-c. Distiller's license, class D.\n  3. Wholesaler's license.\n  4. Seven day license to sell liquor at retail for consumption off the\npremises subject to paragraph (a) of subdivision fourteen of section one\nhundred five of this chapter.\n  5. License to sell liquor at retail for consumption on the premises.\n  6. Special license to sell liquor at retail for consumption on the\npremises\n
N.Y. CVP Law § 6405 — New York Code / Act CVP / Article 64 / Section 6405
Removal
Status: in_force

§ 6405. Removal. Upon motion of any party or upon its own initiative,\nthe court which appointed a receiver may remove him at any time.\n
N.Y. UCC Law § 3-101 — New York Code / Act UCC / Article 3 / Part 1 / Section 3-101
Short Title
Status: in_force

Section 3--101. Short Title.\n  This Article shall be known and may be cited as Uniform Commercial\nCode--Commercial Paper.\n
N.Y. CVR Law § 65 — New York Code / Act CVR / Article 6 / Section 65
Optional change of name upon marriage, divorce or annulment
Status: in_force

§ 65. Optional change of name upon marriage, divorce or annulment. 1.\nAny person may, upon marriage, elect to assume a new name according to\nthe provisions of paragraph (b) of subdivision one of section fifteen of\nthe domestic relations law.\n  2. Any person may, upon divorce or annulment, elect to resume the use\nof a former surname or middle name according to the provisions of\nsection two hundred forty-a of the domestic relations law.\n  3. The effect of the name changes accomplished in the manner\nprescribed in subdivisions one and two of this section shall be as set\nforth in section sixty-four of this article.\n  4. Nothing in this article shall be construed to abrogate or alter the\ncommon law right of every person, whether married or single, to retain\nhis or her name or to assume a new one so long as the new name is used\nconsistently and without intent to defraud.\n  5. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, the state shall\nnot impose any fee, charge, surcharge or assessment solely to change the\nsurname or middle name contained on a license, permit, registration or\nother identifying document for a person who, because of a change in\nmarital status, has assumed a new name or reassumes use of a former\nsurname as provided for in this section.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 651 — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 31 / Section 651
Definitions
Status: in_force

§ 651. Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the terms:\n  1. "Advertising" means any written, printed, audio or visual\ncommunication by a membership campground operator or an employee or\nagent of a membership campground operator made in conjunction with the\npromotion and sale of campground memberships.\n  2. "Business day" means any calendar day except Sunday or any legal\nholiday.\n  3. "Dues" means the annual or periodic fees, other than the purchase\nprice or user fees, that must be paid as a condition to continued\nmembership in and use of a membership campground.\n  4. "Major capital improvement" means an upgrade or improvement or\nimprovements which, in the aggregate, cost in excess of fifty thousand\ndollars.\n  5. "Membership campground" means real property, together with such\nfixtures and improvements as campsites, bathrooms, showers, swimming\npools, tennis courts, recreational buildings, stores and other amenities\nthat are made available to purchasers of membership camping contracts.\n  6. "Membership camping contract" or "contract" means an agreement\noffered or sold evidencing a purchaser's right or license to use a\nmembership campground under terms wherein no exclusive right to use is\ngranted for a specific and identifiable unit, and where the operator\ndoes not assign a specific and fixed number of days or weeks which the\npurchaser may use and where the operator does not represent the contract\nas an investment opportunity under which the purchaser might assign,\nsell or transfer his or her contract for profit. This term does not\ninclude any arrangement or other device, whether by agreement or\notherwise, under which a purchaser has the one-time right to use a\nspecific, identified camping site, and related facilities, for a\nspecific, identified time period, such as with an overnight or a\nseasonal rental. This term also does not include reciprocal programs or\nany arrangement or other device under which a purchaser acquires any\nleasehold, fee, timeshare or other ownership interest in a campground.\n  7. "Membership campground operator" or "operator" means any person,\ncorporation, partnership, or other entity that owns or operates a\nmembership campground.\n  8. "Purchase price" means the purchase price of a camping contract,\nincluding finance charges and related closing costs, if any, but\nexcluding dues and user fees.\n  9. "Purchaser" means a person who enters into a membership camping\ncontract and obtains the right or license to use membership campgrounds.\n  10. "Reciprocal program" means any arrangement allowing a purchaser to\nuse campgrounds or other properties other than the membership campground\nwhich is the subject of the purchaser's membership camping contract.\n  11. "User fees" means optional fees that may be charged for specific\ngoods or services that are not covered under the membership camping\ncontract.\n
N.Y. ELN Law § 4-126 — New York Code / Act ELN / Article 4 / Section 4-126
Delivery of election laws to clerks, boards and election officers
Status: in_force

§ 4-126. Delivery of election laws to clerks, boards and election\nofficers.  1. The state board of elections, within ten days after the\nenactment of any amendment to the election law, shall transmit a copy of\nsuch amendment to each board of elections.\n  2. The state board of elections shall, prior to each general election,\nprepare, and cause to be printed in such formats as the board shall\ndetermine, compilations of the election law. A copy of the full text of\nsuch law shall be transmitted to each board of elections at least once\neach year.  Additional copies of such text, or portions thereof, shall\nbe made available to the public upon request.\n
N.Y. UJC Law § 101 — New York Code / Act UJC / Article 1 / Section 101
Short title
Status: in_force

Section 101. Short title.\n  This act shall be known as the uniform justice court act, and may be\ncited as "UJCA".\n