N.Y. EXC Law § 615 — New York Code / Act EXC / Article 21-B / Title 2 / Section 615
Definitions
Status: in_force

§ 615. Definitions. For the purposes of this title, the following\nterms shall have the following meanings:\n  1. "Manufactured home" shall have the same meaning as provided in\nsubdivision seven of section six hundred one of this article.\n  2. "Identical development specifications and standards" includes\naccess, building setback distance, enclosures and vehicle parking space.\n  3. "Single-family dwelling" shall mean a building designed as a\none-family residence and used or occupied, or intended to be used or\noccupied as the home or residence of one or more persons maintaining a\nhousehold.\n
N.Y. LAB Law § 523 — New York Code / Act LAB / Article 18 / Title 2 / Section 523
Effective week
Status: in_force

§ 523. Effective week. "Effective week" means (a) a week during which\na claimant performs no services for which the claimant is paid\ncompensation, or (b) a week during which a claimant performs services on\na part-time basis for which the claimant is paid compensation that is\nless than the claimant's weekly benefit rate plus his or her partial\nbenefit credit.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 4222 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 42 / Title 2 / Section 4222
Removal of corneal tissue for transplant and pituitary gland tissue for the extraction of growth hormone
Status: in_force

§ 4222. Removal of corneal tissue for transplant and pituitary gland\ntissue for the extraction of growth hormone. 1. Upon request from a\ngeneral hospital or medical center for corneal tissue for transplant or\npituitary gland tissue for extraction of growth hormone, the coroner or\nmedical examiner may then request or authorize an agent to request from\nthe authorized person under the conditions established in subdivision\ntwo of section forty-three hundred one of this chapter, the\nauthorization, which may be oral or written according to law, to perform\nthe removal.  Upon receiving such authorization, the coroner or medical\nexaminer shall authorize the supply of such corneal tissue or pituitary\ngland tissue upon the following conditions:\n  a. The body of the decedent is under the jurisdiction of the coroner\nor medical examiner authorizing the removal of the corneal tissue or\npituitary gland tissue.\n  b. Such removal does not conflict with decedent's religious or other\nviews.\n  c. The removal of the cornea for transplant or the pituitary gland for\nextraction of growth hormone will not interfere with the subsequent\ncourse of an investigation or autopsy.\n  d. The removal of the corneal tissue or the pituitary gland tissue\nwill not alter the post mortem facial appearance of the decedent.\n  2. The coroner or medical examiner authorizing the removal of corneal\ntissue or the pituitary gland tissue pursuant to the provisions of this\nsection shall not be held liable in a civil action for damages by any\nperson specified by subdivision two of section forty-three hundred one\nof this chapter, for such removal where after the exercise of due\ndiligence such coroner or medical examiner obtained authorization from\nany person specified by subdivision two of section forty-three hundred\none of this chapter.\n  3. Except where an anatomical gift has previously been requested or\nauthorized, upon the request of a tissue bank or storage facility as\ndefined in section forty-three hundred of this chapter, the coroner or\nmedical examiner may then provide the name of the decedent under his\njurisdiction and the name of the decedent's spouse or other persons\nauthorized to execute an anatomical gift in accordance with the\nprovisions of section forty-three hundred one of this chapter.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 3851 — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 10-D / Title 2 / Section 3851
Definitions
Status: in_force

§ 3851. Definitions. For the purposes of this title, unless the\ncontext otherwise requires: 1. "Advisory period" means that period no\nearlier than July first, two thousand six, after which the authority has\ndetermined that (a) for each of the three immediately preceding city\nfiscal years, the city has adopted and adhered to budgets covering all\nexpenditures, other than capital items, the results of which did not\nshow a deficit, without the use of any authority assistance, as provided\nfor under section thirty-eight hundred fifty-seven of this title, when\nreported in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and\n(b) the comptroller and the state comptroller jointly certify that\nsecurities were sold by the city during the immediately preceding city\nfiscal year in the general public market and that there is a substantial\nlikelihood that such securities can be sold by the city in the general\npublic market from such date through the end of the next succeeding city\nfiscal year in amounts that will satisfy substantially all of the\ncapital and cash flow requirements of the city during that period in\naccordance with the financial plan then in existence. The joint\ncertification made by the comptroller and the state comptroller shall be\nbased on their separate written determinations which may take into\naccount a report and opinion of an independent expert in the marketing\nof securities selected by the authority as well as other information\navailable to the comptrollers. Once begun, an advisory period shall\ncontinue through June thirtieth, two thousand thirty-seven unless a\ncontrol period is imposed.\n  2. "Authority" or "Buffalo fiscal stability authority" or "BFSA" means\nthe public benefit corporation created by this title.\n  3. "BFSA assistance" means: (a) the amount of debt service savings in\na given city fiscal year generated from the proceeds of bonds, notes or\nother obligations made available to or for the benefit of the city or\nany covered organization as determined by the authority; or (b) the\nproceeds of any deficit financing authorized by the authority, or some\ncombination thereof pursuant to the provisions of section thirty-eight\nhundred fifty-seven of this title. Such assistance shall be made\navailable only upon a declaration of need by the city pursuant to\nsection thirty-eight hundred sixty-one of this title and the approval of\nthe BFSA board.\n  4. "Bonds, notes or other obligations" means bonds, notes and other\nevidences of indebtedness, issued or incurred by the authority.\n  5. "Chief fiscal officer" means the chief fiscal officer of the city\nas defined in section 2.00 of the local finance law.\n  6. "City" means the city of Buffalo.\n  7. "City charter" means the city government law of the city of\nBuffalo, as amended.\n  8. "City tax revenues" means the portion of the county's "net\ncollections", as defined in section twelve hundred sixty-two of the tax\nlaw, payable to the city under the agreement among the county, the city\nand the cities of Lackawanna and Tonawanda entered into pursuant to the\nauthority of subdivision (c) of section twelve hundred sixty-two of the\ntax law. In the event that the city imposes sales and compensating use\ntaxes pursuant to the authority of section twelve hundred ten of the tax\nlaw, "city tax revenues" shall also include net collections from such\ncity taxes.\n  9. "Comptroller" means the comptroller of the city.\n  10. "Control period" means that period of time from the effective date\nof this title, continuing until the authority determines that conditions\nhave been met as provided in subdivision one of this section and the\ncity qualifies for the onset of an advisory period. A control period may\nbe reimposed as determined by the authority in accordance with section\nthirty-eight hundred fifty-eight of this title.\n  11. "Council" means the city council of the city of Buffalo.\n  12. "County" means the county of Erie.\n  13. "Covered organization" means the city school district, the joint\nschools construction board of the city, as described in chapter six\nhundred five of the laws of two thousand, as amended, and the Buffalo\nmunicipal housing authority and any governmental agency, public\nauthority or public benefit corporation which receives or may receive\nmoneys directly, indirectly or contingently from the city, but excluding\nthe authority and (a) any other governmental agency, public authority or\npublic benefit corporation specifically exempted from the provisions of\nthis title by order of the authority upon application of such agency,\npublic authority, or corporation to the authority or on the authority's\nown motion upon a finding by the authority that such exemption does not\nmaterially affect the ability of the city to adopt and maintain a budget\npursuant to the provisions of this title, or (b) any state public\nauthority defined in section two hundred one of the civil service law,\nunless specifically named above; provided, however, that the authority\nmay terminate any exemption granted by order of the authority pursuant\nto this subdivision upon a determination that the circumstances upon\nwhich such exemption was granted are no longer applicable.\n  14. "Director of the budget" means the director of the budget of the\nstate.\n  15. "Financeable costs" or "costs" means costs to finance (a) amounts\nnecessary to accomplish a refunding, repayment or restructuring of a\nportion of the city's outstanding indebtedness or that of any covered\norganization, (b) cash flow needs of the city or any covered\norganization, (c) any object or purpose of the city or any covered\norganization, for which a period of probable usefulness is prescribed in\nsection 11.00 of the local finance law, including the costs of any\npreliminary studies, surveys, maps, plans, estimates and hearings, (d)\namounts necessary to finance a portion of the operating costs of the\ncity or any covered organization as provided in section thirty-eight\nhundred fifty-seven of this title, to the extent approved by the\nauthority, or (e) incidental costs, including, but not limited to, legal\nfees, printing or engraving, publication of notices, taking of title,\napportionment of costs, and capitalized interest, insurance premiums,\ncosts related to items authorized in subdivisions seven through nine of\nsection thirty-eight hundred fifty-four of this title or any\nunderwriting or other costs incurred in connection with the financing\nthereof; provided however that, to the maximum extent practicable, all\nfinanceable costs shall not adversely affect the requirements of\nsubdivision two of section thirty-eight hundred sixty-nine of this\ntitle.\n  16. "Financial plan" means the financial plan of the city and the\ncovered organizations to be developed pursuant to section thirty-eight\nhundred fifty-seven of this title, as from time to time amended.\n  17. "Major operating funds" means the city general fund, the board of\neducation general fund, the city enterprise funds, the board of\neducation special project funds, together with any other funds of the\ncity or a covered organization from time to time designated by the\nauthority.\n  18. "Mayor" means the mayor of the city.\n  19. "Presiding officer" means the presiding officer of the council\nelected pursuant to the rules of the council.\n  20. "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 city and certified by the authority. For purposes of determining the\nprojected gap in each fiscal year, annual aggregate projected revenues\nshall not include the amount of BFSA assistance expected to be available\nfor such fiscal year.\n  21. "Revenues" means revenues of the authority consisting of city tax\nrevenues, school district tax revenues, state aid revenues, and all\nother aid, rents, fees, charges, gifts, payments and other income and\nreceipts paid or payable to the authority or a trustee for the account\nof the authority, to the extent such amounts are pledged to bondholders.\n  22. "State" means the state of New York.\n  23. "State aid" means: all general purpose local government aid;\nemergency financial assistance to certain cities; emergency financial\nassistance to eligible municipalities; supplemental municipal aid; and\nany successor type of aid and any new aid appropriated by the state as\nlocal government assistance for the benefit of the city.\n  24. "State aid revenues" means state aid paid by the state comptroller\nto the authority pursuant to this title.\n  25. "State comptroller" means the comptroller of the state.\n  26. "School district tax revenues" means the portion of the county's\n"net collections," as defined in section twelve hundred sixty-two of the\ntax law, payable to the city's dependent school district by the county\npursuant to the authority of subdivision (a) of section twelve hundred\nsixty-two of the tax law.\n  27. "Cash flow borrowings" means:\n  (a) notes issued by the authority on behalf of the city, the city's\ndependent school district or any other covered organization, the\nproceeds of which are used to address temporary cash flow needs of the\ncity, the city's dependent school district or the applicable covered\norganization; and\n  (b) bonds, notes and other obligations issued by the authority to\nrefund notes of the authority described in paragraph (a) of this\nsubdivision.\n  28. "Obligations of the city" means bonds, notes and other evidences\nof indebtedness issued or incurred by the city.\n
N.Y. MDW Law § 186 — New York Code / Act MDW / Article 6 / Title 2 / Section 186
Extension roofs
Status: in_force

§ 186. Extension roofs. The under-surface of the roof of any extension\nshall be fire-retarded or sprinklered unless such ceiling has already\nbeen plastered in a manner satisfactory to the department.\n
N.Y. VAT Law § 216-A — New York Code / Act VAT / Title 2 / Article 2 / Section 216-A
Statistics on driving while intoxicated
Status: in_force

§ 216-a. Statistics on driving while intoxicated.  1. The commissioner\nshall collect and analyze statistical information and data with respect\nto: (i) the number of persons charged with violating any of the\nprovisions of section eleven hundred ninety-two of this chapter\nprohibiting the operation of a motor vehicle while under the influence\nof alcohol or drugs, or the provisions of section eleven hundred\nninety-two-a of this chapter prohibiting persons under the age of\ntwenty-one from operating a motor vehicle after having consumed alcohol,\nor the provisions of section forty-nine-b of the navigation law\nprohibiting persons under the age of twenty-one from operating a vessel\nafter having consumed alcohol; and (ii) the disposition of such charge\nand (iii) if a conviction or finding was had thereon, the category of\nthe offense for which such conviction or finding was had, whether it\nresulted from a plea of guilty or after trial or after a hearing before\na hearing officer and the sentence thereon; and (iv) such other\ninformation as the commissioner shall deem relevant. Provided, however,\nthat nothing herein shall be deemed to authorize the reporting or\ncollecting of any information relating to the identity of any person so\ncharged, and no such information shall be so reported to or collected by\nthe commissioner except for the purposes of assisting courts or hearing\nofficers in the suspension of licenses pursuant to sections five hundred\nten and five hundred fourteen of this chapter or the suspension of\noperating privileges pursuant to section forty-nine-b of the navigation\nlaw, and no such information may be disseminated except to such courts\nor hearing officers.\n  2. The commissioner shall from time to time make reports and\nrecommendations to the governor and the legislature based upon the\ncompilation and analysis of the information and data made pursuant to\nthis section.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 279 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 2-A / Title 2 / Section 279
Prescriber education
Status: in_force

§ 279. Prescriber education. The department shall develop in\ncollaboration with an academic institution a program designed to provide\nprescribers with an evidence-based, non-commercial source of the latest\nobjective information about pharmaceuticals. Information shall be\npresented to prescribers by specially-trained pharmacists, nurses or\nother health professionals to assist the prescriber in making\nappropriate therapeutic recommendations.\n
N.Y. EXC Law § 506 — New York Code / Act EXC / Article 19-G / Title 2 / Section 506
Claims for damage to employees' personal property
Status: in_force

§ 506. Claims for damage to employees' personal property. Claims for\ndamages to personal property of employees of the division for youth\ncaused by youths in program may be examined, audited and certified for\npayment by the state comptroller. Such claims must be approved by the\ndirector of the division for youth prior to submission to the office of\nthe state comptroller.  The payment of any such claim shall not exceed\nthe sum of three hundred fifty dollars.\n
N.Y. RPT Law § 489-AAAAAA — New York Code / Act RPT / Article 4 / Title 2-F / Section 489-AAAAAA
Definitions
Status: in_force

§ 489-aaaaaa. Definitions. When used in this title:\n  1. "Commercial construction work" means the construction of a new\nbuilding or structure or the modernization, rehabilitation, expansion or\nimprovement of an existing building or structure for use as commercial\nproperty.\n  2. "Commercial exclusion area" means an area as defined in subdivision\nfour of section four hundred eighty-nine-gggggg of this title.\n  3. "Commercial property" means nonresidential property on which will\nexist after completion of commercial construction work a building or\nstructure, or portion thereof, used for the buying, selling or otherwise\nproviding of goods or services including hotel services, or for other\nlawful business, commercial or manufacturing activities; provided that\nproperty or portions of property dedicated to utility property shall not\nbe considered commercial property for purposes of this title.\n  4. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of finance of a city that has\nenacted a local law pursuant to this title.\n  5. "Completion of construction," or "completion," when relating to new\nconstruction, means the earlier of the date on which the department of\nbuildings of a city that has enacted a local law pursuant to this title\nissues a final certificate of occupancy, or when the department of\nfinance has otherwise determined that construction is complete.\n  6. "Department" means the department of finance of a city that has\nenacted a local law pursuant to this title.\n  7. "Industrial construction work" means the construction of a new\nbuilding or structure or the modernization, rehabilitation, expansion or\nimprovement of an existing building or structure for use as industrial\nproperty.\n  8. "Industrial property" means nonresidential property on which will\nexist after completion of industrial construction work a building or\nstructure, or portion thereof, with at least seventy-five percent of the\ntotal net square footage of the property used or immediately available\nand held out for manufacturing activities involving assembling goods or\nthe fabrication or processing of raw materials; provided that property\nor portions of property dedicated to utility property shall not be\nconsidered industrial property for purposes of this title.\n  9. "Manufacturing activity" means an activity involving the assembly\nof goods or the fabrication or processing of raw materials, but shall\nnot include: (a) such activity when conducted for the purpose of retail\nsale on the premises; or (b) utility services.\n  10. "Minimum required expenditure" means the amount that an applicant\nmust expend on construction work for a project in order to qualify for\nbenefits as provided in this title.\n  11. "Mixed-use property" means property on which exists, or will exist\nupon completion of construction work, a building or structure used for\nboth residential and nonresidential purposes.\n  12. "Renovation construction work" means the modernization,\nrehabilitation, expansion or improvement of an existing building or\nstructure where such modernization, rehabilitation, expansion or\nimprovement is physically and functionally integrated with the existing\nbuilding or structure, or portion thereof, does not increase the bulk of\nthe existing building or structure by more than thirty percent, and does\nnot increase the height of the existing building or structure by more\nthan thirty percent.\n  13. "Residential construction work" means any construction,\nmodernization, rehabilitation, expansion or improvement of dwelling\nunits other than dwelling units in a hotel.\n  14. "Restricted activity" means any entertainment activity that the\ndepartment has identified in rules promulgated pursuant to a local law\nenacted pursuant to this title as an activity which, in the public\ninterest, should not be encouraged through the benefits of this title.\n  15. "Retail purposes" means any activity that consists predominately\nof (a) the final sale of tangible personal property or services by a\nvendor as defined in section eleven hundred one of the tax law, (b) the\nsale of services that generally involve the physical, mental, and/or\nspiritual care of individuals or the physical care of the personal\nproperty of individuals, (c) retail banking services, or (d) the final\nsale of food and/or beverage by a vendor as defined in section eleven\nhundred one of the tax law, including the assembly, processing or\npackaging of goods, provided that sales of such tangible personal\nproperty or services are predominantly to purchasers who personally\nvisit the facilities at which such sales are made or such property and\nservices are provided. "Retail purposes" shall not include hotel uses as\ndescribed in subdivision four of section four hundred eighty-nine-cccccc\nof this title.\n  16. "Temporary commercial incentive area boundary commission" means a\ncommission as defined in section four hundred eighty-nine-gggggg of this\ntitle.\n  17. "Utility property" means property and equipment as described in\nparagraphs (c), (d), (e), (f) and (i) of subdivision twelve of section\none hundred two of this chapter that is used in the ordinary course of\nbusiness by its owner or any other entity or property as described in\nparagraphs (a) and (b) of subdivision twelve of section one hundred two\nof this chapter that is owned by any entity that uses in the ordinary\ncourse of business property and equipment as described in paragraphs\n(c), (d), (e), (f) and (i) of subdivision twelve of section one hundred\ntwo of this chapter, without regard to the classification of such\nproperty and equipment for real property tax purposes pursuant to\nsection eighteen hundred two of this chapter, except that any such\nproperty and equipment used solely to serve the building to which they\nare attached shall not be deemed utility property. Notwithstanding any\nprovision of this title to the contrary, peaking units shall not be\nconsidered utility property. For purposes of this title, "peaking unit"\nshall mean a generating unit that: (a) is determined by the New York\nindependent system operator or a federal or New York state energy\nregulatory commission to constitute a peaking unit as set forth in\nsection 5.14.1.2 of the New York independent system operator's market\nadministration and control area services tariff, as such term existed as\nof April first, two thousand eleven; or (b) has an annual average\noperation, during the calendar year preceding the taxable status date,\nof less than eighteen hours following each start of the unit; for\npurposes of calculating the annual average, operations during any period\ncovered by any major emergency declaration issued by the New York\nindependent system operator, northeast power coordinating council, or\nother similar entity shall be excluded. A "peaking unit" under this\ntitle shall include all real property used in connection with the\ngeneration of electricity, and any facilities used to interconnect the\npeaking unit with the electric transmission or distribution system, but\nshall not include any facilities that are part of the electric\ntransmission or distribution system; it may be comprised of a single\nturbine and generator or multiple turbines and generators located at the\nsame site. Notwithstanding any provision of this title to the contrary,\na peaking unit shall be considered industrial property, provided however\nthat the benefit period for a peaking unit shall be as set forth in\nparagraph (b-1) of subdivision three of section four hundred\neighty-nine-bbbbbb of this title.\n
N.Y. RPT Law § 430 — New York Code / Act RPT / Article 4 / Title 2 / Section 430
Interdenominational centers
Status: in_force

§ 430. Interdenominational centers. 1. Real property owned by a\ncorporation organized for the purposes of establishing an\ninterdenominational center to assist in the work of and to promote\ncooperation among various religious denominations, and to acquire or\nerect a building or buildings for such center and to lease a portion or\nportions thereof for the use of religious, educational, missionary and\ncharitable corporations or associations, or real property leased to a\ncorporation organized for such purposes by a corporation organized for\npurposes which are exempt under this section or section four hundred\ntwenty-a, four hundred twenty-b, four hundred twenty-two, four hundred\ntwenty-four, four hundred twenty-six or four hundred twenty-eight of\nthis chapter, shall be exempt from taxation and exempt from special ad\nvalorem levies and special assessments to the extent provided in section\nfour hundred ninety of this article, to the same extent and subject to\nthe same conditions and exceptions as property of a corporation\norganized exclusively for religious, educational, missionary or\ncharitable purposes.\n  2. In addition to any other rental moneys allowed to be charged for\nsuch use, with the consent of each corporation or association that\nleases a portion of such real property, the interdenominational center\nmay require each such lessee to make payment on an annual basis to a\ncapital improvement fund, the funds to be used exclusively for capital\nimprovements, as defined in this subdivision, in accordance with a\ncapital improvement plan adopted or updated annually by the\ninterdenominational center. For purposes of this section, "capital\nimprovement" shall mean any addition to, replacement of, or remodeling\nof physical plant, structures, or equipment now or hereafter owned by an\ninterdenominational center, which is used or is to be used in connection\nwith the operation of the interdenominational center, and which shall\ninclude improvements to land, but not land itself.\n
N.Y. LAB Law § 516 — New York Code / Act LAB / Article 18 / Title 2 / Section 516
Paid
Status: in_force

§ 516. Paid.  The term "wages paid" or "remuneration paid" shall, for\nthe purposes of this article, be deemed paid on the date such payments\nare made.\n
N.Y. GMU Law § 908-B — New York Code / Act GMU / Article 18-A / Title 2 / Section 908-B
City of New Rochelle industrial development agency
Status: in_force

* § 908-b. City of New Rochelle industrial development agency. For the\nbenefit of the city of New Rochelle and the inhabitants thereof, an\nindustrial development agency, to be known as the NEW ROCHELLE\nINDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY, is hereby established for the\naccomplishment of any or all of the purposes specified in title one of\narticle eighteen-A of this chapter. It shall constitute a body corporate\nand politic, and be perpetual in duration. It shall have the powers and\nduties now or hereafter conferred by title one of article eighteen-A of\nthis chapter upon industrial development agencies and provided that the\nexercise of the powers by such agency with respect to the acquisition of\nreal property whether by purchase, condemnation or otherwise, shall be\nlimited to the corporate limits of the city of New Rochelle, and such\nagency shall take into consideration the local zoning and planning\nregulations as well as the regional and local comprehensive land use\nplans. It shall be organized in a manner prescribed by and be subject to\nthe provisions of title one of article eighteen-A of this chapter. Its\nmembers shall be appointed by the governing body of the city of New\nRochelle. The agency, its members, officers and employees and its\noperations and activities shall in all respects be governed by the\nprovisions of title one of article eighteen-A of this chapter.\n  * NB Agency expires per §§ 856 and 882\n
N.Y. RPT Law § 464 — New York Code / Act RPT / Article 4 / Title 2 / Section 464
Incorporated associations of volunteer firefighters
Status: in_force

§ 464. Incorporated associations of volunteer firefighters. 1. Except\nas otherwise provided in subdivision two of this section, real property\nowned by an incorporated association of present or former volunteer\nfirefighters, other than a business corporation, which is (a) actually\nand exclusively used and occupied by such incorporated association or\n(b) leased to the city, town, village or fire district in which the real\nproperty is located and is actually and exclusively used and occupied by\nsuch city, town, village or fire district for fire department purposes\nor for the social and recreational use of the firefighters and residents\nof the city, town, village or fire district, provided the rent under any\nsuch lease does not exceed the amount of carrying, maintenance and\ndepreciation charges or (c) leased to the school district in which the\nreal property is located and is actually and exclusively used and\noccupied by such school district for school district purposes, provided\nthe rent under any such lease does not exceed the amount of carrying,\nmaintenance and depreciation charges, shall be exempt from taxation, but\nthe total amount of the exemption to any one incorporated association\nshall not exceed twenty thousand dollars.\n  2. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision one of this section,\nreal property owned by an incorporated volunteer fire company or fire\ndepartment created for the purpose of furnishing fire protection which\nis (a) actually and exclusively used and occupied by such fire company\nor fire department for public purposes or (b) leased to the city, town,\nvillage or fire district in which the real property is located and is\nactually and exclusively used and occupied by such city, town, village\nor fire district for governmental purposes including but not limited to\nthe social and recreational use of the firefighters and residents of the\ncity, town, village or fire district provided the rent under any such\nlease does not exceed the amount of carrying, maintenance and\ndepreciation charges or (c) leased to the school district in which the\nreal property is located and is actually and exclusively used and\noccupied by such school district for school district purposes, provided\nthe rent under any such lease does not exceed the amount of carrying,\nmaintenance and depreciation charges, shall be exempt from taxation and\nexempt from special ad valorem levies and special assessments to the\nextent provided in section four hundred ninety of this chapter. In the\nevent that not all of the real property shall be used and occupied for\nsuch purposes then exemption of the portion not so used shall be limited\nto the exemption provided in subdivision one of this section.\n  3. The term "public purpose", as used in this section, shall mean land\nand buildings, or portions thereof, used for\n  (a) housing, storage, repair and testing of fire department vehicles\nand of equipment, appliances, devices, tools, protective clothing,\nuniforms and supplies,\n  (b) receipt and dispatch of alarms,\n  (c) training, drills and instruction,\n  (d) generators, lockers, showers, custodial quarters,\n  (e) offices, company meetings, ready room,\n  (f) social and recreational use, other than for income producing or\nbusiness purposes, of both the firefighters and residents of the city,\ntown, village or fire district in which the real property is located.\n
N.Y. RPT Law § 489-HH — New York Code / Act RPT / Article 4 / Title 2-B / Section 489-HH
Economic factor
Status: in_force

§ 489-hh. Economic factor. (a) In accordance with the policy of\nreflecting the effect of the rate of earnings of a railroad company upon\nthe taxable value of its railroad property, an economic factor for each\nrailroad company shall be determined in relation to its ratio computed\npursuant to section four hundred eighty-nine-gg of this title. The said\neconomic factor shall be twenty percent if the ratio is one or more,\nforty percent if the ratio is nine-tenths and one hundred percent if the\nratio is three-fourths or less. The said economic factor shall be\ndetermined by interpolation to the nearest tenth of one percent if the\nratio is between one and nine-tenths or between nine-tenths and\nthree-fourths.\n  (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision (a) of this section,\nfor purposes of determining railroad ceilings for interstate railroads\nfor assessment rolls completed in two thousand three and thereafter, the\npercentage indicated opposite the ratio in the table in this subdivision\nshall be the economic factor. If the ratio does not coincide with a\nspecific rate indicated in the table in this subdivision, the economic\nfactor for such company shall be determined by interpolation to the\nnearest tenth of one percent.\n               Ratio                    Economic Factor\n                                        (Percent)\n                .60                     100\n                .65                     85\n                .70                     70\n                .75                     60\n                .80                     50\n                .85                     40\n                .90                     30\n                .95                     20\n               1.00                     15\n  (c) Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision (b) of this section,\nwhenever it shall appear that an economic factor is increasing more than\none-tenth from the economic factor established in the prior year, such\nincrease may not exceed one-tenth.\n
N.Y. ELN Law § 9-204 — New York Code / Act ELN / Article 9 / Title 2 / Section 9-204
County boards of canvassers
Status: in_force

§ 9-204. County boards of canvassers. The board of elections of each\ncounty or city shall be the county board of canvassers of such county,\nor each county within such city. Such board also shall be the city board\nof canvassers of any city or cities within the county for a city\nelection. Such board shall also be the board of canvassers of the towns\nof the county. Such board shall also be the board of canvassers of\nvillages in which village elections are conducted by the board of\nelections.  The secretary of the board of elections, or, if he is\nabsent, or unable to act, a member or chief clerk designated by the\nboard shall be the secretary of the canvassing board. Each canvassing\nboard shall meet at the place where it usually meets in other capacities\non the day following the election, but its duties may be performed in\nany or all of the offices of the board of elections.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 16 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 1 / Title 2 / Section 16
Summary action
Status: in_force

§ 16. Summary action.  Whenever the commissioner, after investigation,\nis of the opinion that any person is causing, engaging in or maintaining\na condition or activity which in his opinion constitutes danger to the\nhealth of the people, and that it therefore appears to be prejudicial to\nthe interests of the people to delay action for fifteen days until an\nopportunity for a hearing can be provided in accordance with the\nprovisions of section twelve-a of this chapter, the commissioner shall\norder the person, including any state agency or political subdivision\nhaving jurisdiction, by written notice to discontinue such dangerous\ncondition or activity or take certain action immediately or within a\nspecified period of less than fifteen days.  As promptly as possible\nthereafter, within not to exceed fifteen days, the commissioner shall\nprovide the person an opportunity to be heard and to present any proof\nthat such condition or activity does not constitute a danger to the\nhealth of the people.\n
N.Y. RSS Law § 17-A — New York Code / Act RSS / Article 2 / Title 2 / Section 17-A
Amortization of amounts outstanding
Status: in_force

§ 17-a. Amortization of amounts outstanding.  a. On or before\nSeptember first, nineteen hundred eighty-nine, on the basis of the\nannual actuarial valuation and appraisal procedure provided for in this\narticle, the comptroller shall determine the annual amounts that, had\nthis section not been enacted, would have been required to be paid into\nthe pension accumulation fund and the New York state public employees'\ngroup life insurance plan, as appropriate, from each participating\nemployer for all obligations, including unpaid amounts for the\nretirement incentive program and payments for any other benefit funded\non other than an annual basis, of each participating employer to the\nretirement system not discharged prior to such date, for fiscal years\nending March thirty-first, nineteen hundred eighty-eight and March\nthirty-first, nineteen hundred eighty-nine.  Such amounts shall include\ninterest, as defined in section sixteen of this article, through the\nfifteenth day of December, nineteen hundred eighty-nine. The sum of such\namounts shall be called the "amount to be amortized".\n  b. The amount to be amortized shall be paid into the pension\naccumulation fund and the New York state public employees' group life\ninsurance plan, as appropriate, according to a schedule of equal annual\ninstallments during any years remaining in the amortization period. The\n"amortization period" shall be seventeen years. The first payment shall\nbe payable by December fifteenth, nineteen hundred eighty-nine.\n  c. The amount of the annual payment to be made in any subsequent\nfiscal year shall be the amount that would be required to pay in full,\nin equal annual installments over the remainder of the amortization\nperiod, any unpaid balance of the amount to be amortized and interest on\nsuch unpaid balance computed at eight and three-quarters percent per\nannum.\n  d. An amount sufficient to provide for such payment shall be included\nin the next annual budget for each participating employer. The amounts\ndue shall be payable on December fifteenth of each year during the\namortization period.\n  e. The state comptroller is directed to promulgate regulations to\npermit the pre-payment of the amounts outstanding. Such regulation shall\nprovide that:\n  (1) On or before November fifteenth, nineteen hundred eighty-nine in\naddition to the amount due for the current year billing and for the\npayment of the amortized annual installment, the comptroller shall\nfurnish the total amount due and be authorized to accept pre-payment in\nfull of said amount by December fifteenth, nineteen hundred eighty-nine.\n  (2) On or before each November fifteenth thereafter, in addition to\nthe amount due for the current year billing and for the payment of the\nannual amortized installment, the comptroller shall furnish the total\namount still outstanding and be authorized to accept the pre-payment of\nany balance remaining to be paid by December fifteenth of that year.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 2527 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 2 / Article 51 / Section 2527
Official undertakings
Status: in_force

§ 2527. Official undertakings. The clerk of the board of education or,\nwhere the office of claims auditor or deputy claims auditor has been\ncreated, the claims auditor or deputy claims auditor, and the treasurer,\ncollector and such other officers and employees as the board of\neducation shall designate, shall, before they enter upon the duties of\ntheir respective offices or positions, each execute to the school\ndistrict and file with the school district clerk an official undertaking\nin such sum and with such corporate surety as the board of education\nshall direct and approve. The board of education may, at any time,\nrequire any such officer or employee to file a new official undertaking\nfor such sum and with such corporate surety as the board shall approve.\nSuch undertakings as shall have been approved by the board of education\nshall forthwith be filed with the school district clerk. The expense of\nany undertaking executed pursuant to this section shall be a school\ndistrict charge.\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 49-0201 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 49 / Title 2 / Section 49-0201
Definitions
Status: in_force

§ 49-0201. Definitions.\n  As used in this title, the following terms shall include and mean:\n  1. "Office" shall mean the state office of parks, recreation and\nhistoric preservation.\n  2. "Commissioners" shall mean the state commissioner of environmental\nconservation and the state commissioner of parks, recreation and\nhistoric preservation.\n
N.Y. ELN Law § 14-206 — New York Code / Act ELN / Article 14 / Title 2 / Section 14-206
Use of public matching funds; qualified campaign expenditures
Status: in_force

§ 14-206. Use of public matching funds; qualified campaign\nexpenditures. 1. Public matching funds provided pursuant to this title\nmay be used only by an authorized committee for expenditures to further\nthe participating candidate's nomination for election or election,\nincluding paying for debts incurred within one year prior to an election\nto further the participating candidate's nomination for election or\nelection.\n  2. Such public matching funds may not be used for:\n  (a) an expenditure in violation of any law;\n  (b) an expenditure in excess of the fair market value of services,\nmaterials, facilities, or other things of value received in exchange;\n  (c) an expenditure made after the candidate has been finally\ndisqualified from the ballot;\n  (d) an expenditure made after the only remaining opponent of the\ncandidate has been finally disqualified from the general or special\nelection ballot;\n  (e) an expenditure made by cash payment;\n  (f) a contribution or loan or transfer made to or expenditure to\nsupport another candidate or political committee or party committee or\nconstituted committee;\n  (g) an expenditure to support or oppose a candidate for an office\nother than that which the participating candidate seeks;\n  (h) gifts, except brochures, buttons, signs, tee shirts and other\nprinted campaign material;\n  (i) legal fees to defend against a criminal charge;\n  (j) any expenditure made to challenge the validity of any petition of\ndesignation or nomination or any certificate of nomination, acceptance,\nauthorization, declination, or substitution;\n  (k) payments made to the candidate or a spouse, domestic partner,\nchild, grandchild, parent, grandparent, brother or sister of the\ncandidate or spouse or domestic partner of such child, grandchild,\nparent, grandparent, brother or sister, or to a business entity in which\nthe candidate or any such person has a ten percent or greater ownership\ninterest;\n  (l) an expenditure made primarily for the purpose of expressly\nadvocating a vote for or against a ballot proposal, other than\nexpenditures made also to further the participating candidate's\nnomination for election or election;\n  (m) payment of any settlement, penalty or fine imposed pursuant to\nfederal, state or local law;\n  (n) payments made through advances, except in the case of individual\npurchases less than two hundred fifty dollars; or\n  (o) expenditures to facilitate, support, or otherwise assist in the\nexecution or performance of the duties of public office.\n
N.Y. ELN Law § 3-204 — New York Code / Act ELN / Article 3 / Title 2 / Section 3-204
Election commissioners; appointment
Status: in_force

§ 3-204. Election commissioners; appointment. 1. At least thirty days\nbefore the first day of January of any year in which a commissioner of\nelections is to be appointed, the chairman or secretary of the\nappropriate party county committee shall file a certificate of party\nrecommendation with the clerk of the appropriate local legislative body.\n  2. Party recommendations for election commissioner shall be made by\nthe county committee or by such other committee as the rules of the\nparty may provide, by a majority of the votes cast at a meeting of the\nmembers of such committee at which a quorum is present. If at any time a\nvacancy occurs in the office of any election commissioner other than by\nexpiration of term of office, party recommendations to fill such vacancy\nshall be made by the county committee or by such other committee as the\nrules of the party may provide, by a majority of the votes cast at a\nmeeting of the members of such committee at which a quorum is present.\n  3. The certificate filed shall be in such form and contain such\ninformation as shall be prescribed by the state board of elections.\n  4. Commissioners of election shall be appointed by the county\nlegislative body, or in the city of New York, by the city council.\nProvided, however, that if a legislative body shall fail to appoint any\nperson recommended by a party for appointment as a commissioner pursuant\nto this section, within thirty days after the filing of a certificate of\nrecommendation with such legislative body, then the members of such\nlegislative body who are members of the political party which filed such\ncertificate may appoint such person. And further provided, if there are\nno members of the legislative body who are members of the political\nparty which filed such certificate, the appointment shall take effect\nupon the expiration of thirty days from the date that the certificate\nwas filed. If none of the persons named in any of the certificates filed\nby a party are so appointed within sixty days after the filing of any\nsuch certificate, then such party may file another certificate within\nthirty days after the expiration of any such sixty day period\nrecommending a different person for such appointment. If a party fails\nto file a certificate within the time prescribed by this section, the\nmembers of the legislative body who are members of such party may\nappoint any eligible person to such office.\n  5.  If at any time a vacancy occurs in the office of any election\ncommissioner other than by expiration of term of office, such vacancy\nshall be filled as herein provided for the regular appointment of a\ncommissioner except that a person who fills a vacancy shall hold such\noffice during the remainder of the term of the commissioner in whose\nplace he shall serve.  Certificates of party recommendation to fill such\nvacancy shall be filed not later than forty-five days after the creation\nof the vacancy.\n
N.Y. ELN Law § 5-206 — New York Code / Act ELN / Article 5 / Title 2 / Section 5-206
Watchers
Status: in_force

§ 5-206. Watchers. 1. Each political party or independent body duly\nnominating or entitled to nominate candidates for offices to be filled\nat the election may, by a writing signed by the duly authorized chairman\nor secretary of the county, city, town or village committee of such\npolitical party or independent body, and delivered to and filed with one\nof the inspectors of election, appoint not more than two watchers to\nattend any meeting or meetings of the inspectors for an election\ndistrict held for the registration of voters thereof.\n  2. Each watcher must be a qualified voter of the city or county in\nwhich he is to serve. Such watchers may be present at such place of\nregistration from at least fifteen minutes before the commencement of\nsuch meeting until after the completion of the duties of the board of\ninspectors for that day of registration. Any watcher may examine any\nchallenge list furnished by the board of elections.\n
N.Y. EXC Law § 505 — New York Code / Act EXC / Article 19-G / Title 2 / Section 505
Directors of facilities
Status: in_force

§ 505. Directors of facilities. 1. There shall be a facility director\nof each office of children and family services operated facility. Such\nfacility director shall be appointed by the commissioner of the office\nof children and family services and the position shall be in the\nnoncompetitive class and designated as confidential as defined by\nsubdivision two-a of section forty-two of the civil service law. The\nfacility director shall have such experience and other qualifications as\nmay be prescribed by the director of classification and compensation\nwithin the department of civil service in consultation with the\ncommissioner of the office of children and family services based on\ndifferences in duties, levels of responsibility, size and character of\nthe facility, knowledge, skills and abilities required, and other\nfactors affecting the position. Such facility director shall serve at\nthe pleasure of the commissioner of the office of children and family\nservices.\n  2. Subject to regulations of the division, the facility director of a\nstate facility in the division shall:\n  (a) operate and manage the facility,\n  (b) submit a monthly report on such matters as the division may\nspecify.\n  3. Subject to the regulations of the division, the facility director\nmay authorize the use of the buildings and grounds of the facility by a\nmunicipality, special district or non-profit association, corporation or\norganization for educational, recreational, social and civic purposes\nwhenever such use may promote better relationships with the community in\nwhich the facility is located, provided, however, that such use does not\ninterfere with the purposes and program of the facility.\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 49-0211 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 49 / Title 2 / Section 49-0211
State land acquisition advisory council
Status: in_force

§ 49-0211. State land acquisition advisory council.\n  1. The council shall consist of seven members: the commissioner of\nenvironmental conservation and the commissioner of parks, recreation and\nhistoric preservation, and the following officials or their designees:\nthe governor, the majority leader of the senate, the speaker of the\nassembly, the minority leader of the senate and the minority leader of\nthe assembly. The governor shall appoint the chair. Persons serving as a\nmember of the council pursuant to designation shall serve at the\npleasure of the designating authority, without compensation, but shall\nbe entitled to receive reimbursement of reasonable expenses necessarily\nincurred in the performance of their duties pursuant to the provisions\nof this title.\n  2. The provisions of section seventy-four of the public officers law\nshall be applicable to the members of the council in connection with\ntheir duties under this article. At any time that a member of the\ncouncil has or may have a direct or indirect financial interest in or\nresulting from the proposed acquisition or decision not to acquire land\nor an interest in land, such member shall not participate in any\ndiscussion or deliberation of the council concerning such land or\ninterest.\n  3. The advisory council shall:\n  a. advise and make recommendations to the commissioners regarding\nacquisition goals and priorities to ensure a balance of statewide and\nregional interests in acquisition;\n  b. have an opportunity to review and make recommendations regarding\nspecific parcels proposed by the commissioners for acquisition prior to\nthe approval by the department or the office of any parcel for\nacquisition; and\n  c. review the annual reporting of the regional advisory committees,\nany community preservation project plans developed pursuant to section\nsix-s of the general municipal law, the department and the office, and\nthe state land acquisition plan.\n  4. Notwithstanding the provisions of article six of the public\nofficers law, no records of the advisory council shall be available for\npublic inspection. Notwithstanding the provisions of article seven of\nthe public officers law, no meeting or proceeding of the advisory\ncouncil shall be open to the public. All proceedings of the advisory\ncouncil shall be confidential. Members of the advisory council may\nparticipate in a meeting by means of a conference telephone or similar\ncommunications equipment and may exchange information by mail.\n  5. In carrying out its responsibilities pursuant to this article, the\ncouncil shall take into account the regional and state land acquisition\npriorities and policies.\n
N.Y. MDW Law § 245 — New York Code / Act MDW / Article 7 / Title 2 / Section 245
Cellar entrance
Status: in_force

§ 245. Cellar entrance. In tenements erected after April twelfth,\nnineteen hundred one, there shall be an entrance to the cellar, or to\nthe basement or other lowest story if there be no cellar, from the\noutside of the tenement.\n
N.Y. VAT Law § 221 — New York Code / Act VAT / Title 2 / Article 2 / Section 221
Annual compilation of this chapter
Status: in_force

§ 221. Annual compilation of this chapter. The commissioner shall\ncause to be published by the department, and make available to the\npublic, an annual paperback compilation of all of the provisions of this\nchapter. The commissioner shall establish a reasonable fee, chargeable\non a per copy basis, sufficient to cover the cost of preparation and\ndistribution of such books.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 1718 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 2 / Article 35 / Section 1718
Limitation upon expenditures
Status: in_force

§ 1718. Limitation upon expenditures.  1. No board of education shall\nincur a district liability in excess of the amount appropriated by a\ndistrict meeting unless such board is specially authorized by law to\nincur such liability.\n  2. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision one of this section,\ngrants in aid received from the state and federal governments for\nspecific purposes, other state grants in aid identified by the\ncommissioner for general use as specified by the board of education,\nother gifts which are required to be spent for particular objects or\npurposes and insurance proceeds received for the loss, theft, damage or\ndestruction of real or personal property, when proposed to be used or\napplied to repair or replace such property, may be appropriated by\nresolution of the board of education at any time for such objects or\npurposes.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 608 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 6 / Title 2 / Section 608
State aid; children and youth with special health care needs support services
Status: in_force

§ 608. State aid; children and youth with special health care needs\nsupport services. 1. Whenever the commissioner of health of any county\nor part-county health district or, in a county lacking a county or\npart-county health district, the medical director of the children and\nyouth with special health care needs support services program, or the\ndepartment of health of the city of New York, issues an authorization\nfor medical service for a child with physical disabilities, such county\nor the city of New York shall be granted state aid in an amount of fifty\nper centum of the amount expended in accordance with the rules and\nregulations established by the commissioner, except that such state aid\nreimbursement may be withheld if, on post-audit and review, the\ncommissioner finds that the medical service rendered and furnished was\nnot in conformance with a plan submitted by the municipality and with\nthe rules and regulations established by the commissioner or that the\nrecipient of the medical service was not a child with a physical\ndisability as defined in section two thousand five hundred eighty-one of\nthis chapter.\n  2. Whenever a court of any county issues an order for medical services\nfor any Indian child with a physical disability, residing on an Indian\nreservation, such county shall be granted state aid in the amount of one\nhundred percent of the amount expended in accordance with the standards\nestablished by the commissioner. Such reimbursement shall be made from\nany funds appropriated to the department for payment of state aid for\nchildren with physical disabilities.\n  3. The clerk of the board of supervisors or other similar governing\nbody of each county, or chief fiscal officer of the city of New York\nwhich has paid claims as provided herein shall, not oftener than once in\neach month, transmit to the commissioner a certified statement in the\nform prescribed by him, stating the amount expended for the purposes\nspecified herein, the date of each expenditure, and the purpose for\nwhich it was made. Upon the receipt of such certified statement the\ncommissioner shall examine the same, and if such expenditures were made\nas required by law he shall approve it and transmit it to the\ncomptroller for audit. The comptroller shall thereupon issue his warrant\nin the amount specified in such approved statement for the payment\nthereof out of moneys appropriated therefor to the county treasurer of\nthe county or chief fiscal officer of the city of New York.\n
N.Y. GMU Law § 925-H — New York Code / Act GMU / Article 18-A / Title 2 / Section 925-H
Schenectady county industrial development agency
Status: in_force

* § 925-h. Schenectady county industrial development agency. For the\nbenefit of the county of Schenectady and the inhabitants thereof, an\nindustrial development agency, to be known as the SCHENECTADY COUNTY\nINDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY, is hereby established for the\naccomplishment of any or all of the purposes specified in title one of\narticle eighteen-A of this chapter. It shall constitute a body corporate\nand politic, and be perpetual in duration. It shall have the powers and\nduties now or hereafter conferred by title one of article eighteen-A of\nthis chapter upon industrial development agencies and provided that the\nexercise of the powers by such agency with respect to the acquisition of\nreal property whether by purchase, condemnation or otherwise, shall be\nlimited to the corporate limits of the county of Schenectady, and such\nagency shall take into consideration the local zoning and planning\nregulations as well as the regional and local comprehensive land use\nplans. It shall be organized in a manner prescribed by and be subject to\nthe provisions of title one of article eighteen-A of this chapter. Its\nmembers shall be appointed by the governing body of the county of\nSchenectady. The agency, its members, officers and employees and its\noperations and activities shall in all respects be governed by the\nprovisions of title one of article eighteen-A of this chapter.\n  * NB Agency expires per §§ 856 and 882\n
N.Y. RPT Law § 533 — New York Code / Act RPT / Article 5 / Title 2 / Section 533
Certain conservation easements created pursuant to title three of article forty-nine of the environmental conservation law hereafter acqu...
Status: in_force

§ 533. Certain conservation easements created pursuant to title three\nof article forty-nine of the environmental conservation law hereafter\nacquired by the state within the Adirondack or Catskill parks, as those\nareas are defined in such law and lands within the watershed of Hemlock\nand Canadice lakes in the towns of Livonia, Conesus, West Sparta and\nSpringwater in Livingston county, the towns of Canadice and Richmond in\nOntario county and the town of Wayland in Steuben county, and lands\nwithin the Tug Hill region, as defined in article thirty-seven of the\nexecutive law, shall be subject to taxation for all purposes. Any\nconservation easement created pursuant to title three of article\nforty-nine of the environmental conservation law hereafter acquired by\nthe state within the Adirondack or Catskill parks, as those areas are\ndefined in such law or acquired by the state on lands within the\nwatershed of Hemlock and Canadice lakes in the towns of Livonia,\nConesus, West Sparta and Springwater in Livingston county, the towns of\nCanadice and Richmond in Ontario county and the town of Wayland in\nSteuben county, or acquired by the state on lands within the Tug Hill\nregion as defined in article thirty-seven of the executive law, shall be\nsubject to taxation for all purposes. Any common law easement acquired\non or before January first, nineteen hundred ninety by the state for\nconservation purposes within the Adirondack or Catskill parks, as those\nareas are defined in the environmental conservation law, shall be\nsubject to taxation for all purposes. The value of such interests shall\nbe equivalent to the change, if any, in the value of the lands subject\nto the easement. The procedures set forth in sections five hundred\nforty, five hundred forty-two, five hundred forty-three and five hundred\nforty-four of this title shall govern the assessment and payment of\ntaxes thereon. If the acquisition by or conveyance to the state of any\nsuch easement is determined to be void by any court of competent\njurisdiction, tax payments on such easement paid by the state prior to\nthe date of such determination shall be retained by the recipient and\nshall be deemed to have been a grant-in-aid by the state.\n
N.Y. SOS Law § 461-M — New York Code / Act SOS / Article 7 / Title 2 / Section 461-M
Death and felony crime reporting
Status: in_force

§ 461-m. Death and felony crime reporting. The operator of an adult\nhome, enriched housing program or residence for adults shall have an\naffirmative duty to report any death, or attempted suicide of a resident\nto the department of health within twenty-four hours of its occurrence,\nand shall also have an affirmative duty to report to an appropriate law\nenforcement authority if the operator discovers an incident that the\noperator believes or reasonably should believe would constitute a felony\ncrime against a resident of such facility as soon as possible, or in any\nevent within twenty-four hours. In addition, the operator shall send any\nreports involving a resident who had at any time received services from\na mental hygiene service provider to the justice center for the\nprotection of people with special needs.\n
N.Y. MDW Law § 235 — New York Code / Act MDW / Article 7 / Title 2 / Section 235
Stairs in non-fireproof tenements
Status: in_force

§ 235. Stairs in non-fireproof tenements. 1. Every non-fireproof\ntenement erected after May fifteenth, nineteen hundred two, containing\nmore than twenty-six apartments or suites of rooms above the entrance\nstory shall have an additional stair for every additional twenty-six\napartments or suites or fraction thereof; except that if such tenement\ncontains not more than thirty-six apartments above the entrance story,\nin lieu of an additional stair the stairs, stair halls and entrance\nhalls throughout the entire tenement may each be at least one-half wider\nthan is specified in sections two hundred thirty-four, two hundred\nthirty-seven and two hundred thirty-eight.\n  2. The number of apartments on any story in any non-fireproof tenement\nmay be altered, if the number of living rooms on such story is not\nincreased by more than twenty per centum. If the number of living rooms\non any story or section thereof above the entrance story exceeds twenty,\nthere shall be an additional stair for each twenty rooms or fraction\nthereof on any such story or section thereof, except that if the number\nof living rooms on any such story or section does not exceed thirty, in\nlieu of an additional stair one stair and every public hall connected\ntherewith may be at least one-half wider than is specified in sections\ntwo hundred thirty-four, two hundred thirty-seven and two hundred\nthirty-eight.\n  3. Whenever the total number of rooms, exclusive of bathrooms,\nwater-closet compartments, and cooking spaces less than eighty square\nfeet in area, in any non-fireproof tenement or section thereof is\ndecreased through the process of an alteration, the number of apartments\nmay be altered and the provisions of this section which relate to\nadditional stairs shall not be applicable.\n
N.Y. RPT Law § 489-IIII — New York Code / Act RPT / Article 4 / Title 2-D / Section 489-IIII
Code violations; suspension or termination of benefits
Status: in_force

§ 489-iiii. Code violations; suspension or termination of benefits. A\nlocal law enacted pursuant to this title may provide that benefits\npursuant to this title shall be suspended or terminated if the recipient\nis found to have failed to cure violations of the applicable building,\nfire, or air pollution control codes on the property which is the\nsubject of the certificate of eligibility. Such local law shall define\nthe circumstances under which benefits may be suspended or revoked for\nsuch violations and provide procedures whereby determinations to\nsuspend, terminate or reinstate such benefits shall be made.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 2503-A — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 2 / Article 51 / Section 2503-A
Powers of boards of education to ban fraternities, sororities and other secret societies
Status: in_force

§ 2503-a. Powers of boards of education to ban fraternities,\nsororities and other secret societies.  1. In its discretion, the board\nof education of each school district, may adopt rules and regulations to\nabolish and/or prohibit any fraternity, sorority or other secret society\nin any secondary school under its jurisdiction.\n  2. Prior to the adoption and promulgation of a rule or regulation in\naccordance with the provisions of subdivision one of this section by any\nboard of education of a school district, the board of education of the\nschool district must find that the fraternity, sorority or secret\nsociety group has by virtue of its activities caused or created a\ndisruption of or interference with the academic processes of any\nsecondary school within its jurisdiction or caused or created any\ninterference with or disruption of the academic progress of any\nindividual student or students in any secondary school within its\njurisdiction.\n  3. For the purposes of this chapter a fraternity, sorority, or secret\nsociety shall mean any organization composed wholly or in part of pupils\nenrolled in public secondary schools which exists or seeks to perpetuate\nitself by taking in additional members from the pupils enrolled in such\nschools on the decision of the membership rather than upon the free\nchoice of any pupil in such school but shall not be construed to include\norganizations institutionally sponsored by agencies of public welfare,\nthe Boy Scouts of America, the Girl Scouts of America, the Campfire\nGirls, Young Men's Christian Association, Young Women's Christian\nAssociation, Young Men's Hebrew Association, Young Women's Hebrew\nAssociation, Catholic Youth Organization, Kiwanis International, Hi-Y or\nother similar organizations without limitation to the foregoing.\n  4. Upon and after the adoption and promulgation of a rule or\nregulation in accordance with the provisions of subdivision one of this\nsection by the board of education of any such school district, such\nboard of education may in any secondary school under its jurisdiction\ndiscipline any pupil who shall promise to join, or shall become a member\nof, or shall remain a member of, or shall solicit other persons to join\nany such fraternity, sorority or secret society.\n
N.Y. ELN Law § 17-204 — New York Code / Act ELN / Article 17 / Title 2 / Section 17-204
Definitions
Status: in_force

§ 17-204. Definitions. For the purposes of this title:\n  1. "At-large" method of election means a method of electing members to\nthe governing body of a political subdivision: (a) in which all of the\nvoters of the entire political subdivision elect each of the members to\nthe governing body; (b) in which the candidates are required to reside\nwithin given areas of the political subdivision and all of the voters of\nthe entire political subdivision elect each of the members to the\ngoverning body; or (c) that combines at-large elections with\ndistrict-based elections, unless the only member of the governing body\nof a political subdivision elected at-large holds exclusively executive\nresponsibilities. For the purposes of this title, at-large method of\nelection does not include ranked-choice voting, cumulative voting, and\nlimited voting.\n  2. "District-based" method of election means a method of electing\nmembers to the governing body of a political subdivision using a\ndistricting or redistricting plan in which each member of the governing\nbody resides within a district or ward that is a divisible part of the\npolitical subdivision and is elected only by voters residing within that\ndistrict or ward, except for a member of the governing body that holds\nexclusively executive responsibilities.\n  3. "Alternative" method of election means a method of electing members\nto the governing body of a political subdivision using a method other\nthan at-large or district-based, including, but not limited to,\nranked-choice voting, cumulative voting, and limited voting.\n  4. "Political subdivision" means a geographic area of representation\ncreated for the provision of government services, including, but not\nlimited to, a county, city, town, village, school district, or any other\ndistrict organized pursuant to state or local law.\n  5. "Protected class" means a class of individuals who are members of a\nrace, color, or language-minority group, including individuals who are\nmembers of a minimum reporting category that has ever been officially\nrecognized by the United States census bureau.\n  5-a. "Language minorities" or "language-minority group" means persons\nwho are American Indian, Asian American, Alaskan Natives or of Spanish\nheritage.\n  6. "Racially polarized voting" means voting in which there is a\ndivergence in the candidate, political preferences, or electoral choice\nof members in a protected class from the candidates, or electoral choice\nof the rest of the electorate.\n  7. "Federal voting rights act" means the federal Voting Rights Act of\n1965, 52 U.S.C. § 10301 et seq., as amended.\n  8. The "civil rights bureau" means the civil rights bureau of the\noffice of the attorney general.\n  9. "Government enforcement action" means a denial of administrative or\njudicial preclearance by the state or federal government, pending\nlitigation filed by a federal or state entity, a final judgment or\nadjudication, a consent decree, or similar formal action.\n
N.Y. RPT Law § 1220 — New York Code / Act RPT / Article 12 / Title 2 / Section 1220
Definitions
Status: in_force

§ 1220. Definitions. When used in this title:\n  1. "Change in level of assessment" means the net percentage increase\nor decrease in the assessed valuation of all taxable real property in an\nassessing unit from one final assessment roll to the next, other than\nincreases or decreases in the assessed valuation of special franchises,\ntransportation properties of railroads subject to a ceiling assessment,\nwholly exempt properties, and other than increases or decreases in value\nattributable to physical or quantity changes in the property.\n  2. "Change in level of assessment factor" means a multiplication\nfactor which represents the change in level of assessment.\n  3. "Material change in level of assessment" means a change in level of\nassessment of two percent or more in any one year.\n  4. "Physical or quantity change" means but shall not be limited to\neither an increase in assessed value from the prior roll resulting from\nnew construction, property annexed from another assessing unit, and the\naddition of property omitted from the prior roll, or a decrease in\nassessed value from the prior roll resulting from fire, demolition, and\nthe deletion of duplicate parcels from the roll. A physical or quantity\nchange does not result from the splitting or merging of parcels.\n
N.Y. GMU Law § 896 — New York Code / Act GMU / Article 18-A / Title 2 / Section 896
Chemung county industrial development agency
Status: in_force

* § 896. Chemung county industrial development agency. For the benefit\nof the county of Chemung and the inhabitants thereof, an industrial\ndevelopment agency, to be known as the CHEMUNG COUNTY INDUSTRIAL\nDEVELOPMENT AGENCY, is hereby established for the accomplishment of any\nor all of the purposes specified in title one of article eighteen-A of\nthis chapter. It shall constitute a body corporate and politic, and be\nperpetual in duration. It shall have the powers and duties now or\nhereafter conferred by title one of article eighteen-A of this chapter\nupon industrial development agencies. It shall be organized in a manner\nprescribed by and be subject to the provisions of title one of article\neighteen-A of this chapter. Its members shall be appointed by the\ngoverning body of the county of Chemung. The agency, its members,\nofficers and employees, and its operations and activities shall in all\nrespects be governed by the provisions of title one of article\neighteen-A of this chapter.\n  * NB Agency expires per §§ 856 and 882\n
N.Y. GMU Law § 890-E — New York Code / Act GMU / Article 18-A / Title 2 / Section 890-E
City of Salamanca industrial development agency
Status: in_force

* § 890-e. City of Salamanca industrial development agency. For the\nbenefit of the city of Salamanca and the inhabitants thereof, an\nindustrial development agency, to be known as the CITY OF SALAMANCA\nINDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY, is hereby established for the\naccomplishment of any or all of the purposes specified in title one of\narticle eighteen-A of this chapter. It shall constitute a body corporate\nand politic, and be perpetual in duration. It shall have the powers and\nduties now or hereafter conferred by title one of article eighteen-A of\nthis chapter upon industrial development agencies and provide that the\nexercise of the powers by such agency with respect to the acquisition of\nreal property whether by purchase, condemnation or otherwise, shall be\nlimited to the corporate limits of the city of Salamanca, and such\nagency shall take into consideration the local zoning and planning\nregulations as well as the regional and local comprehensive land use\nplans. It shall be organized in a manner prescribed by and be subject to\nthe provisions of title one of article eighteen-A of this chapter. Its\nmembers shall be appointed by the governing body of the city of\nSalamanca. The agency, its members, officers and employees and its\noperations and activities shall in all respects be governed by the\nprovisions of title one of article eighteen-A of this chapter.\n  * NB Agency expires per §§ 856 and 882\n
N.Y. RSS Law § 12 — New York Code / Act RSS / Article 2 / Title 2 / Section 12
Classification of members
Status: in_force

§ 12. Classification of members.  a. It shall be the duty of the head\nof each department of the state government, and of the chief fiscal\nofficer of each participating employer, at the request of the\ncomptroller, to submit to him a statement showing the name, title,\ncompensation, duties, date of birth and length of government service of\neach member and such other information as the comptroller may require.\nIf any such member be principally engaged upon duties differing from\nthose specified by the appropriate civil service commission for the\ntitle held by him, such head of department, or chief fiscal officer,\nshall certify the reasons therefor and the probable duration of the\nduties being so performed by such member.\n  b. Each member shall be subject to all the provisions of this article\nand to all the rules and regulations adopted by the comptroller pursuant\nto this article.\n
N.Y. GMU Law § 762 — New York Code / Act GMU / Article 17-A / Title 2 / Section 762
Public hearings on proposed elector initiated consolidation plan
Status: in_force

§ 762. Public hearings on proposed elector initiated consolidation\nplan. 1. The governing body or bodies of the local government entities\nto be consolidated shall set a time and place or places for one or more\npublic hearings on the proposed elector initiated consolidation plan.\nThe hearing or hearings shall be held no less than thirty-five days and\nno more than ninety days after the proposed elector initiated\nconsolidation plan is approved pursuant to section seven hundred sixty\nof this title. The hearing or hearings may be held jointly or separately\nby the governing body or bodies of the entities. Any interested person\nshall be given a reasonable opportunity to be heard on any aspect of the\nproposed consolidation.\n  2. The public hearing or hearings shall be held on notice of at least\nten days, but not more than twenty days, published in a newspaper or\nnewspapers having general circulation within each local government\nentity to be consolidated and displayed on a website maintained by each\nentity or otherwise on a website maintained by the village, town and/or\ncounty in which the entities are located. The notice of the hearing or\nhearings shall provide a descriptive summary of the proposed elector\ninitiated consolidation plan and a reference to the public place or\nplaces within the entities where a copy of such agreement may be\nexamined.\n  3. After completion of the final hearing, the governing body or bodies\nof the local government entities to be consolidated may amend the\nproposed elector initiated consolidation plan, provided that the amended\nversion complies with the provisions of subdivision two of section seven\nhundred sixty of this title and is publicized pursuant to subdivision\nfour of this section. The entities' governing body or bodies must\napprove a final version of the elector initiated consolidation plan\nwithin sixty days of such final hearing.\n  4. No later than five business days after amending the proposed\nelector initiated consolidation plan, the governing body or bodies of\nthe local government entities to be consolidated shall:\n  (a) cause a copy of the amended version of the proposed elector\ninitiated consolidation plan, along with a descriptive summary thereof,\nto be displayed and readily accessible to the public for inspection in a\npublic place or places within each entity; and\n  (b) cause the amended version of the proposed elector initiated\nconsolidation plan, along with a descriptive summary thereof and a\nreference to the public place or places within each entity where a copy\nthereof may be examined, to be displayed on a website maintained by each\nentity or otherwise on a website maintained by the village, town and/or\ncounty in which the entities are located.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 2006 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 2 / Article 41 / Part 1 / Section 2006
Special meeting in common school district
Status: in_force

§ 2006. Special meeting in common school district. 1. A special\ndistrict meeting of a common school district shall be held whenever\ncalled by the trustees or whenever called for by petition of the voters\npursuant to subdivision three of this section. The notice thereof shall\nstate the purposes for which it is called, and no business shall be\ntransacted at such special meeting, except that which is specified in\nthe notice; and the district clerk, or, if the office be vacant, or the\nclerk be sick or absent, or shall refuse to act, a trustee, or some\ntaxable inhabitant, by order of the trustees, shall serve the notice\nupon each inhabitant of the district qualified to vote at district\nmeetings, at least six days before the day of the meeting, in the manner\nprescribed in section two thousand one of this part or the trustees\nshall give notice of the time and place of such special meeting, and the\nnotice shall be published once in each week within the four weeks next\npreceding the special meeting, the first publication to be at least\ntwenty-two days before said meeting, in two newspapers if there shall be\ntwo, or in one newspaper if there shall be but one, having general\ncirculation within such common school district. But if no newspaper\nshall then have general circulation therein, the said notice shall be\nposted in at least twenty public places in said district twenty-two days\nbut not more than twenty-eight days before the time of such meeting.\n  2. The inhabitants of a district may, at any annual meeting, adopt a\nresolution prescribing some other mode of giving notice of special\nmeetings, which resolution and the mode prescribed thereby shall\ncontinue in force until rescinded or modified at some subsequent annual\nmeeting.\n  3. Whenever the voters shall have defeated the budget of the school\ndistrict at the annual meeting and election, the trustees may call a\nspecial district meeting for a school budget revote to be held on the\nthird Tuesday of June, provided, however that such budget revote shall\nbe held on the second Tuesday in June if the commissioner at the request\nof a local school board certifies no later than March first that such\nvote would conflict with religious observances. The trustees shall give\nthe notices required by subdivision one of section two thousand three of\nthis part and this section by publishing such notices once in each week\nwithin the two weeks next preceding such special meeting, the first\npublication to be at least fourteen days before such meeting, with any\nrequired posting to be fourteen days before the time of such meeting.\n
N.Y. PML Law § 1311 — New York Code / Act PML / Article 13 / Title 2 / Section 1311
License authorization; restrictions
Status: in_force

§ 1311. License authorization; restrictions.  1. The commission is\nauthorized to award up to four gaming facility licenses, in regions one,\ntwo and five of zone two. The duration of such initial license shall be\nten years. The term of renewal shall be determined by the commission.\nThe commission may award a second license to a qualified applicant in no\nmore than a single region. The commission is not empowered to award any\nlicense nor are any gaming facilities authorized under this title for\nthe city of New York or any other portion of zone one.\n  As a condition of licensure, licensees are required to commence gaming\noperations no more than twenty-four months following license award. No\nadditional licenses may be awarded during the twenty-four month period,\nnor for an additional sixty months following the end of the twenty-four\nmonth period. Should the state legislatively authorize additional gaming\nfacility licenses within these periods, licensees shall have the right\nto recover the license fee paid pursuant to section one thousand three\nhundred six of this article.\n  This right shall be incorporated into the license itself, vest upon\nthe opening of a gaming facility in zone one or in the same region as\nthe licensee and entitle the holder of such license to bring an action\nin the court of claims to recover the license fee paid pursuant to\nsection one thousand three hundred fifteen of this title in the event\nthat any gaming facility license in excess of the number authorized by\nthis section as of the effective date of this section is awarded within\nseven years from the date that the initial gaming facility license is\nawarded.  This right to recover any such fee shall be proportionate to\nthe length of the respective period that is still remaining upon the\nvesting of such right.\n  Additionally, the right to bring an action in the court of claims to\nrecover the fee paid to the state on the twenty-fourth day of September,\ntwo thousand ten, by the operator of a video lottery gaming facility in\na city of more than one million shall vest with such operator upon the\nopening of any gaming facility licensed by the commission in zone one\nwithin seven years from the date that the initial gaming facility\nlicense is awarded; provided however that the amount recoverable shall\nbe limited to the pro rata amount of the time remaining until the end of\nthe seven year exclusivity period, proportionate to the period of time\nbetween the date of opening of the video lottery facility until the\nconclusion of the seven year period.\n  2. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no casino gaming facility shall be\nauthorized:\n  (a) in the counties of Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Hamilton, Jefferson,\nLewis, Saint Lawrence and Warren;\n  (b) within the following area: (1) to the east, State Route 14 from\nSodus Point to the Pennsylvania border with New York; (2) to the north,\nthe border between New York and Canada; (3) to the south, the\nPennsylvania border with New York; and (4) to the west, the border\nbetween New York and Canada and the border between Pennsylvania and New\nYork; and\n  (c) in the counties of Cayuga, Chenango, Cortland, Herkimer, Lewis,\nMadison, Oneida, Onondaga, Oswego and Otsego.\n  3. As a condition for continued licensure, licensees shall be required\nto house upon the physical premises of the licensed gaming facility,\nupon request, a mobile sports wagering platform provider's server or\nother equipment used for receiving mobile sports wagers pursuant to\nsection 1367-a of this article; provided however, that such licensee\nshall be entitled to the reasonable and actual costs, as determined by\nthe gaming commission, of physically housing and securing such server or\nother equipment used for receiving mobile sports wagers at such\nlicensee's licensed gaming facility; and provided further, for the\nduration of the initial license term, a mobile sports wagering platform\nprovider shall pay two and one-half million dollars per year. Each\ngaming facility licensed under title two of this article shall receive\nfive million dollars per year, which shall be paid no later than May\nfirst of each year.\n
N.Y. MDW Law § 187 — New York Code / Act MDW / Article 6 / Title 2 / Section 187
Egress
Status: in_force

§ 187. Egress. 1. Except as provided in paragraph g of subdivision\nthree of section one hundred seventy-one, egress from every apartment on\neach story shall be provided as follows:\n  a. If a dwelling is two stories or less in height, or if it is three\nstories including a basement in height and conforms to the conditions of\nsubdivision four of section one hundred seventy-seven, a single means of\negress from each story to the street shall be sufficient.\n  b. Every other dwelling shall have either two independent means of\negress or one means of egress equipped with a sprinkler system.\n  c. At least one means of egress shall be a stair extending to and\nthrough the roof by a bulkhead, except that a scuttle may be used in\nlieu of a bulkhead if the dwelling does not exceed a basement and three\nother stories in height, or if it does not exceed a basement and four\nother stories in height and is occupied by not more than two families on\nany story, and except that no bulkhead or scuttle, or stair or ladder\nleading thereto, shall be required where the roof is a peak roof with a\npitch of more than fifteen degrees.\n  d. Whenever a second means of egress is required, it shall, except as\nprovided in paragraph f, extend from the entrance story to the roof, and\nshall be located eight feet or more from the first means of egress\nunless separated therefrom by a public hall or elevator vestibule. Such\nsecond means of egress shall be directly accessible at each story to\neach apartment without having to pass through the first means of egress.\n  e. A required second means of egress shall be either a system of\noutside fire-escapes, constructed and arranged as provided in section\nfifty-three for fire-escapes erected after April eighteenth, nineteen\nhundred twenty-nine, a fire-stair, a fire-tower or a connection with an\nadjoining dwelling as provided in paragraph f below.\n  f. If the department upon the application of the owner shall deem it\nfeasible and so permit, the owner shall provide, and at all times\nmaintain unobstructed, a first means of egress extending by means of a\nstair from the street through a bulkhead to the roof and thence from the\nroof of such dwelling to the roof of an adjoining dwelling and through\nsuch adjoining dwelling to the street and a second means of egress from\neach apartment to a room on the same story or level in an adjoining\ndwelling by means of a balcony. Every such balcony shall comply with the\nrequirements for a fire-escape balcony, except that its minimum clear\nwidth shall be two feet instead of three feet. If at any time such\naccess to the street shall in the opinion of the department be\nobstructed or be otherwise unsafe the department shall revoke the\npermit, and upon such revocation the owner shall provide one of the\nother types of egress permitted in this section.\n  g. When the department shall find it impractical to erect an\nindependent fire-escape and shall refuse to permit egress by means of\nbalconies to an adjoining dwelling, the department may permit the\nerection or use of a fire-escape to which the occupants of such dwelling\nhave safe, unobstructed access in common with the occupants of an\nadjoining dwelling.\n  h. Where a required means of egress leads to a yard less than thirty\nfeet in depth, except as provided in paragraph f of subdivision four of\nsection one hundred seventy-seven, there shall be access from such yard\nto the street through a court or fireproof passage, or to the yard or\ncourt of adjoining premises by a gate or door through an intervening\nfence, or, if the department deems such gate or door impracticable and\nso certifies, by a ladder to the top of an intervening fence or wall or\nby such other means as the department may require.\n  2. Where a sprinkler system is required such system shall be equipped\non each story with one or more automatic sprinkler heads with fusible\nstruts which shall be constructed to fuse at a temperature not higher\nthan one hundred sixty-five degrees Fahrenheit and all of which shall be\nconstructed, located and arranged in every stair and entrance hall, and\nin every closet opening therefrom, in such manner as the department may\nrequire. Such system may be attached to the city water supply main if\nthe normal minimum pressure thereon, measured in pounds per square inch\nat the street level at the point of connection with said main, is not\nless than the number of stories in the height of the dwelling,\nmultiplied by five, plus fifteen. If such normal minimum pressure is\nless than the required amount or such system is not attached to the city\nwater supply main, it shall be supplied with water from a tank located\non the roof of the dwelling of such capacity and construction as the\ndepartment may deem necessary.  Such sprinkler system shall be\nmaintained continuously in good repair and serviceable condition.\n
N.Y. ELN Law § 14-211 — New York Code / Act ELN / Article 14 / Title 2 / Section 14-211
Debates for candidates for statewide office
Status: in_force

§ 14-211. Debates for candidates for statewide office. The PCFB shall\npromulgate regulations to facilitate debates among participating\ncandidates who seek election to statewide office. Participating\ncandidates are required to participate in one debate before each\nelection for which the candidate receives public funds, unless the\nparticipating candidate is running unopposed. Nonparticipating\ncandidates may participate in such debates.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 1714 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 2 / Article 35 / Section 1714
Contracts with academies
Status: in_force

§ 1714. Contracts with academies.  The board of education of a union\nfree school district, with the approval of the commissioner of\neducation, may adopt an academy as the academic department thereof, and\ncontract for the instruction therein of pupils of academic grade,\nresiding in the district.  The academy thereupon becomes the academic\ndepartment of such union free school district, and the district is\nentitled to the same rights and privileges, is subject to the same\nduties, and the apportionment and distribution of state school money\nshall be made to it, as if an academic department had been established\nin such district.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 1905 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 2 / Article 39 / Section 1905
District treasurer and clerk; custody and disbursement of funds
Status: in_force

§ 1905. District treasurer and clerk; custody and disbursement of\nfunds.  The board of education of a central high school district shall\nappoint a treasurer, who shall hold office during the pleasure of the\nboard and shall be subject to the provisions of this chapter relative to\nthe treasurer of a union free school district.  The amount raised by tax\nin the several districts included within the central high school\ndistrict for the support and maintenance of such central high school,\nshall be paid to the treasurer of such central high school district and\nshall be paid out by him upon the orders of the board of education\nissued and executed in pursuance of a resolution of said board.  The\nprovisions of this chapter relative to the payment of claims against a\nunion free school district shall apply, so far as practicable, to the\npayment of claims against a central high school district.  The board of\neducation of such district may appoint one of its members or a qualified\nelector of such district as clerk of the district.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 3164 — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 10-A / Title 2 / Section 3164
Continuance of rules and regulations
Status: in_force

§ 3164. Continuance of rules and regulations. Upon the transfer\npursuant to section thirty-one hundred fifty-six of this title of the\nfunctions and powers possessed by and all the obligations and duties of\nthe New York state office of science, technology and academic research\nas established pursuant to article ten-B of the executive law transfer\nto the foundation as prescribed by section thirty-one hundred fifty-six\nof this title, all rules, regulations, acts, determinations and\ndecisions of the New York state office of science, technology and\nacademic research, pertaining to the functions transferred and assigned\nby this title to the foundation in force at the time of such transfer,\nassignment, assumption or devolution shall continue in force and effect\nas rules, regulations, acts, determinations and decisions of the\nfoundation until duly modified or repealed.\n
N.Y. LFN Law § 24.11 — New York Code / Act LFN / Article 2 / Title 2 / Section 24.11
Tax receivable notes for the city of Yonkers
Status: in_force

§ 24.11 Tax receivable notes for the city of Yonkers.  a. The city of\nYonkers may issue tax anticipation notes which are tax receivable notes.\nAs used in this section, the term "tax receivable notes" shall mean tax\nanticipation notes issued pursuant to section 24.00 of this title, which\nshall, upon maturity, at the election of the holder thereof if so\nprovided in such notes, be receivable at full face value of principal\nand interest to the date of maturity and in lieu of cash in payment of\nany tax or installment or portion thereof of the city of Yonkers or any\ninstallment or portion thereof of estimated tax of said city or any\ninterest or penalties thereon as shall be designated by the comptroller\nof the city of Yonkers at the time such tax receivable notes are issued.\nTax receivable notes received in payment of any such tax or installment\nof estimated tax or interest or penalties shall be cancelled by the\nofficer receiving the same, as of the date of maturity. At the time of\nregistration in the name of the taxpayer or at the time of payment in\nlieu of cash by any holder, the taxpayer or holder or any duly\nauthorized agent or attorney thereof shall state in writing in a space\nprovided on the reverse side of the note the taxes to be paid and the\namounts thereof, and shall acknowledge such statement before a notary\npublic, commissioner of deeds or officer of any bank or trust company\nlocated and authorized to do business in the state of New York. Upon the\nacknowledgment of such statement on such note or notes and the delivery\nthereof to the office of the comptroller of the city of Yonkers, the\ntaxes included in such statement shall be satisfied and extinguished to\nthe extent of the face value of principal and interest to maturity of\nsuch note or notes. The term "tax" as used in this section shall mean\nand include all ad valorem taxes or assessments or special benefit\nassessments on real property, all sales, compensating use, or other\ntaxes levied for the municipal purposes of the city of Yonkers. Tax\nreceivable notes registered in the name of the mortgagor of real\nproperty may be accepted by or on behalf of the mortgagee of such real\nproperty in lieu of cash as payment of real property taxes of the city\nof Yonkers, and thereafter the mortgagee may use such note in payment of\nthe real property taxes due from such mortgagor to the city of Yonkers.\n  b. Tax receivable notes shall be authorized by a "tax receivable note\nresolution" adopted by the city council and such notes and said\nresolution shall be subject to the provisions of this chapter applicable\nto tax anticipation notes except as otherwise provided by law.\n  c. Such notes may be sold at public or private sale at such interest\nrate as the city council of the city of Yonkers shall determine. Such\nnotes may be signed by the facsimile signature of the comptroller and\nthe seal of said city may be imprinted or otherwise reproduced on such\nnotes and attested by the manual signatures of the city clerk or any\ndeputy city clerks appointed by the city council for such purpose.\n  d. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 24.00 of this title, or\nof any other law, general, special or local, tax receivable notes may be\nissued by the city of Yonkers during the emergency period established by\nthe financial emergency act for the city of Yonkers, up to one hundred\ntwenty days prior to the commencement of the fiscal year in which the\nreal property taxes or assessments, in anticipation of which such tax\nreceivable notes are to be issued, are to be received or collected and\nsuch notes or any renewals thereof may extend to the end of such fiscal\nyear.\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 25-0202 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 25 / Title 2 / Section 25-0202
Moratorium on alteration of tidal wetlands
Status: in_force

§ 25-0202. Moratorium on alteration of tidal wetlands.\n  1. No person shall alter the state of any tidal wetland or of any area\nimmediately adjacent to such wetland as the commissioner may reasonably\ndeem necessary to preserve in order to effectuate the policies and\nprovisions of this act, prior to the effective date of the land-use\nregulations adopted by the commissioner pursuant to this act, unless a\npermit for such alteration shall have been obtained pursuant to section\n15-0505 of the environmental conservation law. This moratorium shall not\nrestrict in any way any summary action taken by the commissioner under\nsection 71-0301 of the environmental conservation law.\n  2. Any person, upon a showing of hardships caused by this moratorium,\nmay petition the commissioner for a review of the application of the\nmoratorium to any tidal wetland or any area immediately adjacent\nthereto. Within thirty days of the petition being received, the\ncommissioner shall provide the petitioner and any other person an\nopportunity to be heard. Notice of such hearing shall be published in at\nleast two newspapers having a general circulation in the area where the\nwetlands are located, and notice of such hearing shall also be given by\nregistered mail to the chief administrative officer of each municipality\nwithin whose boundary any such wetland or portion thereof is located. If\nthe proposed alterations of the tidal wetlands are not contrary to the\npolicy or any provision of this act, the commissioner may permit the\nalteration to continue during the moratorium, provided that permission\nmay be revoked by the commissioner if its terms are violated and that\nthe permission ends upon completion of the inventory for the area in\nwhich the affected wetlands are located, and provided further that any\nsuch hardship permit issued by the commissioner shall be in addition to,\nand not in lieu of, such permit or permits as may be required by any\nmunicipality within whose boundary such wetland or portion thereof is\nlocated.\n  3. Within thirty days after such permission has been granted or\ndenied, any aggrieved person may seek judicial review of such decision\npursuant to article seventy-eight of the civil practice law and rules in\nthe supreme court for the county in which such wetlands are situated.\n
N.Y. LAB Law § 416 — New York Code / Act LAB / Article 15 / Title 2 / Section 416
Timbering
Status: in_force

§ 416. Timbering. The roofs and sides of each passageway and working\nplace in every mine and tunnel shall be properly timbered and shall be\nkept secure.  No person shall work in an unsafe place except to make it\nsafe.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 2217 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 2 / Article 45 / Section 2217
Appeals from acts of district superintendent
Status: in_force

§ 2217. Appeals from acts of district superintendent. Appeals from the\nofficial acts of a district superintendent of schools or from his\nrefusal or failure to act in any matter in which he may legally act, may\nbe taken to the commissioner of education. All questions in controversy\nrelating to the election of such district superintendent shall be\ndetermined by the commissioner of education on proper appeal. The\nprovisions of article seven of this chapter shall apply to and govern\nsuch appeals and decisions therein.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 2998-F — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 29-D / Title 2 / Section 2998-F
Reporting of the health risk factors of excessive alcohol consumption
Status: in_force

§ 2998-f. Reporting of the health risk factors of excessive alcohol\nconsumption. The department, in collaboration with the office of\naddiction services and supports and health care providers, shall collect\ndata on and report the health risk factor of excessive alcohol\nconsumption and alcohol poisoning, including the risk factors of heavy\nand binge drinking. The report shall be submitted annually, on or before\nNovember first, to the governor, the temporary president of senate, the\nspeaker of the assembly and the chairpersons of the assembly and senate\nhealth committees. The report shall include, at a minimum, the following\ninformation on a county basis:\n  (a) information on excessive alcohol consumption and alcohol poisoning\ndeaths, including age, gender, ethnicity, and geographic location;\n  (b) data on emergency room utilization for the treatment of alcohol\npoisoning; and\n  (c) any other information necessary to ascertain areas of the state\nwhich are experiencing particularly high rates of excessive alcohol\nconsumption and alcohol poisoning, ways to determine if services,\nresources, and responses in particular areas of the state area having a\npositive impact on reducing excessive alcohol consumption and alcohol\npoisoning. Such reporting may be through a web-based dashboard.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 2011 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 2 / Article 41 / Part 1 / Section 2011
Duty to attend district meetings
Status: in_force

§ 2011. Duty to attend district meetings.  Whenever any district\nmeeting shall be duly called, it shall be the duty of the inhabitants\nqualified to vote thereat, to assemble at the time and place fixed for\nthe meeting.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 2201 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 2 / Article 45 / Section 2201
Supervisory districts
Status: in_force

§ 2201. Supervisory districts. 1. All supervisory districts in\nexistence on the date this section, as hereby amended, takes effect, are\nhereby continued and may be altered or dissolved as provided in\nsubdivisions two and three of this section.\n  2. Whenever a vacancy hereafter occurs in the office of district\nsuperintendent of schools in any supervisory district or whenever the\ncommissioner receives a letter of resignation from a district\nsuperintendent, the commissioner shall survey the field in the county\nwhere the vacancy occurred, and if it shall find that the continuance of\nthe number of supervisory districts then existing is no longer necessary\nto serve adequately the educational interests of the county he or she\nshall be authorized to conduct a study to examine the possible\nreorganization of such supervisory district if no such study has been\nconducted within five years.\n  3. The commissioner is authorized when in his judgment such action\nwill promote the educational interests of the area to study the transfer\nof one or more school districts in another adjoining supervisory\ndistrict, to such supervisory district.\n  4. The commissioner shall complete such study no later than four\nmonths after the date such vacancy occurred in the office of district\nsuperintendent. The findings of such study shall be presented to the\nboards of trustees and boards of education by the regent representing\nsuch boards at a public meeting held no later than thirty days after the\ncompletion of such study, for the purpose of eliciting public comment on\nthe proposed reorganization plan, a copy of such plan shall be provided\nto the governor, the temporary president of the senate and the speaker\nof the assembly. The commissioner shall cause notice of such meeting to\nbe posted at least ten days before each such meeting in ten conspicuous\nplaces in the school district. In addition to the posting of such\nnotice, a copy thereof shall be duly published, at least three days\nbefore such meeting, in a daily or weekly newspaper published within, or\nin general circulation in, the supervisory district in which the meeting\nis to be held. The expense of posting and publishing such notice shall\nbe a charge upon the component districts contained within such\nsupervisory district.\n  5. The commissioner shall be authorized to reorganize any supervisory\ndistrict, upon completion of the requirements herein, when in his\njudgement such action will promote the educational interests of such\nsupervisory districts affected.\n  6. Such changes in supervisory districts shall conform to the\nfollowing requirements:\n  a. No school district shall be divided between supervisory districts.\n  b. The territory of supervisory districts shall remain contiguous and\ncompact.\n  c. Towns shall remain arranged in supervisory districts so that there\nshall be as equal a division of the territory and number of school\ndistricts as may be practicable.\n
N.Y. MDW Law § 62 — New York Code / Act MDW / Article 3 / Title 2 / Section 62
Parapets, guard railings and wires
Status: in_force

§ 62. Parapets, guard railings and wires. 1. Every open area of a\nroof, terrace, areaway, outside stair, stair landing, retaining wall or\nporch and every stair window of a multiple dwelling erected after April\neighteenth, nineteen hundred twenty-nine, shall be protected in a manner\napproved by the department by a parapet wall or a guard railing three\nfeet six inches or more in height above the level of such area, or, in\nthe case of a stair window, above the level of the floor adjacent\nthereto, unless the department shall deem that such protection is not\nnecessary for safety. In any multiple dwelling where a bulkhead door or\nscuttle cover opens within four feet of the edge of the roof, that part\nof the roof which is immediately adjacent to such door or cover shall be\nadequately protected. Such protection shall consist of guard rails or\nparapet walls extending at least three feet six inches above the level\nof the roof, and shall be arranged and placed in a manner approved by\nthe department, but shall not be required for such bulkhead door or\nscuttle cover when the bulkhead or scuttle on such dwelling is\nimmediately adjacent to, and also on the same level as or on a lower\nlevel than, the roof of a contiguous building. This subdivision shall\nnot apply to the open area of a roof of a garden-type maisonette\ndwelling project.\n  2. All radio, antennae or other wires over any roof shall, unless\notherwise permitted by the department, be kept ten feet or more above\nsuch roof, and no radio, television antennae or other wires shall be\nattached to any fire escape or to any soil or vent line extending above\nthe roof.\n
N.Y. RPT Law § 423 — New York Code / Act RPT / Article 4 / Title 2 / Section 423
Phase out of exemption for redevelopment company projects upon the cessation of the tax exemption granted pursuant to contract
Status: in_force

§ 423. Phase out of exemption for redevelopment company projects upon\nthe cessation of the tax exemption granted pursuant to contract. (1)\nAfter the expiration of any tax exemption granted a redevelopment\nproject pursuant to section one hundred twenty-five of the private\nhousing finance law, which exemption is not extended pursuant to such\nlaw, that part of the value of the property which was exempt from\ncertain taxation for local purposes by reason of such grant, shall\nthereafter be exempt from taxation for local purposes, other than\nassessments for local improvement, commencing upon the expiration of the\ntax exemption granted pursuant to such section as follows: during the\nfirst year after such expiration, the taxes which shall be payable shall\nbe the taxes which were payable during the last year of the grant of\nexemption plus one tenth of the difference between the taxes which were\npayable during such prior year and the taxes which would otherwise be\npayable during such first year absent this section; during the second\nyear after such expiration, the taxes which shall be payable shall be\nthe taxes which were payable during the first year after such expiration\nplus one-ninth of the difference between the taxes which were payable\nduring such first year and the taxes which would otherwise be payable\nduring such second year absent this section; during the third year after\nsuch expiration, the taxes which shall be payable shall be the taxes\nwhich were payable during the second year after such expiration plus\none-eighth of the difference between the taxes which were payable during\nsuch second year and the taxes which would otherwise be payable during\nsuch third year absent this section; during the fourth year after such\nexpiration, the taxes which shall be payable shall be the taxes which\nwere payable during the third year after such expiration plus\none-seventh of the difference between the taxes which were payable\nduring such third year and the taxes which would otherwise be payable\nduring such fourth year absent this section; during the fifth year after\nsuch expiration, the taxes which shall be payable shall be the taxes\nwhich were payable during the fourth year after such expiration plus\none-sixth of the difference between the taxes which were payable during\nsuch fourth year and the taxes which would otherwise be payable during\nsuch fifth year absent this section; during the sixth year after such\nexpiration, the taxes which shall be payable shall be the taxes which\nwere payable during the fifth year after such expiration plus one-fifth\nof the difference between the taxes which were payable during such fifth\nyear and the taxes which would otherwise be payable during such sixth\nyear absent this section; during the seventh year after such expiration,\nthe taxes which shall be payable shall be the taxes which were payable\nduring the sixth year after such expiration plus one-fourth of the\ndifference between the taxes which were payable during such sixth year\nand the taxes which would otherwise be payable during such seventh year\nabsent this section; during the eighth year after such expiration, the\ntaxes which shall be payable shall be the taxes which were payable\nduring the seventh year after such expiration plus one-third of the\ndifference between the taxes which were payable during such seventh year\nand the taxes which would otherwise be payable during such eighth year\nabsent this section; during the ninth year after such expiration, the\ntaxes which shall be payable shall be the taxes which were payable\nduring the eighth year after such expiration plus one-half of the\ndifference between the taxes which were payable during such eighth year\nand the taxes which would otherwise be payable during such ninth year\nabsent this section; during the tenth year after such expiration, the\ntaxes which shall be payable shall be the taxes otherwise payable.  (2)\nAny provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding, any local laws or\nordinances in respect of the regulation and control of residential rents\nand evictions adopted pursuant to the local emergency housing rent\ncontrol act shall be applicable to all dwelling accommodations in a\nproperty described in subdivision one throughout such additional\nexemption period whether or not such dwelling accommodations become\nvacant during such period, in the same manner that such local laws or\nordinances would be applicable to dwelling accommodations which (i) were\ncompleted after February one, nineteen hundred forty-seven and for which\na certificate of occupancy was obtained prior to March ten, nineteen\nhundred sixty-nine, and (ii) did not become vacant after the thirtieth\nday of June, nineteen hundred seventy-one, provided that the last rental\nset forth under a rental agreement in force relating to a dwelling\naccommodation in such project immediately prior to the expiration of the\ntax exemption granted pursuant to the private housing finance law, shall\ncontinue, and the owner of the property in which such accommodations are\nsituate may increase such rentals.\n  (a) in each year by an amount not more than the increases in taxes,\npayable on such project by such owner over those paid in the year prior\nto the expiration of the tax exemption granted pursuant to the private\nhousing finance law, allocated to such dwelling accommodation on a per\nroom basis based on the room count set forth in the contract with a\nmunicipality originally granting the tax exemption under the private\nhousing finance law, and\n  (b) by an amount not more than the difference between the average\nrental per room per month last authorized by the local legislative body\npursuant to the private housing finance law, and the average rental per\nroom per month actually collected during the last year such project was\nexempt under such law, multiplied by the room count for such dwelling\naccommodation as set forth in such contract with the municipality, as\nwell as percentage increases thereon which percentages are the same as\nauthorized under such local laws and ordinances and generally applicable\nto subsequent rental agreements in dwelling accommodations in other\nmultiple dwellings as well as any other increases authorized by law.\n  (3) Notwithstanding any provision of this section to the contrary,\nwith respect to the real property of a mutual redevelopment project\nlocated in a city having a population of one million or more, the tax\nexemption provided in subdivision one of this section shall not apply in\nany year where the total period of tax exemption granted pursuant to\nsection one hundred twenty-five of the private housing finance law and\nsubdivision one of this section would exceed sixty years.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 826 — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 4 / Title 2 / Section 826
Central New York Regional Market Authority
Status: in_force

§ 826. Central New York Regional Market Authority. 1. There is hereby\ncreated and established a district to be known as the "central New York\nregional market district," hereinafter in this title referred to as "the\ndistrict," which shall embrace all the territory included within the\nfollowing named counties: Cayuga, Cortland, Madison, Oneida, Onondaga,\nOswego, that territory in Wayne county lying east of the new pre-emption\nline. For the accomplishment of the purposes hereinafter indicated\nrelative to that district there is hereby created and established a\npublic benefit corporation, to be known as "Central New York Regional\nMarket Authority," hereinafter in this title referred to as "the\nauthority." Such authority shall have perpetual existence and the power\nto acquire by the exercise of the right of eminent domain or otherwise\nsuch real estate within the district and other property as may be\nnecessary, to sue and be sued, to incur debts, liabilities and\nobligations, to issue bonds and other evidences of indebtedness, to have\na seal, and to exercise all powers authorized by this title and\nreasonably necessary for accomplishing its purposes, subject to the\nprovisions herein contained and the constitution and laws of the United\nStates and of New York state. Such powers shall be exercised in the name\nof the "Central New York Regional Market Authority."\n  2. In fulfilling the authority's mission, the board shall work\ncooperatively and in consultation with the department of agriculture and\nmarkets to ensure the proper development of agriculture and regional\nmarket facilities, in the central New York regional market district. The\nboard and the department of agriculture and markets, hereinafter in this\ntitle referred to as "the department," shall jointly develop a plan for\nthe future development and viability of agriculture and regional market\nfacilities in the district. Such plan shall include both short-term and\nlong-term goals and objectives as well as actual and projected revenues\nand expenditures. Such plan shall annually allocate no less than\nseventy-five percent of the authority's available funds for the\ncreation, development, and enhancement of agriculture and regional\nmarket facilities, in the district. For purposes of this subdivision,\navailable funds shall mean the net amount available after contractually\nobligated expenditures are subtracted from, but not be limited to, cash,\ncash equivalents, certificates of deposit, and other receivables\navailable. The board and department shall meet annually prior to the\nclose of the authority's fiscal year to evaluate the effectiveness of\nthe use of funds for that fiscal year, review the goals and objectives\nof the plan, and properly prepare for the allocation and use of such\nfunds for the next fiscal year. The plan shall be updated annually to\nmake appropriate modifications to such plan for the next fiscal year.\nPrior to any such funds being expended, both the board and the\ndepartment must approve such plan, its goals and objectives as well as\nthe projected revenues and proposed allocations.\n  3. The authority shall furnish an annual real estate report detailing\nall real estate holdings and detailed property information, including\nbut not limited to the tenants, important lease terms, rents, durations\nof leases, as well as copies of each lease. Notwithstanding any other\nprovision of law to the contrary, the authority shall furnish all\nrequired reports, audits, and reviews, including the annual real estate\nreport, to all parties enumerated in paragraph (a) of subdivision one of\nsection twenty-eight hundred of this chapter, to the department of\nagriculture and markets, as well as publish such report on its website\nwithin ninety days after the end of its fiscal year.\n
N.Y. MDW Law § 238 — New York Code / Act MDW / Article 7 / Title 2 / Section 238
Stair and entrance halls
Status: in_force

§ 238. Stair and entrance halls. All stair and entrance halls in\ntenements shall be constructed as provided in this section.\n  1. In tenements erected after April twelfth, nineteen hundred one:\n  a. On every story there shall be fireproof doors and assemblies with\nthe doors self-closing separating every such stair and entrance hall\nfrom all non-fireproof parts of the tenement.\n  b. There shall be no transom, sash or similar opening of any kind from\nsuch stair and entrance halls to any other part of the tenement.\n  c. If such tenements are non-fireproof, and are occupied by three\nfamilies or more on any story or are five stories or more in height, the\nstair and entrance halls shall be enclosed with brick walls, except as\nprovided in paragraph a of subdivision three.\n  2. In tenements erected after April fourteenth, nineteen hundred\nthree:\n  a. Every entrance hall shall be at least three feet six inches in\nclear width from the entrance up to and including the stair enclosure,\nand beyond that at least three feet in clear width. If such entrance\nhall is the only entrance to two stairs or more, that portion of the\nhall between the entrance and the first stair, including the stair\nenclosure, shall be at least five feet three inches in clear width.\n  b. Such halls shall comply with the requirements of sections two\nhundred thirty-four to two hundred thirty-seven inclusive as to\nconstruction of stair and entrance halls, except that if such tenements\nare fireproof entrance hall enclosures need only withstand a fire test\nof two and one-half hours and angle iron construction may be substituted\nfor brick walls.\n  c. In every such tenement access shall be provided from a street to\nthe yard either in a direct line or through a court.\n  d. If such tenements are occupied by not more than two families on any\nstory and are not more than four stories in height, the floors of the\nstair and entrance halls shall be fireproof or filled in between the\nfloor beams with at least five inches of concrete deafening. The stairs\nshall be fireproof, or may be of wood provided the soffits of the stairs\nare fire-retarded, or covered with plaster board at least one-half inch\nthick, with all joints true and well pointed. The stair and entrance\nhalls in such tenements shall be enclosed on all sides with brick walls\nor with partitions of angle iron and fireproof blocks four inches or\nmore in thickness, except as provided in paragraph e.\n  e. If such tenements are occupied by not more than two families on any\nstory and are not more than three stories in height, the stair and\nentrance halls may be enclosed in wood stud partitions, fire-retarded on\nboth sides, or covered with plaster board at least one-half inch thick,\nwith all joints true and well pointed and with the spaces between the\nstuds filled in with brick to the height of the floor beams.\n  3. In tenements erected after April eighteenth, nineteen hundred\ntwelve:\n  a. If such tenements are occupied by three or more families on any\nstory, or are five stories or more in height, the stairs and entrance\nhalls shall be fireproof throughout and all stairs provided with\nhandrails, except that stair treads two inches or more in thickness and\nhandrails may be of hard wood. All windows in such halls shall be\nfireproof and, except for windows opening on a street in a tenement six\nstories or less in height, shall be glazed with wire glass. Such halls\nshall be enclosed with brick walls, except that one or more sides may be\nleft open to a street, yard or court.\n  b. Public halls which are more than forty feet in length and are used\nas a means of egress from four or more apartments shall be fireproof\nthroughout and doors opening therefrom and their assemblies shall be\nfireproof with the doors self-closing.\n  4. In old-law tenements four stories or more in height:\n  a. Whenever the entrance halls of any such tenements adjoin they shall\nbe separated by a fire-retarded wall.\n  b. The walls and ceilings of every entrance hall and stair hall, and\nevery public hall connected therewith, and the soffit of every stair\nshall be fire-retarded. In all such halls all wood wainscoting except a\nflat base and stair stringers ten inches or less in height, and all wood\nrailings, balustrades and newel posts shall be removed completely and\nreplaced with metal or other hard incombustible materials of such size\nand secured in such manner as may be approved by the department, except\nthat handrails may be of hard wood.\n  c. Every door opening into any entrance hall or stair, or into any\npublic hall connected therewith, shall be self-closing; every glazed\nopening or glazed panel in such a door shall be glazed with wire glass,\nand every transom opening into any public hall shall be glazed with wire\nglass and permanently secured in a closed position.\n  d. Every interior sash, or opening other than a door, in the walls or\npartitions of such halls, and every window therein not opening to the\nouter air, shall be removed and the openings closed up and\nfire-retarded.\n
N.Y. GMU Law § 760 — New York Code / Act GMU / Article 17-A / Title 2 / Section 760
Duty to approve proposed elector initiated consolidation plan
Status: in_force

§ 760. Duty to approve proposed elector initiated consolidation plan.\n1. In the case of a proposed consolidation of local government entities\nproperly initiated by petition of electors pursuant to section seven\nhundred fifty-seven of this title, if a majority of the electors voting\nin a referendum held in each of the local government entities to be\nconsolidated vote in favor of consolidation, the entities' governing\nbody or bodies shall meet within thirty days after certification of the\nfavorable vote and, within one hundred eighty days of such meeting,\nprepare and approve by resolution a proposed elector initiated\nconsolidation plan.\n  2. The proposed elector initiated consolidation plan shall include:\n  (a) the name of each local government entity to be consolidated;\n  (b) the name of what will be the consolidated local government entity,\nwhich name shall be such as to distinguish it from the name of any other\nlike unit of government in the state of New York (except the name of any\none of the entities to be consolidated);\n  (c) the rights, duties and obligations of the consolidated local\ngovernment entity;\n  (d) the territorial boundaries of the consolidated local government\nentity;\n  (e) the type and/or class of the consolidated local government entity;\n  (f) the governmental organization of the consolidated local government\nentity insofar as it concerns elected and appointed officials and public\nemployees, along with a transitional plan and schedule for elections and\nappointments of officials;\n  (g) a fiscal estimate of the cost of and savings which may be realized\nfrom consolidation;\n  (h) each entity's assets, including, but not limited to, real and\npersonal property, and the fair value thereof in current money of the\nUnited States;\n  (i) each entity's liabilities and indebtedness, bonded and otherwise,\nand the fair value thereof in current money of the United States;\n  (j) terms for the disposition of existing assets, liabilities and\nindebtedness of each local government entity, either jointly, separately\nor in certain defined proportions;\n  (k) terms for the common administration and uniform enforcement of\nlocal laws, ordinances, resolutions, orders and the like, within the\nconsolidated local government entity, consistent with section seven\nhundred sixty-nine of this title;\n  (l) the effective date of the consolidation; and\n  (m) the time and place or places for the public hearing or hearings on\nsuch proposed elector initiated consolidation plan pursuant to section\nseven hundred sixty-two of this title.\n
N.Y. ELN Law § 5-224 — New York Code / Act ELN / Article 5 / Title 2 / Section 5-224
Registration of voters unlawfully denied the right to register
Status: in_force

§ 5-224. Registration of voters unlawfully denied the right to\nregister. 1. If any voter applies personally for registration and is\nunlawfully denied the right to register, the county board of elections\nmay, upon the application of the voter in person or by mail to such\nboard within two weeks after the last day of registration, or within\nfive days after the date of the voter's receipt of notice of the\nrejection of his application, upon proper proof, and upon such notice to\nthe chairman of the county committees of the several parties as the\nboard shall prescribe, direct that he be registered in the election\ndistrict in which he is a qualified voter. The directions of the county\nboard of elections shall be carried out by the board itself, by its\nclerks, or by the proper inspectors of elections, as the board may\nprescribe. The county board of elections shall make a final\ndetermination of such application not later than one week after the\napplication is made by the voter.\n  2. If the board of elections has reason to believe that any applicant\nhas been wrongfully denied the right to register, it shall notify him by\nmail and such person, upon application in person or by mail to the board\nof elections, within two weeks of the date of such notice, may be\nregistered by the board of elections.\n  3. The board of elections shall make a final determination on such\napplication not later than one week after it is made.\n  4. If any applicant is registered pursuant to the provisions of this\nsection, such registration shall be deemed effective as of the date of\nthe wrongful denial of the right to register.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 834 — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 4 / Title 2 / Section 834
Covenants with authority
Status: in_force

§ 834. Covenants with authority. Any county, city, town or village\nwithin the territorial limits of the district may by ordinance or\nresolution of its governing body make covenants with the authority which\nshall enure to the benefit of the holders of any bonds issued under this\ntitle and which shall be a part of the contract with the holders in such\nbonds, as to\n  1. the authorizing of the construction of any market facilities which\nwill be competitive with any market facilities owned or operated by the\nauthority or within a reasonable sphere of operation and extension of\nmarket facilities by the authority;\n  2. discontinuing of market facilities then owned or operated by the\ncounty, city, town or village or department or agency thereof;\n  3. limitations on the licensing of private market facilities within\nthe territorial limits of the county, city, town or village which may\ncompete with the market facilities owned or operated by the authority or\nwithin a reasonable sphere of operation or extension by the authority.\n
N.Y. GMU Law § 914-A — New York Code / Act GMU / Article 18-A / Title 2 / Section 914-A
Essex county industrial development agency
Status: in_force

* § 914-a. Essex county industrial development agency. For the benefit\nof the county of Essex and the inhabitants thereof, an industrial\ndevelopment agency, to be known as the ESSEX COUNTY INDUSTRIAL\nDEVELOPMENT AGENCY, is hereby established for the accomplishment of any\nor all of the purposes specified in title one of article eighteen-A of\nthis chapter. It shall constitute a body corporate and politic, and be\nperpetual in duration. It shall have the powers and duties now or\nhereafter conferred by title one of article eighteen-A of this chapter\nupon industrial development agencies and provided that the exercise of\nthe powers by such agency with respect to the acquisition of real\nproperty whether by purchase, condemnation or otherwise, shall be\nlimited to the corporate limits of the county of Essex, and such agency\nshall take into consideration the local zoning and planning regulations\nas well as the regional and local comprehensive land use plans. It shall\nbe organized in a manner prescribed by and be subject to the provisions\nof title one of article eighteen-A of this chapter. Its members shall be\nappointed by the governing body of the county of Essex. The agency, its\nmembers, officers and employees and its operations and activities shall\nin all respects be governed by the provisions of title one of article\neighteen-A of this chapter.\n  * NB Agency expires per §§ 856 and 882\n  * NB There are 3 § 914-a's\n
N.Y. VAT Law § 211 — New York Code / Act VAT / Title 2 / Article 2 / Section 211
Continuity of authority
Status: in_force

§ 211. Continuity of authority. The department of motor vehicles shall\nbe deemed to constitute a continuation of the powers and duties of the\nbureau of motor vehicles in the department of taxation and finance and\nnot a new authority for the purpose of succession to the rights, powers\nand duties and obligations hereby assigned to the department.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 831 — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 4 / Title 2 / Section 831
State and county not liable on bonds
Status: in_force

§ 831. State and county not liable on bonds. The bonds and other\nobligations of the authority shall not be a debt of the state or of any\ncounty or counties included within the district, and the board shall\nhave no power to make them payable out of any funds except those of the\nauthority.\n
N.Y. GMU Law § 927-A — New York Code / Act GMU / Article 18-A / Title 2 / Section 927-A
Town of North Greenbush industrial development agency
Status: in_force

* § 927-a. Town of North Greenbush industrial development agency. For\nthe benefit of the town of North Greenbush and the inhabitants thereof,\nan industrial development agency, to be known as the TOWN OF NORTH\nGREENBUSH INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY, is hereby established for the\naccomplishment of any or all of the purposes specified in title one of\narticle eighteen-A of this chapter. It shall constitute a body corporate\nand politic, and be perpetual in duration. It shall have the powers and\nduties now or hereafter conferred by title one of article eighteen-A of\nthis chapter upon industrial development agencies and provided that the\nexercise of the powers by such agency with respect to the acquisition of\nreal property whether by purchase, condemnation or otherwise, shall be\nlimited to the corporate limits of the town of North Greenbush, and such\nagency shall take into consideration the local zoning and planning\nregulations as well as the regional and local comprehensive land use\nplans. It shall be organized in a manner prescribed by and be subject to\nthe provisions of title one of article eighteen-A of this chapter. Its\nmembers shall be appointed by the governing body of the town of North\nGreenbush. The agency, its members, officers and employees and its\noperations and activities shall in all respects be governed by the\nprovisions of title one of article eighteen-A of this chapter.\n  * NB Agency expires per §§ 856 and 882\n  * NB There are 2 § 927-a's\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 2038 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 2 / Article 41 / Part 1 / Section 2038
Transmission of publicly available data to the New York voting and elections database
Status: in_force

§ 2038. Transmission of publicly available data to the New York voting\nand elections database. Upon the certification of election results and\nthe completion of the voter history file after each election, each\nschool district that holds school board elections pursuant to this\narticle shall transmit copies of the records required to be transmitted\npursuant to section 3-112 of the election law in a manner and time\nprovided for in such section.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 3850-A — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 10-D / Title 2 / Section 3850-A
Legislative declaration of need for state intervention
Status: in_force

§ 3850-a. Legislative declaration of need for state intervention. The\nlegislature hereby finds and declares that the city of Buffalo is facing\na severe fiscal crisis, and that the crisis cannot be resolved absent\nassistance from the state. The legislature finds that the city has\nrepeatedly relied on annual extraordinary increases in state aid to\nbalance its budget, and that the state cannot continue to take such\nextraordinary actions on the city's behalf. The legislature further\nfinds and declares that maintenance of a balanced budget by the city of\nBuffalo is a matter of overriding state concern, requiring the\nlegislature to intervene to provide a means whereby: the long-term\nfiscal stability of the city will be assured, the confidence of\ninvestors in the city's bonds and notes is preserved, and the economy of\nboth the region and the state as a whole is protected.\n
N.Y. ELN Law § 14-202 — New York Code / Act ELN / Article 14 / Title 2 / Section 14-202
Proof of compliance
Status: in_force

§ 14-202. Proof of compliance. Authorized and political committees\nshall maintain such records of receipts and expenditures for a covered\nelection as required by the PCFB. Authorized and political committees\nshall obtain and furnish to the PCFB any information it may request\nrelating to financial transactions or contributions and furnish such\ndocumentation and other proof of compliance with this title as may be\nrequested. In compliance with section 14-108 of this article, authorized\nand political committees shall maintain copies of such records for a\nperiod of five years.\n
N.Y. ISC Law § 4913 — New York Code / Act ISC / Article 49 / Title 2 / Section 4913
Conflict of interest
Status: in_force

§ 4913. Conflict of interest. (a) No external appeal agent or officer,\ndirector, or management employee thereof; or clinical peer reviewer\nemployed or engaged thereby to conduct any external appeal pursuant to\nthis title, shall have any material professional affiliation, material\nfamilial affiliation, material financial affiliation, or other\naffiliation prescribed pursuant to regulation, with any of the\nfollowing:\n  (1) the health care plan;\n  (2) any officer, director, or management employee of the health care\nplan;\n  (3) any health care provider, physician's medical group, independent\npractice association, or provider of pharmaceutical products or services\nor durable medical equipment, proposing to provide or supply the health\nservice;\n  (4) the facility at which the health service would be provided;\n  (5) the developer or manufacturer of the principal health service\nwhich is the subject of the appeal; or\n  (6) the insured whose health care service is the subject of the\nappeal, or the insured's designee.\n  (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, the superintendent\nshall promulgate regulations to minimize any conflict of interest where\nsuch conflict may be unavoidable.\n
N.Y. GMU Law § 772 — New York Code / Act GMU / Article 17-A / Title 2 / Section 772
Determination of rights
Status: in_force

§ 772. Determination of rights. If any right, title, interest or claim\nshall arise out of any consolidation or by reason thereof that is not\ndeterminable by reference to the provisions of this article, by the\njoint consolidation agreement or elector initiated consolidation plan,\nas the case may be, or otherwise under the laws of this state, then the\ngoverning body of the consolidated local government entity may provide\ntherefore in a manner conforming to law.\n
N.Y. LAB Law § 411 — New York Code / Act LAB / Article 15 / Title 2 / Section 411
Ingress and egress
Status: in_force

§ 411. Ingress and egress. The commissioner shall require that a mine\noperating through either a vertical or inclined shaft, or a horizontal\ntunnel, shall have not less than two adequate and accessible outlets, at\nleast one hundred and fifty feet apart, as a condition precedent to\nemployment of any person in the mine. The subterranean workings shall\nconnect such outlets with each other. They shall at all times provide\nsafe and separate passage between the subterranean workings and the\nsurface.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 1364 — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 6 / Title 2 / Section 1364
Notes of the authority
Status: in_force

§ 1364. Notes of the authority. The authority shall have power from\ntime to time to issue its negotiable notes in conformity with applicable\nprovisions of the uniform commercial code whenever the board shall\ndetermine that payment thereof can be made in full from any moneys or\nrevenues which the authority expects to receive from any source. Such\nnotes may, among other things, be issued to provide moneys to pay\npreliminary costs of surveys, plans or other matters relating to any\nproposed project. The authority may pledge such moneys or revenues\n(subject to any other pledge thereof) for the payment of the notes and\nmay in addition secure the notes in the same manner and with the same\neffect as herein provided for bonds. Such notes may be renewed from time\nto time but such notes, including the renewals thereof, shall mature not\nlater than three years from the date upon which such notes are issued.\nSuch notes shall be issued in the same manner and subject to the same\nrestrictions as to price and interest rate as bonds, except that the\nboard may determine the manner in which such notes shall be sold. In\ncase of default on its notes, or violation of any of the obligations of\nthe authority to the noteholders, the noteholders shall have all the\nremedies provided herein for bondholders.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 1048-BB — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 5 / Title 2-B / Section 1048-BB
Effect of inconsistent provisions
Status: in_force

§ 1048-bb. Effect of inconsistent provisions. Insofar as the\nprovisions of this title are inconsistent with the provisions of any\nother law, general, special or local or of the city charter or any local\nlaw, ordinance or resolution of the city, the provisions of this title\nshall be controlling, provided that nothing contained in this section\nshall be held to supplement or otherwise expand the powers or duties of\nthe authority otherwise set forth in this title. Nothing contained in\nthis title shall be held to alter or abridge the powers and duties of\nthe state department of environmental conservation or the state\ndepartment of health.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 2590-V — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 2 / Article 52-A / Section 2590-V
Notice to students regarding certain test scores
Status: in_force

§ 2590-v. Notice to students regarding certain test scores. The office\nof the chancellor shall include a notice in the official score report of\nall students who received a score of "advanced" on the seventh grade\nstate assessment in either English Language Arts or Mathematics,\ninforming the student of opportunities to apply for admission to the\nspecialized high schools authorized in paragraph (b) of subdivision one\nof section twenty-five hundred ninety-h of this article; provided that\nthe chancellor shall annually notify all seventh grade students of\nopportunities to apply for admission to such schools.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 2999-A — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 29-D / Title 2 / Section 2999-A
Public access
Status: in_force

§ 2999-a. Public access. Nothing in this title shall abridge public\naccess to information currently available or permitted by any other\nprovision or rule of law. Nothing in this title shall authorize the\ndisclosure of otherwise confidential information, except pursuant to the\nexpress terms of this title.\n
N.Y. LAB Law § 948 — New York Code / Act LAB / Article 32 / Title 2 / Section 948
Investigations and complaints
Status: in_force

§ 948. Investigations and complaints. The commissioner shall have the\nauthority to inspect ongoing or completed mold assessment and mold\nremediation projects and to conduct an investigation upon his or her own\ninitiation or upon receipt of a complaint by any person or entity.\n
N.Y. RPT Law § 489-GG — New York Code / Act RPT / Article 4 / Title 2-B / Section 489-GG
Ratio
Status: in_force

§ 489-gg. Ratio. The commissioner shall compute to the nearest\nthousandth of one percent a ratio for each railroad company by dividing\nits average railway expenses by its average railway revenues; provided,\nhowever, that if a railroad company shall have operated for less than\none full year prior to the first day of the year in which a tentative\ndetermination of a railroad ceiling for that railroad company is made,\nthen the ratio for that ceiling of that railroad company shall be one.\n
N.Y. LFN Law § 20.00 — New York Code / Act LFN / Article 2 / Title 2 / Section 20.00
Types of obligations which may be issued
Status: in_force

§ 20.00 Types of obligations which may be issued. a. Bonds, notes or\nother evidences of indebtedness authorized to be issued by\nmunicipalities, school districts or district corporations for any object\nor purpose shall hereafter be of the following nature and kind only and\nshall be denominated respectively as follows:\n  1. Serial bonds.\n  2. Sinking fund bonds or corporate stock.\n  3. Bond anticipation notes.\n  4. Tax anticipation notes.\n  5. Revenue anticipation notes.\n  6. Capital notes.\n  7. Budget notes.\n  8. Urban renewal notes.\n  9. Deferred payment notes.\n  * 10. Land installment purchase obligations.\n  * NB Repealed July 31, 2031\n  11. Lease, sublease or other agreements entered into pursuant to\nsubparagraph two of paragraph b of subdivision thirty-eight of section\nsixteen hundred eighty of the public authorities law.\n  12. Deficiency notes.\n  b. Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to prevent the\nprepayment of taxes to a municipality, school district or district\ncorporation and the furnishing of a non-negotiable receipt of such\nprepayment whether or not interest is to be paid on the moneys so\nprepaid.\n  c. Nothing contained in this chapter shall prevent a municipality from\nissuing evidences of indebtedness to the state of New York or to the\nUnited States of America with respect to a project or projects\nundertaken by such municipality pursuant to any general law to\neffectuate any of the purposes of article eighteen of the state\nconstitution.\n  d. Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to prevent a\nmunicipality from issuing evidence of indebtedness or entering into\ninstallment contracts to purchase equipment, machinery and apparatus\npursuant to section one hundred nine-b of the general municipal law.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 1707 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 2 / Article 35 / Section 1707
Annual organizational meetings of boards of education
Status: in_force

§ 1707. Annual organizational meetings of boards of education. The\nannual organizational meeting of the board of education of every union\nfree school district shall be held in July on or before the Monday after\nthe twentieth day in July of each year.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 238-B — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 2 / Title 2-D / Section 238-B
Provider requests for payment
Status: in_force

§ 238-b. Provider requests for payment. Each request for payment or\nbill submitted by a health care provider for clinical laboratory,\npharmacy services, radiation therapy services, physical therapy services\nor x-ray or imaging services for which the provider knows or has reason\nto believe that there has been a referral by a referring practitioner\nwho is an interested investor in the health care provider shall identify\nthe referring practitioner by name and by professional license number or\nany appropriate program provider number. The provisions of this section\nshall not apply to requests for payment or bills the content of which\nare regulated solely by federal law or regulation and to services\nexcluded pursuant to paragraph (a), (b), (c), (d) or (e) of subdivision\ntwo of section two hundred thirty-eight-a of this title from the\nprohibitions of subdivision one of section two hundred thirty-eight-a of\nthis title.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 3160 — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 10-A / Title 2 / Section 3160
Completion of unfinished business
Status: in_force

§ 3160. Completion of unfinished business. Upon the transfer pursuant\nto section thirty-one hundred fifty-six of this title of the functions\nand powers possessed by and all of the obligations and duties of the New\nYork state office of science, technology and academic research as\nestablished pursuant to article ten-B of the executive law to the\nfoundation as prescribed by section thirty-one hundred fifty-six of this\ntitle, any business or other matter undertaken or commenced by the New\nYork state office of science, technology and academic research\npertaining to or connected with the functions, powers, obligations and\nduties so transferred and assigned to the foundation may be conducted or\ncompleted by the foundation.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 224 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 2 / Title 2 / Section 224
Public health and health planning council; secretary, employees
Status: in_force

§ 224. Public health and health planning council; secretary,\nemployees. The commissioner upon request of the public health and health\nplanning council, shall designate an officer or employee of the\ndepartment to act as secretary of the public health and health planning\ncouncil, and shall assign from time to time such other employees as the\npublic health and health planning council may require.\n
N.Y. ELN Law § 5-213 — New York Code / Act ELN / Article 5 / Title 2 / Section 5-213
Inactive status
Status: in_force

§ 5-213. Inactive status. 1. When a voter is sent a confirmation\nnotice pursuant to the provisions of this article, the voter's name\nshall be placed in inactive status.\n  2. The registration poll records of all such voters shall be removed\nfrom the poll ledgers and maintained at the offices of the board of\nelections in a file arranged alphabetically by election district. If\nsuch board uses computer generated registration lists, the names of such\nvoters shall not be placed on such lists at subsequent elections other\nthan lists prepared pursuant to the provisions of section 5-612 of this\narticle but shall be kept as a computer record at the offices of such\nboard.\n  3. The board of elections shall restore the registration of any such\nvoter to active status if such voter notifies the board of elections\nthat they reside at the address from which they are registered, or the\nboard finds that such voter has validly signed a designating or\nnominating petition which states that they reside at such address, or if\nsuch voter casts a ballot in an affidavit envelope which states that\nthey reside at such address, or if the board receives notice that such\nvoter has voted in an election conducted with registration lists\nprepared pursuant to the provisions of section 5-612 of this article. If\nany such notification or information is received ten days or more before\na primary, special or general election, the voter's name must be\nrestored to active status for such election.\n  4. As soon as practicable, after it restores a voter's registration to\nactive status, the board of elections shall send the voter, by first\nclass forwardable mail, a notice advising him of the restoration in a\nform which is similar to the notice sent to new registrants pursuant to\nthe provisions of section 5-210 of this title and which has been\napproved by the state board of elections.\n  5. If the board of elections receives notice, which complies with the\nrequirements of this article, that a voter in inactive status is\nresiding at another address within the jurisdiction of such board, it\nshall transfer the registration and enrollment of such voter to such\nother address pursuant to the provisions of section 5-208 of this title.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 525 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 5 / Title 2 / Section 525
County laboratories; boards of managers; powers and duties
Status: in_force

§ 525. County laboratories; boards of managers; powers and duties. The\nboard of managers of each laboratory, or the county board of health in\nany county wherein an alternative form of government shall have\nestablished a county health district coterminous with the county,\nsubject to the provisions of the county government law of such county,\nor a county board of health which has been vested with the powers and\nduties of a board of managers pursuant to subdivision five of section\nfive hundred twenty-three of this chapter, shall have the following\npowers and duties:\n  (a) to appoint a director or other person in charge of the laboratory\nwho shall have such qualifications as may be prescribed by the public\nhealth council;\n  (b) to exercise general management and control of the laboratory, of\nthe grounds, buildings, rooms, employees and of all other matters\nrelating to the government, discipline, contracts and fiscal concerns\nthereof;\n  (c) to make such rules and regulations as may be necessary in relation\nto the administration of the laboratory and the fees to be charged for\nlaboratory service, not inconsistent with the provisions of this\nchapter;\n  (d) notwithstanding any other general or special law, to cause to be\nerected all additional buildings found necessary after the laboratory\nhas been placed in operation and to cause to be made all necessary\nimprovements and repairs within the limits of the appropriations made\ntherefor; and,\n  (e) to establish branch laboratories if the area to be served by the\nlaboratory is so large, if its topography is such as to make access to\nthe laboratory difficult, or if for any other reason such action seems\nreasonable or desirable.\n  (f) to enter into an agreement annually with the governing board of\nany charitable corporation or municipality operating and maintaining a\nhospital to provide that the hospital collect fees for laboratory\nservices for the patients in such hospital in the same manner that\nhospital charges are collected, and forward them to the laboratory, and\nto provide that the cost of collecting such fees to be paid by the\ncounty to the hospital in an amount mutually acceptable and in lieu of\nactual and necessary expenses. No agreement shall become effective\nunless and until approved by the commissioner and by resolution of the\nboard of supervisors.\n
N.Y. RPT Law § 489-DDDDD — New York Code / Act RPT / Article 4 / Title 2-E / Section 489-DDDDD
Application for certificate of eligibility
Status: in_force

§ 489-ddddd. Application for certificate of eligibility.  1.\nApplication for a certificate of eligibility pursuant to this title may\nbe made on or after July first, nineteen hundred ninety-five and\ncontinuing until June thirtieth, nineteen hundred ninety-nine, provided,\nhowever, that no benefits pursuant to this title shall be granted for\nconstruction work performed pursuant to a building permit issued after\nJuly thirty-first, nineteen hundred ninety-nine. Such application shall\nstate whether it is for residential construction work or a combination\nof residential construction work and commercial construction work, and\nshall be filed with the department of finance. In addition to any other\ninformation required by such department, the application shall include\ncost estimates or bids for the proposed construction and an affidavit of\na professional engineer or architect of the applicant's choice,\ncertifying that detailed plans for the construction work have been\nsubmitted to the department of buildings. Such application shall also\nstate that the applicant agrees to comply with and be subject to rules\nissued from time to time by the department of finance to secure\ncompliance with this title and all applicable local, state and federal\nlaws. Such application shall also certify that all taxes, water charges\nand sewer rents currently due and owing on the property which is the\nsubject of the application have been paid or are currently being paid in\ntimely installments pursuant to written agreement with the department of\nfinance or other appropriate agency.\n  2. The burden of proof shall be on the applicant to show by clear and\nconvincing evidence that the requirements for granting an exemption from\npayment of taxes pursuant to this title have been satisfied. The\ndepartment of finance shall have the authority to require that\nstatements in connection with the application shall be made under oath.\n  3. The department of finance shall issue a certificate of eligibility\nupon determining that the applicant satisfies the requirements of this\ntitle. Such certificate shall state whether the benefits are for\nresidential construction work or a combination of residential\nconstruction work and commercial construction work.  The effective date\nof such certificate shall be the date on which a building permit for the\nconstruction work is issued by the department of buildings.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 280-B — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 2-A / Title 2 / Section 280-B
Unused prescription drug donation and redispensing program
Status: in_force

§ 280-b. Unused prescription drug donation and redispensing program.\n1.  As used in this section:\n  (a) "Donor entity" means a manufacturer, wholesaler, or distributor of\nprescription drugs; a pharmacy; or a hospital authorized under article\ntwenty-eight of this chapter.\n  (b) "Recipient entity" means a manufacturer, wholesaler, or\ndistributor of prescription drugs; a pharmacy; or a hospital authorized\nunder article twenty-eight of this chapter.\n  (c)"Third party intermediary" means a not-for-profit organization that\nfacilitates the donation or transfer of prescription drugs under this\nsection but does not take possession or ownership of the prescription\ndrugs.\n  (d) "Redispense" means to dispense a prescription drug that was\ndonated and received under this section.\n  2. The commissioner shall make regulations governing the donation and\nredispensing of unused prescription drugs under this section.\n  3. A donor entity may donate unused prescription drugs to a recipient\nentity, directly or through a third-party intermediary, in a secure\nmanner, ensuring the privacy of any individuals for whom the\nprescription drugs were initially dispensed or intended to be dispensed.\nPrescription drugs redispensed under this section shall be inspected by\na pharmacist or other licensed health care provider as provided by\nregulations. The participation of any donor or recipient entity in\nredispensing shall be voluntary.\n  4. Only prescription drugs received by the recipient entity in\ntamper-evident packaging as defined by United States pharmacopoeia (USP)\ngeneral chapter 659, or in unit-dose or multiple-dose packaging, may be\nredispensed. No prescription drugs may be redispensed that:\n  (a) show evidence of being adulterated or misbranded;\n  (b) show evidence of packaging having been tampered with;\n  (c) will expire before the use by the patient based on the prescribing\npractitioner's directions for use;\n  (d) or have been excluded from the program under regulations of the\ncommissioner.\n  5. A prescription drug shall not be redispensed if it is restricted to\na patient registered with the drug's manufacturer under federal Food and\nDrug Administration requirements including, but not limited to, those\nrelating to risk evaluation and mitigation strategies (REMS), unless the\nredispensing is effectively restricted to ensure that the prescription\ndrug is only dispensed in accordance with those requirements as\napplicable.\n  6. A recipient entity may also be a donor entity.\n  7. Prescription drugs having passed inspection under subdivision three\nof this section may be repackaged or prepackaged by the recipient entity\nprior to further redispensing.\n  8. Recipient entities shall give priority for redispensing to patients\nwho are indigent, uninsured, or under-insured.\n  9. A redispensed prescription drug shall not be resold by any person\nor entity. However, this subdivision does not bar the payment of\nreasonable processing fees.\n  10. No person or entity shall be subject to criminal or civil\nliability, or professional discipline for any action taken in reasonable\ngood faith compliance with this section, except under otherwise\napplicable grounds for liability.\n  11. The department shall work with prospective and approved donor\nentities, recipient entities and third-party intermediaries to educate\nthem about redispensing and promote participation in redispensing. The\ndepartment shall maintain a list of recipient entities, and third-party\nintermediaries and publish it on the department's website.\n
N.Y. GMU Law § 927 — New York Code / Act GMU / Article 18-A / Title 2 / Section 927
Town of Mount Pleasant industrial development agency
Status: in_force

* § 927. Town of Mount Pleasant industrial development agency. For the\nbenefit of the town of Mount Pleasant and the inhabitants thereof, an\nindustrial development agency, to be known as the TOWN OF MOUNT PLEASANT\nINDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY, is hereby established for the\naccomplishment of any or all of the purposes specified in title one of\narticle eighteen-A of this chapter. It shall constitute a body corporate\nand politic, and be perpetual in duration. It shall have the powers and\nduties now or hereafter conferred by title one of article eighteen-A of\nthis chapter upon industrial development agencies and provided that the\nexercise of the powers by such agency with respect to the acquisition of\nreal property whether by purchase, condemnation or otherwise, shall be\nlimited to the corporate limits of the town of Mount Pleasant, and such\nagency shall take into consideration the local zoning and planning\nregulations as well as the regional and local comprehensive land use\nplans. It shall be organized in a manner prescribed by and be subject to\nthe provisions of title one of article eighteen-A of this chapter. Its\nmembers shall be appointed by the governing body of the town of Mount\nPleasant. The agency, its members, officers and employees and its\noperations and activities shall in all respects be governed by the\nprovisions of title one of article eighteen-A of this chapter.\n  * NB Agency expires per §§ 856 and 882\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 1531 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 2 / Article 32 / Section 1531
Procedure
Status: in_force

§ 1531. Procedure.  A special proceeding under the foregoing\nprovisions of this article shall be heard upon a verified petition and\nsuch oral or written proof as may be offered, and upon such notice to\nsuch officers, persons or candidates as the court, justice or judge\nshall direct and shall be summarily determined.\n
N.Y. GOB Law § 1-201 — New York Code / Act GOB / Article 1 / Title 2 / Section 1-201
Construction of act of reconsolidation
Status: in_force

§ 1-201. Construction of act of reconsolidation. 1. This chapter shall\nbe construed as a continuation and re-enactment of the provisions\nrepealed by article nineteen hereof as such provisions existed on\nDecember thirty-first, nineteen hundred sixty-two.\n  2. The repeal by this chapter of provisions specified in article\nnineteen hereof and the enactment of this chapter shall not affect any\naction or proceeding pending under any such provision at the time this\nchapter shall take effect.\n  3. Any act of the legislature of the year nineteen hundred sixty-three\nor nineteen hundred sixty-four which in form amends or repeals or\npurports to amend or repeal any provision or provisions repealed by\narticle nineteen of this chapter shall be legally effective\nnotwithstanding the repeal of such provision or provisions and shall be\nconstrued as an amendment or repeal, as the case may be, of the\ncorresponding provision or provisions of this chapter, and such\ncorresponding provisions shall be construed to be amended, modified,\nchanged or repealed as though they had been expressly and in terms so\namended or repealed.\n  4. Reference by any law, general or special, in force on December\nthirty-first, nineteen hundred sixty-two, or in any act of the\nlegislature of the year nineteen hundred sixty-three or nineteen hundred\nsixty-four, to a provision repealed by article nineteen of this chapter,\nas in force immediately before the time this chapter shall take effect,\nshall be construed to refer to the corresponding provision of this\nchapter.\n
N.Y. RPT Law § 466-H*2 — New York Code / Act RPT / Article 4 / Title 2 / Section 466-H*2
Un-remarried spouses of deceased volunteer firefighters or volunteer ambulance workers
Status: in_force

* § 466-h. Un-remarried spouses of deceased volunteer firefighters or\nvolunteer ambulance workers. Any local law or ordinance adopted pursuant\nto sections four hundred sixty-six, four hundred sixty-six-a, four\nhundred sixty-six-b, four hundred sixty-six-c, four hundred sixty-six-d,\nfour hundred sixty-six-e, four hundred sixty-six-f or four hundred\nsixty-six-g of this title may be separately amended, or a local law,\nordinance or resolution may be separately adopted to continue an\nexemption or reinstate a pre-existing exemption to an un-remarried\nspouse of a deceased enrolled member of an incorporated volunteer fire\ncompany, fire department, or incorporated voluntary ambulance service;\nprovided, however, that:\n  1. such un-remarried spouse is certified by the authority having\njurisdiction for the incorporated volunteer fire company, fire\ndepartment or incorporated voluntary ambulance service as an\nun-remarried spouse of a deceased enrolled member of such incorporated\nvolunteer fire company, fire department or incorporated voluntary\nambulance service, and\n  2. such deceased volunteer had been an enrolled member for at least\ntwenty years, and\n  3. such deceased volunteer and un-remarried spouse had been receiving\nthe exemption for such property prior to the death of such volunteer.\n  * NB There are 2 § 466-h's\n  * NB Repealed December 9, 2028\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 2020 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 2 / Article 41 / Part 1 / Section 2020
Penalty for false declaration or unauthorized vote
Status: in_force

§ 2020. Penalty for false declaration or unauthorized vote.  1.  A\nperson who shall wilfully make a false statement to a board of\nregistration, or to any member or members thereof, or the clerk of the\ndistrict, for the purpose of having his name placed upon the register,\nas provided for in section two thousand fifteen, shall be guilty of a\nmisdemeanor.\n  2. A person who shall wilfully make a false declaration of his right\nto vote at a school district meeting or election after his right to vote\nthereat has been challenged, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.\n  3. Any person not qualified to vote at such meeting or election, who\nshall vote thereat, shall thereby forfeit ten dollars, to be sued for by\nthe supervisor for the benefit of the district.\n
N.Y. RPT Law § 468 — New York Code / Act RPT / Article 4 / Title 2 / Section 468
Fire patrol and salvage corps
Status: in_force

§ 468.  Fire patrol and salvage corps. Real property owned by a\ncorporation organized to maintain a fire patrol and salvage corps for\nthe public benefit, which property is used exclusively for housing or\nstoring property used exclusively for the purpose of such fire patrol\nand salvage corps, shall be exempt from taxation, provided such property\nis used and such service rendered indiscriminately and without charge\nfor the public benefit; provided, however, that if a portion only of the\nreal property of such a corporation is so used, such portion shall be\nexempt from taxation and the remaining portion shall be subject to\ntaxation.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 2525 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 2 / Article 51 / Section 2525
Audit of claims
Status: in_force

§ 2525. Audit of claims. 1. The board of education, in considering any\nclaim, may require any person presenting the same to be sworn before it\nor before any member thereof and to give testimony relative to the\njustness and accuracy of such claim, and may take evidence and examine\nwitnesses under oath in respect to the claim, and for that purpose may\nissue subpoenas for the attendance of witnesses. When a claim has been\nfinally audited by the board of education the clerk of such board shall\nendorse thereon or attach thereto a certificate of such audit and file\nthe same as a public record in his or her office. When any claim has\nbeen so audited and a certificate thereof so filed, the clerk of the\nboard of education shall draw a warrant specifying the name of the\nclaimant, the amount allowed and the fund, function and object\nchargeable therewith and such other information as may be deemed\nnecessary and essential, directed to the treasurer of the district,\nauthorizing and directing him or her to pay to the claimant the amount\nallowed upon his or her claim. A copy of such warrant shall be filed in\nthe office of the clerk.\n  2. In a city school district in which the office of claims auditor has\nbeen created, the claims auditor in considering a claim, may require any\nperson presenting the same to be sworn before him or her and to give\ntestimony relative to the justness and accuracy of such claim, and may\ntake evidence and examine witnesses under oath in respect to the claim,\nand for that purpose may issue subpoenas for the attendance of\nwitnesses. When a claim has been finally audited by the claims auditor\nhe or she shall endorse thereon or attach thereto a certificate of such\naudit and file the same as a public record in his or her office. When\nany claim has been so audited and a certificate thereof so filed, the\nclaims auditor shall draw a warrant specifying the number of the claim,\nthe name of the claimant, the amount allowed and the fund, function and\nobject chargeable therewith and such other information as may be deemed\nnecessary or essential, directed to the treasurer of the district,\nauthorizing and directing him or her to pay to the claimant the amount\nallowed upon his or her claim. A copy of such warrant shall be filed in\nthe office of the clerk.\n
N.Y. RPT Law § 466-C*7 — New York Code / Act RPT / Article 4 / Title 2 / Section 466-C*7
Volunteer firefighters and volunteer ambulance workers; certain county
Status: in_force

* § 466-c. Volunteer firefighters and volunteer ambulance workers;\ncertain county. 1. Real property owned by an enrolled member of an\nincorporated volunteer fire company, fire department or incorporated\nvoluntary ambulance service or such enrolled member and spouse residing\nin any county having a population of more than eighty-three thousand\ninhabitants but less than eighty-four thousand five hundred inhabitants,\ndetermined in accordance with the latest decennial federal census, shall\nbe exempt from taxation to the extent of ten percent of the assessed\nvalue of such property for city, village, town, part town, special\ndistrict or county purposes, exclusive of special assessments, provided\nthat the governing body of a city, village, town or county, after a\npublic hearing, adopts a local law, ordinance or resolution providing\ntherefor; provided further, however, that such exemption shall in no\nevent exceed three thousand dollars multiplied by the latest state\nequalization rate for the assessing unit in which such real property is\nlocated.\n  2. Such exemption shall not be granted to an enrolled member of an\nincorporated volunteer fire company, fire department or incorporated\nvoluntary ambulance service residing in such county unless:\n  (a) the applicant resides in the city, town or village which is served\nby such incorporated volunteer fire company or fire department or\nincorporated voluntary ambulance service;\n  (b) the property is the primary residence of the applicant;\n  (c) the property is used exclusively for residential purposes;\nprovided however, that in the event any portion of such property is not\nused exclusively for the applicant's residence but is used for other\npurposes, such portion shall be subject to taxation and the remaining\nportion only shall be entitled to the exemption provided by this\nsection; and\n  (d) the applicant has been certified by the authority having\njurisdiction for the incorporated volunteer fire company or fire\ndepartment as an enrolled member of such incorporated volunteer fire\ncompany or fire department for at least five years or the applicant has\nbeen certified by the authority having jurisdiction for the incorporated\nvoluntary ambulance service as an enrolled member of such incorporated\nvoluntary ambulance service for at least five years. It shall be the\nduty and responsibility of the municipality which adopts a local law,\nordinance or resolution pursuant to this section to determine the\nprocedure for certification.\n  3. Any enrolled member of an incorporated volunteer fire company, fire\ndepartment or incorporated voluntary ambulance service who accrues more\nthan twenty years of active service and is so certified by the authority\nhaving jurisdiction for the incorporated volunteer fire company, fire\ndepartment or incorporated voluntary ambulance service, shall be granted\nthe ten percent exemption as authorized by this section for the\nremainder of his or her life as long as his or her primary residence is\nlocated within such county provided that the governing body of a city,\nvillage, town or county, after a public hearing, adopts a local law,\nordinance or resolution providing therefor.\n  4. Application for such exemption shall be filed with the assessor or\nother agency, department or office designated by the municipality\noffering such exemption on or before the taxable status date on a form\nas prescribed by the commissioner.\n  5. No applicant who is a volunteer firefighter or volunteer ambulance\nworker who by reason of such status is receiving any benefit under the\nprovisions of this article on the effective date of this section shall\nsuffer any diminution of such benefit because of the provisions of this\nsection.\n  * NB There are 7 § 466-c's\n  * NB Repealed December 9, 2028\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 521 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 5 / Title 2 / Section 521
County laboratories; establishment by referendum
Status: in_force

§ 521. County laboratories; establishment by referendum. 1.  Upon the\npetition signed by two hundred or more taxpayers of the county or\ndistrict to be served by such a laboratory, the governing body of that\ncounty or district at the next date for filling an elective office shall\nhold a referendum upon the question of establishing a laboratory the\nconstruction of which is to be financed by taxes levied for the fiscal\nyear in which the expenditures therefor are to be made.  If a majority\nof the votes cast are in favor of establishing such a laboratory it\nshall be mandatory upon the governing body of that county or district to\ntake the steps necessary for the establishment and maintenance of such a\nlaboratory as provided for by this chapter.\n  2. Nothing contained in sections five hundred to five hundred\ntwenty-one, inclusive, of this chapter shall be construed to prevent the\nfinancing of any expenditure, in whole or in part, pursuant to the local\nfinance law.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 1981 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 2 / Article 40-A / Section 1981
Shared personnel between school districts
Status: in_force

§ 1981. Shared personnel between school districts.  1. Notwithstanding\nany other provision of law, school authorities of any school district\nmay arrange to share the services of a superintendent, associate\nsuperintendent, assistant superintendent or any other employee with\ndistrictwide administrative or supervisory responsibilities with one or\nmore other school districts.\n  2. a. Any such shared personnel who are not in a position for which\ntenure may be granted pursuant to this chapter shall be considered to be\nemployed by all participating school districts. Any decisions regarding\nthe appointment or compensation of such shared personnel shall be made\nwith the consent of a majority of each of the boards of education of\neach participating school district. Compensation and benefits of such\nshared personnel shall be provided by each participating school\ndistrict, based on an agreed-upon formula.\n  b. Each agreement to share personnel who are in a position for which\ntenure may be granted pursuant to this chapter shall designate a\nparticipating district as the principal employing district. Any such\nshared personnel shall be considered to be employed by the principal\nemploying district; provided that any decisions regarding the\nprobationary appointment and compensation package of such shared\npersonnel shall be made with the consent of a majority of each of the\nboards of education of each participating district.  Decisions regarding\nthe termination, discipline or tenure of such shared personnel shall be\nmade by the principal employing district in consultation with all other\nparticipating districts, and services rendered by such shared personnel\nunder such agreement in any other participating district shall be deemed\nto have been rendered in the principal employing district for all\npurposes under this chapter, including tenure credit, seniority and\ndiscipline.\n  (i) The agreement to share personnel shall allow other participating\ndistricts to be substituted as the principal employing district.\nNotwithstanding any other provision of law, upon substitution of a new\nprincipal employing district, the shared employee shall be considered an\nemployee of the new principal employing district with the same tenure\nstatus he or she maintained in such prior principal employing district.\nFor any such shared employee for salary, sick leave and any other\npurposes, the length of service credited in such prior principal\nemploying district shall be credited as employment time with such new\nprincipal employing district.\n  (ii) Where the principal employing district abolishes the position of\na shared employee and creates a new position for the performance of\nsimilar duties, in determining the right of the employee under\nsubdivision one of section three thousand thirteen or subdivision one of\nsection twenty-five hundred ten to appointment to such new position, the\nnew position shall be deemed similar if more than forty percent of the\nfunctions of the new position were performed by the shared employee in\nthe shared position.\n  (iii) Where a participating district other than the principal\nemploying district determines to discontinue the services of a shared\nemployee pursuant to the terms of the agreement to share personnel, the\nemployee shall retain his or her tenure rights in the principal\nemploying district only.\n  3. School authorities of any school district sharing personnel\npursuant to this section shall retain the right to promulgate\neducational or administrative policies pertaining to their respective\nschool district pursuant to law, rule or regulation.\n  4. All agreements to share personnel pursuant to this section shall be\nsubject to the approval and oversight of the district superintendent, if\nany, or by the commissioner or his designee if there is no local\ndistrict superintendent.\n  5. The commissioner may promulgate rules and regulations to implement\nthe provisions of this article.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 2106 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 2 / Article 43 / Part 1 / Section 2106
Terms of officers of newly created district
Status: in_force

§ 2106. Terms of officers of newly created district.  The terms of all\nofficers other than trustees elected at the first meeting of a newly\ncreated district shall expire on the first Tuesday of May, next\nthereafter.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 1045-A — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 5 / Title 2-A / Section 1045-A
Short title
Status: in_force

§ 1045-a. Short title. This title shall be known and may be cited as\nthe "New York city municipal water finance authority act".\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 2037 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 2 / Article 41 / Part 1 / Section 2037
Determination of meeting or election disputes
Status: in_force

§ 2037. Determination of meeting or election disputes.  All disputes\nconcerning the validity of any district meeting or election or of any of\nthe acts of the officers of such meeting or election shall be referred\nto the commissioner of education for determination and his decisions in\nthe matter shall be final and not subject to review.  The commissioner\nmay in his discretion order a new meeting or election.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 3320 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 33 / Title 2 / Section 3320
Authorized distribution
Status: in_force

§ 3320. Authorized distribution. 1. Controlled substances may be\nlawfully distributed within this state only to licensed distributors or\nmanufacturers, practitioners, pharmacists, pharmacies, institutional\ndispensers, registered outsourcing facilities, and laboratory, research\nor instructional facilities authorized by law to possess the particular\nsubstance distributed.\n  2. A person authorized to obtain a controlled substance by\ndistribution may lawfully receive such substance only from a distributor\nlicensed pursuant to this article.\n
N.Y. EXC Law § 504 — New York Code / Act EXC / Article 19-G / Title 2 / Section 504
Division facilities
Status: in_force

§ 504. Division facilities. 1. The office of children and family\nservices shall operate and maintain secure, limited secure and\nnon-secure facilities for the care, custody, treatment, housing,\neducation, rehabilitation and guidance of youth placed with or committed\nto the office of children and family services.\n  2. Each separate facility may bear the name, designated by the\ndivision, of an individual known for outstanding service to youth.\n  3. A youth attending a local public school while in residence at a\ndivision facility shall be deemed a resident of the school district\nwhere the youth's parent or guardian resides at the commencement of each\nschool year for the purpose of determining which school district shall\nbe responsible for the youth's tuition.\n  4. The division shall determine the particular division facility or\nprogram in which a child placed with the division shall be cared for,\nbased upon an evaluation of such child. The division shall also have\nauthority to discharge or conditionally release children placed with it\nand to transfer such children from a limited secure or non-secure\nfacility to any other limited secure or non-secure facility, when the\ninterest of such children requires such action; provided that a child\ntransferred to a non-secure facility from a limited secure facility may\nbe returned to a limited secure facility upon a determination by the\ndivision that, for any reason, care and treatment at the non-secure\nfacility is no longer suitable.\n
N.Y. MRE Law § 70 — New York Code / Act MRE / Article 4 / Title 2 / Section 70
Repairs and cleanliness
Status: in_force

§ 70. Repairs and cleanliness. Every transient dwelling shall be\nmaintained in conformity with the provisions of section one hundred\nseventy-four.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 1439 — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 7 / Title 2 / Section 1439
Remedies of bondholders
Status: in_force

§ 1439. Remedies of bondholders. 1. In the event that the authority\nshall default in the payment of principal of or interest on any issue of\nthe bonds after the same shall become due, whether at maturity or upon\ncall for redemption, and such default shall continue for a period of\nthirty days, or in the event that the authority shall fail or refuse to\ncomply with the provisions of this title, or shall default in any\nagreement made with the holders of any issue of the bonds, the holders\nof twenty-five per centum in aggregate principal amount of the bonds of\nsuch issue then outstanding, by instrument or instruments filed in the\noffice of the clerk of the county of Westchester and proved or\nacknowledged in the same manner as a deed to be recorded, may appoint a\ntrustee to represent the holders of such bonds for the purposes herein\nprovided.\n  2. Such trustee may, and upon written request of the holders of\ntwenty-five per centum in principal amount of such bonds then\noutstanding shall, in his or its own name\n  (a) by suit, action or special proceeding enforce all rights of the\nbondholders, including the right to require the authority to collect\nrevenues adequate to carry out by any agreement as to, or pledge of,\nsuch revenues, and to require the authority to carry out any other\nagreements with the holders of such bonds and to perform its duties\nunder this title;\n  (b) bring suit upon such bonds;\n  (c) by action or suit in equity, require the authority to account as\nif it were the trustee of an express trust for the holders of such\nbonds;\n  (d) by action or suit in equity, enjoin any acts or things which may\nbe unlawful or in violation of the rights of the holders of such bonds;\n  (e) declare all such bonds due and payable, and if all defaults shall\nbe made good then with the consent of the holders of twenty-five per\ncentum of the principal amount of such bonds then outstanding, to annul\nsuch declaration and its consequences.\n  3. The supreme court shall have jurisdiction of any suit, action or\nproceeding by the trustee on behalf of bondholders. The venue of any\nsuch suit, action or proceeding shall be laid in the county of\nWestchester.\n  4. Before declaring the principal of all such bonds due and payable,\nthe trustee shall first give thirty days' notice in writing to the\nauthority.\n  5. Any such trustee, whether or not the issue of bonds represented by\nsuch trustee has been declared due and payable, shall be entitled as of\nright to the appointment of a receiver of any part or parts of the\nproject the revenues of which are pledged for the security of the bonds\nof such issue, and such receiver may enter and take possession of such\npart or parts of the project and, subject to any pledge or agreement\nwith bondholders, shall take possession of all revenues or other moneys\nand other property derived from or applicable to the construction,\noperation and maintenance of such part or parts of the project and\nproceed with the acquisition of any real property necessary or\nconvenient in connection with the project that the authority has\ncovenanted to construct, and with any construction which the authority\nis under obligation to do and to operate and maintain such part or parts\nof the project and collect and receive all revenues thereafter arising\ntherefrom subject to any pledge thereof or agreement with bondholders\nrelating thereto and perform the public duties and carry out the\nagreements and obligations of the authority under the direction of the\ncourt. In any suit, action or proceeding by the trustee, the fee,\ncounsel fees and expenses of the trustee and of the receiver, if any,\nshall constitute taxable disbursements and all costs and disbursements\nallowed by the court shall be a first charge on any revenues derived\nfrom such project.\n  6. Such trustee shall, in addition to the foregoing, have and possess\nall of the powers necessary or appropriate for the exercise of any\nfunctions specifically set forth herein or incident to the general\nrepresentation of bondholders in the enforcement and protection of their\nrights.\n
N.Y. RPT Law § 444-A — New York Code / Act RPT / Article 4 / Title 2 / Section 444-A
Historic property
Status: in_force

§ 444-a. Historic property. 1. Real property altered or rehabilitated\nsubsequent to the effective date of a local law or resolution adopted\npursuant to this section shall be exempt from taxation and special ad\nvalorem levies as herein provided. After a public hearing, the governing\nbody of a county, city, town or village may adopt a local law and a\nschool district, other than a school district governed by the provisions\nof article fifty-two of the education law, may adopt a resolution to\ngrant the exemption authorized pursuant to this section. A copy of such\nlaw or resolution shall be filed with the commissioner and the assessor\nof such county, city, town or village who prepares the assessment roll\non which the taxes of such county, city, town, village or school\ndistrict are levied.\n  2. (a) Historic property shall be exempt from taxation to the extent\nof any increase in value attributable to such alteration or\nrehabilitation pursuant to the following schedule:\n     year of exemption                  percent of exemption\n             1                                  100\n             2                                  100\n             3                                  100\n             4                                  100\n             5                                  100\n             6                                  80\n             7                                  60\n             8                                  40\n             9                                  20\n             10                                 0\n  (b) No such exemption shall be granted for such alterations or\nrehabilitation unless:\n  (i) Such property has been designated as a landmark, or is a property\nthat contributes to the character of an historic district, created by a\nlocal law passed pursuant to section ninety-six-a or one hundred\nnineteen-dd of the general municipal law;\n  (ii) Alterations or rehabilitation must be made for means of historic\npreservation;\n  (iii) Such alterations or rehabilitation of historic property meet\nguidelines and review standards in the local preservation law;\n  (iv) Such alterations or rehabilitation of historic property are\napproved by the local preservation commission prior to commencement of\nwork;\n  (v) Alterations or rehabilitation are commenced subsequent to the\neffective date of the local law or resolution adopted pursuant to this\nsection.\n  3. Such exemption shall be granted only by application of the owner or\nowners of such historic real property on a form prescribed by the\ncommissioner. The application shall be filed with the assessor of the\ncounty, city, town or village having power to assess property for\ntaxation on or before the appropriate taxable status date of such\ncounty, city, town or village.\n  4. Such exemption shall be granted where the assessor is satisfied\nthat the applicant is entitled to an exemption pursuant to this section.\nThe assessor shall approve such application and such property shall\nthereafter be exempt from taxation and special ad valorem levies as\nherein provided commencing with the assessment roll prepared on the\nbasis of the taxable status date referred to in subdivision three of\nthis section. The assessed value of any exemption granted pursuant to\nthis section shall be entered by the assessor on the assessment roll\nwith the taxable property, with the amount of the exemption shown in a\nseparate column.\n  5. A county, city, town or village by local law or a school district\nby resolution may:\n  (a) Reduce the per centum of exemption otherwise allowed pursuant to\nthis section; and\n  (b) Limit eligibility for the exemption to those forms of alterations\nor rehabilitation as are prescribed in such local law or resolution.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 1442 — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 7 / Title 2 / Section 1442
Title not affected if in part unconstitutional or ineffective
Status: in_force

§ 1442. Title not affected if in part unconstitutional or ineffective.\nIf any section, clause or provision of this title shall be\nunconstitutional or be ineffective in whole or in part, to the extent\nthat it is not unconstitutional or ineffective, it shall be valid and\neffective and no other section, clause or provision shall on account\nthereof be deemed invalid or ineffective.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 2824-A — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 9 / Title 2 / Section 2824-A
Mission statement and measurement report
Status: in_force

§ 2824-a. Mission statement and measurement report. Each state\nauthority shall submit to the authorities budget office on or before\nMarch thirty-first, two thousand ten, and each local authority shall\nsubmit to the authorities budget office on or before March thirty-first,\ntwo thousand eleven, a proposed authority mission statement and proposed\nmeasurements which the authorities budget office shall post on its\nwebsite. The proposed authority mission statement and proposed\nmeasurements shall have the following components: a brief mission\nstatement expressing the purpose and goals of the authority, a\ndescription of the stakeholders of the authority and their reasonable\nexpectations from the authority, and a list of measurements by which\nperformance of the authority and the achievement of its goals may be\nevaluated. Each authority shall reexamine its mission statement and\nmeasurements on an annual basis, and publish a self-evaluation based on\nthe stated measurements; provided, however, such reexamination may be\nwaived pursuant to a determination by the director of the authorities\nbudget office that such undertaking is unnecessary for an individual\nauthority.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 2222 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 22 / Title 2 / Section 2222
Tuberculosis; protection of patient's family; duty of physicians and health officers
Status: in_force

§ 2222. Tuberculosis; protection of patient's family; duty of\nphysicians and health officers.  1. It shall be the duty of a physician\nattending a patient having tuberculosis to take all proper precautions\nand to give proper instructions to provide for the safety of all\nindividuals occupying the same house or apartment, and if no physician\nbe attending such patient this duty shall devolve upon the state\ndistrict health officer or local health officer.\n  2. All duties imposed upon physicians by any sections of this article\nshall be performed by the state district health officer or local health\nofficer in all cases of tuberculosis not attended by a physician, or\nwhen the physician fails to perform the duties herein specified.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 1801 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 2 / Article 37 / Section 1801
Formation and changes of central school districts
Status: in_force

§ 1801.  Formation and changes of central school districts.  1. The\ncommissioner of education is hereby authorized and empowered to lay out\ncentral school districts for the establishment of central schools to\ngive instruction in elementary or elementary and high school subjects\nand to fix, determine and define the boundaries of said districts as\nhereinafter provided.\n  2. The commissioner is authorized and empowered to make and enter in\nhis office orders laying out territory in new central school districts\nor annexing to existing central school districts territory not contained\nwithin a city school district in a city having a population of more than\nten thousand inhabitants, and not contained within a city school\ndistrict having a full valuation of taxable real estate per public\nschool pupil residing in the district of more than fifteen thousand\ndollars; provided, however, that no territory contained within a city\nschool district in a city having a population of ten thousand\ninhabitants or less may be included in new central school districts or\nannexed to existing central school districts after July first, nineteen\nhundred fifty-five. The commissioner of education is authorized and\nempowered to make and enter in his office orders dissolving and annexing\na central school district or districts to another central school\ndistrict, pursuant to the provisions of subdivision two of section\neighteen hundred two of this chapter.  The commissioner in laying out\nsuch central school districts and in fixing and defining the boundaries\nthereof shall include only territory of suitable size conveniently\nlocated for the attendance of pupils and having a sufficient number of\npupils for the establishment of a central school. The commissioner shall\ndesignate all central school districts by such simplified name as he\nshall deem proper.\n  3. Within ten days after the making and entry of the order pursuant to\nthis section, the commissioner shall transmit a certified copy thereof\nto the clerk, or in the event there is no clerk, to the trustee or\ntrustees of each school district the territory of which is affected by\nsaid order. The clerk, the trustee or trustees, as the case may be,\nshall, within five days after receipt of such order, post a copy thereof\nin five conspicuous places in such district.\n  4. No central school district laid out by order of the commissioner\nshall operate as a central school district, nor be entitled to receive\nthe benefits of a central school district until it has been organized by\nthe qualified voters of the district in accordance with the provisions\nof this article, provided, however, a central school district which was\norganized prior to April seventh, nineteen hundred forty-four, or\npursuant to the provisions of this section and to which territory may be\nannexed shall not be required to again organize.\n  5. The commissioner of education is hereby authorized and empowered to\nmake and enter in his office an order annexing the territory of common\nschool district number three of the town of Wilmington, Essex county to\ncentral school district number two of the town of North Elba, Essex\ncounty, together with such territory of common school district number\none of the town of Wilmington, Essex county as will provide contiguity\nbetween the aforementioned Wilmington common school district number\nthree and North Elba central school district number two.\n