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N.Y. JUD Law § 290 — New York Code / Act JUD / Article 9 / Section 290
Stenographers are officers of court
Status: in_force

§ 290. Stenographers are officers of court. Each stenographer,\nspecified in this chapter or the civil practice act, surrogate's court\nact, court of claims act or New York city civil court act is an officer\nof the court or courts, for or by which he is appointed.  From and after\nthe first day of September, nineteen hundred and sixty-two,\nstenographers serving as such in the first judicial district who were\ntransferred thereto on that date from the court of general sessions of\nthe county of New York shall be deemed to be stenographers specified in\nthis chapter and subject to the provisions of this article nine.\n
N.Y. SOS Law § 482-C — New York Code / Act SOS / Article 10-B / Section 482-C
Statewide settlement house program; awarding of grants
Status: in_force

§ 482-c. Statewide settlement house program; awarding of grants. 1.\nThe commissioner is hereby authorized to issue grants for the purpose of\nenhancing and coordinating activities and programs, expanding programs\nto serve more individuals and families, and/or promoting inter-agency\ncoordination with other neighborhood organizations offering\ncomplementary services.\n  2. Funds awarded to settlement houses pursuant to the provisions of\nsubdivision one of this section shall be used to supplement and not to\nsupplant other federal, state or local funds.\n  3. The commissioner shall issue requests for applications to all\nsettlement houses and shall specify that applications include a\ndescription of the nature of the services to be provided, a discussion\nof the relatedness of the services to the purposes of a settlement house\nas defined in section four hundred eighty-two-b of this article and an\nestimate of the number and composition of clients to be served. Such\napplications may include a discussion of plans to develop or enhance\noutreach services to individuals and families, institute or augment\nassessments of individual and family needs, coordinate services, develop\nlinks with neighborhood organizations, develop employment inititatives,\nmentoring programs and other cooperative programs with unions,\nneighborhood businesses and community corporations, and identify sources\nof private funding. Such applications shall also include at least the\nfollowing:\n  (a) appropriate accounting and fiscal control procedures that assure\nthat funds are expended in accordance with this article, including the\nfiling of an annual financial statement by each provider; and\n  (b) appropriate written records regarding the number of individuals\nand families served and the type and extent of services rendered by the\nsettlement house.\n  4. The commissioner shall solicit and select applications for the\nprovision of programs and services funded pursuant to this article. It\nis necessary that settlement houses receiving funding pursuant to this\narticle demonstrate a plan to raise one dollar for each two dollars of\nstate grants received.  Subsequent year funding may be adjusted to\nreflect prior years' experience.\n  5. The commissioner may issue a request for applications to the extent\nfunds are available on a multi-year basis.\n  6. The commissioner shall make grants of up to fifty thousand dollars\nto settlement houses following approval of an acceptable plan submitted\npursuant to the request for applications so long as there are funds\navailable. The commissioner shall notify the local social services\ndistrict of a grant award to a settlement house in that district.\n
N.Y. RPA Law § 1142 — New York Code / Act RPA / Article 11 / Section 1142
Remedy of person evicted for rents and profits
Status: in_force

§ 1142. Remedy of person evicted for rents and profits. A person\nevicted as prescribed in this article may, if the presumption upon which\nhe is evicted is erroneous, maintain an action against the person who\nhas occupied the property, or his executor or administrator, to recover\nthe rents and profits of the property, during the occupation, while the\nperson upon whose life the prior estate depends is or was living.\n
N.Y. UCT Law § 2019 — New York Code / Act UCT / Article 20 / Section 2019
Records
Status: in_force

§ 2019. Records.\n  All judges of the court shall keep or cause to be kept legible and\nsuitable records and dockets of all criminal actions and proceedings\nseparate and apart from the records and dockets of civil actions and\nproceedings kept by them or by clerks of their respective courts.\n
N.Y. CVR Law § 80-B — New York Code / Act CVR / Article 8 / Section 80-B
Nothing in this article contained shall be construed to bar a right of action for the recovery of a chattel, the return of money or secur...
Status: in_force

§ 80-b. Nothing in this article contained shall be construed to bar a\nright of action for the recovery of a chattel, the return of money or\nsecurities, or the value thereof at the time of such transfer, or the\nrescission of a deed to real property when the sole consideration for\nthe transfer of the chattel, money or securities or real property was a\ncontemplated marriage which has not occurred, and the court may, if in\nits discretion justice so requires, (1) award the defendant a lien upon\nthe chattel, securities or real property for monies expended in\nconnection therewith or improvements made thereto, (2) deny judgment for\nthe recovery of the chattel or securities or for rescission of the deed\nand award money damages in lieu thereof.\n
N.Y. PTR Law § 115-B — New York Code / Act PTR / Article 8 / Section 115-B
Security for expenses in limited partners' derivative action brought in the right of the limited partnership to procure a judgment in its...
Status: in_force

§ 115-b. Security for expenses in limited partners' derivative action\nbrought in the right of the limited partnership to procure a judgment in\nits favor.  In any action specified in section one hundred fifteen-a of\nthis article, unless the contributions of or allocable to plaintiff or\nplaintiffs to partnership property amount to five percent or more of the\ncontributions of all limited partners, in their status as limited\npartners, or such contributions of or allocable to such plaintiff or\nplaintiffs have a fair value in excess of fifty thousand dollars, the\nlimited partnership in whose right such action is brought shall be\nentitled at any stage of the proceedings before final judgment to\nrequire the plaintiff or plaintiffs to give security for the reasonable\nexpenses, including attorneys' fees, which may be incurred by it in\nconnection with such action and by the other parties defendant in\nconnection therewith for which the limited partnership may become liable\nunder this article under any contract or otherwise under law, to which\nthe limited partnership shall have recourse in such amount as the court\nhaving jurisdiction of such action shall determine upon the termination\nof such action. The amount of such security may thereafter from time to\ntime be increased or decreased in the discretion of the court having\njurisdiction of such action upon showing that the security provided has\nor may become inadequate or excessive.\n
N.Y. PEN Law § 40.15 — New York Code / Act PEN / Part 1 / Title C / Article 40 / Section 40.15
Mental disease or defect
Status: in_force

§ 40.15 Mental disease or defect.\n  In any prosecution for an offense, it is an affirmative defense that\nwhen the defendant engaged in the proscribed conduct, he lacked criminal\nresponsibility by reason of mental disease or defect. Such lack of\ncriminal responsibility means that at the time of such conduct, as a\nresult of mental disease or defect, he lacked substantial capacity to\nknow or appreciate either:\n  1. The nature and consequences of such conduct; or\n  2. That such conduct was wrong.\n
N.Y. MHY Law § 7.29 — New York Code / Act MHY / Title B / Article 7 / Section 7.29
Gifts
Status: in_force

§ 7.29 Gifts.\n  (a) The commissioner, on behalf of the state and if in the public\ninterest, shall accept, hold in trust, administer, apply, execute, or\nuse gifts, devises, bequests, grants, powers, or trusts of personal or\nreal property made to the state, the office of mental health, a facility\nwithin the office, the commissioner, or the directors or visitors of\nfacilities which are to be used or may be used for purposes of the\noffice of mental health, including, but not limited to, the maintenance,\nsupport, or benefit of one or more patients in a facility.\n  (b) The commissioner, in carrying out the provisions of subdivision\n(a) of this section, may create or provide separate and distinct funds,\ninvestments, and deposits and regulate their use, transfer, and\nwithdrawal. He may dispose of a power or trust upon its expiration and\naccording to its terms.\n  (c) Subdivisions (a) and (b) of this section apply to gifts, devises,\nbequests, grants, powers, or trusts given to, received, or applied by\nthe state, the commissioner, the office of mental health, or facilities\nthereof and predecessor officers, agencies, or facilities prior to as\nwell as subsequent to the enactment of this section.\n
N.Y. DOM Law § 245 — New York Code / Act DOM / Article 13 / Section 245
Enforcement by contempt proceedings of judgment or order in action for divorce, separation or annulment
Status: in_force

§ 245. Enforcement by contempt proceedings of judgment or order in\naction for divorce, separation or annulment. Where a spouse, in an\naction for divorce, separation, annulment or declaration of nullity of a\nvoid marriage, or for the enforcement in this state of a judgment for\ndivorce, separation, annulment or declaration of nullity of a void\nmarriage rendered in another state, makes default in paying any sum of\nmoney as required by the judgment or order directing the payment\nthereof, the aggrieved spouse may make application pursuant to the\nprovisions of section seven hundred fifty-six of the judiciary law to\npunish the defaulting spouse for contempt, and where the judgment or\norder directs the payment to be made in installments, or at stated\nintervals, failure to make such single payment or installment may be\npunished as therein provided, and such punishment, either by fine or\ncommitment, shall not be a bar to a subsequent proceeding to punish the\ndefaulting spouse as for a contempt for failure to pay subsequent\ninstallments, but for such purpose such spouse may be proceeded against\nunder the said order in the same manner and with the same effect as\nthough such installment payment was directed to be paid by a separate\nand distinct order, and the provisions of the civil rights law are\nhereby superseded so far as they are in conflict therewith. Such\napplication may also be made without any previous sequestration or\ndirection to give security or any application for enforcement by any\nother means. No demand of any kind upon the defaulting spouse shall be\nnecessary in order that he or she be proceeded against and punished for\nfailure to make any such payment or to pay any such installment;\npersonal service upon the defaulting spouse of an uncertified copy of\nthe judgment or order under which the default has occurred shall be\nsufficient.\n
N.Y. SCP Law § 1901 — New York Code / Act SCP / Article 19 / Section 1901
Real property subject to disposition; "disposition" and "fiduciary" defined 1
Status: in_force

§ 1901. Real property subject to disposition; "disposition" and\n          "fiduciary" defined\n  1. The court may authorize or direct the disposition of a decedent's\nreal property or any interest therein for any of the purposes set forth\nin the succeeding section. The court may entertain an application for\ndisposition under this article even if the proposed disposition is or\nappears to be authorized by the will or by a statute.\n  2. Disposition of the real property of a decedent within the meaning\nof this article includes:\n  (a) Sale,\n  (b) Mortgage,\n  (c) Exchange,\n  (d) Lease,\n  (e) Confirmation of a prior lease made without court approval,\n  (f) Release of the right to an award for the taking of real property\nby eminent domain, and\n  (g) Transfer to a spouse or other beneficiary in full or partial\nsatisfaction of the interest or share of such person in the decedent's\nestate.\n  (h) Enter into possession of any real property, receive the rents\nthereof and apply them as directed by the court.\n  (i) In the event the estate of a decedent is the owner of an estate in\ncommon in real property, the executor or administrator may bring a\npartition action or intervene in a pending partition action on behalf of\nthe estate, if, upon application duly made, the surrogate approves.\n  3. The term "fiduciary" as used in this article does not include a\ntrustee, guardian, donee of a power to manage during minority property\nvested in an infant or a voluntary administrator.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 802 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 8 / Section 802
Powers and duties
Status: in_force

§ 802. Powers and duties. 1. The council shall have the power and duty\nto:\n  a. identify strategic areas for health research;\n  b. conduct ongoing surveys of the state allocation of health research\nsources;\n  c. develop health research programs and establish priorities for such\nprograms;\n  d. assure that women's health needs as well as men's have been\nconsidered in research programs which the council develops and in the\npriorities it establishes;\n  e. review and disseminate the results of health research programs;\n  f. stimulate independent health research;\n  g. coordinate health research within New York state to avoid\nunnecessary duplication of effort and facilities;\n  h. encourage health research in designated priority areas by assisting\nresearch projects in obtaining grants or fellowships;\n  i. develop a model health research plan for the state;\n  j. hold meetings at least semiannually. Special meetings may be called\nby the chairman;\n  k. encourage education and training in the area of health research;\n  l. accept on behalf of the state any grant, gift, devise or bequest,\nmade to the health research council; and to cause the department of\ntaxation and finance to establish from all such monies a special trust\nfund to be used under the direction of the council for the purpose of\nhealth research and training. Such grants, gifts, devises or bequests\nshall be accepted subject to the provisions of section fifty-three-a of\nthe state finance law and subject to audit by the state comptroller;\n  m. make rules and regulations for the exercise of the council's powers\nand performance of its duties in order to carry out the provisions of\nthis article; and\n  n. exercise and perform such other functions, powers, and duties as\nmay from time to time be conferred or imposed by law.\n  2. For the purposes of this section research shall not include the\nactual delivery of health care or equipment for health care provided by\nexisting institutes established by this chapter to conduct research,\nscientific investigations, seek methods of medical care or provide for\nthe treatment of patients.\n
N.Y. RPA Law § 1741 — New York Code / Act RPA / Article 17 / Section 1741
Reference
Status: in_force

§ 1741. Reference. 1. The court may appoint a referee to receive\nevidence and report his opinion thereon.\n  2. The referee's report shall include conclusions as to: what, if any,\nform, terms and conditions of disposition of the real property or\ninterest would be beneficial to the infant, incompetent person or\nconservatee, and the reasons therefor; whether the infant, incompetent\nperson or conservatee is in absolute need of some and what portion of\nthe proceeds of such disposition, for a purpose specified in the\npetition, in addition to what he might earn by his own exertions; the\nvalue of the property or interest to be disposed of, specifically, as to\neach separate lot or parcel, with the incumbrances, if any, thereon, and\nwhether there is any person entitled to dower or a life estate, or\nestate for years.\n
N.Y. BNK Law § 113 — New York Code / Act BNK / Article 3 / Section 113
Change of location; change of designation of principal office
Status: in_force

§ 113. Change of location; change of designation of principal office.\nAny bank or trust company may make a written application to the\nsuperintendent, such application to be accompanied by an investigation\nfee as prescribed pursuant to section eighteen-a of this chapter, for\nleave to change its place or one of its places of business to another\nplace in the state or for leave to change the designation of its\nprincipal office to a branch office and to change the designation of one\nof its branch offices to its principal office. The application shall\nstate the reasons for such proposed change.\n  Such change may be made upon the written approval of the\nsuperintendent.  If the superintendent shall grant his certificate\nauthorizing the change of location, as provided in article two of this\nchapter, the bank or trust company may, upon or after the day specified\nin the certificate, remove its property and effects to the location\ndesignated therein.\n
N.Y. TAX Law § 1439-CC — New York Code / Act TAX / Article 31-A-3 / Section 1439-CC
Payment of tax
Status: in_force

* § 1439-cc. Payment of tax. 1. The real estate transfer tax imposed\npursuant to this article shall be paid to the treasurer or the recording\nofficer acting as the agent of the treasurer upon designation as such\nagent by the treasurer. Such tax shall be paid at the same time as the\nreal estate transfer tax imposed by article thirty-one of this chapter\nis required to be paid. Such treasurer or recording officer shall\nendorse upon each deed or instrument effecting a conveyance a receipt\nfor the amount of the tax so paid.\n  2. A return shall be required to be filed with such treasurer or\nrecording officer for purposes of the real estate transfer tax imposed\npursuant to this article at the same time as a return is required to be\nfiled for purposes of the real estate transfer tax imposed by article\nthirty-one of this chapter. The treasurer shall prescribe the form of\nreturn, the information which it shall contain, and the documentation\nthat shall accompany the return. Said form shall be identical to the\nreal estate transfer tax return required to be filed pursuant to section\nfourteen hundred nine of this chapter, except that the treasurer shall\nadapt said form to reflect the provisions in this chapter that are\ninconsistent, different, or in addition to the provisions of article\nthirty-one of this chapter. The real estate transfer tax returns\nrequired to be filed pursuant to this section shall be preserved for\nthree years and thereafter until such treasurer or recording officer\norders them to be destroyed.\n  3. The recording officer shall not record an instrument effecting a\nconveyance unless the return required by this section has been filed and\nthe tax imposed pursuant to this article shall have been paid as\nrequired in this section.\n  * NB Repealed December 31, 2028\n
N.Y. EXC Law § 941 — New York Code / Act EXC / Article 44 / Section 941
Council on professional career opportunity
Status: in_force

§ 941. Council on professional career opportunity.  * 1. There is\nhereby created within the executive department a council on professional\ncareer opportunity consisting of eleven members as follows:  the\ncommissioner of education, the commissioner of health, the chancellor of\nthe state university of New York, the chancellor of the city university\nof New York, and the president of the higher education services\ncorporation or their designees under written designation; and six\nadditional members to be appointed by the governor, including two\nmembers appointed upon the recommendation of the temporary president of\nthe senate and two members appointed upon the recommendation of the\nspeaker of the assembly. The council shall include at least one\nrepresentative of an independent institution of higher education. Due\nconsideration shall be given to the appointment of members recognized\nfor their expertise in the fields of education and minority group\nissues. The governor shall designate one of the appointive members as\nchairperson to serve as such at the pleasure of the governor. The\ncouncil shall terminate March thirty-first, two thousand three.\n  * NB State council terminated 3/31/2003\n  2. The council shall meet once each annual quarter and as frequently\nas its business may require. The appointed members of the council shall\nbe reimbursed for their reasonable and necessary traveling and other\nexpenses incurred in the performance of their official duties. No\nadditional compensation for services rendered pursuant to this chapter\nshall be received by members of the council.\n
N.Y. PEN Law § 145.60 — New York Code / Act PEN / Part 3 / Title I / Article 145 / Section 145.60
Making graffiti
Status: in_force

§ 145.60 Making graffiti.\n  1. For purposes of this section, the term "graffiti" shall mean the\netching, painting, covering, drawing upon or otherwise placing of a mark\nupon public or private property with intent to damage such property.\n  2. No person shall make graffiti of any type on any building, public\nor private, or any other property real or personal owned by any person,\nfirm or corporation or any public agency or instrumentality, without the\nexpress permission of the owner or operator of said property.\n  Making graffiti is a class A misdemeanor.\n
N.Y. ISC Law § 5105 — New York Code / Act ISC / Article 51 / Section 5105
Settlement between insurers
Status: in_force

§ 5105. Settlement between insurers. (a) Any insurer liable for the\npayment of first party benefits to or on behalf of a covered person and\nany compensation provider paying benefits in lieu of first party\nbenefits which another insurer would otherwise be obligated to pay\npursuant to subsection (a) of section five thousand one hundred three of\nthis article or section five thousand two hundred twenty-one of this\nchapter has the right to recover the amount paid from the insurer of any\nother covered person to the extent that such other covered person would\nhave been liable, but for the provisions of this article, to pay damages\nin an action at law. In any case, the right to recover exists only if at\nleast one of the motor vehicles involved is a motor vehicle weighing\nmore than six thousand five hundred pounds unloaded or is a motor\nvehicle used principally for the transportation of persons or property\nfor hire. However, in the case of occupants of a bus other than\noperators, owners, and employees of the owner or operator of the bus, an\ninsurer which, pursuant to paragraph one of subsection (a) of section\nfive thousand one hundred three of this article, provides coverage for\nfirst party benefits for such occupants under a policy providing first\nparty benefits to the injured person and members of his household for\nloss arising out of the use or operation of any vehicle of such\nhousehold, shall have no right to recover the amount of such benefits\nfrom the insurer of such bus.\n  (b) The sole remedy of any insurer or compensation provider to recover\non a claim arising pursuant to subsection (a) hereof, shall be the\nsubmission of the controversy to mandatory arbitration pursuant to\nprocedures promulgated or approved by the superintendent.  Such\nprocedures shall also be utilized to resolve all disputes arising\nbetween insurers concerning their responsibility for the payment of\nfirst party benefits.\n  (c) The liability of an insurer imposed by this section shall not\naffect or diminish its obligations under any policy of bodily injury\nliability insurance.\n
N.Y. PBS Law § 89-A — New York Code / Act PBS / Article 4-B / Section 89-A
Application of article
Status: in_force

§ 89-a. Application of article.  This article shall apply to the sale,\nfurnishing and distribution of water for domestic, commercial and public\npurposes, not including bottled water.\n