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N.Y. PEN Law § 177.00 — New York Code / Act PEN / Part 3 / Title K / Article 177 / Section 177.00
Definitions
Status: in_force

§ 177.00 Definitions.\n  The following definitions are applicable to this article:\n  1. "Health plan" means any publicly or privately funded health\ninsurance or managed care plan or contract, under which any health care\nitem or service is provided, and through which payment may be made to\nthe person who provided the health care item or service. The state's\nmedical assistance program (Medicaid) shall be considered a single\nhealth plan.  For purposes of this article, a payment made pursuant to\nthe state's managed care program as defined in paragraph (c) of\nsubdivision one of section three hundred sixty-four-j of the social\nservices law shall be deemed a payment by the state's medical assistance\nprogram (Medicaid).\n  2. "Person" means any individual or entity, other than a recipient of\na health care item or service under a health plan unless such recipient\nacts as an accessory to such an individual or entity.\n
N.Y. WKC Law § 48 — New York Code / Act WKC / Article 3 / Section 48
Diseases which are accidents
Status: in_force

§ 48. Diseases which are accidents. Nothing in this article shall\naffect the rights of an employee to recover compensation in respect to a\ndisease to which this article does not apply if the disease is an\naccidental personal injury within the meaning of subdivision seven of\nsection two of this chapter.\n
N.Y. LAB Law § 1050 — New York Code / Act LAB / Article 37 / Section 1050
Definitions
Status: in_force

* § 1050. Definitions. For purposes of this article:\n  1. "Employer" means any person, corporation, limited liability\ncompany, or association employing any individual in any occupation,\nindustry, trade, business or service including the state and its\npolitical subdivisions.\n  2. "Employee" means any person employed for hire by an employer in any\nemployment.\n  3. "Employment promissory note" means any instrument, agreement, or\ncontract provision that requires an employee to pay the employer, or the\nemployer's agent or assignee, a sum of money if the employee's\nemployment relationship with a specific employer terminates before the\npassage of a stated period of time.\n  4. "Transferable credential" shall mean any degree, diploma, license,\ncertificate, or documented evidence of skill proficiency or course\ncompletion that is widely recognized by employers in the relevant\nindustry as a qualification for employment, independent of the\nemployer's specific business practices, or that provides skills or\nqualifications that demonstrably enhance the employee's employability\nwith other employers in the relevant industry. Notwithstanding the\nforegoing, a "transferable credential" shall not include:\n  (a) Employer-specific or non-transferable training. (i) Instruction\nregarding the employer's proprietary processes, proprietary systems,\ninternal policies, proprietary software, or proprietary equipment unique\nto the employer, or (ii) instruction that does not qualify the employee\nfor a new occupational title, classification, or industry-recognized\ncredential and instead consists of skillful variations of general\nprocesses known to the relevant trade or industry.\n  (b) Mandated safety and compliance training. Any training required by\nfederal, state, or local law to maintain workplace safety, including but\nnot limited to OSHA certifications, sexual harassment prevention, or\ndiversity training.\n  * NB Effective December 19, 2026\n
N.Y. PVH Law § 49 — New York Code / Act PVH / Article 3 / Section 49
State's right to require redemption of bonds
Status: in_force

§ 49. State's right to require redemption of bonds. Notwithstanding\nand in addition to any provisions for the redemption of bonds which may\nbe contained in any contract with the holders of the bonds, the state\nmay, upon furnishing sufficient funds therefor, require the agency to\nredeem, prior to maturity, as a whole, any issue of bonds on any\ninterest payment date not less than twenty years after the date of the\nbonds of such issue at one hundred five per centum of their face value\nand accrued interest or at such lower redemption price as may be\nprovided in the bonds in case of the redemption thereof as a whole on\nthe redemption date. Notice of such redemption shall be published in at\nleast two newspapers publishing and circulating respectively in the\ncities of Albany and New York at least twice, the first publication to\nbe at least thirty days before the date of redemption. The provisions of\nthis section relating to the state's right to require redemption of\nbonds, shall not apply to state-supported debt, as defined in section\nsixty-seven-a of the state finance law, issued by the agency. Such\nagency bonds shall remain subject to redemption pursuant to any contract\nwith the holders of such bonds.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 399-ZZZ — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 26 / Section 399-ZZZ
Prohibition of certain fee charges
Status: in_force

§ 399-zzz. Prohibition of certain fee charges. 1. Subject to federal\nlaw and regulation, no person, partnership, corporation, association or\nother business entity shall charge a consumer an additional rate or fee\nor a differential in the rate or fee associated with payment on an\naccount when the consumer chooses to pay by United States mail or\nreceive a paper billing statement. This subdivision shall not be\nconstrued to prohibit a person, partnership, corporation, association or\nother business entity from offering consumers a credit or other\nincentive to elect a specific payment or billing option.\n  2. Every violation of this section shall be deemed a deceptive act and\npractice subject to enforcement under article twenty-two-A of this\nchapter.\n  3. Nothing in this section shall be construed to restrict any right\nwhich any person may have under any other statute or the common law.\n
N.Y. STT Law § 107 — New York Code / Act STT / Article 1 / Section 107
Severability
Status: in_force

§ 107. Severability. The provisions of this article shall be severable\nand if any portion thereof or the applicability thereof to any person or\ncircumstances shall be held to be invalid, the remainder of this article\nand the application thereof shall not be affected thereby.\n
N.Y. JUD Law § 317 — New York Code / Act JUD / Article 9 / Section 317
Stenographers of county courts
Status: in_force

§ 317. Stenographers of county courts. 1. The stenographer of the\ncounty court of each of the counties of Albany, Erie, Monroe, Oneida,\nRensselaer, Jefferson and Niagara must attend each term of the said\ncourt where issues of fact in civil and criminal cases are triable. The\nstenographers of the county court of Kings and Queens counties must\nattend each term of said court. The stenographer of the county court of\nJefferson county shall as a part of his official duties also act as\nstenographer to the grand jury of said county, and shall, at the request\nof the district attorney, attend preliminary hearings in criminal cases\nprior to the action of the grand jury thereupon.\n  2. The stenographers appointed in the various counties specified in\nsubdivision two of section one hundred and ninety-eight of this chapter,\nshall also report and transcribe opinions for the said county judges, as\nwell as special proceedings where a stenographer is required, without\nadditional compensation.\n  3. The stenographer of the county court of Niagara county shall within\ntwenty days after notice by a party that he intends to appeal, make a\ncase and exceptions or bill of exceptions in a civil or criminal action,\nor that briefs are to be made or arguments prepared in an action tried\nbefore the court without a jury, file with the clerk of said county a\ntranscript of the minutes taken by him upon such trial.\n  4. Each of the stenographers appointed in the county court of Albany,\nKings, Queens, Richmond and Bronx counties as prescribed in section one\nhundred and ninety-eight of this chapter, may, with the consent of the\ncounty judge, or judges, appoint an assistant stenographer, to aid him\nin the discharge of his duties, whose compensation shall be paid by the\nstenographer appointing him, and is not a county charge.\n
N.Y. RPA Law § 331 — New York Code / Act RPA / Article 3 / Section 331
Proof of lost execution or writ after sheriff's sale of real property
Status: in_force

§ 331. Proof of lost execution or writ after sheriff's sale of real\nproperty.  Whenever, upon the trial of an action, it shall appear that\nat least ten years theretofore real property has been sold by a sheriff\nfor enforcement of the valid lien thereon of a duly docketed judgment,\nand that a certificate of the sale has been duly made by the sheriff and\nfiled, and that a conveyance in completion of the purchase has been\nexecuted and recorded, but that the execution or writ by virtue of which\nthe sale has so been made cannot be found in the office of the clerk\nwith whom the same should have been filed, then and in such case the\nrecital of or reference to such execution or writ contained in the said\ncertificate, or in the said conveyance, or in the record thereof, shall\nbe prima facie evidence of the said execution or writ and of the\nissuance of the same as against any party whose claim of title is not\nshown to have been accompanied or supported by peaceable possession of\nthe premises in controversy for at least three years immediately\npreceding the commencement of the action.\n
N.Y. COR Law § 321 — New York Code / Act COR / Article 13 / Section 321
Application for appointment of committee
Status: in_force

§ 321. Application for appointment of committee. Such application\nshall be made upon personal notice of not less than twenty days to such\nconvicted person and to the district attorney of the county where the\nconviction was had, and upon notice to such other persons as would be\nentitled to notice of application for the probate of the will of such\nconvicted person if he were then dead leaving a will of real and\npersonal property, to be given in like manner as notice of application\nfor such probate. The application shall, among other things, set forth\nthe amount of the property of such person, and the names and residences\nof his heirs-at-law and next of kin, as near as the same are known or\ncan be ascertained by the applicant. Upon such application and due proof\nof the service of the notice herein required, the court may, in its\ndiscretion, appoint a committee of the estate of such convicted person.\nThe person or persons so appointed as such committee shall file a bond\nin the county clerk's office of such county, and in such amount and with\nsuch sureties as the said court shall direct. A copy of the order\nappointing such committee certified by the clerk of the county in which\nthe order is filed, shall be filed in every county in which any real\nestate of such convicted person is situated.\n
N.Y. GCN Law § 43 — New York Code / Act GCN / Article 2 / Section 43
Seal of court, public officer or corporation
Status: in_force

§ 43. Seal of court, public officer or corporation. A seal of a court,\npublic officer or corporation may be impressed directly upon the\ninstrument or writing to be sealed, or upon wafer, wax or other adhesive\nsubstance affixed thereto, or upon paper, or other similar substance\naffixed thereto by mucilage or other adhesive substance, or may appear\nas a facsimile, or be engraved or printed or reproduced in any other\nmanner.  A seal of a corporation upon a corporate bond or other\ncorporate obligation for the payment of money may be a facsimile,\nengraved or printed.\n
N.Y. UCC Law § 2-615 — New York Code / Act UCC / Article 2 / Part 6 / Section 2-615
Excuse by Failure of Presupposed Conditions
Status: in_force

Section 2--615. Excuse by Failure of Presupposed Conditions.\n  Except so far as a seller may have assumed a greater obligation and\nsubject to the preceding section on substituted performance:\n  (a) Delay in delivery or non-delivery in whole or in part by a seller\nwho complies with paragraphs (b) and (c) is not a breach of his duty\nunder a contract for sale if performance as agreed has been made\nimpracticable by the occurrence of a contingency the non-occurrence of\nwhich was a basic assumption on which the contract was made or by\ncompliance in good faith with any applicable foreign or domestic\ngovernmental regulation or order whether or not it later proves to be\ninvalid.\n  (b) Where the causes mentioned in paragraph (a) affect only a part of\nthe seller's capacity to perform, he must allocate production and\ndeliveries among his customers but may at his option include regular\ncustomers not then under contract as well as his own requirements for\nfurther manufacture. He may so allocate in any manner which is fair and\nreasonable.\n  (c) The seller must notify the buyer seasonably that there will be\ndelay or non-delivery and, when allocation is required under paragraph\n(b), of the estimated quota thus made available for the buyer.\n
N.Y. EXC Law § 259-D — New York Code / Act EXC / Article 12-B / Section 259-D
Hearing officers
Status: in_force

§ 259-d. Hearing officers. 1. The state board of parole shall appoint\nand shall have the power to remove, in accordance with the provisions of\nthe civil service law, hearing officers who shall be authorized to\nconduct parole revocation proceedings. Hearing officers shall function\nindependently of the department regarding all of their decision-making\nfunctions, and shall report directly to the board, provided, however,\nthat administrative matters of general applicability within the\ndepartment shall be applicable to all hearing officers. A hearing\nofficer conducting such proceedings shall, when delegated such authority\nby the board in rules adopted by the board, be required to make a\nwritten decision in accordance with standards and rules adopted by the\nboard. Nothing in this article shall be deemed to preclude a member of\nthe state board of parole from exercising all of the functions, powers\nand duties of a hearing officer upon request of the chairman.\n  2. The board, acting in cooperation with the civil service commission,\nshall establish standards, preliminary requisites and requisites to\ngovern the selection, appointment and removal of hearing officers. Such\nstandards and requisites shall be designed to assure that persons\nselected as hearing officers have the ability to conduct parole\nrevocation proceedings fairly and impartially. Such standards shall not\nrequire prior experience as a parole officer. The board shall have the\nauthority to establish procedures necessary to implement this section.\n
N.Y. FCT Law § 655 — New York Code / Act FCT / Article 6 / Part 3 / Section 655
Temporary order of protection
Status: in_force

§ 655. Temporary order of protection. (a) Upon the filing of a\npetition or counter-claim under this article, the court for good cause\nshown may issue a temporary order of protection which may contain any of\nthe provisions authorized on the making of an order of protection under\nsection six hundred fifty-six of this article.\n  (b) A temporary order of protection is not a finding of wrongdoing.\n  (c) The court may issue or extend a temporary order of protection ex\nparte or on notice simultaneously with the issuance of a warrant\ndirecting that the respondent be arrested and brought before the court\npursuant to section six hundred seventy-one of this article.\n  (d) The court shall not require anyone seeking a temporary order of\nprotection under this section to first request that child protective\nservices investigate the allegations or to first request permission to\nfile a petition under article ten of this act.\n  Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, an order of protection, or\ntemporary order of protection where applicable, may be entered against a\nformer spouse and persons who have a child in common, regardless of\nwhether such persons have been married or have lived together at any\ntime, or against a member of the same family or household as defined in\nsubdivision one of section eight hundred twelve of this act.\n
N.Y. CAL Law § 73 — New York Code / Act CAL / Article 8 / Section 73
Registered owner to be advised of assessments and penalties
Status: in_force

§ 73. Registered owner to be advised of assessments and penalties. The\ncorporation shall advise the person whose name appears on the latest\napplication for registry on file in its office of any assessments,\npenalties or other charges levied against a float or its crew for acts\nor omissions occurring while the float is on the canal system. Should\nthe registered owner fail to make prompt payment of such assessments,\npenalties or charges, the corporation may refuse clearance to the float\nand action shall be instigated as provided under section eighty-three of\nthis article.\n
N.Y. ENG Law § 17-102 — New York Code / Act ENG / Article 17 / Section 17-102
Administration
Status: in_force

§ 17-102. Administration. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,\nthe New York state energy research and development authority shall be\ndeemed to have the responsibility and authority to implement the\nprovisions of this article.\n
N.Y. EXC Law § 209-I — New York Code / Act EXC / Article 10-B / Section 209-I
Transfer of records
Status: in_force

§ 209-i. Transfer of records. Upon the transfer pursuant to section\ntwo hundred nine-d of this article of the functions and powers possessed\nby and all of the obligations and duties of the science and technology\nfoundation as established pursuant to article ten-A of the public\nauthorities law to the office as prescribed by section two hundred\nnine-d of this article, except as otherwise provided in section two\nhundred nine-f of this article, all books, papers, records and property\npertaining to the science and technology foundation shall be transferred\nto and maintained by the office.\n
N.Y. DOM Law § 20-B — New York Code / Act DOM / Article 3 / Section 20-B
Certification of marriage; state commissioner of health may furnish
Status: in_force

§ 20-b. Certification of marriage; state commissioner of health may\nfurnish. 1. The state commissioner of health or person authorized by him\nshall, upon request, issue to any applicant a certification of any\nmarriage registered under the provisions of this article, unless he is\nsatisfied that the same does not appear to be necessary or required for\njudicial or other proper purposes. Any such certification of marriage\nmade by such commissioner or person authorized to act for him shall be\nprima facie evidence in all courts and places of the facts therein\nstated.\n  2. Such certification shall contain a statement of the respective\nnames, dates and places of birth and places of the then residence of\neach of the parties to such marriage and the date and place thereof.\n  3. Each applicant for a certification of marriage shall remit to the\ncommissioner with such application a fee of thirty dollars in payment\nfor the search of the files and records and the furnishing of such\ncertification if a record thereof is found or for a certification that a\nsearch discloses no record of a marriage.\n  4. The federal agency in charge of vital statistics may obtain, at a\nfee acceptable to the commissioner, information from marriage records\nfor use solely as statistical data.\n
N.Y. PML Law § 1110 — New York Code / Act PML / Article 11 / Section 1110
Immunity from liability
Status: in_force

§ 1110. Immunity from liability. No official of a party state or\nemployee of the compact committee shall be held personally liable for\nany reasonable action taken in good faith that occurs during the\nperformance and within the scope of his or her responsibilities and\nduties under this compact.\n
N.Y. PBS Law § 89-P — New York Code / Act PBS / Article 4-B / Section 89-P
Powers of the department
Status: in_force

§ 89-p. Powers of the department. The department shall, with respect\nto out of state water-works corporations which are affiliated with\nin-state water-works corporations and which provide water to such\nin-state corporations for eventual retail to New York consumers, keep\napprised of, attend and monitor, and, where possible, formally intervene\nin rate cases brought by such out of state corporations before the\nappropriate regulatory agency of such other state. The commission shall\nconsider and utilize information secured therefrom in determining\nwhether rate increases sought by such affiliated in-state corporations\nare in the public interest.\n
N.Y. FIS Law § 408-A — New York Code / Act FIS / Article 4 / Section 408-A
Unlicensed activities prohibited
Status: in_force

§ 408-a. Unlicensed activities prohibited. (a) For the purposes of\nthis section, a "prohibited unlicensed act" shall mean:\n  (1) engaging in an activity in this state for which a license,\ncertification, registration, authorization, charter, accreditation or\nincorporation is required by this chapter or the banking law, or the\nregulations promulgated thereunder, without such license, certification,\nregistration, authorization, charter, accreditation or incorporation or\nan exemption from such requirement; or\n  (2) any act or omission by a person who is required by this chapter or\nthe banking law, or the regulations promulgated thereunder, to be\nlicensed, certified, registered, authorized, chartered, accredited or\nincorporated and is not so licensed, certified, registered, authorized,\nchartered, accredited or incorporated, or exempted from such\nrequirement, if such act or omission would constitute a violation of\nthis chapter or the banking law, or the regulations promulgated\nthereunder, subject to monetary penalty if such person were so licensed,\ncertified, registered, authorized, chartered, accredited or\nincorporated.\n  (b) In addition to any civil or criminal liability provided by law,\nthe superintendent may, after notice and a hearing, levy a civil penalty\nfor any prohibited unlicensed act as follows:\n  (1) The penalty for a prohibited unlicensed act that relates to the\nrequirements of the banking law or the regulations promulgated\nthereunder shall be the same as the penalty provided in section\nforty-four of the banking law for any violation of the banking law.\n  (2) The penalty for a prohibited unlicensed act that relates to the\nrequirements of this chapter or the regulations promulgated thereunder\nshall be the same as the penalty provided for in section four hundred\neight of this article for violations of this chapter or the regulations\npromulgated thereunder. However, the superintendent shall not impose or\ncollect any penalty for a prohibited unlicensed act pursuant to this\nparagraph if the superintendent imposes or collects any penalty pursuant\nto paragraph one of this subsection or paragraphs two or three of\nsubsection (a) of section four hundred eight of this article for the\nsame act or omission.\n  (3) If a prohibited unlicensed act results in consumer harm, the\npenalty shall be not more than double the penalty amount applicable to\nsuch violation set forth in paragraphs one and two of this subsection.\n  (c) Civil penalties received by the superintendent pursuant to this\nsection shall be applied in the same manner as civil penalties received\nby the superintendent pursuant to section four hundred eight of this\nchapter.\n  (d) In addition to any other penalty or sanction imposed upon a person\nby law for a prohibited unlicensed act, after notice and a hearing, the\nsuperintendent may issue an order directing such person to pay\nrestitution for such unlicensed act.\n