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N.Y. RRD Law § 52-E — New York Code / Act RRD / Article 3 / Section 52-E
Penalties for littering
Status: in_force

§ 52-e. Penalties for littering. 1. No person shall throw, dump, or\ncause to be thrown, dumped, deposited or placed upon any railroad or\nsubway tracks, or within the limits of the right of way of any railroad\nor subway, any refuse, trash, garbage, rubbish, litter or any nauseous\nor offensive matter. For purposes of this section, the term "subway"\nshall mean all rail rapid transit systems operated by the New York city\ntransit authority including but not limited to track and track beds,\npassenger stations, tunnels, elevated structures, yards, depots and\nshops.\n  2. Where a highway or road lies in whole or part within a railroad\nright of way, nothing in this section shall be construed as prohibiting\nthe use in a reasonable manner of ashes, sand, salt or other material\nfor the purpose of reducing the hazard of, or providing traction on\nsnow, ice or sleet situated on such highway or road.\n  3. A violation of the provisions of subdivision one of this section\nshall be punishable by a fine not to exceed two hundred fifty dollars\nand/or a requirement to perform services for a public or not-for-profit\ncorporation, association, institution or agency not to exceed eight\nhours and for any second or subsequent violation by a fine not to exceed\nfive hundred dollars and/or a requirement to perform services for a\npublic or not-for-profit corporation, association, institution or agency\nnot to exceed eight hours.\n  4. Fines collected pursuant to subdivision three of this section on\nsubway tracks or subway rights-of-way shall be deposited to the credit\nof the New York subway littering prevention fund established pursuant to\nsection ninety-seven-uuu of the state finance law, and shall be used by\nthe New York city transit authority to post signs notifying the public\nof the maximum fine for a violation of subdivision one of this section.\n
N.Y. PTR Law § 121-705 — New York Code / Act PTR / Article 8-A / Section 121-705
Liability upon assignment
Status: in_force

§ 121-705. Liability upon assignment. (a) The assignor of a\npartnership interest is not released from any liability under this\narticle or the partnership agreement, except liabilities which arise\nafter the effectiveness of the assignment and are pursuant to section\n121-207 of this article, section 121-607 of this article or, in the\nevent the assignee becomes a limited partner, unless otherwise provided\nin the partnership agreement, section 121-502 of this article.\n  (b) An assignee who becomes a limited partner is liable for the\nobligations to make contributions and return distributions as provided\nfor in this article, provided, however, that the assignee is not\nobligated for liabilities unknown to the assignee at the time he became\na limited partner and which could not be ascertained from the\npartnership agreement and provided, further, that the assignee is not\nobligated for any accrued liabilities of the assignor at the time of\nassignment unless the assignee specifically assumes such liabilities.\n
N.Y. BNK Law § 631 — New York Code / Act BNK / Article 13 / Section 631
Actions against directors, trustees, managers or officers for violation of their official duties
Status: in_force

§ 631. Actions against directors, trustees, managers or officers for\nviolation of their official duties. At any time while the superintendent\nis in possession of the property and business of any corporation, he may\nwithin six years after the cause of action has accrued institute and\nmaintain in his name as superintendent of financial services against its\ndirectors, trustees, managers or officers, or any of them, any action or\nproceeding which is vested in such corporation or in the stockholders or\ncreditors thereof.\n
N.Y. ABP Law § 1301 — New York Code / Act ABP / Article 13 / Section 1301
Unclaimed surplus from sale of pledge
Status: in_force

§ 1301. Unclaimed surplus from sale of pledge.\n  1. The word, "pledgee", as used in this section shall mean any person,\npartnership or corporation\n  (a) loaning money on the deposit or pledge of personal property, or\n  (b) purchasing personal property on condition of selling back at a\nstipulated price, or\n  (c) doing business as warehouse men and loaning or advancing money\nupon goods, wares or merchandise pledged or deposited as collateral\nsecurity.\n  2. Any surplus moneys resulting from a sale by a pledgee, other than a\nbanking organization, after the thirtieth day of June, nineteen hundred\nfifty of personal property after deducting the amount loaned or\nadvanced, interest due thereon and any other lawful charges, which\nsurplus moneys have remained unpaid to the person entitled thereto for\none year from the date of such sale, shall be deemed abandoned property.\n  3. Each year in the month of July and on or before the tenth day\nthereof every pledgee shall pay to the state comptroller all abandoned\nproperty specified in subdivision two of this section. Every such\npayment shall be accompanied by a verified written statement which shall\ncontain the name and last known address of the pledgor, the date of the\nsale, the number of the pledge, if receipt given to the pledgor is so\nidentified, and the amount of such surplus moneys.\n
N.Y. CNT Law § 358 — New York Code / Act CNT / Article 7 / Section 358
Revision of tentative budget
Status: in_force

§ 358. Revision of tentative budget. 1. After the filing of the report\nof the committee designated or created to review the tentative budget or\nafter the expiration of the time prescribed for the filing of such\nreport, the board of supervisors, by resolution, may change, alter and\nrevise the tentative budget, provided that:\n  (a) The statement of the amount estimated for any object or purpose\nfor which an appropriation is required to be made by law shall not be\nreduced below the minimum so required.\n  (b) The board of supervisors shall enter in its minutes a statement of\nthe basis for any increase in or addition of any statement of estimated\nrevenues.\n  2. If the board of supervisors shall make any change in the tentative\nbudget, provision shall be made that the total estimated revenues\ntogether with the amount of taxes to be levied shall equal the total\nestimated expenditures.\n
N.Y. FCT Law § 518 — New York Code / Act FCT / Article 5 / Part 1 / Section 518
Effect of death, absence, or mental illness of mother
Status: in_force

§ 518. Effect of death, absence, or mental illness of mother. If, at\nany time before or after a petition is filed, the mother dies or becomes\nmentally ill or cannot be found within the state, neither the proceeding\nnor the right to commence the proceeding shall abate but may be\ncommenced or continued by any of the persons authorized by this article\nto commence a paternity proceeding.\n
N.Y. CVP Law § 907 — New York Code / Act CVP / Article 9 / Section 907
Orders in conduct of class actions
Status: in_force

Rule 907. Orders in conduct of class actions. In the conduct of class\nactions the court may make appropriate orders:\n  1. determining the course of proceedings or prescribing measures to\nprevent undue repetition or complication in the presentation of evidence\nor argument;\n  2. requiring, for the protection of the members of the class, or\notherwise for the fair conduct of the action, that notice be given in\nsuch manner as the court may direct to some or all of the members of any\nstep in the action, or of the proposed extent of the judgment, or of the\nopportunity of members to signify whether they consider the\nrepresentation fair and adequate, or to appear and present claims or\ndefenses, or otherwise to come into the action;\n  3. imposing conditions on the representative parties or on\nintervenors;\n  4. requiring that the pleadings be amended to eliminate therefrom\nallegations as to representation of absent persons, and that the action\nproceed accordingly;\n  5. directing that a money judgment favorable to the class be paid\neither in one sum, whether forthwith or within such period as the court\nmay fix, or in such installments as the court may specify;\n  6. dealing with similar procedural matters.\n  The orders may be altered or amended as may be desirable from time to\ntime.\n
N.Y. PVH Law § 215 — New York Code / Act PVH / Article 6 / Section 215
Methods of acquisition of real property
Status: in_force

§ 215. Methods of acquisition of real property. 1. A redevelopment\ncorporation may:\n  (a) Whether before or after the certificates of approval of its\ndevelopment plan required by section two hundred three of this article\nhave been issued, acquire real property or secure options in its own\nname or in the name of nominees to acquire real property, by gift,\ngrant, lease, purchase or otherwise, or awards in condemnation made or\nto be made therefor;\n  (b) After a certificate of approval of condemnation with respect to\nthe real property in question has been issued pursuant to section two\nhundred sixteen of this article, acquire all or any portion of the real\nproperty included in such certificate of approval of condemnation not\nalready under contracts of sale or option to it, by condemnation in the\nmanner provided by the condemnation law, with such departures therefrom\nas are provided in this article.\n  2. A city may, upon request by a redevelopment corporation, and after\na certificate of approval of condemnation with respect to the real\nproperty in question has been issued pursuant to section two hundred\nsixteen of this article, acquire, or obligate itself to acquire, for\nsuch redevelopment corporation any real property included in such\ncertificate of approval of condemnation, by gift, grant, lease,\npurchase, condemnation, or otherwise, according to the provisions of any\nappropriate general, special or local law applicable to the acquisition\nof real property by the city. Real property acquired by a city for a\nredevelopment corporation shall be conveyed by such city to the\nredevelopment corporation upon payment to the city of all sums expended\nor required to be expended by the city in the acquisition of such real\nproperty.\n  3. The provisions of this article with respect to the condemnation of\nreal property by or for a redevelopment corporation or by a city for a\nredevelopment corporation shall prevail over the provisions of any other\ngeneral, special or local law.\n
N.Y. UCC Law § 3-412 — New York Code / Act UCC / Article 3 / Part 4 / Section 3-412
Acceptance Varying Draft
Status: in_force

Section 3--412. Acceptance Varying Draft.\n  (1) Where the drawee's proffered acceptance in any manner varies the\ndraft as presented the holder may refuse the acceptance and treat the\ndraft as dishonored in which case the drawee is entitled to have his\nacceptance cancelled.\n  (2) The terms of the draft are not varied by an acceptance to pay at\nany particular bank or place in the United States, unless the acceptance\nstates that the draft is to be paid only at such bank or place.\n  (3) Where the holder assents to an acceptance varying the terms of the\ndraft each drawer and indorser who does not affirmatively assent is\ndischarged.\n
N.Y. PBG Law § 302 — New York Code / Act PBG / Article 12 / Section 302
Legislative findings
Status: in_force

§ 302. Legislative findings. The legislature finds that:\n  (1) the state has a duty to provide public housing that is decent,\nsafe, and free from illegal drugs;\n  (2) public housing projects in many areas suffer from rampant\ndrug-related crime;\n  (3) drug dealers are increasingly imposing a reign of terror on public\nhousing tenants;\n  (4) the increase in drug-related crime not only leads to murders,\nmuggings, and other forms of violence against tenants, but also to a\ndeterioration of the physical environment that requires substantial\ngovernment expenditures; and\n  (5) local law enforcement authorities often lack the resources to deal\nwith the drug problem in public housing particularly in light of the\nrecent reductions in federal aid to cities.\n
N.Y. FCT Law § 1057 — New York Code / Act FCT / Article 10 / Part 5 / Section 1057
Release of the child to the respondent or respondents; supervision of the respondent or respondents
Status: in_force

§ 1057. Release of the child to the respondent or respondents;\nsupervision of the respondent or respondents.\n  (a) The court may release the child to the respondent or respondents\nfor a period of up to one year, which may be extended pursuant to\nsubdivision (d) of this section.\n  (b) In conjunction with an order releasing a child under this section\nor an order under paragraph (ii), (iii) or (iv) of subdivision (a) of\nsection one thousand fifty-two of this part, the court may place the\nrespondent or respondents under supervision of a child protective agency\nor of a social services official or duly authorized agency. An order of\nsupervision entered under this section shall set forth the terms and\nconditions of such supervision that the respondent or respondents must\nmeet and the actions that the child protective agency, social services\nofficial or duly authorized agency must take to exercise such\nsupervision.\n  (c) Except as provided for herein, in any order issued pursuant to\nsubdivision (a) or (b) of this section, the court may require the child\nprotective agency to make progress reports to the court, the parties,\nand the child's attorney on the implementation of such order. Where the\norder of disposition is issued upon the consent of the parties and the\nchild's attorney, such agency shall report to the court, the parties and\nthe child's attorney no later than ninety days after the issuance of the\norder and no later than sixty days prior to the expiration of the order,\nunless the court determines that the facts and circumstances of the case\ndo not require such report to be made. Uniform statewide rules of court\nshall define permissible terms and conditions of supervision of the\nrespondent or respondents under this section.\n  (d) The duration of any period of release of the child to the\nrespondent or respondents or supervision of the respondent or\nrespondents or both shall be for an initial period of no more than one\nyear. The court may at the expiration of that period, upon a hearing and\nfor good cause shown, extend such release or supervision or both for a\nperiod of up to one year.\n
N.Y. GCM Law § 25 — New York Code / Act GCM / Part 3 / Subpart 2 / Section 25
Ascertainment of gain or loss; exchange of property
Status: in_force

§ 25. Ascertainment of gain or loss; exchange of property. 1.  For the\npurpose of ascertaining the gain derived or loss sustained from the sale\nor other disposition of property, real, personal or mixed, the basis\nshall be the cost thereof, or the inventoried value if the inventory is\nmade in accordance with section twenty-six of this part.\n  2. Notwithstanding subdivision one of this section, with respect to\ngain derived from the sale or other disposition of any property acquired\nprior to January first, nineteen hundred sixty-six, except stock in\ntrade of the taxpayer or other property of a kind which would properly\nbe included in the inventory of the taxpayer if on hand at the close of\nthe taxable year, or property held by the taxpayer primarily for sale to\ncustomers in the ordinary course of its trade or business, and accounts\nor notes receivable acquired in the ordinary course of trade or business\nfrom the sale of such stock in trade or property, or for services\nrendered, net income shall not include\n  (a) That portion of the gain included in determining net income\npursuant to subdivision one of this section with respect to each such\nproperty, which exceeds\n  (b) The amount of gain, if any, that would be included in determining\nnet income pursuant to subdivision one of this section with respect to\neach such property if the basis of such property on the date of sale or\nother disposition were equal to its fair market value on January first,\nnineteen hundred sixty-six, plus or minus all adjustments to basis made\nwith respect to each such property in computing net income for periods\non or after January first, nineteen hundred sixty-six;\nprovided that the total adjustment to net income provided by this\nsubdivision shall not exceed the amount of the taxpayer's net gain from\nthe sale or other disposition of all such property, as determined\npursuant to subdivision one of this section.\n  3. Upon the sale or exchange of property the amount of the gain or\nloss shall be determined in the manner prescribed by section fifteen of\nthis part and the basis of such property shall be determined in the\nmanner prescribed by section sixteen of this part.\n  4. In the case of any bond, with respect to which a deduction for\namortizable bond premium is allowable under paragraph (i) of subdivision\none of section twenty-nine of this part, the basis for determining gain\nor loss shall be reduced by the total amount of such deductions so\nallowable.\n
N.Y. GMU Law § 496 — New York Code / Act GMU / Article 14-H / Section 496
Article inoperative until adopted by voters
Status: in_force

§ 496. Article inoperative until adopted by voters.  Except as\nprovided in section 495-a, the provisions of this article shall remain\ninoperative in any municipality unless and until a proposition therefor\nsubmitted at a general or special election in such municipality shall be\napproved by a vote of the majority of the qualified electors in such\nmunicipality voting thereon.\n
N.Y. LIE Law § 3 — New York Code / Act LIE / Article 2 / Section 3
Mechanic's lien on real property
Status: in_force

§ 3. Mechanic's lien on real property. A contractor, subcontractor,\nlaborer, materialman, landscape gardener, nurseryman or person or\ncorporation selling fruit or ornamental trees, roses, shrubbery, vines\nand small fruits, who performs labor or furnishes materials for the\nimprovement of real property with the consent or at the request of the\nowner thereof, or of his agent, contractor or subcontractor, and any\ntrust fund to which benefits and wage supplements are due or payable for\nthe benefit of such laborers, shall have a lien for the principal and\ninterest, of the value, or the agreed price, of such labor, including\nbenefits and wage supplements due or payable for the benefit of any\nlaborer, or materials upon the real property improved or to be improved\nand upon such improvement, from the time of filing a notice of such lien\nas prescribed in this chapter. Where the contract for an improvement is\nmade with a husband or wife and the property belongs to the other or\nboth, the husband or wife contracting shall also be presumed to be the\nagent of the other, unless such other having knowledge of the\nimprovement shall, within ten days after learning of the contract give\nthe contractor written notice of his or her refusal to consent to the\nimprovement. Within the meaning of the provisions of this chapter,\nmaterials actually manufactured for but not delivered to the real\nproperty, shall also be deemed to be materials furnished.\n
N.Y. CPL Law § 10.20 — New York Code / Act CPL / Part 1 / Title B / Article 10 / Section 10.20
Superior courts; jurisdiction
Status: in_force

§ 10.20 Superior courts; jurisdiction.\n  1. Superior courts have trial jurisdiction of all offenses. They have:\n  (a) Exclusive trial jurisdiction of felonies; and\n  (b) Trial jurisdiction of misdemeanors concurrent with that of the\nlocal criminal courts; and\n  (c) Trial jurisdiction of petty offenses, but only when such an\noffense is charged in an indictment which also charges a crime.\n  2. Superior courts have preliminary jurisdiction of all offenses, but\nthey exercise such jurisdiction only by reason of and through the agency\nof their grand juries.\n  3. Superior court judges may, in their discretion, sit as local\ncriminal courts for the following purposes:\n  (a) conducting arraignments, as provided in subdivision two of section\n170.15 and subdivision two of section 180.20 of this chapter;\n  (b) issuing warrants of arrests, as provided in subdivision one of\nsection 120.70 of this chapter; and\n  (c) issuing search warrants, as provided in article six hundred ninety\nof this chapter.\n
N.Y. BSC Law § 703 — New York Code / Act BSC / Article 7 / Section 703
Election and term of directors
Status: in_force

§ 703. Election and term of directors.\n  (a) At each annual meeting of shareholders, directors shall be elected\nto hold office until the next annual meeting except as authorized by\nsection 704 (Classification of directors). The certificate of\nincorporation may provide for the election of one or more directors by\nthe holders of the shares of any class or series, or by the holders of\nbonds entitled to vote in the election of directors pursuant to section\n518 (Corporate bonds), voting as a class.\n  (b) Each director shall hold office until the expiration of the term\nfor which he is elected, and until his successor has been elected and\nqualified.\n
N.Y. BNK Law § 9015 — New York Code / Act BNK / Article 16 / Section 9015
Corporate name; exceptions
Status: in_force

§ 9015. Corporate name; exceptions. 1. Any reference to a corporation\nin this section shall include both corporations and foreign\ncorporations.\n  2. The provisions of section nine thousand fourteen:\n  (a) Shall not require any corporation existing or recognized under\nthis chapter on the effective date of this article, to add to, modify or\notherwise change its corporate name.\n  (b) Shall not prevent a corporation with which another corporation is\nmerged or which is formed by the reorganization or consolidation of one\nor more other corporations or upon a sale, lease, exchange or other\ndisposition of all or substantially all of the assets of another\ncorporation, including its name, from having the same name as any of\nsuch corporations if at the time such other corporation was licensed or\nexisting under this chapter.\n
N.Y. HAY Law § 121 — New York Code / Act HAY / Article 6 / Section 121
Commissioners of appraisal to be appointed
Status: in_force

§ 121. Commissioners of appraisal to be appointed. Upon such\npresentation, such court shall, after hearing any person owning or\nclaiming an interest in the lands to be acquired who may appear, appoint\nthree disinterested persons as commissioners of appraisal. And in case a\ncommissioner of appraisal shall at any time decline to serve, or shall\ndie, or for any cause become disqualified or disabled from serving as\nsuch, the said court, at a similar special term, may, upon similar\nnotice, application and hearing, and upon such notice to the land owners\nas the court may prescribe, appoint another person similarly qualified,\nto fill the vacancy caused thereby.\n
N.Y. TWN Law § 69 — New York Code / Act TWN / Article 4 / Section 69
Duties of town board with respect to justice courts
Status: in_force

§ 69. Duties of town board with respect to justice courts. Each town\nboard shall provide for each justice of the peace such statutes,\nmanuals, books, forms and supplies as may be necessary for the proper\nadministration of his office. The expenses incurred in complying with\nthe foregoing provisions shall be a town charge within the meaning of\nthis chapter.\n