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N.Y. RRD Law § 174 — New York Code / Act RRD / Article 5 / Section 174
Proceedings if property owners do not consent
Status: in_force

§ 174. Proceedings if property owners do not consent.  If the consent\nof property owners required by any provision of this article can not be\nobtained, the corporation failing to obtain such consents may apply to\nthe appellate division of the supreme court held in the department in\nwhich it is proposed to construct its road for the appointment of three\ncommissioners to determine whether such railroad ought to be constructed\nand operated. Notice of such application must, at least ten days prior\nthereto, be served, personally, upon each nonconsenting property owner\nby delivering the same to the person to whom such property is assessed\nupon such assessment-roll or by duly mailing the same, properly folded\nand directed, to such property owner at his post-office address with the\npostage prepaid thereon. If the person upon whom service is to be made\nis unknown, or his residence and post-office address are unknown and can\nnot by reasonable diligence be ascertained, service of such notice may\nbe made by publishing the same in such newspaper of the county as the\ncourt may direct, at least once a week for two successive weeks. Upon\ndue proof of service of such notice the court to which the application\nis made shall appoint three disinterested persons, who shall act as\ncommissioners, and who shall, within ten days after their appointment,\ncause public notice to be given of their first meeting in the manner\ndirected by the court, and may adjourn from time to time, until all\ntheir business is completed.  Vacancies may be filled by the court after\nsuch notice to parties interested as it may deem proper to be given; and\nthe evidence taken before as well as after the happening of the vacancy\nshall be deemed to be properly before such commissioners. After a public\nhearing of all parties interested, the commissioners shall determine\nwhether such railroad ought to be constructed and operated, and shall\nmake a report thereon, together with the evidence taken, to the\nappellate division, within sixty days after appointment, unless the\ncourt, or a judge thereof, for good cause shown, shall extend such time;\nand their determination that such road ought to be constructed and\noperated, confirmed by such court, shall be taken in lieu of the consent\nof the property owners hereinbefore required. The commissioners shall\neach receive ten dollars for each day spent in the performance of their\nduties and their necessary expenses and disbursements, which shall be\npaid by the corporation applying for their appointment.\n
N.Y. WKC Law § 49-CC — New York Code / Act WKC / Article 3-A / Section 49-CC
Right to compensation
Status: in_force

§ 49-cc. Right to compensation. If an employee becomes disabled from\noccupational loss of hearing he shall be entitled to compensation in\naccordance with the provisions of subdivision three of section fifteen\nof this chapter. No employee shall in the aggregate receive greater\ncompensation from any or all employers than that provided in subdivision\nthree of section fifteen for total loss of hearing. Notwithstanding the\nprovisions of paragraph c of subdivision four of section twenty-five of\nthis chapter awards for occupational loss of hearing shall be paid in\naddition to, and shall not be deducted from, benefits payable to an\nemployee under any welfare plan, pension plan, agreement or trust to\nwhich such employee is a party or of which he is a beneficiary.\n
N.Y. CPL Law § 720.15 — New York Code / Act CPL / Part 3 / Title U / Article 720 / Section 720.15
Youthful offender procedure; sealing of accusatory instrument; privacy of proceedings; preliminary instructions to jury
Status: in_force

§ 720.15 Youthful offender procedure; sealing of accusatory instrument;\n             privacy of proceedings; preliminary instructions to jury.\n  1. When an accusatory instrument against an apparently eligible youth\nis filed with a court, it shall be filed as a sealed instrument, though\nonly with respect to the public.\n  2. When a youth is initially arraigned upon an accusatory instrument,\nsuch arraignment and all proceedings in the action thereafter may, in\nthe discretion of the court and with the defendant's consent, be\nconducted in private.\n  3. The provisions of subdivisions one and two of this section\nrequiring or authorizing the accusatory instrument filed against a youth\nto be sealed, and the arraignment and all proceedings in the action to\nbe conducted in private shall not apply in connection with a pending\ncharge of committing any felony offense as defined in the penal law. The\nprovisions of subdivision one requiring the accusatory instrument filed\nagainst a youth to be sealed shall not apply where such youth has\npreviously been adjudicated a youthful offender or convicted of a crime.\n  4. Notwithstanding any provision in this article, a person charged\nwith prostitution as defined in section 230.00 of the penal law\nregardless of whether such person (i) had prior to commencement of trial\nor entry of a plea of guilty been convicted of a crime or found a\nyouthful offender, or (ii) subsequent to such conviction for\nprostitution is convicted of a crime or found a youthful offender, the\nprovisions of subdivisions one and two of this section requiring or\nauthorizing the accusatory instrument filed against a youth to be\nsealed, and the arraignment and all proceedings in the action to be\nconducted in private shall apply.\n
N.Y. PVH Law § 663 — New York Code / Act PVH / Article 12 / Section 663
Exemption from taxation
Status: in_force

§ 663. Exemption from taxation. 1. The property of the corporation and\nits income and operations shall be exempt from taxation.\n  2. It is hereby determined that the creation of the corporation is in\nall respects for the benefit of the people of the state and for the\nimprovement of their health, safety, welfare, comfort and security, and\nthat said purposes are public purposes and that the corporation will be\nperforming an essential governmental function in the exercise of the\npowers conferred upon it by this article. The state covenants with the\npurchasers and all subsequent holders and transferees of notes and bonds\nissued by the corporation, in consideration of the acceptance of and\npayment for the notes and bonds, that the notes and bonds of the\ncorporation issued pursuant to this article and the income therefrom and\nall its fees, charges, gifts, grants, revenues, receipts, and other\nmoneys received or to be received, pledged to pay or secure the payment\nof such notes or bonds shall at all times be free from taxation, except\nfor estate and gift taxes and taxes on transfers. The corporation is\nauthorized to include this covenant of the state in any agreement with\nthe holders of such notes or bonds.\n
N.Y. CCA Law § 1814 — New York Code / Act CCA / Article 18 / Section 1814
Designation of defendant; amendment procedure
Status: in_force

§ 1814. Designation of defendant; amendment procedure. (a) A party who\nis ignorant, in whole or in part, of the true name of a person,\npartnership, firm or corporation which may properly be made a party\ndefendant, may proceed against such defendant in any name used by the\nperson, partnership, firm or corporation in conducting business, as\ndefined in subdivision (a) of section eighteen hundred thirteen of this\narticle.\n  (b) If the true name of the defendant becomes known at any time prior\nto the hearing on the merits, such information shall be brought to the\nattention of the clerk, who shall immediately amend all prior\nproceedings and papers. The clerk shall send an amended notice to the\ndefendant, without payment of additional fees by the plaintiff, and all\nsubsequent proceedings and papers shall be amended accordingly.\n  (c) In every action in the small claims part, at the hearing on the\nmerits, the judge or arbitrator shall determine the defendant's true\nname. The clerk shall amend all prior proceedings and papers to conform\nto such determination, and all subsequent proceedings and papers shall\nbe amended accordingly.\n  (d) A party against whom a judgment has been entered pursuant to this\narticle, in any proceeding under section five thousand fifteen of the\ncivil practice law and rules for relief from such judgment, shall,\ndisclose its true name; any and all names in which it is conducting\nbusiness; and any and all names in which it was conducting business at\nthe time of the transaction or occurrence on which such judgment is\nbased. All subsequent proceedings and papers shall be amended to conform\nto such disclosure.\n
N.Y. HAY Law § 125 — New York Code / Act HAY / Article 6 / Section 125
Land may be sold or leased; disposition of proceeds
Status: in_force

§ 125. Land may be sold or leased; disposition of proceeds. Any lands\nacquired by purchase or condemnation, for the purpose of obtaining\ngravel, stone or other materials, for the construction or maintenance of\nhighways improved or constructed as provided in this article, or\nrequired for spoil banks, may be sold in accordance with the eminent\ndomain procedure law or leased by the governing body of any county, when\nno longer needed for any of such purposes. The proceeds thereof shall be\npaid into and become a part of the county road fund. The governing body\nmay, where it has acquired land by purchase or condemnation as a\nright-of-way for a county road, sell, convey, grant or lease to the\nowner or owners of property adjoining the same, so much thereof as may\nbe unnecessary for such highway purposes, provided the strip of land\nretained for such highway purposes is not less than sixty feet in width,\nand provided such sale, conveyance, grant or lease will give said\nadjoining owner or owners of land a frontage immediately in front of\ntheir respective premises upon the new highway and right-of-way when\ncompleted. The governing body may make such sale, conveyance, grant or\nlease to such owner or owners of real property for the purpose of\ncompensating such owner or owners for damages sustained by reason of the\nchange of the location of such highway and in full settlement thereof.\n  In the county of Wayne, however, if any such owner or owners of\nproperty adjoining lands heretofore acquired by said county from the R.\n& S. Liquidating Corporation and being formerly lands of the Rochester &\nSyracuse Trolley Company, for purposes of a right-of-way for a state\nhighway, do not purchase such lands or any part thereof as may be\nunnecessary for highway purposes as provided by this section, within\nsixty days from the receipt by such owner or owners of the offer of the\ngoverning body of such county to sell such lands or any part thereof,\nthen such board may sell and convey such lands or any part thereof, on\nthe same terms and conditions as those of such offer or offers, to any\nother person or persons, and the proceeds thereof shall be used in the\nmanner provided by this section.\n
N.Y. PAR Law § 5.07 — New York Code / Act PAR / Title B / Article 5 / Section 5.07
Office
Status: in_force

§ 5.07 Office.  The commissioner shall provide such suitable office\nspace for the council as may be required.\n
N.Y. PVH Law § 504 — New York Code / Act PVH / Article 9 / Section 504
Re-entry of lands sold or leased
Status: in_force

§ 504. Re-entry of lands sold or leased. 1. After the expiration of\none year from the sale or lease of real property by the municipality to\na housing company, the municipality shall have the right of re-entry in\nthe manner hereinafter provided. Such right of re-entry may, where the\nproperty has been sold, be exercised at any time prior to twenty years\nafter such sale, or where the property has been leased, at any time\nprior to the termination of the lease.  The local legislative body may\nby resolution determine to re-enter the real property of any housing\ncompany which has purchased or leased property from the municipality.\n  2. A certified copy of such resolution shall be filed in the office of\nthe county clerk or register in which the deed or lease of such property\nis recorded, and shall be served upon the housing company and also upon\nall obligees, mortgagees or holders of liens upon the real property or\nupon any interest therein. Upon the filing of such resolution all\nindebtedness of the housing company shall become immediately due and\npayable.\n  3. The municipality shall, within ninety days after the filing of the\nresolution to re-enter, or as soon thereafter as may be feasible, pay to\nthe company a sum which, together with the assets of such company, shall\nbe sufficient to discharge all the indebtedness of the company, pay the\nreasonable expenses of liquidation and dissolution and return to the\nholders of stock and debentures then outstanding, the par value thereof\nplus interest at the rate of six per centum per annum and any accrued\nand unpaid dividends or interest on such outstanding stock and\ndebentures.\n  4. Upon the making of such payment the housing company shall deliver\nto the municipality proper instruments evidencing the cancellation of\nthe indebtedness and the surrender of the rights of the company and\nthereupon the repossession by the municipality shall be complete.\n  5. In the event of a foreclosure of a mortgage or other lien held by\nany other person, bodies, institutions, associations, or corporations\nspecified in section eighty-one the right of re-entry by the\nmunicipality shall terminate upon the entry of a judgment of foreclosure\nand sale.\n
N.Y. PEN Law § 60.30 — New York Code / Act PEN / Part 2 / Title E / Article 60 / Section 60.30
Civil penalties
Status: in_force

§ 60.30 Civil penalties.\n  This article does not deprive the court of any authority conferred by\nlaw to decree a forfeiture of property, suspend or cancel a license,\nremove a person from office, or impose any other civil penalty and any\nappropriate order exercising such authority may be included as part of\nthe judgment of conviction.\n
N.Y. RPT Law § 606 — New York Code / Act RPT / Article 6 / Section 606
Use of state equalization rates, special equalization rates and levels of assessment in making special franchise assessments
Status: in_force

§ 606. Use of state equalization rates, special equalization rates and\nlevels of assessment in making special franchise assessments. 1. Except\nin a special assessing unit, the commissioner shall apply the nineteen\nhundred fifty-three state equalization rate to any portion of the value\nof the special franchise which was assessed for the year nineteen\nhundred fifty-three; provided, however, that in determining the assessed\nvalue of a special franchise in an assessing unit which, subsequent to\nnineteen hundred fifty-three, has completed a revaluation in compliance\nwith the standard of assessment of section three hundred five or former\nsection three hundred six of this chapter, the commissioner shall\nprovide the full value of special franchises to that assessing unit\npursuant to subdivision two of this section, notwithstanding the\nforegoing exception for property assessed in nineteen hundred\nfifty-three. Whenever the commissioner applies the nineteen hundred\nfifty-three state equalization rate to any portion of the value of the\nspecial franchise assessments pursuant to this subdivision, the\ncommissioner shall apply the latest state equalization rate or special\nequalization rate to the full value of all assessments of all other\nspecial franchise property within that assessing unit appearing on that\nassessment roll.\n  2. In any assessing unit which has completed a revaluation since\nnineteen hundred fifty-three or which does not contain property that was\nassessed in nineteen hundred fifty-three, the commissioner shall\ndetermine the full value of such special franchise as of the taxable\nstatus date specified by subdivision four of section three hundred two\nof this chapter. Such full value shall be determined by the commissioner\nfor purposes of sections six hundred eight, six hundred fourteen and six\nhundred sixteen of this article. These full values shall be entered on\nthe assessment roll at the level of assessment, which shall be the\nuniform percentage of value, as required by section five hundred two of\nthis chapter, appearing on the tentative assessment roll upon which the\nassessment is entered. Whenever a final state equalization rate, or, in\nthe case of a special assessing unit, a class equalization rate, is\nestablished that is different from a level of assessment applied\npursuant to this paragraph, any public official having custody of that\nassessment roll is hereby authorized and directed to recompute these\nassessments to reflect that equalization rate, provided such final rate\nis established by the commissioner at least ten days prior to the date\nfor levy of taxes against those assessments.\n
N.Y. WKC Law § 121-A — New York Code / Act WKC / Article 7 / Section 121-A
Proof of dependency in foreign countries
Status: in_force

§ 121-a. Proof of dependency in foreign countries. In cases involving\nthe dependency of noncitizens residing in foreign countries, transcripts\nof birth or marriage certificates, also documents and affidavits,\ncertified by a local official or local magistrate and authenticated as\nto such official or magistrate by the secretary of state or other\nofficial having charge of foreign affairs, or a United States consul, in\nsaid foreign country, may be received in evidence, but in all such cases\nproof of present existence and of dependency may be made by the personal\nappearance of each and all persons claiming relationship to or\ndependence upon a deceased worker under the provisions of sections\nsixteen and seventeen of this chapter, before a diplomatic or consular\nofficer of the United States, and statements made to or evidence\npresented before such diplomatic or consular officer under oath may be\nreceived in evidence in whole or in part by the board upon any such\nclaim. Questions regarding admissibility and adequacy of evidence\narising in connection with proceedings before the consul shall be\ndetermined by the board. The board may by rule prescribe the conditions\nunder which proofs other than personal appearance before a diplomatic or\nconsular officer of the United States may be accepted as proof of the\nfacts of existence, relationship and dependency.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 2820 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 28 / Section 2820
Home based primary care for the elderly demonstration project
Status: in_force

* § 2820. Home based primary care for the elderly demonstration\nproject.  1. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary there is hereby\ncreated a demonstration program within the department to determine the\neffectiveness of providing home based primary care services to elderly\npatients as part of an integrated program of long term care services. As\npart of the demonstration program a selected provider shall be\nauthorized to provide physician, nurse-practitioner, physician assistant\nand nursing services in the home of patients age sixty-five or older and\nto other patients eligible for benefits pursuant to title XVIII of the\nfederal social security act.\n  2. The department may approve up to three providers as part of the\ndemonstration program.\n  3. In order to be an eligible provider an applicant must be licensed\nto provide residential health care services. In addition such applicant\nmust also provide the following services: on-site rehabilitative\nservices, continuing care retirement community licensed pursuant to\narticle forty-six of this chapter or other residential services for the\nelderly or disabled licensed by the state and adult day services as\nauthorized by the department.\n  4. Any provider selected to participate in the demonstration program\nshall annually report to the department on the number of patients\nserved, the type of services provided, the cost of such services, the\nsources of payment for such services, the number of patients served who\nno longer remain in their homes and such other information as required\nby the department to determine the effectiveness of the provision of\nhome based physician and nurse-practitioner services on the health care\nof patients.\n  * NB Repealed January 1, 2031\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 41-0103 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 41 / Section 41-0103
Regulation of navigation
Status: in_force

§ 41-0103. Regulation of navigation.\n  The department shall, within the sixth park region, administer\narticles 3 and 11 of the Navigation Law.\n
N.Y. CNT Law § 209 — New York Code / Act CNT / Article 5 / Section 209
Investigations
Status: in_force

§ 209. Investigations. The board of supervisors is empowered to\nconduct an investigation into any subject matter within its\njurisdiction, including the conduct and performance of official duties\nof any officer or employee paid from county funds and the accounting for\nall money or property owned by or under the control of the county. The\npower to conduct investigations may be delegated to a committee of the\nboard. The chairman of the board and any member of such committee may\nissue a subpoena requiring a person to attend before the board or such\ncommittee and be examined in reference to any matter within the scope of\nthe investigation, and in a proper case to produce all books, records,\npapers and documents material or relevant to the investigation. A\nsubpoena issued under this section shall be regulated by the civil\npractice law and rules. The chairman of the board and any member of such\ncommittee may administer the oath to any witness and adjournments may be\ntaken from time to time.\n