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N.Y. DCD Law § 22 — New York Code / Act DCD / Article 2 / Section 22
Wages and commissions and preferred claims
Status: in_force

§ 22. Wages and commissions and preferred claims. 1. In all\ndistribution of assets under all assignments made in pursuance of this\narticle, the wages or salaries actually owing to the employees of the\nassignor or assignors at the time of the execution of the assignment for\nservices rendered within three months prior to the execution of the\nassignment, not exceeding one thousand dollars to each employee, and\nafter payment of the foregoing, all claims for cash deposits not\nexceeding three hundred dollars made and left with an assignor or\nassignors on account of purchases at retail of merchandise or services,\nwhere such deposits were made within six months before the execution of\nthe assignment and such merchandise has not been delivered or the\nservices performed, shall be preferred before any other debt except\nwages or salaries as aforesaid; and should the assets of the assignor or\nassignors not be sufficient to pay in full all the claims preferred,\npursuant to this section, they shall be applied to the payment first of\nwages or salaries to the full amount of each such wage or salary, and\nthereafter pro rata to payment of such cash deposits.\n  2. For the purposes of this section, wages or salaries shall mean; (a)\nall compensation and benefits payable by an employer to or for the\naccount of the employee for personal services rendered by such employee.\nThese shall specifically include but not be limited to salaries,\novertime, vacation, holiday and severance pay; employer contributions to\nor payments of insurance or welfare benefits; employer contributions to\npension or annuity funds; and any other moneys properly due or payable\nfor services rendered by such employee. Vacation and severance pay due\nand owing at the time of the filing of an assignment, or which became\ndue and owing after the filing of an assignment, but prior to the\nclosing of the estate, shall be considered as wages or salaries owed for\nservices rendered within three months prior to the execution of the\nassignment, or (b) commissions due traveling or city salesmen on\nsalaries or commission basis, whole or part-time, whether or not selling\nexclusively for the assignor or assignors, and for the purpose of this\nsection, traveling or city salesmen, shall include all such salesmen\nwhether or not they are independent contractors selling products or\nservices of the bankrupt with or without a drawing account or formal\ncontract.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 1016 — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 41 / Section 1016
Required filings
Status: in_force

§ 1016. Required filings. 1. The organization that promotes, sanctions\nor otherwise participates in the proposition, selection, or arrangement\nof one or more professionals for a contest must file with the commission\na written statement executed under penalty of perjury stating (a) all\ncharges, expenses, fees, and costs that will be assessed against any\nprofessional participating in the event; (b) all payments, benefits,\ncomplimentary benefits and fees the organization or entity will receive\nfor its affiliation with the event; (c) the name of the promoter; (d)\nsponsor of the event; and (e) all other sources, and such other and\nadditional information as required by the commission. Such written\nstatement shall be filed in a form and manner acceptable to the\ncommission.\n  2. The promoter, organizer, producer or another that participates in\nthe proposition, selection, or arrangement of one or more professionals\nfor a contest must file with the commission a written statement under\npenalty of perjury detailing all charges, fees, costs and expenses by or\nthrough the promoter on the professional pertaining to the event,\nincluding any portion of the professional's purse that the promoter will\nreceive and training expenses and all payments, gifts or benefits the\npromoter is providing to any sanctioning organization affiliated with\nthe event. Such written statement shall be filed in a form and manner\nacceptable to the commission.\n  3. The promoter, organizer, producer or another that participates in\nthe proposition, selection, or arrangement of one or more professionals\nfor a contest must file with the commission a copy of any agreement in\nwriting to which the promoter is a party with any professional\nparticipating in the match.\n  4. All contracts calling for the services of a professional in an\nauthorized professional combative sport and entered into by licensed\npromoters, professionals or managers as one or more of the parties in\nsuch contracts, including those contracts which relate to the rights to\ndistribute, televise or otherwise transmit any authorized professional\ncombative sport over the airwaves or by cable shall be subject to the\napproval of the commission and copies thereof shall be filed with the\ncommission by such corporation, professional or manager within\nforty-eight hours after the execution of such contract and at least ten\nbusiness days prior to any bouts, or the first of any series of bouts,\nto which they relate. The commission may waive such filing deadline for\ngood cause shown.\n
N.Y. UCT Law § 1502 — New York Code / Act UCT / Article 15 / Section 1502
Transcript of judgment
Status: in_force

§ 1502. Transcript of judgment.\n  (a) Upon application of a judgment-creditor the clerk must deliver to\nhim a transcript of the judgment. If the judgment is for other than\nmoney only, the clerk shall insert in the transcript a brief statement\nof the nature of the action and the relief awarded by the judgment; such\nstatement may be inserted under "remarks" as contained in the form set\nforth in § 255-c of the judiciary law.\n  (b) The docketing of the judgment with the clerk of the county, and\nthereafter with other county clerks, shall be governed by the CPLR.\n
N.Y. UCC Law § 3-411 — New York Code / Act UCC / Article 3 / Part 4 / Section 3-411
Certification of a Check
Status: in_force

Section 3--411. Certification of a Check.\n  (1) Certification of a check is acceptance. Where a holder procures\ncertification the drawer and all prior indorsers are discharged.\n  (2) Unless otherwise agreed a bank has no obligation to certify a\ncheck.\n  (3) A bank may certify a check before returning it for lack of proper\nindorsement. If it does so the drawer is discharged.\n
N.Y. DCD Law § 80 — New York Code / Act DCD / Article 3 / Section 80
Order to show cause where trustee refuses to give certificate
Status: in_force

§ 80. Order to show cause where trustee refuses to give certificate.\nIf a trustee refuses or neglects, upon payment or tender by the\npetitioner of the expense of so doing, to execute or acknowledge a\ncertificate, as prescribed in the last section, or to cause the\nassignment to be recorded, as therein prescribed, the court, upon proof\nby affidavit of the facts, must make an order, requiring the trustee to\nshow cause, at a time and place therein specified, why the petitioner\nshould not be discharged, notwithstanding his neglect or refusal; and\nwhy the trustee's appointment should not be revoked.\n
N.Y. CVP Law § 7508 — New York Code / Act CVP / Article 75 / Section 7508
Award by confession
Status: in_force

§ 7508. Award by confession. (a) When available. An award by\nconfession may be made for money due or to become due at any time before\nan award is otherwise made. The award shall be based upon a statement,\nverified by each party, containing an authorization to make the award,\nthe sum of the award or the method of ascertaining it, and the facts\nconstituting the liability.\n  (b) Time of award. The award may be made at any time within three\nmonths after the statement is verified.\n  (c) Person or agency making award.  The award may be made by an\narbitrator or by the agency or person named by the parties to designate\nthe abitrator.\n
N.Y. EXC Law § 915-B — New York Code / Act EXC / Article 42 / Section 915-B
Water dependent uses
Status: in_force

§ 915-b. Water dependent uses. Notwithstanding any other provision of\nlaw, water dependent use activities as defined in subdivision eleven of\nsection nine hundred eleven of this article, shall not be considered a\nprivate nuisance, provided such activities were commenced prior to the\nsurrounding activities and have not been determined to be the cause of\nconditions dangerous to life or health as determined by the commissioner\nof health, the local health officer, or local board of health pursuant\nto sections thirteen hundred, thirteen hundred-a, thirteen hundred three\nand thirteen hundred four of the public health law and any disturbance\nto enjoyment of land has not materially increased.\n
N.Y. MHY Law § 83.35 — New York Code / Act MHY / Title E / Article 83 / Section 83.35
Registration of orders appointing a guardian of the person
Status: in_force

§ 83.35 Registration of orders appointing a guardian of the person.\n  If a guardian of the person by whatever name designated has been\nappointed in another state and a petition for the appointment of a\nguardian of the person is not pending in this state, the guardian of the\nperson appointed in the other state, after giving notice to the\nappointing court of an intent to register, may register the guardianship\nof the person order in this state by filing as a foreign judgment in a\ncourt, in any appropriate county of this state, certified copies of the\norder and letters of office.\n
N.Y. RSS Law § 1321 — New York Code / Act RSS / Article 25 / Section 1321
Election of benefit enhancements
Status: in_force

§ 1321. Election of benefit enhancements. a. The city of New York may\nelect to provide its employees the benefit enhancements provided for in\nsection thirteen hundred twenty-two of this article.\n  b. A separate election to provide benefit enhancements pursuant to\nsubdivision a of this section must be made for each specific collective\nbargaining organization, recognized or certified pursuant to article\nfourteen of the civil service law.\n  c. Such election may be made at the sole discretion of the mayor of\nthe city of New York to the retirement systems upon receipt of a request\nfrom the collective bargaining organization, recognized or certified\npursuant to article fourteen of the civil service law to represent such\neligible employees. No such petition shall be required for employees who\nare not represented for the purposes of collective bargaining subject to\nthe limitation provided in section nine hundred two of this chapter.\n
N.Y. TAX Law § 1191 — New York Code / Act TAX / Article 28-D / Section 1191
Imposition of state-wide peer-to-peer tax
Status: in_force

§ 1191. Imposition of state-wide peer-to-peer tax. (a) In addition to\nany tax imposed under any other article of this chapter, there is hereby\nimposed on every shared vehicle driver and there shall be paid a tax of\nthree percent of the gross receipts paid by the shared vehicle driver\nfor use of a shared vehicle when the transfer of possession of the\nshared vehicle to the shared vehicle driver occurs in this state.\n  (b) Except to the extent that the transfer of a shared vehicle\ndescribed in subdivision (a) of this section has already been or will be\nsubject to the tax imposed under such subdivision and except as\notherwise exempted under this article, there is hereby imposed on every\nshared vehicle driver and there shall be paid a use tax for the use\nwithin this state of any shared vehicle by the shared vehicle driver.\nFor purposes of this subdivision, the tax shall be at the rate of three\npercent of the gross receipts paid or contracted to be paid for such\nshared vehicle.\n
N.Y. VIL Law § 11-1126 — New York Code / Act VIL / Article 11 / Section 11-1126
Water mains connecting with reservoirs of New York city
Status: in_force

§ 11-1126 Water mains connecting with reservoirs of New York city.  A\nproposition may be submitted at a village election to authorize any\nincorporated village of the state of New York to contract with the city\nof New York to take and receive from any of the reservoirs, aqueducts,\nconduits, streams or pipes of the city of New York, including any water\nsupply, reservoir, works, et cetera, for the supply of any public\ninstitution of said city, a supply of water for the uses and purposes of\nthe said village, on such terms, conditions and stipulations as such\nvillage and city may deem necessary and to that end such village is\nauthorized and empowered to lay the necessary mains and pipes to the\nsource of supply, valves, hydrants, supply pipes, and other necessary\nappurtenances for the use of said water, including its purification,\nwithout the consent of any board, officer, bureau, or department of the\nstate, or any subdivision thereof, and to issue its bonds to pay\ntherefor. The connections with said reservoirs, aqueducts, conduits,\nstreams or pipes shall be made at the expense of such village, and such\nvillage shall pay to the city of New York water charges or rates in the\nsame amounts as are charged by the city of New York to persons using\nwater in that city. Any such village desiring to take and receive water\nunder the provisions of this section shall make application to the\nproper officer in charge of the water supply of the city of New York in\nwriting, stating the place and manner in which it is proposed to make\nsaid connections, which said officer in charge of the water supply of\nthe city of New York shall have exclusive jurisdiction in the premises,\nto the exclusion of any other board, officer, bureau or department of\nthe state or any subdivision thereof. Provided said city agrees to sell\nand said village agrees to purchase water, it shall be the duty of the\nsaid officer to grant a permit or authorization for the said\nconnections, under reasonable rules and regulations, including the\ninstallation of proper meters, or other devices for ascertaining the\nquantity of water thus taken.\n
N.Y. PEN Law § 222.30 — New York Code / Act PEN / Part 3 / Title M / Article 222 / Section 222.30
Criminal possession of cannabis in the third degree
Status: in_force

§ 222.30 Criminal possession of cannabis in the third degree.\n  A person is guilty of criminal possession of cannabis in the third\ndegree when he or she knowingly and unlawfully possesses:\n  1. cannabis and such cannabis weighs more than sixteen ounces; or\n  2. concentrated cannabis and such concentrated cannabis weighs more\nthan five ounces.\n  Criminal possession of cannabis in the third degree is a class A\nmisdemeanor.\n
N.Y. CNT Law § 299-W — New York Code / Act CNT / Article 5-D / Section 299-W
Federal assistance
Status: in_force

§ 299-w. Federal assistance. The watershed district is designated as a\n"local organization" authorized to make application to the secretary of\nagriculture of the United States for financial assistance in installing\nand carrying out a district project under the provisions of said\n"Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act".\n  The watershed district, as the local organization, is empowered, when\nauthorized by resolution adopted by the board of supervisors, to enter\ninto contracts or agreements with the secretary of agriculture for the\npurpose of contracting indebtedness with the federal government for any\nor all of the local share of the costs of such project, as provided for\nin the said "Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act" as amended,\nwhenever such borrowing appears necessary and desirable, subject to the\nprovisions of the local finance law.\n
N.Y. RPP Law § 235-C — New York Code / Act RPP / Article 7 / Section 235-C
Unconscionable lease or clause
Status: in_force

§ 235-c. Unconscionable lease or clause. 1. If the court as a matter\nof law finds a lease or any clause of the lease to have been\nunconscionable at the time it was made the court may refuse to enforce\nthe lease, or it may enforce the remainder of the lease without the\nunconscionable clause, or it may so limit the application of any\nunconscionable clause as to avoid any unconscionable result.\n  2. When it is claimed or appears to the court that a lease or any\nclause thereof may be unconscionable the parties shall be afforded a\nreasonable opportunity to present evidence as to its setting, purpose\nand effect to aid the court in making the determination.\n
N.Y. JUD Law § 70 — New York Code / Act JUD / Article 4 / Section 70
Judicial departments
Status: in_force

§ 70. Judicial departments. The state is hereby divided into four\njudicial departments. The first department shall consist of the counties\nembraced within the first and twelfth judicial districts; the second\ndepartment shall consist of the counties embraced within the second,\nninth, tenth, eleventh and thirteenth judicial districts; the third\ndepartment shall consist of the counties embraced within the third,\nfourth and sixth judicial districts; the fourth department shall consist\nof the counties embraced within the fifth, seventh and eighth judicial\ndistricts.\n
N.Y. RPP Law § 407 — New York Code / Act RPP / Article 12 / Section 407
Certificate as to part of property remaining after transfer
Status: in_force

§ 407. Certificate as to part of property remaining after transfer.\nWhen only a part of the property described in a certificate is\ntransferred, and the description of the property is other than full or\nspecified parts of lots on a map duly filed in the office of the county\nclerk, the transfer must be accompanied by a survey from a licensed land\nsurveyor under seal of the said parcel.  Said transfer and survey shall\nbe filed as a document and memorialized against the certificate.\n
N.Y. LAB Law § 811 — New York Code / Act LAB / Article 23 / Section 811
Powers and duties of industrial commissioner; personnel
Status: in_force

§ 811. Powers and duties of industrial commissioner; personnel. 1. The\nindustrial commissioner shall have the following powers and duties:\n  (a) to encourage and promote the making of apprenticeship agreements\nconforming to the standards established by or pursuant to this article;\n  (b) to establish suggested standards for apprenticeship agreements in\nconformity with the provisions of this article;\n  (c) to supervise the execution of apprenticeship agreements and\nmaintenance of standards;\n  (d) to register approved apprenticeship agreements, and upon\nperformance thereof, to issue certificates of completion of\napprenticeship;\n  (e) to settle differences arising out of apprenticeship agreements,\nwhen such differences cannot be adjusted locally or in accordance with\nestablished trade procedure;\n  (f) to terminate or cancel any apprenticeship agreements in accordance\nwith the provisions of such agreements;\n  (g) to encourage and promote the hiring by any trade or group of\ntrades of persons who are on parole, in order to aid in the\nrehabilitation of such persons;\n  (h) to study and disseminate information on apprenticeship training,\ntrends of employment opportunities in various trades, the impact of\ntechnological change on skill levels and requirements, the supply of and\nneeds for skilled manpower, and related matters;\n  (i) to cooperate with the federal government, the state education\ndepartment, the state department of commerce and other agencies, public\nand private, in the state;\n  (j) to cooperate with the director of the division of minority and\nwomen's business development pursuant to paragraph (k) of subdivision\nthree of section three hundred eleven of the executive law to assist\ncontractors in locating minority group members and women who are\nparticipating in apprenticeships agreements;\n  (k) to adopt such rules and regulations as may be necessary for the\neffective administration of the purposes and provisions of this article;\n  (l) to perform such other duties as may be necessary to give full\neffect to the policies of the state and the provisions of this article.\n  2. The industrial commissioner shall appoint a person who shall be in\ncharge of apprentice training in the department of labor, and who shall\nact as secretary of the state apprenticeship and training council and of\nstate joint apprenticeship committees. The industrial commissioner is\nfurther authorized to appoint such clerical, technical, and professional\nassistants as shall be necessary to effectuate the purposes of this\narticle. The personnel appointed under this article shall receive an\nannual compensation to be fixed by the industrial commissioner within\nthe amount provided by appropriation.\n
N.Y. CVP Law § 4532-B — New York Code / Act CVP / Article 45 / Section 4532-B
An image, map, location, distance, calculation, or other information taken from a web mapping service, a global satellite imaging site, o...
Status: in_force

§ 4532-b. An image, map, location, distance, calculation, or other\ninformation taken from a web mapping service, a global satellite imaging\nsite, or an internet mapping tool, is admissible in evidence if such\nimage, map, location, distance, calculation, or other information\nindicates the date such material was created and subject to a challenge\nthat the image, map, location, distance, calculation, or other\ninformation taken from a web mapping service, a global satellite imaging\nsite, or an internet mapping tool does not fairly and accurately portray\nthat which it is being offered to prove. A party intending to offer such\nimage or information in evidence at a trial or hearing shall, at least\nthirty days before the trial or hearing, give notice of such intent,\nproviding a copy or specifying the internet address at which such image\nor information may be inspected. No later than ten days before the trial\nor hearing, or later for good cause shown, a party upon whom such notice\nis served may object to the request to admit into evidence such image or\ninformation, stating the grounds for the objection. Unless objection is\nmade pursuant to this subdivision, the court shall take judicial notice\nand admit into evidence such image, map, location, distance, calculation\nor other information.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 4413 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 44 / Section 4413
Savings clause
Status: in_force

§ 4413. Savings clause. Nothing contained in this article or any act\namendatory thereof shall affect or impair the validity of any act done\nor right accruing, accrued or acquired or any order, judgment, or status\nestablished prior to the enactment of this article or prior to the\namendment of any act amendatory thereof.\n  Medical corporations organized pursuant to the provisions of former\narticle forty-four of the public health law in effect prior to the\neffectiveness of the provisions of this article may continue to operate\npursuant to the provisions of law in effect prior to the effectiveness\nhereof.\n  Health maintenance organizations that applied for a license under\narticle forty-three of the insurance law and receive approval under\narticle twenty-eight of the public health law may continue under the\nprovisions of the laws in existence on the effective date of this\narticle.\n
N.Y. DEA Law § 28 — New York Code / Act DEA / Article 3 / Section 28
Mutual aid
Status: in_force

§ 28. Mutual aid. Subject to the approval of the commission, two or\nmore political subdivisions of the state may enter into mutual aid\nagreements for reciprocal aid and assistance to effectuate any purpose\nof this article. State agencies, with the approval of the director of\nthe budget, may participate in such agreements.\n