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N.Y. GBS Law § 396-P — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 26 / Section 396-P
Rates to be posted in taxicabs; certain charges prohibited
Status: in_force

* § 396-p. Rates to be posted in taxicabs; certain charges prohibited.\n1. Every taxicab available for hire in this state shall have posted, in\nthe interior thereof, in a manner legible and conspicuous to passengers,\na statement of the rates, fares or other charges whether imposed upon\nthe basis of mileage, or fraction thereof, zones or other equivalent\nmeasurement and any additional charges for luggage or additional\npassengers, and if such charges are subject to variation, a statement of\nthe conditions relating to such variation. No charges greater than those\nposted shall be made. For the purposes of this section, "taxicab" is a\nmotor vehicle which carries passengers for hire with a seating capacity\nof not more than eight passengers exclusive of the driver; and "luggage"\nshall not include a wheelchair or other manual or electrically driven\nmobility assistance device, scooter, tricycle or similar device used by\na person with a disability as a substitute for walking.\n  1-a. No taxicab available for hire in this state shall impose on\nadditional charge for a wheelchair or other manual or electrically\ndriven mobility assistance device, scooter, tricycle or similar device\nused by a person with a disability as a substitute for walking.\n  2. This section shall not annul, alter, affect or exempt any person\nsubject to the provisions of this section from complying with the laws,\nordinances, rules or regulations of any locality, relating to the\nposting of rates in the interior of a taxicab, except to the extent that\nsuch local laws, ordinances, rules or regulations are inconsistent with\nany provision of this section, but no such local law, ordinance, rule or\nregulation shall be considered inconsistent, if it requires greater\ndisclosure of information to the consumer.\n  3. The provisions of this section shall not apply to cities having a\npopulation of one million or more.\n  4. Any violation of this section shall be punishable by a fine not to\nexceed fifty dollars, and for any subsequent violation, a fine of not\nmore than one hundred dollars.\n  * NB There are 2 396-p's\n
N.Y. CPL Law § 610.20 — New York Code / Act CPL / Part 3 / Title R / Article 610 / Section 610.20
Securing attendance of witnesses by subpoena; when and by whom subpoena may be issued
Status: in_force

§ 610.20 Securing attendance of witnesses by subpoena; when and by whom\n             subpoena may be issued.\n  1. Any criminal court may issue a subpoena for the attendance of a\nwitness in any criminal action or proceeding in such court.\n  2. A district attorney, or other prosecutor where appropriate, as an\nofficer of a criminal court in which he is conducting the prosecution of\na criminal action or proceeding, may issue a subpoena of such court,\nsubscribed by himself, for the attendance in such court or a grand jury\nthereof of any witness whom the people are entitled to call in such\naction or proceeding.\n  3. An attorney for a defendant in a criminal action or proceeding, as\nan officer of a criminal court, may issue a subpoena of such court,\nsubscribed by himself, for the attendance in such court of any witness\nwhom the defendant is entitled to call in such action or proceeding. An\nattorney for a defendant may not issue a subpoena duces tecum of the\ncourt directed to any department, bureau or agency of the state or of a\npolitical subdivision thereof, or to any officer or representative\nthereof, unless the subpoena is indorsed by the court and provides at\nleast three days for the production of the requested materials. In the\ncase of an emergency, the court may by order dispense with the three-day\nproduction period.\n  4. The showing required to sustain any subpoena under this section is\nthat the testimony or evidence sought is reasonably likely to be\nrelevant and material to the proceedings, and the subpoena is not\noverbroad or unreasonably burdensome.\n
N.Y. MHY Law § 5.03 — New York Code / Act MHY / Title A / Article 5 / Section 5.03
Commissioners
Status: in_force

§ 5.03 Commissioners.\n  The head of the office of mental health shall be the commissioner of\nmental health; the head of the office for people with developmental\ndisabilities shall be the commissioner of developmental disabilities;\nand the head of the office of addiction services and supports shall be\nthe commissioner of addiction services and supports. Each commissioner\nshall be appointed by the governor, by and with the advice and consent\nof the senate, to serve at the pleasure of the governor.\n
N.Y. BSC Law § 203 — New York Code / Act BSC / Article 2 / Section 203
Defense of ultra vires
Status: in_force

§ 203. Defense of ultra vires.\n  (a) No act of a corporation and no transfer of real or personal\nproperty to or by a corporation, otherwise lawful, shall be invalid by\nreason of the fact that the corporation was without capacity or power to\ndo such act or to make or receive such transfer, but such lack of\ncapacity or power may be asserted:\n  (1) In an action by a shareholder against the corporation to enjoin\nthe doing of any act or the transfer of real or personal property by or\nto the corporation. If the unauthorized act or transfer sought to be\nenjoined is being, or is to be, performed or made under any contract to\nwhich the corporation is a party, the court may, if all of the parties\nto the contract are parties to the action and if it deems the same to be\nequitable, set aside and enjoin the performance of such contract, and in\nso doing may allow to the corporation or to the other parties to the\ncontract, as the case may be, such compensation as may be equitable for\nthe loss or damage sustained by any of them from the action of the court\nin setting aside and enjoining the performance of such contract;\nprovided that anticipated profits to be derived from the performance of\nthe contract shall not be awarded by the court as a loss or damage\nsustained.\n  (2) In an action by or in the right of the corporation to procure a\njudgment in its favor against an incumbent or former officer or director\nof the corporation for loss or damage due to his unauthorized act.\n  (3) In an action or special proceeding by the attorney-general to\nannul or dissolve the corporation or to enjoin it from the doing of\nunauthorized business.\n
N.Y. GCT Law § 3-D — New York Code / Act GCT / Article 2 / Section 3-D
Receipts and disbursements of payrolls
Status: in_force

§ 3-d. Receipts and disbursements of payrolls. By resolution duly\nadopted, the common council or other legislative body of the city, may\ndetermine to enter into a contract to provide for the deposit of the\nperiodic payroll of the city in a bank or trust company for disbursal by\nit in accordance with provisions of section ninety-six-b of the banking\nlaw.\n
N.Y. SCC Law § 37 — New York Code / Act SCC / Article 4 / Section 37
Disposition of real estate; franchises
Status: in_force

§ 37. Disposition of real estate; franchises. No ordinance shall be\npassed making or authorizing a sale or lease of city real estate or of\nany franchise belonging to or under the control of the city except by\nvote of three-fourths of all the members of the common council. In case\nof a proposed sale or lease of real estate or of a franchise, the\nordinance must provide for a disposition of the same at public auction\nto the highest bidder, under proper regulations as to the giving of\nsecurity and after public notice to be published once each week for\nthree weeks in the official paper or papers, provided, however, that\nwhere the real estate proposed to be sold or leased was acquired by the\ncity pursuant to the provisions of section seventy-two-k or\nseventy-two-m of the general municipal law for the purposes set forth\ntherein, or where such real estate is owned by the city and devoted to\nsuch purposes, the ordinance may provide that such real estate shall be\nsold or leased to the highest responsible bidder upon sealed bids after\nnotice thereof has been published in the same manner as hereinbefore set\nforth for sale or lease by public auction. Such notice shall contain a\nstatement of the time and place where all bids received in pursuance\nthereof will be publicly opened and read, and pursuant to such notice,\nall bids received shall be publicly opened and read at the time and\nplace so specified. A sale or lease of real estate or a franchise shall\nnot be valid or take effect unless made as aforesaid and subsequently\napproved by a resolution of the board of estimate and apportionment or\nother governing body. No franchise shall be granted or be operated for a\nperiod longer than fifty years. The common council may, however, grant\nto the owner or lessees of an existing franchise, under which operations\nare being actually carried on, such additional rights or extensions in\nthe street or streets in which the said franchise exists, upon such\nterms as the interest of the city may require, with or without an\nadvertisement, as the common council may determine; provided, however,\nthat no such grant shall be operative unless approved by the board of\nestimate and apportionment or other governing body, and also by the\nmayor.\n
N.Y. MDW Law § 170-A — New York Code / Act MDW / Article 6 / Section 170-A
Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a dwelling, other than a frame dwelling, three stories or less in height erected aft...
Status: in_force

§ 170-a.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a\ndwelling, other than a frame dwelling, three stories or less in height\nerected after April eighteenth, nineteen hundred twenty-nine as a one or\ntwo-family dwelling may be converted to a multiple dwelling to be\noccupied by not more than three families in all, with a maximum\noccupancy of two families on each floor in a two story building and one\nfamily on each floor in a three story building, provided however that\nall the provisions of this article are complied with and provided\nfurther that\n  1. No part of such dwelling shall be used for business purposes.\n  2. No part of such dwelling shall be arranged, designed for or\noccupied by roomers, boarders or lodgers.\n  3. The public hall or stair partitions and soffit of stairs shall be\nfire-retarded and said partitions fire-stopped. The apartment entrance\ndoors and door assemblies in such hall shall be fire-proof and\nself-closing.\n  4. The required stairs shall comply with the provisions of subdivision\nthree of section fifty-two of this chapter.\n  5. No door opening shall be permitted from a garage within the\nbuilding to the stair hall or public hall. However, any other opening to\nthe residential portion shall be provided with a fire-proof self-closing\ndoor, and the door assemblies shall be fire-proof.\n  6. The cellar shall not be used for any purpose other than household\nstorage and mechanical equipment or appliances, and the cellar ceiling\nshall be fire-retarded.\n
N.Y. TRA Law § 73-A — New York Code / Act TRA / Article 2-F / Section 73-A
Short title
Status: in_force

§ 73-a. Short title. This article may be cited as the "rural public\ntransportation coordination assistance program".\n
N.Y. ISC Law § 1217 — New York Code / Act ISC / Article 12 / Section 1217
Vouchers for disbursements
Status: in_force

§ 1217. Vouchers for disbursements. No domestic insurance company\nshall make any disbursement of one hundred dollars or more unless\nevidenced by a voucher signed by or on behalf of the payee as\ncompensation for goods or services rendered for the company, and\ncorrectly describing the consideration for the payment. If such\ndisbursement be for services and disbursements, such vouchers shall set\nforth the services rendered and itemize the disbursements; if it is in\nconnection with any matter pending before any legislative or public body\nor before any government department or officer, the voucher shall\ncorrectly describe also the nature of the matter and the company's\ninterest therein. If such a voucher is unobtainable, the disbursement\nshall be evidenced by a statement of an officer or responsible employee\naffirmed by him as true under the penalties of perjury, stating the\nreasons therefor and setting forth the particulars above mentioned.\n
N.Y. DOM Law § 11-D — New York Code / Act DOM / Article 3 / Section 11-D
One-day marriage officiant license
Status: in_force

§ 11-d. One-day marriage officiant license. 1. A town or city clerk\nshall issue a one-day marriage officiant license upon request. Such\none-day marriage officiant shall have the authority to solemnize a\nmarriage which marriage shall be valid if performed in accordance with\nother provisions of law. Nothing herein contained shall nullify the\nauthority of other persons authorized to solemnize marriages.\n  2. Such one-day marriage officiant shall be eighteen years of age or\nover and need not be a resident of the town or city to which they apply\nor a resident of the state. A one-day marriage officiant shall have the\nauthority to solemnize a marriage anywhere in the state.\n  3. An applicant for a one-day marriage officiant license must apply\nfor such license in the same town or city clerk's office as the couple\nto be married. Such applicant shall not be required to personally\nappear.\n  4. A town or city clerk shall be entitled to a fee of twenty-five\ndollars for issuing a one-day marriage officiant license. Such license\nshall be issued only after payment of such fee and submission of a\ncompleted application form.\n  5. The application form shall require the following information of the\napplicant: name, date of birth, address, email address and telephone\nnumber. The application form shall also require the following\ninformation of the parties to be married: names, dates of birth, and\naddresses as they appear on the application for a marriage license.\n  6. Such license shall only be valid for the parties to be married as\nstated on the application and shall expire upon the earlier of either\ncompletion of such solemnization or the expiration of the marriage\nlicense.\n  7. One-day marriage officiants shall be exempt from registration as\nrequired pursuant to section eleven-b of this article.\n
N.Y. TAX Law § 207 — New York Code / Act TAX / Article 9 / Section 207
Limitation of time
Status: in_force

§ 207.  Limitation of time.  The provisions of the civil practice law\nand rules relative to the limitation of time of enforcing a civil remedy\nshall not apply to any proceeding or action taken to levy, appraise,\nassess, determine or enforce the collection of any tax or penalty\nprescribed by this article, and this section shall be construed as\nhaving been in effect as of the date of the original enactment of the\ncorporation tax law, provided, however, that as to real estate in the\nhands of persons who are owners thereof who would be purchasers in good\nfaith but for such tax or penalty and as to the lien on real estate of\nmortgages held by persons who would be holders thereof in good faith but\nfor such tax or penalty, all such taxes and penalties shall cease to be\na lien on such real estate as against such purchasers or holders after\nthe expiration of ten years from the date such taxes became due and\npayable.  The limitations herein provided for shall not apply to any\ntransfer from a corporation to a person or corporation with intent to\navoid payment of any taxes, or where with like intent the transfer is\nmade to a grantee corporation, or any subsequent grantee corporation\ncontrolled by such grantor or which has any community of interest with\nit, either through stock ownership or otherwise.  Nothing herein shall\naffect any action or proceeding now actually pending to enforce the\ncollection of such tax or penalty from such real estate.\n
N.Y. UCC Law § 9-603 — New York Code / Act UCC / Article 9 / Part 6 / Subpart 1 / Section 9-603
Agreement on Standards Concerning Rights and Duties
Status: in_force

Section 9--603. Agreement on Standards Concerning Rights and Duties.\n  (a) Agreed standards. The parties may determine by agreement the\nstandards measuring the fulfillment of the rights of a debtor or obligor\nand the duties of a secured party under a rule stated in Section 9--602\nif the standards are not manifestly unreasonable.\n  (b) Agreed standards inapplicable to breach of peace. Subsection (a)\ndoes not apply to the duty under Section 9--609 to refrain from\nbreaching the peace.\n
N.Y. ISC Law § 5213 — New York Code / Act ISC / Article 52 / Section 5213
Settlement of claims or actions
Status: in_force

§ 5213. Settlement of claims or actions. (a) The corporation may,\nexcept in the case of claims or actions by or on behalf of infants or\njudicially declared incompetents, settle without court approval any\nclaim or action against a financially irresponsible motorist if the\nboard, after due deliberation, is satisfied that the settlement is fair\nand has approved payment, which shall in no event exceed the applicable\namount specified in section five thousand two hundred ten of this\narticle and that:\n  (1) the claimant has complied with the requirements prescribed in\nparagraphs one, two and three of subsection (a) of section five thousand\ntwo hundred eleven of this article;\n  (2) the settlement is not made on the behalf of an insurer or surety\nunder circumstances described in paragraph six of subsection (a) of\nsection five thousand two hundred eleven of this article;\n  (3) the financially irresponsible motorist involved in the accident\nwas not insured under a policy of motor vehicle liability insurance or\nan indemnity bond under which the insurer or surety is liable for the\ndamages sustained; and\n  (4) a judgment against the financially irresponsible motorist would\nnot be collectible within a reasonable time.\n  (b) As a condition to the payment of the amount of the settlement the\nqualified person, notwithstanding the provisions of title one of article\nthirteen of the general obligations law, shall assign his claim to the\ncorporation which shall then be subrogated to all of the rights of the\nqualified person against the financially irresponsible motorist.\n
N.Y. LAB Law § 861-F — New York Code / Act LAB / Article 25-B / Section 861-F
Retaliation
Status: in_force

§ 861-f. Retaliation. 1. It is a violation of this article for an\nemployer or any agent of any employer, to retaliate through discharge or\nin any other manner against any person in the terms of conditions of his\nor her employment for exercising any rights granted under this article\nfor:\n  (a) making, or threatening to make, a complaint to an employer,\nco-worker or to a public body that rights guaranteed under this article\nhave been violated;\n  (b) causing to be instituted any proceeding under or related to this\narticle; or\n  (c) providing information to, or testifying before, any public body\nconducting an investigation, hearing or inquiry into any such violation\nof a law, rule or regulation by such employer. Nothing in this section\nshall limit the commissioner's authority under section two hundred\nfifteen of the labor law, or any other statute.\n  2. Any act of retaliation under this section shall subject an employer\nto the civil penalties under section eight hundred sixty-one-e of this\narticle, or to a private cause of action, or both.\n
N.Y. CVP Law § 3018 — New York Code / Act CVP / Article 30 / Section 3018
Responsive pleadings
Status: in_force

§ 3018. Responsive pleadings. (a) Denials. A party shall deny those\nstatements known or believed by him to be untrue. He shall specify those\nstatements as to the truth of which he lacks knowledge or information\nsufficient to form a belief and this shall have the effect of a denial.\nAll other statements of a pleading are deemed admitted, except that\nwhere no responsive pleading is permitted they are deemed denied or\navoided.\n  (b) Affirmative defenses. A party shall plead all matters which if not\npleaded would be likely to take the adverse party by surprise or would\nraise issues of fact not appearing on the face of a prior pleading such\nas arbitration and award, collateral estoppel, culpable conduct claimed\nin diminution of damages as set forth in article fourteen-A, discharge\nin bankruptcy, facts showing illegality either by statute or common law,\nfraud, infancy or other disability of the party defending, payment,\nrelease, res judicata, statute of frauds, or statute of limitation. The\napplication of this subdivision shall not be confined to the instances\nenumerated.\n
N.Y. TWN Law § 121 — New York Code / Act TWN / Article 8 / Section 121
Payment of judgments and compromised actions, proceedings or claims
Status: in_force

§ 121. Payment of judgments and compromised actions, proceedings or\nclaims. Whenever a final judgment has been recovered against a town, or\nan action, proceeding or claim has been compromised or settled in the\nmanner provided in section sixty-eight of this chapter, the town board\nmay provide by taxation the sum necessary to pay such judgment or\ncompromised action, proceeding or claim, or may provide such sum, in\nwhole or in part, pursuant to the local finance law.\n
N.Y. STF Law § 89-J — New York Code / Act STF / Article 6 / Section 89-J
The school bus motorist education fund
Status: in_force

* § 89-j. The school bus motorist education fund. 1. There is hereby\nestablished in the joint custody of the state comptroller and the\ncommissioner of taxation and finance a fund known as the school bus\nmotorist education fund.\n  2. Such fund shall consist of monies received by the state from any\ncourt of the unified court system pursuant to section eighteen hundred\nnine of the vehicle and traffic law for violations of section eleven\nhundred seventy-four of such law, and all other fines, fees, grants,\nbequests or other monies credited, appropriated or transferred thereto\nfrom any other fund or source.\n  3. (a) Fifty percent of the monies of the fund, following\nappropriation by the legislature, shall be made available to the state\ncomprehensive school bus driver safety training council for the study of\nthe illegal passing of stopped school buses by motorists, and the\ndevelopment of proposals to reduce the number of motorists passing\nschool buses in violation of section eleven hundred seventy-four of the\nvehicle and traffic law.\n  (b) The remaining fifty percent of the monies of such fund shall be\nmade available to the department of motor vehicles for the design and\nimplementation, in conjunction with the governor's traffic safety\ncommittee, the departments of education and transportation, the division\nof state police, and the state comprehensive school bus driver safety\ntraining council, of a public education program to further educate\nmotorists of the dangers of passing a school bus in violation of section\neleven hundred seventy-four of the vehicle and traffic law, to reduce\nthe number of such incidents, and to promote school bus safety.\n  4. The monies of the fund made available pursuant to paragraph (a) of\nsubdivision three of this section shall be paid out on the audit and\nwarrant of the comptroller on vouchers approved and certified by the\ncommissioner of education. The monies of the fund made available\npursuant to paragraph (b) of subdivision three of this section shall be\npaid out on the audit and warrant of the comptroller on vouchers\napproved and certified by the commissioner of motor vehicles. At the end\nof each year any monies remaining in the fund shall be retained in the\nfund and shall not revert to the general fund. The interest and income\nearned on money in the fund, after deducting any applicable charges,\nshall be credited to the fund.\n  * NB There are 2 § 89-j's\n