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N.Y. LEG Law § 55 — New York Code / Act LEG / Article 3-A / Section 55
Requests from local governments for enactment of special laws
Status: in_force

§ 55. Requests from local governments for enactment of special laws.\nThe legislature shall prescribe by rules to be promulgated from time to\ntime by concurrent resolution of the Senate and Assembly the forms of\nrequests to be submitted to it by counties, cities, towns and villages\nwith respect to the enactment of special laws pursuant to paragraph two\nof subdivision (b) of section two of article nine of the constitution\nand the manner of communication of such requests to the legislature.\n
N.Y. VET Law § 6 — New York Code / Act VET / Article 1 / Section 6
Cooperation and facilities of other departments
Status: in_force

§ 6. Cooperation and facilities of other departments. To effectuate\nthe purposes of this article, the governor may direct any department,\ndivision, board, bureau, commission or agency of the state, or of any\npolitical subdivision thereof, to cooperate with and assist and advise\nthe department in the performance of its duties and functions, and to\nprovide such facilities, including personnel, materials and other\nassistance and data as will enable the department or any of its agencies\nto properly carry out its activities and effectuate its purposes under\nthis article.\n
N.Y. CVP Law § 7806 — New York Code / Act CVP / Article 78 / Section 7806
Judgment
Status: in_force

§ 7806. Judgment. The judgment may grant the petitioner the relief to\nwhich he is entitled, or may dismiss the proceeding either on the merits\nor with leave to renew. If the proceeding was brought to review a\ndetermination, the judgment may annul or confirm the determination in\nwhole or in part, or modify it, and may direct or prohibit specified\naction by the respondent. Any restitution or damages granted to the\npetitioner must be incidental to the primary relief sought by the\npetitioner, and must be such as he might otherwise recover on the same\nset of facts in a separate action or proceeding suable in the supreme\ncourt against the same body or officer in its or his official capacity.\n
N.Y. GCN Law § 11-B — New York Code / Act GCN / Article 2 / Section 11-B
Appropriation
Status: in_force

§ 11-b.  Appropriation.  The term "appropriation" when used in reference\nto the acquiring of any title to, right or interest in real property\nthrough the exercise of the power of eminent domain, shall be deemed to\nmean acquisition.\n
N.Y. PVH Law § 126 — New York Code / Act PVH / Article 5 / Section 126
Reduced rentals for the elderly
Status: in_force

§ 126. Reduced rentals for the elderly. (a) For the purpose of\nenabling lower income elderly persons to continue in occupancy without\npaying rentals in excess of a fair proportion of their income, any\nmunicipality having a population of less than one million is authorized\nto make and to contract to make periodic payments to a redevelopment\ncompany in an amount not exceeding the difference between the rent or\ncarrying charges for the dwellings occupied by such lower income persons\nand one-third of their net probable aggregate annual income, where such\nrent or carrying charges exceed such one-third of income; provided that\nthe aggregate amount of periodic payments to be made in accordance with\ncontracts entered into by the municipality during any fiscal year\nthereof pursuant to this section, subdivision nine of section\nthirty-one, subdivision seven of section eighty-five-a, and section five\nhundred seventy-seven-a of this chapter shall not exceed the aggregate\namount of all real property taxes paid or payable during such fiscal\nyear by all companies organized pursuant to this article, article II,\narticle IV, and article XI of this chapter and the aggregate estimated\nreceipts of all such companies in such fiscal year from rental\nsurcharges collected or to be collected pursuant to this chapter.\n  (b) Such payments shall be made only where the contract between the\nmunicipality and the company pursuant to section one hundred fourteen\nimposes income limitations on admission and on continued occupancy and\nrequires the payment of surcharges to the municipality by over-income\noccupants.\n  (c) Such payments shall be made only on account of a person or family\nin occupancy where the head of the household is sixty-two years of age\nor older and is not a recipient of public assistance pursuant to the\nsocial services law, and where the net probable aggregate annual income\nof the person or family in occupancy does not exceed six thousand five\nhundred dollars a year.\n  Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision twenty-nine of section\ntwo of this chapter, net probable aggregate annual income shall mean the\nannual income of family members from all sources after deductions of\nfederal, state and city income taxes; provided that any municipality may\nprovide that increases in benefits under the social security act which\ntake effect after such person or family has assumed occupancy shall not\nbe taken into account.\n  (d) A company having a contract with the municipality pursuant to this\nsubdivision may not collect from persons or families in occupancy on\nwhose account such payments are made any rentals in excess of the\namounts specified in such contract.\n
N.Y. DCD Law § 278 — New York Code / Act DCD / Article 10 / Section 278
Extinguishment of claim for relief
Status: in_force

§ 278. Extinguishment of claim for relief. A claim for relief with\nrespect to a transfer or obligation under this article is extinguished\nunless action is brought:\n  (a) under paragraph one of subdivision (a) of section two hundred\nseventy-three of this article, not later than four years after the\ntransfer was made or the obligation was incurred or, if later, not later\nthan one year after the transfer or obligation was or could reasonably\nhave been discovered by the claimant;\n  (b) under paragraph two of subdivision (a) of section two hundred\nseventy-three or subdivision (a) of section two hundred seventy-four of\nthis article, not later than four years after the transfer was made or\nthe obligation was incurred; or\n  (c) under subdivision (b) of section two hundred seventy-four of this\narticle, not later than one year after the transfer was made.\n
N.Y. ENG Law § 5-117 — New York Code / Act ENG / Article 5 / Section 5-117
Powers during energy or fuel emergency
Status: in_force

§ 5-117. Powers during energy or fuel emergency.  1. Upon a finding\nand declaration by the governor that there exists or impends an energy\nor fuel supply emergency, which declaration shall state the governor's\nreasons for such finding, the commissioner shall be authorized, in\naddition to the powers and duties set forth elsewhere in this chapter,\nto the extent not in conflict with federal law, notwithstanding any\nstate or local law or contractual agreement, to:\n  (a) Allocate available supplies of energy or energy resources among\nareas, users, persons or categories of persons or users. In allocating\navailable supplies, the commissioner shall give priority to energy and\nenergy resources use essential to public health and safety, and shall\nthereafter attempt to allocate the remaining supply equitably and in a\nmanner designed to avoid undue hardship.\n  (b) Impose restrictions on any wasteful, inefficient, or non-essential\nuse of energy or energy resources, and upon the promotion of such uses.\n  (c) Waive state and local environmental protection requirements to the\nextent necessary for emergency use of energy resources not meeting such\nrequirements for a period of not more than thirty days; provided,\nhowever, that an additional thirty days may be granted for good cause.\nOnly one such waiver and one extention thereof may be granted any\nfacility within any six month period.\n  2. The powers granted to the commissioner pursuant to subdivision one\nof this section shall be in addition to and not in limitation of any\nemergency powers now vested in the governor which the governor may\nchoose to delegate to the commissioner.\n  3. In excerising the powers granted pursuant to subdivisions one and\ntwo of this section, the commissioner may supersede any emergency power\nheretofore vested in any other state agency.\n  4. No declaration of an energy or fuel supply emergency shall be\ndeemed effective for a period in excess of six months, and no power\nexercised pursuant to this section shall be effective for a period in\nexcess of six months, unless each house of the legislature shall consent\nto an extension for a specific period of time.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 906 — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 40 / Section 906
Driver's license verification; data retention
Status: in_force

§ 906. Driver's license verification; data retention. 1. A\npeer-to-peer car sharing program administrator shall not enter into a\npeer-to-peer car sharing program agreement with a driver unless the\ndriver who will operate the shared vehicle furnishes proof, by\nelectronic means or otherwise, of:\n  (a) a valid New York driver's license which authorizes the driver to\noperate vehicles of the class of the shared vehicle;\n  (b) a valid driver's license issued by the state or country of the\ndriver's residence which authorizes the driver in such state or country\nto drive vehicles of the class of the shared vehicle and is the age\nrequired of a New York resident to operate that class of vehicle; or\n  (c) being otherwise specifically authorized by a valid license to\noperate vehicles of the class of the shared vehicle.\n  2. A peer-to-peer car sharing program administrator shall keep a\nrecord of:\n  (a) the name and address of the shared vehicle driver;\n  (b) the identification number of the driver's license of the shared\nvehicle driver and each other person, if any, who shall operate the\nshared vehicle; and\n  (c) the date and place of issuance of the driver's license for each\nsuch vehicle operator.\n
N.Y. UCT Law § 907 — New York Code / Act UCT / Article 9 / Section 907
Pleadings; subsequent pleading containing cause of action
Status: in_force

§ 907. Pleadings; subsequent pleading containing cause of action.\n  (a) Counterclaim. The plaintiff may reply to a counterclaim but shall\nnot be required to do so except by court order. If the plaintiff elects\nvoluntarily to reply, he shall do so within ten days after service of\nthe answer containing the counterclaim. In the absence of a reply the\nallegations of the counterclaim shall be deemed denied by the plaintiff.\nAn answer containing a counterclaim against the plaintiff and another\nperson shall be replied to by such other person, as required by CPLR §\n3019(d), within the time provided in § 402 of this act, based upon the\ntime and method of service.\n  (b) Cross-claim. A cross-claim shall be answered within ten days after\nthe answer containing it is served.\n  (c) Third-party claim and claim by defendant stakeholder. A\nthird-party complaint, and an interpleader complaint served by a\ndefendant stakeholder under CPLR § 1006 (b), shall be answered within\nthe time provided in § 402 of this act, based upon the time and method\nof service.\n
N.Y. PBG Law § 210 — New York Code / Act PBG / Article 10 / Section 210
Policy and purposes of article
Status: in_force

§ 210. Policy and purposes of article.  It is hereby declared that\nthere exists in municipalities in this state a seriously inadequate\nsupply of safe and sanitary dwelling accommodations for persons and\nfamilies of low income; that such shortage constitutes an emergency and\na grave menace to the health, safety, morals, welfare and comfort of\ncitizens of this state; that there exists in such municipalities a large\nnumber of multiple dwellings which are inadequate, unsafe or insanitary\nby reason of the absence of proper heating facilities or by reason of\nthe necessity for elimination of conditions dangerous to human life or\ndetrimental to health, including nuisances as defined, in section three\nhundred nine of the multiple dwelling law, or for other rehabilitation\nor improvement and which can be made adequate, safe and sanitary, by the\ninstallation of proper heating facilities or by other rehabilitation or\nimprovement or by the elimination of such conditions; that such\ninstallation, rehabilitation or improvement cannot readily be provided\nby the ordinary unaided operation of private enterprise for occupancy by\npersons or families of low income without public aid in the form of low\ninterest loans to owners of such multiple dwellings for the purpose of\nsuch installation, rehabilitation or improvement; that the installation\nof proper heating facilities in such multiple dwellings or other\nrehabilitation or improvement thereof for occupancy by persons of low\nincome as defined in this article is a public use and a public purpose\nfor which public money may be loaned; that such conditions require the\nprovisions hereinafter enacted; and the necessity in the public interest\nfor the provisions hereinafter enacted is hereby declared as a matter of\nlegislative determination.\n
N.Y. LIE Law § 12 — New York Code / Act LIE / Article 2 / Section 12
Notice of lien on account of public improvements
Status: in_force

§ 12. Notice of lien on account of public improvements. At any time\nbefore the construction or demolition of a public improvement is\ncompleted and accepted by the state or by the public corporation, and\nwithin thirty days after such completion and acceptance, a person\nperforming work for or furnishing materials to a contractor, his\nsubcontractor, assignee or legal representative, may file a notice of\nlien with the head of the department or bureau having charge of such\nconstruction or demolition and with the comptroller of the state or with\nthe financial officer of the public corporation, or other officer or\nperson charged with the custody and disbursements of the state or\ncorporate funds applicable to the contract under which the claim is\nmade. The notice shall state the name and residence of the lienor, the\nname of the contractor or subcontractor for whom the labor was performed\nor materials furnished, the amount claimed to be due or to become due,\nthe date when due, a description of the public improvement upon which\nthe labor was performed and materials expended, the kind of labor\nperformed and materials furnished, and materials actually manufactured\nfor but not delivered to such public improvement, and give a general\ndescription of the contract pursuant to which such public improvement\nwas constructed or demolished. If the lienor is a partnership or a\ncorporation, the notice shall state the business address of such\npartnership or corporation, the names of the partners, and if a foreign\ncorporation, its principal place of business within the state. If the\nname of the contractor or subcontractor is not known to the lienor, it\nmay be so stated in the notice, and a failure to state correctly the\nname of the contractor or subcontractor shall not affect the validity of\nthe lien. The notice must be verified by the lienor or his agent, to the\neffect that the statements therein contained are true to his own\nknowledge, except as to the matters therein stated to be alleged on\ninformation and belief, and that as to those matters he believes it to\nbe true. The comptroller of the state or the financial officer of the\npublic corporation or other officer or person charged with the custody\nand disbursements of the state or corporate funds applicable to the\ncontract under which the claim is made shall enter the same in a book\nprovided for that purpose, to be called the "lien book". Such entry\nshall include the name and residence of the lienor, the name of the\ncontractor or subcontractor, the amount of the lien and date of filing,\nand a brief designation of the contract under which the lien arose.\n
N.Y. RCO Law § 135 — New York Code / Act RCO / Article 7 / Section 135
Changing date of annual corporate meetings
Status: in_force

§ 135. Changing date of annual corporate meetings.  An annual\ncorporate meeting of an incorporated Baptist church may change the date\nof its annual meeting thereafter. If the date fixed for the annual\nmeeting shall be less than six months after the annual meeting at which\nsuch change is made, the next annual meeting shall be held one year from\nthe date so fixed. For the purpose of determining the terms of office of\ntrustees, the time between the annual meeting at which such change is\nmade and the next annual meeting thereafter shall be reckoned as one\nyear.\n
N.Y. ACA Law § 59.01 — New York Code / Act ACA / Title V / Article 59 / Section 59.01
Short title
Status: in_force

§ 59.01. Short title. This title may be cited as the "Museum\nPlanetarium Act".\n
N.Y. FCT Law § 141 — New York Code / Act FCT / Article 1 / Part 4 / Section 141
Findings
Status: in_force

§ 141. Findings. This act defines the conditions on which the family\ncourt may intervene in the life of a child, parent and spouse. Once\nthese conditions are satisfied, the court is given a wide range of\npowers for dealing with the complexities of family life so that its\naction may fit the particular needs of those before it. The judges of\nthe court are thus given a wide discretion and grave responsibilities.\n  The people of the state of New York have concluded that legal training\nand experience should be required before any person may assume the\noffice of family court judge and so provided in section twenty,\nparagraph a, of the judiciary article of the constitution of the state\nof New York.  Judges of the family court should also be familiar with\nareas of learning and practice that often are not supplied by the\npractice of law.\n
N.Y. EPT Law § 7-1.11 — New York Code / Act EPT / Article 7 / Part 1 / Section 7-1.11
Application of principal to creator of trust as reimbursement
Status: in_force

§ 7-1.11 Application of principal to creator of trust as reimbursement\n           for taxes\n  (a) Notwithstanding any contrary provision of law, the trustee of an\nexpress trust, unless otherwise provided in the disposing instrument,\nmay, from time to time, pay from principal to the creator of such trust\nan amount equal to any income taxes on any portion of the trust\nprincipal with which he is charged.\n  (b) The provisions of this section do not apply to any trust by which\na future estate is indefeasibly vested in the United States or a\npolitical subdivision for exclusively public purposes; a corporation\norganized exclusively for religious, charitable, scientific, literary or\neducational purposes, including the encouragement of art and the\nprevention of cruelty to children or animals, no part of the net\nearnings of which inures to the benefit of any private shareholder or\nindividual, and no substantial part of the activities of which is\ncarrying on propaganda or otherwise attempting to influence legislation;\na trustee, or a fraternal society, order or association operating under\nthe lodge system, provided the principal or income of such trust is to\nbe used by such trustee or by such fraternal society, order or\nassociation exclusively for religious, charitable, scientific, literary\nor educational purposes, or for the prevention of cruelty to children or\nanimals, and no substantial part of the activities of such trustee or of\nsuch fraternal society, order or association is carrying on propaganda\nor otherwise attempting to influence legislation; or any veteran's\norganization incorporated by Act of Congress, or of its department or\nlocal chapters or posts, no part of the net earnings of which inures to\nthe benefit of any private shareholder or individual.\n
N.Y. RRD Law § 76-B — New York Code / Act RRD / Article 3 / Section 76-B
Equipment required on motor vehicles transporting railroad employees; penalty
Status: in_force

§ 76-b. Equipment required on motor vehicles transporting railroad\nemployees; penalty. 1. Every motor vehicle provided by the owner or\noperator railroad and used to transport employees shall be equipped with\nadequate seating facilities, heating facilities and facilities for\ncommunication between occupants of the front seat of the vehicle and the\noccupants in the rear compartment of the vehicle. This requirement shall\nnot apply to motor vehicles used to transport employees at distances of\nless than five miles from their regular assembly point nor in cases of\nextreme emergency.\n  2. If any dispute arises as to the adequacy of the facilities provided\nfor in this section, it shall be submitted to the commissioner of\ntransportation for a fair hearing. Notice of the hearing may be given by\nmailing the notice of hearing to the owner or operator railroad.\nAttendance of witnesses may be compelled by subpoena.  If the\ncommissioner finds that a violation of this section has occurred, he may\nforward his findings and recommendations to the commissioner of motor\nvehicles.\n
N.Y. HAY Law § 343-X — New York Code / Act HAY / Article 12 / Section 343-X
Portion of the state highway system to be designated as the "National Veterans Highway"
Status: in_force

* § 343-x. Portion of the state highway system to be designated as the\n"National Veterans Highway". All that portion of the state highway\nsystem constituting United States route 62 within the state of New York\nshall be designated and known as the "National Veterans Highway".\n  * NB There are 5 § 343-x's\n
N.Y. UCC Law § 7-401 — New York Code / Act UCC / Article 7 / Part 4 / Section 7-401
Irregularities in Issue of Receipt or Bill or Conduct of Issuer
Status: in_force

Section 7--401. Irregularities in Issue of Receipt or Bill or Conduct of\n                  Issuer.\n  The obligations imposed by this article on an issuer apply to a\ndocument of title even if:\n  (1) the document does not comply with the requirements of this article\nor of any other statute, rule, or regulation regarding its issuance,\nform, or content;\n  (2) the issuer violated laws regulating the conduct of its business;\n  (3) the goods covered by the document were owned by the bailee when\nthe document was issued; or\n  (4) the person issuing the document is not a warehouse but the\ndocument purports to be a warehouse receipt.\n
N.Y. DEA Law § 100 — New York Code / Act DEA / Article 8 / Section 100
Definitions
Status: in_force

§ 100. Definitions. As used in this article the following terms shall\nmean and include:\n  1. "Exempt person." A member of a municipal or volunteer agency or a\nmember of the armed forces and military services acting within the scope\nand in the proper performance of his duties as such; a clergyman or a\nmember of a religious order while engaged in duties for a recognized\nchurch or religious organization; and such other class of persons as may\nbe exempted by regulation of the commission or the council.\n  2. "Person duly authorized." A member of a municipal or volunteer\nagency wearing or displaying a distinguishing brassard or other insignia\nindicative of authority.\n  3. "Peace officer." An officer mentioned in subdivision thirty-three\nof section 1.20 of the criminal procedure law and such other officers\nduly authorized pursuant to this act to act as peace officers during\nattack or drill.\n  4. "Infraction." A violation of any law or duly promulgated regulation\nor order (a) which is expressly declared to be an infraction by this\nact, or (b) which is not expressly declared by this act to be either a\nmisdemeanor or an infraction but where a penalty or other punishment is\nprescribed by this act. An infraction is not a crime and the penalty or\npunishment imposed therefor shall not be deemed for any purpose a penal\nor criminal penalty or punishment, and shall not impose any disability\nupon or affect or impair the credibility as a witness, or otherwise, of\nany person convicted thereof.\n