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N.Y. RRD Law § 63 — New York Code / Act RRD / Article 3 / Section 63
Persons employed as drivers, conductors, motormen or gripmen
Status: in_force

§ 63. Persons employed as drivers, conductors, motormen or gripmen.\nAny railroad corporation may employ any inhabitant of the state, of the\nage of twenty-one years, not addicted to the use of intoxicating\nliquors, as a car driver, conductor, motorman or gripman, or in any\nother capacity, if fit and competent therefor. All applicants for\npositions as motormen or gripmen on any street surface railroad in this\nstate shall be subjected to a thorough examination by the officers of\nthe corporation as to their habits, physical ability and intelligence.\nIf this examination is satisfactory, the applicant shall be placed in\nthe shop or power house where he can be made familiar with the power and\nmachinery he is about to control. He shall then be placed on a car with\nan instructor, and when the latter is satisfied as to the applicant's\ncapability for the position of motorman or gripman, he shall so certify\nto the officers of the company, and, if appointed, the applicant shall\nfirst serve on the lines of least travel. Any violation of the\nprovisions of this section shall be a misdemeanor.\n
N.Y. PML Law § 1011 — New York Code / Act PML / Article 10 / Section 1011
Certain credit to off-track betting corporations
Status: in_force

§ 1011. Certain credit to off-track betting corporations. a. During\nthe days that a franchised corporation is simulcasting from a racetrack\nfacility operated by such franchised corporation and located in the\nfirst zone to a racetrack facility operated by such franchised\ncorporation located wholly within a city of one million or more, one\npercent of the total wagers placed at such receiving facility shall be\npaid to such city.\n  b. During the days that a franchised corporation is simulcasting from\na facility located wholly within a city in the first zone to a racetrack\nfacility operated by such franchised corporation located partially\nwithin a city with a population in excess of one million and partially\nwithin a county, one-half percent of the total wagers placed at such\nreceiving facility shall be paid to such city and one-half percent of\nsuch wagers shall be paid to such county.\n
N.Y. BNK Law § 389 — New York Code / Act BNK / Article 10 / Section 389
Matured shares; conversion into shares of another class upon notice
Status: in_force

§ 389. Matured shares; conversion into shares of another class upon\nnotice.  Whenever the dues and dividends credited to instalment or\naccumulative prepaid shares shall equal their matured value, notice of\nsuch maturity shall be given to the holders thereof and the payment of\ndues thereon shall cease. Such notice shall be mailed to such\nshareholder at his last known address as it appears on the books of the\nassociation and, in the discretion of the board of directors, may\ncontain a further provision that if such shareholder fails to accept\npayment for such shares, convert such shares into shares of another\nclass or file an application to withdraw such shares within sixty days\nafter the mailing of such notice, the same will be converted into\nanother class of shares specified in such notice. If such additional\nprovision has been included in such notice and the shareholder fails or\nneglects to accept payment for such shares, convert such shares into\nshares of another class or file an application to withdraw such shares,\nwithin such sixty days, the board of directors may, by resolution,\nconvert such shares into the class of shares specified in such notice.\nFor the purpose of maturing such shares, a special dividend may be\ncredited between regular dividend dates at the same rate at which the\nlast regular dividend was credited. When shares pledged to the\nassociation mature, the value of such shares shall, to the extent of the\nobligation for which they are pledged, be applied in payment thereof.\nAny remaining balance of such shares shall be treated as matured shares\nand any other collateral not required to satisfy such obligation shall\nbe returned.\n
N.Y. PBS Law § 51 — New York Code / Act PBS / Article 2 / Section 51
Rules and regulations
Status: in_force

§ 51. Rules and regulations. The commission shall adopt such\nadditional rules and regulations as it deems necessary and proper to\nimplement the provisions of this act.\n
N.Y. EXC Law § 750 — New York Code / Act EXC / Article 26-B / Section 750
Duties of the attorney general and district attorneys
Status: in_force

§ 750. Duties of the attorney general and district attorneys. If, in\nthe opinion of the board, any matter in regard to the management or\naffairs of any such institution, society or association, or any\nincarcerated individual or person in any way connected therewith,\nrequire legal investigation or action of any kind, notice thereof may be\ngiven by the board, to the attorney general, and he shall thereupon make\ninquiry and take such proceedings in the premises as he may deem\nnecessary and proper. The attorney general and every district attorney\nshall, when so required, furnish such legal assistance, counsel or\nadvice as the board may require in the discharge of its duties.\n
N.Y. CVP Law § 317 — New York Code / Act CVP / Article 3 / Section 317
Defense by person to whom summons not personally delivered
Status: in_force

§ 317. Defense by person to whom summons not personally delivered.  A\nperson served with a summons other than by personal delivery to him or\nto his agent for service designated under rule 318, within or without\nthe state, who does not appear may be allowed to defend the action\nwithin one year after he obtains knowledge of entry of the judgment, but\nin no event more than five years after such entry, upon a finding of the\ncourt that he did not personally receive notice of the summons in time\nto defend and has a meritorious defense. If the defense is successful,\nthe court may direct and enforce restitution in the same manner and\nsubject to the same conditions as where a judgment is reversed or\nmodified on appeal. This section does not apply to an action for\ndivorce, annulment or partition.\n
N.Y. GMU Law § 96-A — New York Code / Act GMU / Article 5 / Section 96-A
Use of certain lands for the construction and operation of neighborhood youth centers
Status: in_force

* § 96-a. Use of certain lands for the construction and operation of\nneighborhood youth centers. 1. Notwithstanding any inconsistent\nprovisions of law, the governing board of each municipal corporation may\nenter into a contract with a public or private youth agency leasing\nlands, other than inalienable lands, owned by such municipal corporation\nfor the purpose of the construction thereon of a neighborhood youth\ncenter by such agency.\n  2. At the expiration of the term specified in such contract, title to\nthe neighborhood youth center and appurtenances thereto, free of any and\nall liens and encumbrances of any nature whatsoever, shall vest in the\nmunicipal corporation.\n  3. For the purposes of this section, the term "public or private youth\nagency" means any public or non-profit agency providing programs for the\nmoral, physical, or mental improvement, or for the social well-being, of\nthe youth of the municipal corporation.\n  * NB There are 2 § 96-a's\n
N.Y. EXC Law § 491 — New York Code / Act EXC / Article 19-F / Section 491
Contract authority
Status: in_force

§ 491. Contract authority. The office is hereby empowered to enter\ninto any agreement or contract with any private or public agencies,\ncorporations or individuals necessary or convenient to carry out the\nprovisions of this article.\n
N.Y. PEN Law § 130.55 — New York Code / Act PEN / Part 3 / Title H / Article 130 / Section 130.55
Sexual abuse in the third degree
Status: in_force

§ 130.55 Sexual abuse in the third degree.\n  A person is guilty of sexual abuse in the third degree when he or she\nsubjects another person to sexual contact without the latter's consent;\nexcept that in any prosecution under this section, it is an affirmative\ndefense that (a) such other person's lack of consent was due solely to\nincapacity to consent by reason of being less than seventeen years old,\nand (b) such other person was more than fourteen years old, and (c) the\ndefendant was less than five years older than such other person.\n  Sexual abuse in the third degree is a class B misdemeanor.\n
N.Y. PML Law § 214 — New York Code / Act PML / Article 2 / Section 214
Acquisition of racing facilities
Status: in_force

§ 214. Acquisition of racing facilities. Any franchised corporation\ndesiring to acquire racing facilities, including real estate, or the\ncapital stock of one or more racing associations shall apply to the\nfranchise oversight board for approval of such acquisition. If in the\njudgment of such board the public interest, convenience or necessity and\nthe best interest of racing generally will be served thereby, such board\nshall enter an order granting approval of such acquisition and of the\nterms thereof.\n
N.Y. EPT Law § 7-1.6 — New York Code / Act EPT / Article 7 / Part 1 / Section 7-1.6
Application of principal to income beneficiary
Status: in_force

§ 7-1.6 Application of principal to income beneficiary\n  (a) Notwithstanding any contrary provision of law, the court having\njurisdiction of an express trust, heretofore created or declared, to\nreceive the income from property and apply it to the use of or pay it to\nany person, unless otherwise provided in the disposing instrument, may\nin its discretion make an allowance from principal to any income\nbeneficiary whose support or education is not sufficiently provided for,\nto the extent that such beneficiary is indefeasibly entitled to the\nprincipal of the trust or any part thereof or, in case the income\nbeneficiary is not entitled to the principal of the trust or any part\nthereof, to the extent that all persons beneficially interested in the\ntrust are adult and competent and consent thereto in writing; provided\nthat the court, after a hearing on notice to all those beneficially\ninterested in the trust in such manner as the court may direct, is\nsatisfied that the original purpose of the creator of the trust cannot\nbe carried out and that such allowance effectuates the intention of the\ncreator.\n  (b) Notwithstanding any contrary provision of law, the court having\njurisdiction of an express trust, hereafter created or declared, to\nreceive income from property and apply it to the use of or pay it to any\nperson, unless otherwise provided in the disposing instrument, may in\nits discretion make an allowance from principal to any income\nbeneficiary whose support or education is not sufficiently provided for,\nwhether or not such person is entitled to the principal of the trust or\nany part thereof; provided that the court, after a hearing on notice to\nall those beneficially interested in the trust in such manner as the\ncourt may direct, is satisfied that the original purpose of the creator\nof the trust cannot be carried out and that such allowance effectuates\nthe intention of the creator.\n  (c) In the event that an income beneficiary to whom an allowance is\nmade, as provided in this section, is or becomes entitled to a share of\nthe principal of the trust, such allowance, without interest thereon,\nshall be a charge upon such share.\n  (d) If the application or the possibility of the application of this\nsection to any trust would reduce or eliminate a charitable deduction\notherwise available to any person or entity under the income tax, gift\ntax or estate tax provisions of the internal revenue code, the\nprovisions of this section shall not apply to such trust.\n  (e) A supplemental needs trust which conforms to the provisions of\n7-1.12 of this article shall be construed in accordance with the\nprovisions of that section.\n
N.Y. GMU Law § 980-K — New York Code / Act GMU / Article 19-A / Section 980-K
Tax and debt limitations
Status: in_force

§ 980-k. Tax and debt limitations. (a) The aggregate amount of\noutstanding indebtedness that is incurred to provide funds for capital\nimprovements pursuant to this article shall be chargeable against the\nmunicipality's constitutional debt limit and may not exceed ten percent\nof the amount allowable under that limit. The aggregate amount of\noutstanding indebtedness that is incurred to provide funds for capital\nimprovements pursuant to this article and that is chargeable against the\nproperty within the district may not exceed seven percent of the average\nfull valuation of taxable real property in the district.\n  (b) The district charge, exclusive of debt service, levied in a given\nyear against real property in a district may not exceed twenty percent\nof the total general municipal taxes levied in that year against the\ntaxable real property in the district. The district charge so levied\nshall be included in the total amount, if any, that the municipality is\npermitted by law to raise in that year by a tax on real property.\n
N.Y. UCC Law § 2-208 — New York Code / Act UCC / Article 2 / Part 2 / Section 2-208
Course of Performance or Practical Construction
Status: in_force

Section 2--208. Course of Performance or Practical Construction.\n  (1) Where the contract for sale involves repeated occasions for\nperformance by either party with knowledge of the nature of the\nperformance and opportunity for objection to it by the other, any course\nof performance accepted or acquiesced in without objection shall be\nrelevant to determine the meaning of the agreement.\n  (2) The express terms of the agreement and any such course of\nperformance, as well as any course of dealing and usage of trade, shall\nbe construed whenever reasonable as consistent with each other; but when\nsuch construction is unreasonable, express terms shall control course of\nperformance and course of performance shall control both course of\ndealing and usage of trade (Section 1--205).\n  (3) Subject to the provisions of the next section on modification and\nwaiver, such course of performance shall be relevant to show a waiver or\nmodification of any term inconsistent with such course of performance.\n
N.Y. DCD Law § 165 — New York Code / Act DCD / Article 7 / Section 165
Vesting of property in trustees
Status: in_force

§ 165. Vesting of property in trustees. The trustees taking such oath,\nshall be deemed vested with all the estate, real and personal, of such\ndebtor, except such as is exempted by articles three, four and five from\nthe execution of the assignment, in said articles directed.\n
N.Y. RPP Law § 344-J — New York Code / Act RPP / Article 9-E / Section 344-J
Home warranty
Status: in_force

* § 344-j. Home warranty. A warranty that applies to a manufactured\nhome when it is sold and rights arising from a breach of the warranty\nare not affected by a subsequent change in the home's classification as\nreal property pursuant to this article. No additional warranty applies\nto a manufactured home solely because of a subsequent change in the\nhome's classification as real property.\n  * NB Effective December 12, 2026\n
N.Y. MHY Law § 31.36 — New York Code / Act MHY / Title E / Article 31 / Section 31.36
Crisis stabilization services
Status: in_force

§ 31.36 Crisis stabilization services.\n  The commissioner shall be authorized, in conjunction with the\ncommissioner of the office of addiction services and supports, to create\ncrisis stabilization centers within New York state in accordance with\narticle thirty-six of this title, including the promulgation of joint\nregulations and implementation of a financing mechanism to allow for the\nsustainable operation of such programs.\n
N.Y. PBG Law § 54 — New York Code / Act PBG / Article 3 / Section 54
Filing by authority of by-laws, rules and regulations
Status: in_force

§ 54. Filing by authority of by-laws, rules and regulations.  1. An\nauthority shall file with the commissioner a copy of any by-laws, rules\nand regulations and amendments thereto adopted by it from time to time,\nwhich shall become effective upon approval by the commissioner;\nprovided, however, that if the commissioner shall fail to approve or\ndisapprove such proposed by-laws, rules and regulations and amendments\nwithin three months after such filing, such by-laws, rules and\nregulations and amendments shall become effective upon the expiration of\nsuch three-month period.\n  2. All rules and regulations, and amendments thereto, adopted by an\nauthority from time to time, except such as relate to its organization\nor internal management, shall be filed in the office of the department\nof state.\n
N.Y. TAX Law § 1299 — New York Code / Act TAX / Article 29-C / Section 1299
Definitions
Status: in_force

§ 1299. Definitions. (a) "Person" means an individual, partnership,\nlimited liability company, society, association, joint stock company,\ncorporation, estate, receiver, trustee, assignee, referee or any other\nperson acting in a fiduciary or representative capacity, whether\nappointed by a court or otherwise, any combination of individuals and\nany other form of unincorporated enterprise owned or conducted by two or\nmore persons.\n  (b) "Motor vehicle" shall have the same meaning as the term is defined\nin section one hundred twenty-five of the vehicle and traffic law.\n  (c) "For-hire vehicle" means a motor vehicle, other than an ambulance\nas defined by section one hundred-b of the vehicle and traffic law and a\nbus as defined in paragraph thirty-four of subdivision (b) of section\neleven hundred one of this chapter, carrying passengers for hire.\n  (d) "Pool vehicle" means a for-hire vehicle that is available for the\nshared provision of transportation by two or more passengers (or groups\nof passengers) that separately request transportation and (i) are each\ncharged the same predetermined amount per ride, or (ii) are each billed\nindependently for a ride in an amount that is proportionate to the\ntransportation they receive.\n  (e) "For-hire transportation trip" means transportation provided in a\nfor-hire vehicle that is not a pool vehicle, regardless of the number of\nstops, for which a charge is made, but shall not include transportation\nprovided by, or pursuant to a contract with, school districts, or in\nconnection with funerals.\n  (f) "Congestion zone" means the geographic area of the city of New\nYork, in the borough of Manhattan, south of and excluding 96th street.\n  (g) "Regulatory agency" means any entity in the state that regulates\nany person or motor vehicle involved in the provision of for-hire\ntransportation trips, including the owners, agents and drivers of\nfor-hire vehicles.\n
N.Y. RCO Law § 11 — New York Code / Act RCO / Article 2 / Section 11
Correction and confirmation of conveyances to religious corporations
Status: in_force

§ 11. Correction and confirmation of conveyances to religious\ncorporations.  If, in a conveyance of real property, or in any\ninstrument intended to operate as such, heretofore or hereafter made to\na religious corporation, its corporate name is not stated or is not\ncorrectly stated, but such conveyance or instrument indicates the\nintention of the grantor therein to convey such property to such\ncorporation, and such corporation has entered into possession and\noccupation of such property, any officer of the corporation authorized\nso to do by its trustees may record in the office where such conveyance\nor instrument is recorded a statement, signed and acknowledged by him or\nproved, setting forth the date of such conveyance or instrument, the\ndate of record and the number and page of the book of record thereof,\nthe name of the grantor, a description of the property conveyed or\nintended to be conveyed, the name of the grantee as expressed in such\nconveyance or instrument, the correct name of such corporation, the fact\nof authorization by the trustees of the corporation, to make and record\nsuch statement, and that the grantor in such conveyance or instrument\nintended thereby to convey such property to such corporation as the said\nofficer verily believes, with the reason for such belief. Such statement\nso signed and acknowledged or proved shall be recorded with the records\nof deeds in such office, and indexed as a deed from the grantee as named\nin such instrument or in such conveyance to such corporation. The\nregister or clerk, as the case may be, shall note the recording of such\nstatement on the margin of the record of such conveyance, and for his\nservices shall be entitled to receive the fees allowed for recording\ndeeds. Such statement so recorded shall be presumptive evidence that\nsuch matters therein stated are true, and that such corporation was the\ngrantee in the original instrument or conveyance. All conveyances\nheretofore made, or by any instrument intended to be made, to a\nreligious corporation of real property appropriated to the use of such\ncorporation, or entitled to be so appropriated, are hereby confirmed and\ndeclared valid and effectual, notwithstanding any defect in the form of\nthe conveyance or the description of the grantee therein.\n
N.Y. SOS Law § 459-D — New York Code / Act SOS / Article 6-A / Section 459-D
Reporting requirements
Status: in_force

§ 459-d. Reporting requirements. The commissioner shall submit a\nreport prior to December fifteenth, nineteen hundred eighty-eight and\nannually thereafter to the governor and the legislature regarding the\nimplementation of this article. Such report shall include:\n  1. the number of persons estimated to have been assisted in programs\ncovered by this article;\n  2. the number of persons estimated to have been denied shelter and/or\nservices;\n  3. the amount of public and private funds for approved programs by\nservice type;\n  4. the amount of funds used for the administration and staffing of\nsuch programs;\n  5. the occupancy rate and length of stay by residential program;\n  6. the name and description of new programs developed by service type;\n  7. the name and description of programs in danger of closing that\nreceived funds and the status of such programs;\n  8. the name and description of programs that closed during the\nreporting year and the reason for such closure;\n  9. the number of individuals who requested and received transitional\nservices and the effect of providing such services to victims of\ndomestic violence and their families;\n  10. the name and description of programs which received technical\nassistance and the effect of such assistance;\n  11. a schedule showing the approved daily rates of reimbursement\npayable to residential programs for victims of domestic violence\npursuant to section one hundred thirty-one-u of this chapter; and\n  12. all such other matters as may be necessary to inform the governor\nand the legislature regarding the implementation and effectiveness of\nprograms covered by this article.\n
N.Y. AGM Law § 155 — New York Code / Act AGM / Article 12 / Section 155
Notice to be posted
Status: in_force

§ 155. Notice to be posted. No person shall engage in the sale of\nadulterated turpentine, adulterated linseed oil or adulterated boiled\nlinseed oil, in original packages or other than original packages,\nunless there are posted conspicuously in the room where such goods are\nsold, signs bearing the words "Adulterated Turpentine sold here," or\n"Adulterated Linseed Oil sold here," as the case may be, in legible\nletters in the English language at least two inches in length and one\ninch in width, said letters to be in black on a white background.\n