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N.Y. UDA Law § 25 — New York Code / Act UDA / Section 25
State's right to require redemption of bonds
Status: in_force

§ 25. State's right to require redemption of bonds. Notwithstanding\nand in addition to any provisions for the redemption of bonds which may\nbe contained in any contract with the holders of the bonds, the state\nmay, upon furnishing sufficient funds therefor, require the corporation\nto redeem, prior to maturity, as a whole, any issue of bonds on any\ninterest payment date not less than twenty years after the date of the\nbonds of such issue at one hundred five per centum of their face value\nand accrued interest or at such lower redemption price as may be\nprovided in the bonds in case of the redemption thereof as a whole on\nthe redemption date. Notice of such redemption shall be published at\nleast twice in at least two newspapers publishing and circulating\nrespectively in the cities of Albany and New York, the first publication\nto be at least thirty days before the date of redemption. The provisions\nof this section relating to the state's right to require redemption of\nbonds shall not apply to state-supported debt, as defined by section\n67-a of the state finance law, issued by the corporation. Such\ncorporation bonds shall remain subject to redemption pursuant to any\ncontract with the holders of such bonds.\n
N.Y. NAV Law § 46-AAA — New York Code / Act NAV / Article 4 / Part 1 / Section 46-AAA
Special provisions relating to reckless operation and speed on certain lakes in Hamilton county
Status: in_force

§ 46-aaa. Special provisions relating to reckless operation and speed\non certain lakes in Hamilton county.  1. Notwithstanding any other\nprovisions of this chapter or any inconsistent local laws (a) every\npleasure vessel operated on Blue Mountain lake, Eagle lake, Indian lake,\nand Utowana lake, shall be operated in a careful and prudent manner, in\nsuch a way as not to unreasonably interfere with or endanger any vessel\nor person; a violation of this paragraph shall be a misdemeanor\npunishable as set forth in section seventy-three-b of this article; and\n(b) no vessel shall be operated on such lakes at a speed exceeding\nforty-five miles per hour nor shall any pleasure vessel be operated at a\nspeed exceeding twenty-five miles per hour between one-half hour after\nsunset and one-half hour before sunrise; a violation of this paragraph\nshall be a violation punishable as set forth in section seventy-three-c\nof this article.\n  2. No vessel shall be operated on Blue Mountain lake, Eagle lake,\nIndian lake and Utowana lake within two hundred feet of the shore, a\ndock, pier, raft or float or an anchored or moored vessel in a manner or\nat such a speed that causes a wake that unreasonably interferes with or\nendangers such dock, pier, raft or float or an anchored or moored vessel\nbut in no event at a speed exceeding five miles per hour, unless for the\npurpose of enabling a person engaged in water skiing to take off or\nland. A violation of this subdivision is a violation punishable as set\nforth in section seventy-three-c of this article.\n  3. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any vessel\ncompeting in or practicing for a regatta or boat race over a specified\ncourse held by a bona fide club or racing association, provided that due\nwritten notice of the date of the race has been given to the appropriate\nlaw enforcement agencies at least fifteen days prior to such race,\npursuant to the provisions of section thirty-four of this chapter, and\nall provisions of such section have been complied with. The provisions\nof this section shall not apply to any Federal Aviation Agency licensed\naircraft.\n  4. Nothing in this section shall be construed as prohibiting any town\nor county from adopting or enacting any local laws, resolutions or\nordinances related to persons operating a vessel within its limits, but\nno such municipality shall have the power to make less restrictive any\nof such provisions.\n
N.Y. RPA Law § 301 — New York Code / Act RPA / Article 3 / Section 301
Conveyance and record as evidence
Status: in_force

§ 301. Conveyance and record as evidence.  1. The certificate of the\nacknowledgment or of the proof of a conveyance, or the record, or the\ntranscript of the record, of such a conveyance, is not conclusive, and\nit may be rebutted, and the effect thereof may be contested, by a party\naffected thereby.\n  2. If it appears that the acknowledgment or proof was taken upon the\noath of an interested or incompetent witness, the conveyance, or the\nrecord or transcript of the record thereof, shall not be received in\nevidence until its execution is established by other competent proof,\nexcept in a case where the title to the land conveyed or affected by\nsuch conveyance or instrument has passed to a subsequent purchaser for a\nvaluable consideration.\n
N.Y. RPP Law § 442-J — New York Code / Act RPP / Article 12-A / Section 442-J
Effect of invalid provision
Status: in_force

§  442-j. Effect of invalid provision. Should the courts of this state\ndeclare any provision of this article unconstitutional, or unauthorized,\nor in conflict with any other section or provision of this article, then\nsuch decision shall affect only the section or provision so declared  to\nbe  unconstitutional  or  unauthorized  and  shall  not affect any other\nsection or part of this article.\n
N.Y. PEN Law § 135.00 — New York Code / Act PEN / Part 3 / Title H / Article 135 / Section 135.00
Unlawful imprisonment, kidnapping and custodial interference; definitions of terms
Status: in_force

§ 135.00 Unlawful imprisonment, kidnapping and custodial interference;\n           definitions of terms.\n  The following definitions are applicable to this article:\n  1. "Restrain" means to restrict a person's movements intentionally and\nunlawfully in such manner as to interfere substantially with his liberty\nby moving him from one place to another, or by confining him either in\nthe place where the restriction commences or in a place to which he has\nbeen moved, without consent and with knowledge that the restriction is\nunlawful. A person is so moved or confined "without consent" when such\nis accomplished by (a) physical force, intimidation or deception, or (b)\nany means whatever, including acquiescence of the victim, if he is a\nchild less than sixteen years old or an incompetent person and the\nparent, guardian or other person or institution having lawful control or\ncustody of him has not acquiesced in the movement or confinement.\n  2. "Abduct" means to restrain a person with intent to prevent his\nliberation by either (a) secreting or holding him in a place where he is\nnot likely to be found, or (b) using or threatening to use deadly\nphysical force.\n  3. "Relative" means a parent, ancestor, brother, sister, uncle or\naunt.\n
N.Y. EPT Law § 10-9.2 — New York Code / Act EPT / Article 10 / Part 9 / Section 10-9.2
Release of a power of appointment
Status: in_force

§ 10-9.2 Release of a power of appointment\n  (a) Any power of appointment, whether exercisable only by deed, only\nby will, or by either deed or will, and whether general or special,\nexclusive or nonexclusive other than a power which is imperative, is\nreleasable, either with or without consideration, by written instrument\nsigned by the donee of such power and delivered as hereinafter provided.\n  (b) A releasable power of appointment may be released with respect to\nall or any part of the appointive property and may also be released in\nsuch manner as to reduce or limit the appointees, or classes of\nappointees, in whose favor such power is exercisable. No release of any\npower of appointment shall cause the power to become imperative when\nsuch power was not imperative prior to such release, unless the\ninstrument of release expressly so provides.\n  (c) Such release may be delivered to any of the following:\n  (1) Any person specified for such purpose in the instrument creating\nthe power.\n  (2) Any trustee of the property subject to such power.\n  (3) Any person, other than the donee, who might be adversely affected\nby an exercise of the power.\n  (4) The county clerk of the county in which the donee resides or has a\nplace of business or in which the instrument creating the power is\nfiled, to be duly filed by such clerk upon the payment to him of the\nfees due for such filing or, if the power was created by will, to the\nclerk of the surrogate's court having jurisdiction of the estate of the\ndonor.\n  (d) This section applies to releases delivered on or after July first,\nnineteen hundred forty-two.\n
N.Y. MIL Law § 302 — New York Code / Act MIL / Article 13 / Section 302
Stay, et cetera, to persons secondarily liable
Status: in_force

§ 302. Stay, et cetera, to persons secondarily liable.  1.  Whenever,\npursuant to any of the provisions of this article, the enforcement of\nany obligation or liability, the prosecution of any suit or proceeding,\nthe entry or enforcement of any order, writ, judgment or decree, or the\nperformance of any act, may be stayed, postponed or suspended, such\nstay, postponement or suspension may, in the discretion of the court,\nlikewise be granted to sureties, guarantors, endorsers and others\nsubject to the obligation or liability, the performance or enforcement\nof which is stayed, postponed or suspended.\n  2. When a judgment or decree is vacated or set aside, in whole or in\npart, as provided in this article, the same may, in the discretion of\nthe court, likewise be set aside and vacated as to any surety,\nguarantor, endorsers, accommodation maker or other person whether\nprimarily or secondarily liable upon the contract or liability for the\nenforcement of which the judgment or decree was entered.\n  3. Nothing contained in this article shall prevent a waiver in writing\nof the benefits afforded by subdivisions one and two of this section by\nany surety, guarantor, endorser, accommodation maker, or other person\nwhether primarily or secondarily liable upon the obligation or liability\nexcept that after the date of enactment of this subdivision no such\nwaiver shall be valid unless it is executed as an instrument separate\nfrom the obligation or liability in respect of which it applies, and no\nsuch waiver shall be valid after the beginning of the period of military\nservice if executed by an individual who, subsequent to the execution of\nsuch waiver becomes a person in military service.\n
N.Y. CVP Law § 322 — New York Code / Act CVP / Article 3 / Section 322
Authority for appearance of attorney in real property action
Status: in_force

Rule 322. Authority for appearance of attorney in real property\naction.  (a) Authority of plaintiff's attorney. Where the defendant in\nan action affecting real property has not been served with evidence of\nthe authority of the plaintiff's attorney to begin the action, he may\nmove at any time before answering for an order directing the production\nof such evidence. Any writing by the plaintiff or his agent requesting\nthe attorney to begin the action or ratifying his conduct of the action\non behalf of the plaintiff is prima facie evidence of the attorney's\nauthority.\n  (b) Authority of non-resident defendant's attorney. The attorney for a\nnon-resident defendant in an action affecting real property shall file\nwith the clerk written authority for his appearance, executed and\nacknowledged in the form required to entitle a deed to be recorded, and\nshall serve either a copy of such authority or notice of such filing on\nthe plaintiff's attorney within twenty days after appearing or making a\nmotion.\n  (c) Agencies or wholly-owned corporations of the United States.  This\nrule does not apply to an attorney representing an official, agency or\ninstrumentality of, or corporation wholly owned by, the United States.\n
N.Y. ISC Law § 6401 — New York Code / Act ISC / Article 64 / Section 6401
Definitions
Status: in_force

§ 6401. Definitions. In this article, the following definitions apply\nexcept as otherwise specified:\n  (a) "Title insurance corporation" means a corporation exercising any\nof the powers described in paragraph one or two of subsection (b) of\nsection six thousand four hundred three of this article.\n  (b) "Title insurance policy" means any policy or contract insuring or\nguaranteeing the owners of real property and chattels real and other\npersons interested therein, or having liens thereon, against loss by\nreason of encumbrances thereon and defective titles.\n
N.Y. GMU Law § 521 — New York Code / Act GMU / Article 15 / Section 521
Severability
Status: in_force

§ 521. Severability. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section or\npart of this act shall be adjudged by any court of competent\njurisdiction to be invalid or unconstitutional, such judgment shall not\naffect, impair or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be\nconfined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, section or\npart thereof directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment\nshall have been rendered.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 1520 — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 45-A / Section 1520
Definitions
Status: in_force

* § 1520. Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following\nterms shall have the following meanings:\n  1. "Addictive feed" shall mean as defined in subdivision one of\nsection fifteen hundred of this chapter.\n  2. "Addictive feature" shall mean an addictive feed, autoplay, and/or\ninfinite scroll.\n  3. "Addictive feature platform" shall mean a social media platform\nwhich offers or provides covered users an addictive feed, autoplay,\nand/or infinite scroll as a significant part of the services provided by\nsuch social media platform.\n  4. "Autoplay" shall mean when content is automatically played without\nany manual input from a covered user.\n  5. "Content" shall have the same meaning as subdivision two of section\neleven hundred of this chapter.\n  6. "Covered operator" shall mean any person, business, or other legal\nentity and its agents and affiliates who operate or provide an addictive\nfeature platform.\n  7. "Covered user" shall mean a user of an addictive feature platform\nin New York, not acting as an operator, or agent or affiliate of the\noperator of such addictive feature platform or any portion thereof.\n  8. "Infinite scroll" shall mean when a feed or landing page, whether\nor not such feed is addictive as defined in subdivision one of this\nsection, automatically loads and displays additional content at the\nbottom or other visible end of such feed or landing page from the\nprospective of the user without any manual input, other than scrolling,\nfrom a user.\n  9. "Social media platform" shall have the same meaning as subdivision\nfive of section eleven hundred of this chapter.\n  * NB Effective January 1, 2027\n
N.Y. PML Law § 233 — New York Code / Act PML / Article 2 / Section 233
Bond required of corporation conducting pari-mutuel betting
Status: in_force

§ 233. Bond required of corporation conducting pari-mutuel betting. 1.\nEvery corporation franchised or licensed by the commission to conduct\npari-mutuel betting, annually and before the opening of any race\nmeeting, shall execute and file with the state comptroller, a bond to\nthe state in a penalty to be fixed by the commissioner of taxation and\nfinance not exceeding five hundred thousand dollars, with sureties\napproved by the attorney general, that it will keep its books and\nrecords and make reports as required by this chapter, that it will pay\nto the state all taxes imposed by this chapter, that it will distribute\nto the patrons of pari-mutuel pools conducted by it all sums due upon\npresentation of winning tickets held by them, and that it will otherwise\ncomply with all the provisions of this chapter in relation to the\nconduct of races and of pari-mutuel betting on its racetrack.\n  2. In addition hereto, every such corporation first licensed or\nfranchised after January first, nineteen hundred eighty-six, annually\nand before the opening of any race meeting shall execute and file with\nthe state comptroller, a bond to the state in a penalty to be fixed by\nthe commission not exceeding five hundred thousand dollars, with\nsureties approved by the attorney general, that such corporation will\nmake all purse payments advertised and offered as premiums, prizes or\nawards to owners of horses competing in races at such track within one\nweek of such race, or, if such payment is ordered held by the commission\npending investigation by it of any race, into a trust account pending\ncompletion of such investigation.\n
N.Y. SCC Law § 97 — New York Code / Act SCC / Article 7 / Section 97
City engineer
Status: in_force

§ 97. City engineer. No person shall be eligible to appointment as\ncity engineer unless he be a civil engineer of at least five years'\npractical experience in his profession. He shall appoint, to hold office\nduring his pleasure, a deputy and such other subordinates as may be\nprescribed by the board of estimate and apportionment.\n
N.Y. PEN Law § 150.05 — New York Code / Act PEN / Part 3 / Title I / Article 150 / Section 150.05
Arson in the fourth degree
Status: in_force

§ 150.05 Arson in the fourth degree.\n  1. A person is guilty of arson in the fourth degree when he recklessly\ndamages a building or motor vehicle by intentionally starting a fire or\ncausing an explosion.\n  2. In any prosecution under this section, it is an affirmative defense\nthat no person other than the defendant had a possessory or proprietary\ninterest in the building or motor vehicle.\n  Arson in the fourth degree is a class E felony.\n
N.Y. CPL Law § 722.10 — New York Code / Act CPL / Part 3 / Title U / Article 722 / Section 722.10
Youth part of the superior court established
Status: in_force

§ 722.10 Youth part of the superior court established.\n  1. The chief administrator of the courts is hereby directed to\nestablish, in a superior court in each county of the state, a part of\nthe court to be known as the youth part of the superior court for the\ncounty in which such court presides. Judges presiding in the youth part\nshall be (i) family court judges, as described in article six, section\none of the constitution, or (ii) judges of a superior court who have\nbeen determined by the chief administrator of the courts to be qualified\nto preside because of prior training and experience, including but not\nlimited to in juvenile delinquency proceedings in family court or\nadolescent or juvenile offender proceedings in a superior court. To aid\nin their work, such judges shall receive training in specialized areas,\nincluding, but not limited to, juvenile justice, adolescent development,\ncustody and care of youths and effective treatment methods for reducing\nunlawful conduct by youths, and shall be authorized to make appropriate\ndeterminations within the power of such superior court with respect to\nthe cases of youths assigned to such part. The youth part shall have\nexclusive jurisdiction in all proceedings in relation to juvenile\noffenders and adolescent offenders, except as provided in this article\nor article seven hundred twenty-five of this chapter.\n  2. The chief administrator of the courts shall also direct the\npresiding justice of the appellate division, in each judicial department\nof the state, to designate judges authorized by law to exercise criminal\njurisdiction to serve as accessible magistrates, for the purpose of\nacting in place of the youth part for certain first appearance\nproceedings involving youths, as provided by law. When designating such\nmagistrates, the presiding justice shall ensure that all areas of a\ncounty are within a reasonable distance of a designated magistrate. A\njudge authorized to preside as such a magistrate shall have received\ntraining in specialized areas, including, but not limited to, juvenile\njustice, adolescent development, custody and care of youths and\neffective treatment methods for reducing unlawful conduct by youths.\n
N.Y. PEN Law § 205.25 — New York Code / Act PEN / Part 3 / Title L / Article 205 / Section 205.25
Promoting prison contraband in the first degree
Status: in_force

§ 205.25 Promoting prison contraband in the first degree.\n  A person is guilty of promoting prison contraband in the first degree\nwhen:\n  1. He knowingly and unlawfully introduces any dangerous contraband\ninto a detention facility; or\n  2. Being a person confined in a detention facility, he knowingly and\nunlawfully makes, obtains or possesses any dangerous contraband.\n  Promoting prison contraband in the first degree is a class D felony.\n
N.Y. ELN Law § 6-106 — New York Code / Act ELN / Article 6 / Section 6-106
Party nominations; justice of the supreme court
Status: in_force

§ 6-106. Party nominations; justice of the supreme court. Party\nnominations for the office of justice of the supreme court shall be made\nby the judicial district convention.\n
N.Y. CVP Law § 2303-A — New York Code / Act CVP / Article 23 / Section 2303-A
Service of a trial subpoena
Status: in_force

§ 2303-a. Service of a trial subpoena. Where the attendance at trial\nof a party or person within the party's control can be compelled by a\ntrial subpoena, that subpoena may be served by delivery in accordance\nwith subdivision (b) of rule 2103 to the party's attorney of record.\n
N.Y. CVP Law § 2513 — New York Code / Act CVP / Article 25 / Section 2513
Action on undertaking to a public officer, board or municipal corporation
Status: in_force

§ 2513. Action on undertaking to a public officer, board or municipal\ncorporation. A person for whose benefit an undertaking has been given to\na public officer, board or municipal corporation of the state may move,\non notice to persons interested in the disposition of the proceeds, for\nleave to bring an action in his own name for breach of a condition.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 782 — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 37 / Section 782
Alternative to posting bond
Status: in_force

§ 782. Alternative to posting bond. In lieu of posting a bond as\nprovided in this article, the vendor shall place the deposit or deposits\npaid to him by the vendee in an interest bearing escrow account with a\nbank as defined in the banking law within five business days after\nreceipt of such deposit or deposits. Such deposit or deposits together\nwith interest accumulated thereon shall remain the property of the\nvendee, except as otherwise provided herein.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 907 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 9 / Section 907
Reports
Status: in_force

§ 907. Reports. The commissioner, in conjunction with the commissioner\nof education, shall prepare and submit a report to the governor and the\nlegislature, due on February first, nineteen hundred ninety-five,\nreporting the results and evaluating the effectiveness of the New York\nstate primary care education and training act, including recommendations\nfor the placement of primary care physicians and primary care\npractitioners in underserved areas.\n
N.Y. FIS Law § 1011 — New York Code / Act FIS / Article 10 / Section 1011
Severability
Status: in_force

§ 1011. Severability. If any provision of this article is, for any\nreason, declared unconstitutional or invalid, in whole or in part, by\nany court of competent jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed\nseverable, and such unconstitutionality or invalidity shall not affect\nthe validity of the remaining portions of this article, which remaining\nportions shall continue in full force and effect.\n