N.Y. EDN Law § 604 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 13 / Section 604
General awards
Status: in_force

§ 604. General awards. 1. Tuition assistance program awards are\navailable for all students who are enrolled in approved programs and who\ndemonstrate the ability to complete such courses, in accordance with\nstandards established by the commissioner.\n  2. Regents awards for children of deceased and disabled veterans are\navailable for eligible students in an approved program.\n  3. Regents awards for children of deceased state correction officers\nand state civilian employees of a correctional facility are available\nfor eligible students in an approved program pursuant to section six\nhundred sixty-nine of this chapter.\n  4. Regents awards for children of deceased police officers,\nfirefighters, volunteer firefighters and correction officers are\navailable for eligible students in an approved program pursuant to\nsection six hundred sixty-four of this chapter.\n  5. Veterans tuition awards are available for eligible students\nenrolled in approved undergraduate or graduate programs at degree\ngranting institutions and approved vocational training programs pursuant\nto section six hundred sixty-nine-a of this title.\n  6. Tuition awards for part-time undergraduate students enrolled in\napproved programs in degree-granting institutions.\n  * 7. Tuition benefit for active members of the New York army national\nguard, New York air national guard and naval militia members enrolled in\napproved post-secondary degree programs in degree-granting institutions.\n  * NB Repealed September 1, 2031\n  9. Memorial scholarships for children, spouses and financial\ndependents of deceased firefighters, volunteer firefighters, police\nofficers, peace officers, and emergency medical service workers.\n  10. World trade center memorial scholarships.\n  11. American Airlines flight 587 memorial scholarships pursuant to\nsection six hundred sixty-eight-f of this title.\n  12. Continental Airlines flight 3407 memorial scholarships pursuant to\nsection six hundred sixty-eight-g of this title.\n
N.Y. SOS Law § 371-B — New York Code / Act SOS / Article 6 / Title 1 / Section 371-B
Citizen review panels
Status: in_force

§ 371-b. Citizen review panels. 1. There shall be established at least\nthree citizen review panels. At least one panel shall be established for\nthe city of New York and at least two panels shall be established for\nsocial services districts or combinations of districts outside of the\ncity of New York. The panel in the city of New York shall create one\nsubcommittee for each borough for the purposes of evaluating the extent\nto which the state and the social services district are discharging\ntheir child protection responsibilities within that particular borough,\nin accordance with subsection three of this section.  The office of\nchildren and family services shall make available resources to support\nthe needs of each citizen review panel.\n  2. Each citizen review panel shall consist of thirteen members, seven\nof whom shall be appointed by  the governor, three of whom shall be\nappointed by the temporary president of the senate, and three of whom\nshall be appointed by the speaker of the assembly. Each panel shall duly\nelect a chairperson of such panel. Each panel shall be composed of\nvolunteer members who are broadly representative of the community in\nwhich such panel is established, including members who have expertise in\nthe prevention and treatment of child abuse and neglect. No person\nemployed by federal, state, county or municipal agencies which directly\ndeliver child welfare services may be appointed to a panel.\n  3. Each citizen review panel shall, by examining the policies and\nprocedures of the state and social services districts and, where\nappropriate, specific cases, evaluate the extent to which the agencies\nare effectively discharging their child protection responsibilities in\naccordance with: (a) the state plan established pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §\n5106a(b); (b) the child protection standards set forth in 42 U.S.C. §\n5106a(b); and (c) any other criteria that the panel considers important\nto ensure the protection of children.  Each panel shall meet not less\nthan once every three months. Each panel may hold public hearings on\nissues within the panel's jurisdiction.\n  4. Each citizen review panel shall have access to information on\nspecific cases in accordance with paragraph (A) of subdivision four of\nsection four hundred twenty-two of this chapter. Each panel shall also\nhave reasonable access to public and private facilities which are in\nreceipt of public funds and are providing child welfare services within\nthe panel's jurisdiction. Where necessary, the office shall assist a\npanel in obtaining access to information or facilities as authorized in\naccordance with this section. Each panel shall also have access to the\nreport prepared by the state pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 5106a(d).\n  5. Each citizen review panel shall prepare and make available to the\npublic, on an annual basis, a report containing: (a) a summary of the\nactivities of the panel; and (b) the findings and recommendations of the\npanel. Each report shall be submitted by February first and shall omit\nall confidential information used to prepare the report.\n  6. The members of each citizen review panel shall not disclose to any\nperson or government official any identifying information about any\nspecific child protection case. A member who knowingly violates this\nduty of confidentiality may be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed\none thousand dollars and removal from the panel.\n  7. The legal defense of a member of a citizen review panel shall be\ngoverned by the terms of section seventeen of the public officers law.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 410 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 9 / Section 410
Officials not to be interested in sales, leases or contracts
Status: in_force

§ 410. Officials not to be interested in sales, leases or contracts.\nA public officer or school officer, who is authorized to sell or lease\nany property, or to make any contract in his official capacity, or to\ntake part in making any such sale, lease or contract, who voluntarily\nbecomes interested individually in such sale, lease or contract,\ndirectly or indirectly, except in cases where such sale, lease or\ncontract, or payment under the same, is subject to audit or approval by\nthe commissioner of education, is guilty of a misdemeanor.  The\nprovisions of this section shall not apply to municipal officers and\nemployees subject to article eighteen of the general municipal law.\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 57-0101 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 57 / Title 1 / Section 57-0101
Short title
Status: in_force

§ 57-0101. Short title.\n  This title shall be known and may be cited as the "Long Island Pine\nBarrens maritime reserve act".\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 711 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 15-A / Section 711
Aid for the purchase of school library materials
Status: in_force

§ 711. Aid for the purchase of school library materials. 1. In the\nseveral cities and school districts of the state, boards of education,\ntrustees or such body or officers as perform the functions of such\nboards, shall designate school library materials to be used in the\nschools in the district.\n  2. School library materials, for the purposes of this article shall\nmean digital materials, audio/visual materials and printed materials\nthat may or may not require magnification which meet all of the\nfollowing criteria: (1) materials which are catalogued and processed as\npart of the school library or media center for use by elementary and/or\nsecondary school children and teachers; (2) materials which with\nreasonable care and use may be expected to last more than one year; and\n(3) materials which would not be eligible for aid pursuant to sections\nseven hundred one and seven hundred fifty-one of this title. School\nlibrary materials meeting these criteria may include (i) hard cover,\npaperback books and e-books, periodicals, that is, print and digital\npublications which are subscription-based and appear at regular\nintervals of less than one year on a continuing basis for an indefinite\nperiod, documents other than books, pamphlets, musical scores, other\nprinted, digital and published materials, (ii) for school year nineteen\nhundred eighty-six--eighty-seven and thereafter, audio/visual materials\nincluding films, film strips, micro-film, sound recordings, processed\nslides, transparencies, kinescopes, video tapes, maps, charts, globes,\npictorial works, including pictures and picture sets, reproductions,\nphotographs, graphic works, and any other audio/visual materials of a\nsimilar nature made.\n  3. No school district shall be required to purchase or otherwise\nacquire school library materials, the cost of which shall exceed an\namount equal to the library materials factor multiplied by the sum of\nthe public school district enrollment and the nonpublic school\nenrollment in the base year as defined in subparagraphs two and three of\nparagraph n of subdivision one of section thirty-six hundred two of this\nchapter. For aid payable in the nineteen hundred ninety-eight--nineteen\nhundred ninety-nine school year, the library materials factor shall be\nfour dollars. For aid payable in the two thousand seven--two thousand\neight school year and thereafter, the library materials factor shall be\nsix dollars and twenty-five cents.\n  4. Commencing July first, nineteen hundred ninety eight, the\ncommissioner, in addition to the annual apportionment of public monies\npursuant to other articles of this chapter, shall apportion to each\nschool district an amount equal to the cost of the school library\nmaterials purchased by the district pursuant to this section in the base\nyear, but in no case shall the aid apportioned to the district exceed\nthe product of the library materials factor and the sum of public school\ndistrict enrollment, nonpublic school enrollment, and additional public\nenrollment as defined in subparagraphs two, three, and six of paragraph\nn of subdivision one of section thirty-six hundred two of this chapter.\nAid payable pursuant to this section shall be deemed final and not\nsubject to change after April thirtieth of the school year for which\npayment was due.\n
N.Y. ELN Law § 17-126 — New York Code / Act ELN / Article 17 / Title 1 / Section 17-126
Misconduct of election officers
Status: in_force

§ 17-126. Misconduct of election officers. Any election officer who:\n  1. Reveals to another person the name of any candidate for whom a\nvoter has voted;\n  2. Communicates to another person his opinion, belief or impression as\nto how or for whom a voter has voted; or,\n  3. Places a mark upon a ballot, or does any other act by which one\nballot can be distinguished from another or can be identified; or,\n  4. Before the closing of the polls, unfolds a ballot that a voter has\nprepared for voting, except as provided in section 9-209 of this\nchapter, is guilty of a misdemeanor.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 1128-A — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 23-B / Section 1128-A
Additional duties of school administrators and superintendents
Status: in_force

§ 1128-a. Additional duties of school administrators and\nsuperintendents.\n  1. Where a superintendent of schools or, in a school other than a\nschool district or public school, the school administrator forwards to\nlaw enforcement a report as described in paragraph (a) of subdivision\none or subdivision one-a of section eleven hundred twenty-six of this\narticle, he or she shall refer such report to the commissioner where the\nemployee or volunteer alleged to have committed an act of child abuse as\ndefined in this article holds a certification or license issued by the\ndepartment.\n  2. A report which is made pursuant to this article and does not, after\ninvestigation, result in a criminal conviction shall be expunged from\nany record which may be kept by a school or school district with respect\nto the subject of such a report after a period of five years from the\ndate of the making of such report or at such earlier time as such\nschool, or school district, as the case may be, determines.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 1020-Z — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 5 / Title 1-A / Section 1020-Z
Corporate existence
Status: in_force

§ 1020-z. Corporate existence. The authority and its corporate\nexistence shall continue until terminated by law, provided, however,\nthat no such law shall take effect so long as the authority shall have\nbonds, notes or other obligations outstanding, unless adequate provision\nhas been made for the payment thereof.\n
N.Y. ELN Law § 14-107-B — New York Code / Act ELN / Article 14 / Title 1 / Section 14-107-B
Independent expenditure verification
Status: in_force

§ 14-107-b. Independent expenditure verification. 1. Upon the purchase\nof a communication in the form of an independent expenditure, as defined\nin section 14-107 of this article, each television or radio broadcast\nstation, provider of cable or satellite television, or online platform\nshall require that the independent expenditure committee making such\npurchase file with such station, provider or platform a copy of the\nregistration form filed by such committee with the state board of\nelections pursuant to subdivision three of section 14-107 of this\narticle.\n  2. The state board of elections shall promulgate regulations defining\nthe scope of the term "online platform" as used in this section. In\npromulgating such regulations, the state board shall take into account\nthe number of unique United States visitors to the platform and the\nextent to which the platform publishes paid internet or digital\ncommunications. Any public-facing website, web application, or digital\napplication, including, but not limited to, a social network, ad\nnetwork, or search engine, may be designated an "online platform"\npursuant to the state board's regulations. Such regulations shall be\npromulgated no later than one hundred twenty days after the effective\ndate of this section.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 1202 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 24 / Section 1202
Legislative findings and intent
Status: in_force

§ 1202. Legislative findings and intent. The legislature hereby finds,\ndetermines and declares that:\n  1. Rural education is a critical factor and dominant force in\nstimulating and maintaining socioeconomic development, economic\nviability, social activity and cultural enrichment in rural regions of\nNew York state. Rural schools fill an integral role as centers of the\ncommunity and as a bridge for youth to connect with the broader society\nin fulfilling their dreams and ambitions;\n  2. Rural areas account for more than half of the school systems,\nboards of cooperative education services and colleges in the state;\n  3. Rural areas have unique conditions and circumstances which require\nspecial consideration in the development and assessment of state policy,\nincluding: (a) that rural areas contain many of the low-wealth,\nlow-spending school districts in the state; (b) that average incomes of\nrural residents are lower than statewide norms; and (c) that per pupil\nexpenditures in rural schools are more than fifteen percent below the\nstatewide average;\n  4. Weaknesses exist in rural education inasmuch as rural schools have\ndifficulty attracting and retaining highly trained teachers and\nadministrators, teachers are spread thinly over several subject areas;\n  5. A limited knowledge base on small rural educational organizations\nand lack of a systematic research agenda for rural schools limit the\npotential for development of cohesive state policy for educational\nservices in rural New York;\n  6. The establishment of a program on rural education would enhance the\ncapacity of policy makers within state government: (a) to better\nunderstand the inefficiencies and needs of the state's rural education\nsystems; (b) to assess the impact of existing and proposed government\nmandates on rural areas; (c) to promote innovation, flexibility and\ninvestment to ensure that rural residents have equitable access to and\nreceive quality educational services and opportunities; and (d) to\npromote the long-term goal of improving the economic and social\nwell-being of rural communities as a direct result of improving rural\nschool performance.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 402-A — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 9 / Section 402-A
Procedures for closing a school building
Status: in_force

§ 402-a. Procedures for closing a school building.  1. At least six\nmonths in advance of a proposed school closing, the trustees or board of\neducation of a school district in which such building is located are\nhereby authorized and recommended to establish an advisory committee on\nschool building utilization to investigate the educational impact of\nsuch a closing. In a city with a population of one million or more, when\nthe city board is considering the closing of any school building, such\ncity board is hereby authorized and recommended to establish such\nadvisory committee on school building utilization for schools within its\njurisdiction and delegate to the appropriate community school board the\nresponsibility for appointing such a committee for any school within the\njurisdiction of such community school board. Each committee may be\ncomprised of but not limited to school district authorities, teaching\nand nonteaching personnel, parents of pupils who attend public schools\nin the district, other residents of the district, and representatives\nfrom business, labor and local government. Such committee, if\nestablished, shall prepare in writing an educational impact statement\nwhich shall consider the criteria stated in subdivision two of this\nsection.\n  2. The factors to be considered by the committee in the educational\nimpact statement shall include, but not be limited to:\n  (a) The current and projected pupil enrollment, the prospective need\nfor such building, the ramifications of such closing upon the community,\ninitial costs and savings resulting from such closing, the potential\ndisposability of the closed school;\n  (b) Possible use of such school building for other educational\nprograms or administrative services;\n  (c) The effect of such closing on personnel needs, and on the costs of\ninstruction, administration, transportation and other support services;\n  (d) Type, age and physical condition of such building, outstanding\nindebtedness, maintenance and energy costs, recent or planned\nimprovements for the building, and such building's special features;\n  (e) Ability of the other schools in the affected district to\naccommodate pupils if such school building closes; and\n  (f) Possible shared utilization of space in such school building\nduring or after regular school hours, as permitted in section four\nhundred fourteen of this chapter.\n  3. (a) Such educational impact statement shall be filed with the board\nof education or in a city with a population of one million or more, with\nthe city board and/or the appropriate community school board. Such board\nof education shall publish a notice of such proposed closing in at least\none newspaper of general circulation in the community once a week for\ntwo weeks, and shall post a notice conspicuously in the affected school\ndistrict, which shall also be circulated to elected state and local\npublic officials who represent the affected communities.\n  (b) After the statement has been filed and circulated, the board of\neducation, and in a city with a population of one million or more, the\ncity board or, where applicable, the community school board shall hold a\npublic hearing to evaluate the impact of the proposed closing on the\naffected district. Such hearing shall be held within sixty days of the\nissuance of the educational impact statement at times and places\nconvenient and accessible to the public. Notice of such hearing shall be\npublished by such board of education in at least one newspaper of\ngeneral circulation in the community once a week for two weeks, and\nshall be posted conspicuously in the affected school district, and shall\nalso be circulated to elected state and local public officials who\nrepresent the affected communities. At such hearing, factors enumerated\nin subdivision two of this section shall be considered and alternatives\nmay be presented by interested parties.\n  (c) The board of education shall render a decision at a regular or\nspecial meeting, the results of which shall be recorded and made\navailable to the public. In a city having a population of one million or\nmore, the community school board shall submit written recommendations\nfor schools within its jurisdiction to the city board. The city board\nshall render a decision for all proposed school building closings at a\nregular or special meeting, the results of which shall be recorded and\nmade available to the public.\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 9-0105 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 9 / Title 1 / Section 9-0105
General powers and duties
Status: in_force

§ 9-0105. General powers and duties.\n  For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this article, the\ndepartment shall have the power, duty and authority to:\n  1. Exercise care, custody and control of the several preserves, parks\nand other state lands described in this article.\n  2. Consistent with the provisions of section 9-0109 of this chapter,\nestablish, acquire, control and manage state parks, historic sites and\nparkways in the forest preserve counties within the sixth park region as\ndefined in section 41-0101 and to acquire lands for such purposes when\nmoneys have been appropriated therefor.\n  3. Make necessary rules and regulations to secure proper enforcement\nof the provisions hereof. In particular, the department shall have\nauthority to make rules and regulations prohibiting any person or\npersons from entering upon any state-owned lands, or restricting the\nactivities of the public on such lands, whenever it determines that a\nserious fire hazard exists thereon, and with the consent of the owner to\nextend the applicability of such rules and regulations, in whole or in\npart, to privately-owned forest lands.\n  4. Establish, operate and maintain nurseries for the production of\ntrees to be used in reforestation. Such trees may be used to reforest\nany land owned by the state, supplied to owners of private land at a\nprice not exceeding cost of production, or used for planting on public\nlands under such terms as may be deemed to be for the public benefit.\n  5. Prepare, print, post or distribute printed matter relating to\nforestry and make investigations or experiments with regard to forestry\npractices.\n  6. Receive and accept, in the name of the people of the state, by\ngift, devise, or otherwise, the fee or other interest or estate therein\nof lands or timber or both, for general conservation purposes, including\nbut not limited to water-shed protection, forest management, production\nof timber or other forest products, silviculture, forest and outdoor\nrecreation and kindred purposes.\n  7. Acquire, when moneys therefor have been appropriated by the\nlegislature or are otherwise available, real property or any interest in\nany timber thereon, situated within the Adirondack or the Catskill parks\nor contiguous, connected with or adjacent to either park, deemed\nnecessary for the enlargement of the forest preserve or for the\nconservation of the lands, forests and waters within the state, and real\nproperty deemed necessary for the purpose of protecting the forests\nwithin the state from fire.\n  7-a. Acquire, with the approval of the director of the budget and\nwithin such appropriations as may be made available therefor by the\nlegislature, such abandoned railroad rights-of-way and other real\nproperty pursuant to subdivision seven of this section as may be\nnecessary to develop a system of trails in the Adirondack and Catskill\nparks which shall mesh, where possible, with the comprehensive statewide\ntrails system promulgated by the commissioner of parks and recreation;\nand promulgate, develop and improve such trails systems within said\nparks in order to make such trails suitable and available for use. For\nthe purposes of this subdivision "trails" shall include footpaths,\nbikeways, snowmobile trails, horse trails, cross country ski trails,\nroads and other rights-of-way suitable for hiking, strolling, cycling,\nhorseback riding, skiing and other means of motorized and non-motorized\ntravel for recreational purposes and shall include combinations and\nsystems of trails, including connecting and side trails, and trails\nleading to scenic and recreational areas.\n  8. Examine the forest lands under the charge of the several state\ninstitutions, boards or other management for the purpose of advising and\ncooperating in securing proper forest management of such lands.\n  9. Bring any action or proceeding for the following purposes:\n  a. to enforce the state's rights or interests in real property which\nan owner of land would be authorized to bring in like cases;\n  b. to insure the enforcement of the provisions of this article;\n  c. to determine in trespass, ejectment or other suitable actions, the\ntitle to any land claimed adversely to the state;\n  d. to cancel tax sales or to set aside cancellations of tax sales.\n  10. Compromise or adjust any judgment or claims arising out of\nviolations of any provisions of this article, except where title to land\nis involved.\n  11. Have custody of all abstracts of title, papers, contracts or\nmemoranda relating thereto, except original deeds to the state, for any\nlands purchased or conveyed to the state for forest preserve purposes.\n  12. Enter into cooperative agreement with the United States Department\nof Agriculture, the United States Department of Labor, the United States\nOffice of Economic Opportunity, municipalities or persons for the\npurpose of better protecting the forests of the state from fire and\npests and promoting the practice of forestry. Moneys received from the\nUnited States government, municipalities or persons in accordance with\nsuch agreements shall be deposited with the Division of Finance in the\nDepartment of Taxation and Finance, and may be withdrawn by the Division\nof Finance upon the warrant or order of the Commissioner of\nEnvironmental Conservation. The provisions of section 121 of the State\nFinance Law shall not apply to any moneys received pursuant to the\nprovisions of this subdivision if used for the purposes indicated.\n  13. When an honest dispute arises as to the location of the boundary\nline between land owned by the state, over which the department has\ncontrol and supervision, and land privately owned, execute a boundary\nline agreement between the owners of such private lands and the state,\nsubject to the approval of the Commissioner of General Services.\n  14. Designate or approve, whenever the Commissioner of Correction or\nthe director of the division for Youth so requests, sites on land under\nits control for the establishment of work camps to which persons\ntransferred to the correctional camps for youth, or to youth opportunity\nor youth rehabilitation centers may be sent; designate and approve work\nfor such persons in conservation projects on publicly owned lands or\nlands over which the State has a permanent easement for fishing right\npurposes, and provide technical supervision for such work; and designate\nand approve work for such persons in conservation projects on lands\nowned by Cornell University for the use of the State University College\nof Agriculture, and by Syracuse University for the use of the State\nUniversity of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry.\n  15. Make rules and regulations and issue permits for the temporary use\nof the forest preserve.\n  16. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as extending the\njurisdiction of the department over the real or personal property now or\nhereafter under the control or in the custody of Palisades Interstate\nPark Commission, but the department, subject to the powers of the\ncommissioner, is authorized to cooperate with Palisades Interstate Park\nCommission by the joint employment of wardens, foresters and keepers for\nthe mutual protection of the lands under their respective jurisdiction\nand other commissions and the preservation of the forests thereon and of\nthe fish and game therein.\n  17. Refund, to the persons entitled thereto, moneys heretofore or\nhereafter received by the department pursuant to any law or to an order,\nrule or regulation made and prescribed by the commissioner regulating\nthe discharge of the functions, powers and duties of the department and\ndeposited to the general fund, upon satisfactory proof of entitlement.\nSuch refunds shall, upon approval of the commissioner and after audit by\nthe Comptroller, be paid from any moneys available to the department in\nthe general fund.\n  18. Establish, operate and maintain a search and rescue program in\nfire towns and fire districts of the state. For the purposes of this\nsection fire towns shall mean such towns provided for in section 9-1107\nof this chapter and fire districts shall be deemed to be the fire\nprotection areas provided for in section 9-1109 of this chapter and\nregulations promulgated pursuant to the authority of such sections.\nPursuant to such program the forest ranger force of the department shall\nhave the authority to organize, direct and execute search operations for\nlost persons or civilian aircraft and conduct rescue operations for\npersons injured or in serious danger of injury in the wild, remote and\nforested areas of fire towns and fire districts of the state; provided\nthat, where criminal conduct is suspected or fugitive search is involved\nsuch search or rescue operations shall be conducted under the\njurisdiction of the appropriate law enforcement agency.  Search and\nrescue operations outside of fire towns and fire districts may be\nconducted by the forest ranger force upon request of the agency\nconducting such operation.\n  19. Identify, manage and conserve plants and ecological communities\nthat are rare in New York state, located on state-owned lands under the\njurisdiction of the department, and participate in the New York natural\nheritage program, created pursuant to section 11-0539 of this chapter,\nto identify rare plants, animals and ecological communities.\n  20. Exercise such other powers and duties as are provided by law.\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 49-0101 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 49 / Title 1 / Section 49-0101
Legislative findings
Status: in_force

§ 49-0101. Legislative findings.\n  The legislature hereby finds and declares that:\n  The state enjoys an abundance of natural and man-made beauty which\ngreatly enriches the lives of the people of this state.  The\npreservation, enhancement and promotion of this beauty will contribute\nsignificantly to the enjoyment of the people who live and work in the\nstate, as well as the millions of visitors who come to the state each\nyear. Further efforts by state government are needed to coordinate and\npromote programs contributing to the natural and man-made beauty, and to\nprovide advice and assistance to local governments.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 17 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 2 / Section 17
Application
Status: in_force

§ 17. Application. Nothing in this article shall:\n  1. Apply to private, religious or denominational educational\ninstitutions; or\n  2. Preclude or limit any right or cause of action provided under any\nlocal, state or federal ordinance, law or regulation including but not\nlimited to any remedies or rights available under the Individuals With\nDisabilities Education Act, Title VII of the Civil Rights Law of 1964,\nsection 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 or the Americans with\nDisabilities Act of 1990.\n
N.Y. VAT Law § 105-B — New York Code / Act VAT / Title 1 / Article 1 / Section 105-B
Certificate of registration
Status: in_force

§ 105-b. Certificate of registration. Any document or other indicia of\nregistration, other than number plates or tags required to be affixed to\nsuch number plates or to the vehicle itself, in a form and name\nprescribed by the commissioner, which identifies the vehicle described\nthereon and indicates that such vehicle is registered pursuant to the\nprovisions of this chapter.\n
N.Y. UDC Law § 2601 — New York Code / Act UDC / Article 26 / Title 1 / Section 2601
Death or removal of judge not to affect proceedings
Status: in_force

§ 2601. Death or removal of judge not to affect proceedings. No\nprocess, action, judgment, execution or proceeding shall abate or be\ndiscontinued by reason of the death, removal from office or vacancy in\noffice of any judge, but another judge shall proceed to hear, try,\ndetermine and give judgment in and upon the same, and upon all matters\nand things pending and undecided or not acted upon.\n
N.Y. ELD Law § 219 — New York Code / Act ELD / Article 2 / Title 1 / Section 219
Elderly abuse education and outreach program
Status: in_force

§ 219. Elderly abuse education and outreach program. 1. Definitions.\nFor the purposes of this section, the terms "designated agency" and\n"elderly person" shall have the same meaning as ascribed to them in\nsection two hundred fourteen of this title.\n  2. The director, within the amounts appropriated therefor, shall, in\nconjunction with the office of children and family services, establish\nan elderly abuse education and outreach program for the purpose of\nproviding education and outreach to the general public, including\nelderly persons and their families and caregivers, to identify and\nprevent elderly abuse, neglect, exploitation, and identity theft.\n  3. (a) As part of the program, the director may award grants to\nqualified designated agencies to establish local elderly abuse education\nand outreach programs. Grants may also be awarded to expand or enhance\nexisting programs.\n  (b) In making such grants, the director shall consider:\n  (1) the need within the jurisdiction of the designated agency for such\neducation and outreach;\n  (2) the manner in which the designated agency proposes to provide such\neducation and outreach;\n  (3) the capacity of the designated agency to coordinate its services\nwith health, human service and law enforcement and public agencies which\nprovide services or assistance to the elderly, including the local\ndepartment of social services adult protective services unit; and\n  (4) any other criteria determined by the director to be appropriate.\n  4. (a) The office may use up to five percent of the total funds\nappropriated pursuant to this section for administration.\n  (b) A designated agency which has been awarded a grant pursuant to\nsubdivision three of this section may use up to five percent of the\ntotal of any funds provided to a designated agency pursuant to this\nsection for administration.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 258-A — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 5 / Part 2 / Section 258-A
Purchases by museums, historical societies, zoological gardens, aquariums, botanical gardens and arboreta through office of general services
Status: in_force

§ 258-a. Purchases by museums, historical societies, zoological\ngardens, aquariums, botanical gardens and arboreta through office of\ngeneral services. Museums, historical societies, zoological gardens,\naquariums, botanical gardens and arboreta which are chartered or\nincorporated by the regents or otherwise formed pursuant to section two\nhundred sixteen of this chapter or otherwise pursuant to the laws of\nthis state and are also non-profit organizations may make purchases of\ncommodities and services through the office of general services subject\nto such rules as may be established from time to time pursuant to\nsection one hundred sixty-three of the state finance law; provided that\neach such purchase shall have a cost of five hundred dollars or more and\nthat said museum, historical society, zoological garden, aquarium,\nbotanical garden or arboreta shall accept sole responsibility for any\npayment of such cost due the vendor.\n
N.Y. PAB Law § 6 — New York Code / Act PAB / Title 1 / Section 6
Access to employment opportunities
Status: in_force

* § 6. Access to employment opportunities. 1. All issuers shall\nrequire that any new employment opportunities created in connection with\nindustrial or manufacturing projects financed through the issuance of\nqualified small issue bonds shall be listed with the New York state\ndepartment of labor job service division, and with the administrative\nentity of the service delivery area created pursuant to the Job Training\nPartnership Act (Pub. L. 97-300) in which the project is located. Such\nlisting shall be in a manner and form prescribed by the commissioner.\nAll issuers shall further require that for any new employment\nopportunities created in connection with an industrial or manufacturing\nproject financed through the issuance of qualified small issue bonds by\nsuch issuer, industrial or manufacturing firms shall first consider\npersons eligible to participate in Federal Job Training Partnership Act\n(Pub. L. 97-300) programs who shall be referred to the industrial or\nmanufacturing firm by administrative entities of service delivery areas\ncreated pursuant to such act or by the job service division at the\ndepartment of labor. Issuers of qualified small issue bonds are required\nto monitor compliance with the provisions of this section as prescribed\nby the commissioner.\n  2. Nothing in this section shall be construed to require users of\nqualified small issue bonds to violate any existing collective\nbargaining agreement with respect to the hiring of new employees.\nFailure on the part of any user of qualified small issue bonds to comply\nwith the requirements of this section shall not affect the allocation of\nbonding authority to the issuer of the bonds or the validity or tax\nexempt status of such bonds.\n* NB Repealed January 1, 1991\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 407-A — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 9 / Section 407-A
Authorization for dormitory authority financing of capital facilities for special act school districts
Status: in_force

§ 407-a. Authorization for dormitory authority financing of capital\nfacilities for special act school districts.  1. The legislature\ndeclares that it is in the interest of the state, the school districts\nand the children of the state to assure that special act school\ndistricts educating children with handicapping conditions pursuant to\ncontracts with public school districts or social services districts have\nsufficient facilities related to the education of such children. The\nlegislature finds that special act school districts providing such\neducation are in need of improved and additional facilities related to\nthe education of such children, and the means to finance the\nconstruction of such improvements and additional facilities. The\nlegislature, therefore, enacts the following provisions.\n  2. This section shall apply to special act school districts listed in\nchapter five hundred sixty-six of the laws of nineteen hundred\nsixty-seven,  as amended, which contract with public school districts or\nsocial services districts for the education of children with\nhandicapping conditions pursuant to article eighty-one or eighty-nine of\nthis chapter.\n  3. Such special act school districts may enter into leases, subleases\nor other agreements with the dormitory authority pursuant to title four\nof article eight of the public authorities law for the financing of the\ndesign, construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, improvement,\nrenovation or otherwise providing for, furnishing or equipping of\ncapital facilities which are educational facilities where the total\nestimated cost of such facilities exceeds ten thousand dollars. The\nplans and specifications of such capital facilities shall be subject to\nthe approval of the commissioner with respect to educational facilities.\nSuch capital facilities may be constructed only on land owned by such\nspecial act school district or, if the land is leased, where the lease\nis for a period at least equal to the appropriate period of probable\nusefulness for such facilities as listed in section 11.00 of the local\nfinance law, or the length of the lease, sublease or other agreement\nwith the dormitory authority, whichever is longer.\n  4. Each such special act school district shall, notwithstanding any\nother provision of law, have the power to convey, lease, sublease or\notherwise make available to the dormitory authority without\nconsideration, title or any other rights in real property satisfactory\nto the dormitory authority.\n  5. In addition to providing for all other matters deemed necessary and\nproper, such leases, subleases and other agreements shall (a) require\nsuch special act school district to pay to the dormitory authority\nannual rentals which shall include the amount required to pay the\nprincipal of and interest on obligations of the dormitory authority\nissued in relation to providing such facilities and all incidental\nexpenses of the dormitory authority incurred in relation thereto, (b)\nrequire the special act school district to include an amount sufficient\nto meet its obligations under the lease, sublease or other agreement in\neach proposed budget submitted during the term of the lease, sublease or\nother agreement and (c) include a provision that such agreement shall\nnot be effective unless and until it is approved by the commissioner\nwith respect to educational facilities.\n  6. Title or other real property rights to the capital facilities\nfinanced pursuant to this section shall remain with the dormitory\nauthority until the dormitory authority certifies to the commissioner\nwith respect to educational facilities and the comptroller the receipt\nby it of the amount necessary to pay the total aggregate amount of\nannual rentals to the dormitory authority. At such time, title or other\nreal property rights thereto shall be transferred by the dormitory\nauthority to such special act school district for use for educational\npurposes. In order to avail itself of the provisions of this section,\neach such special act school district must also agree to continue to\noperate a program for the education of children pursuant to contract\nwith public school districts or social services districts, and such\nlease, sublease or other agreement with the dormitory authority shall\nprovide that, if the special act school district shall cease to operate\nsuch a program at any time during the term of the agreement, the state\nwill have the option to take title or other real property rights in\nland, buildings, equipment and other properties which the special act\nschool district uses for its program upon, subject to appropriations,\npayment by the state to the dormitory authority of the amount required\nto pay the total aggregate amount of annual rentals to the dormitory\nauthority.\n  7. On or before November fifteenth of each year, the dormitory\nauthority shall submit, and thereafter may resubmit, to the director of\nthe budget, the state comptroller, the chairman of the senate finance\ncommittee and the chairman of the assembly ways and means committee a\nreport setting forth the amounts, if any, of all annual rentals\nestimated to become due in the succeeding state fiscal year to the\ndormitory authority from the special act school districts pursuant to\nany leases, subleases or other agreements between the dormitory\nauthority and such special act school districts to provide educational\nfacilities for such special act school district.  The state comptroller\nshall pay over to the dormitory authority pursuant to appropriations\ntherefor solely from moneys available in the school capital facilities\nfinancing reserve fund the amount set forth in such report at the times\nand in the amounts set forth in the certificate filed with the\ncomptroller by the dormitory authority pursuant to subparagraph (iv) of\nparagraph (b) of subdivision eight of this section.\n  8. Method of payment; reserve fund. (a) Each special act school\ndistrict which elects to avail itself of the provisions of this section\nshall have established with the state comptroller a school capital\nfacilities financing reserve account which shall be used to pay to the\ndormitory authority the annual rentals payable to the dormitory\nauthority by special act school districts which have entered into\nleases, subleases or other agreements with the dormitory authority to\nprovide educational facilities pursuant to the provisions of this\nsection. The dormitory authority shall identify to the state comptroller\nand to the commissioner with respect to educational facilities, the\nspecial act school districts with which it has leases, subleases or\nother agreements pursuant to this section and shall annually certify the\namount of annual rentals required to be paid pursuant to such leases,\nsubleases or other agreements.\n  (b) (i) There is hereby established in the custody of the state\ncomptroller a special fund to be known as the school capital facilities\nfinancing reserve fund. Within such fund, there is hereby established a\nspecial account for each special act school district which enters into a\nlease, sublease or other agreement with the dormitory authority pursuant\nto this section.\n  (ii) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, such fund shall\nconsist of part of the tuition payments from public school districts and\nsocial services districts as determined by the commissioner, and state\naid to special act school districts pursuant to subdivision six of\nsection thirty-six hundred two of this chapter as determined by the\ncommissioner. The comptroller shall maintain sufficient amounts in the\nfund in order to pay when due the annual rentals due to the dormitory\nauthority from each such special act school district pursuant to any\nlease, sublease or other agreement entered into pursuant to the\nprovisions of this section.  The dormitory authority shall certify to\nthe state comptroller the dates and amount of such annual payments as\nscheduled in its leases, subleases or other agreements with such special\nact school districts. The commissioner with respect to educational\nfacilities shall certify the amount of payments due the fund from public\nschool districts and social services districts, respectively and such\npublic school districts and social services districts shall make such\npayments to the fund at such times as shall be prescribed by the\ncommissioner with respect to educational facilities, subject to the\napproval of the director of the budget, and after consultation with the\ndormitory authority.\n  (iii) Revenues in any special account in the school capital facilities\nfinancing reserve fund may be commingled with any other moneys in such\nfund. All deposits of such revenues with banks and trust companies shall\nbe secured by obligations of the United States or of the state of New\nYork or its political subdivisions.  Such obligations shall have a\nmarket value at least equal at all times to, but not less than, one\nhundred five percent of the amount of such deposits. All banks and trust\ncompanies are authorized to give security for such deposits.  Any such\nrevenues in such fund may, in the discretion of the comptroller, be\ninvested in obligations of the United States or the state or obligations\nthe principal of and interest on which are guaranteed by the United\nStates or by the state. Any interest earned shall be credited to such\nfund.\n  (iv) Upon receipt by the comptroller of a certificate or certificates\nfrom the dormitory authority that it requires a payment or payments from\nthe appropriate special account established for a special act school\ndistrict in order for such special act school district to comply with\nany lease, sublease or other agreement pursuant to this section, each of\nwhich certificates shall specify the required payment or payments and\nthe date when the payment or payments is required, the comptroller shall\npay from such special account on or before the specified date or within\nthirty days after receipt of such certificate or certificates, whichever\nis later, to the paying agent designated by the dormitory authority in\nany such certificate, the amount or amounts so certified.\n  (v) All payments of money from the school capital facilities financing\nreserve fund shall be made on the audit and warrant of the state\ncomptroller.\n  9. Notwithstanding the provisions of any contract pursuant to article\neighty-one or eighty-nine of this chapter between a social services\ndistrict or a public school district and a special act school district,\nif the special act school district enters into a lease, sublease or\nother agreement with the dormitory authority pursuant to this section,\npayments due from the public school district or social services district\nshall be made in accordance with the provisions of this section.\n  10. All state and local officials are authorized and required to take\nwhatever actions are necessary to carry out the provisions of this\nsection and the provisions of any leases, subleases or other agreements\nentered into pursuant to this section, including making the required\npayments to the dormitory authority.\n  11. Any contract undertaken or financed by the dormitory authority for\nany construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation or improvement for any\nspecial act school district shall comply with the provisions of sections\none hundred one and one hundred three of the general municipal law.\n  12. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the\ndormitory authority may execute leases, subleases, or other agreements\nwith special act school districts for financing of the design,\nconstruction, rehabilitation, improvement, renovation, acquisition or\nprovision, furnishing or equipping of capital facilities; provided,\nhowever, that during the two year period commencing July first, nineteen\nhundred ninety-five, the amount of bonds inclusive of principal,\ninterest and issuance costs to be issued for each individual lease,\nsublease, or other agreement shall not exceed fifteen million dollars\nannually; and provided further that the total amount of such bonds for\nall such leases, subleases, or agreements with special act school\ndistricts during such period shall not exceed twenty million dollars.\nOn or before September first of each year, the commissioner shall submit\nto the chairs of the assembly ways and means committee, the senate\nfinance committee and the director of the budget, a capital plan for\nthose projects expected to be bonded for special act school districts\npursuant to this section, within such twenty million dollar allowance.\nAfter application of the principles of the capital assets preservation\nprogram, such plan shall accord priority to health and safety\nconsiderations and shall specify the name, location, estimated total\ncost of the project at the time the project is to be bid, the\nanticipated bid date and the anticipated completion date and may contain\nany further recommendations the commissioner may deem appropriate.\n
N.Y. ELN Law § 14-112 — New York Code / Act ELN / Article 14 / Title 1 / Section 14-112
Political committee authorization statement
Status: in_force

§ 14-112. Political committee authorization statement. Any political\ncommittee aiding or taking part in the election or nomination of any\ncandidate, other than a political action committee, shall file, in the\noffice in which the statements of such committee are to be filed\npursuant to this article, either a sworn verified statement by the\ntreasurer of such committee that the candidate has authorized the\npolitical committee to aid or take part in his election or that the\ncandidate has not authorized the committee to aid or take part in his\nelection.\n
N.Y. ELN Law § 17-160 — New York Code / Act ELN / Article 17 / Title 1 / Section 17-160
Procuring fraudulent documents in order to vote
Status: in_force

§ 17-160. Procuring fraudulent documents in order to vote. 1.  Any\nperson who knowingly and wilfully procures from any court, judge, clerk\nor other officer, any document with intent to enable himself or any\nother person to register for or vote at any election when he or such\nother person is not entitled to exercise the elective franchise; or\n  2. Any person who knowingly and wilfully presents to any election\nofficer for the purpose of having himself or any other person placed\nupon any list or registry of voters or for the purpose of enabling\nhimself or any other person to vote at any election, any false document,\nis guilty of a felony.\n
N.Y. SOS Law § 144 — New York Code / Act SOS / Article 5 / Title 1 / Section 144
Power of public welfare officials and service officers to administer oaths; power of public welfare officials to subpoena persons liable ...
Status: in_force

§ 144. Power of public welfare officials and service officers to\nadminister oaths; power of public welfare officials to subpoena persons\nliable for support and compel production of records.  Public welfare\nofficials and service officers shall have power to administer oaths and\ntake affidavits in all matters pertaining to their office and to elicit,\nby examination under oath, statement of facts from applicants for or\nrecipients of assistance or care.  Public welfare officials shall have\nfurther power to subpoena persons liable by law for the support of\napplicants for or recipients of assistance or care, compel the\nattendance of such persons and take their testimony under oath for the\npurpose of determining the ability of such persons to contribute towards\nthe support of such applicants for or recipients of assistance or care,\nand in connection therewith to compel the production of books, papers,\nrecords and documents.  Such persons shall be entitled to the same\nmileage fees as are allowed to witnesses required to attend in civil\nactions in courts of record.\n
N.Y. MRE Law § 257 — New York Code / Act MRE / Article 7 / Title 1 / Section 257
Public stairs
Status: in_force

§ 257. Public stairs. 1. Every stair and fire-stair shall, except as\notherwise provided in subdivisions three and four of this section and in\nsection two hundred fifty-nine, be constructed as provided for\nfire-stairs in sections two hundred two and two hundred five for\nfireproof dwellings.\n  2. Every stair and fire-stair shall be at least three feet in clear\nwidth throughout, and at all floor levels shall have landings at least\nthree feet eight inches in clear width.\n  3. Every stair and fire-stair shall be completely separated from every\nother stair and fire-stair and from every public hall and shaft by\nfireproof walls, with fireproof doors and assemblies, with the doors\nself-closing and without transoms, at all openings, except that in\ndwellings two stories or less in height such walls may be fire-retarded.\nThe doors giving access to such stairs shall not be held open by any\ndevice whatever.\n  4. Except in the case of an interior enclosed stair separated from and\ndirectly accessible to the public hall by a self-closing fireproof door\nand except as provided in subdivision five, there shall be provided to\nlight and ventilate every stair at every story a window or windows\nopening on a street, court or yard.\n  5. In a dwelling occupied by two families or less on every story:\n  a. If such dwelling is three stories or less in height, there may be\nprovided for any stair, in lieu of windows, a stairwell sixteen inches\nor more in clear width extending from the entrance story to the roof.\n  b. If such dwelling is a permanently occupied dwelling and is two\nstories or less in height, there may be provided for any stair, in lieu\nof windows, a stairwell six inches or more in clear width. For the\npurposes of this paragraph, a section of a permanently occupied dwelling\nmay be deemed a separate multiple dwelling.\n  c. If such dwelling is two stories in height and has no public hall on\nthe first story, no stairwell or stair windows need be provided.\n
N.Y. RPT Law § 806 — New York Code / Act RPT / Article 8 / Title 1 / Section 806
Equalization in special districts located in more than one city or town
Status: in_force

§ 806. Equalization in special districts located in more than one city\nor town. 1. Where a special district is located in more than one city or\ntown, the commissioners or other governing body of such district, or the\ngoverning board of any city or town in which the district is located,\nmay, and upon the written request of three or more persons owning or\nhaving an interest in real property liable to taxation in such district\nshall, at least fifteen days before the annual levy of taxes, furnish to\nthe clerk of the board of supervisors, or if the special district is\nlocated in more than one county, to the clerk of the board of\nsupervisors of each such county, a statement of the total amount of\nspecial ad valorem levies to be raised in such district for the ensuing\nyear and the total assessed valuation of real property therein subject\nto special ad valorem levies. Such clerk or clerks, as the case may be,\nshall immediately procure from the commissioner the state equalization\nrates for each city and town in which the special district is situated\nand shall compute the full valuation of the real property subject to\nspecial ad valorem levies in such district in each city and town by\ndividing the assessed valuation of such real property in such district\nin each city and town by the state equalization rate established for\nsuch city or town. The board or boards of supervisors, as the case may\nbe, shall levy upon the real property in such district in each city or\ntown such proportion of the total amount of the special ad valorem\nlevies to be raised as is obtained by dividing the full valuation of\nreal property subject to special ad valorem levies in the district in\neach city or town by the full valuation of all such real property in\nsuch district. A new proportion shall be determined for each tax year\nthereafter by the clerk or clerks, as the case may be, in accordance\nwith the provisions of this section by the use of the latest state\nequalization rates.\n  2. If it shall be made to appear to the commissioner that an\nequalization has been or will be made pursuant to this section and that\na state equalization rate for a city or town is inequitable, either with\nrespect to the entire city or town or the portion thereof in which a\nspecial district is situated, the commissioner may, if it is possible to\ncertify the same at least fifteen days before the annual levy of taxes,\nestablish a special equalization rate for such city or town or for such\nportion thereof for the purpose of equalization under this section. Such\nspecial equalization rate as finally established shall be furnished by\nthe commissioner to the clerk of the board of supervisors of each county\nin which any portion of the special district is situated.\n
N.Y. VAT Law § 161 — New York Code / Act VAT / Title 1 / Article 1 / Section 161
Work area
Status: in_force

§ 161. Work area. That part of a highway being used or occupied for\nthe conduct of highway work, within which workers, vehicles, equipment,\nmaterials, supplies, excavations, or other obstructions are present.\n
N.Y. BNK Law § 1008 — New York Code / Act BNK / Article 15 / Title 1 / Section 1008
Effect of invalidity of part of article; severability
Status: in_force

§ 1008. Effect of invalidity of part of article; severability.  If any\nprovision of this article or application thereof to any person or\ncircumstances is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other\nprovisions or applications of this article which can be given effect\nwithout the invalid provision or application, and to this end the\nprovisions of this article are declared severable.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 2515-B — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 25 / Title 1-B / Section 2515-B
Community service project plans
Status: in_force

§ 2515-b. Community service project plans. 1. Plans for community\nservice projects may be submitted to the department by not-for-profit\nagencies or by county or municipal governments, or any subdivision\nthereof. Such plan shall:\n  (a) include a statement of project goals and objectives and a\ndescription of the services to be provided to meet such goals and\nobjectives;\n  (b) identify the geographic area to be served, which may include a\ncounty, municipality or any subdivision thereof, or a combination of\ncounties, municipalities or subdivisions thereof;\n  (c) identify the prevalence and incidence of adolescent pregnancy and\nparenting and related problems to be addressed by the project in the\ngeographic area; and a description, by number and characteristics, of\nthe project's target population to be served;\n  (d) describe the services currently available to serve the eligible\nadolescents which may help reinforce the goals and objectives of the\ncommunity service project;\n  (e) describe how services for eligible adolescents will be coordinated\nwithin such project plans, and efforts to be made to improve client\naccess to such services by improving interagency cooperation and program\ncoordination;\n  (f) describe how the project funds received pursuant to this title\nshall be used;\n  (g) describe the community's involvement in the project plan, and the\ninvolvement of relevant agencies and appropriate groups involved within\nsuch project plan;\n  (h) describe how the proposed services are relevant to the population\nbeing served; and\n  (i) describe the method to be used to evaluate and report upon the\neffectiveness of the community service project funded under the\nprovisions of this title.\n  2. The community service project plan shall be developed by the\ncommunity council which shall direct the activities of the community\nservice project. The community council shall select a lead agency which\nshall be responsible for the administration of the community service\nproject. The community council shall select and approve the funding of\nsubcontractors pursuant to this title for the purpose of the development\nof the community service project plan.\n
N.Y. RPT Law § 727 — New York Code / Act RPT / Article 7 / Title 1 / Section 727
Prohibition against change in assessment following litigation
Status: in_force

§ 727. Prohibition against change in assessment following litigation.\n1. Except as hereinafter provided, and except as to any parcel of real\nproperty located within a special assessing unit as defined in article\neighteen of this chapter where an assessment being reviewed pursuant to\nthis article is found to be unlawful, unequal, excessive or\nmisclassified by final court order or judgment, the assessed valuation\nso determined shall not be changed for such property for the next three\nsucceeding assessment rolls prepared on the basis of the three taxable\nstatus dates next occurring on or after the taxable status date of the\nmost recent assessment under review in the proceeding subject to such\nfinal order or judgment.  Where the assessor or other local official\nhaving custody and control of the assessment roll receives notice of the\norder or judgment subsequent to the filing of the next assessment roll,\nhe or she is authorized and directed to correct the entry of assessed\nvaluation on the assessment roll to conform to the provisions of this\nsection.\n  2. An assessment on property subject to the provisions of subdivision\none of this section may be changed on an assessment roll where:\n  (a) There is a revaluation or update of all real property on the\nassessment roll;\n  (b) There is a revaluation or update in a special assessing unit of\nall real property of the same class;\n  (c) There has been a physical change (improvement) to the property;\n  (d) The zoning of such property has changed;\n  (e) Such property has been altered by fire, demolition, destruction or\nsimilar catastrophe;\n  (f) An action has been taken by any office of the federal, state or\nlocal government which caused a discernible change in the general area\nwhere the property is located which directly impacts on property values;\n  (g) There has been a change in the occupancy rate of twenty-five\npercent or greater in a building located on a property which is not\neligible for an assessment review under title one-A of this article\n(small claims assessment review);\n  (h) The owner of the property becomes eligible or ineligible to\nreceive an exemption; or\n  (i) The use or classification of the property has changed.\n  3.  No petition for review of the assessment on such property shall be\nfiled while the provisions of subdivision one of this section are\napplicable to such property.\n
N.Y. DOM Law § 110 — New York Code / Act DOM / Article 7 / Title 1 / Section 110
Who may adopt; effect of article
Status: in_force

§ 110. Who may adopt; effect of article.  An adult unmarried person,\nan adult married couple together, or any two unmarried adult intimate\npartners together may adopt another person. An adult married person who\nis living separate and apart from his or her spouse pursuant to a decree\nor judgment of separation or pursuant to a written agreement of\nseparation subscribed by the parties thereto and acknowledged or proved\nin the form required to entitle a deed to be recorded or an adult\nmarried person who has been living separate and apart from his or her\nspouse for at least three years prior to commencing an adoption\nproceeding may adopt another person; provided, however, that the person\nso adopted shall not be deemed the child or step-child of the\nnon-adopting spouse for the purposes of inheritance or support rights or\nobligations or for any other purposes. An adult or minor married couple\ntogether may adopt a child of either of them born in or out of wedlock\nand an adult or minor spouse may adopt such a child of the other spouse.\nNo person shall hereafter be adopted except in pursuance of this\narticle, and in conformity with section three hundred seventy-three of\nthe social services law.\n  An adult married person who has executed a legally enforceable\nseparation agreement or is a party to a marriage in which a valid decree\nof separation has been entered or has been living separate and apart\nfrom his or her spouse for at least three years prior to commencing an\nadoption proceeding and who becomes or has been the custodian of a child\nplaced in their care as a result of court ordered foster care may apply\nto such authorized agency for placement of said child with them for the\npurpose of adoption. Final determination of the propriety of said\nadoption of such foster child, however, shall be within the sole\ndiscretion of the court, as otherwise provided herein.\n  Adoption is the legal proceeding whereby a person takes another person\ninto the relation of child and thereby acquires the rights and incurs\nthe responsibilities of parent in respect of such other person.\n  A proceeding conducted in pursuance of this article shall constitute a\njudicial proceeding. An order of adoption or abrogation made therein by\na surrogate or by a judge shall have the force and effect of and shall\nbe entitled to all the presumptions attaching to a judgment rendered by\na court of general jurisdiction in a common law action.\n  No adoption heretofore lawfully made shall be abrogated by the\nenactment of this article. All such adoptions shall have the effect of\nlawful adoptions hereunder.\n  Nothing in this article in regard to a minor adopted pursuant hereto\ninheriting from the adoptive parent applies to any will, devise or trust\nmade or created before June twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred\nseventy-three, nor alters, changes or interferes with such will, devise\nor trust. As to any such will, devise or trust a minor adopted before\nthat date is not an heir so as to alter estates or trusts or devises in\nwills so made or created. Nothing in this article in regard to an adult\nadopted pursuant hereto inheriting from the adoptive parent applies to\nany will, devise or trust made or created before April twenty-second,\nnineteen hundred fifteen, nor alters, changes or interferes with such\nwill, devise or trust. As to any such will, devise or trust an adult so\nadopted is not an heir so as to alter estates or trusts or devises in\nwills so made or created.\n  It shall be unlawful to preclude a prospective adoptive parent or\nparents solely on the basis that the adoptor or adopters has had, or has\ncancer, or any other disease. Nothing herein shall prevent the rejection\nof a prospective applicant based upon his or her poor health or limited\nlife expectancy.\n  A petition to adopt, pursuant to the terms of this article, where the\npetitioner's parentage is legally-recognized under New York State law\nshall not be denied solely on the basis that the petitioner's parentage\nis already legally-recognized.\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 11-0110 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 11 / Title 1 / Section 11-0110
Interference with lawful taking of wildlife prohibited
Status: in_force

§ 11-0110. Interference with lawful taking of wildlife prohibited.\n  1. As used in this section "wildlife" means wild game and all other\nanimal life existing in a wild state, including fish, shellfish and\ncrustacea, and "process of taking", in addition to any act described in\nsubdivision thirteen of section 11-0103 of this article, includes\ntravel, camping, and other acts preparatory to taking, which occur on\nlands or waters upon which the affected person has the right or\nprivilege to take such wildlife.\n  2. A person is guilty of interfering with the lawful taking of\nwildlife when, with intent to prevent the taking of wildlife, in season,\nin a place where hunting, fishing or trapping is lawful, and by a person\nproperly licensed to take such wildlife, he:\n  (a) strikes, shoves, kicks or otherwise subjects the licensed person\nto physical contact, or attempts or threatens to do the same; or\n  (b) follows the licensed person in or about such place and engages in\na course of conduct or repeatedly commits acts which alarm or seriously\nannoy such licensed person and which serve no legitimate purpose.\n  Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no one\nshall be arrested for violation of this section by other than a duly\ndesignated peace officer acting pursuant to his special duties, or a\npolice officer.\n
N.Y. MDW Law § 31 — New York Code / Act MDW / Article 3 / Title 1 / Section 31
Size of rooms
Status: in_force

§ 31. Size of rooms. 1. The provisions of this section, except\nsubdivision six, shall apply only to multiple dwellings erected after\nApril eighteenth, nineteen hundred twenty-nine, and shall apply to all\nsuch dwellings unless otherwise expressly limited.\n  2. Except as in this section and in section thirty-three otherwise\nexpressly provided, rooms, except kitchens, water-closet compartments\nand bathrooms, shall meet the following minimum requirements as to size:\n  a. In each apartment in a class A multiple dwelling there shall be at\nleast one living room containing at least one hundred thirty-two square\nfeet of floor area.\n  b. Every living room, except as provided in paragraph e, shall contain\nat least eighty square feet of floor space.\n  c. Every room shall be at least eight feet high, the measurements to\nbe taken from the finished floor to the finished underside of the\nceiling beams except that as many as four beams crossing the ceiling of\nany basement room may be disregarded if none of them exceeds twelve\ninches in width or extends below the ceiling more than six inches.\n  d. Every living room shall be at least eight feet in its least\nhorizontal dimension, except as provided in paragraph e and except that\nany number of bedrooms up to one-half of the total number in any\napartment containing three or more bedrooms may have a least horizontal\ndimension of seven feet or more.\n  e. A one-room apartment in a class B multiple dwelling may be as small\nas sixty square feet in its floor area and six feet in its least\ndimension.\n  3. The requirements of this section with respect to the least\nhorizontal dimension and the minimum area of rooms shall not be\napplicable to any room in a fireproof class B multiple dwelling occupied\nas a lodging house in which every apartment, other than one apartment\noccupied exclusively by a person or persons engaged in the maintenance\nor supervision of such multiple dwelling, consists of one room and in\nwhich every such room opens directly upon a public hall.\n  4. Dining bays with a floor area of fifty-five square feet or less\nshall not be considered as rooms or alcoves and shall not be required to\ncomply with the provisions of section thirty-two. Every such dining bay\nshall be equipped with such appropriate permanent fittings as may be\nrequired by the department and shall be provided with at least one\nwindow opening directly upon a street or upon a lawful yard, court or\nspace above a setback. Such window shall have an area of at least\none-eighth of the floor area of such dining bay.\n  5. A portion of any apartment used as an entrance hall to such\napartment may be designated as a foyer. Such a foyer shall not be\nconsidered a room if the department shall so permit and if either\n  a. Its floor area does not exceed ten per centum of the total floor\narea of such apartment, or\n  b. Every room in such apartment exceeds in area the minimum required\narea of such room by more than twenty per centum and the floor area of\nsuch foyer does not exceed twenty per centum of the floor area of such\napartment.\n  6. a. Exept in class B dwellings and dormitories, no room shall be\noccupied for sleeping purposes by more than two adults, considering\nchildren of twelve years of age or more as adults and two children\nbetween the ages of two and eleven years inclusive as the equivalent of\none adult. Children under two years of age need not be considered as\noccupants. No room shall have sleeping accomodations for more persons\nthan can be accommodated in conformity with the provisions of this\nsubdivision.\n  b. Every room in every dwelling, whenever erected, shall have at least\nfour hundred cubic feet of air for each adult, and two hundred cubic\nfeet of air for each child occupying such room. Except in class B\ndwellings, dormitories and except as otherwise provided in subdivision\ntwo of section thirty-one or in section thirty-four for dwellings\nerected after April eighteenth, nineteen hundred twenty-nine, and in\nsections one hundred seventy-four, two hundred fourteen and two hundred\nsixteen, every living room shall (1) contain sixty square feet or more\nof floor space, (2) be at least six feet wide at its narrowest part, (3)\nif a sleeping room, contain seventy-five square feet or more of floor\nspace and (4) if less than seventy-five square feet in floor area, shall\nnot be occupied by more than one adult.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 210-B — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 5 / Part 1 / Section 210-B
Graduate-level teacher and educational leadership program deregistration and suspension
Status: in_force

§ 210-b. Graduate-level teacher and educational leadership program\nderegistration and suspension. 1. The department shall suspend a\ngraduate program's authority to admit new students if for three\nconsecutive academic years, fewer than fifty percent of its students who\nhave satisfactorily completed the program pass each examination that\nthey have taken that is required for certification and shall notify\ncurrently admitted and enrolled students of such suspension. The\ngraduate program shall be permitted to continue operations for the\nlength of time it would take all currently admitted and/or enrolled\nstudents, if they were to attend classes on a full-time basis, to\ncomplete the requirements for their degrees. If, at any time during such\nperiod, the commissioner determines that student and/or program\nperformance has significantly improved, the commissioner may reinstate\nthe program's ability to admit new students. If the commissioner does\nnot affirmatively reinstate the program's authority to admit new\nstudents during such time period, the program shall be deregistered. For\npurposes of this subdivision, students who have satisfactorily completed\nthe graduate program shall mean students who have met each educational\nrequirement of the program, excluding any requirement that the student\npass each required New York State teacher certification examination for\na teaching certificate and/or school building leader examination for a\nschool building leader certificate in order to complete the program.\nStudents satisfactorily meeting each educational requirement may include\nstudents who earn a degree or students who complete each educational\nrequirement without earning a degree. When making such a determination,\nthe department shall consider the performance on each certification\nexamination of the cohort of students completing an examination not more\nthan five years before the end of the academic year in which the program\nis completed or not later than the September thirtieth following the end\nof such academic year, where academic year is defined as July first\nthrough June thirtieth, and shall consider only the highest score of\nindividuals taking a test more than once. When making such a\ndetermination the department may adjust its methodology for determining\nexamination passage rates for one or more certification examinations to\naccount for sample size and accuracy.\n  2. The institution may submit an appeal of a suspension of a graduate\nprogram's ability to admit students or deregistration pursuant to this\nsection in a manner and timeframe as prescribed by the commissioner in\nregulations. However, a program that has had its ability to admit\nstudents suspended shall not admit new students while awaiting the\ncommissioner's decision on any appeal. An institution with a\nderegistered program shall not admit any new students in such program\nwhile awaiting the commissioner's decision on its application for\nregistration.\n  3. The department may also, as prescribed by the commissioner in\nregulations, conduct expedited suspension and registration reviews for\ngraduate programs, pursuant to regulations of the commissioner.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 657 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 14 / Part 1 / Section 657
Tax exemption of corporation
Status: in_force

§ 657. Tax exemption of corporation. 1. The property, income,\nobligations and activities of the corporation shall be exempt from all\ntaxes and assessments.\n  2. The state of New York does hereby pledge to and agree with the\nholders of the bonds, notes, or other obligations of the corporation\npursuant to this article, or of the state of New York mortgage agency\nauthorized in section two thousand four hundred six of the public\nauthorities law for the corporate purposes authorized in section two\nthousand four hundred five-a of the public authorities law, or of any\nother state entity authorized to issue bonds or notes under the New York\neducation loan program codified in part V of this article that are\nissued for such purpose, and with the holders of such education loans,\nthat the provisions of law applicable to the New York education loan\nprogram variable rate default reserve fund, the New York education loan\nprogram fixed rate default reserve fund, or the state of New York\nmortgage agency New York education loan program default reserve fund, as\napplicable, and to the powers of the corporation to receive and deposit\nin each such fund the applicable amounts described therein shall not be\namended in a manner adversely affecting the interests of such holders\nwithout adequate provision being made to protect such interests and that\nthe corporation shall not be required to pay any taxes or assessments\nupon any of its property or upon its activities pursuant to the\nprovisions of this article, or upon any moneys, funds, revenues or other\nincome held or received by the corporation, and that the obligations and\nnotes of the corporation and the income therefrom shall at all times be\nexempt from taxation, except for estate and gift taxes and taxes on\ntransfers. Each of the corporation, the state of New York mortgage\nagency and any such other public benefit corporation, is authorized to\ninclude this pledge and agreement of the state in any agreements with\nthe holders of such bonds and with the holders of such education loans.\n
N.Y. ELN Law § 14-100 — New York Code / Act ELN / Article 14 / Title 1 / Section 14-100
Definitions
Status: in_force

§ 14-100. Definitions. As used in this article: 1. "political\ncommittee" means any corporation aiding or promoting and any committee,\npolitical club or combination of one or more persons operating or\nco-operating to aid or to promote the success or defeat of a political\nparty or principle, or of any ballot proposal; or to aid or take part in\nthe election or defeat of a candidate for public office or to aid or\ntake part in the election or defeat of a candidate for nomination at a\nprimary election or convention, including all proceedings prior to such\nprimary election, or of a candidate for any party position voted for at\na primary election, or to aid or defeat the nomination by petition of an\nindependent candidate for public office; but nothing in this article\nshall apply to any committee or organization for the discussion or\nadvancement of political questions or principles without connection with\nany vote or to a national committee organized for the election of\npresidential or vice-presidential candidates; provided, however, that a\nperson or corporation making a contribution or contributions to a\ncandidate or a political committee which has filed pursuant to section\n14-118 shall not, by that fact alone, be deemed to be a political\ncommittee as herein defined.\n  2. "party committee" means any committee provided for in the rules of\nthe political party in accordance with section two-one hundred of this\nchapter, other than a constituted committee.\n  3. "constituted committee" means a state committee, a county committee\nor a duly constituted subcommittee of a county committee;\n  4. "duly constituted subcommittee of a county committee" means,\noutside the city of New York, a city, town or village committee, and,\nwithin the city of New York, an assembly district committee, which\nconsists of all county committee members from the city, town, village or\nassembly district, as the case may be, and only such members;\n  5. "non-candidate expenditures" means expenditures made by a party\ncommittee or a constituted committee to maintain a permanent\nheadquarters and staff and carry on ordinary party activities not\npromoting the candidacy of specific candidates;\n  6. "district" means the entire state or any part thereof, as the case\nmay be;\n  7. "candidate" means an individual who seeks nomination for election,\nor election, to any public office or party position to be voted for at a\nprimary, general or special or New York city community school district\nelection or election for trustee of the Long Island Power Authority,\nwhether or not the public office or party position has been specifically\nidentified at such time and whether or not such individual is nominated\nor elected, and, for purposes of this subdivision, an individual shall\nbe deemed to seek nomination for election, or election, to an office or\nposition, if he has (1) taken the action necessary to qualify himself\nfor nomination for election, or election, or (2) received contributions\nor made expenditures, given his consent for any other person to receive\ncontributions or make expenditures, with a view to bringing about his\nnomination for election, or election, to any office or position at any\ntime whether in the year in which such contributions or expenditures are\nmade or at any other time; and\n  8. "legislative leader" means any of the following: the speaker of the\nassembly; the minority leader of the assembly; the temporary president\nof the senate and the minority leader of the senate.\n  9. "contribution" means:\n  (1) any gift, subscription, outstanding loan (to the extent provided\nfor in section 14-114 of this chapter), advance, or deposit of money or\nany thing of value, made in connection with the nomination for election,\nor election, of any candidate, or made to promote the success or defeat\nof a political party or principle, or of any ballot proposal,\n  (2) any funds received by a political committee from another political\ncommittee to the extent such funds do not constitute a transfer,\n  (3) any payment, by any person other than a candidate or a political\ncommittee authorized by the candidate, made in connection with the\nnomination for election or election of any candidate, including any\npayment or expenditure where coordination has occurred as defined in\nsection 14-107 of this article, or any payment made to promote the\nsuccess or defeat of a political party or principle, or of any ballot\nproposal including but not limited to compensation for the personal\nservices of any individual which are rendered in connection with a\ncandidate's election or nomination without charge; provided however,\nthat none of the foregoing shall be deemed a contribution if it is made,\ntaken or performed by a candidate or his spouse or by a person or a\npolitical committee independent of the candidate or his agents or\nauthorized political committees. For purposes of this article, the term\n"independent of the candidate or his agents or authorized political\ncommittees" shall mean that the candidate or his agents or authorized\npolitical committees did not authorize, request, suggest, foster or\ncooperate in any such activity; and provided further, that the term\ncontribution shall not include:\n  (A) the value of services provided without compensation by individuals\nwho volunteer a portion or all of their time on behalf of a candidate or\npolitical committee,\n  (B) the use of real or personal property and the cost of invitations,\nfood and beverages voluntarily provided by an individual to a candidate\nor political committee on the individual's residential premises for\ncandidate-related activities to the extent such services do not exceed\nfive hundred dollars in value, and\n  (C) the travel expenses of any individual who on his own behalf\nvolunteers his personal services to any candidate or political committee\nto the extent such expenses are unreimbursed and do not exceed five\nhundred dollars in value.\n  10. "transfer" means any exchange of funds or any thing of value\nbetween political committees authorized by the same candidate and taking\npart solely in his campaign, or any exchange of funds between a party or\nconstituted committee and a candidate or any of his authorized political\ncommittees.\n  11. "election" means all general, special and primary elections, but\nshall not include elections provided for pursuant to the education law,\nspecial district elections, fire district elections or library district\nelections.\n  12. "clearly identified candidate" means that:\n  (a) the name of the candidate involved appears;\n  (b) a photograph or drawing of the candidate appears; or\n  (c) the identity of the candidate is apparent by unambiguous\nreference.\n  13. "general public audience" means an audience composed of members of\nthe public, including a targeted subgroup of members of the public;\nprovided, however, it does not mean an audience solely comprised of\nmembers, retirees and staff of a labor organization or members of their\nhouseholds or an audience solely comprised of employees of a\ncorporation, unincorporated business entity or members of a business,\ntrade or professional association or organization.\n  14. "labor organization" means any organization of any kind which\nexists for the purpose, in whole or in part, of representing employees\nemployed within the state of New York in dealing with employers or\nemployer organizations or with a state government, or any political or\ncivil subdivision or other agency thereof, concerning terms and\nconditions of employment, grievances, labor disputes, or other matters\nincidental to the employment relationship. For the purposes of this\narticle, each local, parent national or parent international\norganization of a statewide labor organization, and each statewide\nfederation receiving dues from subsidiary labor organizations, shall be\nconsidered a separate labor organization.\n  15. "independent expenditure committee" means a political committee,\nthat makes only independent expenditures as defined in this article, and\ndoes not coordinate with a candidate, candidate's authorized committees\nor an agent of the candidate as defined in paragraph (g) of subdivision\none of section 14-107 of this article.\n  For purposes of this section, an independent expenditure committee may\nbe created by a person, group of persons, corporation, unincorporated\nbusiness entity, labor organization or business, trade or professional\nassociation, or organization, or political committee.\n  16. "political action committee" means a political committee which\nmakes no expenditures to aid or take part in the election or defeat of a\ncandidate, or to promote the success or defeat of a ballot proposal,\nother than in the form of contributions, including in-kind\ncontributions, to candidates, candidate's authorized committees, party\ncommittees, constituted committees, or independent expenditure\ncommittees provided there is no common operational control between the\npolitical action committee and the independent expenditure committee; or\nin the form of communications that are not distributed to a general\npublic audience as described in subdivision thirteen of this section.\n  For purposes of this paragraph, "common operational control" means\nthat (i) the same individual or individuals exercise actual and\nstrategic control over the day-to-day affairs of both the political\naction committee and the independent expenditure committee, or (ii)\nemployees of the political action committee and the independent\nexpenditure committee engage in communications related to the strategic\noperations of either committee.\n  17. "foreign national" means foreign national as such term is defined\nby subsection (b) of section 30121 of title 52 of the United States\ncode.\n
N.Y. DOM Law § 75-K — New York Code / Act DOM / Article 5-A / Title 1 / Section 75-K
Cooperation between courts; preservation of records
Status: in_force

§ 75-k. Cooperation between courts; preservation of records. 1. A\ncourt of this state may request the appropriate court of another state\nto:\n  (a) hold an evidentiary hearing;\n  (b) order a person to produce or give evidence pursuant to procedures\nof that state;\n  (c) order that an evaluation be made with respect to the custody of a\nchild involved in a pending proceeding;\n  (d) forward to the court of this state a certified copy of the\ntranscript of the record of the hearing, the evidence otherwise\npresented, and any evaluation prepared in compliance with the request;\nand\n  (e) order a party to a child custody proceeding or any person having\nphysical custody of the child to appear in the proceeding with or\nwithout the child.\n  2. Upon the request of a court of another state, a court of this state\nmay hold a hearing or enter an order described in subdivision one of\nthis section.\n  3. Travel and other necessary and reasonable expenses incurred under\nsubdivisions one and two of this section may be assessed against the\nparties according to the law of this state.\n  4. A court of this state shall preserve the pleadings, orders,\ndecrees, records of hearings, evaluations, and other pertinent records\nwith respect to a child custody proceeding at least until the child\nattains eighteen years of age. Upon appropriate request by a court or\nlaw enforcement official of another state, the court shall forward a\ncertified copy of those records.\n
N.Y. SOS Law § 460-B — New York Code / Act SOS / Article 7 / Title 1 / Section 460-B
Operating certificate
Status: in_force

§  460-b.  Operating certificate.  1.  No facility subject to\ninspection and supervision by the department, except a facility operated\nby a state department or agency, or a facility which pursuant to law is\nlicensed or certified to operate by a state department or agency or by\nan authorized agency as such term is defined in section three hundred\nseventy-one of this chapter, shall be operated unless it shall possess a\nvalid operating certificate issued pursuant to this article by the\ndepartment, which certificate shall specify who the operator of the\nfacility shall be, the kind or kinds of care and services such facility\nis authorized to provide, the capacity of the facility, the location of\nthe facility and, except in the case of a facility operated by an\nauthorized agency as such term is defined in paragraph (a) of\nsubdivision ten of section three hundred seventy-one of this chapter,\nthe duration of the period of its validity.  The department shall by\nregulation specify the manner in which the public shall be given notice\nof the existence of such operating certificate.\n  2.  Application for an operating certificate pursuant to this article\nshall be made upon forms prescribed by the department and in accordance\nwith procedures established by regulations of the department.  The\napplication shall contain the name of the facility, the kind or kinds of\ncare and services to be provided, the location and physical description\nof the facility, and such other information as the department may\nrequire.  The application shall be approved and an operating certificate\nshall be issued when it is established to the satisfaction of the\ndepartment that the facility meets, and will be operated in accordance\nwith, the requirements of this article, the regulations of the\ndepartment and all other applicable provisions of law including\nrequirements as to the premises, equipment, personnel, care and\nservices, rules, by-laws and administrative practices.\n  3.  Each facility required to obtain an operating certificate pursuant\nto this section shall be required, as a condition of qualifying for or\nremaining qualified for such certificate, to demonstrate to the\nsatisfaction of the department that it has taken all reasonable steps to\nassure that residents entitled to a personal allowance pursuant to\nsection one hundred thirty-one-o of this chapter have in fact received\nthe full personal benefit of such allowance, and that proper accounting\nprocedures have been complied with.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 2500-H — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 25 / Title 1 / Section 2500-H
Statewide perinatal data system
Status: in_force

* § 2500-h. Statewide perinatal data system. 1. In order to support\nquality care at all hospitals with obstetric services, the department is\nauthorized to provide de-identified information for all births at each\naffiliate hospital in each regional perinatal center's network to the\nregional perinatal center and the affiliate, except that such\ninformation shall include zip code and a unique identifier such as\nmedical record number.\n  2. The information when received by the department shall be used\nsolely for the purpose of improving quality of care and shall not be\nsubject to release under article six of the public officers law, and\nwhere applicable, shall be subject to the confidentiality provisions of\nsection twenty-eight hundred five-m of this chapter, except that the\nrelease of birth certificate information shall be subject to section\nforty-one hundred seventy-four of this chapter.\n  3. The commissioner may release information collected through the\nstatewide perinatal data system to his or her designees, including\npersons or entities under contract with the department to review quality\nof care issues, as required to monitor regional perinatal centers and\naffiliate hospitals and conduct quality improvement initiatives as\nneeded to monitor, evaluate and improve patient care and outcomes. Such\ndesignee or person or entity under contract with the department to\nreview quality of care issues shall maintain the confidentiality of all\nsuch information and shall use it only to improve quality of care, as\napproved by the department.\n  * NB There are 2 § 2500-h's\n
N.Y. VAT Law § 119-A — New York Code / Act VAT / Title 1 / Article 1 / Section 119-A
Ignition interlock device
Status: in_force

* § 119-a. Ignition interlock device. Any blood alcohol concentration\nequivalence measuring device which connects to a motor vehicle ignition\nsystem and prevents a motor vehicle from being started without first\ndetermining through a deep lung breath sample that the operator's\nequivalent breath alcohol level does not exceed the calibrated setting\non the device as required by section eleven hundred ninety-eight of this\nchapter.\n  * NB Repealed September 1, 2027\n
N.Y. ELN Law § 17-122 — New York Code / Act ELN / Article 17 / Title 1 / Section 17-122
Misconduct in relation to petitions
Status: in_force

§ 17-122. Misconduct in relation to petitions. Any person who:\n  1. Pays, lends, contributes or promises to pay, lend or contribute any\nmoney or other valuable consideration to or for any voter, or to or for\nany other person, to induce such voter to sign a petition for the\ndesignation of a candidate for party nomination or for election to a\nparty position to be voted for at a primary election, or to induce such\nvoter to sign a petition for opportunity to ballot at a primary election\nor to induce such voter to sign an independent nominating petition for\npublic office; or\n  2. Gives, offers or promises any office, place or employment, or\npromises to procure or endeavor to procure any office, place or\nemployment to or for any voter, or to or for any other person, in order\nto induce such voter to sign a petition for the designation of a\ncandidate for party nomination or for election to a party position to be\nvoted for at a primary election, or to induce such voter to sign a\npetition for opportunity to ballot at a primary election or to induce\nsuch voter to sign an independent nominating petition for public office;\nor\n  3. Receives, agrees or contracts for any money, gift, loan or other\nvaluable consideration, office, place or employment for himself or any\nother person, for signing a petition for the designation of a candidate\nfor party nomination or for election to a party position to be voted for\nat a primary election, or for signing a petition for opportunity to\nballot at a primary election or for signing an independent nominating\npetition for public office; or\n  4. Pays or agrees to pay money or other valuable consideration, to any\nperson for his services in canvassing for or otherwise procuring the\nsignatures of voters to a petition for the designation of a candidate or\ncandidates for party nomination or for election to a party position to\nbe voted for at a primary election, or to a petition for opportunity to\nballot at a primary election, or to an independent nominating petition\nfor public office, upon the basis of the number of names to such\npetition procured by such person, or at a fixed amount per name; or,\n  5. Represents to any person as an inducement for signing a petition\nfor the designation of a candidate for party nomination or for election\nto a party position to be voted for at a primary election, or for\nsigning a petition for opportunity to ballot at a primary election, or\nfor signing an independent nominating petition for public office, that\nthe person soliciting such signature is to be compensated upon the basis\nof the number of names procured by such a person, or at a fixed amount\nper name; or\n  6. Being a signer of a petition, provided for in the election law, for\nthe designation or nomination of a candidate, or a petition for\nopportunity to ballot at a primary election, thereby makes a false\nstatement or makes a false affidavit thereon, or a false statement to\nthe witness who authenticates the petition; or\n  7. Being a notary public, commissioner of deeds or a subscribing\nwitness to a petition, provided for in this chapter, for the designation\nor nomination of a candidate, or a petition for opportunity to ballot at\na primary election, thereby makes a false statement or makes a false\naffidavit thereon; or\n  8. Alters a petition, provided for in the election law, for the\ndesignation or nomination of a candidate, or a petition for opportunity\nto ballot at a primary election, by inserting, adding or changing\ntherein the name of a candidate, or the title or designation of an\noffice or position by any means whatsoever, after such petition has been\nsigned by one or more persons, is guilty of a misdemeanor.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 668-C — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 14 / Part 2 / Subpart 2 / Section 668-C
Awards for Vietnam veterans' children born with Spina Bifida enrolled in approved undergraduate or graduate programs at degree granting i...
Status: in_force

§ 668-c. Awards for Vietnam veterans' children born with Spina Bifida\nenrolled in approved undergraduate or graduate programs at degree\ngranting institutions.  1. Eligible students. Awards shall be made to\nVietnam veterans' resident children born with Spina Bifida enrolled in\napproved undergraduate or graduate programs at degree granting\ninstitutions. For the purpose of this section, "Vietnam veteran" shall\nmean a person who served in Indochina at any time from the first day of\nNovember, nineteen hundred fifty-five, to and including the seventh day\nof May, nineteen hundred seventy-five and (a) was honorably discharged\nfrom the armed forces of the United States, or (b) has a qualifying\ncondition, as defined in section one of the veterans' services law, and\nhas received a discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from the\narmed forces of the United States, or (c) is a discharged LGBT veteran,\nas defined in section one of the veterans' services law, and has\nreceived a discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from the\narmed forces of the United States; "born with Spina Bifida" shall mean a\ndiagnosis at birth of such disease inclusive of all forms,\nmanifestations, complications and associated medical conditions thereof,\nbut shall not include Spina Bifida Occulta. Such diagnosis shall be in\naccordance with the provisions of the federal Spina Bifida program and\nshall be documented by the United States Administration of Veterans'\nAffairs.\n  2. Amount and duration. Every recipient shall receive an annual award\nof four hundred fifty dollars for each of not more than four academic\nyears of undergraduate study or five academic years if a program\nnormally requires five years, as defined by the commissioner pursuant to\narticle thirteen of this chapter.\n
N.Y. VAT Law § 145-C — New York Code / Act VAT / Title 1 / Article 1 / Section 145-C
Snow emergency route
Status: in_force

§ 145-c. Snow emergency route. A street or highway designated as a\nsnow emergency route by the state or municipality having jurisdiction\nover such street or highway upon which no vehicle shall operate without\nsnow tires and/or tire chains when a snow emergency has been declared by\nthe state or municipality having jurisdiction thereof. Each snow\nemergency route shall be posted in accordance with the provisions of\narticle forty-four of this chapter. The provisions of this section shall\nnot apply to signs installed and operative prior to the date on which\nthis section takes effect, provided, however, that the provisions of\nthis section shall apply to signs replaced on and after such date.\n
N.Y. PEN Law § 490.37 — New York Code / Act PEN / Part 4 / Title Y-1 / Article 490 / Section 490.37
Criminal possession of a chemical weapon or biological weapon in the third degree
Status: in_force

§ 490.37 Criminal possession of a chemical weapon or biological weapon\n           in the third degree.\n  A person is guilty of criminal possession of a chemical weapon or\nbiological weapon in the third degree when he or she possesses any\nselect chemical agent or select biological agent under circumstances\nevincing an intent by the defendant to use such weapon to cause serious\nphysical injury or death to another person.\n  Criminal possession of a chemical weapon or biological weapon in the\nthird degree is a class C felony.\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 21-0109 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 21 / Title 1 / Section 21-0109
Examination of accounts
Status: in_force

§ 21-0109. Examination of accounts.\n  The state Comptroller is hereby authorized and empowered from time to\ntime to examine the accounts and books of the commission, including its\nreceipts, disbursements and such other items referring to its financial\nstanding as such Comptroller may deem proper and to report the results\nof such examination to the Governor.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 2500-F — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 25 / Title 1 / Section 2500-F
Human immunodeficiency virus; testing of newborns
Status: in_force

§ 2500-f. Human immunodeficiency virus; testing of newborns.  1. In\norder to improve the health outcomes of newborns, and to improve access\nto care and treatment for newborns infected with or exposed to human\nimmunodeficiency virus (HIV) and their mothers, the commissioner shall\nestablish a comprehensive program for the testing of newborns for the\npresence of human immunodeficiency virus and/or the presence of\nantibodies to such virus.\n  2. The commissioner shall promulgate regulations governing the\nimplementation of the program required pursuant to subdivision one of\nthis section, including the administration of testing, counseling,\ntracking, disclosure of test results pursuant to section twenty-seven\nhundred eighty-two of this chapter, follow-up reviews, and educational\nactivities relating to such testing.\n
N.Y. ELN Law § 3-106 — New York Code / Act ELN / Article 3 / Title 1 / Section 3-106
Fair campaign code
Status: in_force

§ 3-106. Fair campaign code. 1. In addition to the powers and duties\nelsewhere enumerated in this article, the state board of elections,\nafter public hearings, shall adopt a "fair campaign code" setting forth\nethical standards of conduct for persons, political parties and\ncommittees engaged in election campaigns including, but not limited to,\nspecific prohibitions against practices of political espionage and other\npolitical practices involving subversion of the political parties and\nprocess.\n  2. Copies of such code shall be sent to each candidate, political\nparty or political committee, upon request, by the board of elections\nwith which such candidate, party or committee is required to file\nstatements of campaign financial disclosure pursuant to article fourteen\nof this chapter.\n  3. The state board of elections, on its own initiative, or upon\ncomplaint or otherwise, may investigate any alleged violation of the\nfair campaign code and, in appropriate cases, may apply for an order, as\nprovided in this article.\n  4. In addition to any other civil or criminal penalty which may be\nprovided for by law, the state board may impose a civil penalty, not to\nexceed one thousand dollars, upon any person found by the board, after a\nhearing, to have violated any of the provisions of such code.\n  5. Any such finding by the board may only be had after a hearing\nconducted by it upon reasonable written notice, as the board may\ndetermine, to such person and affording such person a reasonable\nopportunity to be heard and present and examine witnesses thereat.\n
N.Y. MDW Law § 177 — New York Code / Act MDW / Article 6 / Title 1 / Section 177
Rooms in basements and cellars
Status: in_force

§ 177. Rooms in basements and cellars. 1. No room in any cellar shall\nbe occupied for living purposes, except as provided in subdivision six\nof section thirty-four or in subdivision three of this section.\n  2. A room occupied for living purposes in a basement shall comply with\nthe requirements of sections one hundred seventy-three and one hundred\nseventy-four except as provided in subdivision four of this section.\n  3. Where more than sixty per centum of the height of a cellar is below\nthe level of the curb on which a dwelling faces, but the floor of such\ncellar is approximately at the level of the yard thereof and such yard\nis not less than thirty feet in depth at every point, the department may\npermit the use of such cellar for living purposes if it shall deem such\ncellar adequately lighted and ventilated and habitable.  When permission\nis granted such a cellar shall be deemed a basement.\n  4. The basement of a converted dwelling may be used for living\npurposes without meeting the requirements of subdivisions one and two of\nsection one hundred seventy-three if such dwelling meets the other\napplicable requirements of such section and of this chapter, including\nthe following:\n  a. Such a dwelling shall not exceed three stories, including the\nbasement, in height.\n  b. It shall be occupied by not more than one family on any story,\nincluding the basement. For the purposes of this subdivision a family\nshall not be deemed to include any boarders, lodgers or roomers.\n  c. It shall have at least one court two feet or more in width\nextending across the entire depth of the lot from the street to the\nyard.\n  d. The department shall deem the basement to be adequately lighted and\nventilated, free of any dampness, sanitary and habitable.\n  e. There shall be a separate water-closet compartment within the\nbasement apartment conforming to the provisions of section two hundred.\n  f. Such dwelling shall not be required to comply with section one\nhundred eighty-seven if a scuttle is provided conforming to section one\nhundred eighty-eight.\n  (g) This subdivision is applicable only to buildings noted, classified\nor recorded as such converted dwellings in the department prior to\nJanuary first, nineteen hundred sixty-six.\n  5. Notwithstanding any provisions of this section or of subdivision\nfive of section three hundred, an apartment or room in a cellar which\nwas occupied for living purposes at any time on or after October first,\nnineteen hundred fifty-two may thereafter continue to be occupied for\nsuch purposes until July first, nineteen hundred sixty-seven in\naccordance with the conditions imposed by subdivision five of section\ntwo hundred sixteen.\n
N.Y. ELN Law § 7-122 — New York Code / Act ELN / Article 7 / Title 1 / Section 7-122
Ballots; absentee voters
Status: in_force

§ 7-122. Ballots; absentee voters. 1. (a) Ballots for absentee voters\nshall be, as nearly as practicable, in the same form as those to be\nvoted in the district on election day, except that such ballots need not\nhave a stub, and shall have the words "Absentee Ballot", endorsed\nthereon.\n  (b) All provisions of this chapter not inconsistent with this\nsubdivision shall be applicable to absentee ballots prepared for\ncounting by a ballot scanner or by hand. The instructions for marking an\nabsentee ballot shall be provided and shall be substantially as follows,\nso that they accurately reflect the ballot layout:\n                              INSTRUCTIONS\n  Mark the (insert "oval" or "square") to the left of the name of your\nchoice. (Provide illustration of correctly-marked voting position here.)\nTo vote for a candidate whose name is not printed on the ballot, (insert\n"mark the oval (or square) to the left of 'write-in' and print the name\nclearly" or "print the name clearly in the box labeled 'write-in'"),\nstaying within the box. Any mark or writing outside the spaces provided\nfor voting may void the entire ballot. You have a right to a replacement\nballot. If you make a mistake or want to change your vote, call the\nboard of elections at (insert phone number here) for instructions on how\nto obtain a new ballot. The number of choices is listed for each\ncontest. Do not mark the ballot for more candidates than allowed. If you\ndo, your vote in that contest will not count.\n  (c) When a question or proposal is included on the ballot,\ninstructions substantially similar to those provided in subdivision\nfifteen of section 7-104 of this article shall be included.\n  2. The determination of the appropriate county board of elections as\nto the candidates duly designated or nominated for public office or\nparty position whose name shall appear on the absentee ballot and as to\nballot proposals to be voted on shall be made no later than the day\nafter the state board of elections issues its certification of those\ncandidates to be voted for at the general, special or primary election.\nThe determinations of the state board of elections and the respective\ncounty boards of elections shall be final and conclusive with respect to\nsuch offices for which petitions or certificates are required to be\nfiled with such boards, as the case may be but nothing herein contained\nshall prevent a board of elections, or a court of competent jurisdiction\nfrom determining at a later date that any such certification,\ndesignation or nomination is invalid and, in the event of such later\ndetermination, no vote cast for any such nominee by any voter shall be\ncounted at the election.\n  3. There shall be three envelopes for each absentee ballot issued by\nmail: the inner affirmation envelope into which a voter places his or\nher voted ballot, the outer envelope which shall be addressed to the\nabsentee voter, and the mailing envelope which is addressed to the\ncounty board of elections. The board of elections shall furnish with\neach absentee ballot an inner affirmation envelope. On one side of the\nenvelope shall be printed:\n                        OFFICIAL ABSENTEE BALLOT\n                                   for\n                GENERAL (OR PRIMARY OR SPECIAL) ELECTION,\n ........., 20.....\nName of voter.........................................\nResidence (street and number if any)..................\nCity/or town of.......(village, if any)...............\nCounty of.............................................\nAssembly district ....................................\nLegislative District (as applicable) .................\nWard (as applicable) .................................\nElection District.....................................\nParty Enrollment (in case of primary election)........\n  4. The date of the election, name of the county, and name of a city,\nif there be a separate ballot for city voters, shall be printed, and the\nname of the voter, residence, number of the assembly district, if any,\nname of town, number of ward, if any, election district and party\nenrollment, if required, shall be either printed or written or stamped\nin by the board.\n  5. There shall also be a place for two board of elections staff\nmembers or inspectors of opposite political parties to indicate, by\nplacing their initials thereon, that they have checked and marked the\nvoter's poll record and a box labeled "BOE use only" for notations\nrequired when the board of elections reviews affirmation ballot\nenvelopes pursuant to section 9-209 of this chapter.\n  6. On the reverse side of such inner affirmation envelope shall be\nprinted the following statement:\n                               AFFIRMATION\n  I do declare that I am a citizen of the United States, that I am duly\nregistered in the election district shown on the reverse side of this\nenvelope and I am qualified to vote in such district; that I will be\nunable to appear personally on the day of the election for which this\nballot is voted at the polling place of the election district in which I\nam a qualified voter because of the reason given on my application\nheretofore submitted; that I have not qualified nor do I intend to vote\nelsewhere, that I have not committed any act nor am I under any\nimpediment which denies me the right to vote.\n  I hereby declare that the foregoing is a true statement to the best of\nmy knowledge and belief, and I understand that if I make any material\nfalse statement in the foregoing statement of absentee voter, I shall be\nguilty of a misdemeanor.\nDate.................20.....       .....................................\n                                   Signature or mark of voter\n                                   .....................................\n                                   Signature of Witness (required only\n                                   if voter does not sign his or her own\n                                   name)\n                                   .....................................\n                                   Address of Witness\n  7. The inner affirmation envelope shall be gummed, ready for sealing,\nand shall have printed thereon, on the side opposite the statement,\ninstructions as to the duties of the voter after the marking of the\nballot, which instructions shall include a specific direction stating\nwhen such ballot must be postmarked and when such ballot must reach the\noffice of the board of elections in order to be canvassed.\n  8. Each inner affirmation ballot envelope shall be enclosed in an\nouter envelope addressed to the appropriate board of elections and\nbearing on it a specific direction that if an original application for\nan absentee ballot is received with the ballot, such application must be\ncompleted by the voter and returned in the outer envelope together with\nthe sealed inner affirmation envelope containing the absentee ballot\nwithin the time limits for receipt of the absentee ballot itself. Such\ninner affirmation envelope and outer envelope shall be enclosed in the\nthird envelope addressed to the absentee voter. The outer and third\nenvelopes shall have printed on the face thereof the words "Election\nMaterial--Please Expedite".\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 240 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 5 / Part 1-A / Section 240
The Stony Brook university Cody center for autism and developmental disabilities at Stony Brook university
Status: in_force

§ 240. The Stony Brook university Cody center for autism and\ndevelopmental disabilities at Stony Brook university. The Stony Brook\nuniversity Cody center for autism and developmental disabilities\n(hereinafter the "Cody center") is hereby established under the\njurisdiction of the state university of New York. The Cody center shall\nbe administered as a program of the state university in accordance with\nthe policies of the trustees of the state university.\n
N.Y. LAB Law § 161 — New York Code / Act LAB / Article 5 / Title 1 / Section 161
One day rest in seven
Status: in_force

§ 161. One day rest in seven. 1. Every employer operating a factory,\nmercantile establishment, hotel, restaurant, or freight or passenger\nelevator in any building or place shall, except as herein otherwise\nprovided, allow every person employed in such establishment or in the\ncare, custody or operation of any such elevator, at least twenty-four\nconsecutive hours of rest in any calendar week. Every employer operating\na place in which motion pictures are shown shall allow the projectionist\nor operator of the motion picture machine and engineers and firemen\ntherein at least twenty-four consecutive hours of rest in any calendar\nweek. Every employer operating a place in which legitimate theatre\nproductions such as dramatic and musical productions are shown or\nexhibited shall allow all employees, including the performers in the\ncast therein and engineers and firemen, at least twenty-four consecutive\nhours of rest in each and every calendar week, but this shall not apply\nto any place wherein motion pictures, vaudeville or incidental stage\npresentations or a combination thereof are regularly given throughout\nthe week as the established policy of such place; except that engineers\nand firemen employed in such place shall be allowed at least twenty-four\nconsecutive hours of rest in any calendar week. No employer shall\noperate such establishment, place or elevator on Sunday unless he shall\ncomply with subdivision three. This section does not authorize any work\non Sunday not permitted now or hereafter by law.\n  Every owner, lessee and operator of a dwelling, apartment, loft and\noffice building, garage, storage place and building, wherein or whereat\na watchman or watchmen or engineer or fireman are employed, shall allow\nsuch person or persons so employed at least twenty-four consecutive\nhours of rest in each and every calendar week.\n  Every owner, lessee or operator of a warehouse, storagehouse, office,\ndwelling, apartment, loft and any other building or structure wherein a\njanitor, superintendent, supervisor or manager or engineer or fireman is\nemployed, shall allow such person or persons so employed at least\ntwenty-four consecutive hours of rest in each and every calendar week.\n  Every person employed as a domestic worker as defined in subdivision\nsixteen of section two of this chapter, shall be allowed at least\ntwenty-four consecutive hours of rest in each and every calendar week.\nNo provision of this paragraph shall prohibit a domestic worker from\nvoluntarily agreeing to work on such day of rest required by this\nparagraph, provided that the worker is compensated at the overtime rate\nfor all hours worked on such day of rest. The day of rest authorized\nunder this subdivision should, whenever possible, coincide with the\ntraditional day reserved by the domestic worker for religious worship.\nIn addition, after one year of work with the same employer a domestic\nworker shall be entitled to at least three days of rest in each calendar\nyear at the regular rate of compensation.\n  Every person employed as a farm laborer shall be allowed at least\ntwenty-four consecutive hours of rest in each and every calendar week.\nTwenty-four consecutive hours spent at rest because of circumstances,\nsuch as weather or crop conditions, shall be deemed to constitute the\nrest required by this paragraph. No provision of this paragraph shall\nprohibit a farm laborer from voluntarily agreeing to work on such day of\nrest required by this paragraph, provided that the farm laborer is\ncompensated at an overtime rate which is at least one and one-half times\nthe laborer's regular rate of pay for all hours worked on such day of\nrest. The term "farm labor" shall include all services performed in\nagricultural employment in connection with cultivating the soil, or in\nconnection with raising or harvesting of agricultural commodities,\nincluding the raising, shearing, caring for and management of livestock,\npoultry or dairy. The day of rest authorized under this subdivision\nshould, whenever possible, coincide with the traditional day reserved by\nthe farm laborer for religious worship.\n  2. This section shall not apply to:\n  a. Foreman in charge;\n  b. Employees in milk condenseries, milk powder factories, milk sugar\nfactories, milk shipping stations, butter and cheese factories, ice\ncream manufacturing plants and milk bottling plants, where not more than\nseven persons are employed;\n  c. Employees, if the board in its discretion approves, engaged in an\nindustrial or manufacturing process necessarily continuous, in which no\nemployee is permitted to work more than eight hours in any calendar day;\n  d. Employees whose duties include not more than three hours' work on\nSunday in setting sponges in bakeries, maintaining fires, or making\nnecessary repairs to boilers or machinery.\n  e. Employees in resort or seasonal hotels and restaurants in rural\ncommunities and in cities and villages having a population of less than\nfifteen thousand inhabitants, excluding that portion of the population\nof a third class city residing outside of its corporation tax district\nwhere such city embraces the entire area of a former township. As used\nin this subdivision, the term "resort" shall apply to any establishment\nenumerated herein which operates for not more than four calendar months\nand fifteen days in each year, and the term "seasonal" shall apply to\nany establishment enumerated herein in which the number of employees is\nincreased by at least one hundred per cent from the slack to the busiest\nseason.\n  f. Employees in dry dock plants engaged in making repairs to ships.\n  3. Before operating on Sunday, every employer shall designate a day of\nrest, consisting of at least twenty-four consecutive hours of rest in\neach and every calendar week for each employee, and shall notify each\nemployee in advance of his or her designated day of rest. No employee\nshall be permitted to work on his designated day of rest.\n  4. Every employer shall keep a time book showing the names and\naddresses of his employees and the hours worked by each of them in each\nday.\n  5. If there shall be practical difficulties or unnecessary hardship in\ncarrying out the provisions of this section or the rules promulgated\nhereunder, the commissioner may make a variation therefrom if the spirit\nof the act be observed and substantial justice done. Such variation\nshall describe the conditions under which it shall be permitted and\nshall apply to substantially similar conditions. A properly indexed\nrecord of variations shall be kept by the department.\n  6. In case of violation of any of the provisions of this section, the\ncommissioner shall issue an order directing compliance therewith, and\nupon failure so to comply shall commence a prosecution as provided by\nlaw.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 1500 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 15 / Title 1 / Section 1500
Municipal insect control
Status: in_force

§ 1500. Municipal insect control.  1. The board of health of a\nmunicipality may take all necessary and proper steps for the control of\nmosquitoes, flies, black flies, punkies, ticks, and other insects\ndetrimental to health within its jurisdiction which may require\ncommunity action for the destruction or control of such insects.\n  2. Any accumulation of water in which mosquitoes are breeding, or are\nlikely to breed, is hereby declared to be a nuisance.\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 57-0117 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 57 / Title 1 / Section 57-0117
Dedications to the Long Island Pine Barrens preserve; legislative protection
Status: in_force

§ 57-0117. Dedications to the Long Island Pine Barrens preserve;\n             legislative protection.\n  1. The commissioner shall maintain a record of the boundaries of the\nlands which have been dedicated to the Long Island Pine Barrens preserve\nin text and depicted on a map.\n  2. Land owned by the state within the Long Island Pine Barrens\nmaritime reserve may be dedicated to be part of the Long Island Pine\nBarrens preserve by the action of the commissioner or the commissioner\nof parks, recreation and historic preservation, or by action of the\nlegislature.\n  3. Land owned by a local government within the Long Island Pine\nBarrens maritime reserve may be dedicated to the Long Island Pine\nBarrens preserve by the action of its local legislative body.\n  4. Land owned by private individuals within the Long Island Pine\nBarrens maritime reserve may be dedicated to be part of the Long Island\nPine Barrens preserve by the execution of a conservation easement.\n  5. Land in the core preservation area which come in the public domain\nshall be deemed to be dedicated to the Long Island Pine Barrens\nPreserve.\n  6. Except for the core preservation area which shall be deemed to be\ndedicated to the preserve, the council shall review and must approve\neach dedication of land to the preserve.\n  7. No publicly owned real property, dedicated to the Long Island Pine\nBarrens preserve, shall be alienated except by law enacted by two\nsuccessive regular sessions of the legislature, but easements for public\nwater supply purposes may be maintained consistent with local\nordinances.\n  8. The council shall have no authority to manage any private land\nunless such land has been voluntarily dedicated pursuant to this title\nor the owner has executed a voluntary written agreement with the council\nauthorizing the specific management actions taken.\n  9. Nothing contained in this title shall affect any previous\ndedication of state land to the State Nature and Historic preserve. Any\nstate land dedicated to the Long Island Pine Barrens preserve may also\nbe dedicated to the State Nature and Historic preserve.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 2500-L — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 25 / Title 1 / Section 2500-L
Pregnant people, blood test for hepatitis C virus (HCV); follow-up care
Status: in_force

§ 2500-l. Pregnant people, blood test for hepatitis C virus (HCV);\nfollow-up care. 1. Every physician or other authorized practitioner\nattending a pregnant person in the state shall order a hepatitis C virus\n(HCV) screening test and if the test is reactive, an HCV RNA test must\nbe performed on the same specimen, or a second specimen collected at the\nsame time as the initial HCV screening test specimen, to confirm\ndiagnosis of current infection. The health care provider shall either\noffer all persons with a detectable HCV RNA test follow-up HCV health\ncare and treatment or refer the individual to a health care provider who\ncan provide follow-up HCV health care and treatment.\n  2. The physician or other authorized practitioner attending a pregnant\nperson shall record the HCV test results prominently in the pregnant\nperson's medical record at or before the time of hospital admission for\ndelivery.\n  3. The commissioner may promulgate such rules and regulations as are\nnecessary to carry out the requirements of this section.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 363 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 8 / Section 363
Curing Alzheimer's health consortium
Status: in_force

§ 363. Curing Alzheimer's health consortium. 1. There is hereby\nestablished within the state university of New York the curing\nAlzheimer's health consortium. The consortium shall have as its purpose\nto identify genes that predict an increased risk for developing the\ndisease, collaborating with research institutions within the state\nuniversity of New York system, and the department of health, in research\nprojects and studies to identify opportunities to develop new\ntherapeutic treatment and cures for Alzheimer's.\n  2. The state university of New York shall issue a request for\nproposals to partner with hospitals both within the state university of\nNew York and other not-for-profit article twenty-eight of the public\nhealth law hospitals and non-profit higher education research\ninstitutions to map the genomes of individuals suffering from or at risk\nof Alzheimer's.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 1300-A — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 13 / Title 1 / Section 1300-A
Putting noisome or unwholesome substances or maintaining noisome business on or near highway
Status: in_force

§ 1300-a. Putting noisome or unwholesome substances or maintaining\nnoisome business on or near highway.  A person, who deposits, leaves or\nkeeps, on or near a highway or route of public travel, either on the\nland or on the water, any noisome or unwholesome substance, or\nestablishes, maintains or carries on, upon or near a public highway or\nroute of public travel, either on the land or on the water, any\nbusiness, trade or manufacture which is noisome or detrimental to public\nhealth, is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not less\nthan one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment not less than three nor\nmore than six months, or both.\n
N.Y. SOS Law § 131-H — New York Code / Act SOS / Article 5 / Title 1 / Section 131-H
Authority to operate family homes for adults
Status: in_force

§ 131-h.  Authority to operate family homes for adults.  A social\nservices official may be authorized to operate family homes for adults,\nin compliance with the regulations of the department, if such official\napplies for such authority and demonstrates the need therefor and that\nsuitable care is not otherwise available.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 4905 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 49 / Title 1 / Section 4905
Required and prohibited practices
Status: in_force

§ 4905. Required and prohibited practices. 1. Each utilization review\nagent shall have written procedures for assuring that patient-specific\ninformation obtained during the process of utilization review will be:\n  (a) kept confidential in accordance with applicable state and federal\nlaws; and\n  (b) shared only with the enrollee, the enrollee's designee, the\nenrollee's health care provider and those who are authorized by law to\nreceive such information.\n  2. Summary data shall not be considered confidential if it does not\nprovide information to allow identification of individual patients.\n  3. Any health care professional who makes determinations regarding the\nmedical necessity of health care services during the course of\nutilization review shall be appropriately licensed, registered or\ncertified.\n  4. A utilization review agent shall not, with respect to utilization\nreview activities, permit or provide compensation or anything of value\nto its employees, agents, or contractors based on:\n  (a) either a percentage of the amount by which a claim is reduced for\npayment or the number of claims or the cost of services for which the\nperson has denied authorization or payment; or\n  (b) any other method that encourages the rendering of an adverse\ndetermination.\n  5. If a health care service has been specifically pre-authorized or\napproved for an enrollee by a utilization review agent, a utilization\nreview agent shall not, pursuant to retrospective review, revise or\nmodify the specific standards, criteria or procedures used for the\nutilization review for procedures, treatment and services delivered to\nthe enrollee during the same course of treatment.\n  * 6. Utilization review shall not be conducted more frequently than is\nreasonably required to assess whether the health care services under\nreview are medically necessary.\n  * NB Effective until January 1, 2027\n  * 6. Utilization review shall not be conducted more frequently than is\nreasonably required to assess whether the health care services under\nreview are medically necessary provided, however, that utilization\nreview shall not be conducted more than once per year for an outpatient\ncourse of treatment for a chronic health condition starting from the\ndate of a pre-authorization approval for the course of treatment unless\nthe enrollee's attending provider recommends a change to the course of\ntreatment, then utilization review may be conducted for the new course\nof treatment. Any new treatment, testing or procedures related to the\nspecific medical problem, condition, or illness being managed but not\nalready included in the approved course of treatment may be subject to a\nseparate pre-authorization.\n  * NB Effective January 1, 2027\n  7. When making prospective, concurrent and retrospective\ndeterminations, utilization review agents shall collect only such\ninformation as is necessary to make such determination and shall not\nroutinely require health care providers to numerically code diagnoses or\nprocedures to be considered for certification or routinely request\ncopies of medical records of all patients reviewed. During prospective\nor concurrent review, copies of medical records shall only be required\nwhen necessary to verify that the health care services subject to such\nreview are medically necessary. In such cases, only the necessary or\nrelevant sections of the medical record shall be required. A utilization\nreview agent may request copies of partial or complete medical records\nretrospectively.\n  8. In no event shall information be obtained from the health care\nproviders for the use of the utilization review agent by persons other\nthan health care professionals, medical record technologists or\nadministrative personnel who have received appropriate training.\n  9. The utilization review agent shall not undertake utilization review\nat the site of the provision of health care services unless the\nutilization review agent:\n  (a) Identifies himself or herself by name and the name of his or her\norganization, including displaying photographic identification which\nincludes the name of the utilization review agent and clearly identifies\nthe individual as representative of the utilization review agent;\n  (b) Whenever possible, schedules review at least one business day in\nadvance with the appropriate health care provider;\n  (c) If requested by a health care provider, assures that the on-site\nreview staff register with the appropriate contact person, if available,\nprior to requesting any clinical information or assistance from the\nhealth care provider;\n  (d) Obtains consent from the enrollee or the enrollee's designee\nbefore interviewing the patient's family, or observing any health care\nservice being provided to the enrollee; and\n  (e) This subdivision shall not apply to health care professionals\nengaged in providing care, case management or making on-site discharge\ndecisions.\n  10. A utilization review agent shall not base an adverse determination\non a refusal to consent to observing any health care service.\n  11. A utilization review agent shall not base an adverse determination\non lack of reasonable access to a health care provider's medical or\ntreatment records unless the utilization review agent has provided\nreasonable notice to the enrollee, the enrollee's designee or the\nenrollee's health care provider, in which case the enrollee must be\nnotified, and has complied with all provisions of subdivision nine of\nthis section.\n  12. Neither the utilization review agent nor the entity for which the\nagent provides utilization review shall take any action with respect to\na patient or a health care provider that is intended to penalize such\nenrollee, the enrollee's designee, or the enrollee's health care\nprovider for, or to discourage such enrollee, the enrollee's designee,\nor the enrollee's health care provider from undertaking an appeal,\ndispute resolution or judicial review of an adverse determination.\n  13. In no event shall an enrollee, an enrollee's designee, an\nenrollee's health care provider, any other health care provider, or any\nother person or entity, be required to inform or contact the utilization\nreview agent prior to the provision of emergency care, including\nemergency treatment or emergency admission.\n  14. No contract or agreement between a utilization review agent and a\nhealth care provider shall contain any clause purporting to transfer to\nthe health care provider by indemnification or otherwise any liability\nrelating to activities, actions or omissions of the utilization review\nagent as opposed to the health care provider.\n  15. A health care professional providing health care services to an\nenrollee shall be prohibited from serving as the clinical peer reviewer\nfor such enrollee in connection with the health care services being\nprovided to the enrollee.\n
N.Y. SOS Law § 390-N — New York Code / Act SOS / Article 6 / Title 1 / Section 390-N
Child care support center; operating certificate required
Status: in_force

§ 390-n. Child care support center; operating certificate required. 1.\nFor purposes of this section, "child care support center" shall mean an\nentity operating as a child care resource and referral program as\ndefined in title five-B of this article that is certified by the office\nof children and family services to place individuals as substitute\ncaregivers at child day care centers, group family day care homes,\nfamily day care homes, or school age child care programs as defined in\nsection three hundred ninety of this title for the purpose of providing\nchild day care.\n  2. The office of children and family services shall be authorized to\ncertify child care support centers and may, at its discretion, limit the\nnumber of operating certificates issued. The office of children and\nfamily services shall regulate and monitor child care support centers.\n  3. No entity may place substitute caregivers at child day care\ncenters, group family day care homes, family day care homes, or school\nage child care programs unless it possesses a valid operating\ncertificate issued by the office of children and family services.\n  4. Prior to placing an individual as a substitute caregiver at a child\nday care center, group family day care home, family day care home, or\nschool age child care program as defined in section three hundred ninety\nof this title for the purpose of providing child day care, a child care\nsupport center shall verify that the substitute caregiver has met the:\n  (a) standards and training requirements set forth in section three\nhundred ninety-a of this title for child day care program employees;\n  (b) criminal history review and background clearance requirements of\nsection three hundred ninety-b of this title for prospective employees\nof a child day care program; and\n  (c) any other requirements established by the regulations of the\noffice of children and family services.\n  5. Any child day care program licensed or registered by the office of\nchildren and family services shall be authorized to request placement of\na substitute caregiver by a child care support center in accordance with\nprocedures established by the child care support center.\n  6. Operating certificates issued under this section shall remain valid\nunless surrendered by the child care support center or revoked by the\noffice of children and family services. The office of children and\nfamily services may revoke an operating certificate at any time upon a\ndetermination that the child care support center has not operated in\naccordance with applicable state or federal law.\n  7. The office of children and family services shall deny an\napplication for certification of a child care support center if the\napplicant had an operating certificate revoked within the two years\nprior to the date of application.\n
N.Y. ELN Law § 3-110 — New York Code / Act ELN / Article 3 / Title 1 / Section 3-110
Time allowed employees to vote
Status: in_force

§ 3-110. Time allowed employees to vote. 1. If a registered voter does\nnot have sufficient time outside of his or her scheduled working hours,\nwithin which to vote on any day at which he or she may vote, at any\nelection, he or she may, without loss of pay for up to two hours, take\noff so much working time as will, when added to his or her voting time\noutside his or her working hours, enable him or her to vote.\n  2. If an employee has four consecutive hours either between the\nopening of the polls and the beginning of his or her working shift, or\nbetween the end of his or her working shift and the closing of the\npolls, he or she shall be deemed to have sufficient time outside his or\nher working hours within which to vote. If he or she has less than four\nconsecutive hours he or she may take off so much working time as will,\nwhen added to his or her voting time outside his or her working hours\nenable him or her to vote, but not more than two hours of which shall be\nwithout loss of pay, provided that he or she shall be allowed time off\nfor voting only at the beginning or end of his or her working shift, as\nthe employer may designate, unless otherwise mutually agreed.\n  3. If the employee requires working time off to vote the employee\nshall notify his or her employer not more than ten nor less than two\nworking days before the day of the election that he or she requires time\noff to vote in accordance with the provisions of this section.\n  4. Not less than ten working days before every election, every\nemployer shall post conspicuously in the place of work where it can be\nseen as employees come or go to their place of work, a notice setting\nforth the provisions of this section. Such notice shall be kept posted\nuntil the close of the polls on election day.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 3309 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 33 / Title 1 / Section 3309
Opioid overdose prevention
Status: in_force

§ 3309. Opioid overdose prevention. 1. The commissioner is authorized\nto establish standards for approval of any opioid overdose prevention\nprogram, and opioid antagonist prescribing, dispensing, distribution,\npossession and administration pursuant to this section which may\ninclude, but not be limited to, standards for program directors,\nappropriate clinical oversight, training, record keeping and reporting.\n  2. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provisions of section sixty-five\nhundred twelve of the education law or any other law, the purchase,\nacquisition, possession or use of an opioid antagonist pursuant to this\nsection shall not constitute the unlawful practice of a profession or\nother violation under title eight of the education law or this article.\n  3. (a) As used in this section:\n  (i) "Opioid antagonist" means a drug approved by the Food and Drug\nAdministration that, when administered, negates or neutralizes in whole\nor in part the pharmacological effects of an opioid in the body. "Opioid\nantagonist" shall be limited to naloxone and other medications approved\nby the department for such purpose.\n  (ii) "Health care professional" means a person licensed, registered or\nauthorized pursuant to title eight of the education law to prescribe\nprescription drugs.\n  (iii) "Pharmacist" means a person licensed or authorized to practice\npharmacy pursuant to article one hundred thirty-seven of the education\nlaw.\n  (iv) "Opioid antagonist recipient" or "recipient" means a person at\nrisk of experiencing an opioid-related overdose, or a family member,\nfriend or other person in a position to assist a person experiencing or\nat risk of experiencing an opioid-related overdose, or an organization\nregistered as an opioid overdose prevention program pursuant to this\nsection or any person or entity or any person employed by the person or\nentity.\n  (v) As used in this section, "entity" includes, but is not limited to,\na school district, public library, board of cooperative educational\nservices, county vocational education and extension board, charter\nschool, non-public elementary or secondary school, restaurant, bar,\nretail store, shopping mall, barber shop, beauty parlor, theater,\nsporting or event center, inn, hotel or motel.\n  (vi) "Nightlife establishment" means an establishment that is open to\nthe public for entertainment or leisure, serves alcohol or where alcohol\nis consumed on the premises, and conducts a large volume of business at\nnight. Such term includes, but is not limited to, bars, entertainment\nvenues, clubs and restaurants.\n  (b)(i) A health care professional may prescribe by a patient-specific\nor non-patient-specific prescription, dispense or distribute, directly\nor indirectly, an opioid antagonist to an opioid antagonist recipient.\n  (ii) A pharmacist may dispense an opioid antagonist, through a\npatient-specific or non-patient-specific prescription pursuant to this\nparagraph, to an opioid antagonist recipient.\n  (iii) An opioid antagonist recipient may possess an opioid antagonist\nobtained pursuant to this paragraph, may distribute such opioid\nantagonist to a recipient, and may administer such opioid antagonist to\na person the recipient reasonably believes is experiencing an opioid\noverdose.\n  (iv) The provisions of this paragraph shall not be deemed to require a\nprescription for any opioid antagonist that does not otherwise require a\nprescription; nor shall it be deemed to limit the authority of a health\ncare professional to prescribe, dispense or distribute, or of a\npharmacist to dispense, an opioid antagonist under any other provision\nof law.\n  (v) Any pharmacy with twenty or more locations in the state, shall\neither: (1) pursue or maintain a non-patient-specific prescription with\nan authorized health care professional to dispense an opioid antagonist\nto a consumer upon request, as authorized by this section; or (2)\nregister with the department as an opioid overdose prevention program.\n  3-a. Any distribution of opioid antagonists through this program shall\ninclude an informational card or sheet, and fentanyl test strips. The\ninformational card or sheet shall include, at a minimum, information on:\n  (a) how to recognize symptoms of an opioid overdose;\n  (b) steps to take prior to and after an opioid antagonist is\nadministered, including calling first responders;\n  (c) the number for the toll free office of addiction services and\nsupports' HOPE line;\n  (d) how to access the office of addiction services and supports'\nwebsite;\n  (e) the application of good samaritan protections provided in section\nthree thousand-a of this chapter;\n  (f) any other information deemed relevant by the commissioner; and\n  (g) information about fentanyl test strips and their uses.\n  The educational card shall be provided in languages other than English\nas deemed appropriate by the commissioner. The department shall make\nsuch informational cards available to the opioid overdose prevention\nprograms.\n  4. (a) Use of an opioid antagonist pursuant to this section shall be\nconsidered first aid or emergency treatment for the purpose of any\nstatute relating to liability.\n  (b) A recipient, opioid overdose prevention program, person or entity,\nor any person employed by the person or entity, acting reasonably and in\ngood faith in compliance with this section, shall not be subject to\ncriminal, civil or administrative liability solely by reason of such\naction.\n  5. The commissioner shall publish findings on statewide opioid\noverdose data that reviews overdose death rates and other information to\nascertain changes in the cause and rates of opioid overdoses, including\nfatal opioid overdoses. The report shall be submitted annually, on or\nbefore October first, to the governor, the temporary president of the\nsenate, the speaker of the assembly and the chairs of the senate and\nassembly health committees, and shall be made public on the department's\ninternet website. The report shall include, at a minimum, the following\ninformation on a county basis:\n  (a) information on opioid overdoses and opioid overdose deaths,\nincluding age, gender, ethnicity, and geographic location;\n  (b) data on emergency room utilization for the treatment of opioid\noverdose;\n  (c) data on utilization of pre-hospital services;\n  (d) data on the dispensing and utilization of opioid antagonists; and\n  (e) any other information necessary to ascertain the success of the\nprogram, areas of the state which are experiencing particularly high\nrates of overdoses, ways to determine if services, resources and\nresponses in particular areas of the state are having a positive impact\non reducing overdoses, and ways to further reduce overdoses.\n  * 6. The commissioner shall provide the current information and data\nspecified by each type of drug included in the report required by\nsubdivision five of this section to each county every three months. The\noffice of addiction services and supports website shall include a\nhyperlink to such information and data which may be utilized by a county\nor any combination thereof as it works to address the opioid epidemic.\n  * NB Repealed March 31, 2027\n  7. With the first prescription to a particular patient of an opioid of\neach year for use in a setting other than a general hospital or nursing\nhome under article twenty-eight of this chapter or facility under\narticle thirty-one of the mental hygiene law, or when a practitioner is\nprescribing a controlled substance to a patient under the care of\nhospice as defined by section four thousand two of this chapter, the\nprescriber shall prescribe an opioid antagonist when any of the\nfollowing risk factors are present: (a) a history of substance use\ndisorder; (b) high dose or cumulative prescriptions that result in\nninety morphine milligram equivalents or higher per day; (c) concurrent\nuse of opioids and benzodiazepine or nonbenzodiazepine sedative\nhypnotics.\n  8. The commissioner shall establish guidelines for onsite opioid\noverdose response capacity in nightlife establishments.\n  9. The commissioner shall, in full accordance with the standards,\npowers and authorizations established by this section, coordinate with\nthe commissioner of general services to effectuate the duty established\nby subdivision two-a of section one hundred forty of the public\nbuildings law to equip public institutions and buildings with opioid\nantagonists.\n
N.Y. DOM Law § 109 — New York Code / Act DOM / Article 7 / Title 1 / Section 109
Definitions
Status: in_force

§ 109. Definitions. When used in this article, unless the context or\nsubject matter manifestly requires a different interpretation:\n  1. "Adoptive parent" or "adoptor" shall mean a person adopting and\n"adoptive child" or "adoptee" shall mean a person adopted.\n  2. "Judge" shall mean a judge of the family court of any county in the\nstate.\n  3. "Surrogate" shall mean the surrogate of any county in the state and\nany other judicial officer while acting in the capacity of surrogate.\n  4. "Authorized agency" shall mean an authorized agency as defined in\nthe social services law and, for the purpose of this article, shall\ninclude such corporations incorporated or organized under the laws of\nthis state as may be specifically authorized by their certificates of\nincorporation to receive children for purposes of adoption.\n  5. "Private-placement adoption" shall mean any adoption other than\nthat of a minor who has been placed for adoption by an authorized\nagency.\n  6. "Lawful custody" shall mean a custody (a) specifically authorized\nby statute or (b) pursuant to judgment, decree or order of a court or\n(c) otherwise authorized by law.\n  7. "A child who has been surrendered to an authorized agency for the\npurpose of adoption" shall mean a child who has been surrendered to such\nan agency pursuant to the provisions of section three hundred\neighty-three-c or three hundred eighty-four of the social services law.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 536 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 11 / Section 536
Deductions from benefits of certain retired members
Status: in_force

§ 536. Deductions from benefits of certain retired members. 1.\nNotwithstanding any other provision of law, a pensioner who is retired\nfrom the retirement system shall have the right, at any time after such\npensioner's retirement, to execute and file a deduction authorization\ncard with the retirement board authorizing the deduction from such\npensioner's retirement allowance of membership dues and such pensioner's\nshare of the cost for employee organization-sponsored benefit plans and\nthe payment thereof to a retiree organization of which the pensioner is\nthen a member and which is then affiliated with either an employee\norganization certified or recognized as the collective bargaining\nrepresentative of all employees in the negotiating unit of which the\npensioner was a part prior to his or her retirement or with an employee\norganization with which such employee organization is then affiliated.\nThe retirement board shall thereafter deduct from the retirement\nallowance of such pensioner the amount of membership dues and such\namounts required to be paid by such pensioner for such authorized\nemployee organization-sponsored benefit plans, and shall transmit the\nsum so deducted to said retiree organization. Such authorization shall\ncontinue in effect until revoked in writing by such pensioner. For\npurposes of this section, the term "employee organization-sponsored\nbenefit plans" shall include any and all insurance plans and/or other\nbenefit plans sponsored by such retiree organization whether provided by\n(a) a not-for-profit corporation licensed under article forty-three of\nthe insurance law; (b) any insurance company authorized to do business\nin this state; (c) a health maintenance organization issued a\ncertificate of authority pursuant to article forty-four of the public\nhealth law; or (d) a self-insurance arrangement, welfare fund or benefit\nfund.\n  2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a retired member shall\nhave the right, at any time after his or her retirement, to execute and\nfile a deduction authorization card with the retirement board\nauthorizing the payment of voluntary contributions to the political\ncommittee, as defined in subdivision one of section 14-100 of the\nelection law, of such member's employee organization, provided such\norganization is certified or recognized pursuant to article fourteen of\nthe civil service law as the representative of all employees in the\nnegotiating unit in which such retired member was then employed. Such\nauthorization shall continue in effect until revoked in writing by such\nmember. The board shall determine the cost of administering deductions\nfor voluntary contributions to the political committee and the cost\nincurred by the retirement system in administering such contributions\nshall be paid from the funds of the political committee.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 1110 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 23 / Part 2 / Section 1110
Establishment of a special education district
Status: in_force

§ 1110. Establishment of a special education district.\n  1. The board of supervisors or other governing elective body of\nWestchester county shall have power to adopt a resolution by a majority\nvote of the members of such board to establish within the county a\nspecial education district which shall include all the territory within\nthe county. A city school district in such county having a population of\nfifty thousand or more inhabitants shall be excluded from such special\neducation district provided the board of education of such city shall\nadopt a resolution requesting that such city school district be so\nexcluded and file such resolution with the board of supervisors or other\ngoverning elective body within sixty days after the establishment of\nsuch special education district. With the approval of the county\ncommission for special education to be appointed as hereinafter\nprovided, a city school district so excluded may later become a part of\nsuch special education district upon the written application by the\nboard of education of such city school district.\n  2. Upon the establishment of such special education district the board\nof supervisors or other governing elective body shall appoint a board\nwhich shall be known as the county commission for special education.\nSuch commission shall consist of five members who shall serve for a\nperiod of five years each, except that members first appointed shall be\nappointed for such terms that the term of one member will expire each\nyear, and their successors shall thereafter each be appointed for a full\nterm of five years, respectively. Vacancies occurring in such office\nshall be filled by the board of supervisors or other governing elective\nbody for the unexpired term.\n  3. Members of such commission shall serve without compensation except\ntheir actual and necessary travelling expenses incurred in the\nperformance of their official duties.\n
N.Y. VAT Law § 113 — New York Code / Act VAT / Title 1 / Article 1 / Section 113
Driver
Status: in_force

§ 113. Driver.  Every person who operates or drives or is in actual\nphysical control of a vehicle.  Whenever the terms "chauffeur" or\n"operator" or "chauffeur's license" or "operator's license" are used in\nthis chapter, such terms shall be deemed to mean driver and driver's\nlicense respectively.\n
N.Y. EXC Law § 501-G — New York Code / Act EXC / Article 19-G / Title 1 / Section 501-G
State council for interstate juvenile supervision
Status: in_force

* § 501-g. State council for interstate juvenile supervision. 1.\nPursuant to article IX of section five hundred one-e of this article,\nthere is hereby created within the office of children and family\nservices a state council for interstate juvenile supervision. The\ncouncil shall consist of the compact administrator, who shall be the\ncommissioner of the office of children and family services, and ten\nother members to be appointed as follows:\n  (a) one legislative representative to be appointed by the governor\nupon recommendation of the speaker of the assembly;\n  (b) one legislative representative to be appointed by the governor\nupon recommendation of the temporary president of the senate;\n  (c) a judicial representative to be appointed by the governor upon\nrecommendation of the chief judge of the court of appeals;\n  (d) the commissioner of the division of criminal justice services or\nhis or her designee;\n  (e) the executive director of the council on children and families or\nhis or her designee;\n  (f) the director of the office of probation and correctional\nalternatives or his or her designee;\n  (g) the director of the office of victim services or his or her\ndesignee;\n  (h) the commissioner of the New York city administration for\nchildren's services or his or her designee;\n  (i) a member of the New York juvenile justice advisory group as\nappointed by the governor; and\n  (j) an attorney appointed upon the recommendation of the New York\nstate bar association who has represented juveniles in family court in\nthis state for a total of at least five years.\n  2. The council shall advise and exercise oversight and advocacy\nconcerning the state's participation in interstate commission activities\nand other duties as the council may determine, including but not limited\nto, development of policy concerning the operations and procedures of\nthe compact within the state. The appointments provided for in this\nsection shall be made within ninety days of the effective date of this\nsection. Each appointed member of the council shall serve a term of five\nyears. Any member chosen to fill a vacancy created other than by\nexpiration of term shall be appointed for the unexpired term of the\nmember whom he or she is to succeed. Vacancies caused by the expiration\nof term shall be filled in the same manner as original appointments and\nfor a term of five years. The council members shall serve without salary\nbut shall be entitled to receive reimbursement for travel and other\nrelated expenses associated with participation in the work of the\ncouncil.\n  3. The state council for interstate juvenile supervision shall provide\nan annual report on or before the first day of January, two thousand\ntwelve, and the first day of January each year thereafter, to the\ngovernor, the speaker of the assembly, the temporary president of the\nsenate, the minority leader in the assembly, the minority leader in the\nsenate and the chief judge of the court of appeals on the operations of\nthe council pertaining to juveniles subject to the interstate compact\nfor juveniles. Such report shall include an evaluation of the\nimplementation and operation of the interstate compact for juveniles and\nthe rules adopted by the interstate commission; a description of the\npolicies adopted by the state council under the compact; the data\ncollected by the interstate commission and the council; the status of\nand interstate movement of juveniles subject to the compact, including\nthe number of juveniles subject to the compact and the supervision\nstatus of such juveniles, and, where available, statistical information\non the age, ethnic and racial background, education, and institutional\nor criminal history of the juveniles subject to the compact. The report\nshall further include the council's evaluation of the efficiency and\neffectiveness of the interstate compact for juveniles and shall make\nrecommendations concerning the operations, procedures and this state's\ncontinued inclusion in the interstate compact for juveniles.\n  * NB Repealed September 1, 2030\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 1020-E*2 — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 5 / Title 1-A* / Section 1020-E*2
Power to furnish service within district
Status: in_force

* § 1020-e. Power to furnish service within district. The authority\nshall have power to construct or acquire, and to equip, own and operate,\nwithin or without the territorial limits of the district, any properties\nand any and all other real and personal property, used, connected with\nor appertaining to the furnishing and transmission of electric current\nfor light, heat and power, for the purpose of furnishing such service to\nthe district and to any corporate or natural persons in such district\nand also, for such purpose, to purchase electrical energy from the power\nauthority of the state of New York, or from any state agency, or from\nany municipality, or from any private or public corporation.\n  * NB There are 2 § 1020-e's\n
N.Y. LAB Law § 936 — New York Code / Act LAB / Article 32 / Title 1 / Section 936
Licensee duties; prohibited activities
Status: in_force

§ 936. Licensee duties; prohibited activities. 1. A mold assessment\nlicensee who performs mold assessment services shall provide a written\nreport to each person for whom such licensee performs mold assessment\nservices for compensation.\n  2. No licensee shall perform both mold assessment and mold remediation\non the same property.\n  3. No person shall own an interest in both the licensee who performs\nmold assessment services and the licensee who performs mold remediation\nservices on the same property.\n
N.Y. SOS Law § 131-Q — New York Code / Act SOS / Article 5 / Title 1 / Section 131-Q
Electronic payment file transfer system pilot project
Status: in_force

§ 131-q. Electronic payment file transfer system pilot project. * 1.\nThe commissioner is empowered to authorize the city social services\ndistrict of the city of New York to continue the pilot project for the\ndesign, development, implementation and operation of an electronic\npayment file transfer system, in accordance with regulations of the\ndepartment, as an alternative means of delivery of grants and allowances\nto public assistance recipients.\n  * NB Expired July 1, 1984\n  2. The city social services district is authorized to initiate\nactivities to prepare for a city-wide conversion to the electronic\npayment file transfer system provided, however, the department shall\nconduct a hearing to elicit information concerning the effectiveness of\nsuch system and the impact of such system upon recipients, and such\nother matters as the department may deem relevant. Following such\nhearing, the commissioner may authorize city-wide implementation of such\nsystem.\n  3. A recipient residing in the city social services district in a\ngeographical area where the electronic payment file transfer system is\nin operation shall be required to receive his public assistance grants\nand allowances at a location designated by the social services district.\nA recipient who is subject to the provisions of this chapter relating to\nwork requirements shall remain subject to such provisions regardless of\nthe location where he receives his public assistance grants and\nallowances.\n  4. The provisions of subdivision one of this section shall expire on,\nand be of no further force and effect after July first, nineteen hundred\neighty-four.\n
N.Y. VAT Law § 107 — New York Code / Act VAT / Title 1 / Article 1 / Section 107
Classes of cities
Status: in_force

§ 107. Classes of cities. (a) City of the first class. A city with a\npopulation of one hundred seventy-five thousand or more.\n  (b) City of the second class. A city with a population of fifty\nthousand and less than one hundred seventy-five thousand.\n  (c) City of the third class. Any city not included in the foregoing\nclasses.\n  (d) The classification herein made shall be determined by the federal\ncensus or state enumeration, whichever is the later, as last previously\ntaken before the effective date of this chapter.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 312 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 3 / Title 1 / Section 312
City of New York; exceptions and limitations
Status: in_force

§ 312. City of New York; exceptions and limitations.  Unless otherwise\nexpressly provided, the provisions of this article except section three\nhundred ten of this chapter shall not apply to the city of New York.\n
N.Y. VAT Law § 119-B — New York Code / Act VAT / Title 1 / Article 1 / Section 119-B
Inflatable restraint system
Status: in_force

§ 119-b. Inflatable restraint system.  1. An inflatable restraint\nsystem means an air bag, as defined in subparagraph (b) of S 4.1.5.1 of\nstandard 208 of part 571 of title 49 of the code of federal regulations,\nthat is designed and installed to be activated in a crash.\n  2. Readiness indicator light means an indicator monitoring the\ninflatable restraint system's readiness and such light is clearly\nvisible from the driver's designated seating position.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 409-J — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 9 / Section 409-J
Emergency alert notification system in public schools; cities with a population of one million or more
Status: in_force

§ 409-j. Emergency alert notification system in public schools; cities\nwith a population of one million or more. On or before January first,\ntwo thousand ten, a city school district located in a city of one\nmillion or more inhabitants shall, pursuant to rules and regulations\npromulgated by the chancellor of such city school district and\nconsistent with section twenty-eight hundred one-a of this chapter,\nimplement an emergency alert notification system to convey timely\ninformation concerning emergency incidents or occurrences, as defined by\nsuch chancellor, that pose an imminent threat to the health or safety of\na substantial number of students, faculty and staff at a particular\neducational facility or program. Such emergency alert notification\nsystem shall employ a variety of communication methods including the\nautomated delivery of text messages, phone calls and/or electronic mail\nand shall notify and advise parents or persons in parental relation,\nfaculty, staff, and elected representatives, who volunteer to receive\nemergency alert notifications.\n
N.Y. PML Law § 1303 — New York Code / Act PML / Article 13 / Title 1 / Section 1303
Equipment testing
Status: in_force

§ 1303. Equipment testing. Unless the commission otherwise determines\nit to be in the best interests of the state, the commission shall\nutilize the services of an independent testing laboratory that has been\nqualified and approved by the commission pursuant to this article to\nperform the testing of slot machines and other gaming equipment and may\nalso utilize applicable data from the independent testing laboratory, or\nfrom a governmental agency of a state other than New York, authorized to\nregulate slot machines and other gaming equipment.\n
N.Y. SOS Law § 133-A — New York Code / Act SOS / Article 5 / Title 1 / Section 133-A
Contracts for distribution of public assistance grants
Status: in_force

§ 133-a. Contracts for distribution of public assistance grants.  As\npermitted or required by regulations of the department, each social\nservices district may contract with an appropriate department or agency\nof the state or banking institutions to distribute grants and allowances\nof public assistance to the grantees thereof.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 268 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 5 / Part 2 / Section 268
Abolition
Status: in_force

§ 268. Abolition.  Any library established by public vote of any\nmunicipality or district, or by vote of the common council of any city,\nor by vote of the board of trustees of any village, or by action of\nschool authorities, or by vote of the tribal government of an Indian\nreservation, or under section two hundred fifty-five of this chapter,\nmay be abolished by majority vote at an election, or at a meeting of the\nelectors duly held, provided that due public notice of the proposed\naction shall have been given, or by vote of such tribal government.  If\nany such library is abolished, its property shall be used first to\nreturn to the regents, for the benefit of other free association or\npublic or school libraries in that locality, the equivalent of such sums\nas it may have received from the state or from other sources as gifts\nfor public use.  After such return any remaining property may be used as\ndirected in the vote abolishing the library, but if the entire library\nproperty does not exceed in value the amount of such gifts, it may be\ntransferred to the regents for public use, and the trustees shall\nthereupon be free from further responsibility.  No abolition of a public\nlibrary shall be lawful until the regents grant a certificate that its\nassets have been properly distributed and its abolition completed in\naccordance with law.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 807-D — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 17 / Section 807-D
Locating source of fires in schools
Status: in_force

§ 807-d. Locating source of fires in schools. 1. In all public and\nprivate school buildings having a central annunciator panel or fire\nalarm cabinet which displays a visual signal identifying any heat\ndetector, smoke detector, or manually operated fire alarm box within the\nbuilding which has been activated, there shall be provided as a part of\nor immediately adjacent to such panel or cabinet a chart or plan showing\nthe specific location within the building of each such device.\n  2. In the case of school buildings and additions to existing school\nbuildings, the construction of which is commenced after September first,\nnineteen hundred seventy-three, any such panel or cabinet and such chart\nor plan within such building or addition shall be so located that the\nsame may be read without entering the building.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 3307 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 33 / Title 1 / Section 3307
Exception from schedules
Status: in_force

§ 3307. Exception from schedules. 1. The commissioner may, by\nregulation, except any compound, mixture, or preparation containing any\ndepressant substance in paragraph (a) of schedule III or in schedule IV\nfrom the application of all or any part of this article if (1) the\ncompound, mixture, or preparation contains one or more active medicinal\ningredients not having a depressant effect on the central nervous\nsystem, and (2) such ingredients are included therein in such\ncombinations, quantity, proportion, or concentration as to vitiate the\npotential for abuse of the substances which do have a depressant effect\non the central nervous system.\n  2. The commissioner may, by regulation, reclassify as a schedule III\nsubstance, any compound, mixture or preparation containing any stimulant\nsubstance listed in paragraph (c) of schedule II, if\n  (a) the compound, mixture or preparation contains one or more active\nmedicinal ingredients not having a stimulant effect on the central\nnervous system; and\n  (b) such ingredients are included therein in such combinations,\nquantity, proportion or concentration as to vitiate the potential for\nabuse of the substances which do have a stimulant effect on the central\nnervous system.\n  3. The commissioner may, by regulation, except any compound, mixture\nor preparation containing a narcotic antagonist substance from the\napplication of all or any part of this article if (1) such compound,\nmixture or preparation has no potential for abuse, and (2) such\ncompound, mixture or preparation has been excepted or exempted from\ncontrol under the Federal Controlled Substances Act.\n  4. The commissioner may by regulation exempt or reclassify any\ncompound, mixture or preparation containing any substance listed in\nsubdivision (h) or (j) of Schedule II of section three thousand three\nhundred six of this article as a Schedule III, IV or V substance if (a)\nthe compound, mixture or preparation contains one or more active\nmedicinal ingredients not found in subdivision (h) or (j) of Schedule II\nof section three thousand three hundred six of this article; and (b)\nsuch ingredients are included therein in such combinations, quantity,\nproportion or concentration as to substantially reduce the potential for\nabuse.\n  5. The commissioner shall by regulation or emergency regulation,\nreclassify any compound, mixture or preparation containing any substance\nlisted in Schedule I of section three thousand three hundred six of this\ntitle as a Schedule II, III, IV or V substance, or exempt it from this\narticle, if that same compound, mixture or preparation is redesignated\nor rescheduled other than under Schedule I under the federal Controlled\nSubstances Act, or deleted as a controlled substance under the federal\nControlled Substances Act. If the commissioner acts under this\nsubdivision and does not exempt the compound, mixture or preparation\nfrom this article, he or she may only reclassify it to a newly created\nsubdivision in the same numbered schedule or a higher numbered schedule\nthan to which it is redesignated or rescheduled under the federal act.\n  6. The commissioner shall establish minimum standards for the storage,\nreporting, ordering and record keeping of controlled substances\nspecified in subdivision (b-1) of schedule II of section thirty-three\nhundred six of this article by manufacturers and distributors as if such\nsubstances were set forth in schedule III of section thirty-three\nhundred six of this article.\n
N.Y. MDW Law § 217 — New York Code / Act MDW / Article 7 / Title 1 / Section 217
Lighting and ventilation of public halls and stairs
Status: in_force

§ 217. Lighting and ventilation of public halls and stairs. 1.  In\nevery tenement erected after April twelfth, nineteen hundred one, which\nexceeds four stories in height or is occupied by three families or more\non any story, every public hall shall have at least one window opening\ndirectly upon a street, yard or court. Such window shall be located at\nthe end of the hall and at right angles to its length, with an\nadditional window in each thirty feet of hall or fraction thereof beyond\nthe first sixty feet from such end window if the tenement was erected\nafter April eighteenth, nineteen hundred twelve; or, if the window is\nnot thus located at the end of the hall, there shall be at least one\nwindow opening directly upon a street, yard or court in every twenty\nfeet of the length of the hall or fraction thereof, measured from one\nend of hall; but the foregoing provisions shall not apply to that\nportion of an entrance hall between the entrance and the first flight of\nstairs if the entrance door contains five square feet or more of glazed\nsurface.\n  2. When the length of any recess or return off of a public hall in\nsuch a tenement does not exceed twice its width, no window shall be\nrequired therein. But wherever the length of a recess or return exceeds\ntwice its width there shall be an additional window or windows meeting\nthe requirements for a separate public hall.\n  3. Except as provided in subdivision four, a tenement erected after\nApril twelfth, nineteen hundred one, which is four stories or less in\nheight and occupied by not more than two families on any story shall\neither have windows in its public halls as above provided or a stairwell\ntwelve inches or more in width extending from the entrance story to the\nroof. In such a tenement, except as provided in subdivision four, every\nentrance door shall contain five square feet or more of glazed surface,\nand all doors leading from the public halls shall be provided with\ntranslucent glass panels five square feet or more in area for each door\nand fixed transoms of translucent glass over each door.\n  4. Neither such windows nor such a stairwell shall be required in\ncities of one million or more population in tenements which do not\nexceed three stories in height or fifty-five feet in depth and which are\noccupied by not more than one family on any story and in which the\nstairs descend in a straight and continuous run from the top story to\nthe entrance story with proper landings at each story. Such tenements\nshall not be required to have glass panels or transoms in the doors\nleading from the public halls.\n  5. In every public hall that is provided with a window or windows in a\ntenement erected after April twelfth, nineteen hundred one, at least one\nsuch window shall be at least two feet six inches wide and five feet\nhigh.\n  6. In every such tenement there shall be provided, at every floor\nlevel, a window opening upon a street, yard, court or space above a\nsetback to light and ventilate every stair. Every such required window\nshall be of the size required by subdivision five, except that a window\nopening upon a street need be only four feet high. On the top story a\nventilating skylight of the same dimensions shall be accepted in lieu of\na window for that story.\n  7. In every such tenement there shall be in the roof, directly over\neach stairwell, a ventilating skylight provided with ridge ventilators\nhaving an opening of at least forty square inches, or provided with\nfixed or movable louvres. The roof of every such skylight shall have at\nleast twenty square feet of glazed surface. If the stairs and public\nhalls are not provided at each story with windows opening directly to\nthe outer air, the skylights shall be provided with ridge ventilators\nand also with fixed or movable louvres or movable sashes.\n  8. A sash door shall be deemed the equivalent of a window for the\npurposes of this section if it contains the amount of glazed surface\nprescribed for such windows.\n  9. In all old-law tenements the public halls and stairs shall be\nprovided with such skylights, ventilators, windows in bulkheads or other\nmeans of lighting and ventilation as may be deemed practicable by the\ndepartment.\n  10. All skylights installed in old-law tenements after April\neighteenth, nineteen hundred twenty-nine, shall be provided with ridge\nventilators having an opening of at least forty square inches and also\nwith fixed or movable louvres or with movable sashes. They shall be of\nsuch size as may be determined to be practicable by the department, and\nthe roofs of such skylights shall be glazed with plain glass equipped\nwith suitable wire screen above and below.\n  11. Whenever a public hall in any old-law tenement four stories or\nmore in height is not light enough in the daytime to permit a person to\nread in every part thereof without the aid of artificial light, every\ndoor at the end of such hall or opening therefrom into a room shall have\na wire glass panel or panels of an aggregate area of at least four\nsquare feet; or in lieu thereof such hall may be lighted by a window or\nwindows opening upon a street or upon a lawful yard, court or shaft,\nwith the plane of each such window at right angles to the length of the\nhall. In any such tenement any public hall or stair which is not\nprovided with a window opening directly upon a street or yard and which\nis not sufficiently lighted in the opinion of the department shall be\nprovided by the owner with artificial light, which shall be kept burning\nat all times.\n  12. Any part of a public hall that is shut off from any other part of\nsuch hall by a door or doors shall be deemed a separate hall for the\npurposes of this section.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 267 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 5 / Part 2 / Section 267
Local neglect
Status: in_force

§ 267. Local neglect.  If the local authorities of any library\nsupported wholly or in part by state money fail to provide for the\nsupport of such library and the public usefulness of its books, the\nregents shall in writing notify the trustees of said library what is\nnecessary to meet the state's requirements, and on such notice all said\nlibrary's rights to further grants of money or books from the state\nshall be suspended until the regents certify that the requirements have\nbeen met; and if said trustees shall refuse or neglect to comply with\nsuch requirements within sixty days after service of such notice, the\nregents may remove them from office and thereafter all books and other\nlibrary property wholly or in part paid for from state moneys shall be\nunder the full and direct control of the regents who, as shall seem best\nfor public interests, may appoint new trustees to carry on the library,\nor may store it, or distribute its books to other libraries.\n
N.Y. UDC Law § 2402*2 — New York Code / Act UDC / Article 24 / Title 1 / Section 2402*2
District court system; area and composition
Status: in_force

* § 2402. District court system; area and composition. The district\ncourt system of Suffolk county shall be established on the first day of\nJanuary next succeeding one year from the general election at which at\nleast three contiguous towns, by a majority vote cast in each such town,\nelect to participate in and become a part of such county district court\nsystem. The election of any such town shall be irrevocable. The town of\nShelter Island shall be deemed to be contiguous to the towns of\nSouthold, Southampton and East Hampton. Once the district court system\nof Suffolk county has been created, any town contiguous to such district\nmay thereafter elect at a general election to become part of the\ndistrict court system, which referendum shall be initiated by town board\nresolution, and upon making such election by the majority vote of the\nelectors of such town, such town shall become irrevocably a part of the\ncounty district court system on the first day of January of the second\nyear following such election.\n  * NB There are 2 § 2402's\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 4908 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 49 / Title 1 / Section 4908
Applicability to ERISA Plans
Status: in_force

§ 4908. Applicability to ERISA Plans. Notwithstanding the foregoing,\nthe provisions of this article shall not apply to any utilization review\nconducted by, or on behalf of, a self-insured employee welfare benefit\nplan, as defined in the employee retirement income security act of 1974,\nas amended.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 303 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 3 / Title 1 / Section 303
Local boards of health; notice of organization
Status: in_force

§ 303. Local boards of health; notice of organization.  Notice of the\nmembership and organization of every local board of health shall be\ngiven forthwith by such board to the department.\n
N.Y. RPT Law § 412-B — New York Code / Act RPT / Article 4 / Title 1 / Section 412-B
Industrial development agency railroad property
Status: in_force

§ 412-b. Industrial development agency railroad property. Railroad\nreal property owned by or under the jurisdiction, supervision or control\nof an industrial development agency enumerated in the general municipal\nlaw which is leased by such agency to a railroad company shall be exempt\nfrom taxation to the extent provided in the general municipal law, and\nfrom special ad valorem levies and special assessments to the extent\nthat the assessed valuation of such property exceeds the railroad\nceiling of such property determined in accordance with the earnings\nratio as prescribed in title two-A or two-B of this article on an\nassessment roll finally completed and filed in nineteen hundred\neighty-nine. For assessment rolls completed and filed after nineteen\nhundred eighty-nine, the assessor may adjust the assessment of such\nproperty to account for either physical changes to the property or a\nchange in the level of assessment as determined by the commissioner.\nHowever, following a revaluation or update, the assessor shall assess\nsuch property without regard to the restrictions of this section.\n
N.Y. RPT Law § 738 — New York Code / Act RPT / Article 7 / Title 1-A / Section 738
Residential assessment ratio
Status: in_force

§ 738. Residential assessment ratio. 1. (a) For the purposes of this\ntitle, sixty days prior to the date for the filing of the tentative\nassessment roll of an assessing unit, the commissioner shall determine\nthe residential assessment ratio for such assessing unit. The\nresidential assessment ratio shall be equal to the level of assessment\nof residential property in the assessing unit as determined in the\nmarket value survey used or to be used to calculate the state\nequalization rate for that assessment roll pursuant to article twelve of\nthis chapter, subject to the provisions of paragraph (b) of this\nsubdivision.\n  (b) The commissioner shall increase or decrease the residential\nassessment ratio to account for a change in level of assessment in the\ntotal assessed value of residential real property or, if not available,\nof all taxable real property. For purposes of this section, "change in\nlevel of assessment" has the meaning set forth in section twelve hundred\ntwenty of this chapter except that a change in level of assessment shall\nbe determined with reference only to residential real property if the\nnecessary information is available.\n  (c) The residential assessment ratio shall be made available at the\noffice of the county director of real property tax services, the office\nof the county clerk and the office of the assessor or, in a city with a\npopulation of one million or more, the office of the tax commissioner of\nsuch city. Such ratio shall be provided to the office of court\nadministration for distribution to small claims hearing officers.\n  2. For purposes of this section, assessing units participating in a\ncoordinated assessing program pursuant to section five hundred\nseventy-nine of this chapter shall be considered to be a single\nassessing unit.\n
N.Y. ELN Law § 14-132 — New York Code / Act ELN / Article 14 / Title 1 / Section 14-132
Disposition of campaign funds
Status: in_force

§ 14-132. Disposition of campaign funds. 1. Upon the death of a\ncandidate, former candidate or holder of elective office, where such\ncandidate or candidate's authorized committee received campaign\ncontributions, all such funds shall be disposed of by any of the\nfollowing means, or any combination thereof, within two years of the\ndeath of such person:\n  (a) returning, pro rata, to each contributor the funds that have not\nbeen spent or obligated;\n  (b) donating the funds to a charitable organization or organizations\nthat meet the qualifications of section 501(c)(3) of the Internal\nRevenue Code;\n  (c) donating the funds to the state university of New York or the city\nuniversity of New York;\n  (d) donating the funds to the state's general fund; or\n  (e) contributing or transferring the funds to a candidate, party,\nconstituted or political committee in accordance with the applicable\nlimits, if any, set forth in this article.\n  2. No such candidate's authorized political committee shall dispose of\ncampaign funds by making expenditures for personal use as defined in\nsection 14-130 of this article.\n  3. If funds are not disposed of within the time required by this\nsection, such funds shall be recoverable by the chief enforcement\ncounsel of the state board of elections in a special proceeding in state\nsupreme court in the manner prescribed by section 16-116 of this chapter\nand deposited into the state's general fund.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 355-D — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 8 / Section 355-D
Educational opportunity centers
Status: in_force

§ 355-d. Educational opportunity centers. 1. There shall be created\nwithin the state university of New York a comprehensive system of higher\neducation programs and services that promote the growth and stability of\nthe state's educationally and economically challenged communities as\nreferred to in this section as educational opportunity centers.\n  2. Such educational opportunity centers shall be managed and\nsupervised by the state university and shall provide programs and\nservices that include, but are not limited to the following, provided\nthat the state university shall have the discretion to determine the\nprograms and services offered at each educational opportunity center:\n  (a) academic programs leading to and increasing persistence in higher\neducation;\n  (b) vocational programs leading to career pathways, gainful employment\nand self-sufficiency;\n  (c) counseling and guidance services to enhance student retention;\n  (d) targeted services for business and industry to upgrade the skill\nlevels of emerging and incumbent workers such that they support\nincreased productivity and the creation and retention of job\nopportunities;\n  (e) collaboration with secondary schools to assist in the academic\npreparation of at-risk youth;\n  (f) collaborative programs with colleges and universities to increase\nopportunities for center graduates for advanced placement and receipt of\nacademic credits for academic work completed at such center;\n  (g) collaboration with other state and local agencies, workforce\ndevelopment boards and charitable organizations to meet emerging\nstate-wide priorities for serving the disadvantaged; and\n  (h) entrepreneurial training opportunities that may lead to community\neconomic development.\n  3. The state university shall formulate a plan and guidelines for the\norganization, development, coordination and operation of educational\nopportunity centers and may promulgate such rules and regulations\nnecessary to carry out the provisions of this section. Such plan shall\ninclude:\n  (a) definition of academic and economic eligibility;\n  (b) procedures for the selection of such students for admission to a\ncenter;\n  (c) program objectives including coordination with the university's\nlong range mission and goals; and\n  (d) program evaluation and reporting.\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 52-0109 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 52 / Title 1 / Section 52-0109
Powers and duties of a municipality
Status: in_force

§ 52-0109. Powers and duties of a municipality.\n  A municipality shall have the power and authority to:\n  1. undertake and carry out any project for which state assistance in\nthe form of a grant is received or is to be received pursuant to this\narticle and maintain and operate such project.\n  2. expend money received from the state pursuant to this article for\ncosts incurred in conjunction with the approved project.\n  3. perform such other and further acts as may be necessary, proper or\ndesirable to carry out a project or obligation, duty or function related\nthereto.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 605-A — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 13 / Section 605-A
Scholarships for academic excellence
Status: in_force

§ 605-a. Scholarships for academic excellence. 1. (a) Beginning with\nthe nineteen hundred ninety-seven--ninety-eight academic year and\nthereafter, scholarships for academic excellence shall be awarded to\nstudents completing their high school programs for attendance in\napproved programs. The academic merit criteria for awarding these\nscholarships will be determined by taking the weighted average of a\nstudent's score on Regents examinations taken by students prior to their\nsenior year in all of the following five subject areas: comprehensive\nEnglish; global studies; U.S. history/government; level 3 math; and\nscience, which shall consist of the weighted average of the combination\nof exams taken in chemistry, biology, earth science and physics. For\nthose schools not offering regents examinations in all such five subject\nareas, awards shall be based on criteria developed by the commissioner\nand subject to the approval of the director of the budget.\n  (b) School allocation. (i) Each high school in the state, as defined\nin regulations of the commissioner adopted for such purpose and subject\nto the approval of the director of the budget, shall be allocated: for\nthe nineteen hundred ninety-seven--ninety-eight academic year, a single\nscholarship of one thousand dollars; and for the nineteen hundred\nninety-eight--ninety-nine academic year and thereafter, a single\nscholarship of one thousand five hundred dollars which shall be awarded\nto the top scholar of such school as determined by the academic merit\ncriteria set forth in paragraph (a) of this subdivision.\n  (ii) The remaining scholarships for the nineteen hundred\nninety-seven--ninety-eight academic year of one thousand dollars, and\nfor the nineteen hundred ninety-eight--ninety-nine academic year and\nthereafter, of one thousand five hundred dollars shall be allocated to\nhigh schools in the state as defined in regulations of the commissioner\nfor such purpose and subject to the approval of the director of the\nbudget, in the same ratio that the number of students enrolled in the\ntwelfth grade at such high school in the prior school year bears to the\ntotal number of students who were enrolled in the twelfth grade in the\nstate during the prior school year. The ratio shall be multiplied by the\nnumber of scholarships available and the results, rounded to the nearest\nwhole number, shall be the number of scholarships allocated to the\nschool. Such awards shall be distributed on the basis of the academic\nmerit criteria as set forth in paragraph (a) of this subdivision.\n  (iii) All scholarships of five hundred dollars shall be allocated in\nthe same manner as described in subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph.\n  2. In the event that a scholarship awarded is declined by a student,\nor for any reason revoked by the commissioner or the president, its\nbenefits shall lapse and there shall be no further payments or awarding\nof such scholarship; provided however, if an award is declined by a\nstudent prior to the end of their high school program, the scholarship\nshall be awarded, to the extent practicable, to the next most qualified\nstudent pursuant to paragraph (a) of subdivision one of this section.\n