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N.Y. GAS Law § 4 — New York Code / Act GAS / Article 2 / Section 4
Certificate to be filed within sixty days and annually thereafter; penalty; evidence
Status: in_force

§ 4.  Certificate to be filed within sixty days and annually\nthereafter; penalty; evidence.  Every joint-stock association\ntransacting business within this state shall, within sixty days after\nits formation, and in each January thereafter, file with the secretary\nof state, and with the clerk of the county in which its principal\nbusiness is carried on, a written certificate, signed and verified by\nits president and treasurer, stating the name and date of organization\nof such association, the number of its stockholders, the names and\nplaces of residence of its officers, and its principal place of\nbusiness.  Any such certificate, the record thereof, or a certified copy\nof such certificate or record shall be presumptive evidence of the truth\nof all facts therein stated against such association, its officers and\nstockholders.  The officers of a joint-stock association who fail to\ncomply with the provisions of this section shall be jointly and\nseverally liable to pay to the people of this state a penalty of fifty\ndollars for each day such failure continues.\n
N.Y. GMU Law § 209-GG — New York Code / Act GMU / Article 10 / Section 209-GG
Symbols of hate
Status: in_force

§ 209-gg. Symbols of hate. 1. A fire district, volunteer fire company,\nor police department shall not sell or display any symbols of hate or\nany similar image, or tangible personal property, inscribed with such an\nimage unless the image appears in a book, digital medium, museum, or\notherwise serves an educational or historical purpose.\n  2. For the purposes of this section, the term "symbols of hate" shall\ninclude, but not be limited to, symbols of white supremacy, neo-Nazi\nideology or the Battle Flag of the Confederacy.\n
N.Y. CVP Law § 3021 — New York Code / Act CVP / Article 30 / Section 3021
Form of affidavit of verification
Status: in_force

Rule 3021. Form of affidavit of verification. The affidavit of\nverification must be to the effect that the pleading is true to the\nknowledge of the deponent, except as to the matters therein stated to be\nalleged on information and belief, and that as to those matters he\nbelieves it to be true. If it is made by a person other than the party,\nhe must set forth in the affidavit the grounds of his belief as to all\nmatters not stated upon his knowledge and the reason why it is not made\nby the party.\n
N.Y. UCC Law § 2-A-517 — New York Code / Act UCC / Article 2-A / Part 5 / Section 2-A-517
Revocation of Acceptance of Goods
Status: in_force

Section 2-A-517. Revocation of Acceptance of Goods.\n  (1) A lessee may revoke acceptance of a lot or commercial unit whose\nnonconformity substantially impairs its value to the lessee if the\nlessee has accepted it:\n       (a) except in the case of a finance lease, on the reasonable\n           assumption that its nonconformity would be cured and it has\n           not been seasonably cured; or\n       (b) without discovery of the nonconformity if the lessee's\n           acceptance was reasonably induced either by the lessor's\n           assurances or, except in the case of a finance lease, by the\n           difficulty of discovery before acceptance.\n  (2) Except in the case of a finance lease that is not a consumer\nlease, a lessee may revoke acceptance of a lot or commercial unit if the\nlessor defaults under the lease contract and the default substantially\nimpairs the value of that lot or commercial unit to the lessee.\n  (3) If the lease agreement so provides, the lessee may revoke\nacceptance of a lot or commercial unit because of other defaults by the\nlessor.\n  (4) Revocation of acceptance must occur within a reasonable time after\nthe lessee discovers or should have discovered the ground for it and\nbefore any substantial change in condition of the goods which is not\ncaused by the nonconformity. Revocation is not effective until the\nlessee notifies the lessor.\n  (5) A lessee who so revokes has the same right and duties with regard\nto the goods involved as if the lessee had rejected them.\n
N.Y. UDC Law § 1302 — New York Code / Act UDC / Article 13 / Section 1302
Adjournment of trial
Status: in_force

§ 1302. Adjournment of trial.\n  The trial of an action may be adjourned:\n  (a) By the court for good cause shown and upon such terms and\nconditions as the court may deem just.\n  (b) By stipulation of the parties with the approval of the court, such\nstipulation to be filed with the clerk; or upon request of the plaintiff\nwhere the defendant has made default; or, if the court approve, upon\nconsent of the parties in open court.\n
N.Y. COR Law § 266 — New York Code / Act COR / Article 11 / Section 266
Disbursements
Status: in_force

§ 266. Disbursements. Any disbursements necessary to be made for any\nof the purposes mentioned in this article shall be paid from the\ntreasury upon the approval of the governor's secretary, on the audit and\nwarrant of the comptroller, out of any moneys in the treasury not\notherwise appropriated.\n
N.Y. PVH Law § 1133 — New York Code / Act PVH / Article 21 / Section 1133
General and administrative provisions
Status: in_force

§ 1133. General and administrative provisions. 1. The agency shall\nissue and promulgate rules and regulations for the administration of\nthis article. The rules and regulations shall include provisions\nconcerning eligibility of applicants for grants under this article;\nfunding criteria and funding determination process; evaluation of\ncontracting applicants; provisions for modification and termination of\ncontracts; and such other matters not inconsistent with the purposes and\nprovisions of this article as the agency shall deem necessary or\nappropriate.\n  2. Not less than seventy-five percent of the total amount appropriated\nfor the purposes of this demonstration program shall be made available\nfor projects located in cities, towns or villages having a population of\nthirty thousand or less persons; such remaining amounts shall be made\navailable to projects located in cities, towns or villages having a\npopulation of more than thirty thousand persons.\n  3. The agency shall inform prospective eligible applicants of the\nexistence of this program and to the maximum extent practicable shall\nprovide information on this program to all applicants for housing\nprograms designed to promote the construction or rehabilitation of\naffordable housing.\n  4. The agency shall enter into agreements to the extent feasible, with\nother state agencies and public corporations to carry out the provisions\nof this article. In entering into such agreements the agency shall\nconsider the extent to which funds provided pursuant to this article\nwould compliment the programs administered by such agencies or public\ncorporations. Such agreements shall be designed to allow the funds\nhereunder to be used in conjunction with the programs administered by\nsuch agencies or public corporations.\n  5. The agency or its designee shall require submission of the names,\naddresses and business background of the principals involved, the nature\nof their fiduciary relationship and their financial relationship, past,\npresent and future, to the project and to each other.\n
N.Y. RRD Law § 6 — New York Code / Act RRD / Article 2 / Section 6
Applicability of business corporation law to railroad corporations
Status: in_force

§ 6. Applicability of business corporation law to railroad\ncorporations. (a) The business corporation law applies to a corporation\nheretofore or hereafter formed under this chapter, or under any other\nstatute or special act of this state, or under laws other than the\nstatutes of this state, which has as its purpose or among its purposes a\npurpose for which a corporation may be formed under this chapter, except\nthat in case of a conflict between the business corporation law and this\nchapter the provisions of this chapter shall govern. If there is in this\nchapter a provision relating to a matter embraced in the business\ncorporation law and not in conflict therewith, both provisions shall\napply. Any corporation to which the business corporation law is made\napplicable by this section shall be treated as a "corporation",\n"domestic corporation", or "foreign corporation", as such terms are used\nin the business corporation law, except that the purposes for which any\nsuch corporation may be formed under section five of this chapter shall\nnot thereby be extended.\n  (b) For the purpose of this section and elsewhere in this chapter, the\neffective date of the business corporation law as to corporations to\nwhich the business corporation law is made applicable by this section\nshall be September first, nineteen hundred sixty-four.\n
N.Y. TRA Law § 53 — New York Code / Act TRA / Article 2-D / Section 53
Financial assistance from and cooperation with the state and federal governments
Status: in_force

§ 53. Financial assistance from and cooperation with the state and\nfederal governments. The Utica transit authority is empowered to include\nin agreements with the state and/or federal governments provisions that\nsuch government or governments shall have the right to approve in\nadvance of execution all contracts entered into by the authortiy and to\nsupervise and approve the construction, maintenance and operation of any\nproject to which such government or governments may render any\nassistance, and subject to the restrictions contained in this article,\nany other terms, covenants and provisions which the Utica transit\nauthority may deem necessary or appropriate.\n
N.Y. STF Law § 179-P — New York Code / Act STF / Article 11-A / Section 179-P
Inapplicability of the provisions
Status: in_force

§ 179-p. Inapplicability of the provisions. The provisions of this\narticle shall not apply to payments due and owing by the state:\n  1. under the eminent domain procedure law;\n  2. as interest allowed on judgments rendered by a court pursuant to\nany provision of law other than those provisions contained in this\narticle;\n  3. to the federal government; to any state agency or its related\ninstrumentalities; to any duly constituted unit of local government\nincluding, but not limited to, counties, cities, towns, villages, school\ndistricts, special districts, or any of their related instrumentalities;\nto any public authority or public benefit corporation; or to employees\nof state agencies when acting in, or incidental to, their public\nemployment capacity;\n  4. to contractors of third party payment agreements including, but not\nlimited to, the fiscal agent or fiscal intermediary designated pursuant\nto section three hundred sixty-seven-b of the social services law;\n  5. to entities which receive state funds through any intermediary\norganization other than a state agency; or\n  6. in situations where the comptroller exercises a legally authorized\nset-off against all or part of the payment due the contractor.\n
N.Y. CNT Law § 908 — New York Code / Act CNT / Article 24 / Section 908
Appointment and salary of county clerks
Status: in_force

§ 908. Appointment and salary of county clerks. 1. The county clerks\nof the counties comprising the city of New York shall be appointed and\nremovable in pursuance of section thirteen of article thirteen of the\nconstitution.\n  2. Each of the county clerks of the counties comprising the city of\nNew York shall receive an annual salary of not less than the minimum\nannual compensation received by a justice of the supreme court of the\nstate of New York elected from the same judicial district in which the\ncounty for which the county clerk serves is located.\n  3. Said salaries shall be in lieu of all other fees or forms of\ncompensation for services rendered in the performance of the duties of\nthe office.\n  4. Notwithstanding any of the provisions of this section or of any\nother law, the salaries of any such county clerks may be increased by\nthe chief administrator of the courts upon the recommendation of the\nadministrative board of the courts, provided that if the salaries of any\nsuch county clerks are thus increased above the salaries provided for in\nthis section, such salaries may likewise be decreased to any salaries\nnot lower than the salaries provided for in this section.\n
N.Y. COM Law § 401 — New York Code / Act COM / Article 18 / Section 401
Eligibility criteria
Status: in_force

* § 401. Eligibility criteria. 1. In order to be eligible for benefits\nin the economic transformation and facility redevelopment program, a\nparticipant must satisfy the following criteria:\n  (a) must create and maintain at least five net new jobs in an economic\ntransformation area, and must demonstrate that its benefit-cost ratio is\nat least ten to one; and\n  (b) must be in compliance with all worker protection and environmental\nlaws and regulations; and\n  (c) must not owe past due federal or state taxes or local property\ntaxes, unless those taxes are being paid pursuant to an executed payment\nplan; and\n  (d) the location of the participant's operations for which it seeks\ntax benefits must be wholly located within the economic transformation\narea.\n  2. A business entity that is primarily operated as a retail business\nis not eligible to participate in the economic transformation and\nfacility redevelopment program if their application is for any facility\nor business location that will be primarily used in making retail sales\nto customers who personally visit such facilities. A business entity\nthat is engaged in offering professional services licensed by the state\nor by the courts of this state is not eligible to participate in the\neconomic transformation and facility redevelopment program. In addition,\na business entity that is or will be principally operated as a real\nestate holding company or landlord for retail businesses or entities\noffering professional services licensed by the state or by the courts of\nthis state shall not be eligible to participate in the economic\ntransformation and facility redevelopment program. Provided however that\nthe commissioner may determine that such a business entity described in\nthe preceding three sentences may be eligible to participate at the site\nof a closed facility if it is pursuant to an adaptive reuse plan for a\nsubstantial portion of such facility.\n  3. Additional eligibility criteria may be developed pursuant to\nregulations promulgated by the commissioner. The additional eligibility\ncriteria may include, but not be limited to, alignment with any adaptive\nreuse plan for a closed facility developed by the department.\n  4. A business entity must continue to satisfy the employment\nrequirements in subdivision one of this section in each year in which it\nclaims the economic transformation and facility redevelopment tax\ncredits. Prior to claiming the economic transformation and facility\nredevelopment tax credits in the final year of its five year benefit\nperiod, a business entity must demonstrate to the commissioner that it\nhas created the jobs and made the qualified investments necessary to\nmeet a benefit-cost ratio of at least ten to one.\n  * NB Repealed December 31, 2026\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 2797 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 27-H / Section 2797
Tick-borne disease institute
Status: in_force

§ 2797. Tick-borne disease institute.  1. There is hereby established\nwithin the department the tick-borne disease institute. The institute\nshall have responsibility for administering the provisions of this\narticle and otherwise coordinating the state's policies with respect to\nlyme disease and other tick-borne diseases.\n  2. The commissioner shall appoint a director to the institute and may\nassign such personnel within the amounts appropriated as is necessary to\ncarry out the provisions of this article.\n
N.Y. TAX Law § 1299-I — New York Code / Act TAX / Article 29-C / Section 1299-I
Cooperation by regulatory agencies
Status: in_force

§ 1299-I. Cooperation by regulatory agencies. All regulatory agencies\nshall cooperate with and assist the commissioner to effectuate the\npurposes of this article and the commissioner's responsibilities\nhereunder. Such cooperation shall include obtaining, furnishing, and\ntimely updating current, complete and accurate names, addresses and all\nother information concerning: (1) every for-hire vehicle owner,\noperator, and driver of for-hire vehicles licensed or permitted by such\nlicensing agency; (2) every agent of such person, if any; and (3) any\nother person or entity that is licensed or permitted by such licensing\nagency. Such cooperation shall also include furnishing to the\ncommissioner all written, computerized, automated or electronic records\nin the regulatory agency's possession, or in the possession of any of\nits agents, instrumentalities, contractors, or any other person\nauthorized or required to obtain or possess such records or information,\nthat account for any transportation and operation for hire provided by a\nlicensed or permitted person or entity. Such information shall be\nprovided to the commissioner without cost, and in a format prescribed by\nthe commissioner.\n
N.Y. CPL Law § 60.30 — New York Code / Act CPL / Part 1 / Title D / Article 60 / Section 60.30
Rules of evidence; identification by means of previous recognition, in addition to present identification
Status: in_force

§ 60.30 Rules of evidence; identification by means of previous\n          recognition, in addition to present identification.\n  In any criminal proceeding in which the defendant's commission of an\noffense is in issue, a witness who testifies that (a) he or she observed\nthe person claimed by the people to be the defendant either at the time\nand place of the commission of the offense or upon some other occasion\nrelevant to the case, and (b) on the basis of present recollection, the\ndefendant is the person in question and (c) on a subsequent occasion he\nor she observed the defendant, or where the observation is made pursuant\nto a blind or blinded procedure, as defined in paragraph (c) of\nsubdivision one of section 60.25 of this article, a pictorial,\nphotographic, electronic, filmed or video recorded reproduction of the\ndefendant, under circumstances consistent with such rights as an accused\nperson may derive under the constitution of this state or of the United\nStates, and then also recognized him or her or the pictorial,\nphotographic, electronic, filmed or video recorded reproduction of him\nor her as the same person whom he or she had observed on the first or\nincriminating occasion, may, in addition to making an identification of\nthe defendant at the criminal proceeding on the basis of present\nrecollection as the person whom he or she observed on the first or\nincriminating occasion, also describe his or her previous recognition of\nthe defendant and testify that the person whom he or she observed or\nwhose pictorial, photographic, electronic, filmed or video recorded\nreproduction he or she observed on such second occasion is the same\nperson whom he or she had observed on the first or incriminating\noccasion. Such testimony and such pictorial, photographic, electronic,\nfilmed or video recorded reproduction constitutes evidence in chief.\n
N.Y. FCT Law § 580-601 — New York Code / Act FCT / Article 5-B / Part 6 / Subpart A / Section 580-601
Registration of order for enforcement
Status: in_force

§ 580-601. Registration of order for enforcement. A support order or\nincome withholding order issued in another state or a foreign support\norder may be registered in this state for enforcement.\n
N.Y. PEP Law § 407 — New York Code / Act PEP / Article 10 / Section 407
Statements of account; receipts
Status: in_force

§ 407. Statements of account; receipts. At any time after its\nexecution, but not later than one year after the last payment\nthereunder, the holder of a contract or obligation shall, upon written\nrequest of the buyer, give or forward to the buyer a written statement\nof the dates and amounts of payments and the total amount, if any,\nunpaid thereunder. Such a statement shall be supplied by the holder once\neach year without charge; if any additional statement is requested by\nthe buyer, the holder shall supply such statement to the buyer at a\ncharge not exceeding one dollar for each additional statement supplied\nto the buyer. A buyer shall be given a receipt for any payment when made\nin cash.\n
N.Y. PBO Law § 110 — New York Code / Act PBO / Article 7 / Section 110
Construction with other laws
Status: in_force

§ 110. Construction with other laws. 1. Any provision of a charter,\nadministrative code, local law, ordinance, or rule or regulation\naffecting a public body which is more restrictive with respect to public\naccess than this article shall be deemed superseded hereby to the extent\nthat such provision is more restrictive than this article.\n  2. Any provision of general, special or local law or charter,\nadministrative code, ordinance, or rule or regulation less restrictive\nwith respect to public access than this article shall not be deemed\nsuperseded hereby.\n  3. Notwithstanding any provision of this article to the contrary, a\npublic body may adopt provisions less restrictive with respect to public\naccess than this article.\n
N.Y. ISC Law § 502 — New York Code / Act ISC / Article 5 / Section 502
Prohibitions
Status: in_force

§ 502. Prohibitions. In this state:\n  (a) With respect to a certificate of insurance evidencing that a\npolicy provides personal injury liability insurance or property damage\nliability insurance, as defined in paragraphs thirteen and fourteen of\nsubsection (a) of section one thousand one hundred thirteen of this\nchapter, no person or governmental entity shall wilfully require, as a\ncondition of awarding a contract for work, or if a contract has already\nbeen awarded as a condition for work to commence or continue under the\ncontract, or if the contract has been performed or partially performed\nas a condition for payment to be made under the contract, the issuance\nof a certificate of insurance unless the certificate is:\n  (1) a form promulgated by the insurer issuing the policy referenced in\nthe certificate of insurance; or\n  (2) a standard certificate of insurance form issued by an industry\nstandard-setting organization and approved for use by the superintendent\nor any other form approved for use by the superintendent.\n  (b) No person or governmental entity shall wilfully require the\ninclusion of terms, conditions or language of any kind, including\nwarranties or guarantees, that the insurance policy provides coverage or\notherwise sets forth terms and conditions in a certificate of insurance,\nif the insurance policy referenced by such certificate of insurance does\nnot expressly include such terms, conditions, or language. This\nsubsection shall not prohibit any person or governmental entity from\nincluding minimum insurance requirements, coverage limits, terms, or\nother conditions in the solicitation of bids as part of a competitive\nprocess, and it shall not prohibit any person or governmental entity\nfrom requesting, or an insurer or insurance producer from responding to\nsuch a request with, clarification regarding the terms of the policy, or\nendorsement thereto.\n  (c) A certificate of insurance shall not amend, extend, or alter the\ncoverage provided by the insurance policy to which the certificate of\ninsurance makes reference. A certificate of insurance shall further not\nconfer to any person any rights beyond those expressly provided by the\npolicy of insurance referenced therein.\n