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N.Y. CVP Law § 602 — New York Code / Act CVP / Article 6 / Section 602
Consolidation
Status: in_force

§ 602. Consolidation. (a) Generally. When actions involving a common\nquestion of law or fact are pending before a court, the court, upon\nmotion, may order a joint trial of any or all the matters in issue, may\norder the actions consolidated, and may make such other orders\nconcerning proceedings therein as may tend to avoid unnecessary costs or\ndelay.\n  (b) Cases pending in different courts. Where an action is pending in\nthe supreme court it may, upon motion, remove to itself an action\npending in another court and consolidate it or have it tried together\nwith that in the supreme court. Where an action is pending in the county\ncourt, it may, upon motion, remove to itself an action pending in a\ncity, municipal, district or justice court in the county and consolidate\nit or have it tried together with that in the county court.\n
N.Y. ACA Law § 37.03 — New York Code / Act ACA / Title M / Article 37 / Section 37.03
Theatrical employment; contracts
Status: in_force

§ 37.03. Theatrical employment; contracts. Contracts between a\ntheatrical employment agency and an artist shall include the gross\ncommission or fees to be paid by the artist to the theatrical employment\nagency consistent with section one hundred eighty-five of the general\nbusiness law. Such contracts shall contain no other conditions and\nprovisions except such as are equitable between the parties thereto and\ndo not constitute an unreasonable restriction of business. In addition,\nsuch contracts in blank shall be first approved by the commissioner of\nlabor, except that in the city of New York, such contracts in blank\nshall be first approved by the commissioner of consumer affairs of such\ncity, pursuant to section one hundred eighty-nine of the general\nbusiness law, and his or her determination shall be reviewable by\ncertiorari. Each such contract shall also include the name, address,\nphone number and license number of the theatrical employment agency in\naddition to the name of the artist, the type of services covered by the\ncontract, and all terms and conditions associated with the payment of\nsuch commission or fees. The theatrical employment agency shall keep on\nfile a copy of each contract entered into with an artist and provide a\ncopy of each contract to the artist. Separately from the contract, the\nagency shall provide to the artist, at the time of each audition or\ninterview for specific employment, information as to the name and\naddress of the person to whom the artist is to apply for such\nemployment, the service to be performed, the anticipated rate of\ncompensation, where such compensation is known prior to the audition or\ninterview, and any other material terms and conditions of such\nemployment that are known by the agency prior to the audition or\ninterview. Such information may be provided by electronic communication.\n
N.Y. COM Law § 444 — New York Code / Act COM / Article 22 / Section 444
Powers and duties of the commissioner
Status: in_force

* § 444. Powers and duties of the commissioner. 1. The commissioner\nshall, in consultation with the commissioner of labor, promulgate\nregulations consistent with the purposes of this article that,\nnotwithstanding any provisions to the contrary in the state\nadministrative procedure act, may be adopted on an emergency basis. Such\nregulations shall include, but not be limited to, eligibility criteria\nfor business entities desiring to participate in the employee training\nincentive program, procedures for the receipt and evaluation of\napplications from business entities to participate in the program, and\nsuch other provisions as the commissioner deems to be appropriate in\norder to implement the provisions of this article.\n  2. The commissioner shall, in consultation with the department of\ntaxation and finance, develop a certificate of tax credit that shall be\nissued by the commissioner to participating business entities.\nParticipants may be required by the commissioner of taxation and finance\nto include the certificate of tax credit with their tax return to\nreceive any tax benefits under this article.\n  3. The commissioner shall solely determine the eligibility of any\napplicant applying for entry into the program and shall remove any\nparticipant from the program for failing to meet any of the requirements\nset forth in subdivision one of section four hundred forty-two of this\narticle or for making a material misrepresentation with respect to its\nparticipation in the employee training incentive program.\n  * NB Repealed December 31, 2028\n
N.Y. NPC Law § 114 — New York Code / Act NPC / Article 1 / Section 114
Visitation of supreme court
Status: in_force

§ 114. Visitation of supreme court.\n  Charitable corporations, whether formed under general or special laws,\nwith their books and vouchers, shall be subject to the visitation and\ninspection of a justice of the supreme court, or of any person appointed\nby the court for that purpose. If it appears by the verified petition of\na member, director, officer or creditor of any such corporation, that\nit, or its directors, officers, members, key persons or agents, have\nmisappropriated any of the funds or property of the corporation, or\ndiverted them from the purpose of its incorporation, or that the\ncorporation has acquired property in excess of the amount which it is\nauthorized by law to hold, or has engaged in any business other than\nthat stated in its certificate of incorporation, the court may order\nthat notice of at least eight days, with a copy of the petition, be\nserved on the corporation, the attorney general and the persons charged\nwith misconduct, requiring them to show cause at a time and place\nspecified, why they should not be required to make and file an inventory\nand account of the property, effects and liabilities of such corporation\nwith a detailed statement of its transactions during the twelve months\nnext preceding the granting of such order. On the hearing of such\napplication, the court may make an order requiring such inventory,\naccount and statement to be filed, and proceed to take and state an\naccount of the property and liabilities of the corporation, or may\nappoint a referee for that purpose. When such account is taken and\nstated, after hearing all the parties to the application, the court may\nenter a final order determining the amount of property so held by the\ncorporation, its annual income, whether any of the property or funds of\nthe corporation have been misappropriated or diverted to any other\npurpose than that for which such corporation was incorporated, and\nwhether such corporation has been engaged in any activity not covered by\nits certificate of incorporation. An appeal may be taken from the order\nby any party aggrieved to the appellate division of the supreme court,\nand to the court of appeals, as in a civil action. No corporation shall\nbe required to make and file more than one inventory and account in any\none year, nor to make a second account and inventory, while proceedings\nare pending for the statement of an account under this section.\n
N.Y. IND Law § 48 — New York Code / Act IND / Article 4 / Section 48
Costs and fees
Status: in_force

§ 48. Costs and fees.  The fees of surrogates, peacemakers and\nmarshals shall be fixed and determined by the council. In every\ncontroversy before the peacemakers they shall award the costs to be paid\nby the party against whom their determination shall be made; the costs\nallowed shall be ascertained and specified by them in their\ndetermination.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 697-C — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 33-B / Section 697-C
Cumulative remedies; prohibition against waiver
Status: in_force

§ 697-c. Cumulative remedies; prohibition against waiver. The warranty\nunder this article shall be in addition to and not in derogation of all\nother rights and privileges which such consumer may have under any other\nlaw or instrument. Waiver of any rights by the buyer under this article\nshall be deemed contrary to public policy and shall be unenforceable and\nvoid.\n
N.Y. STF Law § 53-D — New York Code / Act STF / Article 4 / Section 53-D
Estimates of fiscal impact
Status: in_force

§ 53-d. Estimates of fiscal impact. If an appropriation bill passed by\nthe legislature contains items that the legislature has added in accord\nwith section four of article seven of the constitution, then such bill\nmust be accompanied by an estimate of the fiscal impact of such\nlegislation on the budget submitted by the governor pursuant to section\ntwo of article seven of the constitution which shall include, if\nappropriate, an estimate of moneys and revenues, either in law or in\nlegislation passed by both houses with the budget, sufficient to meet\nsuch additions. Such bill shall also include such other recommendations\nand information as the legislature may deem proper and such additional\ninformation as may be required by law. None of the restrictions of this\nsection, however, shall apply to appropriations for the legislature or\njudiciary.\n
N.Y. DCD Law § 166 — New York Code / Act DCD / Article 7 / Section 166
Powers of trustees
Status: in_force

§ 166. Powers of trustees. The said trustees shall have power:\n  1. To sue in their own names or otherwise, and recover all the estate,\ndebts and things in action, belonging or due to such debtor, in the same\nmanner and with the like effect as such debtor might or could have done\nif no trustees had been appointed, and no set-off shall be allowed in\nany such suit, for any debt, unless it was owing to such creditor, by\nsuch debtor, before presenting the petition of the insolvent under said\narticles. But no suit in equity shall be brought by assignees of\ninsolvents under the third or fourth articles, without the consent of\nthe creditors having a major part of the debts which shall have been\nexhibited and allowed, unless the sum in controversy exceeds five\nhundred dollars;\n  2. To take into their hands, all the estate of such debtor, whether\ndelivered to them, or afterwards discovered; and all books, vouchers and\nsecurities relating to the same;\n  3. From time to time, to sell at public auction, all the estate, real\nand personal, vested in them, which shall come to their hands, after\ngiving at least fourteen days' public notice of the time and place of\nsale, and also publishing the same for two weeks in a newspaper, printed\nin the county, where the sale shall be made, if there be one;\n  4. To allow such credit on the sale of real property by them, as they\nshall deem reasonable, not exceeding eighteen months, for not more than\nthree-fourths of the purchase money; which credit shall be secured by a\nbond or note of the purchaser, and a mortgage on the property sold;\n  5. On such sales, to execute the necessary conveyances and bills of\nsale;\n  6. To redeem all real or personal property subject to a security\ninterest or mortgage, and to satisfy any judgments which may be an\nincumbrance on any property so sold by them; or to sell such property\nsubject to such mortgages, security interests or judgments;\n  7. To settle all matters and accounts between such debtor, and his\ndebtors, or creditors, and to examine any person touching such matters\nand accounts, on oath, to be administered by either of them;\n  8. Under the order of the court appointing them, to compound with any\nperson indebted to such debtor, and thereupon to discharge all demands\nagainst such person.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 87 — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 7 / Section 87
Department of state to employ agents; expenses for enforcement of law
Status: in_force

§ 87. Department of state to employ agents; expenses for enforcement\nof law. The department of state is hereby authorized to employ such\nagent or agents as the secretary of state may deem necessary to enable\nthe department of state to carry out the provisions of this article and\nto enforce compliance therewith.\n
N.Y. EXC Law § 160-W — New York Code / Act EXC / Article 6-E / Section 160-W
Hearing and judicial review
Status: in_force

§ 160-w. Hearing and judicial review. 1. The hearing on the charges\nshall be at a time and place prescribed by the department.\n  2. If the department determined that a state certified or licensed\nreal estate appraiser or licensed real estate appraiser assistant is\nguilty of a violation of any of the provisions of this article, it shall\nprepare a finding of fact and recommend that such appraiser be\nreprimanded, that their certification or license be suspended or\nrevoked, and/or indicate whether a fine shall be imposed. The decision\nand order of the department shall be final.\n  3. Any final decision or order of the department in certifying or\ndenying certification or in recertification, or in licensing, denying\nlicense, or in renewal of a license, under this article or in revoking\nor suspending such certification or license or imposing any fine or\nreprimand on the holder of such certification or license shall be\nsubject to review by a proceeding brought under and pursuant to article\nseventy-eight of the civil practice law and rules at the insistence of\nthe applicant for such certification, the holder of the certificate or\nlicense so revoked or suspended or the person fined, reprimanded or\notherwise aggrieved.\n
N.Y. EXC Law § 390 — New York Code / Act EXC / Article 18-A / Section 390
Display of American flag on uniforms of public employees
Status: in_force

§ 390. Display of American flag on uniforms of public employees.\nNotwithstanding any other law, any public employee required to wear a\nuniform during the course of public employment shall not be deemed to\nviolate any law, rule, code or regulation regulating the style or\nappearance of uniform solely by virtue of the display on the shoulder\narea of the sleeve of such uniform of an American flag not larger than\nthree inches by five inches. The exact location of the flag on the\nsleeve may be specified by the appropriate executive officer.\n
N.Y. CVP Law § 7109 — New York Code / Act CVP / Article 71 / Section 7109
Unique chattel
Status: in_force

§ 7109. Unique chattel. (a) Injunction, temporary restraining order.\nWhere the chattel is unique, the court may grant a preliminary\ninjunction or temporary restraining order that the chattel shall not be\nremoved from the state, transferred, sold, pledged, assigned or\notherwise disposed of until the further order of the court.\n  (b) Judgment enforceable by contempt. Where the chattel is unique, the\ncourt, in addition to granting a judgment under section 7108, may direct\nthat a party in possession deliver the chattel to the party entitled to\npossession. Disobedience of a judgment or order so directing may be\npunished as a contempt of court. If a party accepts the value of the\nchattel awarded to him by the judgment, he shall have no claim to the\nchattel.\n
N.Y. CAL Law § 142 — New York Code / Act CAL / Article 14 / Section 142
When to take effect
Status: in_force

§ 142. When to take effect.  This act shall take effect immediately.\n
N.Y. EXC Law § 214 — New York Code / Act EXC / Article 11 / Section 214
Establishment of training school
Status: in_force

§ 214. Establishment of training school. The superintendent may\nestablish and maintain a training school and make rules and regulations\nfor the conduct thereof; provided, however, that such regulations shall\nprovide that the children or surviving spouse of a state police officer\nkilled in the line of duty shall, if otherwise qualified, have a prior\nand preferred right over other applicants to appointment to such\ntraining school or academy.\n
N.Y. CPL Law § 620.70 — New York Code / Act CPL / Part 3 / Title R / Article 620 / Section 620.70
Material witness order; compelling attendance of witness who fails to appear
Status: in_force

§ 620.70  Material witness order; compelling attendance of witness who\n             fails to appear.\n  If a witness at liberty on bail pursuant to a material witness order\ncannot be found or notified at the time his appearance as a witness is\nrequired, or if after notification he fails to appear in such action or\nproceeding as required, the court may issue a warrant, addressed to a\npolice officer, directing such officer to take such witness into custody\nanywhere within the state and to bring him to the court forthwith.\n
N.Y. CPL Law § 70.10 — New York Code / Act CPL / Part 1 / Title D / Article 70 / Section 70.10
Standards of proof; definitions of terms
Status: in_force

§ 70.10  Standards of proof; definitions of terms.\n  The following definitions are applicable to this chapter:\n  1.  "Legally sufficient evidence" means competent evidence which, if\naccepted as true, would establish every element of an offense charged\nand the defendant's commission thereof; except that such evidence is not\nlegally sufficient when corroboration required by law is absent.\n  2.  "Reasonable cause to believe that a person has committed an\noffense" exists when evidence or information which appears reliable\ndiscloses facts or circumstances which are collectively of such weight\nand persuasiveness as to convince a person of ordinary intelligence,\njudgment and experience that it is reasonably likely that such offense\nwas committed and that such person committed it.  Except as otherwise\nprovided in this chapter, such apparently reliable evidence may include\nor consist of hearsay.\n
N.Y. RPP Law § 446-B — New York Code / Act RPP / Article 12-C / Section 446-B
License required
Status: in_force

§ 446-b. License required. 1. It is unlawful for any person to act or\nengage in the business as an apartment information vendor in this state\nwithout first having obtained a license from the secretary of state. No\nperson shall be granted a license until he has established that he is\ntrustworthy and bears a reputation for good and fair dealing.\n  2. The application for such license shall be filed in the office of\nthe secretary of state on such forms as the secretary may prescribe.\n  3. When the apartment information vendor maintains more than one place\nof business, he shall apply for a supplemental license for each branch\noffice so maintained. Supplemental licenses shall be conspicuously\ndisplayed in each branch office. The display of an expired license by\nany person, firm, partnership or corporation is a violation of the\nprovisions of this article.\n  4. From and after the date when this subdivision shall take effect,\nthe term for which a license shall be issued or reissued under this\narticle shall be a period of one year beginning the first day of\nNovember in any year and ending the thirty-first day of October one year\nlater. A license which takes effect on a day other than the first day of\nNovember in any year shall extend for a term expiring on the\nthirty-first day of October following the date on which the license\ntakes effect.\n  5. Any license granted under the provisions hereof may be renewed for\none year by the secretary upon application therefor by the holder, in\nsuch form as the secretary may prescribe. The secretary may dispense\nwith the requirement for the filing of such statements as was contained\nin the original application for license.\n  6. Every applicant for a license under the provisions of this section,\nshall establish and maintain a special interest bearing trust account in\nthe minimum amount of five thousand dollars in a branch of a national or\nstate chartered banking institution having a place of business within\nthe state, plus twenty-five hundred dollars for each additional licensed\noffice, except that any applicant whose business is limited exclusively\nto acting as an apartment sharing agent shall be required to establish\nand maintain an account of only twenty-five hundred dollars plus twelve\nhundred fifty dollars for each additional licensed office. No license\nshall be issued unless a copy of a certificate of deposit showing the\nminimum balance in said special interest bearing trust account has been\nfiled with the secretary simultaneously with the filing of the license\napplication. Moneys may be withdrawn, from such account only upon the\ncertification of the secretary.\n  7. No license shall be granted to a person under the age of eighteen\nor a corporation, limited liability company, partnership or association\nwhose principal shareholder, member or partner is under such age.\n
N.Y. EPT Law § 6-5.12 — New York Code / Act EPT / Article 6 / Part 5 / Section 6-5.12
Future rents and profits subject to rules governing future
Status: in_force

§ 6-5.12 Future rents and profits subject to rules governing future\n           estates\n  A disposition of the rents, profits or other income from property\naccruing at any time subsequent to the execution of the instrument\ncreating such disposition is subject to the rules governing future\nestates in property.\n
N.Y. LIE Law § 100 — New York Code / Act LIE / Article 4 / Section 100
Distribution of surplus
Status: in_force

§ 100. Distribution of surplus. If upon payment of all claims\nestablished as liens against the vessel from the proceeds of its sale, a\nsurplus remains, it may be distributed by the court to the persons\nentitled thereto, after a hearing and the publication of a notice by the\napplicants for the same time and in the same manner as the notice of\nseizure is required by this article to be published. Such notice shall\nspecify the amount of the surplus proceeds, the names of the persons\napplying therefor, the name of the vessel from the sale of which the\nsame arose, the date of the sale and the time and place when the hearing\nwill be held and the distribution of the surplus made.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 393-C — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 26 / Section 393-C
Sale of required labor postings
Status: in_force

§ 393-c. Sale of required labor postings. Any person, corporation,\nassociation, partnership or other entity which sells or offers to sell\nin this state any printed materials which, or the substance of which,\nare required to be posted in places of employment pursuant to the\nprovisions of any federal or state law, rule or regulation, including,\nbut not limited to, notices or materials relating to unemployment\ninsurance, workers' compensation insurance or benefits, minimum wage and\noccupational safety and health standards shall provide to the purchaser\na notice in at least twelve point type, that such required notices or\npostings are also available free of charge from the government office\nhaving jurisdiction over the required notices or postings.\n
N.Y. CVP Law § 3401 — New York Code / Act CVP / Article 34 / Section 3401
Rules for the hearing of causes
Status: in_force

Rule 3401.  Rules for the hearing of causes. The chief administrator\nof the courts shall adopt rules regulating the hearing of causes, which\nmay include the filing of notes of issue, the preparation and\npublication of calendars and the calendar practice for the courts of the\nunified court system. Insofar as practicable, such rules within the city\nof New York shall be uniform.\n
N.Y. RSS Law § 1312 — New York Code / Act RSS / Article 24 / Section 1312
Benefit enhancements
Status: in_force

§ 1312. Benefit enhancements. Notwithstanding any other law to the\ncontrary, eligible employees shall be permitted to retire, without\npenalty, upon reaching age fifty-seven and completing at least thirty\nyears of credited service. Employees retiring pursuant to this section\nshall receive a pension allowance equal to the sum of thirty-five per\ncentum and one-fiftieth of final average salary for each year of service\nin excess of twenty times final average salary times years of credited\nservice.\n