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N.Y. LAB Law § 810 — New York Code / Act LAB / Article 23 / Section 810
Statement of public policy
Status: in_force

§ 810. Statement of public policy.  Skilled manpower constitutes a\ngreat resource in this state.  Apprenticeship programs, through\nsupervised training and education, develop skilled craftsmen and help\nmeet the increasing needs for such workers in the state's labor force.\nThe continuing development of skilled manpower is essential for\nindividual self-realization and for an expanding industrial economy. To\nthese ends, it is the declared public policy of the state of New York to\ndevelop sound apprenticeship training standards and to encourage\nindustry and labor to institute training programs.\n
N.Y. RAT Law § 100 — New York Code / Act RAT / Article 9 / Section 100
Construction of chapter
Status: in_force

§ 100. Construction of chapter.  a. This chapter shall not be\nconstrued to repeal or in any manner affect article six of the railroad\nlaw, except so far as such article would, if this chapter had not been\npassed, authorize the appointment hereafter of any commissioners applied\nfor as provided in section two hundred twenty of such law in any city or\nauthorize any commissioners already appointed pursuant to such section\nin any such city to fix, determine or locate any new route pursuant to\nthe provisions of such article of the railroad law.\n  b. This chapter shall not repeal or in any manner affect the railroad\nlaw, except as expressly provided, or except so far as the provisions\nthereof conflict with the provisions of this chapter. But nothing in\nthis section shall prevent the board of transportation from laying out a\nroute for a railroad and constructing and operating a railroad, and such\nboard shall have the right to lay out such route and construct and\noperate such railroad over, under, along or across any street in, along,\nunder or over which there shall be any existing railroad, provided that\nthe routes so laid out by the board and the railroad so constructed by\nit shall so pass over or under or at the side of such existing railroad\nas not to interfere with its operation.\n  c. This chapter shall not be construed in any manner to affect the\nexercise or enjoyment at any time of any right acquired, exercised or\nenjoyed before the thirty-first day of January, eighteen hundred\nninety-one by any corporation duly incorporated and organized before\nsuch date or deriving powers and rights under the laws of this state.\n  d. This chapter shall not affect or impair the exercise or enjoyment\nof any right or rights possessed before the thirty-first day of January,\neighteen hundred ninety-one or acquired or authorized to be acquired,\nexercise or enjoyed by any street surface railroad corporation before\nsuch date, except as herein otherwise expressly provided.\n
N.Y. BNK Law § 398-B — New York Code / Act BNK / Article 10 / Section 398-B
Duties of directors and officers
Status: in_force

§ 398-b. Duties of directors and officers.\n  1. Directors and officers shall discharge the duties of their\nrespective positions in good faith and with that degree of diligence,\ncare and skill which prudent men would exercise under similar\ncircumstances in like positions. In discharging their duties, directors\nand officers, when acting in good faith, may rely (a) upon financial\nstatements of the savings and loan association represented to them to be\ncorrect by the president or the officer of the savings and loan\nassociation having charge of the books of account, or stated in a\nwritten report by an independent public or certified public accountant\nor firm of such accountants fairly to reflect the financial condition of\nsuch savings and loan association and (b) upon reports required to be\nsubmitted to them by any provision of this chapter or prepared in the\nordinary course of business by an officer or committee charged with the\nresponsibility therefor. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to\nrequire the directors to perform functions vested in any committee,\nofficer or other person pursuant to the provisions of any other section\nof this chapter.\n  2. An action may be brought against one or more directors or officers\nof a savings and loan association to procure a judgment for the\nfollowing relief:\n  (a) To compel the defendant to account for his official conduct in the\nfollowing cases:\n  (1) The neglect of, or failure to perform, or other violation of his\nduties in the management and disposition of the savings and loan\nassociation's assets committed to his charge.\n  (2) The acquisition by himself, transfer to others, loss or waste of\nthe savings and loan association's assets due to any neglect of or\nfailure to perform, or other violation of his duties.\n  (b) To set aside a conveyance, assignment or transfer of the savings\nand loan association's assets by one or more directors or officers,\ncontrary to a provision of law, where the transferee knew the purpose of\nthe transfer.\n  (c) To enjoin such a conveyance, assignment or transfer of the savings\nand loan association's assets by one or more of the directors or\nofficers where there is good reason to apprehend that it will be made.\n  3. Subject to section six hundred thirty-one of this chapter, an\naction may be brought for the relief provided in this section by a\nsavings and loan association or an officer, director or judgment\ncreditor thereof.\n  4. This section shall not affect any liability otherwise imposed by\nlaw upon any director or officer.\n
N.Y. RRD Law § 188 — New York Code / Act RRD / Article 5 / Section 188
Certain consents of local authorities confirmed
Status: in_force

§ 188. Certain consents of local authorities confirmed.  All consents\ngiven since December first, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, and prior\nto February first, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, by the local\nauthorities of any city having a population of fifty thousand or more,\nto the construction, operation and maintenance of a street surface\nrailroad in any such city by a railroad corporation which has not\ncomplied with the provisions of section nine of this chapter, or has\nfailed to obtain the certificate therein provided for, are hereby\nvalidated and confirmed, and any such corporation may construct, operate\nand maintain a street surface railroad over, along and upon the streets,\navenues, highways and public places described in such consent, upon\nobtaining the consent of the owners of property bounded on such streets,\navenues, highways or public places as provided by law.\n
N.Y. GMU Law § 250 — New York Code / Act GMU / Article 13-A / Section 250
Lost and found property
Status: in_force

§ 250. Lost and found property. The governing boards of municipal\ncorporations may by resolution enact rules and regulations for\nadministering the provisions of article seven-b of the personal property\nlaw and may provide the following:\n  (a) the designation of a public officer to accept and keep custody of\nfound property and found instruments;\n  (b) procedures for determining the value and for estimating the net\nsum likely to be realized by sale at public auction of lost property as\ndefined in article seven-b of the personal property law;\n  (c) a procedure for the disposition of derelict automobiles and other\nproperty having no value or salvage value only;\n  (d) longer or shorter periods of time for the report and deposit of\nfound property and instruments by specified classes of persons having\npossession thereof or for either such report or such deposit, provided,\nhowever, that such rules and regulations so enacted by a county or town\nshall not supersede rules and regulations with respect to time for\nreport and deposit, or for either report or deposit, so enacted by any\nmunicipal corporation within its limits, except to such extent as may be\nprovided by an agreement pursuant to section two hundred fifty-one of\nthis chapter;\n  (e) provisions for notices, reports, storage, and sales of found\nproperty not inconsistent with the provisions of article seven-b of the\npersonal property law;\n  (f) the payment of proceeds from the sale of lost property as defined\nin article seven-b of the personal property law into a public fund other\nthan the treasury of the municipal corporation.\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 14-0109 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 14 / Section 14-0109
Responsibilities of the council
Status: in_force

§ 14-0109. Responsibilities of the council.\n  The New York ocean and Great Lakes ecosystem conservation council\nshall:\n  1. Promote the understanding, protection, restoration and enhancement\nof New York's ocean and Great Lakes ecosystems while promoting\nsustainable and competitive economic development and job creation;\n  2. Ensure that community needs and aspirations are accommodated,\nrecognizing the interdependent goals of community well-being,\nenvironmental quality and economic viability;\n  3. Define and implement an adaptive approach building upon existing\nlaws and programs to advance activities that affect coastal ecosystems\nin order to ensure the coexistence of healthy ecosystems with human\nactivities;\n  4. Integrate and coordinate ecosystem-based management with existing\nlaws and programs;\n  5. Develop guidelines for agency programs and activities that affect\ncoastal ecosystems to advance the policy and principles delineated in\nsection 14-0103 of this article;\n  6. Encourage scientific research and information sharing that will\ninform ecosystem-based management decisions and enhance ecosystem\nmanagement capabilities;\n  7. Use New York's private and public academic, research and non-profit\ninstitutions more effectively in developing and advancing coastal\necosystem-based management;\n  8. Facilitate regional coordination and cooperation to address complex\ncoastal resource issues which cross political and jurisdictional\nboundaries.\n
N.Y. CVP Law § 311 — New York Code / Act CVP / Article 3 / Section 311
Personal service upon a corporation or governmental subdivision
Status: in_force

§ 311.  Personal service upon a corporation or governmental\nsubdivision. (a) Personal service upon a corporation or governmental\nsubdivision shall be made by delivering the summons as follows:\n  1. upon any domestic or foreign corporation, to an officer, director,\nmanaging or general agent, or cashier or assistant cashier or to any\nother agent authorized by appointment or by law to receive service.  A\nbusiness corporation may also be served pursuant to section three\nhundred six or three hundred seven of the business corporation law. A\nnot-for-profit corporation may also be served pursuant to section three\nhundred six or three hundred seven of the not-for-profit corporation\nlaw;\n  2. upon the city of New York, to the corporation counsel or to any\nperson designated to receive process in a writing filed in the office of\nthe clerk of New York county;\n  3.  upon any other city, to the mayor, comptroller, treasurer, counsel\nor clerk; or, if the city lacks such officers, to an officer performing\na corresponding function under another name;\n  4.  upon a county, to the chair or clerk of the board of supervisors,\nclerk, attorney or treasurer;\n  5.  upon a town, to the supervisor or the clerk;\n  6.  upon a village, to the mayor, clerk, or any trustee;\n  7.  upon a school district, to a school officer, as defined in the\neducation law; and\n  8.  upon a park, sewage or other district, to the clerk, any trustee\nor any member of the board.\n  (b) If service upon a domestic or foreign corporation within the one\nhundred twenty days allowed by section three hundred six-b of this\narticle is impracticable under paragraph one of subdivision (a) of this\nsection or any other law, service upon the corporation may be made in\nsuch manner, and proof of service may take such form, as the court, upon\nmotion without notice, directs.\n
N.Y. TAX Law § 1243 — New York Code / Act TAX / Article 29 / Part 3 / Subpart A / Section 1243
Judicial review
Status: in_force

§ 1243. Judicial review. (a) Any final determination of the amount of\nany tax payable under sections twelve hundred one through twelve hundred\nfour shall be reviewable for error, illegality or unconstitutionality or\nany other reason whatsoever by a proceeding under article seventy-eight\nof the civil practice law and rules if application therefor is made to\nthe supreme court within four months after the giving of the notice of\nsuch final determination, provided, however, that any such proceeding\nunder article seventy-eight of the civil practice law and rules shall\nnot be instituted by a taxpayer unless (1) the amount of any tax sought\nto be reviewed, with such interest and penalties thereon as may be\nprovided for by local law, ordinance, resolution or regulation, shall be\nfirst deposited and there is filed an undertaking, issued by a surety\ncompany authorized to transact business in this state and approved by\nthe superintendent of financial services of this state as to solvency\nand responsibility, in such amount as a justice of the supreme court\nshall approve to the effect that if such proceeding be dismissed or the\ntax confirmed the taxpayer will pay all costs and charges which may\naccrue in the prosecution of such proceeding or (2) at the option of the\ntaxpayer, such undertaking may be in a sum sufficient to cover the\ntaxes, interest and penalties stated in such determination, plus the\ncosts and charges which may accrue against such taxpayer in the\nprosecution of the proceeding, in which event the taxpayer shall not be\nrequired to pay such taxes, interest or penalties as a condition\nprecedent to the application.\n  (b) Where any tax imposed hereunder shall have been erroneously,\nillegally or unconstitutionally assessed or collected and application\nfor the refund or revision thereof duly made to the proper fiscal\nofficer or officers, and such officer or officers or, in the case of a\ncity of one million or more which has established a tax appeals\ntribunal, such tax appeals tribunal, shall have made a determination\ndenying such refund or revision, such determination shall be reviewable\nby a proceeding under article seventy-eight of the civil practice law\nand rules, provided, however, (1) that such proceeding is instituted\nwithin four months after the giving of the notice of such denial, (2)\nthat a final determination of tax due was not previously made, and (3)\nthat an undertaking is filed with the proper fiscal officer or officers\nin such amount and with such sureties as a justice of the supreme court\nshall approve to the effect that if such proceeding be dismissed or the\ntax confirmed, the taxpayer will pay all costs and charges which may\naccrue in the prosecution of such proceeding.\n
N.Y. UCC Law § 2-720 — New York Code / Act UCC / Article 2 / Part 7 / Section 2-720
Effect of "Cancellation" or "Rescission" on Claims for Antecedent Breach
Status: in_force

Section 2--720. Effect of "Cancellation" or "Rescission" on Claims for\n                  Antecedent Breach.\n  Unless the contrary intention clearly appears, expressions of\n"cancellation" or "rescission" of the contract or the like shall not be\nconstrued as a renunciation or discharge of any claim in damages for an\nantecedent breach.\n
N.Y. TWN Law § 303 — New York Code / Act TWN / Article 18 / Section 303
Settlement of disputes
Status: in_force

§ 303. Settlement of disputes. If disputes arise between the owners of\nadjoining lands, concerning the liability of either party to make or\nmaintain any division fence, or the proportion or particular part of the\nfence to be made or maintained by either of them, such disputes shall be\nsettled by any two of the fence viewers of the town, one of whom shall\nbe chosen by each party; and if either neglect, after eight days'\nnotice, to make such choice, the other party may select both. The fence\nviewers, in all matters heard by them, shall see that all interested\nparties have had reasonable notice thereof, and shall examine the\npremises and hear the allegations of the parties. If they cannot agree,\nthey shall select another fence viewer to act with them, and the\ndecision of any two shall be reduced to writing, and contain a\ndescription of the fence, and the proportion to be maintained by each,\nand shall be forthwith filed in the office of the town clerk, and shall\nbe final upon the parties to such dispute, and all parties holding under\nthem.\n
N.Y. PEN Law § 40.00 — New York Code / Act PEN / Part 1 / Title C / Article 40 / Section 40.00
Duress
Status: in_force

§ 40.00 Duress.\n  1. In any prosecution for an offense, it is an affirmative defense\nthat the defendant engaged in the proscribed conduct because he was\ncoerced to do so by the use or threatened imminent use of unlawful\nphysical force upon him or a third person, which force or threatened\nforce a person of reasonable firmness in his situation would have been\nunable to resist.\n  2. The defense of duress as defined in subdivision one of this section\nis not available when a person intentionally or recklessly places\nhimself in a situation in which it is probable that he will be subjected\nto duress.\n
N.Y. ISC Law § 2331 — New York Code / Act ISC / Article 23 / Section 2331
Motor vehicle comprehensive insurance rates; age, sex or marital status
Status: in_force

§ 2331. Motor vehicle comprehensive insurance rates; age, sex or\nmarital status. No filing of a rate, rating plan, rating rule or rate\nmanual applicable to insurance for loss of or damage to a motor vehicle\nother than by collision or upset, shall be approved by the\nsuperintendent if the filing is based, in whole or in part, on the age,\nsex or marital status of an owner or operator of an insured motor\nvehicle unless such filing is supported by and reflective of actuarially\nsound statistical data.\n
N.Y. CPL Law § 140.25 — New York Code / Act CPL / Part 2 / Title H / Article 140 / Section 140.25
Arrest without a warrant; by peace officer
Status: in_force

§ 140.25  Arrest without a warrant; by peace officer.\n  1.  A peace officer, acting pursuant to his special duties, may arrest\na person for:\n  (a)  Any offense when he has reasonable cause to believe that such\nperson has committed such offense in his presence; and\n  (b)  A crime when he has reasonable cause to believe that such person\nhas committed such crime, whether in his presence or otherwise.\n  2.  A peace officer acts "pursuant to his special duties" in making an\narrest only when the arrest is for:\n  (a)  An offense defined by a statute which such peace officer, by\nreason of the specialized nature of his particular employment or by\nexpress provision of law, is required or authorized to enforce; or\n  (b)  An offense committed or reasonably believed by him to have been\ncommitted in such manner or place as to render arrest of the offender by\nsuch peace officer under the particular circumstances an integral part\nof his specialized duties.\n  3.  A peace officer, whether or not he is acting pursuant to his\nspecial duties, may arrest a person for an offense committed or believed\nby him to have been committed within the geographical area of such peace\nofficer's employment, as follows:\n  (a)  He may arrest such person for any offense when such person has in\nfact committed such offense in his presence; and\n  (b)  He may arrest such person for a felony when he has reasonable\ncause to believe that such person has committed such felony, whether in\nhis presence or otherwise.\n  4.  A peace officer, when outside the geographical area of his\nemployment, may, anywhere in the state, arrest a person for a felony\nwhen he has reasonable cause to believe that such person has there\ncommitted such felony in his presence, provided that such arrest is made\nduring or immediately after the allegedly criminal conduct or during the\nalleged perpetrator's immediate flight therefrom.\n  5.  For the purposes of this section, the "geographical area of\nemployment" of a peace officer is as follows:\n  (a)  The "geographical area of employment" of any peace officer\nemployed as such by any agency of the state consists of the entire\nstate;\n  (b)  The "geographical area of employment" of any peace officer\nemployed as such by an agency of a county, city, town or village\nconsists of (i) such county, city, town or village, as the case may be,\nand (ii) any other place where he is, at a particular time, acting in\nthe course of his particular duties or employment;\n  (c) The "geographical area of employment" of any peace officer\nemployed as such by any private organization consists of any place in\nthe state where he is, at a particular time, acting in the course of his\nparticular duties or employment.\n
N.Y. CAN Law § 80 — New York Code / Act CAN / Article 4 / Section 80
Adult-use cultivators, processors or distributors not to be interested in retail dispensaries
Status: in_force

§ 80. Adult-use cultivators, processors or distributors not to be\ninterested in retail dispensaries. 1. It shall be unlawful for any\nperson authorized to cultivate, process, or distribute under this\narticle to:\n  (a) be interested directly or indirectly in any premises where any\ncannabis product is sold at retail, including for on-site consumption;\nor in any business devoted wholly or partially to the sale or delivery\nof any cannabis product at retail, including for on-site consumption, by\nstock ownership, interlocking directors, mortgage or lien or any\npersonal or real property, or by any other means;\n  (b) make, or cause to be made, any loan to any person engaged in the\nmanufacture or sale of any cannabis product at wholesale or retail;\n  (c) make any gift or render any service of any kind whatsoever,\ndirectly or indirectly, to any person licensed under this chapter which\nin the judgment of the board may influence such licensee to purchase the\nproduct of such cultivator or processor or distributor; or\n  (d) enter into any contract or agreement with any retail, on-site\nconsumption or delivery licensee whereby such licensee agrees to confine\nhis or her sales to cannabis products manufactured or sold by one or\nmore such cultivator or processors or distributors. Any such contract or\nagreement shall be void and subject the licenses of all parties\nconcerned to revocation for cause and any applicable administrative\nenforcement and penalties.\n  2. The provisions of this section shall not prohibit a registered\norganization authorized pursuant to section thirty-nine or sixty-eight-a\nof this chapter, or microbusiness authorized pursuant to section\nseventy-three of this chapter, from cultivating, processing, or selling\nadult-use cannabis under this article, at facilities wholly owned and\noperated by such registered organization or microbusiness, subject to\nany conditions, limitations or restrictions established by this chapter.\n  3. The board shall develop rules and regulations in regard to this\nsection.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 2994-T — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 29-CC / Section 2994-T
Regulations
Status: in_force

§ 2994-t. Regulations. 1. The commissioner shall establish such\nregulations as may be necessary to implement this article.\n  2. The commissioner, in consultation with the commissioners of the\noffice of mental health and the office for people with developmental\ndisabilities, shall promulgate regulations identifying the credentials\nof health care professionals qualified to provide an independent\ndetermination, pursuant to subdivision three of section twenty-nine\nhundred ninety-four-c of this article, that a patient lacks\ndecision-making capacity because of mental illness or developmental\ndisability.\n