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N.Y. CVR Law § 18-C — New York Code / Act CVR / Article 2-A / Section 18-C
Discrimination prohibited
Status: in_force

§ 18-c. Discrimination prohibited. It shall be unlawful:\n  1. For the owner of any publicly assisted housing accommodation to\nrefuse to rent or lease or otherwise to deny to or withhold from any\nperson or group of persons such housing accommodation because of the\nrace, color, religion, national origin or ancestry of such person or\npersons.\n  2. For the owner of any publicly assisted housing accommodation to\ndiscriminate against any person because of the race, color, religion,\nnational origin or ancestry of such person in the terms, conditions or\nprivileges of any publicly assisted housing accommodations or in the\nfurnishing of facilities or services in connection therewith.\n  3. For any person to cause to be made any written or oral inquiry\nconcerning the race, color, religion, national origin or ancestry of a\nperson seeking to rent or lease any publicly assisted housing\naccommodation.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 641 — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 30-B / Section 641
Weight loss services and products
Status: in_force

§ 641. Weight loss services and products. For the purposes of this\narticle:\n  1. "Weight loss services" shall mean counseling and educational\nactivities, including, but not limited to, recommending the use of\nweight loss products, which have the primary purpose of helping\nindividuals reduce body weight. Weight loss services does not include\nproviding information to the public regarding individual weight loss\nproducts if the person, firm or corporation is not also engaged in\ncounseling activities.\n  2. "Weight loss products" shall mean any foods, ingredients or\ncomponents of foods, nutritional formulas or supplements, drugs,\nequipment or any other products sold or offered for the primary purpose\nof helping individuals reduce body weight.\n  3. "Direct seller" shall mean any person if (a) such person is (i)\nengaged in the trade or business of selling or soliciting the sale of\nconsumer products to any buyer on a buy-sell basis or a\ndeposit-commission basis for resale by the buyer or any other person in\nthe home or otherwise than in a permanent retail establishment, or (ii)\nengaged in the trade or business of selling or soliciting the sale of\nconsumer products in the home or otherwise than in a permanent retail\nestablishment;\n  (b) substantially all the remuneration, whether or not paid in cash,\nfor the performance of the services described in paragraph (a) of this\nsubdivision is directly related to sales or other output, including the\nperformance of services, rather than to the number of hours worked; and\n  (c) the services performed by the person are performed pursuant to a\nwritten contract between such person and the person for whom the\nservices are performed and such contract provides that the person will\nnot be treated as an employee with respect to such services for state\nand federal tax purposes.\n
N.Y. VIL Law § 14-1418 — New York Code / Act VIL / Article 14 / Section 14-1418
Appeal from apportionment
Status: in_force

§ 14-1418 Appeal from apportionment. A person aggrieved by an\napportionment may, within fifteen days after the filing thereof, appeal\ntherefrom to the county court of a county in which any part of the\nvillage is situated. Such appeal shall be taken by a notice, stating the\ngrounds thereof, addressed to the board of sewer commissioners, and\nfiled with the village clerk.\n
N.Y. EPT Law § 7-6.3 — New York Code / Act EPT / Article 7 / Part 6 / Section 7-6.3
Nomination of custodian
Status: in_force

§ 7-6.3 Nomination of custodian\n  (a) A person having the right to designate the recipient of property\ntransferable upon the occurrence of a future event may revocably\nnominate a custodian to receive the property for a minor beneficiary\nupon the occurrence of the event by naming the custodian followed in\nsubstance by the words "as custodian for _________________ (name of\nminor) under the New York Uniform Transfers to Minors Act." The\nnomination may name one or more persons as substitute custodians to whom\nthe property must be transferred, in the order named, if the first\nnominated custodian dies before the transfer or is unable, declines, or\nis ineligible to serve. The nomination may be made in a will, a trust, a\ndeed, an instrument exercising a power of appointment, or in a writing\ndesignating a beneficiary of contractual rights which is registered with\nor delivered to the payor, issuer, or other obligor of the contractual\nrights.\n  (b) A custodian nominated under this section must be a person to whom\na transfer of property of that kind may be made under paragraph (a) of\n7-6.9.\n  (c) The nomination of a custodian under this section does not create\ncustodial property until the nominating instrument becomes irrevocable\nor a transfer to the nominated custodian is completed under 7-6.9.\nUnless the nomination of a custodian has been revoked, upon the\noccurrence of the future event the custodianship becomes effective and\nthe custodian shall enforce a transfer of the custodial property\npursuant to 7-6.9.\n
N.Y. HAY Law § 344-O*5 — New York Code / Act HAY / Article 12 / Section 344-O*5
Portion of the state highway system to be designated as the "Deputy Chief Brian Buell Memorial Bridge"
Status: in_force

* § 344-o. Portion of the state highway system to be designated as the\n"Deputy Chief Brian Buell Memorial Bridge". The bridge over the\nBattenkill River on state route three hundred seventy-two between Barber\nAvenue and Mill Street in the village of Greenwich, county of\nWashington, shall be designated and known as the "Deputy Chief Brian\nBuell Memorial Bridge".\n  * NB There are 18 § 344-o's\n
N.Y. COR Law § 861 — New York Code / Act COR / Article 26 / Section 861
Incarcerated individual not agent of state
Status: in_force

§ 861. Incarcerated individual not agent of state. An incarcerated\nindividual participating in a work release program shall not, merely by\nreason of such participation, be deemed an agent, employee or servant of\nthe state while outside the premises of an institution pursuant to the\nterms of a work release program.\n
N.Y. UCC Law § 7-208 — New York Code / Act UCC / Article 7 / Part 2 / Section 7-208
Altered Warehouse Receipts
Status: in_force

Section 7--208. Altered Warehouse Receipts.\n  If a blank in a negotiable tangible warehouse receipt has been filled\nin without authority, a good-faith purchaser for value and without\nnotice of the lack of authority may treat the insertion as authorized.\nAny other unauthorized alteration leaves any tangible or electronic\nwarehouse receipt enforceable against the issuer according to its\noriginal tenor.\n
N.Y. AGM Law § 50-K — New York Code / Act AGM / Article 4 / Section 50-K
Rules and regulations
Status: in_force

§ 50-k. Rules and regulations. The commissioner shall from time to\ntime, after inquiry and public hearing, promulgate and adopt rules and\nregulations to supplement and give full effect to the provisions of\nsection fifty-e. Such rules and regulations shall establish sanitary\nregulations pertaining to the manufacture, packing and distribution of\nmelloream and vegetable oil blends, including the sanitary condition of\nbuildings, ground, and equipment where melloream and vegetable oil\nblends are manufactured and the sanitary condition of the ingredients\nand of the persons in direct physical contact with melloream and\nvegetable oil blends during manufacture. Such sanitary rules and\nregulations shall be equal to those established for dairy products.\n
N.Y. EXC Law § 741 — New York Code / Act EXC / Article 26-B / Section 741
Qualifications of members
Status: in_force

§ 741. Qualifications of members. 1. No member of the board shall be\neligible to serve for more than two successive terms of five years, nor\nfor more than ten successive years.\n  2. No member of the board shall qualify or enter upon the duties of\noffice or remain therein, while he is a trustee, manager, director,\nofficer or member of the governing board of any institution subject to\nthe visitation or inspection of such board.\n
N.Y. BSC Law § 510 — New York Code / Act BSC / Article 5 / Section 510
Dividends or other distributions in cash or property
Status: in_force

§ 510. Dividends or other distributions in cash or property.\n  (a) A corporation may declare and pay dividends or make other\ndistributions in cash or its bonds or its property, including the shares\nor bonds of other corporations, on its outstanding shares, except when\ncurrently the corporation is insolvent or would thereby be made\ninsolvent, or when the declaration, payment or distribution would be\ncontrary to any restrictions contained in the certificate of\nincorporation.\n  (b) Dividends may be declared or paid and other distributions may be\nmade either (1) out of surplus, so that the net assets of the\ncorporation remaining after such declaration, payment or distribution\nshall at least equal the amount of its stated capital, or (2) in case\nthere shall be no such surplus, out of its net profits for the fiscal\nyear in which the dividend is declared and/or the preceding fiscal year.\nIf the capital of the corporation shall have been diminished by\ndepreciation in the value of its property or by losses or otherwise to\nan amount less than the aggregate amount of the stated capital\nrepresented by the issued and outstanding shares of all classes having a\npreference upon the distribution of assets, the directors of such\ncorporation shall not declare and pay out of such net profits any\ndividends upon any shares until the deficiency in the amount of stated\ncapital represented by the issued and outstanding shares of all classes\nhaving a preference upon the distribution of assets shall have been\nrepaired. A corporation engaged in the exploitation of natural resources\nor other wasting assets, including patents, or formed primarily for the\nliquidation of specific assets, may declare and pay dividends or make\nother distributions in excess of its surplus, computed after taking due\naccount of depletion and amortization, to the extent that the cost of\nthe wasting or specific assets has been recovered by depletion reserves,\namortization or sale, if the net assets remaining after such dividends\nor distributions are sufficient to cover the liquidation preferences of\nshares having such preferences in involuntary liquidation.\n
N.Y. PEN Law § 105.15 — New York Code / Act PEN / Part 3 / Title G / Article 105 / Section 105.15
Conspiracy in the second degree
Status: in_force

§ 105.15 Conspiracy in the second degree.\n  A person is guilty of conspiracy in the second degree when, with\nintent that conduct constituting a class A felony be performed, he\nagrees with one or more persons to engage in or cause the performance of\nsuch conduct.\n  Conspiracy in the second degree is a class B felony.\n
N.Y. SCC Law § 10 — New York Code / Act SCC / Article 3 / Section 10
Officers
Status: in_force

§ 10. Officers. City officers, within the meaning of this chapter,\ninclude all persons elected or appointed to any office of the city\ncreated or authorized by this chapter or otherwise by law.\n
N.Y. GMU Law § 207-Q — New York Code / Act GMU / Article 10 / Section 207-Q
Firefighters; presumption in certain diseases
Status: in_force

* § 207-q. Firefighters; presumption in certain diseases.\nNotwithstanding any provision of this chapter or of any general, special\nor local law to the contrary, and for the purposes of this chapter, any\ncondition of impairment of health caused by diseases of the lung,\nresulting in total or partial disability or death to a uniformed member\nof a paid fire department, where such member successfully passed a\nphysical examination on entry into such service or subsequent thereto,\nwhich examination failed to reveal any evidence of such conditions,\nshall be presumptive evidence that such disability or death (1) was\ncaused by the natural and proximate result of an accident, not caused by\nsuch firefighter's own negligence and (2) was incurred in the\nperformance and discharge of duty, unless the contrary be proven by\ncompetent evidence. The provisions of this section shall remain in full\nforce and effect to and including the thirtieth day of June, two\nthousand eight.\n  * NB Expired July 1, 2008\n  * NB There are 2 § 207-q's\n
N.Y. UJC Law § 1812 — New York Code / Act UJC / Article 18 / Section 1812
Enforcement of small claims judgments
Status: in_force

§ 1812. Enforcement of small claims judgments.\n  (a) The special procedures set forth in subdivision (b) hereof shall\nbe available only where:\n  1. there is a recorded judgment of a small claims court; and\n  2. (i) the aforesaid judgment resulted from a transaction in the\ncourse of the trade or business of the judgment debtor, or arose out of\na repeated course of dealing or conduct of the judgment debtor, and (ii)\nthere are at least two other unsatisfied recorded judgments of a small\nclaims court arising out of such trade or business or repeated course of\ndealing or conduct, against that judgment debtor; and\n  3. the judgment debtor failed to satisfy such judgment within a period\nof thirty days after receipt of notice of such judgment. Such notice\nshall be given in the same manner as provided for the service of a\nsummons or by certified mail, return receipt requested, and shall\ncontain a statement that such judgment exists, that at least two other\nunsatisfied recorded judgments exist, and that failure to pay such\njudgment may be the basis for an action, for treble the amount of such\nunsatisfied judgment, pursuant to this section.\n  (b) Where each of the elements of subdivision (a) of this section are\npresent the judgment creditor shall be entitled to commence an action\nagainst said judgment debtor for treble the amount of such unsatisfied\njudgment, together with reasonable counsel fees, and the costs and\ndisbursements of such action, provided, however, that in any such action\nit shall be a defense that the judgment debtor did not have resources to\nsatisfy such judgment within a period of thirty days after receipt of\nnotice of such judgment. The failure to pay a judgment obtained in an\naction pursuant to this section shall not be the basis for another such\naction pursuant to this section.\n  (c) Where the judgment is obtained in an action pursuant to\nsubdivision (b), and arises from a business of the defendant, the court\nshall, in addition to its responsibilities under this article, advise\nthe attorney general in relation to his authority under subdivision\ntwelve of section sixty-three of the executive law, and if such judgment\narises from a certified or licensed business of the defendant, advise\nthe state or local licensing or certifying authority.\n  (d) Where a judgment has been entered in a small claims court and\nremains unsatisfied, the small claims clerk shall, upon request, issue\ninformation subpoenas, at nominal cost, for the judgment creditor and\nprovide the creditor with assistance on their preparation and use. The\ncourt shall have the same power as the supreme court to punish a\ncontempt of court committed with respect to an information subpoena.\n
N.Y. COM Law § 181-E*2 — New York Code / Act COM / Article 5-E* / Section 181-E*2
General functions, powers and duties of the commissioner
Status: in_force

* § 181-e. General functions, powers and duties of the commissioner.\n1.  The commissioner shall develop and implement an "I love NY beer"\npromotion program. The commissioner, in conjunction with the\ncommissioner of the department of transportation and any local\ngovernment official or entity, shall identify a series of breweries to\nbe part of a brewery trail. No fewer than two brewery trails should be\nidentified for the purposes of the program, and the commissioner shall\nwork to ensure an adequate representation of breweries throughout New\nYork state. In identifying specific breweries to be included on a\nbrewery trail, special consideration shall be given to those trails,\nwhich can be geographically or thematically linked by surrounding arts,\ncultural, historical, entertainment or other tourism destinations or\nexhibits of interest to tourists. Criteria for developing and approving\nsuch trails shall include:\n  (a) that the trail contain a sufficient number of breweries and\nmicro-breweries to cost-effectively attract patrons to such trail's\nparticipating members,\n  (b) that the trail incorporate considerations that maximize patronage\nof such trail,\n  (c) that proposed trail routes do not conflict with or significantly\noverlap with existing wine trails designated pursuant to section three\nhundred forty-three-k of the highway law,\n  (d) that the trail designations are neither redundant nor cover themes\nor subjects or have names that have already been used by trails\ndesignated in statute,\n  (e) that the trail route is designed and laid out so that it is\nrelatively simple and easy to follow for patrons.\n  2. The commissioner shall cause to be developed vacation itineraries\nbased on specific brewery trails, which shall identify for visitors\nsurrounding attractions, restaurants, farms, lodging and other exhibits\nor places of entertainment as may be a part of the theme linking the\nbreweries on the brewery trail.\n  3. The commissioner shall work to develop discount packages for such\nbrewery trails, which may include the development of a brewery passport.\n  4. Nothing shall preclude the commissioner from contracting with an\nindependent vacation or travel package company to help develop vacation\npackages along a brewery trail. The commissioner of the department of\ntransportation shall cooperate with the department in carrying out the\nprovisions of this section. The commissioner of the department of\ntransportation is authorized to permit the installation and maintenance\nof signs on the state highway system for trails designated pursuant to\nthis section. However, to avoid confusion and to limit any possible\ndisruption of commerce, the trail designations called for pursuant to\nthis section shall be of a ceremonial nature and the official names of\nsuch highways shall not be changed as a result of such designations.\n  * NB There are 2 § 181-e's\n
N.Y. STL Law § 78 — New York Code / Act STL / Article 6 / Section 78
State bird
Status: in_force

§ 78. State bird. The bluebird (Sialia Sialis) shall be the official\nbird of the state of New York.\n
N.Y. RAT Law § 52 — New York Code / Act RAT / Article 6 / Section 52
Maps and plans to be filed
Status: in_force

§ 52. Maps and plans to be filed.  The board of transportation shall\ncause three similar maps or plans to be made of each parcel of property\nwhich it may deem necessary so to be acquired, or to which there may be\nappurtenant property rights necessary so to be acquired or extinguished,\ndesignating each of such parcels by a number. Upon each map or plan so\nmade or in a memorandum accompanying it and to be deemed part thereof\nsuch board shall cause to be clearly indicated the particular property\nrights to be acquired or extinguished for the purposes of this chapter,\ntogether with the assessed valuation of the fee on the tax rolls of the\ncity for each of the three years preceding the date of the approval and\nadoption of such map or plan by such board, in relation to each and\nevery piece or parcel of property described upon such map or plan. Such\nboard shall have power to cause a triplicate set of maps or plans and\nmemoranda as herein provided for to be made as often and at such times\nas they shall determine, and each set of maps or plans and memoranda so\nmade shall contain the particulars above enumerated within such district\nas such board shall in each case provide. The maps or plans and\nmemoranda provided for by this section, when approved and adopted by\nsuch board, shall have written thereon a certificate of such approval,\nsigned by the members of the board adopting and approving it, and one\ncopy thereof shall be filed in the office of the president of the\nborough, there to remain as a public record, and the other two sets of\nmaps or plans and memoranda shall be transmitted to the corporation\ncounsel. Such board, from time to time, may make and file further maps\nor plans and memoranda amending those already filed, but not so as to\ndefeat or impair any property or interest which shall have been already\nacquired, or to revive any property right which may have been already\nextinguished by the city.\n
N.Y. BNK Law § 636 — New York Code / Act BNK / Article 13-A / Section 636
When superintendent may take possession of license; when possession may be surrendered
Status: in_force

§ 636. When superintendent may take possession of license; when\npossession may be surrendered. 1. The superintendent may, in his\ndiscretion, forthwith take possession of the business and property of\nany licensee which is used in the business for which the license is\ngranted whenever it shall appear to the superintendent that in the\nconduct of the business for which it has received a license, a clear and\npresent danger exists to the public because such licensee:\n  (a) Is conducting its business in a manner which is unauthorized or\nunsafe or which might render its further operations hazardous to the\npublic;\n  (b) Is in an unsafe or unsound condition to transact business;\n  (c) Cannot with safety and expediency continue business;\n  (d) Has an impairment of its capital, has assets insufficient to pay\nits debts and obligations, or is otherwise unable to pay its debts and\nobligations as they mature;\n  (e) Has suspended payment of some or all of its debts and obligations;\n  (f) Has neglected or refused to comply with the terms of a duly issued\norder of the superintendent;\n  (g) Has refused, upon proper demand, to submit its records and affairs\nfor inspection to an examiner of the department; or\n  (h) Has refused, or any of its officers, directors or partners have\nrefused, to be examined under oath regarding its affairs.\n  2. When the superintendent shall have duly taken possession of the\nbusiness and property of any such licensee, he may hold such possession\nuntil its affairs are finally liquidated by him, unless, he shall\nsurrender possession as provided in subdivision three of this section, a\nreceiver is appointed by the supreme court pursuant to section six\nhundred thirty-seven of this article to liquidate the affairs of the\nlicensee, or he is enjoined from continuing possession as provided in\nsection six hundred thirty-eight of this article.\n  3. The superintendent may, in his discretion, and upon such conditions\nas may be approved by him, surrender possession and permit such licensee\nto resume business.\n
N.Y. MHY Law § 32.27 — New York Code / Act MHY / Title E / Article 32 / Section 32.27
Injunction and temporary restraining order
Status: in_force

§ 32.27 Injunction and temporary restraining order.\n  (a) The supreme court may enjoin violations or threatened violations\nof any provision of this article or violations of the regulations of the\noffice established pursuant to this article. Upon request of the\ncommissioner, the attorney general may maintain a proceeding in the\nsupreme court in the name of the people of the state to enjoin any such\nviolation, provided that notice of such violation or threatened\nviolation and proposed referral to the attorney general has been given\nto the violator by mailing notice thereof to the last known address of\nthe violator by registered mail.\n  (b) If the proceeding is for the enforcement of a cease and desist\norder issued after notice and hearing pursuant to the provisions of\nsection 32.23 of this article, the facts found by the commissioner shall\nbe conclusive if supported by substantial evidence.\n  (c) Notwithstanding any limitation in the civil practice law and\nrules, such court may, on motion and affidavit, and upon proof that such\nviolation is one which reasonably may result in injury to any person,\nwhether or not such person is a party to such action, grant a temporary\nrestraining order upon such terms as may be just, pending the\ndetermination of the proceeding. No security on the part of the state\nshall be required.\n