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N.Y. HAY Law § 219 — New York Code / Act HAY / Article 8-A / Section 219
Definitions
Status: in_force

§ 219. Definitions. As used in this article: 1. "Town highway" shall\nmean highways constructed, improved or maintained by the town with the\naid of the state or county, under the provisions of the highway law,\nincluding all highways in towns, outside of incorporated villages\nconstituting separate road districts, except state highways, county\nroads, parkways, state thruways and controlled access highways as\ndefined by the highway law.\n  2. "Project" shall mean a town highway improvement, repair or\nreconstruction.\n  3. "Approved project" shall mean a project approved as provided by\nthis article.\n  4. "Plan" shall mean a map and specifications showing (a) the location\nof a project, (b) the estimated cost of such project, (c) the proposed\nwidth, thickness and type of highway, (d) a statement of necessity for\nsuch project relied upon by the town, and (e) the projects to be\ncompleted in each year of the period of the duration of this article.\n  5. "Commissioner" shall mean the commissioner of transportation of the\nstate of New York.\n  6. "County superintendent" shall mean the county superintendent of\nhighways.\n  7. "Town superintendent" shall mean the town superintendent of\nhighways.\n  8. "Highway" shall include necessary sluices, drains, ditches,\nwaterways, embankments, retaining walls, bridges on such highway and\nunder the jurisdiction and control of the town and culverts, and the\napproaches of any such bridge or culvert beginning at the back of the\nabutments.  The term does not include sidewalks or boardwalks or\nrenewals thereof.\n  9. "Board of supervisors" shall mean the elective governing body of a\ncounty, by whatever name designated.\n  10. "Roadbed" shall mean the portion of the highway, improved,\ndesigned or ordinarily used for vehicular travel, exclusive of the berm\nor shoulder.\n  11. "Bridge" shall mean any structure whether of single or multiple\nspan construction with a clear span in excess of five feet with\nmeasurements to be made in the manner set forth in subdivision two of\nsection two hundred thirty of this chapter.\n  12. "Culvert" shall mean any structure whether of single or multiple\nspan construction with an interior width of five feet or less with\nmeasurements to be made in the manner set forth in subdivision two of\nsection two hundred thirty of this chapter.\n
N.Y. TCP Law § 43 — New York Code / Act TCP / Article 4 / Section 43
Powers
Status: in_force

§ 43. Powers. Every such corporation shall have the following\nadditional powers:\n  1. To lay and maintain its pipes and hydrants for delivering and\ndistributing water in any street, highway or public place of any city,\ntown or village in which it has obtained the consent required by section\nforty-one of this article.\n  2. To lay its water pipes in any streets or avenues or public places\nof an adjoining city, town or village; provided that such right in an\nadjoining city or village having a population of more than twelve\nthousand inhabitants shall be subject to the permission of the local\nauthorities thereof and upon such conditions as they may prescribe.\n  3. To cause examinations and surveys to be made to determine the\nproper location of its waterworks, and for such purpose by its officers,\nagents or servants to enter upon any lands or waters, subject to\nliability for all damages done.\n  4. To enter into appropriate agreements with the secretary of\nagriculture of the United States department of agriculture to operate\nwithout profit for the term specified therein for the purpose of\nqualifying to receive federal assistance pursuant to the consolidated\nfarmers home administration act of nineteen hundred sixty-one and any\nfederal laws amendatory and supplementary thereto. Any such agreement to\noperate without profit shall be subject to the approval of a majority of\nthe stockholders entitled to vote thereat at any regular or special\nstockholders' meeting. Any stockholder so entitled to vote who does not\nvote for or consent in writing to the taking of this action, shall,\nsubject to and by complying with the provisions of section six hundred\ntwenty-three of the business corporation law, have the right to receive\npayment of the fair value of his stock and the other rights and benefits\nprovided by such section.\n
N.Y. STF Law § 97-WWW*4 — New York Code / Act STF / Article 6 / Section 97-WWW*4
New York State Dental Foundation fund
Status: in_force

* § 97-www. New York State Dental Foundation fund. 1. There is hereby\nestablished in the joint custody of the state comptroller and the\ncommissioner of taxation and finance a fund to be known as the " New\nYork State Dental Foundation Fund".\n  2. Such fund shall consist of all moneys collected pursuant to section\nfour hundred four-r of the vehicle and traffic law, and all other moneys\ncredited or transferred thereto from any other fund or source pursuant\nto law, provided that section four hundred four-r of the vehicle and\ntraffic law shall control the method of payment for the costs of\nproducing the distinctive license plates authorized pursuant to such\nsection of law.\n  3. Moneys of the fund shall be expended for the benefit of the dental\neducation and public access programs of the New York State Dental\nFoundation. Moneys shall be paid out of the fund on the audit and\nwarrant of the state comptroller on vouchers approved and certified by\nthe commissioner of health. Any interest received by the comptroller on\nmoneys on deposit in the New York State Dental Foundation fund shall be\nretained in and become part of such fund. No money from such fund may be\nwithdrawn, transferred, or used by any person for any purpose other than\nas permitted in this section.\n  * NB There are 4 § 97-www's\n
N.Y. TAX Law § 980 — New York Code / Act TAX / Article 26 / Part 2 / Section 980
Change of election
Status: in_force

§ 980. Change of election. The commissioner of taxation and finance\nmay change, by regulation, any election expressly authorized by this\narticle in order to conform such election to its equivalent federal\nelection.\n
N.Y. FCT Law § 1027-A — New York Code / Act FCT / Article 10 / Part 2 / Section 1027-A
Placement of siblings; contact with siblings
Status: in_force

§ 1027-a. Placement of siblings; contact with siblings. (a) When a\nsocial services official removes a child pursuant to this part, such\nofficial shall place such child with his or her minor siblings or\nhalf-siblings who have been or are being remanded to or placed in the\ncare and custody of such official unless, in the judgment of such\nofficial, such placement is contrary to the best interests of the\nchildren. Placement with siblings or half-siblings shall be\npresumptively in the child's best interests unless such placement would\nbe contrary to the child's health, safety, or welfare. If such placement\nis not immediately available at the time of the removal of the child,\nsuch official shall provide or arrange for the provision of such\nplacement within thirty days.\n  (b) If placement of a child removed pursuant to this part together\nwith his or her minor siblings is not in the best interests of the\nchild, the social services official shall arrange appropriate and\nregular contact by the child with his or her minor siblings and\nhalf-siblings unless such contact would not be in the child's and the\nsiblings' best interests.\n  (c) If a child removed pursuant to this part is not placed together or\nafforded regular contact with his or her siblings, the child, through\nhis or her attorney or through a parent on his or her behalf, may move\nfor an order regarding placement or contact. The motion shall be served\nupon: (i) the respondent in the proceeding under this article; (ii) the\nlocal social services official having the care of the child; (iii) other\npersons having care, custody and control of the child, if any; (iv) the\nparents or other persons having care, custody and control of the\nsiblings to be visited or with whom contact is sought; (v) any\nnon-respondent parent in the proceeding under this article; (vi) such\nsibling himself or herself if ten years of age or older; and (vii) such\nsibling's attorney, if any. For purposes of this section, "siblings"\nshall include half-siblings and those who would be deemed siblings or\nhalf-siblings but for the termination of parental rights or death of a\nparent. The court may order that the child be placed together with or\nhave regular contact with his or her siblings if the court determines it\nto be in the best interests of the child and his or her siblings.\n
N.Y. SCP Law § 1217 — New York Code / Act SCP / Article 12 / Section 1217
When superseded; accounting authorized 1
Status: in_force

§ 1217. When superseded; accounting authorized\n  1. When the public administrator in virtue of his office has been\nsuperseded he shall deliver to the fiduciary who has superseded him all\nthe personal property belonging to the estate which he has in his\npossession after deducting therefrom his expenses, costs and commissions\nas ordinarily allowed by the court upon the entry of a decree upon final\naccounting.\n  2. When letters issued to the public administrator have been revoked\nhe shall institute a proceeding for the judicial settlement of his\naccount.\n
N.Y. RPP Law § 239-D — New York Code / Act RPP / Article 7A / Section 239-D
Sale of unapproved portable kerosene heaters
Status: in_force

§ 239-d. Sale of unapproved portable kerosene heaters. All unapproved\nportable kerosene heaters offered for sale in this state shall have\nprinted thereon or attached thereto and on the package in which such\nheater is sold the following statement: "This heater is not approved for\nresidential or commercial use." There shall also be printed thereon or\nattached thereto and on the package in which such heater is sold such\nother information as may be required by the secretary of state.\n
N.Y. PVH Law § 24 — New York Code / Act PVH / Article 2 / Section 24
Income debentures
Status: in_force

§ 24. Income debentures. 1. With the approval of the supervising\nagency or of the commissioner, as the case may be, the certificate of\nincorporation, or an amended certificate may authorize the issuance of\nincome debentures bearing no greater interest than six per centum per\nannum except as otherwise provided in this article. After the\nincorporation of a company, the directors thereof may, with the consent\nof two-thirds of the holders of the preferred stock issued and\noutstanding offer to the stockholders of the company, the privilege of\nexchanging their stock in such quantities and at such times as may be\napproved by the supervising agency or the commissioner, as the case may\nbe, for such income debentures. In no event, shall the amount of stock\nof the company be less than a per centum of the total of stock and\nincome debentures, to be fixed by the supervising agency or by the\ncommissioner, as the case may be.\n  2. Such income debentures and any instrument under which they are\nissued may contain such other provisions, including provision for\namortization by serial maturities, through the operation of a sinking\nfund or otherwise, as may be approved by the supervising agency or by\nthe commissioner, as the case may be.\n
N.Y. TRA Law § 482 — New York Code / Act TRA / Article 22 / Section 482
Powers and duties of the commissioner
Status: in_force

§ 482. Powers and duties of the commissioner. In addition to other\npowers provided for in law, the commissioner is hereby authorized:\n  1. To provide for the accomplishment of any authorized transportation\ninfrastructure project, and to provide for the accomplishment of any\nauthorized municipal transportation infrastructure project, within the\nlimitations of appropriations available therefor, pursuant to contract\nbetween the commissioner and the municipality undertaking such project.\n  2. To utilize federal moneys available or which may become available\nto the state, or to a municipality in the form of federal assistance for\nthe purpose of effectuating the provisions of this article.\n  3. To enter into contracts with any person, firm, corporation, agency\nor other entity, private or governmental, for the purpose of\neffectuating the provisions of this article.\n  4. To approve vouchers for the payment of state financial assistance\nto persons, firms, corporations or agencies, private and governmental,\nand municipalities pursuant to contracts for the accomplishment of\nmunicipal transportation infrastructure projects.\n  5. To promulgate such rules and regulations, and to develop such forms\nand procedures as he or she may deem appropriate to effectuate the\nprovisions of this article, including but not limited to requirements\nfor the form, content and submission of applications by municipalities\nfor state financial assistance for municipal transportation\ninfrastructure projects.\n  6. To perform such other and additional acts as he or she deems\nnecessary or desirable to effectively carry out the provisions of this\narticle.\n
N.Y. SCP Law § 906 — New York Code / Act SCP / Article 9 / Section 906
Payment of claims by temporary administrator At any time after the issuance of letters of temporary administration, process may issue to ...
Status: in_force

§ 906. Payment of claims by temporary administrator\n  At any time after the issuance of letters of temporary administration,\nprocess may issue to a temporary administrator requiring him to show\ncause why he should not pay the petitioner's claim.  The court may\ndismiss the petition or direct payment or satisfaction of the claim in\nwhole or in part and may require a refunding bond.\n
N.Y. RPA Law § 1041 — New York Code / Act RPA / Article 10 / Section 1041
Interlocutory judgment for admeasurement
Status: in_force

§ 1041. Interlocutory judgment for admeasurement. If the defendant\nmakes default in appearing or pleading or if the right of the plaintiff\nto dower is not disputed by the answer, or if it appears, by the\nverdict, report, or decision upon a trial, that the plaintiff is\nentitled to dower in the real property described in the complaint an\ninterlocutory judgment must be rendered which, except as otherwise\nprescribed in this article, must direct that the plaintiff's dower in\nthe property, particularly describing it, be admeasured by a referee,\ndesignated in the judgment, or by three reputable and disinterested\nfreeholders, designated therein, as commissioners for that purpose.\n
N.Y. ISC Law § 3445 — New York Code / Act ISC / Article 34 / Section 3445
Windstorm insurance notice; deductible trigger standards
Status: in_force

§ 3445. Windstorm insurance notice; deductible trigger standards. (a)\nThe superintendent shall by regulation establish disclosure requirements\nwith respect to the operation of any deductible in a homeowner's\ninsurance policy or dwelling fire personal lines policy which applies as\nthe result of a windstorm. Such regulations shall prescribe the form of\na notice to be provided by an insurer to an insured. The notice shall\nexplain in clear and plain language the amount of the deductible, the\ncircumstances under which the deductible applies and any other matters\nwhich the superintendent, in his or her discretion, shall deem necessary\nor appropriate.\n  (b) The superintendent shall by regulation establish standards for\nhurricane windstorm deductibles, which create, to the greatest extent\npossible, uniformity in the operation of such deductibles with respect\nto the triggering event.\n  The superintendent shall promulgate such regulations by emergency\nadoption or otherwise, within one hundred eighty days of the effective\ndate of the chapter of the laws of two thousand twenty-three which added\nthis subsection. Notwithstanding paragraph seven of subsection (a) of\nsection three thousand four hundred twenty-five of this article, any\nchanges in a homeowner's insurance policy or dwelling, fire, or personal\npolicy registered as a result of the adoption by the superintendent of\nregulations under this section, may be applied to such policies on the\npolicy's initial renewal date or the policy's next annual renewal after\nthe effective date of such regulations.\n
N.Y. SCP Law § 2204 — New York Code / Act SCP / Article 22 / Section 2204
Judicial settlement where recovery has been had in negligence action 1
Status: in_force

§ 2204. Judicial settlement where recovery has been had in negligence\n          action\n  1.  Where a judgment or compromise of a cause of action has been\nobtained and the proceeds are ready to be paid over and where the\nrecovery is not an asset of the decedent's estate but goes by special\nprovision of law to designated persons or classes of persons, the\nfiduciary may at any time file a petition for the judicial settlement of\nhis account relating to the proceeds and upon the return of process or\nupon the waiver of all persons interested, if adult and competent, the\ncourt may take and settle his account and direct payment to the parties\nentitled according to their respective rights and interests and upon\nfiling receipts for the payments the party paying the money and the\nfiduciary shall be discharged from all further liability as to such\ncause of action and the proceeds.\n  2.  Where such recovery has been had and the amount thereof paid to\nthe fiduciary, he may in like manner have a judicial settlement of his\naccount relating to such proceeds at any time and a decree made\ndischarging him from all further liability concerning it.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 2485 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 24-C / Section 2485
Program to inform and educate the public on low-level radioactive waste
Status: in_force

§ 2485. Program to inform and educate the public on low-level\nradioactive waste.  In consultation and cooperation with the advisory\ncommittee established pursuant to section 29-0501 of the environmental\nconservation law, and with the department of environmental conservation,\nthe commissioner of health shall plan and carry out a statewide public\ninformation program on the public health and safety implications of\nlow-level radioactive waste management.  The content of such program\nshall include a basic explanation of the types of materials which\ncomprise low-level radioactive waste and why such materials require\nspecial handling and care; and reasonably detailed explanations of\nalternative disposal methods and their probable effects.\n
N.Y. PVH Law § 1230 — New York Code / Act PVH / Article 27 / Section 1230
Statement of legislative findings and purpose
Status: in_force

§ 1230. Statement of legislative findings and purpose. The legislature\nfinds and declares that there exists in New York state a serious need to\nassist communities with the creation and improvement of affordable\nhousing, and the commercial, retail and community facilities related to\nmixed use affordable residential developments. Locally based\nnot-for-profit organizations play a significant role in addressing the\nunique characteristics of rural and urban communities. Partnerships,\nalliances and collaborations with corporate entities, to the extent\npracticable, will foster cross-sector collaboration in order to build a\ndiverse community support system. The legislature finds that, in both\nrural and urban areas of the state, a program should be established to\nfund the creation, preservation and/or improvement of affordable\nhousing; or the creation, preservation or improvement of the commercial,\nretail or community facilities component of mixed use affordable\nresidential developments.\n
N.Y. ACA Law § 15.13 — New York Code / Act ACA / Title C / Article 15 / Section 15.13
Construction
Status: in_force

§ 15.13. Construction. 1. The rights, liabilities and remedies created\nby this article shall be construed to be in addition to and not in\nsubstitution, exclusion or displacement of other rights, liabilities and\nremedies provided by law, except where such construction would, as a\nmatter of law, be unreasonable.\n  2. Whenever an artist sells or consigns a multiple of his own\ncreation, the artist shall incur the obligations prescribed by this\narticle for an art merchant, but an artist shall not otherwise be\nregarded as an art merchant.\n  3. An artist or merchant who consigns a multiple to a merchant for the\npurpose of effecting a sale of the multiple shall have no liability to a\npurchaser under this article if such consignor, as to the consignee, has\ncomplied with the provisions of this article.\n  4. When a merchant has agreed to sell a multiple on behalf of a\nconsignor, who is not an art merchant, or when an artist has not\nconsigned a multiple to a merchant, but the merchant has agreed to act\nas the agent for an artist for the purpose of supplying the information\nrequired by this article, such merchant shall incur liabilities of other\nmerchants prescribed by this article as to a purchaser.\n  5. When an art merchant or merchant is liable to a purchaser pursuant\nto the provisions of this article, as a result of providing information\nin the situations referred to above in this section, as well as when\nsuch a merchant purchased such a multiple from another merchant, if the\nmerchant or art merchant can establish that his liability results from\nincorrect information which was provided by the consignor, artist or\nmerchant to him in writing, the merchant who is liable in good faith\nrelied on such information, the consignor, artist or merchant shall\nsimilarly incur such liabilities as to the purchaser and such merchant.\n
N.Y. TAX Law § 209-M*2 — New York Code / Act TAX / Article 9-A / Section 209-M*2
Gift for home delivered meals for seniors
Status: in_force

* § 209-M. Gift for home delivered meals for seniors. Effective for\nany tax year commencing on or after January first, two thousand\nnineteen, a taxpayer in any taxable year may elect to contribute to the\nsupport of the senior wellness in nutrition fund for the purpose of\nproviding home delivered meals to seniors. Such contribution shall be in\nany whole dollar amount and shall not reduce the amount of state tax\nowed by such taxpayer. The commissioner shall include space on the\nbusiness franchise income tax return, entitled "Home Delivered Meals for\nSeniors", to enable a taxpayer to make such contribution.\nNotwithstanding any other provision of law, all revenues collected\npursuant to this section shall be credited to the senior wellness in\nnutrition fund and shall only be used for those purposes enumerated in\nsection ninety-one-g of the state finance law.\n  * NB There are 2 § 209-M's\n
N.Y. DCD Law § 58 — New York Code / Act DCD / Article 3 / Section 58
Consent of purchaser or assignee of debt
Status: in_force

§ 58. Consent of purchaser or assignee of debt. Where a consenting\ncreditor is the purchaser or assignee of a debt against the petitioner,\nor the executor, administrator, trustee, or receiver of such a purchaser\nor assignee, he is deemed, for all the purposes of this article, except\nas to the declaration and receipt of dividends, a creditor only to the\namount, actually and in good faith paid for the debt, by him, or by the\ndecedent or other person, from whom he derives title, and remaining\nuncollected. This section is not affected by the recovery of a judgment\nfor the debt, after the purchase or assignment; but in that case, the\nconsenting creditor may include the uncollected costs, as if they were\npart of the sum paid for the debt.\n
N.Y. RPP Law § 434 — New York Code / Act RPP / Article 12 / Section 434
Form for official examiner's report of title
Status: in_force

§ 434. Form for official examiner's report of title. The examiner's\nreport of title shall be in appropriate form to set forth the matters\nrequired by this article. The registrar of any county is authorized to\nhave forms prepared and printed for the examiner's report of title and\nfor any other papers required by this article and shall furnish the same\nto applicants without charge or for such reasonable charge as may be\nfixed by the registrar. Such forms and the charge to be made therefor\nshall be subject to the revision of the court.\n