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N.Y. PML Law § 132 — New York Code / Act PML / Article 1 / Section 132
Powers
Status: in_force

§ 132. Powers. The gaming inspector general shall have the power to:\n  1. subpoena and enforce the attendance of witnesses;\n  2. administer oaths or affirmations and examine witnesses under oath;\n  3. require the production of any books and papers deemed relevant or\nmaterial to any investigation, examination or review;\n  4. notwithstanding any law to the contrary, examine and copy or remove\ndocuments or records of any kind prepared, maintained or held by the\ncommission;\n  5. require any commission officer or employee to answer questions\nconcerning any matter related to the performance of his or her official\nduties. No statement or other evidence derived therefrom may be used\nagainst such officer or employee in any subsequent criminal prosecution\nother than for perjury or contempt arising from such testimony. The\nrefusal of any officer or employee to answer questions shall be cause\nfor removal from office or employment or other appropriate penalty;\n  6. monitor the implementation by the commission of any recommendations\nmade by the state inspector general; and\n  7. perform any other functions that are necessary or appropriate to\nfulfill the duties and responsibilities of the office.\n
N.Y. BNK Law § 105-B — New York Code / Act BNK / Article 3 / Section 105-B
Trust offices
Status: in_force

§ 105-b. Trust offices. 1. A trust company may establish or acquire\nand maintain one or more trust offices anywhere in this state, or\noutside the state of New York, either in the United States or in foreign\ncountries.\n  2. A trust company seeking to establish or acquire and maintain a\ntrust office shall submit a written notice to the superintendent\ndescribing the proposed activities and such other information as the\nsuperintendent shall request. The notice shall be accompanied by an\ninvestigation fee as prescribed pursuant to section eighteen-a of this\nchapter.\n  3. The trust office may commence operation thirty days after the\nsuperintendent receives such notice, unless the superintendent notifies\nthe trust company in writing within such time period that the office may\nnot commence operation or that additional information or time is\nrequired for the superintendent to consider such notice.\n  4. The superintendent may deny approval of the trust office if the\nsuperintendent finds that the maintenance of such office would not be\nconsistent with the goals set forth in the declaration of policy\ncontained in section ten of this chapter.\n
N.Y. EPT Law § 13-A-3.8 — New York Code / Act EPT / Article 13-A / Part 3 / Section 13-A-3.8
Disclosure of digital assets to guardian of ward
Status: in_force

§ 13-A-3.8 Disclosure of digital assets to guardian of ward\n  (a) After an opportunity for a hearing concerning the appointment or\nauthority of a guardian, the court may grant a guardian access to the\ndigital assets of a ward.\n  (b) Unless otherwise ordered by the court or directed by the user, a\ncustodian shall disclose to a guardian the catalogue of electronic\ncommunications sent or received by a ward and any digital assets, other\nthan the content of electronic communications, in which the ward has a\nright or interest if the ward gives the custodian:\n  (1) a written request for disclosure in physical or electronic form;\n  (2) a certified copy of the court order that gives the guardian\nauthority over the digital assets of the ward; and\n  (3) if requested by the custodian:\n  (A) a number, username, address, or other unique subscriber or account\nidentifier assigned by the custodian to identify the account of the\nward; or\n  (B) evidence linking the account to the ward.\n  (c) A guardian with general authority to manage the assets of a ward\nmay request a custodian of the digital assets of the ward to suspend or\nterminate an account of the ward for good cause. A request made under\nthis section must be accompanied by a certified copy of the court order\ngiving the guardian authority over the ward's property.\n
N.Y. RCO Law § 330 — New York Code / Act RCO / Article 17 / Section 330
Powers and duties of trustees
Status: in_force

§ 330. Powers and duties of trustees. 1. The trustees of an\nincorporated United Methodist church shall have the custody and control\nof all the temporalities and property belonging to the corporation and\nof the revenues from such property, and shall administer the same in\naccordance with the discipline, rules and usages of The United Methodist\nChurch, and with the provisions of law relating thereto, for the support\nand maintenance of the corporation or providing the members thereof at a\ncorporate meeting thereof shall so authorize, of some religious,\ncharitable or benevolent object, conducted by such church, or connected\nwith it, or with The United Methodist Church, and they shall not use\nsuch property for any other purpose or divert the same from such uses.\n  2. The trustees shall be responsible to the charge conference of the\nchurch in a manner not inconsistent with any directions of a corporate\nmeeting, and shall annually make a written report to the charge\nconference which report shall include the items required by the\ndiscipline of The United Methodist Church.\n  3. The trustees shall not prevent or interfere with the pastor or\nother duly authorized ministers of The United Methodist Church in the\nuse of said property for religious services or other proper meetings\nrecognized by the law and usage of The United Methodist Church.\n
N.Y. CNT Law § 299-R — New York Code / Act CNT / Article 5-D / Section 299-R
Increase of maximum amount to be expended
Status: in_force

§ 299-r. Increase of maximum amount to be expended. At any time after\nthe establishment of a district pursuant to this article the maximum\namount authorized to be expended for the original improvement or for the\noriginal improvement, the plans for which have been amended or modified\npursuant to section two hundred ninety-nine-n of this article, in such\ndistrict may be increased by resolution of the board of supervisors or\ncounty legislature and provided said body shall, after a public hearing\ncalled and held in the manner prescribed by section two hundred\nfifty-four of this chapter, determine that it is in the public interest\nto authorize the increase of such maximum amount and provided the\ncomptroller of the state of New York shall have made prior to such\npublic hearing an order approving the increase of such maximum amount.\nThe order of the comptroller shall be prepared in duplicate and one copy\nthereof filed in the office of the department of audit and control and\nthe other copy in the office of the clerk of the county in which the\ndistrict is located.\n
N.Y. GMU Law § 209-FF — New York Code / Act GMU / Article 10 / Section 209-FF
Provisions relating to certain accidental disability benefits
Status: in_force

§ 209-ff. Provisions relating to certain accidental disability\nbenefits.  1. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivisions a and b of\nsection five hundred seven of the retirement and social security law, a\npolice/fire member in active service, a New York city uniformed\ncorrection/sanitation revised plan member in active service or an\ninvestigator revised plan member in active service shall be eligible for\nthe accidental disability benefit provided in such section five hundred\nseven, regardless of whether he or she is eligible for a normal service\nretirement benefit. For the purposes of this section, the terms\n"police/fire member" and "active service" shall have the same meanings\nas defined in section five hundred one of the retirement and social\nsecurity law.\n  2. Notwithstanding the provision of any general, special or local law,\ncharter or administrative code to the contrary, subdivision d of section\nfive hundred seven of the retirement and social security law shall not\napply to retired police/fire members, retired New York city uniformed\ncorrection/sanitation revised plan members and retired investigator\nrevised plan members who receive accidental disability retirement\nallowances. Such retirees shall be subject to post retirement medical\nexaminations, and where applicable, modification of retirement\nallowance, following such examinations, in the same manner and under the\nsame conditions prescribed by law immediately prior to the first of\nApril, two thousand twelve for retired New York city uniformed\ncorrection/sanitation revised plan members, and prior to the first of\nJuly, two thousand nine for retired police/fire members and retired\ninvestigator revised plan members.\n
N.Y. MDW Law § 12 — New York Code / Act MDW / Article 2 / Section 12
Prohibited uses
Status: in_force

§ 12. Prohibited uses. 1. It shall be unlawful to use any multiple\ndwelling or any part of the lot or premises thereof for the purpose of\nprostitution or assignation of any description.\n  2. It shall be unlawful to keep any horse, cow, calf, swine, rabbit,\nsheep, goat, chicken or duck, or any pigeon except Antwerp or homing\npigeons, in or on any multiple dwelling or on the lot or premises\nthereof unless permitted by and in accordance with local law or\nregulation.\n  3. It shall be unlawful to use any multiple dwelling or any part of\nthe lot or premises thereof for the keeping, storing or handling of any\ncombustible article or any article dangerous or detrimental to life or\nhealth, unless a permit is obtained for such use in conformity with\nprovisions prescribed by local law, and where such local law does not\nexist, in conformity with provisions prescribed by the fire department.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 695-A — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 6-A / Section 695-A
Definitions
Status: in_force

§ 695-a. Definitions. As used in this article:\n  1. "Rape crisis intervention and prevention program" means any program\nwhich has been approved by the department offering counseling and\nassistance to clients concerning sex offenses, sexual abuse, or incest.\n  2. "Community support system" means a system of service providers in a\ncommunity designed to meet the needs of a victim of a sex offense,\nsexual abuse or incest.\n  3. "Comprehensive services" means hotline, counseling, community\nprevention, recruitment and training programs, accompaniment services,\nand referral.\n  4. "Counseling" means individual communication and interaction which\nhelps the client make choices and act upon those choices, provided to a\nclient concerning any sex offense, sexual abuse, incest, or attempt to\ncommit a sex offense, sexual abuse, or incest.\n  5. "Client" means any person seeking or receiving the services of a\nrape crisis counselor for the purpose of securing counseling or\nassistance concerning any sex offense, sexual abuse, incest, or attempt\nto commit a sex offense, sexual abuse, or incest.\n  6. "Hotline" means twenty-four-hour access to rape crisis intervention\nand prevention services including telephone hotline and telephone\ncounseling capabilities.\n  7. "Community prevention" means public education projects designed to\nencourage victim use of rape crisis intervention services, educating the\ngeneral public about the availability and significance of rape crisis\nintervention services, providing sex offense, sexual abuse or incest\nprevention and personal safety information, providing other education\nprograms which sensitize service providers and the general public about\nthe nature of sex offenses, sexual abuse or incest and the needs of\nsurvivors of a sex offense, sexual abuse or incest. "Community\nprevention" also means and includes public education projects designed\nto teach the general public about the problem of acquaintance rape,\nincluding but not limited to: (a) the importance of promptly respecting\nthe decision of another person not to engage in sexual conduct; and (b)\nthe right of every individual to make such a decision and have it\nrespected.\n  8. "Recruitment and training programs" means programs designed to\nrecruit and train staff or volunteers in a rape crisis intervention and\nprevention program as well as training or education to other agencies\nparticipating in a community support system.\n  9. "Accompaniment services" means services that assure the presence of\na trained rape crisis worker to assist and support the client, at\nhospitals, law enforcement agencies, district attorneys' offices, courts\nand other agencies.\n  10. "Referral" means referral to and assistance with medical services\nand services of criminal justice agencies, mental health agencies, or\nother entities providing related services.\n
N.Y. RCO Law § 454 — New York Code / Act RCO / Article 21 / Section 454
Government of Incorporated Coptic Orthodox Churches
Status: in_force

§ 454. Government of Incorporated Coptic Orthodox Churches. The bishop\nof the Coptic Orthodox Diocese in which the place of worship of an\nincorporated Coptic Orthodox Church is located and his successors in\noffice shall, by virtue of his office, be a trustee of such a church.\nTwo or more persons selected by the bishop from among the priests and\ndeacons of such a church in the manner provided from time to time by\nrules and regulations of the Coptic Orthodox Church adopted by the\nSynodical Committee for the Coptic Churches in Immigration shall also be\ntrustees of such incorporated church, and the bishop and other such\npersons shall together constitute the board of trustees thereof. The\nbishop and other persons signing the certificate of incorporation shall\nbe the trustees of such a church for the first year or until their\nsuccessors are selected according to the rules, statutes, regulations\nand usages of the Coptic Orthodox Church adopted by the Synodical\nCommittee for the Coptic Churches in Immigration. The trustees of every\nCoptic Orthodox Church shall have the custody and control of all\ntemporalities and property, real and personal, belonging to such a\nchurch and of the revenues therefrom and shall administer the same in\naccordance with the rules, statutes, regulations and usages of the\nCoptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria adopted by Synodical Committee for\nthe Coptic Churches in Immigration, provided, however, that no act or\nproceeding of the trustees of any such incorporated church shall be\nvalid without the approval of the bishop of said diocese in which the\nplace of worship of such a church is located, or in case of his absence\nor inability to act, without the approval of the vicar of such diocese.\n
N.Y. ACA Law § 7.07 — New York Code / Act ACA / Title B / Article 7 / Section 7.07
Advisory council; powers
Status: in_force

§ 7.07. Advisory council; powers. 1. The advisory council heretofore\nappointed by the commissioner of education is hereby continued\nconsisting of seven members who need not be residents of the state, and\neach of whom shall serve at the pleasure of such commissioner. The term\nof office of members of such council shall be for two years. The\nchairperson heretofore designated by the members shall continue in\noffice and shall have the responsibility of enforcing all such\nregulations pertaining to such council as will be promulgated by such\ncommissioner.\n  2. In the event that a vacancy occurs on the advisory council either\nbecause of incapacity, death or disability or expiration of a term, such\nvacancy shall be filled by appointment of the commissioner of education\nfor the balance of the unexpired term.\n  3. The advisory council shall visit and inspect all facilities\nmaintained and operated by the department of education, and have such\nother powers and duties as may be required or authorized by the\ncommissioner of education.\n  4. Meetings of the advisory council shall be bi-monthly, or more often\nas the commissioner of education may direct.\n  5. The members of the advisory council shall serve without pay but\nshall be paid their actual expenses necessarily incurred in the\ndischarge of their official duties. No member of the council shall have\nany pecuniary interest in any contract pertaining to the operation and\nadministration of the summer school of the arts or of any of its\nfacilities.\n
N.Y. CAL Law § 85 — New York Code / Act CAL / Article 8 / Section 85
Rules and regulations
Status: in_force

§ 85. Rules and regulations. The corporation shall prescribe and\nenforce rules and regulations, not inconsistent with law, governing\nnavigation on the canals and for the use of the terminals connected with\nthe canals and for the use of all other property of the corporation\nunder the corporation's control and maintained as a part of the canal\nsystem. The corporation shall provide rules and regulations for the\ngovernment of all employees under its control, engaged in the\nimprovement, repair and maintenance of the canals. It shall cause such\nrules and regulations to be printed and a copy filed in the office of\nthe department of state and a sufficient number distributed to the\nvarious district engineers and other field officers to be kept in their\nrespective offices for public inspection.\n
N.Y. LAB Law § 17 — New York Code / Act LAB / Article 2 / Section 17
Expenses
Status: in_force

§ 17. Expenses. The commissioner shall devote his entire time to the\nduties of his office. The reasonable and necessary expenses of the\ndepartment and the reasonable and necessary traveling and other expenses\nof the commissioner, deputy commissioner and other officers and\nemployees of the department, while actually engaged in the performance\nof their duties, outside of the city of Albany, or if any such officer\nor employee be in charge of or actually employed at a branch office of\nthe department, the reasonable and necessary traveling and other\nexpenses outside of the place in which such branch office is located,\nshall be paid from the state treasury upon the audit and warrant of the\ncomptroller, upon vouchers approved by the commissioner.\n
N.Y. MHR Law § 1 — New York Code / Act MHR / Article 1 / Section 1
Short title
Status: in_force

§ 1. Short title. This chapter shall be known, cited and referred to\nas the "municipal home rule law."\n
N.Y. PEP Law § 507 — New York Code / Act PEP / Article 11 / Section 507
Enforcement
Status: in_force

§ 507. Enforcement. 1. A consumer who has suffered a loss due to a\nviolation of this article by a merchant is entitled to recover from the\nmerchant actual damages, reasonable attorney's fees and court costs.\n  2. Whenever a court finds that a consumer has been injured because a\nmerchant acted in bad faith in its performance under this article, the\nmerchant shall be subject to a penalty of not less than one hundred\ndollars nor more than one thousand dollars as determined by the court.\n  3. A violation of this article is a deceptive trade practice under\nsection three hundred forty-nine of the general business law.\n  4. Whenever there shall be a violation of this article an application\nmay be made by the attorney general in the name of the people of the\nstate of New York to a court or justice having jurisdiction to issue an\ninjunction, and upon notice to the defendant of not less than five days,\nto enjoin and restrain the continuance of such violations; and if it\nshall appear to the satisfaction of the court or justice, that the\ndefendant has, in fact, violated this section an injunction may be\nissued by such court or justice enjoining and restraining any further\nviolation, without requiring proof that any person has, in fact, been\ninjured or damaged thereby.  In any such proceeding, the court may make\nallowances to the attorney general as provided in paragraph six of\nsubdivision (a) of section eighty-three hundred three of the civil\npractice law and rules, and direct restitution. Whenever the court shall\ndetermine that a violation of this article has occurred, the court may\nimpose a civil penalty of not more than five hundred dollars for each\nviolation. In connection with any such proposed application the attorney\ngeneral is authorized to take proof and make a determination of the\nrelevant facts and to issue subpoenas in accordance with the civil\npractice law and rules.\n  5. Nothing in this article shall be construed so as to nullify or\nimpair any right or rights which a consumer may have against a merchant\nat common law, by statute, or otherwise.\n  6. A merchant or assignee may not be held liable in an action brought\nunder this article for a violation of this article that was\nunintentional and resulted from a bona fide or clerical error\nnotwithstanding the maintenance of procedures reasonably adopted to\navoid any such error.\n  7. An action shall not be brought under this article more than four\nyears after the occurrence of the act, method or practice which is the\nsubject of the action or more than one year after the last payment in a\ntransaction involving the method, act or practice which is the subject\nof the action, whichever is later.\n
N.Y. RRD Law § 57-A — New York Code / Act RRD / Article 3 / Section 57-A
A steam or electric railroad corporation having a franchise from this state, operating to and from stations within a city of over a milli...
Status: in_force

§ 57-a.  A steam or electric railroad corporation having a franchise\nfrom this state, operating to and from stations within a city of over a\nmillion inhabitants, and owned, controlled or operated by a railroad\ncorporation having a franchise from another state, shall not charge a\nrate per mile within such city in excess of the rates charged for\nsimilar service from such city to stations in an adjacent state, by such\nrailroad corporation having a franchise from another state, whether over\nits own tracks or under an agreement with another railroad corporation.\nThe penalty and remedy provided by section fifty-nine of this chapter\nshall be applicable to a failure to comply with the provisions of this\nsection, and such remedy may be pursued and such penalty may be\nrecovered by a person who shall have paid any such excess rate of fare.\n
N.Y. DCD Law § 173 — New York Code / Act DCD / Article 7 / Section 173
No discharge for defects of form
Status: in_force

§ 173. No discharge for defects of form. If any person so committed,\nshall bring a writ of habeas corpus, he shall not be discharged by\nreason of any insufficiency in the form of the warrant of commitment;\nbut the court before whom such person shall be brought, shall re-commit\nsuch person, unless it shall be made to appear that he has answered all\nlawful questions put to him, or had sufficient reason for refusing to\nsign the examination, as the case may be; or unless such person shall\nthen answer, on oath, the questions so put to him.\n