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N.Y. PBS Law § 89-I — New York Code / Act PBS / Article 4-B / Section 89-I
Complaints as to price of water; investigation by commission; forms of complaints
Status: in_force

§ 89-i. Complaints as to price of water; investigation by commission;\nforms of complaints. Upon the complaint in writing of the mayor of a\ncity, the trustees of a village or the town board of a town in which a\nperson or corporation is authorized to supply or distribute water for\ndomestic, commercial or public uses, or upon the complaint in writing of\nnot less than twenty-five customers or purchasers of such water in such\nmunicipality or upon complaint of a water-works corporation supplying\nsuch water, as to the rates, charges or classifications of service for\nwater sold and delivered in such municipality, or upon the complaint in\nwriting of the department of state, or as to the methods employed in\nfurnishing such service, the commission shall investigate as to the\ncause of such complaint. When such complaint is made, the commission\nmay, by its agents, examiners and inspectors, inspect the works, system,\nplant, devices, appliances and methods used by such water-works\ncorporation in supplying and distributing such water, and may examine or\ncause to be examined the books and papers of such water-works\ncorporation pertaining to the supplying and distributing of such water.\nThe form and contents of complaints made as provided in this section\nshall be prescribed by the commission. Such complaints shall be signed\nby the officers, or by the customers, purchasers or subscribers making\nthem, who must add to their signatures their places of residence, by\nstreet and number, if any.\n
N.Y. PEN Law § 185.15 — New York Code / Act PEN / Part 3 / Title K / Article 185 / Section 185.15
Fraudulent disposition of property subject to a conditional sale contract
Status: in_force

§ 185.15 Fraudulent disposition of property subject to a conditional\n           sale contract.\n  A person is guilty of fraudulent disposition of property subject to a\nconditional sale contract when, prior to the performance of the\ncondition of a conditional sale contract and being the buyer or any\nlegal successor in interest of the buyer, he sells, assigns, mortgages,\nexchanges, secretes, injures, destroys or otherwise disposes of the\ngoods subject to the conditional sale contract under claim of full\nownership, with intent thereby to defraud another.\n  Fraudulent disposition of property subject to a conditional sale\ncontract is a class A misdemeanor.\n
N.Y. CNT Law § 304 — New York Code / Act CNT / Article 6 / Section 304
Application; limitations; exemptions
Status: in_force

§ 304. Application; limitations; exemptions. 1. The surcharge\nestablished pursuant to the provisions of this article shall be imposed\non a per access line basis on all current bills rendered for local\nexchange access service within the 911 service area.\n  2. Any such surcharge shall have uniform application and shall be\nimposed throughout the entire municipality to the greatest extent\npossible in conformance with the availability of such E911 system within\nthe municipality.\n  3. No such surcharge shall be imposed upon more than seventy-five\nexchange access lines per customer per location.\n  4. Lifeline customers, a public safety agency and any municipality\nwhich has enacted a local law pursuant to the provisions of this article\nshall be exempt from any surcharge imposed under this article.\n
N.Y. CVP Law § 505 — New York Code / Act CVP / Article 5 / Section 505
Actions involving public authorities
Status: in_force

§ 505. Actions involving public authorities. (a) Generally.  The place\nof trial of an action by or against a public authority constituted under\nthe laws of the state shall be in the county in which the authority has\nits principal office or where it has facilities involved in the action.\n  (b) Against New York city transit authority. The place of trial of an\naction against the New York city transit authority shall be in the\ncounty within the city of New York in which the cause of action arose,\nor, if it arose outside of the city, in the county of New York.\n
N.Y. UDG Law § 13 — New York Code / Act UDG / Section 13
Contracts of guarantee; waivers
Status: in_force

§ 13. Contracts of guarantee; waivers. (a) The fund shall arrange by\ncontract with the lending institution or the borrower or both to\nsafeguard the interest of the fund in the event of default by the\nborrower, including, at the discretion of the fund, provision for notice\nto the fund of default by the borrower, for foreclosure or other\nrealization upon any security for the loan, for the time and conditions\nfor payment to the lending institution by the fund of the amount of any\nloss to the lending institution guaranteed by the fund, and for the\ndisposition of the proceeds realized from any security for the loan\nguaranteed. When it appears desirable for a temporary period upon\ndefault or threatened default by the borrower, the fund may itself make\npayments of installments of principal or interest or both, to the\nlending institution, and of taxes and insurance, which payments shall be\nrepaid, under such conditions as the fund may prescribe, and the fund\nmay also agree to revised terms of financing when such appear prudent.\n  (b) Upon request of the lending institution, the fund may at any time,\nunder such equitable terms and conditions as it may prescribe, consent\nto the release of the borrower from his liability under the loan or\nconsent to the release of parts of any secured property from the lien of\nthe lending institution.\n
N.Y. ACA Law § 59.03 — New York Code / Act ACA / Title V / Article 59 / Section 59.03
Definitions
Status: in_force

§ 59.03. Definitions. As used or referred to in this title, unless a\ndifferent meaning clearly appears from the context,\n  1. The term "Planetarium Authority" shall mean the corporation created\nby section 59.05 of this chapter;\n  2. The term "planetarium" shall mean the planetarium herein authorized\nand shall include the building housing the same and all machinery,\nequipment, facilities and educational material incidental thereto;\n  3. The term "bonds" shall mean bonds issued by the authority pursuant\nto this title;\n  4. The term "board" shall mean the members of the board of directors\nof the Planetarium Authority.\n
N.Y. TRA Law § 248 — New York Code / Act TRA / Article 11 / Section 248
Pending actions and proceedings
Status: in_force

§ 248. Pending actions and proceedings. No action or proceeding\npending on March first, nineteen hundred seventy-one brought by or\nagainst the public service commission or the department of public\nservice, and pertaining to or connected with the functions, powers,\nobligations and duties transferred pursuant to this article, shall be\naffected by this article, but the same may be prosecuted or defended in\nthe name of the department or the commissioner.  In all such actions and\nproceedings, the department or the commissioner, upon application to the\ncourt, shall be substituted as a party.\n
N.Y. CVP Law § 206 — New York Code / Act CVP / Article 2 / Section 206
Computing periods of limitation in particular actions
Status: in_force

§ 206. Computing periods of limitation in particular actions.  (a)\nWhere demand necessary. Except as provided in article 3 of the uniform\ncommercial code, where a demand is necessary to entitle a person to\ncommence an action, the time within which the action must be commenced\nshall be computed from the time when the right to make the demand is\ncomplete, except that\n  1. where a right grows out of the receipt or detention of money or\nproperty by a trustee, agent, attorney or other person acting in a\nfiduciary capacity, the time within which the action must be commenced\nshall be computed from the time when the person having the right to make\nthe demand discovered the facts upon which the right depends; and\n  2. where there was a deposit of money to be repaid only upon a special\ndemand, or a delivery of personal property not to be returned\nspecifically or in kind at a fixed time or upon a fixed contingency, the\ntime within which the action must be commenced shall be computed from\nthe demand for repayment or return.\n  (b) Based on misconduct of agent. Where a judgment is entered against\na principal in an action based upon an injury resulting from the act or\nomission of his deputy or agent, the time within which an action by the\nprincipal against the deputy or agent to recover damages by reason of\nsuch judgment must be commenced shall be computed, from the time when\nthe action against the principal was finally determined. Where an injury\nresults from the representation by a person that he is an agent with\nauthority to execute a contract in behalf of a principal, the time\nwithin which an action to recover damages for breach of warranty of\nauthority must be commenced by the person injured against the purported\nagent shall be computed from the time the person injured discovered the\nfacts constituting lack of authority.\n  (c) Based on breach of covenant of seizin or against incumbrances.  In\nan action based upon breach of a covenant of seizin or against\nincumbrances, the time within which the action must be commenced shall\nbe computed from an eviction.\n  (d) Based on account. In an action based upon a mutual, open and\ncurrent account, where there have been reciprocal demands between the\nparties, the time within which the action must be commenced shall be\ncomputed from the time of the last transaction in the account on either\nside.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 339-D — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 21-A / Section 339-D
Transactions by brokers and dealers after insolvency
Status: in_force

§ 339-d. Transactions by brokers and dealers after insolvency.  Any\nperson, firm, association or corporation engaged in the business of\npurchasing and selling as broker or dealer, stocks, bonds or other\nevidences of debt of corporations, companies or associations who,\nknowing that he or it is insolvent, accepts or receives from a customer\nignorant of such broker's or dealer's insolvency, money, stocks, bonds\nor other evidences of debt belonging to the customer otherwise than in\nliquidation of, or as security for, an existing indebtedness, is guilty\nof a misdemeanor. Any person, firm, association or corporation shall be\ndeemed insolvent within the meaning of this section whenever the\naggregate of his or its property shall not, at a fair valuation, be\nsufficient in amount to pay his or its debts.\n
N.Y. LAB Law § 351 — New York Code / Act LAB / Article 13 / Section 351
Powers of the industrial commissioner and exceptions
Status: in_force

§ 351. Powers of the industrial commissioner and exceptions. 1.  The\nindustrial commissioner shall, after proper study and consideration,\ndetermine within what industries conditions may permit of industrial\nhomework as hereinbefore defined without unduly jeopardizing the factory\nworkers in such industries as to both wages and working conditions and\nwithout unduly injuring the health and welfare of the industrial\nhomeworker himself. The commissioner may then restrict the granting of\npermits and licenses for industrial homework as herein defined to such\nindustries and may further issue rules and regulations designed to\ncontrol and regulate industrial homework in the said permitted\nindustries. In all other industries industrial homework is forbidden\nunless expressly permitted in writing by the industrial commissioner.\n  2. a. Exception to this article shall be made by the industrial\ncommissioner in respect of clerical work done in a home. "Clerical work"\nshall mean typing, stenciling, transcribing, copying, bookkeeping and\nstenographic work. Clerical work shall not mean inserting, collating,\nlabeling, nesting, sorting, stamping or similar work.\n  b. Exception to this article may be made by the industrial\ncommissioner in respect of such other provisions consonant with the\ngeneral purpose of this article as the commissioner may on study\ndetermine to be warranted by conditions.\n
N.Y. CCA Law § 1906 — New York Code / Act CCA / Article 19 / Section 1906
Costs allowed by court
Status: in_force

§ 1906. Costs allowed by court. The court may in its discretion impose\ncosts not exceeding fifty dollars in the following cases:\n  (a) Upon granting or denying a motion.\n  (b) Upon allowing an amendment of a pleading.\n  (c) Upon adjournment of a trial.\n
N.Y. UCC Law § 4-A-301 — New York Code / Act UCC / Article 4-A / Part 3 / Section 4-A-301
Execution and Execution Date
Status: in_force

Section 4-A-301. Execution and Execution Date.\n  (1) A payment order is "executed" by the receiving bank when it issues\na payment order intended to carry out the payment order received by the\nbank. A payment order received by the beneficiary's bank can be accepted\nbut cannot be executed.\n  (2) "Execution date" of a payment order means the day on which the\nreceiving bank may properly issue a payment order in execution of the\nsender's order. The execution date may be determined by instruction of\nthe sender but cannot be earlier than the day the order is received and,\nunless otherwise determined, is the day the order is received. If the\nsender's instruction states a payment date, the execution date is the\npayment date or an earlier date on which execution is reasonably\nnecessary to allow payment to the beneficiary on the payment date.\n
N.Y. PEN Law § 176.55 — New York Code / Act PEN / Part 3 / Title K / Article 176 / Section 176.55
Life settlement fraud in the third degree
Status: in_force

§ 176.55 Life settlement fraud in the third degree.\n  A person is guilty of life settlement fraud in the third degree when\nhe or she commits a fraudulent life settlement act and thereby\nwrongfully takes, obtains or withholds, or attempts to wrongfully take,\nobtain or withhold property with a value in excess of fifty thousand\ndollars.\n  Life settlement fraud in the third degree is a class D felony.\n
N.Y. BNK Law § 680-B — New York Code / Act BNK / Article 13-F / Section 680-B
Scope; choice of law; forum
Status: in_force

§ 680-b. Scope; choice of law; forum. 1. This article applies to a\nspecial deposit under an account agreement that states the intention of\nthe parties to establish a special deposit governed by this article,\nregardless of whether a party to the account agreement or a transaction\nrelated to the special deposit, or the special deposit itself, has a\nreasonable relation to this state.\n  2. The parties to an account agreement may choose a forum in this\nstate for settling a dispute arising out of the special deposit,\nregardless of whether a party to the account agreement or a transaction\nrelated to the special deposit, or the special deposit itself, has a\nreasonable relation to this state.\n  3. This article does not affect:\n  (a) a right or obligation relating to a deposit other than a special\ndeposit under this article; or\n  (b) the voidability of a deposit or transfer that is fraudulent or\nvoidable under other law.\n
N.Y. AGM Law § 63 — New York Code / Act AGM / Article 4 / Section 63
Labeling of imitation cheese; imitation cheese food and products containing imitation cheese
Status: in_force

§ 63. Labeling of imitation cheese; imitation cheese food and products\ncontaining imitation cheese. 1. Whenever the brand name or product\ndesignation of imitation cheese or imitation cheese food appears on a\npackage, the brand name or product designation, whichever is larger,\nshall be immediately preceded, without intervening printed or graphic\nmaterial by the word imitation and the name of the food imitated, in\nletters of the same color and on the same contrasting background and of\nequal size as the brand name or product designation, whichever is\nlarger.\n  2. On the label of any product containing imitation cheese or\nimitation cheese food, the product designation shall be immediately\npreceded or followed by the words "contains imitation cheese" or\n"contains imitation cheese food" whichever is appropriate, in letters of\nthe same color and on the same contrasting background and of equal size\nas the product designation.\n  3. Whenever imitation cheese or imitation cheese food is used in a\nproduct which is offered for sale for carry out or on premises\nconsumption, a sign shall be prominently posted at the place of sale\nwhich states the product designation of the food followed immediately by\nthe words "contains imitation cheese" or "contains imitation cheese\nfood," whichever is appropriate. The letters on such sign shall be in\nblock letters at least three inches in height and on a contrasting\nbackground which can be easily read by consumers under normal conditions\nof purchase.\n  4. Whenever any product which contains imitation cheese or imitation\ncheese food product is offered for sale on the menu of any service food\nestablishment, the product designation on such menu shall be immediately\nfollowed by the words "contains imitation cheese" or "contains imitation\ncheese food", whichever is appropriate, in letters of equal size and on\na contrasting background.\n  5. Whenever any imitation cheese or imitation cheese food product is\nplaced on the tables or otherwise made available for use by customers in\nany service food establishment, the container of such product shall be\nconspicuously labeled "imitation cheese", or "imitation cheese food\nproduct".\n  6. The commissioner shall promulgate such rules and regulations as are\nnecessary and appropriate to carry out the provisions of this section,\nincluding specific identification of imitation cheese and imitation\ncheese food.\n
N.Y. UCC Law § 9-508 — New York Code / Act UCC / Article 9 / Part 5 / Subpart 1 / Section 9-508
Effectiveness of Financing Statement If New Debtor Becomes Bound by Security Agreement
Status: in_force

Section 9--508. Effectiveness of Financing Statement If New Debtor\n                  Becomes Bound by Security Agreement.\n  (a) Financing statement naming original debtor. Except as otherwise\nprovided in this section, a filed financing statement naming an original\ndebtor is effective to perfect a security interest in collateral in\nwhich a new debtor has or acquires rights to the extent that the\nfinancing statement would have been effective had the original debtor\nacquired rights in the collateral.\n  (b) Financing statement becoming seriously misleading. If the\ndifference between the name of the original debtor and that of the new\ndebtor causes a filed financing statement that is effective under\nsubsection (a) to be seriously misleading under Section 9--506:\n       (1) the financing statement is effective to perfect a security\n           interest in collateral acquired by the new debtor before, and\n           within four months after, the new debtor becomes bound under\n           Section 9--203(d); and\n       (2) the financing statement is not effective to perfect a\n           security interest in collateral acquired by the new debtor\n           more than four months after the new debtor becomes bound\n           under Section 9--203(d) unless an initial financing statement\n           providing the name of the new debtor is filed before the\n           expiration of that time.\n  (c) When section not applicable. This section does not apply to\ncollateral as to which a filed financing statement remains effective\nagainst the new debtor under Section 9--507(a).\n
N.Y. UDC Law § 2401 — New York Code / Act UDC / Article 23 / Section 2401
through 2422 from chapter 879 of 1936 as amended are supplemental sections - not part of UDCA)
Status: in_force

*(Sections 2401 through 2422 from chapter 879 of 1936 as amended are\nsupplemental sections - not part of UDCA)\n  * § 2401. District court; establishment. There shall be in the county\na district court, which shall be governed by the uniform district court\nact.\n  * NB There are 2 § 2401's\n
N.Y. UCC Law § 9-207 — New York Code / Act UCC / Article 9 / Part 2 / Subpart 2 / Section 9-207
Rights and Duties of Secured Party Having Possession or Control of Collateral
Status: in_force

Section 9--207. Rights and Duties of Secured Party Having Possession or\n                  Control of Collateral.\n  (a) Duty of care when secured party in possession. Except as otherwise\nprovided in subsection (d), a secured party shall use reasonable care in\nthe custody and preservation of collateral in the secured party's\npossession. In the case of chattel paper or an instrument, reasonable\ncare includes taking necessary steps to preserve rights against prior\nparties unless otherwise agreed.\n  (b) Expenses, risks, duties, and rights when secured party in\npossession. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d), if a secured\nparty has possession of collateral:\n       (1) reasonable expenses, including the cost of insurance and\n           payment of taxes or other charges, incurred in the custody,\n           preservation, use, or operation of the collateral are\n           chargeable to the debtor and are secured by the collateral;\n       (2) the risk of accidental loss or damage is on the debtor to the\n           extent of a deficiency in any effective insurance coverage;\n       (3) the secured party shall keep the collateral identifiable, but\n           fungible collateral may be commingled; and\n       (4) the secured party may use or operate the collateral:\n           (A) for the purpose of preserving the collateral or its\n               value;\n           (B) as permitted by an order of a court having competent\n               jurisdiction; or\n           (C) except in the case of consumer goods, in the manner and\n               to the extent agreed by the debtor.\n  (c) Duties and rights when secured party in possession or control.\nExcept as otherwise provided in subsection (d), a secured party having\npossession of collateral or control of collateral under Section 7--106,\n9--104, 9--105, 9--105A, 9--106, 9--107, or 9--107A:\n       (1) may hold as additional security any proceeds, except money or\n           funds, received from the collateral;\n       (2) shall apply money or funds received from the collateral to\n           reduce the secured obligation, unless remitted to the debtor;\n           and\n       (3) may create a security interest in the collateral.\n  (d) Buyer of certain rights to payment. If the secured party is a\nbuyer of accounts, chattel paper, payment intangibles, or promissory\nnotes or a consignor:\n       (1) subsection (a) does not apply unless the secured party is\n           entitled under an agreement:\n           (A) to charge back uncollected collateral; or\n           (B) otherwise to full or limited recourse against the debtor\n               or a secondary obligor based on the nonpayment or other\n               default of an account debtor or other obligor on the\n               collateral; and\n       (2) subsections (b) and (c) do not apply.\n