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N.Y. EXC Law § 160-E — New York Code / Act EXC / Article 6-E / Section 160-E
Powers of the department
Status: in_force

§ 160-e. Powers of the department. The department shall have the\nfollowing powers and duties:\n  1. To receive applications for certification and licensing;\n  2. To establish the administrative procedures for processing\napplications for certification and licensing;\n  3. To approve or disapprove applications for certification or license\nand issue certificates or licenses;\n  4. To maintain a registry of the names and addresses of people\ncertified or licensed under this article;\n  5. To retain records and all application materials submitted to it;\n  6. To approve courses and seminars for original certification or\nlicensing and continuing education to ensure that the same are\nconsistent with the standards established by the board, or equivalent to\nthose required by such standards;\n  7. To assist the board in such other manner as the board may request;\n  8. To establish administrative procedures for disciplinary proceedings\nconducted pursuant to the provisions of this article; and\n  9. To suspend and revoke certificates or licenses or impose fines\npursuant to the disciplinary proceedings provided for in this article.\n
N.Y. VIL Law § 7-708 — New York Code / Act VIL / Article 7 / Section 7-708
Changes
Status: in_force

§ 7-708 Changes.  Such regulations, restrictions and boundaries may\nfrom time to time be amended. An amendment shall be effected by a simple\nmajority vote of the board of trustees, except that an amendment shall\nrequire the approval of at least two-thirds of the members of the board\nof trustees in villages having three members on such board, and\nthree-fourths of the members of the board of trustees in all the other\nvillages in the event such amendment is the subject of a written\nprotest, presented to the board and signed by:\n  1. the owners of twenty percent or more of the area of land included\nin such proposed change; or\n  2. the owners of twenty percent or more of the area of land\nimmediately adjacent to that land included in such proposed change,\nextending one hundred feet therefrom; or\n  3. the owners of twenty percent or more of the area of land directly\nopposite thereto, extending one hundred feet from the street frontage of\nsuch opposite land.\n  The provisions of the previous section relative to public hearings\nshall apply equally to all proposed amendments.\n
N.Y. EXC Law § 890 — New York Code / Act EXC / Article 39 / Section 890
Temporary assignment or permanent transfer of personnel
Status: in_force

* § 890. Temporary assignment or permanent transfer of personnel. The\ndirector, in consultation with the head of the agency concerned and with\nthe approval of the director of the budget, may provide for the\ntemporary assignment or transfer of officers and employees of state\nagencies to the office on a permanent or temporary basis in a manner\nconsistent with and authorized by the civil service law as the director\nof the office may deem necessary to the performance of the functions and\nduties of the office. Employees permanently transferred shall be\ntransferred without further examination or qualification and shall\nretain their respective civil service classification and status. Any\nsuch employee who, at the time of such transfer, has a temporary or\nprovisional appointment shall be transferred subject to the same right\nof removal, examination or termination as though such transfer had not\nbeen made. No existing right or benefit, including retirement benefits\nor remedy of any character, shall be lost, impaired or affected by\nreason of this article. Transfer of employees pursuant to this article\nshall be governed solely and exclusively by the provisions hereof\nnotwithstanding other provisions of the law.\n  * NB Authority of office terminated per § 893 December 31, 1995\n
N.Y. PEN Law § 170.55 — New York Code / Act PEN / Part 3 / Title K / Article 170 / Section 170.55
Unlawfully using slugs in the second degree
Status: in_force

§ 170.55 Unlawfully using slugs in the second degree.\n  A person is guilty of unlawfully using slugs in the second degree\nwhen:\n  1. With intent to defraud the owner of a coin machine, he inserts or\ndeposits a slug in such machine; or\n  2. He makes, possesses or disposes of a slug with intent to enable a\nperson to insert or deposit it in a coin machine.\n  Unlawfully using slugs in the second degree is a class B misdemeanor.\n
N.Y. CVR Law § 67 — New York Code / Act CVR / Article 6-A / Section 67
Petition for change of sex designation
Status: in_force

§ 67. Petition for change of sex designation. 1. A petition for leave\nto change sex designation may be made by a resident of the state to the\ncounty court of the county or the supreme court in the county in which\nsuch resident resides, or, if such resident resides in the city of New\nYork, either to the supreme court or to any branch of the civil court of\nthe city of New York, in any county of the city of New York. The\npetition to change the sex designation of an infant may be made by the\ninfant through either of such infant's parents, or by such infant's\ngeneral guardian or by the guardian of such infant's person.\n  2. When an individual petitions the court to recognize their gender\nidentity or to amend the sex designation on an identity document, the\ncourt shall issue such an order upon receipt of an affidavit from such\nindividual attesting to their gender identity or reason for the change.\nNo additional medical evidence shall be required to grant such request.\nNo such order shall be required to amend an identity document issued\nwithin New York state. No such order shall be required to otherwise\nrecognize the gender of an individual and treat them consistent with\ntheir gender identity within New York state or under New York state law.\nNo fee shall be charged for a request for judicial intervention\nassociated with a petition to change sex designation.\n  3. Such request may be made simultaneously with a petition for change\nof name pursuant to section sixty or sixty-five of this chapter or on\nits own.\n
N.Y. JUD Law § 281 — New York Code / Act JUD / Article 8 / Section 281
Salary of confidential clerks to county judges of Kings, Queens, Erie, Nassau, Onondaga, Rockland, Dutchess and Saint Lawrence counties a...
Status: in_force

§ 281. Salary of confidential clerks to county judges of Kings,\nQueens, Erie, Nassau, Onondaga, Rockland, Dutchess and Saint Lawrence\ncounties and to special county judge of Erie county.  Each of the\nconfidential clerks appointed pursuant to section one hundred\nninety-seven of this chapter by the county judges of Kings and Queens\ncounties shall receive for their services the same aggregate annual\nsalary paid to the clerks to judges of the court of general sessions of\nthe county of New York, so as to maintain a continuing equalization of\nthe gross salary and compensation paid to such clerk.  Such salary or\ncompensation shall be paid by the comptroller of the city of New York,\nin equal monthly installments. The confidential clerk appointed pursuant\nto said section by the county judge of Erie county and the confidential\nclerk appointed pursuant to said section by the special county judge of\nErie county shall receive such salary as shall be fixed from time to\ntime by the board of supervisors of said county, to be paid by the\ntreasurer of the county of Erie in equal monthly installments. The\nconfidential clerk appointed pursuant to said section by the county\njudges of Nassau county, Onondaga county, Rockland county and Dutchess\ncounty shall receive such salary as shall be fixed from time to time by\nthe respective boards of supervisors of said counties, to be paid by the\ntreasurers of said counties in equal monthly installments. The\nconfidential clerk appointed pursuant to said section by the county\njudge of Saint Lawrence county shall receive a salary of three hundred\ndollars per annum, to be paid by the treasurer of the county of Saint\nLawrence, in equal monthly installments.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 4803 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 48 / Section 4803
Records and reports
Status: in_force

§ 4803. Records and reports. 1. Upon request by the commissioner,\nemployers shall provide to the commissioner copies of employee health\nand exposure records maintained and supplied to the federal government\nby employers as mandated under the following federal statutes and\nregulations except as access by third parties may be limited therein:\n  (a) Toxic Substances Control Act;\n  (b) Occupational Safety and Health Act;\n  (c) Environmental Pesticide Control Act; and\n  (d) Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 10CFR section 20.102-20.409.\n  2. Upon request by the commissioner employers shall provide the names\nand addresses of present and former employees whenever the commissioner\ndetermines that there is a health risk or disease relating to the\nexposure of employees to a toxic substance or toxic substances.\n  3. The commissioner shall not release any information with identifying\nnames.  The commissioner may, however, publish analyses of such reports\nand information from time to time for scientific and public health\npurposes, in such a manner as to assure that the identities of the\nindividuals concerned cannot be ascertained and that information\nprotected by applicable trade secret law is not divulged.\n  4. The commissioner may require an employer to keep records of his\nemployees' use of specific toxic substances when there is scientific\nevidence to question the efficacy of the current threshold limit values\nfor those substances. Such records shall be held solely for the purpose\nof conducting epidemiologic research on occupational health.\n
N.Y. TAX Law § 1448-P — New York Code / Act TAX / Article 31-B-1 / Section 1448-P
Refunds
Status: in_force

§ 1448-p. Refunds. Whenever the treasurer shall determine that any\nmoneys received under the provisions of the local law enacted pursuant\nto this article were paid in error, it may cause such moneys to be\nrefunded pursuant to such rules and regulations it may prescribe,\nprovided any application for such refund is filed with the treasurer\nwithin two years from the date the erroneous payment was made.\n
N.Y. MHY Law § 13.29 — New York Code / Act MHY / Title C / Article 13 / Section 13.29
Gifts
Status: in_force

§ 13.29 Gifts.\n  (a) The commissioner, on behalf of the state and if in the public\ninterest, shall accept, hold in trust, administer, apply, execute, or\nuse gifts, devises, bequests, grants, powers, or trusts of personal or\nreal property made to the state, the office for people with\ndevelopmental disabilities, a facility within the office, the\ncommissioner, or the directors or visitors of facilities which are to be\nused or may be used for purposes of the office for people with\ndevelopmental disabilities, including, but not limited to, the\nmaintenance, support, or benefit of one or more patients in a facility.\n  (b) The commissioner, in carrying out the provisions of subdivision\n(a) of this section, may create or provide separate and distinct funds,\ninvestments, and deposits and regulate their use, transfer, and\nwithdrawal. He may dispose of a power or trust upon its expiration and\naccording to its terms.\n  (c) Subdivisions (a) and (b) of this section apply to gifts, devises,\nbequests, grants, powers, or trusts given to, received, or applied by\nthe state, the commissioner, the office for people with developmental\ndisabilities, or facilities thereof and predecessor officers, agencies,\nor facilities prior to as well as subsequent to the enactment of this\nsection.\n
N.Y. PVH Law § 214 — New York Code / Act PVH / Article 6 / Section 214
Transfer of real property to redevelopment corporation
Status: in_force

§ 214. Transfer of real property to redevelopment corporation.\nNotwithstanding any requirement of law to the contrary or the absence of\ndirect provision therefor in the instrument under which a fiduciary is\nacting, every executor, administrator, trustee, guardian or other\nperson, holding trust funds or acting in a fiduciary capacity, unless\nthe instrument under which such fiduciary is acting expressly forbids,\nthe state, its subdivisions, cities, all other public bodies, all public\nofficers, corporations organized under or subject to the provisions of\nthe banking law (including savings banks, savings and loan associations,\ntrust companies, private bankers and private banking corporations), the\nsuperintendent of financial services as conservator, liquidator or\nrehabilitator of any such person, partnership or corporation, persons,\npartnerships and corporations organized under or subject to the\nprovisions of the insurance law, the superintendent of financial\nservices as conservator, liquidator or rehabilitator of any such person,\npartnership or corporation, any of which owns or holds any real property\nwithin a development area, may grant, sell, lease or otherwise transfer\nany such real property to a redevelopment corporation, and receive and\nhold any cash, stocks, income debentures, mortgages, or other securities\nor obligations, secured or unsecured, exchanged therefor by such\nredevelopment corporation, and may execute such instruments and do such\nacts as may be deemed necessary or desirable by them or it and by the\nredevelopment corporation in connection with the development and the\ndevelopment plan.\n
N.Y. TSF Law § 16 — New York Code / Act TSF / Section 16
Severability clause
Status: in_force

§ 16. Severability clause. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section\nor part of this act be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction\nto be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the\nremainder hereof but shall be applied in its operation to the clause,\nsentence, paragraph, section or part hereof directly involved in the\ncontroversy in which such judgment shall have been rendered.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 2879 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 28-B / Section 2879
Foreclosures and judgments
Status: in_force

§ 2879. Foreclosures and judgments. 1. In any foreclosure action the\ncommissioner shall be made a party defendant. He shall take all steps\nnecessary to protect the interests of the public therein and no costs\nshall be awarded against him. Foreclosures shall not be decreed unless\nthe court to which application is made shall be satisfied that the\ninterests of the lienholder or holders cannot be adequately assured\nexcept by the sale of the property. In any such proceeding, the court\nshall be authorized to appoint the commissioner as receiver of the\nproperty, or to grant such other and further relief as may be reasonable\nand proper.\n  2. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, wherever\nit shall appear that the agency shall have loaned on a mortgage which is\na lien upon any such property, such agency shall have all the remedies\navailable to a mortgagee under the laws of the state of New York, free\nfrom any restrictions contained in this section, except that the\ncommissioner shall be made a party defendant and that the commissioner\nshall take all steps necessary to protect the interests of the public\nand no costs shall be awarded against him.\n  3. In the event of a judgment against an eligible borrower in any\naction not pertaining to the collection of a mortgage indebtedness,\nthere shall be no sale of any of the real property of such eligible\nborrower except upon sixty days' written notice to the commissioner and\nthe agency. Upon receipt of such notice the commissioner and the agency\nshall take such steps as in its judgment may be necessary to protect the\nrights of all parties.\n
N.Y. MDW Law § 354 — New York Code / Act MDW / Article 10 / Section 354
Rules of evidence
Status: in_force

§ 354. Rules of evidence. In any action to establish a lien or in any\naction or proceeding for a fine, penalty or other punishment for a\nviolation of any of the provisions of this, article, proof of the\nill-repute or the ill-fame of the premises which are the subject-matter\nof the action or proceeding or of the inmates thereof, or of those\nresorting thereto, shall constitute presumptive evidence that such use\nwas with the permission of the owner, agent or lessee. The certificate\nof the department that the building was intended, arranged or designed\nto be occupied as a dwelling shall be presumptive evidence of the fact\nthat it is so occupied.\n
N.Y. PEN Law § 265.35 — New York Code / Act PEN / Part 3 / Title P / Article 265 / Section 265.35
Prohibited use of weapons
Status: in_force

§ 265.35 Prohibited use of weapons.\n  1. Any person hunting with a dangerous weapon in any county wholly\nembraced within the territorial limits of a city is guilty of a class A\nmisdemeanor.\n  2. Any person who wilfully discharges a loaded firearm or any other\ngun, the propelling force of which is gunpowder, at an aircraft while\nsuch aircraft is in motion in the air or in motion or stationary upon\nthe ground, or at any railway or street railroad train as defined by the\npublic service law, or at a locomotive, car, bus or vehicle standing or\nmoving upon such railway, railroad or public highway, is guilty of a\nclass D felony if thereby the safety of any person is endangered, and in\nevery other case, of a class E felony.\n  3. Any person who, otherwise than in self defense or in the discharge\nof official duty, (a) wilfully discharges any species of firearms,\nair-gun or other weapon, or throws any other deadly missile, either in a\npublic place, or in any place where there is any person to be endangered\nthereby, or, in Putnam county, within one-quarter mile of any occupied\nschool building other than under supervised instruction by properly\nauthorized instructors although no injury to any person ensues; (b)\nintentionally, without malice, points or aims any firearm or any other\ngun, the propelling force of which is gunpowder, at or toward any other\nperson; (c) discharges, without injury to any other person, firearms or\nany other guns, the propelling force of which is gunpowder, while\nintentionally without malice, aimed at or toward any person; or (d)\nmaims or injures any other person by the discharge of any firearm or any\nother gun, the propelling force of which is gunpowder, pointed or aimed\nintentionally, but without malice, at any such person, is guilty of a\nclass A misdemeanor.\n
N.Y. GAS Law § 3 — New York Code / Act GAS / Article 2 / Section 3
Contents of articles of association
Status: in_force

§ 3.  Contents of articles of association. The articles of association\nof a joint-stock association may:\n  1.  Provide that the death of a stockholder thereof, or the transfer\nof his shares of stock therein, shall not work a dissolution of the\nassociation;\n  2.  Prescribe the number of its directors, not less than three, to\nhave the sole management of its affairs;\n  3.  Contain any other provision for the management of its affairs not\ninconsistent with law.\n
N.Y. UCC Law § 7-501 — New York Code / Act UCC / Article 7 / Part 5 / Section 7-501
Form of Negotiation and Requirements of Due Negotiation
Status: in_force

Section 7--501. Form of Negotiation and Requirements of Due Negotiation.\n  (a) The following rules apply to a negotiable tangible document of\ntitle:\n  (1) If the document's original terms run to the order of a named\nperson, the document is negotiated by the named person's indorsement and\ndelivery. After the named person's indorsement in blank or to bearer,\nany person may negotiate the document by delivery alone.\n  (2) If the document's original terms run to bearer, it is negotiated\nby delivery alone.\n  (3) If the document's original terms run to the order of a named\nperson and it is delivered to the named person, the effect is the same\nas if the document had been negotiated.\n  (4) Negotiation of the document after it has been indorsed to a named\nperson requires indorsement by the named person and delivery.\n  (5) A document is duly negotiated if it is negotiated in the manner\nstated in this subsection to a holder that purchases it in good faith,\nwithout notice of any defense against or claim to it on the part of any\nperson, and for value, unless it is established that the negotiation is\nnot in the regular course of business or financing or involves receiving\nthe document in settlement or payment of a monetary obligation.\n  (b) The following rules apply to a negotiable electronic document of\ntitle:\n  (1) If the document's original terms run to the order of a named\nperson or to bearer, the document is negotiated by delivery of the\ndocument to another person. Indorsement by the named person is not\nrequired to negotiate the document.\n  (2) If the document's original terms run to the order of a named\nperson and the named person has control of the document, the effect is\nthe same as if the document had been negotiated.\n  (3) A document is duly negotiated if it is negotiated in the manner\nstated in this subsection to a holder that purchases it in good faith,\nwithout notice of any defense against or claim to it on the part of any\nperson, and for value, unless it is established that the negotiation is\nnot in the regular course of business or financing or involves taking\ndelivery of the document in settlement or payment of a monetary\nobligation.\n  (c) Indorsement of a nonnegotiable document of title neither makes it\nnegotiable nor adds to the transferee's rights.\n  (d) The naming in a negotiable bill of lading of a person to be\nnotified of the arrival of the goods does not limit the negotiability of\nthe bill or constitute notice to a purchaser of the bill of any interest\nof that person in the goods.\n
N.Y. RSS Law § 804 — New York Code / Act RSS / Article 18 / Section 804
Promulgation of rules and regulations
Status: in_force

§ 804. Promulgation of rules and regulations.  Each public retirement\nsystem is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations to implement\nthe provisions of this article.\n