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N.Y. COR Law § 500-N — New York Code / Act COR / Article 20 / Section 500-N
Prisoners; unlawful fees prohibited
Status: in_force

* § 500-n. Prisoners; unlawful fees prohibited. 1. Except as otherwise\nprovided by law, a sheriff or other person in charge of a correctional\nfacility or any person employed at such facility shall not charge a\nprisoner or other person in custody with any sum of money, or demand or\nreceive from him money or any valuable thing for any drink, food or\nother thing furnished or provided for such prisoner or person at any\ncorrectional facility.\n  2. A sheriff or other public officer or employee shall not demand or\nreceive from a prisoner or other person, while in his custody, a\ngratuity or reward, upon any pretense or for any purpose.\n  3. A sheriff, or other public officer or employee, shall not demand or\nreceive from a prisoner or other person in custody, money or any\nvaluable thing for rent in a jail or any fee, compensation, or reward\nfor the commitment, detaining in custody, release, or discharge of a\nprisoner, other than the fees expressly allowed therefor by law.\n  * NB Repealed September 1, 2027\n
N.Y. PAR Law § 19.25 — New York Code / Act PAR / Title C / Article 19-A / Section 19.25
Office recordkeeping
Status: in_force

§ 19.25 Office recordkeeping.  The office shall maintain or continue\nto maintain, as the case may be and to the extent such information is\navailable, a record of acquisition, whether by purchase, bequest, gift,\nloan or otherwise, of property for display or collection and of\ndeaccessioning or loan of property currently held or thereafter acquired\nfor display or collection; provided, however, that the records required\nto be maintained pursuant to this section need not be maintained for any\nfield collected natural history specimen having the value of fifty\ndollars or less.  Any such record shall: (i) state the name, address,\nand telephone number of the person from whom such property was acquired,\nor to whom such property was transferred by deaccessioning or loan, and\na description of such property, its location, if known, and the terms of\nthe acquisition or deaccessioning or loan, including any restrictions as\nto its use or further disposition, and any other material facts about\nthe terms and conditions of the transaction; (ii) include a copy of any\ndocument of conveyance relating to the acquisition or deaccessioning or\nloan of such property and all notices and other documents prepared or\nreceived by the office pursuant to the requirements of this article and\nsections 3.09 and 3.17 of this chapter; and (iii) be retained for a\nperiod of at least five years following the sale or deaccessioning of\nsuch property.\n
N.Y. AGM Law § 164 — New York Code / Act AGM / Article 14 / Section 164
Control and eradication of injurious insects, noxious weeds, and plant diseases
Status: in_force

§ 164. Control and eradication of injurious insects, noxious weeds,\nand plant diseases.  1. The commissioner shall take such action as he\nmay deem necessary to control or eradicate any injurious insects,\nnoxious weeds, or plant diseases existing within the state.\n  2. All trees, shrubs, plants and vines or other material, including\nsoil infected or infested with injurious insects or plant diseases, or\nwhich have been exposed to injurious insects or plant diseases, or which\nare hosts of such insects or plant diseases or other material including\nsoil, and noxious weeds are hereby declared public nuisances and may be\ndestroyed or ordered destroyed by the commissioner.\n  3. The commissioner may order the owner or person in charge of any\ninfected or infested trees, shrubs, plants and vines or other material\nincluding soil or host plants, and noxious weeds or the owner or person\nin charge of the farm or premises upon which they have been grown or on\nwhich they exist or in which they have been stored, or of the vehicles\nor cars in which they have been conveyed, to take such measures to\neradicate or control the said infestation, infection, or noxious weeds\nas the commissioner may deem necessary or proper. Such orders may be\ncommunicated by personal service, service through the mails, or by\nnewspaper publication, as the commissioner deems expedient. Such owner\nor person in charge shall promptly carry out the order of the\ncommissioner within the period of time designated in the order. If such\nowner or person in charge shall refuse or neglect to carry out any such\norder, the commissioner may apply such eradication or control measures\nat the expense of the owner. Upon the completion of such eradication or\ncontrol measures the owner shall, upon demand of the commissioner,\nforthwith pay the cost thereof into the state treasury, and upon his\nneglect or refusal so to do, the amount thereof shall be recovered in a\ncivil action to be brought and prosecuted by the attorney-general in the\nname of the people of the state.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 4624 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 46 / Section 4624
Continuing care retirement communities making assurances regarding long term care
Status: in_force

§ 4624. Continuing care retirement communities making assurances\nregarding long term care.  1. Nothing in this article shall obligate a\ncontinuing care retirement community to offer life care contracts;\nprovided, however, that only continuing care retirement communities\nwhich offer life care contracts or which comply with the requirements\nset forth in subdivision two of this section shall be eligible for the\nfollowing:\n  a. An exemption from a public need determination and establishment\napproval regarding an on-site or affiliated residential health care\nfacility in accordance with subdivision five of section forty-six\nhundred four of this article; and\n  b. Industrial development agency financing in accordance with section\nforty-six hundred four-a of this article; or\n  c. Financing by any public benefit corporation authorized to make\nloans to continuing care retirement communities under the laws of this\nstate.\n  2. A continuing care retirement community not exclusively offering\nlife care contracts but desiring eligibility for an exemption from a\npublic need determination and establishment approval and/or for\nindustrial development agency financing or financing by any public\nbenefit corporation authorized to make loans to continuing care\nretirement communities under the laws of this state must assure that all\nresidents and prospective residents have the ability to fund the\nestimated cost of nursing facility services for a period of one year.\nSuch assurances may be demonstrated through the terms of the continuing\ncare contract, resident assets, resident income, long term care\ninsurance or refund of all, or a portion of, the entrance fee and shall\nbe in accordance with regulations adopted by the council. The community\nmust pay for such care in the event that resident assets are\ninsufficient to fund the cost of nursing facility care for a one year\nperiod.\n
N.Y. SCC Law § 202 — New York Code / Act SCC / Article 13 / Section 202
Costs
Status: in_force

§ 202. Costs. Neither the corporation counsel, deputy, clerk, or any\nother subordinate or assistant, shall receive any fee or compensation of\nany kind, other than the salary fixed by law or by the board of estimate\nand apportionment.\n
N.Y. EXC Law § 144 — New York Code / Act EXC / Article 6 / Section 144
Saving clause
Status: in_force

§ 144. Saving clause. In case it be judicially determined that any\nphrase, clause, part, paragraph or section of any of the provisions of\nsections one hundred thirty, one hundred thirty-one, one hundred\nthirty-two, one hundred thirty-three, one hundred thirty-five, one\nhundred thirty-six, one hundred thirty-seven and one hundred\nthirty-eight is unconstitutional or otherwise invalid, such\ndetermination shall not affect the validity or effect of the remaining\nprovisions of the aforementioned sections.  All persons heretofore\nappointed and still holding office as notaries public shall continue in\nsuch office after the effective date of this article, with the same\npowers and duties as herein provided until the expiration of the term\nfor which they were appointed.\n
N.Y. STF Law § 99-Y — New York Code / Act STF / Article 6 / Section 99-Y
SUNY Stony Brook Affiliation escrow fund
Status: in_force

* § 99-y. SUNY Stony Brook Affiliation escrow fund. 1. Notwithstanding\nany other provision of law, rule, regulation, or practice to the\ncontrary, there is hereby established in the joint custody of the\ncomptroller and the chancellor of the state university of New York\n(SUNY) a trust and agency fund, to be known as the "SUNY Stony Brook\nAffiliation escrow fund" which shall be available without fiscal year\nlimitation.\n  2. The SUNY Stony Brook Affiliation escrow fund shall consist of (i)\nall monies generated through the activities of Stony Brook at\nSouthampton Hospital, including but not limited to patient revenue,\nfederal reimbursement, and other associated revenue sources, (ii) rent\npayments made by Stony Brook University Hospital to the Southampton\nHospital Association under a certain lease agreement approved by the\ndirector of the budget, the office of the New York state attorney\ngeneral and the office of the New York state comptroller and (iii) to\nthe extent permitted under the lease agreement referred to in paragraph\n(ii) of this subdivision, working capital advances and capital\nacquisition advances made by Stony Brook University Hospital to the\nSouthampton Hospital Association.\n  3. Monies of the SUNY Stony Brook Affiliation escrow fund shall be\nexpended only for the purposes of Stony Brook Hospital at Southampton.\n  * NB There are 3 § 99-y's\n
N.Y. CNT Law § 206-A — New York Code / Act CNT / Article 5 / Section 206-A
Business in county offices on holidays and Saturdays
Status: in_force

§ 206-a. Business in county offices on holidays and Saturdays.  1.\nNotwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law, holidays\nand Saturdays shall be considered as Sunday for all purposes relating to\nthe transaction of business in county offices in every county of the\nstate, except in a county wholly contained within a city.  On all other\ndays, except Sundays, such offices shall be kept open for the\ntransaction of business. For the purposes of this section, the term\n"county offices" shall mean all offices, the officers or employees of\nwhich are paid in whole or in part from county funds.\n  2. Whenever the last day on which any paper shall be filed or act done\nor performed in any such office expires on Saturday, Sunday, public\nholiday or a day when such office is closed for the transaction of\nbusiness, the time therefor is hereby extended to and including the next\nbusiness day such office is open for the transaction of business.\n  3. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, the motor\nvehicle section of a county clerk's office may, by resolution of the\nboard of supervisors, be kept open on Saturdays during the month of\nJanuary.\n
N.Y. JUD Law § 519 — New York Code / Act JUD / Article 16 / Section 519
Right of juror to be absent from employment
Status: in_force

§ 519. Right of juror to be absent from employment. Any person who is\nsummoned to serve as a juror under the provisions of this article and\nwho notifies their employer to that effect prior to the commencement of\na term of service shall not, on account of absence from employment by\nreason of such jury service, be subject to discharge or penalty. An\nemployer may, however, withhold wages of any such employee serving as a\njuror during the period of such service; provided that an employer who\nemploys more than ten employees shall not withhold the first seventy-two\ndollars of such juror's daily wages during the first three days of jury\nservice. Withholding of wages in accordance with this section shall not\nbe deemed a penalty. Violation of this section shall constitute a\ncriminal contempt of court punishable pursuant to section seven hundred\nfifty of this chapter.\n
N.Y. AGM Law § 185 — New York Code / Act AGM / Article 16 / Section 185
Stop-use, stop-removal and removal orders
Status: in_force

§ 185. Stop-use, stop-removal and removal orders. 1. Any weights and\nmeasures official shall have the power to issue stop-use orders,\nstop-removal orders and removal orders with respect to weights,\nmeasures, and weighing and measuring devices and systems, being or\nsusceptible of being commercially used, and to issue stop-removal orders\nand removal orders with respect to packages or amounts of commodities\nkept, offered or exposed for sale, sold or in process of delivery\nwhenever in the course of his enforcement of the provisions of this\narticle he deems it necessary or expedient to issue such orders.\n  2. It shall be unlawful for any person to use, or remove or fail to\nremove from the premises specified, as appropriate, any weight, measure,\nweighing or measuring device or system, package, commodity or other\nthing, contrary to the terms of any order issued under the authority of\nthis section.\n  3. A "stop-use order", when used in this section, shall mean any order\nor written notice declaring that the device, system or other thing being\nused is in contravention of this article and such use shall be stopped\nor discontinued.\n  4. A "stop-removal order", when used in this section, shall mean any\norder or written notice declaring that the device, system, commodity or\nother thing being used or handled is in contravention of this article\nand shall be removed from use or sale for a reasonable period of time\npending correction.\n  5. A "removal order", when used in this section, shall mean any order\nor written notice declaring that the device, system, commodity or any\nother thing being used or handled is in contravention of this article\nand shall be permanently removed from use or sale.\n
N.Y. CPL Law § 380.40 — New York Code / Act CPL / Part 2 / Title L / Article 380 / Section 380.40
Defendant's presence at sentencing
Status: in_force

§ 380.40  Defendant's presence at sentencing.\n  1.  In general.  The defendant must be personally present at the time\nsentence is pronounced.\n  2.  Exception.  Where sentence is to be pronounced for a misdemeanor\nor for a petty offense, the court may, on motion of the defendant,\ndispense with the requirement that the defendant be personally present.\nAny such motion must be accompanied by a waiver, signed and acknowledged\nby the defendant, reciting the maximum sentence that may be imposed for\nthe offense and stating that the defendant waives the right to be\npersonally present at the time sentence is pronounced.\n  3.  Corporations.  Sentence may be pronounced against a corporation in\nthe absence of counsel if counsel fails to appear on the date of\nsentence after reasonable notice thereof.\n
N.Y. HAY Law § 345-D — New York Code / Act HAY / Article 12 / Section 345-D
Portion of the state highway system to be dedicated to Hector L
Status: in_force

* § 345-d. Portion of the state highway system to be dedicated to\nHector L. Soto. All that portion of the state highway system\nconstituting United States route two hundred two from its intersection\nwith Rosman Road to its intersection with state route forty-five in the\ntown of Haverstraw, county of Rockland, shall be dedicated to Hector L.\nSoto.\n  * NB There are 4 § 345-d's\n
N.Y. GCN Law § 67 — New York Code / Act GCN / Article 2-A / Section 67
Names of corporation laws
Status: in_force

§ 67. Names of corporation laws. The cooperative corporations law,\nreligious corporations law and transportation corporations law may be\ncited or referred to as, respectively, the cooperative corporation law,\nreligious corporation law and transportation corporation law.\n
N.Y. TAX Law § 1450-D — New York Code / Act TAX / Article 31-J / Section 1450-D
Liability for tax
Status: in_force

* § 1450-d. Liability for tax. 1. The real estate transfer tax shall\nbe paid by the grantee. If the grantee has failed to pay the tax imposed\npursuant to this article or if the grantee is exempt from such tax, the\ngrantor shall have the duty to pay the tax. Where the grantor has the\nduty to pay the tax because the grantee has failed to pay the tax, such\ntax shall be the joint and several liability of the grantee and the\ngrantor.\n  2. For the purpose of the proper administration of this article and to\nprevent evasion of the tax hereby imposed, it shall be presumed that all\nconveyances are subject to the tax. Where the consideration includes\nproperty other than money, it shall be presumed that the consideration\nis the fair market value of the real property or interest therein. These\npresumptions shall prevail until the contrary is proven, and the burden\nof proving the contrary shall be on the person liable for payment of the\ntax.\n  * NB Repealed December 31, 2045\n
N.Y. NPC Law § 108 — New York Code / Act NPC / Article 1 / Section 108
When notice or lapse of time unnecessary; notices dispensed with when delivery is prohibited
Status: in_force

§ 108. When notice or lapse of time unnecessary; notices dispensed with\n         when delivery is prohibited.\n  (a)  Whenever, under this chapter or the certificate of incorporation\nor by-laws of any corporation or by the terms of any agreement or\ninstrument, a corporation or the board or any committee thereof is\nauthorized to take any action after notice to any person or persons or\nafter the lapse of a prescribed period of time, such action may be taken\nwithout notice and without the lapse of such period of time, if at any\ntime before or after such action is completed the person or persons\nentitled to such notice or entitled to participate in the action to be\ntaken or, in the case of a member, by his attorney-in-fact, submit a\nsigned waiver of notice of such requirements.\n  (b)  Whenever any notice or communication is required to be given to\nany person by this chapter, the certificate of incorporation or by-laws,\nor by the terms of any agreement or instrument, or as a condition\nprecedent to taking any corporate action and communication with such\nperson is then unlawful under any statute of this state or of the United\nStates or any regulation, proclamation or order issued under said\nstatutes, then the giving of such notice or communication to such person\nshall not be required and there shall be no duty to apply for license or\nother permission to do so.  Any affidavit, certificate or other\ninstrument which is required to be made or filed as proof of the giving\nof any notice or communication required under this chapter shall, if\nsuch notice or communication to any person is dispensed with under this\nparagraph, include a statement that such notice or communication was not\ngiven to any person with whom communication is unlawful.  Such\naffidavit, certificate or other instrument shall be as effective for all\npurposes as though such notice or communication had been personally\ngiven to such person.\n  (c)  Whenever any notice or communication is required or permitted by\nthis chapter to be given by mail, it shall, except as otherwise\nexpressly provided in this chapter, be mailed to the person to whom it\nis directed at the address designated by him for that purpose or, if\nnone is designated, at his last known address.  Such notice or\ncommunication is given when deposited, with postage thereon prepaid, in\na post office or official depository under the exclusive care and\ncustody of the United States post office department.  Such mailing shall\nbe by first class mail except where otherwise required by this chapter.\n
N.Y. EXC Law § 164 — New York Code / Act EXC / Article 7 / Section 164
Reports by and to the department
Status: in_force

§ 164. Reports by and to the department.  Each department, other than\nthe executive department, shall make an annual report to the governor\nand legislature on or before the fifteenth day of May, for the preceding\ncalendar year. It shall contain such information concerning the\ndepartment and its several divisions, bureaus, offices, agencies and\ninstitutions, and their activities and affairs, and such\nrecommendations, as the head of the department shall deem necessary or\nproper, and any matters required by express provision of law to be\nincluded in such report. A department also shall make such other and\nspecial reports as the governor or either house of the legislature may\nrequire. From time to time, the head of a department may require from\nany board, commission or other body in the department or from any\nsubordinate officer or employee, division or bureau of the department,\nor from any institution subject to the supervision of the department, or\nfrom any agency of the department, such reports or information as such\nhead may deem necessary. Unless expressly authorized by the head of the\ndepartment, there shall be hereafter no separate report, annual or\notherwise, directly to the legislature or governor by any such board,\ncommission, body, officer, division, bureau, institution or agency\nnotwithstanding any existing provision of law authorizing or requiring\nsuch report.\n
N.Y. FCT Law § 835 — New York Code / Act FCT / Article 8 / Part 3 / Section 835
Sequence of hearings
Status: in_force

§ 835. Sequence of hearings. (a) Upon completion of the fact-finding\nhearing, the dispositional hearing may commence immediately after the\nrequired findings are made.\n  (b) Reports prepared by the probation service for use by the court at\nany time prior to the making of an order of disposition shall be deemed\nconfidential information furnished to the court which the court in a\nproper case may, in its discretion, withhold from or disclose in whole\nor in part to the child's attorney, counsel, party in interest, or other\nappropriate person. Such reports may not be furnished to the court prior\nto the completion of a fact-finding hearing, but may be used in a\ndispositional hearing.\n
N.Y. ACA Law § 8.13 — New York Code / Act ACA / Title B / Article 8 / Section 8.13
New York state Edith Wharton citation of merit for fiction writers
Status: in_force

§ 8.13. New York state Edith Wharton citation of merit for fiction\nwriters. 1. The governor shall biennially present the New York state\nEdith Wharton citation of merit to a distinguished New York author upon\nthe recommendation of the panel constituted in this section. The author\nselected shall be considered the state author and the citation shall\ncarry an honorarium of ten thousand dollars.\n  2. The institute shall biennially appoint and convene an advisory\npanel of distinguished authors and persons with particular expertise in\nthe field of fiction. The director of the institute shall be a permanent\nmember of the advisory panel and each current state author shall serve\nas a member of the panel in choosing the recipient of the next New York\nstate Edith Wharton citation of merit. The panel shall recommend to the\ngovernor an author whose achievements make him or her deserving of such\nrecognition.\n  3. The state author shall promote and encourage fiction within the\nstate and shall give two public readings within the state each year.\n  4. The institute shall establish such procedures and guidelines as are\nnecessary to effect the provisions of this section.\n