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N.Y. ISC Law § 2601 — New York Code / Act ISC / Article 26 / Section 2601
Unfair claim settlement practices; penalties
Status: in_force

§ 2601. Unfair claim settlement practices; penalties. (a) No insurer\ndoing business in this state shall engage in unfair claim settlement\npractices. Any of the following acts by an insurer, if committed without\njust cause and performed with such frequency as to indicate a general\nbusiness practice, shall constitute unfair claim settlement practices:\n  (1) knowingly misrepresenting to claimants pertinent facts or policy\nprovisions relating to coverages at issue;\n  (2) failing to acknowledge with reasonable promptness pertinent\ncommunications as to claims arising under its policies;\n  (3) failing to adopt and implement reasonable standards for the prompt\ninvestigation of claims arising under its policies;\n  (4) not attempting in good faith to effectuate prompt, fair and\nequitable settlements of claims submitted in which liability has become\nreasonably clear, except where there is a reasonable basis supported by\nspecific information available for review by the department that the\nclaimant has caused the loss to occur by arson. After receiving a\nproperly executed proof of loss, the insurer shall advise the claimant\nof acceptance or denial of the claim within thirty working days;\n  (5) compelling policyholders to institute suits to recover amounts due\nunder its policies by offering substantially less than the amounts\nultimately recovered in suits brought by them;\n  (6) failing to promptly disclose coverage pursuant to subsection (d)\nor subparagraph (A) of paragraph two of subsection (f) of section three\nthousand four hundred twenty of this chapter;\n  (7) submitting reasonably rendered claims to the independent dispute\nresolution process established under article six of the financial\nservices law; or\n  (8) artificially deflating or otherwise lowering cost data used for\nadjusted claims, or using cost data that is not appropriate for the\nregion of the state where the loss occurred; this shall include but is\nnot limited to claims adjusted by a person issued a temporary permit\npursuant to subsection (n) of section two thousand one hundred eight of\nthis chapter.\n  (b) Evidence as to numbers and types of complaints to the department\nagainst an insurer and as to the department's complaint experience with\nother insurers writing similar lines of insurance shall be admissible in\nevidence in any administrative or judicial proceeding under this section\nor article twenty-four or seventy-four of this chapter, but no insurer\nshall be deemed in violation of this section solely by reason of the\nnumbers and types of such complaints.\n  (c) If it is found, after notice and an opportunity to be heard, that\nan insurer has violated this section, each instance of noncompliance\nwith subsection (a) hereof may be treated as a separate violation of\nthis section for purposes of ordering a monetary penalty pursuant to\nsubsection (b) of section one hundred nine of this chapter. A violation\nof this section shall not be a misdemeanor.\n
N.Y. RCO Law § 167 — New York Code / Act RCO / Article 8 / Section 167
Meetings of trustees
Status: in_force

§ 167. Meetings of trustees.  Meetings of the trustees of any such\nincorporated church shall be called by giving at least twenty-four\nhours' notice thereof personally or by mail to all the trustees; and\nsuch notice may be given by two of the trustees; but by the unanimous\nconsent of the trustees, a meeting may be held without previous notice\nthereof. A majority of the whole number of trustees shall constitute a\nquorum for the transaction of business, at any meeting lawfully\nconvened.\n
N.Y. UDC Law § 201 — New York Code / Act UDC / Article 2 / Section 201
Jurisdiction; in general
Status: in_force

§ 201. Jurisdiction; in general.\n  The court shall have jurisdiction as set forth in this article and as\nelsewhere provided by law. The phrase "$15,000", whenever it appears\nherein, shall be taken to mean "$15,000 exclusive of interest and\ncosts".\n
N.Y. TAX Law § 1341 — New York Code / Act TAX / Article 30-B / Section 1341
Withholding requirement
Status: in_force

§ 1341. Withholding requirement. Withholding of tax on wages shall\ncommence (i) in the case of a local law enacted in accordance with the\nrequirements of paragraph (i) of subsection (b) of section thirteen\nhundred forty of this article, not later than January first, nineteen\nhundred eighty-five, and (ii) in the case of a local law enacted in\naccordance with the requirements of paragraph (ii) of such subsection,\nnot later than the effective date of such local law or ninety days after\nthe date of enactment of such local law, whichever is later.\n
N.Y. AGM Law § 90-H — New York Code / Act AGM / Article 5 / Section 90-H
Violations; remedies
Status: in_force

§ 90-h. Violations; remedies.  The commissioner may institute such\naction at law or in equity as may appear necessary to enforce compliance\nwith any provision of the statutes, rules and orders committed to his\nadministration in regard to animal health permits and infectious or\ncommunicable disease affecting domestic animals, and in addition to any\nother remedy under article three of this chapter or otherwise may apply\nfor relief by injunction if necessary to protect the public interest\nwithout being compelled to allege or prove that an adequate remedy at\nlaw does not exist. Such application may be made to the supreme court in\nany district or county as provided in the civil practice law and rules,\nor to the supreme court in the third judicial district.\n
N.Y. PEN Law § 265.55 — New York Code / Act PEN / Part 3 / Title P / Article 265 / Section 265.55
Criminal possession of an undetectable firearm, rifle or shotgun
Status: in_force

§ 265.55 Criminal possession of an undetectable firearm, rifle or\n             shotgun.\n  A person is guilty of criminal possession of an undetectable firearm,\nrifle or shotgun when he or she knowingly possesses:\n  1. any firearm, rifle or shotgun that, after the removal of grips,\nstocks and magazines, is not detectable by a metal detector calibrated\nto detect the Security Exemplar, as defined pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §\n922(p); or\n  2. any major component of a firearm, rifle or shotgun that, if subject\nto the types of detection devices commonly used at airports for security\nscreening, does not generate an image that adequately displays the shape\nof the component.\n  Criminal possession of an undetectable firearm, rifle or shotgun is a\nclass E felony.\n
N.Y. MHY Law § 41.05 — New York Code / Act MHY / Title E / Article 41 / Section 41.05
Local governmental unit
Status: in_force

§ 41.05 Local governmental unit.\n  (a) To be eligible for state aid pursuant to this chapter, a local\ngovernment shall establish a local governmental unit, which shall be an\nidentifiable entity within the local government.\n  (b) Each local governmental unit shall have a community services board\nfor services to individuals with mental illness, developmental\ndisabilities and those suffering from alcoholism and substance abuse\nwhich shall have separate subcommittees for mental health, developmental\ndisabilities, and alcoholism, except that, at the discretion of the\nlocal government, a subcommittee for alcoholism and substance abuse may\nbe substituted for a subcommittee for alcoholism.\n  (c) Each local governmental unit shall have a director who shall be\nits chief executive officer. Charter governments may vest policy-making\nfunctions in the director or they may vest all or some of such functions\nin the board. In all other cases, the policy-making functions shall vest\nin the board.\n  (d) Applications to the state for aid pursuant to this chapter shall\nbe made by the respective local govermental units, except that an\napplication for capital costs may be made by a voluntary agency in\naccordance with the provisions of this article.\n  (e) Each local governmental unit shall direct and administer a local\ncomprehensive planning process for its geographic area, consistent with\nestablished statewide goals and objectives. All providers of services\nand department facilities shall participate in and provide information\nfor this planning process. The department shall provide technical\nassistance as may be requested by such local governmental units, within\navailable resources.\n
N.Y. REL Law § 70 — New York Code / Act REL / Article 7 / Section 70
Construction
Status: in_force

§ 70. Construction. This chapter shall be construed liberally. The\nenumeration of any object, purpose, power, manner, method, or thing\nshall not be deemed to exclude like or similar objects, purposes,\npowers, manners, methods or things.\n
N.Y. PEN Law § 70.35 — New York Code / Act PEN / Part 2 / Title E / Article 70 / Section 70.35
Merger of certain definite and indeterminate or determinate sentences
Status: in_force

* § 70.35 Merger of certain definite and indeterminate or determinate\n              sentences.\n  The service of an indeterminate or determinate sentence of\nimprisonment shall satisfy any definite sentence of imprisonment imposed\non a person for an offense committed prior to the time the indeterminate\nor determinate sentence was imposed, except as provided in paragraph (b)\nof subdivision five of section 70.25 of this article. A person who is\nserving a definite sentence at the time an indeterminate or determinate\nsentence is imposed shall be delivered to the custody of the state\ndepartment of corrections and community supervision to commence service\nof the indeterminate or determinate sentence immediately unless the\nperson is serving a definite sentence pursuant to paragraph (b) of\nsubdivision five of section 70.25 of this article. In any case where the\nindeterminate or determinate sentence is revoked or vacated, the person\nshall receive credit against the definite sentence for each day spent in\nthe custody of the state department of corrections and community\nsupervision.\n  * NB Effective until September 1, 2027\n* § 70.35 Merger of certain definite and indeterminate sentences.\n  The service of an indeterminate sentence of imprisonment shall satisfy\nany definite sentence of imprisonment imposed on a person for an offense\ncommitted prior to the time the indeterminate sentence was imposed,\nexcept as provided in paragraph (b) of subdivision five of section 70.25\nof this article. A person who is serving a definite sentence at the time\nan indeterminate sentence is imposed shall be delivered to the custody\nof the state department of corrections and community supervision to\ncommence service of the indeterminate sentence immediately unless the\nperson is serving a definite sentence pursuant to paragraph (b) of\nsubdivision five of section 70.25 of this article. In any case where the\nindeterminate sentence is revoked or vacated, the person shall receive\ncredit against the definite sentence for each day spent in the custody\nof the state department of corrections and community supervision.\n  * NB Effective September 1, 2027\n
N.Y. VIL Law § 17-1700 — New York Code / Act VIL / Article 17 / Section 17-1700
Application
Status: in_force

§ 17-1700 Application. This article shall apply to any village which\nhas been or may hereafter be incorporated to embrace the entire\nterritory of a town, to any village which has annexed or may hereinafter\nannex territory to embrace the entire territory of a town, and to any\ntown which has been or may hereafter be created to be coterminous with\nany village.\n
N.Y. GCT Law § 62 — New York Code / Act GCT / Article 4-A / Section 62
Key space
Status: in_force

§ 62. Key space. All ceilings, stud partitions and furred walls in\ntenements, apartments, hospitals, schools, and other public buildings\nwhere plastered with lime on wood lath shall have not less than\nthree-eighths space between lath. All grounds and jambs shall mean not\nless than seven-eighths from the stud.\n
N.Y. HAY Law § 343-U*8 — New York Code / Act HAY / Article 12 / Section 343-U*8
Portion of the state highway system to be designated as the "General Henry Halleck Memorial Bridge"
Status: in_force

* § 343-u. Portion of the state highway system to be designated as the\n"General Henry Halleck Memorial Bridge". The bridge on\nStokes-Westernville Road crossing the Mohawk River in the county of\nOneida shall be designated and known as the "General Henry Halleck\nMemorial Bridge".\n  * NB There are 8 § 343-u's\n
N.Y. UDC Law § 306 — New York Code / Act UDC / Article 3 / Section 306
Change of venue; procedure
Status: in_force

§ 306. Change of venue; procedure.\n  The bringing of an action or proceeding in the wrong district in the\ncounty shall not be deemed a jurisdictional defect, but the court may of\nits own motion, and must on the motion of a party defendant, transfer\nthe action or proceeding to a proper district in the county. The motion\nby the defendant for such relief must be made in writing and on notice\nand must be filed with the clerk before or at joinder of issue. It must\nspecify the district in the county to which the defendant desires the\naction or proceeding to be transferred and must state under oath facts\nshowing that ground exists for such transfer. In the absence of timely\nmotion by the defendant, he shall be deemed to have waived any objection\nrelating to proper venue.\n
N.Y. PBB Law § 24 — New York Code / Act PBB / Article 2 / Section 24
Application of article to mental hygiene construction
Status: in_force

§ 24. Application of article to mental hygiene construction.  The\nprovisions of this article shall not apply to the department of mental\nhygiene or to mental hygiene facilities constructed, acquired,\nreconstructed, rehabilitated or improved pursuant to the health and\nmental hygiene facilities improvement act, or to contracts entered into\nby the trustees of the health and mental hygiene facilities improvement\ncorporation or by the state housing finance agency in relation thereto,\nor to real property held in the name of the state for the corporate\npurposes of such corporation, except that the provisions of this article\nshall apply, so far as practicable, to such mental hygiene facilities or\nreal property as are constructed, acquired, reconstructed, rehabilitated\nor improved by the commissioner of general services under an agreement\nmade with the trustees of the health and mental hygiene facilities\nimprovement corporation; and except further that nothing herein\ncontained shall be deemed to affect the power of the department of\nmental hygiene or the trustees of the health and mental hygiene\nfacilities improvement corporation to enter into any short form contract\nin accordance with section twenty of this chapter for minor work of\nconstruction, reconstruction, alteration, or repair of any mental\nhygiene facility being used by the said department or under the\njurisdiction of the said trustees.\n
N.Y. ABC Law § 92 — New York Code / Act ABC / Article 7 / Section 92
Alcohol permit
Status: in_force

§ 92. Alcohol permit. 1. The liquor authority is hereby authorized to\nissue special permits for the purchase of alcohol to the superintendent,\nor duly authorized officer, of a hospital, museum, laboratory, art,\ncharitable, educational, or similar public institution, or to a drug\nstore, or licensed physician, dentist, veterinarian, optometrist and\nchiropodist, or to a manufacturing establishment using alcohol in its\nprocesses of manufacture.\n  2. Such permit shall be issued in such form as prescribed by the\nliquor authority and shall permit the purchase and use of such alcohol\nfor the purpose named in such permit and in accordance with the terms\nand conditions thereof and the rules of the liquor authority.\n  3. Such permit shall be issued for a calendar year, and the fee\ntherefor shall be six dollars per year or for any part thereof.\n  4. Any person who shall knowingly sell any alcohol for beverage\npurposes or who shall sell the same under circumstances from which he\nmight reasonably deduce the intention of the purchaser to use it for\nsuch purposes, shall be subject to the penalties provided for in this\nchapter.\n
N.Y. EXC Law § 257-B — New York Code / Act EXC / Article 12-A / Section 257-B
Conditional releasees; duties of supervision
Status: in_force

§ 257-b. Conditional releasees; duties of supervision. 1. It shall be\nthe duty of every probation officer to furnish each person who has been\nordered to his or her supervision pursuant to subdivision two of section\n70.40 of the penal law, with a statement of the conditions of release\nand to instruct such person with regard thereto; to keep informed\nconcerning such person's conduct, habits, associates, employments,\nrecreation and whereabouts; to contact such person pursuant to rules and\nregulations promulgated by the division; to aid and encourage such\nperson by friendly advice and admonition and, by such other measures as\nmay seem most suitable, to bring about improvement in such person's\nconduct, condition and general attitude toward society.\n  2. Probation officers shall report to the head of the local probation\ndepartment who shall in turn report in writing to the local conditional\nrelease commission having custody of such person at least monthly\nconcerning the conduct and condition of persons conditionally released\npursuant to subdivision two of section 70.40 of the penal law; keep\nrecords of their work as probation officers; keep accurate and complete\naccounts of all money collected from such persons; give receipts\ntherefor and make prompt returns thereof at least monthly; aid in\nsecuring employment; perform such other duties in connection with the\nsupervision of such persons as may be required by rules and regulations\npromulgated by the division; and make any other reports to the division\nas it may require.\n  3. If at any time during the period of supervision, a probation\nofficer has reasonable cause to believe a person conditionally released\npursuant to subdivision two of section 70.40 of the penal law has lapsed\ninto criminal ways or company, or has violated one or more conditions of\nhis or her release, such probation officer shall report such fact to a\nmember of the local conditional release commission having custody of\nsuch person.\n
N.Y. TWN Law § 263 — New York Code / Act TWN / Article 16 / Section 263
Purposes in view
Status: in_force

§ 263. Purposes in view. Such regulations shall be made in accordance\nwith a comprehensive plan and designed to lessen congestion in the\nstreets; to secure safety from fire, flood, panic and other dangers; to\npromote health and general welfare; to provide adequate light and air;\nto prevent the overcrowding of land; to avoid undue concentration of\npopulation; to make provision for, so far as conditions may permit, the\naccommodation of solar thermal, photovoltaics, wind, hydroelectric,\ngeothermal electric, geothermal ground source heat, tidal energy, wave\nenergy, ocean thermal, farm waste electric generating equipment as\ndefined in paragraph (e) of subdivision one of section sixty-six-j of\nthe public service law, and fuel cells; to facilitate the practice of\nforestry; to facilitate the adequate provision of transportation, water,\nsewerage, schools, parks and other public requirements. Such regulations\nshall be made with reasonable consideration, among other things, as to\nthe character of the district and its peculiar suitability for\nparticular uses, and with a view to conserving the value of buildings\nand encouraging the most appropriate use of land throughout such\nmunicipality.\n
N.Y. CVP Law § 1210 — New York Code / Act CVP / Article 12 / Section 1210
Guardian of infant
Status: in_force

Rule 1210. Guardian of infant. (a) Petition for appointment; by whom\npresented; contents. An infant, if of the age of fourteen years or more,\nor a relative or friend of an infant, may present a petition to the\ncourt for appointment of a guardian. The petition shall state the age\nand residence of the infant, the name and residence of any living parent\nand of the person proposed as guardian, the relationship if any which\nsuch person bears to the infant, and the nature, status and value of the\ninfant's estate.\n  (b) Hearing. The court shall ascertain the age of the infant, the\namount of his personal property, the gross amount or value of the rents\nand profits of his real estate during his minority, and the sufficiency\nof the security offered by the proposed guardian. If the infant is of\nthe age of fourteen years or more, the court shall examine him as to his\nvoluntary nomination of or preference for a suitable guardian; if he is\nunder the age of fourteen, the court shall select and appoint a suitable\nguardian.\n  (c) Undertaking. The court shall make an order requiring or dispensing\nwholly or partly with an undertaking, in an amount and according to the\nconditions set forth in section seventeen hundred eight of the\nsurrogate's court procedure act.\n  (d) Direction as to management of estate. The court in its discretion\nmay direct that the principal of the estate or any part of it be\ninvested in bonds of the state of New York or of the United States, or\ninvested in bonds or other obligations of any county, city, town,\nvillage or school district of the state of New York, or deposited with\nany bank, trust company, insured savings and loan association or insured\nsavings bank or insured state or federal credit union which has been\ndesignated as a depository for such fund; or invested in a bond and\nmortgage on unincumbered and improved property within the state, having\na value, to be shown to the satisfaction of the court, of at least\ndouble the amount of principal invested, for the benefit of the infant,\nand may direct that only the interest or income be received by the\nguardian.\n  (e) Filing of certified copy of order of appointment. Upon the\nappointment of a guardian of the person or property, or both, of an\ninfant, the guardian shall file a certified copy of the order of his\nappointment with the clerk of the surrogate's court of the county in\nwhich he has been appointed.\n
N.Y. COM Law § 428 — New York Code / Act COM / Article 20 / Section 428
Reporting
Status: in_force

§ 428. Reporting. 1. Each participant must submit a performance report\nannually, in such form as the commissioner may require, within thirty\ndays of the end of their taxable year.\n  2. The commissioner shall prepare on a quarterly basis a program\nreport for posting on the department's website. The first report will be\ndue June thirtieth, two thousand thirteen, and every three months\nthereafter. Such report shall include, but not be limited to, the\nfollowing: number of applicants; number of participants approved; names\nof participants; total amount of benefits certified; benefits received\nper participant; total number of retained jobs; and such other\ninformation as the commissioner determines.\n