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N.Y. DOM Law § 249 — New York Code / Act DOM / Article 13 / Section 249
Trial preferences in matrimonial actions
Status: in_force

§ 249. Trial preferences in matrimonial actions. Upon motion of either\nparty or upon its own motion, the court may direct that any action or\nproceeding brought (1) to annul a marriage or to declare the nullity of\na void marriage, or (2) for a separation, or (3) for a divorce, or (4)\nto enjoin the prosecution in any other jurisdiction of an action for\ndivorce, be placed forthwith by the clerk on the supreme court calendar\nand be entitled to preference in the trial thereof, in accordance with\nRule 3403 of the civil practice law and rules, provided that in the\ncourts' discretion, justice so requires. Such direction may be made by\nseparate order or in any order granted in any such action or proceeding\nupon any application made pursuant to sections two hundred thirty-six,\ntwo hundred thirty-seven or two hundred forty of this article.\n  Such direction, in the event no note of issue has been previously\nfiled with the clerk, may also require either party to file with the\nclerk proof of service of the summons, two copies of the note of issue\nand such other data as may be required.\n
N.Y. RPP Law § 344-F — New York Code / Act RPP / Article 9-E / Section 344-F
Time of conversion
Status: in_force

* § 344-f. Time of conversion. (a) A manufactured home shall be\nconsidered real property as provided in section three hundred\nforty-four-g of this article when an application to surrender a\nmanufacturer's certificate of origin pursuant to section twenty-one\nhundred seventeen-a of the vehicle and traffic law, an application to\nsurrender a certificate of title pursuant to section twenty-one hundred\nseventeen-b of the vehicle and traffic law, or an application for\nconfirmation of conversion pursuant to section twenty-one hundred\nseventeen-c of the vehicle and traffic law is delivered to and accepted\nby the commissioner of motor vehicles.\n  (b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of this section, a manufactured\nhome shall be considered real property as provided in section three\nhundred forty-four-g of this article if an application to surrender a\nmanufacturer's certificate of origin pursuant to section twenty-one\nhundred seventeen-a of the vehicle and traffic law, an application to\nsurrender a certificate of title pursuant to section twenty-one hundred\nseventeen-b of the vehicle and traffic law, or an application for\nconfirmation of conversion pursuant to section twenty-one hundred\nseventeen-c of the vehicle and traffic law is delivered to the\ncommissioner of motor vehicles within thirty days of recording the\nrelated affidavit of affixation with the recording officer in the county\nin which the real property to which the manufactured home is or shall be\naffixed and the application is thereafter accepted by the commissioner,\nthe requirements of this section shall be deemed satisfied as of the\ndate the affidavit of affixation is recorded.\n  * NB Effective December 12, 2026\n
N.Y. MHY Law § 19.27 — New York Code / Act MHY / Title D / Article 19 / Section 19.27
Methamphetamine awareness and education program
Status: in_force

§ 19.27 Methamphetamine awareness and education program.\n  The office shall serve as the principle source for the statewide\ndissemination of information on methamphetamines. The office shall\nestablish a methamphetamine awareness and education program that shall\ninclude but not be limited to providing information about the dangers of\nmethamphetamine production and use and how to report suspected\nmethamphetamine laboratories. Such information shall be made available\nto the following individuals and groups: chemical dependence prevention\nprograms; child protective services; social services; schools;\ncommunity-based organizations; chemical dependence treatment programs;\nhealth care providers; emergency services personnel (including police,\nfire fighters and ambulance personnel); and other entities or\nindividuals deemed appropriate by the office.\n
N.Y. PEN Law § 190.82 — New York Code / Act PEN / Part 3 / Title K / Article 190 / Section 190.82
Unlawful possession of personal identification information in the second degree
Status: in_force

§ 190.82 Unlawful possession of personal identification information in\n           the second degree.\n  A person is guilty of unlawful possession of personal identification\ninformation in the second degree when he or she knowingly possesses two\nhundred fifty or more items of personal identification information of\nthe following nature: a person's financial services account number or\ncode, savings account number or code, checking account number or code,\nbrokerage account number or code, credit card account number or code,\ndebit card number or code, automated teller machine number or code,\npersonal identification number, mother's maiden name, computer system\npassword, electronic signature or unique biometric data that is a\nfingerprint, voice print, retinal image or iris image of another person\nknowing such information is intended to be used in furtherance of the\ncommission of a crime defined in this chapter.\n  Unlawful possession of personal identification information in the\nsecond degree is a class E felony.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 3622 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 36 / Section 3622
Separability
Status: in_force

§ 3622. Separability. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision,\nsection or part of this article shall be adjudged by any court of\ncompetent jurisdiction to be invalid, the judgment shall not affect,\nimpair, or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in\nits operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, section\nor part thereof directly involved in the controversy in which the\njudgment shall have been rendered.\n
N.Y. NAV Law § 33 — New York Code / Act NAV / Article 3 / Section 33
Deposit of refuse in navigable waters of the state
Status: in_force

§ 33. Deposit of refuse in navigable waters of the state. No person\nshall drain, deposit or cast any dead animal, carrion, offal, excrement,\ngarbage or other putrid or offensive matter into the navigable waters of\nthe state or any tidewaters bordering on or lying within the boundaries\nof Nassau and Suffolk counties, except as the same may be authorized by\nthe state department of health. Every person violating the provisions of\nthis section shall upon conviction by any court of competent\njurisdiction be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not to\nexceed one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment of not more than one\nyear, or by both such fine and imprisonment for each offense.  The\ndistrict attorney of the county, in which the offense is committed or\nexists, is authorized and directed to prosecute such offender or\noffenders.\n
N.Y. STF Law § 119 — New York Code / Act STF / Article 7 / Section 119
Statement of joint accounts
Status: in_force

§ 119. Statement of joint accounts. The comptroller may, in his\ndiscretion, settle separately the accounts of one or more persons\nreceiving moneys of the state for which they are accountable to the\nstate. In such case no person shall plead as a defense to an action\nbrought for a balance certified to be due from him, the non-joinder of\nany other person, or give in evidence upon the trial thereof the fact\nthat any other person was concerned with him in the receipt or\nexpenditure of such moneys.\n
N.Y. GMU Law § 204-E — New York Code / Act GMU / Article 10 / Section 204-E
Unauthorized destruction of property
Status: in_force

§ 204-e. Unauthorized destruction of property. No individual or\ncorporation having a possessory or proprietary interest in a building or\nmotor vehicle within the meaning of section 150.05 of the penal law\nshall ignite a fire or cause an explosion in such building or motor\nvehicle without the prior written permission of the chief of the local\ndepartment or fire company with the responsibility to respond to a fire\ncall, or the chief's designee.\n
N.Y. TRA Law § 174 — New York Code / Act TRA / Article 8 / Section 174
Issuance of permanent certificate
Status: in_force

§ 174. Issuance of permanent certificate. 1. A permanent certificate\nto operate as a common carrier of property may be issued by the\ncommissioner to a qualified applicant with or without hearing, but upon\nnotice to all interested parties, authorizing such applicant to provide\ntransportation as a common carrier of property. Applications for a\npermanent certificate shall contain such information as the commissioner\nby regulation may prescribe. The application for a permanent certificate\nshall be granted if the commissioner finds that:\n  (a) the applicant is fit, willing and able to provide the\ntransportation to be authorized by the certificate and to comply with\nthis chapter and the regulations of the commissioner; and\n  (b) that the service proposed will be required by the present or\nfuture public convenience and necessity.\n  2. The provisions of paragraph (b) of subdivision one of this section\nshall not apply to applications for authority to provide transportation\nof shipments weighing one hundred pounds or less when transported in a\nmotor vehicle in which no one package exceeds one hundred pounds.\n  3. No permanent certificate issued under this section shall confer any\nproprietary or property rights in the use of the highways.\n
N.Y. CVP Law § 4107 — New York Code / Act CVP / Article 41 / Section 4107
Judge present at examination of jurors
Status: in_force

Rule 4107. Judge present at examination of jurors. On application of\nany party, a judge shall be present at the examination of the jurors.\n
N.Y. EPT Law § 2-1.5 — New York Code / Act EPT / Article 2 / Part 1 / Section 2-1.5
Advancements and their adjustment
Status: in_force

§ 2-1.5 Advancements and their adjustment\n  (a) An advancement is an irrevocable gift intended by the donor as an\nanticipatory distribution in complete or partial satisfaction of the\ninterest of the donee in the donor's estate, either as distributee in\nintestacy or as beneficiary under an existing will of the donor.\n  (b) No advancement shall affect the distribution of the estate of the\ndonor unless proved by a writing contemporaneous therewith signed by the\ndonor evidencing his intention that the gift be treated as an\nadvancement, or by the donee acknowledging that such was the intention.\n  (c) When so proved, the advancement is part of the estate of the donor\nfor the purpose of distribution. If such advancement is equal to or\ngreater than the interest of the donee, whether in intestacy or under\nthe will, such donee or his successor in interest may not share in the\ndistribution of the estate; but if less than such intestate share or\ntestamentary interest, the donee or his successor in interest may take\nhis intestate share or testamentary interest reduced by the amount of\nthe advancement.\n  (d) Unless otherwise provided in a writing contemporaneous with the\nadvancement and signed by the donor:\n  (1) An advancement, made as provided in this section, may be adjusted\nout of the property of the donor in such manner as may be equitable.\n  (2) The advancement shall have the value at which it is appraised for\nestate tax purposes, or, if not included in the gross taxable estate of\nthe donor, the value at which it would have been appraised if included\ntherein.\n  (e) Nothing in this section shall increase or decrease the elective\nshare of a surviving spouse under either 5-1.1 or 5-1.1-A except to the\nextent authorized by paragraph (b) of those sections.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 750-E — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 35-C / Section 750-E
License; application
Status: in_force

§ 750-e. License; application. 1. Any person desiring a license to\nengage in the business of operating a pet cemetery or pet crematorium\nunder this article may make application to the secretary of state\ntherefor. The application shall be subscribed by the applicant and\naffirmed by him or her as true under the penalties of perjury.  Such\napplication shall be in a form as the secretary of state shall prescribe\nsetting forth:\n  (a) The name and address of the applicant: if an individual, the name\nunder which he or she intends to conduct business; if a partnership, the\nname and business address of each member thereof, and the name under\nwhich business is to be conducted; if a corporation; the name of the\ncorporation and the name and business address of each stockholder of the\ncorporation holding stock interest of more than ten per centum.\n  (b) The place or places, including the complete address or addresses\nwhere the business is to be conducted.\n  (c) A summary of all relevant experience of all persons listed in\nparagraph (a) of this subdivision in the operation of a cemetery, pet\ncemetery, crematorium, pet crematorium and/or the management of funds.\n  (d) Satisfactory evidence of good moral character.\n  (e) Such further information as the secretary of state may prescribe\nby rule or regulation.\n  2. The secretary of state shall not issue a license to any person who:\n  (a) has had their license to operate a pet cemetery or pet crematorium\nsuspended or revoked by the secretary of state; or\n  (b) has been convicted within the last five years of a felony under\nthe laws of this state involving fraud, bribery, perjury, or theft or\nhas been convicted under the laws of any other state or of the United\nStates of a criminal offense which, if committed and prosecuted in this\nstate, would constitute a similar felony under such laws of this state.\n  3. Any person who has had an application for a license rejected by the\nsecretary of state may appeal such determination pursuant to section\nseven hundred fifty-i of this article.\n
N.Y. ISC Law § 3232-A — New York Code / Act ISC / Article 32 / Section 3232-A
Certification of creditable coverage
Status: in_force

§ 3232-a. Certification of creditable coverage. (a) Every insurer who\ndelivers or issues for delivery individual health insurance policies or\ngroup or blanket accident and health insurance policies shall provide to\ncovered individuals written certification, in a form as the\nsuperintendent may approve, of:\n  (1) the period of creditable coverage, as defined in section three\nthousand two hundred thirty-two of this article, of the individual under\nsuch policy and any continuation coverage of the individual pursuant to\nstate or federal law; and\n  (2) any waiting period or affiliation period (if applicable) imposed\nwith respect to the individual for any coverage under the policy.\n  (b) The insurer shall provide such written certification:\n  (1) at the time an individual ceases to be covered under the policy,\nincluding any period of time such individual was covered pursuant to any\nright of continuation under such policy; and\n  (2) on the request on behalf of an individual made not later than\ntwenty-four months after the date of cessation of the coverage described\nin paragraph one of this subsection.\n  (c) In the event of an election by an insurer or a group health plan\nto count the period of creditable coverage based on coverage of benefits\nwithin classes or categories of benefits as provided in state or federal\nlaw, if that insurer or group health plan enrolls an individual for\ncoverage under its policy or plan and such individual provides written\ncertification of coverage of the individual pursuant to subsection (a)\nof this section, then upon request of such insurer or group health plan,\nthe insurer that issued the certification of coverage so provided by the\nindividual shall promptly disclose to such requesting insurer or group\nhealth plan information on coverage of classes and categories of health\nbenefits available under its policy. An insurer disclosing such\ninformation may charge the requesting plan or insurer for the reasonable\ncost of such disclosure.\n  (d) An insurer who delivers or issues for delivery group or blanket\naccident and health insurance policies is deemed to have satisfied the\nrequirements of subsection (a) of this section if the policyholder by\nwritten agreement with the insurer actually provides the written\ncertification in accordance with this section.\n
N.Y. PBG Law § 33 — New York Code / Act PBG / Article 3 / Section 33
Transfer of officers and employees
Status: in_force

§ 33. Transfer of officers and employees.  Officers and employees of\nany board or department in or of the municipality, selected by the\nauthority, who shall theretofore have passed a civil service examination\nwith reference to the position they then hold, may be transferred with\nthe consent of such board or department to the authority, and shall be\neligible for such transfer and appointment, without examination, and\ntheir salaries or compensation shall, during the effective period of\nsuch transfer, be paid by the authority. The officers and employees of\nsuch municipality transferred to the authority pursuant to the\nprovisions of this section, who are members or beneficiaries of any\nexisting pension or retirement system, shall continue to have the\nrights, privileges, obligations and status with respect to such system\nor systems, but during the period of their employment by the authority\nall contributions to any pension or retirement fund or system on account\nof such officers or employees which would, except for such transfer,\nhave been paid by such municipality, shall be paid by the authority; and\nall such employees shall have the same status with respect to their\npositions after transfer to the authority as they had under their\noriginal appointments. Any employee so transferred may be removed by the\nauthority in accordance with the provisions of the civil service law.\n  In addition to the right of reinstatement that such persons so\ntransferred shall have pursuant to the provisions of section thirty-one\nof the civil service law under the circumstances, and in the cases\nprovided in said section, such person shall have the right of\nreinstatement pursuant to said section not only in the service of the\nauthority but also in the service from which such person was\ntransferred.\n
N.Y. TAX Law § 1295 — New York Code / Act TAX / Article 29-B / Section 1295
Records to be kept
Status: in_force

§ 1295. Records to be kept. Every person liable for the state\nassessment fee imposed by this article shall keep:\n  (a) records of every TNC prearranged trip subject to the state\nassessment fee under this article, and of all amounts paid, charged or\ndue thereon, in such form as the commissioner may require;\n  (b) true and complete copies, including electronic copies, of any\nrecords required to be kept by a state agency that is authorized to\npermit or regulate a TNC; and\n  (c) such other records and information as the commissioner may require\nto perform his or her duties under this article.\n
N.Y. RPP Law § 386 — New York Code / Act RPP / Article 12 / Section 386
Form of notice to parties
Status: in_force

§ 386. Form of notice to parties. The notice to be served upon the\nparties to the proceeding required by section three hundred and\neighty-five shall be issued by the order of court and subscribed by the\nregistrar, and shall be in form substantially as follows:\n                       REGISTRATION OF LAND TITLE.\n                   Supreme Court ............ County.\n  In the matter of the petition of (here insert name, place of residence\nwith street number if any, and post-office address of petitioner) to\nregister the title to certain lands described as follows (here insert\ndescription of land).\n  To (here insert the names of all other parties to the proceeding).\n  To all whom it may concern:\n  Pursuant to the order of the Hon. ........ made herein, take notice,\nthat at ........ in said county of ............. on the ........ day of\n..........., nineteen hundred and ........., at ........ o'clock in the\nforenoon the petition above mentioned will be heard and unless you\nappear at said time and place and show cause why such petition shall not\nbe granted, your default will be noted and a decree will be entered\naccording to the prayer of the petition and you will be forever barred\nfrom contesting said petition or any decree entered thereon.\n  Witness Hon. .............., Justice of said court, this ..........\nday of ............, in the year nineteen hundred and ............,\nRegistrar of the county of ..............\n
N.Y. WKC Law § 49-GG — New York Code / Act WKC / Article 3-A / Section 49-GG
Determination of damage risk criteria and standards for the measurement of occupational loss of hearing
Status: in_force

§ 49-gg. Determination of damage risk criteria and standards for the\nmeasurement of occupational loss of hearing. The chairman of the\nworkers' compensation board is authorized and empowered to, and shall,\nappoint and consult with a committee or committees of not less than\nthree nor more than nine outstanding expert consultants familiar with\nthe various aspects of the problem of industrial noise and occupational\nloss of hearing for the purpose of developing their recommendations as\nto the most reliable and acceptable damage risk criteria and standards\nfor the measurement and determination of occupational loss of hearing.\nSuch recommendations shall include but shall not be limited to the\nsubjects of (a) what industrial noise levels may cause occupational loss\nof hearing, (b) frequencies to be used in measuring industrial hearing\nloss, (c) the point below which there is no hearing disability and the\npoint above which the inability to hear shall be deemed total, (d) the\nuse of a monaural or binaural method of computing the percentage loss of\nhearing, (e) proper deductions for presbycusis and other non-industrial\ncauses of deafness and being hard of hearing, and (f) the number of\nexaminations needed to evaluate industrial hearing loss and the fairest\nmethod of determining the loss from the results of successive\nexaminations. The committee or committees of expert consultants so\nappointed by the chairman shall meet and confer with representatives of\nthe workers' compensation board and with representatives of employers\nand employees, and shall thereafter report their findings and\nrecommendations to the workers' compensation board. The workers'\ncompensation board, after giving due consideration to such findings and\nrecommendations, is authorized to adopt reasonable rules, not\ninconsistent with the provisions of this chapter including without\nlimitation section forty-nine-hh of this article, and the labor law,\nprescribing damage risk criteria and standards for the measurement and\ndetermination of occupational loss of hearing. Pending the formulation\nand adoption by the workers' compensation board of such rules, claims\nfor occupational loss of hearing shall be determined upon the basis of\nthe tentative standards and criteria contained in the report, dated\nDecember, nineteen hundred fifty-three of the committee appointed by the\nworkers' compensation board and entitled "Report of the Committee of\nConsultants on Occupational Loss of Hearing."\n