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N.Y. PEN Law § 120.15 — New York Code / Act PEN / Part 3 / Title H / Article 120 / Section 120.15
Menacing in the third degree
Status: in_force

§ 120.15 Menacing in the third degree.\n  A person is guilty of menacing in the third degree when, by physical\nmenace, he or she intentionally places or attempts to place another\nperson in fear of death, imminent serious physical injury or physical\ninjury.\n  Menacing in the third degree is a class B misdemeanor.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 2783 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 27-F / Section 2783
Penalties; immunities
Status: in_force

§ 2783. Penalties; immunities. 1. Any person who shall:\n  (a) perform, or permit or procure the performance of, an HIV related\ntest in violation of section twenty-seven hundred eighty-one of this\narticle; or\n  (b) disclose, or compel another person to disclose, or procure the\ndisclosure of, confidential HIV related information in violation of\nsection twenty-seven hundred eighty-two of this article; shall be\nsubject to a civil penalty not to exceed five thousand dollars for each\noccurrence.  Such penalty may be recovered in the same manner as the\npenalty provided in section twelve of this chapter.\n  2. Any person who willfully commits an act enumerated in subdivision\none of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to the\npenalties provided in section twelve-b of this chapter.\n  3. There shall be no criminal sanction or civil liability on the part\nof, and no cause of action for damages shall arise against any\nphysician, his or her employer, or a physician's designated agent, or\nhealth facility or health care provider with which the physician is\nassociated, or public health officer, on account of:\n  (a) the failure to disclose confidential HIV related information to a\ncontact or person authorized pursuant to law to consent to health care\nfor a protected individual; or\n  (b) the disclosure of confidential HIV related information to a\ncontact or person authorized pursuant to law to consent to health care\nfor a protected individual, when carried out in compliance with this\narticle; or\n  (c) the disclosure of confidential HIV related information to any\nperson, agency, or officer authorized to receive such information, when\ncarried out in good faith and without malice, and in compliance with the\nprovisions of this article; or\n  (d) the municipal health commissioner or district health officer's\nfailure to notify contacts pursuant to this chapter.\n  4. Any cause of action to recover damages based on a failure to\nprovide information, explanations, or counseling prior to the execution\nof a written informed consent, or based on a lack of informed consent in\nthe ordering or performance of an HIV related test in violation of this\narticle shall be governed by the provisions of section two thousand\neight hundred five-d of this chapter.\n
N.Y. CVP Law § 4505 — New York Code / Act CVP / Article 45 / Section 4505
Confidential communication to clergy privileged
Status: in_force

§ 4505. Confidential communication to clergy privileged. Unless the\nperson confessing or confiding waives the privilege, a clergyman, or\nother minister of any religion or duly accredited Christian Science\npractitioner, shall not be allowed disclose a confession or confidence\nmade to him in his professional character as spiritual advisor.\n
N.Y. CPL Law § 520.40 — New York Code / Act CPL / Part 3 / Title P / Article 520 / Section 520.40
Transfer of cash bail from local criminal court to superior court
Status: in_force

§ 520.40  Transfer of cash bail from local criminal court to superior\n             court.\n  When a local criminal court acquires control over the person of an\naccused and such court designates the amount of bail that the accused\nmay post and such bail is posted in cash and subsequently the accused is\narraigned in superior court where bail is fixed by such court, the\naccused may request that the cash bail posted in the local criminal\ncourt be transferred to the superior court. Notice of such request must\nbe given to the person who posted cash bail. Upon such a request the\nsuperior court shall make an order directing the local criminal court to\ntransfer the cash bail that it holds to the superior court for use in\nthe superior court.  If there is an overage, the superior court shall\norder it be paid over to the person who posted the cash bail in the\nlocal criminal court.  If there is a deficiency, the accused shall post\nadditional bail as directed by the superior court.\n
N.Y. UDC Law § 1804 — New York Code / Act UDC / Article 18 / Section 1804
Informal and simplified procedure on small claims
Status: in_force

§ 1804. Informal and simplified procedure on small claims.\n  The court shall conduct hearings upon small claims in such manner as\nto do substantial justice between the parties according to the rules of\nsubstantive law and shall not be bound by statutory provisions or rules\nof practice, procedure, pleading or evidence, except statutory\nprovisions relating to privileged communications and personal\ntransactions or communications with a decedent or person with a mental\nillness. An itemized bill or invoice, receipted or marked paid, or two\nitemized estimates for services or repairs, are admissible in evidence\nand are prima facie evidence of the reasonable value and necessity of\nsuch services and repairs. Disclosure shall be unavailable in small\nclaims procedure except upon order of the court on showing of proper\ncircumstances. In every small claims action, where the claim arises out\nof the conduct of the defendant's business at the hearing on the matter,\nthe judge or arbitrator shall determine the appropriate state or local\nlicensing or certifying authority and any business or professional\nassociation of which the defendant is a member. The provisions of this\nact and the rules of this court, together with the statutes and rules\ngoverning supreme court practice, shall apply to claims brought under\nthis article so far as the same can be made applicable and are not in\nconflict with the provisions of this article; in case of conflict, the\nprovisions of this article shall control.\n
N.Y. GMU Law § 113 — New York Code / Act GMU / Article 5-B / Section 113
Management and operation
Status: in_force

§ 113. Management and operation.  The joint water works system may be\nmanaged and operated by a joint operating agency, by one of the\ncontracting municipalities or by contract with a public authority as the\ncontracting municipalities shall provide. A contract with a public\nauthority shall provide for periodic reports of operations to the\nparticipating municipalities.\n
N.Y. RPA Law § 775 — New York Code / Act RPA / Article 7-A / Section 775
Defenses
Status: in_force

§ 775. Defenses. It shall be a sufficient defense to the proceeding,\nif the owner or any mortgagee or lienor of record establish that:\n  a. The condition or conditions alleged in the petition did not in fact\nexist or that such condition or conditions have been removed or\nremedied; or\n  b. Such condition or conditions has been caused by a petitioning\ntenant or tenants or members of the family or families of such\npetitioner or petitioners or of their guests or by other residents of\nthe dwelling or their families or guests; or\n  c. Any tenant or resident of the dwelling has refused entry to the\nowner or his agent to a portion of the premises for the purpose of\ncorrecting such condition or conditions.\n
N.Y. HAY Law § 344-I*2 — New York Code / Act HAY / Article 12 / Section 344-I*2
Portion of the state highway system to be designated as the "Specialist Allan Milk Memorial Bridge"
Status: in_force

* § 344-i. Portion of the state highway system to be designated as the\n"Specialist Allan Milk Memorial Bridge". The bridge on state route\nninety-seven, crossing over Basket Creek, in the town of Fremont, county\nof Sullivan, shall be designated and known as the "Specialist Allan Milk\nMemorial Bridge".\n  * NB There are 11 § 344-i's\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 2017 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 20-C / Section 2017
Establishment of registry
Status: in_force

§ 2017. Establishment of registry. 1. The department shall establish a\nfrontotemporal degeneration registry for the collection of information\non the rate of clinical diagnoses of FTD disorders. The department shall\nconsult with FTD disorders experts, including neurologists, patients\nliving with FTD disorders, and FTD disorders researchers to assist in\nthe development and implementation of such registry, and to determine\nwhat data shall be collected.\n  2. All information maintained by the department under the provisions\nof this section shall be confidential except as necessary to carry out\nthe provisions of this section and shall not be released for any other\npurpose.\n  3. The department may enter into an agreement to provide data\ncollected in the frontotemporal degeneration registry to the federal\nCenters for Disease Control and Prevention, or successor agency, to\nlocal health officers, or health researchers for the study of FTD\ndisorders for public health and research purposes. Data shall be\nprovided in summary, statistical, aggregate, or other form such that no\nindividual person can be identified.\n  4. On or before January first, two thousand twenty-seven, the\ndepartment shall create and maintain a public website called the "New\nYork state frontotemporal degeneration registry" which shall include\ninformation on the rate of clinical diagnoses of FTD disorders in the\nstate by county, and demographic information on affected patients.\n
N.Y. BNK Law § 648 — New York Code / Act BNK / Article 13-B / Section 648
Agents
Status: in_force

§ 648. Agents. A licensee may conduct its business at one or more\nlocations within this state, as follows:\n  (a) The business may be conducted through or by means of agents as the\nlicensee may from time to time designate or appoint and, in no event,\nshall the business of money transmission be conducted through a\nsubagent.\n  (b) No license under this article shall be required of any agent of a\nlicensee in cases in which such agent is acting on behalf of a licensee\nunder, and in accordance with, an agency contract except as provided in\nsubdivision (c) of this section.\n  (c) An agent, other than a person expressly excepted from the\napplication of this article, who sells or delivers the licensee's checks\nover-the-counter to the public shall not be exempt from licensing under\nthis article if such agent in the ordinary conduct of such business\nreceives or at any time has access to (1) the licensee's checks which,\nhaving been paid, are returned through banking channels or otherwise for\nverification or for reconciliation or accounting with respect thereto or\n(2) bank statements relating to checks so returned. No license under\nthis article shall be required of an agent, including a general or\nmanaging agent, of a licensee who does not directly sell or deliver the\nlicensee's checks over-the-counter to the public.\n
N.Y. RCO Law § 181 — New York Code / Act RCO / Article 9 / Section 181
Rights, powers and limitations
Status: in_force

§ 181. Rights, powers and limitations. Upon the filing of such\ncertificate the persons named therein as trustees, and their successors,\nbeing citizens of the United States and residents of this state, shall\nbe a body politic and corporate, with all the rights, powers and duties,\nand subject to all the restrictions and obligations and other\nprovisions, so far as the same may be applicable and consistent with\nthis article, specified and contained in the act entitled "An act for\nthe incorporation of benevolent, charitable, scientific and missionary\nsocieties," passed April twelfth, eighteen hundred and forty-eight, and\nthe act amending the same, passed April seventh, eighteen hundred and\nforty-nine, except that the limitation in the first of the said acts of\nthe value of real estate that may be held by any society in the city or\ncounty of New York, incorporated under this article, shall not be\napplicable to any church edifice erected or owned by such society, or\nthe lot of ground on which the same may be built; and except that the\nprovision in the first of the said acts, in relation to the personal\nliability of the trustees, shall be applicable only to the trustees who\nshall have assented to the creation of any debt.\n
N.Y. GMU Law § 120-AA — New York Code / Act GMU / Article 6 / Section 120-AA
Source separation and segregation of recyclable or reuseable materials
Status: in_force

§ 120-aa. Source separation and segregation of recyclable or reuseable\nmaterials. 1. The legislature hereby finds that it is in the public\ninterest, in order to further the purposes of the state policy on solid\nwaste management articulated in section 27-0106 of the environmental\nconservation law, for a municipality to adopt a local law or ordinance\nto require the source separation and segregation of recyclable or\nreuseable materials from solid waste.\n  2. a. Pursuant to the authority of this section, no later than\nSeptember first, nineteen hundred ninety-two, a municipality shall adopt\nsuch a local law or ordinance to require that solid waste which has been\nleft for collection or which is delivered by the generator of such waste\nto a solid waste management facility, shall be separated into\nrecyclable, reuseable or other components for which economic markets for\nalternate uses exist.  For purposes of this section, the term "economic\nmarkets" refers to instances in which the full avoided costs of proper\ncollection, transportation and disposal of source separated materials\nare equal to or greater than the cost of collection, transportation and\nsale of said material less the amount received from the sale of said\nmaterial.\n  b. For purposes of this section, "components" shall include paper,\nglass, metals, plastics, garden and yard waste, and may include other\nelements of solid waste.\n  c. Prior to exercising the authority of this section to enact such a\nlocal law or ordinance, the municipality shall hold a public hearing\nrelating to its proposed provisions and shall give due consideration to\nexisting source separation, recycling and other resource recovery\nactivities in the area, to the adequacy of markets for separated\nmaterials, and to any additional effort and expense to be incurred by\nresidents in meeting the proposed separation requirements. The authority\nprovided in this section shall be in addition to and without limitation\nupon the authority vested in municipalities under any other statute.\n  d. In fulfillment of the provisions of this section a municipality may\nuse public lands or buildings or private lands or buildings, open to the\npublic, upon written consent of the owner, as a recycling center or\ndepot for the storage of recyclable materials.  The office of general\nservices and any other agency, authority or commission holding title to\nlands or buildings in the name of the people of the state shall fully\ncooperate with any person acting under the authority of this section to\nestablish a recycling program, provided that such use is not\ninconsistent with the principle purpose of such lands or buildings,\nsubject to local zoning restrictions.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 2803-H — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 28 / Section 2803-H
Health related facility; pet therapy programs
Status: in_force

§ 2803-h. Health related facility; pet therapy programs.\nNotwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, rule or regulation to\nthe contrary, and subject to the approval of the commissioner, every\nresidential health care facility, as defined in section twenty-eight\nhundred one of this article, may, at the discretion of such facility,\nboard animals in such facility where such boarding would, in the\ndetermination of the commissioner and such facility, tend to promote the\ngeneral well-being of the residents of such facility. The commissioner\nshall adopt rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions\nof this section.\n
N.Y. PEN Law § 158.10 — New York Code / Act PEN / Part 3 / Title J / Article 158 / Section 158.10
Welfare fraud in the fourth degree
Status: in_force

§ 158.10 Welfare fraud in the fourth degree.\n  A person is guilty of welfare fraud in the fourth degree when he or\nshe commits a fraudulent welfare act and thereby takes or obtains public\nassistance benefits, and when the value of the public assistance\nbenefits exceeds one thousand dollars.\n  Welfare fraud in the fourth degree is a class E felony.\n
N.Y. LAB Law § 208 — New York Code / Act LAB / Article 7 / Section 208
Labels, brands and marks used by labor organizations
Status: in_force

§ 208. Labels, brands and marks used by labor organizations. 1. A bona\nfide union or association of employees which has adopted a device in the\nform of a label, brand, mark, name or other character for the purpose of\ndesignating the products of the labor of its members may apply to the\ncommissioner for the registration of such device.\n  2. An application for such registration shall be made on a form\nprescribed by the commissioner and shall be accompanied by a\nnon-refundable filing fee of ten dollars.  Notice of the filing of such\napplication shall be given by the commissioner to interested persons and\nunions in such manner as the commissioner shall by rule prescribe.\nWithin twenty days following the date of such notice of application, any\nunion or aggrieved person may submit to the commissioner a written\nobjection to the registration of the device. If no objection is\nsubmitted, the commissioner may register the device and issue a\ncertificate of registration. Such certificate shall not be assignable.\n  3. If an objection to the registration is duly filed with the\ncommissioner, the commissioner shall promptly refer the objection to the\nboard of standards and appeals.  Upon due notice the board shall conduct\na hearing to determine whether the registration should be granted or\ndenied. The board may deny registration on any of the following grounds:\n  a. That the union or association of employees filing the application\nfor registration is not a bona fide union;\n  b. That the union or association of employees filing the application\nfor registration is not the rightful owner thereof;\n  c. That the union or association of employees filing the application\nfor registration has made misrepresentations concerning the device; or\n  d. That the device sought to be registered by the union or association\nof employees is so similar to a device previously registered by a union\nor association of employees that it is calculated to deceive.\n  4. On petition of a union or aggrieved person, the registration of any\ndevice may be revoked by the board if it determines that the\nregistration was granted improperly or was obtained fraudulently.\n  5. The determination of the board may be reviewed pursuant to the\nprovisions of article seventy-eight of the civil practice law and rules.\n  6. The commissioner and the board shall promulgate appropriate rules\nand regulations to carry into effect the provisions of this section.\n
N.Y. ISC Law § 7202 — New York Code / Act ISC / Article 72 / Section 7202
Domestication of the United States branch of an alien insurer permitted
Status: in_force

§ 7202. Domestication of the United States branch of an alien insurer\npermitted. (a) (1) Upon compliance with the provisions of this article\nany licensed alien insurer having its United States branch entered\nthrough this state and owning beneficially, directly or indirectly, all\noutstanding shares of a domestic insurer or of a foreign insurer\nqualified and licensed in this state to write all the kinds of insurance\nfor which the United States branch is qualified and licensed may\ndomesticate its United States branch by agreeing in writing with such\ndomestic or foreign insurer to the acquisition of the business and\nassets, and the assumption of all liabilities, of the United States\nbranch, by the domestic or foreign insurer for no consideration except\nsuch assumption.\n  (2) The agreement may, however, provide for additional consideration\npayable by the issuance of shares by the acquiring insurer.\n  (3) The domestication shall be subject to prior written approval by\nthe superintendent if the acquiring insurer is domestic, or by the\ninsurance supervisory official of the state of incorporation if it is\nforeign.\n  (4) The domestication shall be subject to final approval by the\nsuperintendent and if the acquiring insurer is foreign by the\nsupervisory official of such state.\n  (b) Any shares of the acquiring insurer or voting trust certificates\ntherefor held among the trusteed assets of the United States branch or\nheld in a trust created by the alien insurer of which the alien insurer\nis a beneficiary shall be deemed to be shares held beneficially, but\nindirectly, by such alien insurer.\n  (c) Any acquisition of assets and assumption of liabilities pursuant\nto subsection (a) hereof shall be effected by filing with the\nsuperintendent an instrument of transfer and assumption, executed by the\nalien insurer and the acquiring insurer, in form satisfactory to the\nsuperintendent as to a domestic insurer or to both the superintendent\nand the insurance supervisory official of the state of incorporation as\nto a foreign insurer.\n  (d) The acquiring insurer may be licensed to engage in the insurance\nbusiness in this state either before entering into such domestication\nagreement or, if the superintendent approves, effective with\nconsummation of the agreement in accordance with the provisions of\nsection seven thousand two hundred five of this article.\n  (e) This article shall not be construed to (i) authorize any insurance\ncompany to do any kind of insurance business not authorized by its\ncharter or (ii) authorize any foreign or alien insurance company to do\nany kind of insurance business in this state not authorized by its\nlicense or certificate of authority to do business in this state.\n
N.Y. LEG Law § 66-A — New York Code / Act LEG / Article 4 / Section 66-A
Prohibited activity by legislative employees
Status: in_force

§ 66-a. Prohibited activity by legislative employees. No legislative\nemployee shall, except within the scope of legislative employment,\ndirectly or indirectly, promote or oppose the passage of bills or\nresolutions by either house. Notwithstanding the provisions of this\nsection, a legislative employee who serves as an elected chief executive\nofficer or member of a governing body of a municipal corporation or\ndistrict corporation shall be authorized to participate while carrying\nout the official duties of such office in the discussion, drafting,\npreparation, voting and dispatch of a resolution, message or\nproclamation addressed to either house. A violation of this section\nshall constitute a misdemeanor.\n
N.Y. TAX Law § 1299-E — New York Code / Act TAX / Article 29-C / Section 1299-E
Records to be kept
Status: in_force

§ 1299-E. Records to be kept. Every person liable for the surcharge\nimposed by this article shall keep, and shall make available for review\nupon demand by the commissioner:\n  (1) records of every trip provided or arranged by such person, or\nprovided through the use of a for-hire vehicle owned or leased by such\nperson, including all amounts paid, charged or due thereon, in such form\nas the commissioner may require;\n  (2) true and complete copies of any records required to be kept by any\napplicable regulatory department or agency; and\n  (3) such other records and information as the commissioner may require\nto perform his or her duties under this article.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 1399-M — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 13-D / Section 1399-M
Separability
Status: in_force

§ 1399-m. Separability.  If any clause, sentence, paragraph,\nsubdivision, section or part of this article shall be adjudged by any\ncourt of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the judgment shall not\naffect, impair or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be\nconfined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph,\nsubdivision, section or part thereof directly involved in the\ncontroversy in which the judgment shall have been rendered.\n