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N.Y. ENG Law § 12-110 — New York Code / Act ENG / Article 12 / Section 12-110
Violations
Status: in_force

§ 12-110. Violations.  1. Whenever the attorney general has reason to\nbelieve that any violation of this article is a repeated or persistent\npractice, he may bring an action to enjoin such practice and to obtain\nrestitution for any aggrieved party or parties. In such action\npreliminary relief may be granted under article sixty-three of the civil\npractice law and rules.  Before any violation of this article is sought\nto be enjoined, the attorney general shall be required to give the\nperson against whom such proceeding is contemplated notice by certified\nmail and an opportunity to show in writing within five business days\nafter receipt of notice why proceedings should not be instituted against\nhim, unless the attorney general shall find, in any case in which he\nseeks preliminary relief, that to give such notice and opportunity is\nnot in the public interest.\n  2. Any owner of a solar thermal system injured by a violation of any\nprovision of this article issued pursuant thereto may bring an action in\nhis own name to enjoin such violation and to recover his actual damages.\nIn such action, there may be awarded reasonable attorney's fees and\ncosts to the plaintiff. Nothing in this section shall be construed to\nabridge or limit any other right or remedy an owner may have at law or\nin equity, statutory or otherwise. Provided, however, that such\nindividual action shall be precluded if, prior to its commencement, the\nattorney general has commenced an action for an injunction and\nrestitution pursuant to the provisions of subdivision one of this\nsection.\n
N.Y. VOL Law § 14 — New York Code / Act VOL / Article 2 / Section 14
Previous disability
Status: in_force

§ 14. Previous disability. The fact that a volunteer firefighter has\nsuffered previous disability or received benefits therefor as provided\nin section two hundred five of the general municipal law, the workers'\ncompensation law, or this chapter shall not preclude him or her from\nbenefits for a later injury nor preclude death benefits for death\nresulting therefrom; provided, however, that a volunteer firefighter who\nis suffering from a previous disability shall not receive benefits for a\nlater injury in excess of the benefits allowed for such injury when\nconsidered by itself and not in conjunction with the previous\ndisability. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, if\na volunteer firefighter has previously incurred permanent partial\ndisability through the loss or loss of use of one hand, one arm, one\nfoot, one leg, or one eye, and suffers the loss or loss of use of\nanother such major member or eye, he or she may be adjudged permanently\ntotally disabled and receive benefits for permanent total disability as\nprovided in section eight of this chapter.\n
N.Y. ACA Law § 34.07 — New York Code / Act ACA / Title K / Article 34 / Section 34.07
Restraining prohibited acts
Status: in_force

§ 34.07. Restraining prohibited acts. 1. Whenever the attorney general\nhas reason to believe that any person is advertising, using, advertising\nthe use of or promoting, a live musical performance or production in\nviolation of section 34.05 of this article, and that it would be in the\npublic interest, the attorney general may bring an action in the name of\nthe people of the state of New York against the person to restrain by\npreliminary or permanent injunction such promotion, advertising or use\nof the same or substantially similar name of such recording group, live\nmusical performance or production.\n  2. In addition to any injunctive relief granted pursuant to\nsubdivision one of this section, the court may direct the defendant to\ndisgorge to the recording group or its authorized representative any\nmoneys which may have been acquired by means of any violation of section\n34.05 of this article subject to such terms and conditions as the court\nshall determine to be just.\n
N.Y. UCT Law § 901 — New York Code / Act UCT / Article 9 / Section 901
Pleadings; in general
Status: in_force

§ 901. Pleadings; in general.\n  Pleadings between plaintiff and defendant shall consist of complaint\nand answer and, when ordered, a reply. Such order may be made by motion\non notice or by the court of its own motion.\n
N.Y. DCD Law § 170 — New York Code / Act DCD / Article 7 / Section 170
Warrant on withholding account or property
Status: in_force

§ 170. Warrant on withholding account or property. Whenever the\ntrustees shall show by their own oath, or other competent proof, to the\nsatisfaction of any judge of a county court, or in the county of New\nYork any justice of the supreme court, that there is good reason to\nbelieve that the debtor, the spouse of the debtor, or any other person\nhas concealed or embezzled any part of the estate of such debtor vested\nin the said trustees; or that any person can testify concerning the\nconcealment or embezzlement thereof; or that any person who shall not\nhave rendered an account as above required, is indebted to such debtor,\nor has property in his or her custody or possession, belonging to such\ndebtor; such judge or justice shall issue a warrant, commanding any\nsheriff or constable, to cause such debtor, the spouse of the debtor, or\nother person, to be brought before him at such time and place as he\nshall appoint, for the purpose of being examined.\n
N.Y. CVP Law § 3121 — New York Code / Act CVP / Article 31 / Section 3121
Physical or mental examination
Status: in_force

§ 3121. Physical or mental examination. (a) Notice of examination.\nAfter commencement of an action in which the mental or physical\ncondition or the blood relationship of a party, or of an agent, employee\nor person in the custody or under the legal control of a party, is in\ncontroversy, any party may serve notice on another party to submit to a\nphysical, mental or blood examination by a designated physician, or to\nproduce for such examination his agent, employee or the person in his\ncustody or under his legal control. The notice may require duly executed\nand acknowledged written authorizations permitting all parties to\nobtain, and make copies of, the records of specified hospitals relating\nto such mental or physical condition or blood relationship; where a\nparty obtains a copy of a hospital record as a result of the\nauthorization of another party, he shall deliver a duplicate of the copy\nto such party. A copy of the notice shall be served on the person to be\nexamined. It shall specify the time, which shall be not less than twenty\ndays after service of the notice, and the conditions and scope of the\nexamination.\n  (b) Copy of report. A copy of a detailed written report of the\nexamining physician setting out his findings and conclusions shall be\ndelivered by the party seeking the examination to any party requesting\nto exchange therefor a copy of each report in his control of an\nexamination made with respect to the mental or physical condition in\ncontroversy.\n
N.Y. STF Law § 13 — New York Code / Act STF / Article 2 / Section 13
Boards of visitors
Status: in_force

§ 13. Boards of visitors. A member of the board of visitors, a\nmanager, trustee or officer of any state charitable or other institution\nreceiving moneys from the state treasury for maintenance and support\nshall be entitled to actual and necessary traveling expenses when\nattending meetings of the board at the office of the institution or in\nthe performance of other official duties undertaken pursuant to a\nresolution of the board of visitors of which he is a member, and with\nthe approval of the head of the department under the control of which an\ninstitution is maintained.\n
N.Y. TAX Law § 171-J — New York Code / Act TAX / Article 8 / Section 171-J
Verification of payroll records
Status: in_force

§ 171-j.  Verification of payroll records.  (1) The commissioner is\nauthorized to enter into an agreement with the state insurance fund or\nother insurance carrier writing workers' compensation insurance to\nverify payroll information forwarded to the department solely for the\npurpose of verifying, by each employer in the construction\nclassification, the number of employees, by location, total gross wages\npaid to such employees per week, total hours worked by such employees\nper quarter  and total annual gross wages subject to withholding paid to\nsuch employees, as reported  pursuant to the state's combined wage\nreporting and withholding tax system, but shall not include the name,\nsocial security number or any other information which could be used to\nidentify any employee.  For purposes of this section the term "employer\nin the construction classification" shall have the meaning prescribed by\nsubdivision two of section eighty-nine of the workers' compensation law\nand paragraph one of subsection (e) of section twenty-three hundred four\nof the insurance law.  The department may charge a reasonable fee to be\ndetermined by the commissioner, in payment to the department for the\nexpense incurred in verifying such information.  Such agreement shall be\nlimited solely to the verification of information enumerated herein.\n  (2) Verification of information under subdivision one of this section\nby the department shall be limited to agreement or disagreement with the\npayroll information supplied pursuant to such subdivision one and a\nstatement of whether each representation contained therein has been\noverstated or understated.\n  (3) Nothing contained in this section shall be deemed to require the\nviolation of any confidentiality agreement entered into by the state or\nany entity thereof under the provisions of section six thousand one\nhundred three, or any other provision, of the internal revenue code, nor\nshall this section be administered in any manner which will result in a\nviolation of any such confidentiality agreement.\n  (4) The commissioner shall promulgate such rules and regulations as\nmay be necessary and appropriate to effect the provisions of this\nsection.\n  (5) The provisions of the state freedom of information act shall not\napply to any verification prepared or provided pursuant to subdivision\ntwo of this section and information provided pursuant to subdivision one\nof this section.\n
N.Y. UCT Law § 2101 — New York Code / Act UCT / Article 21 / Section 2101
Definitions; construction of act
Status: in_force

§ 2101. Definitions; construction of act.\n  The following words used in this act shall have the meaning defined in\nthis section, unless otherwise apparent from the context:\n  (a) "Administrative board" means the administrative board of the\njudicial conference of the state.\n  (b) "Administrative judge" means the officer designated by the\nappellate division of the department in which the court is located.\n  (c) "Appellate division" means the appellate division of the supreme\ncourt in and for the department in which the court is located, or its\ndesignated administrative judge.\n  (d) "City" means the city in which the court is located.\n  (e) "City clerk" means the clerk of the city in which the court is\nlocated, or the person, by whatever other title, performing equivalent\nduties.\n  (f) "Clerk" means the chief clerk or any other clerk or nonjudicial\nperson, regardless of title, employed by the court and designated to\nperform the function referred to in the particular section.\n  (g) "Common council" means the local governing body of the city in\nwhich the court is located.\n  (h) "County" means the county in which the court is located.\n  (i) "Court" means the court to which this act applies pursuant to §\n2300, whether called "city court" or otherwise titled, or one of the\njudges thereof, unless the context clearly indicates reference to some\nother court.\n  (j) "Enforcement officer" means such officer or officers, whether\nsheriffs or marshals or otherwise titled, designated pursuant to law to\nexecute the civil mandates of the court.\n  (k) "Judge" means any judicial officer of the court, unless the\ncontext clearly indicates reference to some other judge.\n  (l) "Rules" means the rules adopted pursuant to § 2103 of this act.\n
N.Y. GCT Law § 132 — New York Code / Act GCT / Article 9 / Section 132
Contract to provide for reduction of price
Status: in_force

§ 132. Contract to provide for reduction of price. Every such contract\nshall also provide and require that during the term therein specified\nthe corporation party thereto may and shall supply gas to the\ninhabitants of such city at prices lower than those now or then charged\ntherein by such corporation party thereto and progressively lower for\neach year of such term; any company or corporation bidding for such\ncontract shall specify such several prices and reductions of price for\nthe several classes and terms of gas supply, and the same shall be\nconsidered in the award of any such contract to the bidders or bidder\ntherefor, and the corporation receiving any such contract shall be\nentitled to charge and collect the prices therein specified during the\ncontinuance thereof. Nothing in this article contained is intended or\nshall be construed to affect or impair any existing right or contract\nexcept with the consent of the parties to any such contract.\n
N.Y. MHY Law § 41.53 — New York Code / Act MHY / Title E / Article 41 / Section 41.53
Community residence development grants for alcoholism services
Status: in_force

§ 41.53 Community residence development grants for alcoholism services.\n  (a) The commissioner of alcoholism and substance abuse services is\nauthorized, within appropriations made therefor, to make grants to local\ngovernmental units and voluntary nonprofit agencies developing an\nalcoholism community residence as defined in subdivision thirty-eight of\nsection 1.03 of this chapter. Such grants shall be limited to the\ndevelopment costs incurred prior to the operation of a community\nresidence. Development costs which may be eligible for up to one hundred\npercent reimbursement under this grant include:\n  (1) reasonable legal and other professional fees;\n  (2) initial staffing;\n  (3) up to six months rent;\n  (4) furniture; and\n  (5) reasonable rehabilitation costs within guidelines established by\nthe division of the budget.\n  (b) Application for grants shall be made in the manner and on forms\nprescribed by the commissioner. The commissioner shall establish a\nschedule, subject to the approval of the director of the division of the\nbudget, indicating the maximum development cost per bed for such\ncommunity residences. Such schedule may include varying rates for\ndistinct geographic areas of the state, if in the determination of the\ncommissioner the location of an eligible community residence has direct\nbearing on the level of development costs. The commissioner may also\nestablish varying rates based on the size of an eligible community\nresidence.\n  (c) No grant will be awarded by the commissioner if the projected per\nbed development cost for the community residence exceeds the schedule\nestablished in subdivision (b) of this section.\n  (d) No such grant will be awarded unless the community residence is\nconsistent with the local services plan, pursuant to this article.\n  (e) The state comptroller, or his legally authorized representative,\nis authorized and empowered to examine the books and accounts of the\noffices relating to program development grants and from time to time to\nexamine the books and accounts of each local governmental unit or\nvoluntary nonprofit agency receiving such grants, including its\nreceipts, disbursements, contracts, leases, loans and any other moneys\nrelating to its financial operation.\n  (f) Payments pursuant to this section shall be made in lieu of state\naid for operating costs payable pursuant to any other provision of this\narticle.\n
N.Y. LAB Law § 354 — New York Code / Act LAB / Article 13 / Section 354
Conditions of manufacture
Status: in_force

§ 354. Conditions of manufacture. 1. No person other than a person\nresident therein shall carry on industrial homework on any article in a\nhome except as otherwise provided for under section three hundred\nfifty-one, subdivision two, paragraph b.\n  2. No person shall carry on industrial homework except in accordance\nwith this article.\n  3. No child shall be employed in manufacture in a home except in\naccordance with articles four and five of this chapter.\n  4. No employer having an employer's permit shall deliver or cause to\nbe delivered or received any articles for or as a result of homework\nmanufacture unless he shall keep in such form and forward to the\ncommissioner at such intervals as he may by regulation prescribe and on\nsuch blanks as he may provide, a complete and accurate list of all\npersons engaged in industrial homework on materials furnished or\ndistributed by him, of all places where such persons work, of all\nmaterials furnished and distributed to such persons described as the\ncommissioner may require, of all goods which such persons have\nmanufactured and of the wages paid to each industrial homeworker, and\nunless he shall attach to all materials delivered for homework\nmanufacture a label bearing his name and address or place of business\nlegibly written or printed in English.\n  5. No person shall do industrial homework, except in a home in which\nhe resides, and unless his name is on a homeworker's certificate issued\nby the commissioner and permitting industrial homework to be done in\nsuch home, and unless such certificate is exposed clearly in the home in\nwhich industrial homework is being done.\n  6. No article of food, no dolls or dolls' clothing and no stuffed\nanimals or other stuffed toys used in the same way as dolls shall be\nmanufactured for a factory, either directly or through a contractor or\nfor an employer, in a home.\n
N.Y. RCO Law § 426 — New York Code / Act RCO / Article 20 / Section 426
Certificate of incorporation
Status: in_force

§ 426. Certificate of incorporation. 1. If at the meeting for\nincorporation it shall be decided that such unincorporated church shall\nbecome incorporated, the presiding officer of such meeting and the two\ninspectors of election shall execute and acknowledge a certificate of\nincorporation, in which shall be stated the name or title by which such\nbody shall be known in the law; the purpose of its organization; the\nnames and addresses of the trustees elected thereat and the terms of\noffice for which they were respectively elected; the county, town or\ncity in which its principal place of worship is or is intended to be\nlocated; and a statement that the corporation shall support the doctrine\nand be subject to the constitution and by-laws of and be in conformity\nwith the principles of the general council of the Assemblies of God and\nthe New York district of the Assemblies of God as from time to time\nestablished, made and declared by the lawful authority of said general\ncouncil of the Assemblies of God and New York district of the Assemblies\nof God.\n  2. On filing such certificate in the office of the county clerk of the\ncounty in which such corporate body is or is intended to be located,\nsuch church shall be a corporation by the name stated in the certificate\nof incorporation; but such certificate shall not be filed, unless there\nis affixed thereto the written permission of the New York district of\nthe Assemblies of God to incorporate, pursuant to section four hundred\ntwenty-two of this article.\n  3. The certificate of incorporation shall further contain a provision\nthat, in the event of dissolution of the corporation, all the remaining\nassets and property of the corporation shall, after necessary expenses\nthereof, be distributed to either the New York district of the\nAssemblies of God, or to the general council of the Assemblies of God,\ntheir successors and assigns, and that in the event said New York\ndistrict of the Assemblies of God or general council of the Assemblies\nof God or if their successor is not in existence at the time of\ndissolution, then such assets are to be distributed to such other\nAssemblies of God organizations as shall qualify under section 501 (c)\n(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended, to be used in such\nmanner as in the judgment of a justice of the supreme court shall best\naccomplish the general purposes for which the corporation was formed.\n
N.Y. SCP Law § 2110 — New York Code / Act SCP / Article 21 / Section 2110
Compensation of attorneys 1
Status: in_force

§ 2110. Compensation of attorneys\n  1. At any time during the administration of an estate and irrespective\nof the pendency of a particular proceeding, the court is authorized to\nfix and determine the compensation of an attorney for services rendered\nto a fiduciary or to a devisee, legatee, distributee or any person\ninterested or of an attorney who has rendered legal services in\nconnection with the performance of his duties as a fiduciary or in\nproceedings to compel the delivery of papers or funds in the hands of an\nattorney.\n  2. The proceeding shall be instituted by petition of a fiduciary of\nthe estate or a person interested or an attorney who has rendered\nservices.  The court may direct payment therefor from the estate\ngenerally or from the funds in the hands of the fiduciary belonging to\nany legatee, devisee, distributee or person interested.\n  3. In any event that any such attorney has already received or been\npaid an amount in excess of the fair value of his services as thus\ndetermined the court is authorized to direct him to refund the excess.\n  4. In any proceeding under this act or the estates, powers and trusts\nlaw in which the court determines the compensation of an attorney, the\ncourt shall consider the time and value of services performed by a\nperson who is not an attorney, provided such services are performed\nunder the supervision of an attorney and would, if performed by an\nattorney, be considered by the court in determining the attorney's\ncompensation.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 380-I — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 25 / Section 380-I
Requirements on users of consumer reports
Status: in_force

§ 380-i. Requirements on users of consumer reports. (a) Whenever\ncredit or insurance for personal, family or household purposes is\ndenied, or whenever a residential rental or lease is denied, or the\ncharge for such credit or insurance, or rental or lease is increased,\neither wholly or partly because of information contained in a consumer\nreport, the user of the report shall:\n  (1) advise the consumer against whom such adverse action has been\ntaken of such action,\n  (2) supply the name and address of the consumer reporting agency\nmaking the report, and\n  (3) inform the consumer of his right to inspect and receive a copy of\nsuch report by contacting the consumer reporting agency.\n  (b) In addition to the requirements of subdivision (a) of this\nsection, the user of any such report for purpose of evaluating an\napplication for credit shall furnish to the consumer the reasons for any\nadverse action in relation to such application in conformance with the\nrequirements of the federal equal credit opportunity act (P.L. 93-435,\n15 USC 1691 et seq) as that statute may from time to time be amended.\n  (c) Every user of a consumer report or an investigative consumer\nreport shall be prohibited from disseminating any such report to any\nother person unless such other person has a legitimate business need for\nthe information in connection with a business transaction involving the\nconsumer.\n