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N.Y. BNK Law § 142-A — New York Code / Act BNK / Article 3-A / Section 142-A
Limitation on acquisition of newly chartered banking institutions
Status: in_force

§ 142-a. Limitation on acquisition of newly chartered banking\ninstitutions. 1. No bank holding company may acquire control of any\nbanking institution which has been chartered for less than five years\nand has its principal office in a city or village with a population of\nfifty thousand or less if the principal office of a bank, trust company\nor national bank the principal office of which institution is located in\nthis state and which institution is not a subsidiary of a bank holding\ncompany is located in such city or village; provided, however, such an\nacquisition may be consummated upon the obtaining of the appropriate\nsupervisory approvals if: (a) application is pending for the institution\nbeing acquired to merge with or acquire the assets of another banking\ninstitution having its principal office in the same city or village and\nchartered for over five years, or if; (b) the superintendent finds that\nthe banking institution being acquired was not chartered directly or\nindirectly by the acquiring bank holding company, its officers,\ndirectors or stockholders, and does not have the capacity to continue to\nconduct its business independently in a fashion consistent with the\npublic interest and the interests of depositors, creditors, shareholders\nand stockholders.\n  2. As used in this section, the term "control" means the possession,\ndirectly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of\nthe management and policies of a banking institution, whether through\nthe ownership of voting stock of such banking institution, the ownership\nof voting stock of any company which possesses such power or otherwise.\nControl shall be presumed to exist if any company, directly or\nindirectly, owns, controls or holds with the power to vote ten per\ncentum or more of the voting stock of any banking institution or of any\ncompany which owns, controls or holds with power to vote ten percent or\nmore of the voting stock of such banking institution, but no person\nshall be deemed to control a banking institution solely by reason of his\nbeing an officer or director of such banking institution or company. As\nused in this section, the terms "bank holding company" and "banking\ninstitution" shall have the meanings as defined in section one hundred\nforty-one of this article, except that the definition of "bank holding\ncompany" is modified to change the phrase "a banking institution"\nwherever it appears therein to "two or more banking institutions" and\nthe definition of "banking institution" is modified to add a national\nbanking association, the principal office of which is located in this\nstate.\n  3. As used in this section, the term "village" shall mean either an\nincorporated or unincorporated village.\n
N.Y. STL Law § 84 — New York Code / Act STL / Article 6 / Section 84
State muffin
Status: in_force

§ 84. State muffin. The apple muffin shall be the official muffin of\nthe state of New York.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 483 — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 28-D / Section 483
Administration
Status: in_force

§ 483. Administration. 1. a. The commissioner of labor is hereby\nauthorized and directed to prescribe such rules and regulations as may\nbe necessary and proper for the administration and enforcement of this\narticle with respect to lasers, crane operators, blasters and\npyrotechnicians.\n  b. Pursuant to section two hundred twenty-five of the public health\nlaw, the public health and health planning council, subject to the\napproval of the commissioner of health, is hereby authorized and\ndirected to prescribe such rules and regulations as may be necessary and\nproper for the administration and enforcement of this article with\nrespect to radioactive material and radiation equipment. Such\nregulations may require the posting of a bond or other security.\n  2. Such regulations may provide for examinations, categories of\ncertificates, licenses, or registrations, age and experience\nrequirements, payment of fees, and may also provide for such limitations\nand exemptions as the commissioner finds necessary and proper. In the\ncase of blasters and pyrotechnicians, such regulations may require\nfingerprinting, and in the case of users of radioactive material, such\nregulations may require the posting of a bond or other security.\n  3. Any member of a blaster examining board, crane operating examining\nboard or other board created pursuant to rules and regulations of the\ncommissioner to implement this article shall serve without salary or\nother compensation.\n  4. The laser operating examining board is hereby abolished and any\nreference to the laser operating examining board, in law or regulation,\nshall be deemed a reference to the commissioner of labor. Any\ninconsistent regulation or part thereof shall be deemed repealed as of\nthe effective date of this subdivision.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 735 — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 35-A / Section 735
Cumulative remedies; prohibition against waiver
Status: in_force

§ 735. Cumulative remedies; prohibition against waiver. The warranty\nunder this article shall be in addition to and not in derogation of all\nother rights and privileges which such consumer may have under any other\nlaw or instrument. Waiver of any rights by the buyer under this chapter\nshall be deemed contrary to public policy and shall be unenforceable and\nvoid. Nothing in this article shall affect a consumer's ability to\nsettle with a warrantor any disputes which arise under the warranty.\n
N.Y. NYP Law § 12 — New York Code / Act NYP / Section 12
State's right to require redemption of bonds
Status: in_force

§ 12. State's right to require redemption of bonds.\n  Notwithstanding and in addition to any provisions for the redemption\nof bonds which may be contained in any contract with the holders of the\nbonds, the state may, upon furnishing sufficient funds therefor, require\nthe agency to redeem, prior to maturity, as a whole, any issue of bonds\non any interest payment date not less than twenty years after the date\nof the bonds of such issue at one hundred five per centum of their face\nvalue and accrued interest or at such lower redemption price as may be\nprovided in the bonds in case of the redemption thereof as a whole on\nthe redemption date.  Notice of such redemption shall be published at\nleast twice in each of at least one newspaper publishing and circulating\nin the county of Albany and at least one newspaper publishing and\ncirculating in the city of New York, the first publication to be at\nleast thirty days before the date of redemption.\n
N.Y. PEN Law § 70.10 — New York Code / Act PEN / Part 2 / Title E / Article 70 / Section 70.10
Sentence of imprisonment for persistent felony offender
Status: in_force

§ 70.10 Sentence of imprisonment for persistent felony offender.\n  1. Definition of persistent felony offender.\n  (a) A persistent felony offender is a person, other than a persistent\nviolent felony offender as defined in section 70.08, who stands\nconvicted of a felony after having previously been convicted of two or\nmore felonies, as provided in paragraphs (b) and (c) of this\nsubdivision.\n  (b) A previous felony conviction within the meaning of paragraph (a)\nof this subdivision is a conviction of a felony in this state, or of a\ncrime in any other jurisdiction, provided:\n  (i) that a sentence to a term of imprisonment in excess of one year,\nor a sentence to death, was imposed therefor; and\n  (ii) that the defendant was imprisoned under sentence for such\nconviction prior to the commission of the present felony; and\n  (iii) that the defendant was not pardoned on the ground of innocence;\nand\n  (iv) that such conviction was for a felony offense other than\npersistent sexual abuse, as defined in section 130.53 of this chapter;\ngrand larceny in the fourth degree as defined in subdivision twelve of\nsection 155.30 of this chapter; grand larceny in the third degree as\ndefined in subdivision three of section 155.35 of this chapter; grand\nlarceny in the second degree as defined in subdivision three of section\n155.40 of this chapter; or grand larceny in the first degree as defined\nin subdivision two of section 155.42 of this chapter.\n  (c) For the purpose of determining whether a person has two or more\nprevious felony convictions, two or more convictions of crimes that were\ncommitted prior to the time the defendant was imprisoned under sentence\nfor any of such convictions shall be deemed to be only one conviction.\n  2. Authorized sentence. When the court has found, pursuant to the\nprovisions of the criminal procedure law, that a person is a persistent\nfelony offender, and when it is of the opinion that the history and\ncharacter of the defendant and the nature and circumstances of his\ncriminal conduct indicate that extended incarceration and life-time\nsupervision will best serve the public interest, the court, in lieu of\nimposing the sentence of imprisonment authorized by section 70.00,\n70.02, 70.04, 70.06 or subdivision five of section 70.80 for the crime\nof which such person presently stands convicted, may impose the sentence\nof imprisonment authorized by that section for a class A-I felony. In\nsuch event the reasons for the court's opinion shall be set forth in the\nrecord.\n
N.Y. DEA Law § 118 — New York Code / Act DEA / Article 9 / Section 118
Unlawful possession and use of identification cards and badges 1
Status: in_force

§ 118. Unlawful possession and use of identification cards and badges\n1. As used in this section the following terms shall mean and include:\n  (a) "Identification card." Any card or pass issued for the purpose of\nestablishing the identity of any person and the right of such person to\nbe in or on any premises described in this section.\n  (b) "Identification badge." Any badge of metal or other composition,\nto be worn by any person for the purpose of establishing his identity or\nright to be in or on any premises described in this section.\n  2. Any person to whom there has been issued an identification card or\nidentification badge by any agency of the state or of any political\nsubdivision thereof or by any corporation, firm or individual operating\nany factory, warehouse, storage house, manufacturing, printing or\npublishing establishment, mechanical or mercantile establishment, or any\nplant of any kind, or any mine, colliery or quarry, or any electric\nrailway, steam railway, water, sewage, gas, electric light, power,\ntransmission, heating, refrigerating, telephone, telegraph or other\npublic service property in this state, in which or upon which any person\nis required to have a special identification card or identification\nbadge before entering therein or thereon as an employee or visitor,\nshall, upon the termination of his or her employment or the expiration\nof the time limits of an authorized visit, immediately surrender the\nsame to the issuer thereof, and it shall be unlawful for any person to\npossess or use any such identification card or identification badge\nafter the termination of such employment or the expiration of the time\nlimits of an authorized visit.\n  3. Any person finding or coming into possession of an identification\ncard or identification badge, except through authorized issuance, shall\nimmediately surrender the same to any peace officer or the officer in\ncharge of the nearest police station.\n  4. Any person who wilfully violates any of the provisions of this\nsection shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof be\npunished by imprisonment of not more than ten days or a fine of not more\nthan fifty dollars, or both.\n
N.Y. LEG Law § 27 — New York Code / Act LEG / Article 2 / Section 27
Appointment of secretaries of finance and ways and means committees
Status: in_force

§ 27. Appointment of secretaries of finance and ways and means\ncommittees. The committee on finance of the senate and the committee on\nways and means of the assembly shall serve throughout the year, with\npower to make, through the chairman of the respective committees or\nthrough sub-committees appointed by them, such investigation of the\nvarious activities of the state as will aid them in their consideration\nof the budget submitted by the executive and any further appropriations\nproposed to the legislature. The temporary president of the senate shall\nappoint a secretary for the senate finance committee and the speaker of\nthe assembly shall appoint a secretary for the assembly ways and means\ncommittee. Each appointment shall be evidenced by certificate duly\nexecuted by the officer making the appointment, and filed in the office\nof the secretary of state. Such secretaries shall hold office until\ntheir successors are appointed.\n
N.Y. JUD Law § 269 — New York Code / Act JUD / Article 8 / Section 269
Salary of clerks to justices of appellate division of first and second departments
Status: in_force

§ 269. Salary of clerks to justices of appellate division of first and\nsecond departments.  1. Each of the clerks appointed pursuant to section\nninety-six of this chapter by the justices of the appellate division of\nthe first and second departments shall receive as salary a sum to be\nfixed by the justices of each appellate division.\n  2. Except as provided in the state finance law, each of the presiding\njustices of the appellate divisions of the first and second departments\nshall certify such salaries to the state comptroller who shall audit the\nsame. The state department of taxation and finance shall pay such\nsalaries in equal biweekly installments, and shall apportion the total\namount of each department among the counties comprising each judicial\ndepartment. Such counties shall reimburse the state therefor. The time\nand method of such apportionment and the time and method of such\nreimbursement shall be as specified in section seventy-four of this\nchapter.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 2994-Q — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 29-CC / Section 2994-Q
Effect on other rights
Status: in_force

§ 2994-q. Effect on other rights. 1. Nothing in this article creates,\nexpands, diminishes, impairs, or supersedes any authority that an\nindividual may have under law to make or express decisions, wishes, or\ninstructions regarding health care on his or her own behalf, including\ndecisions about life-sustaining treatment.\n  2. Nothing in this article shall affect existing law concerning\nimplied consent to health care in an emergency.\n  3. Nothing in this article is intended to permit or promote suicide,\nassisted suicide, or euthanasia.\n  4. This article shall not affect existing law with respect to\nsterilization.\n  5. Nothing in this article diminishes the duty of parents and legal\nguardians under existing law to consent to treatment for minors.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 351-B — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 23 / Section 351-B
Written statement to be furnished; presumption
Status: in_force

§ 351-b. Written statement to be furnished; presumption. Every person,\nfirm, association, copartnership or corporation shall furnish upon\nwritten demand to any customer, or principal for whom such person has\nexecuted an order for the actual purchase or sale of any such securities\nor commodities, either for immediate or future delivery, a written\nstatement containing the names of the persons from whom such property\nwas bought, or to whom it has been sold, as the case may be, the time\nwhen, place where, the amount of and the price at which the same was\neither bought or sold; and if such person, firm, association,\ncopartnership or corporation shall refuse or neglect to furnish such\nstatement within forty-eight hours after such demand, such refusal shall\nbe prima facie evidence that such purchase or sale was made in violation\nof this article.\n
N.Y. EXC Law § 209-K — New York Code / Act EXC / Article 10-B / Section 209-K
Terms occurring in laws, contracts or other documents
Status: in_force

§ 209-k. Terms occurring in laws, contracts or other documents. Upon\nthe transfer pursuant to section two hundred nine-d of this article of\nthe functions and powers possessed by and all of the obligations and\nduties of the science and technology foundation as established pursuant\nto article ten-A of the public authorities law to the office as\nprescribed by section two hundred nine-d of this article, except as\notherwise provided in section two hundred nine-f of this article,\nwhenever the science and technology foundation and the chairperson\nthereof, the functions, powers, obligations and duties of which are\ntransferred to the office are referred to or designated in any law,\ncontract or document pertaining to the functions, powers, obligations\nand duties transferred and assigned pursuant to this article, such\nreference or designation shall be deemed to refer to the office and its\nexecutive director.\n
N.Y. MHY Law § 81.06 — New York Code / Act MHY / Title E / Article 81 / Section 81.06
Who may commence a proceeding
Status: in_force

§ 81.06 Who may commence a proceeding.\n  (a) A proceeding under this article shall be commenced by the filing\nof the petition with the court by:\n  1. the person alleged to be incapacitated;\n  2. a presumptive distributee of the person alleged to be\nincapacitated, as that term is defined in subdivision forty-two of\nsection one hundred three of the surrogate's court procedure act;\n  3. an executor or administrator of an estate when the alleged\nincapacitated person is or may be the beneficiary of that estate;\n  4. a trustee of a trust when the alleged incapacitated person is or\nmay be the grantor or a beneficiary of that trust;\n  5. the person with whom the person alleged to be incapacitated\nresides;\n  6. a person otherwise concerned with the welfare of the person alleged\nto be incapacitated. For purposes of this section a person otherwise\nconcerned with the welfare of the person alleged to be incapacitated may\ninclude a corporation, or a public agency, including the department of\nsocial services in the county where the person alleged to be\nincapacitated resides regardless of whether the person alleged to be\nincapacitated is a recipient of public assistance;\n  7. the chief executive officer, or the designee of the chief executive\nofficer, of a facility in which the person alleged to be incapacitated\nis a patient or resident.\n
N.Y. TRA Law § 102 — New York Code / Act TRA / Article 4 / Section 102
Unreasonable preference
Status: in_force

§ 102. Unreasonable preference. No common carrier shall make or give\nany undue or unreasonable preference or advantage to any person or\ncorporation or to any locality or to any particular description of\ntraffic in any respect whatsoever, or subject any particular person or\ncorporation or locality or any particular description of traffic, to any\nundue or unreasonable prejudice or disadvantage in any respect\nwhatsoever.\n
N.Y. ISC Law § 7404 — New York Code / Act ISC / Article 74 / Section 7404
Grounds for liquidation
Status: in_force

§ 7404. Grounds for liquidation. The superintendent may apply under\nthis article for an order directing the superintendent to liquidate the\nbusiness of a domestic insurer, or of the United States branch of an\nalien insurer having trusteed assets in this state, upon any of the\ngrounds specified in subsections (a) through (o) of section seven\nthousand four hundred two of this article, whether or not there has been\na prior order directing the superintendent to rehabilitate such insurer.\n
N.Y. TAX Law § 207-A — New York Code / Act TAX / Article 9 / Section 207-A
Exemption of corporations owned by a municipality
Status: in_force

§ 207-a. Exemption of corporations owned by a municipality.  On and\nafter the second day of June, nineteen hundred forty, the provisions of\nthis article shall not apply to any corporation all of the capital stock\nof which is owned by a municipal corporation of this state.\n
N.Y. PBS Law § 89 — New York Code / Act PBS / Article 4-A / Section 89
Powers of local officers
Status: in_force

§ 89. Powers of local officers.  If in any city of the first or second\nclass there now exists or shall hereafter be created a board, body or\nofficer having jurisdiction of matters pertaining to steam power\nservice, such board, body or officer shall have and may exercise such\npower, jurisdiction and authority in enforcing the laws of the state and\nthe orders, rules and regulations of the commission as may be prescribed\nby statute or by the commission.\n
N.Y. ABC Law § 64-E — New York Code / Act ABC / Article 5 / Section 64-E
License to sell liquor at retail as an off-premises catering establishment
Status: in_force

§ 64-e. License to sell liquor at retail as an off-premises catering\nestablishment. 1. Any person may make an application to the authority\nfor a license to sell liquor at a site remote from the licensed premises\nof an off-premises catering establishment as defined pursuant to\nparagraph (b) of subdivision seven-a of section three of this chapter,\nand such licenses shall be issued to all applicants except for good\ncause shown.\n  2. Such application shall be in such form and shall contain such\ninformation as shall be required by the rules of the authority and shall\nbe accompanied by a check or draft or other form of payment acceptable\nto the authority in the amount required by this article for such\nlicense.\n  3. Section fifty-four of this chapter shall control the procedure in\nconnection with such application, so far as applicable.\n  4. Such license shall in form and in substance be a license to the\nperson specifically licensed to sell liquors at retail, to be consumed\nonly at sites at which a permit has been applied for and granted as\nprovided for in section ninety-eight of this chapter. Such license shall\nalso be deemed to include a license to sell wine and beer at retail to\nbe consumed under the same terms and conditions, without the payment of\nany additional fee.\n
N.Y. EPT Law § 4-1.6 — New York Code / Act EPT / Article 4 / Part 1 / Section 4-1.6
Disqualification of joint tenant in certain instances
Status: in_force

§ 4-1.6 Disqualification of joint tenant in certain instances\n  Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, a joint\ntenant convicted of murder in the second degree as defined in section\n125.25 of the penal law or murder in the first degree as defined in\nsection 125.27 of the penal law of another joint tenant shall not be\nentitled to the distribution of any monies in a joint bank account\ncreated  or contributed to by the deceased joint tenant, except for\nthose monies contributed by the convicted joint tenant.\n  Upon the conviction of such joint tenant of first or second degree\nmurder and upon application by the prosecuting attorney, the court, as\npart of its sentence, shall issue an order directing the amount of any\njoint bank account to be distributed pursuant to the provisions of this\nsection from the convicted joint tenant and to the deceased joint\ntenant's estate. The court and the prosecuting attorney shall each have\nthe power to subpoena records of a banking institution to determine the\namount of money in such bank account and by whom deposits were made. The\ncourt shall also have the power to freeze such account upon application\nby the prosecuting attorney during the pendency of a trial for first or\nsecond degree murder. If, upon receipt of such court orders described in\nthis section, the banking institution holding monies in such joint\naccount complies with the terms of the order, such banking institution\nshall be held free from all liability for the distribution of such funds\nas were in such joint account. In the absence of actual or constructive\nnotice of such order, the banking institution holding monies in such\naccount shall be held harmless for distributing the money according to\nits ordinary course of business.\n  For purposes of this section, the term banking institution shall have\nthe same meaning as provided for in paragraph (b) of subdivision three\nof section nine-f of the banking law.\n