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N.Y. UCT Law § 1804 — New York Code / Act UCT / 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. SCP Law § 1809 — New York Code / Act SCP / Article 18 / Section 1809
Proceeding to determine validity and enforceability of claims 1
Status: in_force

§ 1809. Proceeding to determine validity and enforceability of claims\n  1. Whenever a fiduciary has knowledge or notice that a claim may be\nasserted and no written notice of claim has been presented to him or if\na fiduciary has reason to question the validity of any claim, whether\nsuch notice has been presented to him or not, and no action or\nproceeding to enforce the claim has been instituted, the fiduciary may\npresent a petition to the court showing the facts and praying that the\nclaimant or possible claimant be required to show cause why his claim,\nif any, should not be disallowed. Similarly, any claimant whose claim is\nmade in compliance with 1803, and whose claim has not been allowed in\nwhole pursuant to 1806 may petition the court showing the facts and\npraying that the fiduciary be required to show cause why the claim\nshould not be allowed.\n  2. If the petition be entertained process shall issue to the claimant\nor possible claimant or fiduciary, as the case may be, and, whenever the\nclaim sought is in excess of ten thousand dollars or constitutes\ntwenty-five percent or more of the estimated gross probate estate,\nwhichever is the lesser, to any person whose rights or interests will be\naffected by allowance of the claim and the person cited may within 8\ndays from the return day, serve and file an answer.  The answer, if\nfiled by the claimant, shall be accompanied by a copy of any notice of\nclaim, supporting affidavit or other evidence of the claim, if any,\nfiled with the fiduciary. If the fiduciary deems it necessary he may,\nwithin 5 days from the service upon him of a copy of the answer, serve\nand file a reply thereto. The claimant may also file a reply to an\nanswer served by the fiduciary.\n  3.  The court may determine the claim and all issues relating thereto\nas a preliminary step in the accounting proceeding and make such\ndirection as justice shall require.\n
N.Y. STL Law § 9 — New York Code / Act STL / Article 2 / Section 9
Saving clause
Status: in_force

§ 9. Saving clause. This article shall not be construed as a\nrelinquishment by the state of New York of any territory to which it now\nhas title, or over which it now has jurisdiction.\n
N.Y. RSS Law § 616 — New York Code / Act RSS / Article 15 / Section 616
Transfer of membership
Status: in_force

§ 616. Transfer of membership. Any employee of the board of education\nof the city of New York who is a member of the New York city employees'\nretirement system may elect to transfer membership to the New York city\nboard of education retirement system. Any election pursuant to this\nsection shall be made no later than the one hundred eightieth day next\nsucceeding the date on which the provisions hereof become effective, by\nfiling a written notice thereof with the administrative head of the New\nYork city employees' retirement system and the New York city board of\neducation retirement system and, once made and filed, such election\nshall be irrevocable. Where an employee of the board of education\nbecomes a member of the New York city board of education retirement\nsystem pursuant to this section the New York city employees' retirement\nsystem shall make a transfer of reserves, contributions, and credits to\nthe New York city board of education retirement system in the manner\nrequired by section forty-three of this chapter.\n
N.Y. CVP Law § 8003 — New York Code / Act CVP / Article 80 / Section 8003
Referees
Status: in_force

§ 8003. Referees. (a) Generally. A referee is entitled, for each day\nspent in the business of the reference, to three hundred fifty dollars\nunless a different compensation is fixed by the court or by the consent\nin writing of all parties not in default for failure to appear or plead.\n  (b) Upon sale of real property. A referee appointed to sell real\nproperty pursuant to a judgment is entitled to the same fees and\ndisbursements as those allowed to a sheriff. Where a referee is required\nto take security upon a sale, or to distribute, apply, or ascertain and\nreport upon the distribution or application of any of the proceeds of\nthe sale, he or she is also entitled to one-half of the commissions upon\nthe amount secured, distributed or applied as are allowed by law to an\nexecutor or administrator for receiving and paying out money.\nCommissions in excess of fifty dollars shall not be allowed upon a sum\nbid by a party, and applied upon that party's judgment, without being\npaid to the referee. A referee's compensation, including commissions,\nupon a sale pursuant to a judgment in any action cannot exceed seven\nhundred fifty dollars, unless the property sold for fifty thousand\ndollars or more, in which event the referee may receive such additional\ncompensation as to the court may seem proper.\n  (c) This section shall not apply to judicial hearing officers who have\nbeen designated referees.\n
N.Y. CAN Law § 135 — New York Code / Act CAN / Article 6 / Section 135
Review by courts
Status: in_force

§ 135. Review by courts. An action by the board shall be subject to\nreview by the supreme court in the manner provided in article\nseventy-eight of the civil practice law and rules including, but not\nlimited to:\n  (a) Refusal by the board to issue a registration, license, or a\npermit.\n  (b) The revocation, cancellation or suspension of a registration,\nlicense, or permit by the board.\n  (c) The failure or refusal by the board to render a decision upon any\napplication or hearing submitted to or held by the board within sixty\ndays after such submission or hearing.\n  (d) The transfer by the board of a registration, license, or permit to\nany other entity or premises, or the failure or refusal by the board to\napprove such a transfer.\n  (e) Refusal to approve alteration of premises.\n  (f) Refusal to approve a corporate change in stockholders,\nstockholdings, officers or directors.\n
N.Y. PVH Law § 1106-H — New York Code / Act PVH / Article 18-A / Section 1106-H
Real property tax exemption
Status: in_force

§ 1106-h. Real property tax exemption. 1. The local legislative body\nof any city, town or village is hereby authorized and empowered to adopt\nand amend a local law to provide that all or any portion of the value of\nthe property included in a turnkey/enhanced rental project which\nrepresents an increase over the assessed valuation of the real property,\nboth land and improvements, prior to the improvements of the property\nnecessary or intended to effectuate the purposes of this article, may be\nexempt from any and all city, village and town real property taxes, as\ndefined in subdivision twenty of section one hundred two of the real\nproperty tax law, real property special ad valorem levies, as defined in\nsubdivision fourteen of section one hundred two of the real property tax\nlaw, and special assessments, as defined in subdivision fifteen of\nsection one hundred two of the real property tax law, except that the\nassessed valuation may be increased or decreased to reflect a change in\nthe level of assessment as certified pursuant to title two of article\ntwelve of the real property tax law.\n  2. In any assessing unit in which there has been a change in level of\nassessment as provided in title two of article twelve of the real\nproperty tax law, the commissioner of taxation and finance shall certify\nthe change in level of assessment factor in the manner provided in title\ntwo of article twelve of the real property tax law. The term "assessing\nunit" as used in this subdivision means a city, town, village or county\nhaving a county department of assessment with the power to assess real\nproperty.\n  3. Such local law may also provide for the abatement of any or all of\nthe property taxes which are payable to such city, town or village from\nsuch project, for such duration as is provided in such local law, if any\nproperty taxes remain to be paid after the exemption or abatement\nprovided in this section is determined.\n  4. Provided that the tax exemption or abatement authorized by this\nsection shall be in addition to any other tax exemption or abatement\nauthorized by law, and provided further, however, that in the event a\nproject ceases to be subject to one or more provisions of this article\nany tax exemption or abatement authorized pursuant to this section with\nrespect to the eligible property of such project shall terminate.\n
N.Y. HAY Law § 55 — New York Code / Act HAY / Article 3 / Section 55
Emergency aid for control of snow and ice in municipalities
Status: in_force

§ 55. Emergency aid for control of snow and ice in municipalities.\nNotwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, general, special or\nlocal, the commissioner of transportation, when authorized by the\ngovernor, is empowered to aid any county, city, town or village of the\nstate in the control of snow and ice during emergency situations,\nproviding the governing board or body of any such municipality certifies\nto the governor (a) that such aid is required to promote the public\nwelfare, (b) that such municipality does not have available and is\nunable to secure and provide the necessary equipment, facilities and\npersonnel to perform the immediate work of control of snow and ice, and\n(c) that adequate and appropriate provision has been made to reimburse\nthe state for any actual costs of labor and of maintenance and operation\nand for the depreciation of the necessary equipment and facilities of\nthe state. The governing board or body of any such municipality and the\ncommissioner of transportation are hereby authorized to enter into a\ncontract for the purposes of this section upon such terms and conditions\nas shall be reasonable for the protection of the public.\n
N.Y. UCT Law § 1101 — New York Code / Act UCT / Article 11 / Section 1101
Disclosure
Status: in_force

§ 1101. Disclosure.\n  (a) CPLR applicable. The procedures set forth in the CPLR relative to\ndisclosure, bill of particulars and the procuring of a copy of the items\nof an account, shall govern in this court, subject to paragraph (b).\n  (b) Parties and non-parties. All notices, orders, subpoenas and other\npapers relating to disclosure:\n  1. by a party, may be served in any part of the county or any\nadjoining county and shall be served by such means as would be\npermissible in the supreme court in a like instance;\n  2. by a person not a party, may be served and executed only within the\ncounty, unless the court shall find that the interests of justice\nrequire that service not be so limited, in which case the court may\npermit service as in paragraph one. Such permission may be granted only\nafter motion on notice to all adverse parties.\n  (c) Protective order. The protective order provided for in CPLR § 3103\nshall be available in this court with regard to all of the foregoing,\nand shall not be limited to the disclosure devices provided in article\n31 of the CPLR.\n  (d) Extra-territorial disclosure. In any case where disclosure would\nbe available in the supreme court in a like case, but is unavailable in\nthis court by virtue of any territorial limitation upon its\njurisdiction, the court may, upon motion on notice to all adverse\nparties, make an order to obtain disclosure from a source without the\ncity, county or state by the use of any device to which the supreme\ncourt might resort to obtain disclosure from a source without the state.\n
N.Y. RRD Law § 226 — New York Code / Act RRD / Article 6 / Section 226
Shall prepare certificate of incorporation; proviso as to forfeiture
Status: in_force

§ 226. Shall prepare certificate of incorporation; proviso as to\nforfeiture. The commissioners shall prepare an appropriate certificate\nof incorporation for the corporation in the last section mentioned in\nwhich shall be set forth and embodied, as component parts thereof, the\nseveral conditions, requirements and particulars by such commissioners\ndetermined pursuant to the provisions of this article, and which shall\nalso provide for the release and forfeiture to the supervisors of the\ncounty, or if the road is to be constructed wholly or partly within a\ncity, to such city, of all rights and franchises acquired by such\ncorporation in case such railroad or railroads shall not be completed\nwithin the time and upon the conditions therein provided; and the\ncommissioners shall thereupon and within one hundred and twenty days\nafter their organization cause a suitable book of subscription to the\ncapital stock of such corporation to be opened pursuant to due public\nnotice at a banking office in such county or city. A failure by any\ncorporation heretofore or hereafter organized under this article to\ncomplete its railroad within the time limited in and by its certificate\nof incorporation shall only work a forfeiture of the franchises of such\ncorporation with respect to that portion of its route which such\ncorporation shall have failed to complete, and shall not affect the\nrights and franchises of such corporation to construct and operate such\npart of its railroad which it shall have completed within the term\nprescribed by its certificate of incorporation, or as to which the time\nfor completion shall not have expired, notwithstanding anything to the\ncontrary in its certificate of incorporation.\n
N.Y. MIL Law § 130.52 — New York Code / Act MIL / Article 7 / Part 7 / Section 130.52
Number of votes required
Status: in_force

§ 130.52. Number of votes required.  (a) No person shall be convicted\nof any offense, except as provided in subdivision (b) of section 130.45\nof this chapter, or by the concurrence of two-thirds of the members\npresent at the time the vote is taken.\n  (b) All sentences shall be determined by the concurrence of two-thirds\nof the members present at the time that the vote is taken.\n  (c) All other questions to be decided by the members of a general or\nspecial court-martial shall be determined by a majority vote, but a\ndetermination to reconsider a finding of guilty or to reconsider a\nsentence, with a view toward decreasing it, may be made by any lesser\nvote which indicates that the reconsideration is not opposed by the\nnumber of votes required for that finding or sentence.  A tie vote on a\nchallenge shall disqualify the member challenged.  A tie vote on a\nmotion for a finding of not guilty or on a motion relating to the\nquestion of the accused's sanity shall be a determination against the\naccused.  A tie vote on any other question shall be a determination in\nfavor of the accused.\n
N.Y. RRD Law § 102 — New York Code / Act RRD / Article 3 / Section 102
Ventilation of tunnels
Status: in_force

§ 102. Ventilation of tunnels. The commissioner of transportation is\nhereby authorized, empowered and given full and complete authority to\nrequire and compel all tunnels used or to be used by railroads operated\nby any form of power in this state to be properly ventilated, in such\nmanner and by such means and mechanical appliances as said commissioner\nof transportation may direct.\n
N.Y. AGM Law § 215-C — New York Code / Act AGM / Article 17-A / Section 215-C
Rules and regulations
Status: in_force

§ 215-c. Rules and regulations. The commissioner is hereby authorized\nand empowered to promulgate, amend and repeal rules and regulations to\ncarry out and give full force and effect to the provisions of this\narticle including rules and regulations prescribing the methods which\nmay be used to accomplish the enrichment of the food products governed\nby this article and rules and regulations governing the labeling of\nenriched foods.\n
N.Y. GCT Law § 25-CC — New York Code / Act GCT / Article 2-I / Section 25-CC
Construction
Status: in_force

§ 25-cc. Construction. Nothing contained in this article shall be\nconstrued as reducing the amount of a receipt for sales tax purposes\nunder any of the sales taxes imposed or authorized by article\ntwenty-eight or twenty-nine of the tax law; or as reducing the gross\nreceipts, the gross income or the gross operating income subject to tax\npursuant to section one hundred eighty-six or one hundred eighty-six-a\nof the tax law or authorized to be subjected to tax by section twelve\nhundred one of the tax law. The burden of establishing initial and\ncontinuing eligibility to claim the benefits of this article shall rest\nwith the party claiming such benefits.\n
N.Y. AGM Law § 146-E — New York Code / Act AGM / Article 10 / Section 146-E
Stop sale orders
Status: in_force

§ 146-e. Stop sale orders. The commissioner may issue and enforce a\nwritten or printed "stop sale, use or removal" order to the owner or\ncustodian of any lot of commercial fertilizer and to hold at a\ndesignated place when the commissioner finds said commercial fertilizer\nis being offered or exposed for sale in violation of any of the\nprovisions of this act until the law has been complied with and said\ncommercial fertilizer is released in writing by the commissioner, or\nsaid violation has been otherwise legally disposed of by written\nauthority. The commissioner shall release the commercial fertilizer so\nwithdrawn when the requirements of the provisions of this act have been\ncomplied with.\n
N.Y. RCO Law § 4 — New York Code / Act RCO / Article 2 / Section 4
Property of unincorporated society transferred by its incorporation
Status: in_force

§ 4. Property of unincorporated society transferred by its\nincorporation. All the temporalities and property of an unincorporated\nchurch, or of any unincorporated religious society, body, association or\ncongregation, shall, on the incorporation thereof, become the\ntemporalities and property of such corporation, whether such\ntemporalities or property be given, granted or devised directly to such\nunincorporated church, society, body, association or congregation, or to\nany other person for the use or benefit thereof.\n
N.Y. GCT Law § 13-A — New York Code / Act GCT / Article 2 / Section 13-A
Moneys for maintaining the conference of mayors and other city officials of the state of New York and any of its activities
Status: in_force

§ 13-a. Moneys for maintaining the conference of mayors and other city\nofficials of the state of New York and any of its activities. The common\ncouncil of any city is hereby authorized to appropriate and expend\nannually, from moneys raised by taxation in such city, a sum to meet the\nactual and necessary expenses of maintaining and continuing the\nconference of mayors and other city officials of the state of New York\nand any of its activities, in this state, for the purpose of devising\npracticable ways and means for obtaining greater economy and efficiency\nin the government thereof. The moneys thus appropriated shall be raised\nby tax on the real and personal property liable to taxation in any such\ncity in the same manner as other city expenses.\n
N.Y. CPL Law § 190.40 — New York Code / Act CPL / Part 2 / Title I / Article 190 / Section 190.40
Grand jury; witnesses, compulsion of evidence and immunity
Status: in_force

§ 190.40 Grand jury; witnesses, compulsion of evidence and immunity.\n  1.  Every witness in a grand jury proceeding must give any evidence\nlegally requested of him regardless of any protest or belief on his part\nthat it may tend to incriminate him.\n  2.  A witness who gives evidence in a grand jury proceeding receives\nimmunity unless:\n  (a)  He has effectively waived such immunity pursuant to section\n190.45; or\n  (b)  Such evidence is not responsive to any inquiry and is\ngratuitously given or volunteered by the witness with knowledge that it\nis not responsive.\n  (c)  The evidence given by the witness consists only of books, papers,\nrecords or other physical evidence of an enterprise, as defined in\nsubdivision one of section 175.00 of the penal law, the production of\nwhich is required by a subpoena duces tecum, and the witness does not\npossess a privilege against self-incrimination with respect to the\nproduction of such evidence.  Any further evidence given by the witness\nentitles the witness to immunity except as provided in subparagraph (a)\nand (b) of this subdivision.\n
N.Y. SOS Law § 464-E — New York Code / Act SOS / Article 8 / Section 464-E
Distribution of reports
Status: in_force

§ 464-e. Distribution of reports. The commissioner, in conjunction\nwith the advisory committee, shall prepare an interim report within\nthirty months after the effective date of this article, which shall\ninclude a preliminary review of each pilot project. The commissioner, in\nconjunction with such committee, shall also prepare a final report\nwithin sixty months after the effective date of this article.  Such\nfinal report shall contain a description of the various human services\npilot projects  demonstrated and their perceived effect on cost,\ndelivery and accessibility of human services in rural areas. The final\nreport shall describe the effect of each pilot project on existing\nproviders and consumers of such services, as well as the effect on each\ncommunity served. The same report shall identify laws, rules and\nregulations, if any, that should be repealed or amended in order to make\nit possible to properly and efficiently implement such plans or programs\nin other rural areas of the state. Said interim and final reports shall\nbe distributed to all participants in the program, as well as to the\ngovernor and the legislature.\n
N.Y. CCA Law § 1605 — New York Code / Act CCA / Article 16 / Section 1605
Action on marshal's bond
Status: in_force

§ 1605. Action on marshal's bond. An action upon the bond of a marshal\nmay be brought and prosecuted to judgment in this court, upon leave\nobtained from a judge of this court, according to the provisions\nrelating to an action in the supreme court by a private person upon an\nofficial bond.\n