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N.Y. UCC Law § 3-409 — New York Code / Act UCC / Article 3 / Part 4 / Section 3-409
Draft Not an Assignment
Status: in_force

Section 3--409. Draft Not an Assignment.\n  (1) A check or other draft does not of itself operate as an assignment\nof any funds in the hands of the drawee available for its payment, and\nthe drawee is not liable on the instrument until he accepts it.\n  (2) Nothing in this section shall affect any liability in contract,\ntort or otherwise arising from any letter of credit or other obligation\nor representation which is not an acceptance.\n
N.Y. LAB Law § 202-A — New York Code / Act LAB / Article 7 / Section 202-A
Leave of absence for bone marrow donations
Status: in_force

§ 202-a. Leave of absence for bone marrow donations. 1. For the\npurposes of this section, the following terms shall have the following\nmeanings:\n  (a) "Employee" means a person who performs services for hire for an\nemployer, for an average of twenty or more hours per week, and includes\nall individuals employed at any site owned or operated by an employer\nbut shall not include an independent contractor.\n  (b) "Employer" means a person or entity that employs twenty or more\nemployees at at least one site and includes an individual, corporation,\npartnership, association, nonprofit organization, group of persons,\ncounty, town, city, school district, public authority or other\ngovernmental subdivision of any kind.\n  2. An employer must grant leaves of absence to an employee who seeks\nto undergo a medical procedure to donate bone marrow. The combined\nlength of the leaves shall be determined by the physician, but may not\nexceed twenty-four work hours, unless agreed to by the employer. The\nemployer may require verification by a physician for the purpose and\nlength of each leave requested by the employee to donate bone marrow.\n  3. An employer shall not retaliate against an employee for requesting\nor obtaining a leave of absence as provided by this section for the\npurpose of undergoing a medical procedure to donate bone marrow.\n  4. The provisions of this section shall not prevent an employer from\nproviding leave for bone marrow donations in addition to leave allowed\nunder any other provision of law. The provisions of this section shall\nnot affect an employee's rights with respect to any other employee\nbenefit otherwise provided by law.\n
N.Y. SCP Law § 1509 — New York Code / Act SCP / Article 15 / Section 1509
Power over lifetime trusts Except to the extent inconsistent with other provisions of this act, the surrogate having jurisdiction of a li...
Status: in_force

§ 1509. Power over lifetime trusts\n  Except to the extent inconsistent with other provisions of this act,\nthe surrogate having jurisdiction of a lifetime trust shall have such\npower over the lifetime trust and its trustee as a justice of the\nsupreme court having jurisdiction over the trust would have.\n
N.Y. TAX Law § 1330 — New York Code / Act TAX / Article 30-A / Section 1330
Credit for tax withheld
Status: in_force

§ 1330. Credit for tax withheld. The city income tax surcharge\nwithheld shall not reduce net state tax for purposes of computing the\ncity income tax surcharge, but any amount of tax actually deducted and\nwithheld under the authority of this article in any calendar year shall\nbe deemed to have been paid to the state tax commission on behalf of the\nperson from whom withheld, and such person shall be credited with having\npaid the amount of tax for the taxable year beginning in such calendar\nyear. For a taxable year of less than twelve months, the credit shall be\nmade under regulations of the state tax commission.\n
N.Y. PBO Law § 1 — New York Code / Act PBO / Article 1 / Section 1
Short title
Status: in_force

§ 1. Short title. This chapter shall be known as the "Public Officers\nLaw."\n
N.Y. CVP Law § 5107 — New York Code / Act CVP / Article 51 / Section 5107
Conveyance by sheriff
Status: in_force

§ 5107. Conveyance by sheriff. The court may require the sheriff to\nconvey real property in conformity with its directions.\n
N.Y. HAY Law § 343-X*2 — New York Code / Act HAY / Article 12 / Section 343-X*2
Portion of the state highway system to be designated as the "Sampson Veterans Memorial Highway"
Status: in_force

* § 343-x. Portion of the state highway system to be designated as the\n"Sampson Veterans Memorial Highway". All that portion of the state\nhighway system constituting state route 96A, from its intersection with\nstate route 5 and United States route 20 in the town of Waterloo, Seneca\ncounty, continuing in a southerly direction along route 96A to its\nintersection with state route 414 in the village of Ovid, Seneca county,\nshall be designated and known as the "Sampson Veterans Memorial\nHighway".\n  * NB There are 5 § 343-x's\n
N.Y. UJC Law § 400 — New York Code / Act UJC / Article 4 / Section 400
Method of commencing action or special proceeding
Status: in_force

§ 400. Method of commencing action or special proceeding.\n  Section three hundred four of the civil practice law and rules shall\nnot apply in this court. An action is commenced in this court and\njurisdiction acquired by service of a summons. A special proceeding is\ncommenced and jurisdiction acquired by service of a notice of petition\nor order to show cause.\n
N.Y. FIS Law § 1001 — New York Code / Act FIS / Article 10 / Section 1001
Definitions
Status: in_force

§ 1001. Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms\nshall have the following meanings:\n  (a) "Advertise" means publishing or disseminating any written, oral,\nelectronic or printed communication or any communication by means of\nrecorded telephone messages or transmitted or broadcast on radio,\ntelevision, the internet or similar communications media, including\naudio recordings, film strips, motion pictures and videos, published,\ndisseminated, circulated or placed before the public, directly or\nindirectly, for the purpose of inducing a consumer to enter into a\nlitigation funding contract.\n  (b) "Charges" means anything to be paid to a litigation funding\ncompany by or on behalf of a consumer pursuant to a litigation funding\ncontract.  Charges includes all administrative, origination,\nunderwriting or other fees, including interest and payment of the funded\namount, no matter how denominated.\n  (c) "Funding litigation" or "to fund litigation" means providing no\nmore than five hundred thousand dollars to a consumer in exchange for\nthe consumer's agreement to pay the litigation funding company from the\npotential proceeds of any settlement, judgment, award or verdict that\nmay be paid to resolve that consumer's legal claim.\n  (d) "Litigation funding contract" or "contract" means an agreement\nbetween a litigation funding company and a consumer to fund litigation.\n  (e) "Litigation funding company" or "company" means a person or entity\nthat is engaged in the business of funding litigation. This term shall\nnot include an immediate family member of the consumer or an attorney\nrepresenting a consumer on a contingency basis that is not a litigation\nfunding company on the basis of such representation.\n  (f) "Consumer" means a natural person who has a legal claim and who\nresides or is domiciled in New York state and the claim is or will be\nfiled in a New York state or federal court.\n  (g) "Funded amount" means the amount of monies provided to, or on\nbehalf of, a consumer pursuant to a litigation funding contract.\n  (h) "Funding date" means the date on which the funded amount is\ntransferred to the consumer by the litigation funding company.\n  (i) "Immediate family member" means a parent; sibling; child by blood,\nadoption, or marriage; spouse; grandparent; or grandchild.\n  (j) "Legal claim" means a civil claim or cause of action.\n
N.Y. BSW Law § 7-A — New York Code / Act BSW / Section 7-A
Regulation of judges
Status: in_force

* § 7-a. Regulation of judges. 1. Judges for any contest under the\njurisdiction of the commission shall be selected by the commission from\na list of qualified licensed judges maintained by the commission.\n  2. Any boxer or manager may protest the assignment of a judge to a\ncontest and the protesting boxer or manager may be heard by the\ncommission or its designee if such protest is timely. If the protest is\nuntimely it shall be summarily rejected.\n  3. Each person seeking to be licensed as a judge by the commission\nshall be required to submit to or provide proof of an eye examination\nand annually thereafter on the anniversary of the issuance of the\nlicense.  Each person seeking to be a boxing judge in the state must be\ncertified as having completed a training program as approved by the\ncommission and shall have passed a written examination approved by the\ncommission covering aspects of boxing including, but not limited to, the\nrules of the sport, the law of the state relating to the commission, and\nbasic first aid. The commission shall establish continuing education\nprograms to keep licensees current on areas of required knowledge.\n  4. Each person seeking a license to be a boxing judge in the state\nshall be required to fill out a financial questionnaire certifying under\npenalty of perjury full disclosure of the judge's financial situation on\na questionnaire to be promulgated by the commission. Such questionnaire\nshall be in a form and manner approved by the commission and shall\nprovide information as to areas of actual or potential conflict of\ninterests as well as appearances of such conflicts, including financial\nresponsibility. Within forty-eight hours of any match, each boxing judge\nshall file with the commission a financial disclosure statement in such\nform and manner as shall be acceptable to the commission.\n  5. Only a person licensed by the commission may judge a boxing contest\nwithin the state.\n  * NB Repealed September 1, 2016\n
N.Y. GMU Law § 209-R — New York Code / Act GMU / Article 10 / Section 209-R
Police protection
Status: in_force

§ 209-r. Police protection.  Notwithstanding any local or special law\nor charter provision, a city, town or village shall, irrespective of the\nboundaries of a privately owned housing development, provide for any\nstreets and pathways open to the public within such development, police\nprotection services of the same character and to the same extent as\nthose provided generally in the community.\n
N.Y. UCC Law § 5-113 — New York Code / Act UCC / Article 5 / Section 5-113
Transfer by operation of law
Status: in_force

Section 5--113. Transfer by operation of law.\n  (a) A successor of a beneficiary may consent to amendments, sign and\npresent documents, and receive payment or other items of value in the\nname of the beneficiary without disclosing its status as a successor.\n  (b) A successor of a beneficiary may consent to amendments, sign and\npresent documents, and receive payment or other items of value in its\nown name as the disclosed successor of the beneficiary. Except as\notherwise provided in subsection (e) of this section, an issuer shall\nrecognize a disclosed successor of a beneficiary as beneficiary in full\nsubstitution for its predecessor upon compliance with the requirements\nfor recognition by the issuer of a transfer of drawing rights by\noperation of law under the standard practice referred to in subsection\n(e) of section 5--108 or, in the absence of such a practice, compliance\nwith other reasonable procedures sufficient to protect the issuer.\n  (c) An issuer is not obliged to determine whether a purported\nsuccessor is a successor of a beneficiary or whether the signature of a\npurported successor is genuine or authorized.\n  (d) Honor of a purported successor's apparently complying presentation\nunder subsection (a) or (b) of this section has the consequences\nspecified in subsection (i) of section 5--108 even if the purported\nsuccessor is not the successor of a beneficiary. Documents signed in the\nname of the beneficiary or of a disclosed successor by a person who is\nneither the beneficiary nor the successor of the beneficiary are forged\ndocuments for the purposes of section 5--109.\n  (e) An issuer whose rights of reimbursement are not covered by\nsubsection (d) of this section or substantially similar law and any\nconfirmer or nominated person may decline to recognize a presentation\nunder subsection (b) of this section.\n  (f) A beneficiary whose name is changed after the issuance of a letter\nof credit has the same rights and obligations as a successor of a\nbeneficiary under this section.\n
N.Y. DCD Law § 57 — New York Code / Act DCD / Article 3 / Section 57
Effect of consent where petitioner is a joint debtor
Status: in_force

§ 57. Effect of consent where petitioner is a joint debtor. A\ncreditor's consent does not affect his remedy against any person or\npersons indebted jointly with the petitioner; and the petitioner's\ndischarge has the effect, as between the creditor and the other joint\ndebtors, of a composition between the petitioner and the creditor, made\nas prescribed in title one of article fifteen of the general obligations\nlaw.\n
N.Y. LAB Law § 1037 — New York Code / Act LAB / Article 36 / Section 1037
Duties of clients
Status: in_force

§ 1037. Duties of clients. A client shall:\n  1. compensate models at an hourly rate at least fifty percent higher\nthan the contracted hourly rate for any employment, engagement,\nentertainment, exhibition or performance that exceeds eight hours in any\ntwenty-four hour period;\n  2. provide at least one thirty minute meal break for any employment,\nengagement, entertainment, exhibition or performance that exceeds eight\nhours in any twenty-four hour period;\n  3. only offer an employment or engagement to a model that does not\npose an unreasonable risk of danger to the model. An unreasonable risk\nof danger shall include, but not be limited to, failure to establish and\ncommunicate a company policy that equals or exceeds the minimum\nstandards provided for by existing law that addresses abuse, harassment,\nor any other form of inappropriate behavior;\n  4. ensure that any employment, engagement, entertainment, exhibition\nor performance which requires nudity or other sexually explicit material\nshall comply with the requirements of subdivision three of section\nfifty-two-c of the civil rights law, as added by chapter three hundred\nfour of the laws of two thousand twenty;\n  5. allow the model to be accompanied by their agent, manager,\nchaperone, or other representative to any employment, engagement,\nentertainment, exhibition or performance;\n  6. provide liability insurance to cover and safeguard the health and\nsafety of models; and\n  7. obtain clear and conspicuous prior written consent from the model\nfor any creation or use of a model's digital replica, detailing the\nscope, purpose, rate of pay, and duration of such use.\n
N.Y. CVR Law § 13 — New York Code / Act CVR / Article 2 / Section 13
Right to serve on juries
Status: in_force

§ 13. Right to serve on juries. No citizen of the state possessing all\nother qualifications which are or may be required or prescribed by law,\nshall be disqualified to serve as a grand or petit juror in any court of\nthis state on account of race, creed, color, national origin or sex, and\nany person charged with any duty in the selection or summoning of jurors\nwho shall exclude or fail to summon any citizen for any of the causes\naforesaid shall, on conviction thereof, be deemed guilty of a\nmisdemeanor and be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than\nfive hundred dollars or imprisoned not less than thirty days, nor more\nthan ninety days, or both such fine and imprisonment.\n
N.Y. VOL Law § 18 — New York Code / Act VOL / Article 2 / Section 18
Disposition of accrued benefits upon death
Status: in_force

§ 18. Disposition of accrued benefits upon death. Except as otherwise\nprovided in section ten of this chapter, in the case of the death of an\ninjured volunteer firefighter to whom there was due at the time of his\nor her death any benefits under the provisions of this chapter, the\namount of such benefits shall be payable to the surviving spouse, if\nthere be one, or, if none, to the surviving child or children of the\ndeceased under the age of eighteen years, and if there be no surviving\nspouse or children, then to the dependents of such deceased or to any of\nthem as the workers' compensation board may direct, and if there be no\nsurviving spouse, children or dependents of such deceased, then to his\nor her estate. An award for disability may be made after the death of an\ninjured volunteer firefighter.\n
N.Y. GMU Law § 208-D*3 — New York Code / Act GMU / Article 10 / Section 208-D*3
Extra work by members of a police force in cities
Status: in_force

* § 208-d. Extra work by members of a police force in cities.\nNotwithstanding the provisions of any general, special or local law or\nany rule or regulation of any police department or commissioner or head\nthereof, any member of a police force of a city may engage in extra work\nfor another employer outside his regular hours of duty for not exceeding\ntwenty hours a week provided that such extra work does not interfere or\nconflict with his regular duties as a member of the force or his\navailability for emergency duty nor affect his physical condition to the\nextent that it impairs his ability to efficiently perform such duties\nand further provided that the type of employment shall first be approved\nby the appropriate police department or police commissioner.\n  * NB There are 3 § 208-d's\n
N.Y. MDW Law § 170 — New York Code / Act MDW / Article 6 / Section 170
Application of article six and other provisions to converted dwellings
Status: in_force

§ 170. Application of article six and other provisions to converted\ndwellings.\n  The provisions of this article shall apply to converted dwellings and\nto such dwellings only. They shall apply to all converted dwellings\nunless their application is expressly limited to dwellings of a\nparticular class. The following enumerated articles and sections shall\nalso apply to all converted dwellings unless so limited:\nArticle 1.   Introductory provisions; definitions.\n        2.   Miscellaneous application provisions.\n        7-a. Temporary provisions.\n        8.   Requirements and remedies.\n        9.   Registry of names and service of papers.\n        10.  Prostitution.\n        11.  Laws repealed; saving clause; legislative intent; effect.\nSec. 28.     Two or more buildings on same lot\n     29.     Painting of courts and shafts\n     31.     Size of rooms--- subdivision six\n     35.     Entrance doors and lights\n     37.     Artificial hall lighting\n     52.     Stairs\n     55.     Wainscoting\n     56.     Frame buildings and extensions\n     57.     Bells; mail receptacles\n     58.     Incombustible materials\n     59.     Bakeries and fat boiling\n     60.     Motor vehicle storage\n     61.     Business uses\n     62.     Parapets, guard railings and wires--- subdivision two\n     75.     Water supply\n     76.     Water-closet and bath accommodations\n     77.     Plumbing and drainage\n     78.     Repairs\n     79.     Heating\n     80.     Cleanliness\n     81.     Receptacles for waste matter\n     83.     Janitor or housekeeper\n
N.Y. NAV Law § 81 — New York Code / Act NAV / Article 5 / Section 81
Supervisor to serve notice
Status: in_force

§ 81. Supervisor to serve notice. It shall be the duty of the\nsupervisor of the town or the president of the incorporated village in\nwhich any such tidewater creek or estuary is located, in whole or in\npart, to serve written or printed notice on the chief officer of the\nmunicipal corporation so diverting water from the stream of fresh water,\nor on the superintendent or other person in charge of the works, at any\ntime, of the fact of such tidewater creek or estuary not being\nmaintained at the depth and width herein provided for, and the said\nmunicipal corporation shall within fifteen days thereafter, by dredging\nor otherwise, restore such navigable stream to the depth as specified by\nthis article; and it shall not be lawful for such corporation to\ncontinue the diversion of any such fresh water stream after said fifteen\ndays have expired from the time of serving such notice, until the\ntidewater creek or estuary into which any such stream flows shall have\nbeen deepened to the required depth and width.  If such municipal\ncorporation disputes any of the allegations of fact contained in such\nnotice, it must within three days after receiving the notice cause a\nreply in writing to be served on the town or village officer whose name\nis signed thereto by delivering the same to him personally, or to the\ntown clerk or village clerk as the case may be, and such reply in\nwriting must state what alleged fact is disputed, and also clearly\nspecify the reasons for controverting the allegations of fact contained\nin the notice.\n
N.Y. COM Law § 136 — New York Code / Act COM / Article 4-B / Section 136
Rules and regulations
Status: in_force

§ 136. Rules and regulations. The commissioner shall adopt rules and\nregulations to effectuate the purposes of this article. The division of\nsmall-business advisory board shall recommend to him criteria for\ninclusion therein.\n
N.Y. RPA Law § 1951 — New York Code / Act RPA / Article 19 / Section 1951
Extinguishment of non-substantial restrictions on the use of land
Status: in_force

§ 1951. Extinguishment of non-substantial restrictions on the use of\nland. 1. No restriction on the use of land created at any time by\ncovenant, promise or negative easement, or created on or after September\n1, 1958, by a special limitation or condition subsequent governed by\nsection 1953, shall be enforced by injunction or judgment compelling a\nconveyance of the land burdened by the restriction or an interest\ntherein, nor shall such restriction be declared or determined to be\nenforceable, if, at the time the enforceability of the restriction is\nbrought in question, it appears that the restriction is of no actual and\nsubstantial benefit to the persons seeking its enforcement or seeking a\ndeclaration or determination of its enforceability, either because the\npurpose of the restriction has already been accomplished or, by reason\nof changed conditions or other cause, its purpose is not capable of\naccomplishment, or for any other reason.\n  2. When relief against such a restriction is sought in an action to\nquiet title or to obtain a declaration with respect to enforceability of\nthe restriction or to determine an adverse claim arising from the\nrestriction, or is sought by way of defense or counterclaim in an action\nto enforce the restriction or to obtain a declaration with respect to\nits enforceability, if the court shall find that the restriction is of\nno actual and substantial benefit to the persons seeking its enforcement\nor seeking a declaration or determination of its enforceability, either\nbecause the purpose of the restriction has already been accomplished or,\nby reason of changed conditions or other cause, its purpose is not\ncapable of accomplishment, or for any other reason, it may adjudge that\nthe restriction is not enforceable by injunction or as provided in\nsubdivision 2 of section 1953 and that it shall be completely\nextinguished upon payment, to the person or persons who would otherwise\nbe entitled to enforce it in the event of a breach at the time of the\naction, of such damages, if any, as such person or persons will sustain\nfrom the extinguishment of the restriction.\n