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N.Y. GBS Law § 89-V — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 8 / Section 89-V
Enforcement by attorney general
Status: in_force

§ 89-v. Enforcement by attorney general. In addition to the other\nremedies provided, whenever there shall be a violation of this article,\napplication may be made by the attorney general in the name of the\npeople of the state of New York to a court or justice having\njurisdiction by a special proceeding to issue an injunction, and upon\nnotice to the defendant of not less than five days, to enjoin and\nrestrain the continuance of such violations; and if it shall appear to\nthe satisfaction of the court or justice that the defendant has, in\nfact, violated this article, an injunction may be issued by such court\nor justice, enjoining and restraining any further violation, without\nrequiring proof that any person has, in fact, been injured or damaged\nthereby. In any such proceeding, the court may make allowances to the\nattorney general as provided in paragraph six of subdivision (a) of\nsection eighty-three hundred three of the civil practice law and rules.\nWhenever the court shall determine that a violation of this article has\noccurred, the court may impose a civil penalty of not more than one\nthousand dollars for each violation. Provided, however, a process server\nor agency may not be held liable for penalty in any action brought under\nthis section for violation of this article, if the process server or\nagency shows by a preponderance of the evidence that the violation was\nnot intentional and resulted from a bona fide error, notwithstanding the\nmaintenance of procedures reasonably adopted to avoid any such error.\nExamples of a bona fide error include, but are not limited to, clerical\ncalculation, computer malfunction and programming and printing errors.\nIn connection with any such proposed application, the attorney general\nis authorized to take proof and make a determination of the relevant\nfacts and to issue subpoenas in accordance with the civil practice law\nand rules.\n
N.Y. TAX Law § 1449-OOOOO — New York Code / Act TAX / Article 31-G / Section 1449-OOOOO
Returns to be secret
Status: in_force

§ 1449-ooooo. Returns to be secret. 1. Except in accordance with\nproper judicial order or as otherwise provided by law, it shall be\nunlawful for the treasurer or any officer or employee of the county of\nTompkins or any person engaged or retained by such county on an\nindependent contract basis to divulge or make known in any manner the\nparticulars set forth or disclosed in any return required under a local\nlaw enacted pursuant to this article. However, that nothing in this\nsection shall prohibit the recording officer from making a notation on\nan instrument effecting a conveyance indicating the amount of tax paid.\nNo recorded instrument effecting a conveyance shall be considered a\nreturn for purposes of this section.\n  2. The officers charged with the custody of such returns shall not be\nrequired to produce any of them or evidence of anything contained in\nthem in any action or proceeding in any court, except on behalf of the\ncounty in any action or proceeding involving the collection of a tax due\nunder a local law enacted pursuant to this article to which such county\nor an officer or employee of such county is a party or a claimant, or on\nbehalf of any party to any action or proceeding under the provisions of\na local law enacted pursuant to this article when the returns or facts\nshown thereby are directly involved in such action or proceeding, in any\nof which events the court may require the production of, and may admit\nin evidence, so much of said returns or of the facts shown thereby, as\nare pertinent to the action or proceeding and no more.\n  3. Nothing herein shall be construed to prohibit the delivery to a\ngrantor or grantee of an instrument effecting a conveyance or the duly\nauthorized representative of a grantor or grantee of a certified copy of\nany return filed in connection with such instrument or to prohibit the\npublication of statistics so classified as to prevent the identification\nof particular returns and the items thereof, or the inspection by the\nlegal representatives of such county of the return of any taxpayer who\nshall bring action to set aside or review the tax based thereon.\n  4. Any officer or employee of such county who willfully violates the\nprovisions of this section shall be dismissed from office and be\nincapable of holding any public office in this state for a period of\nfive years thereafter.\n
N.Y. RPA Law § 2010 — New York Code / Act RPA / Article 20-A / Section 2010
Enforcement of liens by a homeowners' association
Status: in_force

§ 2010. Enforcement of liens by a homeowners' association. At least\nninety days prior to the commencement of a foreclosure action to enforce\na lien for unpaid common charges, assessments, fees or fines owed to an\nincorporated homeowners' association, which is permitted pursuant to the\ngoverning documents of such association, the board or other entity\nrepresenting the association shall provide notice to the owner at the\nproperty address and any other address of record, in at least\nfourteen-point type, that the association intends to file an action for\nforeclosure to enforce the lien and shall state the address of the\nproperty and the specific amount due.\n
N.Y. GMU Law § 370 — New York Code / Act GMU / Article 14-B / Section 370
Establishment
Status: in_force

§ 370. Establishment. 1. The legislative body of a city, village or\ntown, may by ordinance or local law authorize the court having\njurisdiction of traffic cases to establish a traffic violations bureau\nto assist the court in the disposition of infractions in relation to\ntraffic violations.\n  2. There shall be a department of the Nassau county government known\nas the Nassau county traffic and parking violations agency, which shall\noperate under the direction and control of the county executive.\n  3. There shall be a department of the Suffolk county government known\nas the Suffolk county traffic and parking violations agency, which shall\noperate under the direction and control of the county executive.\n  4. There shall be an executive department of the Buffalo city\ngovernment known as the Buffalo traffic violations agency, which shall\noperate under the direction and control of the mayor.\n  5. There shall be an executive department or bureau of the city of\nRochester known as the Rochester traffic violations agency, which shall\noperate under the direction and control of the mayor or the mayor's\ndesignee.\n
N.Y. STF Law § 201-B — New York Code / Act STF / Article 14 / Section 201-B
Qualified transportation fringe benefit program for certain state officers and employees
Status: in_force

§ 201-b. Qualified transportation fringe benefit program for certain\nstate officers and employees. 1. This section shall apply to employees\nas set forth in subdivision one of section two hundred one-a of this\narticle.\n  2. The director of employee relations, in consultation with the\ndirector of the budget and the president of the civil service\ncommission, is authorized to establish a qualified transportation fringe\nbenefit program consistent with section 132 of the internal revenue code\nand regulations adopted pursuant thereto, and implement such program\nsubject to the approval of the director of the budget.\n  3. At the request of an employee as defined in subdivision one of this\nsection, the comptroller shall, by payroll deduction, reduce the amount\nof compensation elected by the employee pursuant to program regulations\nand section 132(f) of the internal revenue code for the purpose of\nproviding the employee with a qualified transportation fringe benefit as\nauthorized in subdivision two of this section, and shall transfer the\namount so reduced to the authorized program administrator.\n  4. The term "program administrator" shall mean that agent, as\ndetermined by the director of employee relations, responsible for the\nmaintenance and management of the qualified transportation fringe\nbenefit program as authorized in subdivision two of this section.\n  5. Moneys deducted from the salaries of employees of participating\nemployers shall be held by the program administrator as agent for the\nparticipating employer and shall be accounted for separately.\nNotwithstanding any law to the contrary, such moneys may be paid out by\nthe program administrator without any appropriation by law. All payments\nof moneys by the program administrator shall be made only in accordance\nwith the qualified transportation fringe benefit program upon audit of\nthe state comptroller.\n  6. To the extent permitted by section 132 of the internal revenue code\nand regulations adopted pursuant thereto, any salary deducted from a\nparticipating employee's annual compensation for the purpose of\nproviding such employee with a qualified transportation fringe benefit\nshall be considered part of annual compensation for the purpose of\ncomputing retirement benefits.\n  7. Notwithstanding any other law, rule, or regulation to the contrary,\nwhere, and to the extent that, an agreement between the state and an\nemployee organization entered into pursuant to article fourteen of the\ncivil service law on behalf of employees in a collective negotiating\nunit established pursuant to article fourteen of the civil service law\nprovides for a qualified transportation fringe benefit provided by this\nsection, such qualified transportation fringe benefit shall be\nestablished in accordance with such agreement.\n
N.Y. EPT Law § 9-2.3 — New York Code / Act EPT / Article 9 / Part 2 / Section 9-2.3
Undistributed income
Status: in_force

§ 9-2.3 Undistributed income\n  When income is not disposed of and no valid direction is given for its\naccumulation it passes to the persons presumptively entitled to the next\neventual estate.\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 40-0115 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 40 / Section 40-0115
Sales of hazardous substances
Status: in_force

§ 40-0115. Sales of hazardous substances.\n  1. The manufacturer or distributor of a hazardous substance must\nprovide the operator of the storage facility which purchases such\nsubstances with technical guidance and recommended practices for the\nstorage and handling of such substances.\n  2. No delivery of a hazardous substance may be made to a storage\nfacility that is not registered pursuant to section 40-0107 of this\narticle.\n
N.Y. SLG Law § 10 — New York Code / Act SLG / Article 2 / Section 10
Grants of powers to local governments
Status: in_force

§ 10. Grants of powers to local governments. Except as otherwise\nspecifically provided in this section, each of the following powers,\nwhich shall include but not be limited to those of local legislation and\nadministration, is hereby granted to each local government which shall\nat all times be subject to such purposes, standards and procedures as\nthe legislature may have heretofore prescribed or may hereafter\nprescribe:\n  1. The power to adopt, amend and repeal ordinances, resolutions and\nrules and regulations in the exercise of its functions, powers and\nduties.\n  2. The power to acquire real and personal property or any interest\ntherein for its purposes, and to construct, reconstruct, equip,\nmaintain, repair and operate the same for such purposes.\n  3. The power to acquire, establish, construct, reconstruct, equip,\nmaintain, repair and operate recreational facilities on park or other\nlands, including but not limited to self-supporting, self-sustaining or\nrevenue-producing recreational facilities.\n  4. The power to dispose of its real or personal property or any\ninterest therein when no longer required for its purposes, except that\nthis power shall not be applicable to inalienable real or personal\nproperty or any inalienable interest therein.\n  5. The power to fix, levy, impose, collect and administer rents,\ncharges, rates and fees, penalties and rates of interest thereon, liens\non local property in connection therewith and charges thereon.\n  6. In the case of a city, village, or town with respect to the area\nthereof outside the village or villages therein, the power to adopt,\namend and repeal zoning regulations.\n  7. The power to perform comprehensive or other planning work relating\nto its jurisdiction.\n
N.Y. CVP Law § 1316 — New York Code / Act CVP / Article 13-A / Section 1316
Order of attachment on notice; temporary restraining order; contents
Status: in_force

§ 1316. Order of attachment on notice; temporary restraining order;\ncontents. Upon a motion on notice for an order of attachment, the court\nmay, without notice to the defendant, grant a temporary restraining\norder prohibiting the transfer of assets by a garnishee as provided in\nsubdivision two of section one thousand three hundred twenty of this\narticle. The contents of the order of attachment granted pursuant to\nthis section shall be as provided in subdivision one of section one\nthousand three hundred seventeen of this article.\n
N.Y. UJC Law § 102 — New York Code / Act UJC / Article 1 / Section 102
Application of UJCA
Status: in_force

§ 102. Application of UJCA.\n  The jurisdiction of and practice and procedure in each court governed\nby the UJCA shall be as prescribed herein, and each such court shall be\na part of the unified court system for the state. Such court in each\nmunicipality shall have an official seal to be furnished by the\nmunicipality upon which shall be engraved the words "Justice Court of\nthe (Town, Village or City) of (insert name of municipality), County of\n(insert name of county), New York, Seal".\n
N.Y. COM Law § 483 — New York Code / Act COM / Article 26 / Section 483
Eligibility criteria
Status: in_force

§ 483. Eligibility criteria. 1. To be eligible for a tax credit under\nthe COVID-19 capital costs tax credit program, a business entity must:\n  (a) be a small business as defined in section one hundred thirty-one\nof this chapter and have two million five hundred thousand dollars or\nless of gross receipts in the taxable year that includes December\nthirty-first, two thousand twenty-one;\n  (b) operate a business location in New York state; and\n  (c) have at least two thousand dollars in qualifying COVID-19 capital\ncosts.\n  2. A business entity must be in substantial compliance with any public\nhealth or other emergency orders or regulations related to the entity's\nbusiness sector or other laws and regulations as determined by the\ncommissioner. In addition, a business entity may not owe past due state\ntaxes or local property taxes unless the business entity is making\npayments and complying with an approved binding payment agreement\nentered into with the taxing authority.\n
N.Y. PBS Law § 7 — New York Code / Act PBS / Article 1 / Section 7
Organization and records; minutes as evidence; destruction of certain records
Status: in_force

§ 7. Organization and records; minutes as evidence; destruction of\ncertain records. 1. The commission shall have a secretary and assistant\nsecretaries to be appointed by the chairman. It shall be the duty of the\nsecretary to keep a full and true record of all proceedings and a\ntranscript of the public sessions of the commission.  The record of the\nproceedings of the commission shall be prima facie evidence of the\nproceedings of the commission. The transcript of public sessions shall\nbe made available in the Albany and New York city offices that the\ncommission maintains. The chairman shall have charge of the organization\nof its office, shall assign its employees to the several divisions or\nbureaus and shall superintend the performance of their duties. The\nsecretary and assistant secretary, each commissioner and each hearing\nofficer or person designated to conduct an investigation may administer\noaths in all parts of the state, so far as the exercise of such power is\nproperly incidental to the performance of his duty or that of the\ncommission.\n  2. Such records and general correspondence as are no longer necessary\nfor the purposes of the commission may be destroyed upon the order of\nthe commission; but no such record, report or correspondence shall be\ndestroyed until it shall have been on file for at least five years.\n  3. Any opinion issued by the commission in a formal commission\nproceeding shall include a record of the vote taken indicating the names\nof the commissioners who voted in favor and the names of the\ncommissioners who voted against the opinion. Any statement of dissent\nshall be attached to the majority's opinion.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 85 — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 7 / Section 85
Prosecution
Status: in_force

§ 85. Prosecution. Criminal action for violation of this article shall\nbe prosecuted by the attorney general, his or her deputy, or a district\nattorney, in the name of the people of the state. In any such\nprosecution the attorney general, or his or her deputy, shall exercise\nall the powers and perform all duties which the district attorney would\notherwise be authorized to exercise or to perform therein. The attorney\ngeneral or a district attorney shall, upon a conviction for a violation\nof any provision of this article and within ten days thereafter, make\nand file with the department of state a detailed report showing the date\nof such conviction, the name of the person convicted and the nature of\nthe charge.\n
N.Y. CNT Law § 655 — New York Code / Act CNT / Article 17 / Section 655
Emergency special deputies
Status: in_force

§ 655. Emergency special deputies. For the protection of human life\nand property during an emergency, the sheriff may deputize orally or in\nwriting such number of additional special deputies as he deems\nnecessary. If he is unable to continue the services of such special\ndeputies without compensation, he may pay the compensation of any such\nspecial deputies in such amount as the board of supervisors may\ndetermine for each day any such special deputy is actually engaged in\nassisting him in the performance of his duties, or in assisting any\nother sheriff who has declared a state of special emergency, pursuant to\nthe provisions of section two hundred nine-f of the general municipal\nlaw, with the permission of the sheriff who deputized him. If the board\nof supervisors shall fail to fix the compensation of such special\ndeputies, the sheriff may fix such compensation at not exceeding three\ndollars per hour for each such special deputy. The compensation of any\nspecial deputy so appointed shall be a county charge. The board of\nsupervisors may direct the manner of payment including a direction of\napproval for such payment by the chairman of a designated committee of\nthe board.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 124 — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 9-A / Section 124
Sale of tickets not filled out, a misdemeanor
Status: in_force

§ 124. Sale of tickets not filled out, a misdemeanor.  A person who\nissues, sells or delivers to another, any ticket, instrument,\ncertificate, order or receipt, which is not made or filled out as\nprescribed in the last section, is guilty of a misdemeanor.\n
N.Y. GMU Law § 120-A — New York Code / Act GMU / Article 6 / Section 120-A
Contracts for sewerage disposal
Status: in_force

§ 120-a. Contracts for sewerage disposal. The respective\nmunicipalities and districts may contract with each other, or they may\njointly or severally contract with a third person, corporation or\nmunicipality, either for the construction, operation, maintenance or\nleasing of a complete comprehensive system for the removal and disposal\nof sewerage, or of a trunk line system with or without lateral\nconnections, with or without the sewerage disposal plant or of a\nsewerage disposal plant; each of the boards or commissioners, however,\nbinding only the municipalities or districts which they respectively\nrepresent. Such municipalities jointly acting through such board or\ncommissioners, if they deem it expedient so to do, may contract with any\nother municipality or municipalities through or over whose territory\nsuch trunk sewer or sewers are intended to pass, for the construction of\nsaid outlet, trunk sewer or sewers and appurtenances located within the\nterritory of such other municipality, in such manner as may be agreed\nupon between such other municipality, and the municipality theretofore\njointly contracting as herein authorized, or such jointly contracting\nmunicipalities may contract in writing with any other municipality or\nmunicipalities for the privilege of connecting its or their sewers and\ndrains with such outlet or trunk sewer or sewers so to be jointly\nconstructed by the municipalities originally contracting for the public\nimprovements or works hereby authorized, and it shall be lawful for such\nother municipality or municipalities to enter into a contract for such\npurpose, upon such terms and for such consideration and length of time\nas may be mutually agreed upon between all the contracting\nmunicipalities.\n
N.Y. EPT Law § 7-6.8 — New York Code / Act EPT / Article 7 / Part 6 / Section 7-6.8
Receipt for custodial property
Status: in_force

§ 7-6.8 Receipt for custodial property\n  A written acknowledgement of delivery by a custodian constitutes a\nsufficient receipt and discharge for custodial property transferred to a\ncustodian pursuant to this part.\n
N.Y. SCC Law § 60 — New York Code / Act SCC / Article 6 / Section 60
Temporary and funded debts
Status: in_force

§ 60. Temporary and funded debts. (a) Whenever the finance board, as\nthat term is defined in section 2.00 of the local finance law, shall\nauthorize the issuance of bonds or notes, it shall do so by ordinance.\n  (b) Provision shall be made for the payment of each annual installment\nof a funded debt and accrued interest on such funded debt in the year in\nwhich such principal and interest shall become due by the insertion of\nthe proper sum in the annual estimate for the year in question. Bonds\nissued to provide for the supply of water may be paid out of water rents\nreceived by the city.\n