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N.Y. COM Law § 141 — New York Code / Act COM / Article 4-C / Section 141
Definitions
Status: in_force

§ 141. Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following\nterms shall have the following meanings as indicated:\n  1. "Agency" shall mean any agency, department, board, bureau,\ncommission a majority of whose members are appointed by the governor,\ndivision, office, council, committee, or officer of the state, or the\nstate university of New York or the city university of New York, or any\npublic benefit corporation or public authority, a majority of whose\nmembers are appointed by the governor. Such term shall not include the\nlegislature.\n  2. "Foreign business enterprise" shall mean a business enterprise,\nincluding a sole proprietorship, partnership or corporation, which had\noffered for sale, lease or other form of exchange, goods sought by the\nagency and substantially produced outside of New York state, or services\nsought by the agency and substantially performed outside New York state.\n  3. "Procurement contract" shall mean any written agreement entered\ninto by an agency for the acquisition of goods, services, or\nconstruction of any kind in the actual or estimated amount of one\nhundred fifty thousand dollars or more. The term does not include an\nagreement for employment in the civil service.\n
N.Y. PEP Law § 446 — New York Code / Act PEP / Article 10-B / Section 446
Restriction on assignment of obligation
Status: in_force

§ 446. Restriction on assignment of obligation. 1. A seller shall not\nnegotiate, transfer, sell or assign any note or other evidence of\nindebtedness to a finance company or other third party prior to midnight\nof the fifth business day following the day the seller sent written\nnotice to the buyer informing the buyer of his right to cancel.\n  2. The assignee of any note or evidence of indebtedness shall be\nsubject to all claims and defenses of the buyer against the seller\narising from the sale notwithstanding any agreement to the contrary, but\nthe assignee's liability under this subdivision shall not exceed the\namount owing to the assignee at the time the claim or defense is\nasserted against the assignee. Rights of the buyer under this section\ncan be asserted affirmatively against a claim by the assignee.\n
N.Y. FCT Law § 764 — New York Code / Act FCT / Article 7 / Part 6 / Section 764
Petition to terminate placement
Status: in_force

§ 764. Petition to terminate placement. Any parent or guardian or duly\nauthorized agency or next friend of a person placed under section seven\nhundred fifty-six may petition to the court for an order terminating the\nplacement. The petition must be verified and must show:\n  (a) that an application for release of the respondent was made to the\nduly authorized agency with which the child was placed;\n  (b) that the application was denied or was not granted within thirty\ndays from the day application was made; and\n  (c) the grounds for the petition.\n
N.Y. MCF Law § 11 — New York Code / Act MCF / Section 11
Exemption from taxation of property and income
Status: in_force

§ 11. Exemption from taxation of property and income. The property of\nthe agency and its income and operations shall be exempt from taxation.\n
N.Y. CTC Law § 27 — New York Code / Act CTC / Article 3 / Section 27
Taxation of costs, fees and disbursements
Status: in_force

§ 27. Taxation of costs, fees and disbursements.  Except as provided\nin section 701 of the eminent domain procedure law and sections 3126 and\n8303-a of the civil practice law and rules, costs, witnesses' fees and\ndisbursements shall not be taxed, nor shall counsel or attorney's fees\nbe allowed by the court to any party.\n
N.Y. CVP Law § 5004 — New York Code / Act CVP / Article 50 / Section 5004
Rate of interest
Status: in_force

§ 5004. Rate of interest. (a) Interest shall be at the rate of nine\nper centum per annum, except where otherwise provided by statute;\nprovided the annual rate of interest to be paid in an action arising out\nof a consumer debt where a natural person is a defendant shall be two\nper centum per annum (i) on a judgment or accrued claim for judgments\nentered on or after the effective date of the chapter of the laws of two\nthousand twenty-one which amended this section, and (ii) for interest\nupon a judgment pursuant to section five thousand three of this article\nfrom the date of the entry of judgment on any part of a judgment entered\nbefore the effective date of the chapter of the laws of two thousand\ntwenty-one which amended this section that is unpaid as of such\neffective date.\n  (b) For the purpose of this section "consumer debt" means any\nobligation or alleged obligation of any natural person to pay money\narising out of a transaction in which the money, property, insurance or\nservices which are the subject of the transaction are primarily for\npersonal, family or household purposes, whether or not such obligation\nhas been reduced to judgment, including, but not limited to, a consumer\ncredit transaction, as defined in subdivision (f) of section one hundred\nfive of this chapter.\n  (c) This section does not affect or create any rights or remedies\nrelated to any amounts paid prior to the effective date of this\nsubdivision, including amounts paid to satisfy judgments or to accrued\ninterest or fees paid, or with respect to judgments satisfied prior to\nthe effective date of this subdivision. For amounts paid prior to the\neffective date of this subdivision and lawfully applied in satisfaction\nor partial satisfaction of interest or fees accrued prior to the\neffective date of this subdivision, this section shall not be construed\nto require a judgment creditor or sheriff to (i) return or refund such\namounts to judgment debtors; or (ii) apply such payments to satisfy any\npart of a money judgment other than fees or interest upon judgment\npursuant to section five thousand three of this article.\n  (d) If any word, phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, or\npart of this section or its application to any person or circumstance is\nheld invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction after exhaustion of\nall further judicial review, the invalidity shall not affect, impair, or\ninvalidate the remainder of this section or applications of this article\nwhich can be given effect without the invalid provision or application,\nand to this end the provisions of this section are severable.\n
N.Y. MHR Law § 28 — New York Code / Act MHR / Article 3 / Section 28
Law applicable to conduct of elections at which ballot questions are submitted to all the voters of a city
Status: in_force

§ 28. Law applicable to conduct of elections at which ballot questions\nare submitted to all the voters of a city. The provisions of the\nelection law or any other law relating to the submission of questions at\ngeneral elections, so far as the same are applicable and not\ninconsistent with this article, shall apply to the conduct of all\nelections at which questions are submitted to all the voters of a city.\nWhere a specific provision of law exists in any other law which is\ninconsistent with the provisions of the election law, such provision\nshall apply unless a provision of the election law specifies that such\nprovision of the election law shall apply notwithstanding any other\nprovision of law.\n
N.Y. MRE Law § 100 — New York Code / Act MRE / Article 5 / Section 100
Application of article five
Status: in_force

§ 100. Application of article five. All the provisions of this article\nshall apply to every multiple dwelling of permanent or transient\noccupancy erected on or after July first, nineteen hundred fifty-two,\nand shall apply in addition to and not in substitution for the\nprovisions of article two, articles six or seven, and in the case of\ntransient dwellings, sections fifty-three, fifty-six, and sixty-one of\narticle four.\n
N.Y. GMU Law § 72 — New York Code / Act GMU / Article 5 / Section 72
Acquisition of lands for erection of monuments
Status: in_force

§ 72. Acquisition of lands for erection of monuments. The governing\nboard of a municipal corporation, or the trustees of a monument\nassociation, may acquire not to exceed three acres of land, for the\nerection of an armed forces monument, or a monument or other structure\nas a memorial of persons who served as members of the armed forces of\nthe United States in any of its wars, or of some distinguishing or\nimportant event in the history of the state or nation, and for laying\nout such lands as a park or square. The governing board of such\nmunicipality may provide funds for the construction and maintenance of\nsuch memorial in whole or in part and to this end may authorize payments\nof public funds to the trustees of such a monument association for such\npurpose.\n
N.Y. PTR Law § 121-208 — New York Code / Act PTR / Article 8-A / Section 121-208
Restated certificate of limited partnership
Status: in_force

§ 121-208. Restated certificate of limited partnership. (a) A limited\npartnership may restate in a single certificate the text of its\ncertificate of limited partnership, without making any amendment\nthereby. Alternatively, a limited partnership may restate in a single\ncertificate the text of its certificate of limited partnership and as\namended thereby to effect any one or more of the amendments authorized\nby this article.\n  (b) If the restated certificate of limited partnership merely restates\nand integrates but does not amend or further amend the certificate of\nlimited partnership, it shall be executed by a general partner. If the\nrestated certificate also amends or further amends the certificate of\nlimited partnership, it shall be executed in accordance with section\n121-204 of this article.\n  (c) The restated certificate shall be filed with the department of\nstate in accordance with section 121-206 of this article and shall set\nforth:\n  (1) the name of the limited partnership and, if it has been changed,\nthe name under which it was formed;\n  (2) the date of filing of its certificate of limited partnership;\n  (3) if the restated certificate restates the text of the certificate\nof limited partnership without making any amendments, then a statement\nthat the text of the certificate of limited partnership is thereby\nrestated without amendment to read as therein set forth in full; or\n  (4) if the restated certificate restates the text of the certificate\nof limited partnership, and is amended thereby, then a statement that\nthe certificate of limited partnership is amended to effect one or more\nof the amendments authorized by this article, specifying each such\namendment and that the text of the certificate of limited partnership is\nthereby restated as amended to read as therein set forth in full.\n  (d) Any amendments effected in connection with the restatement of the\ncertificate of limited partnership shall be subject to any other\nprovision of this article which would apply if a separate certificate of\namendment were filed to effect such amendment.\n
N.Y. EPT Law § 13-3.1 — New York Code / Act EPT / Article 13 / Part 3 / Section 13-3.1
Rights of payees in non-transferable United States savings
Status: in_force

§ 13-3.1 Rights of payees in non-transferable United States savings\n           bonds\n  Where any United States savings bond is payable to a designated\nperson, whether as owner, co-owner or beneficiary, and such bond is not\ntransferable, the right of such person to receive payment of the bond\naccording to its terms, and the ownership of the money so received,\nshall not be impaired or defeated by any statute or rule of law\ngoverning the transfer of property by will, gift or intestacy, except as\nprovided in section 5-1.1-A; provided further that nothing herein shall\nlimit article 10 of the debtor and creditor law or 2-1.8.\n
N.Y. DEA Law § 77 — New York Code / Act DEA / Article 5 / Section 77
Liabilities under dispensation
Status: in_force

§ 77. Liabilities under dispensation. Except as provided in section\nseventy-six of this act, no person, firm or corporation engaged in\ndefense work to whom a dispensation granted pursuant to this article is\nin effect, shall be liable, under any penal or civil law, for operation\nor employment as authorized in such dispensation.\n
N.Y. LAB Law § 460 — New York Code / Act LAB / Article 16 / Section 460
Seizure, impounding, destruction or disposition of explosives
Status: in_force

§ 460. Seizure, impounding, destruction or disposition of explosives.\n1.  The commissioner is hereby authorized and empowered, without\napplication to any court, to seize and impound any explosives found\nwithin this state, except in cities having a population of more than one\nmillion inhabitants, which are in apparent violation of any of the\nprovisions of this article, regulations promulgated hereunder or laws or\nregulations of the federal government, or which have been abandoned or\nlost, or where the commissioner has reason to believe that public safety\nis endangered by such explosives. Such explosives may be removed and\ntransported by the commissioner and stored in magazines provided or\nobtained for that purpose by the state or by the commissioner.\n  2. The owner of such explosives may, within five days of such seizure,\nmake written demand upon the commissioner for a hearing. Upon such\ndemand, the commissioner shall give the owner written notice of the time\nand place of such hearing to be held not less than ten days thereafter.\n  3. Where no hearing is demanded within the time herein prescribed or\nwhere, after hearing, the commissioner finds that there has been a\nviolation of the provisions of this article, regulations promulgated\nhereunder or laws or regulations of the federal government, or that\npublic safety is endangered, the commissioner may destroy or order the\ndestruction of such explosives without liability, or direct such other\ndisposition of the explosives. If the commissioner finds there has been\nno such violation and that public safety has not been endangered, such\nexplosives shall be returned to the owner thereof.\n  4. Where such explosives have been abandoned or lost, and no claimant\nhas appeared within thirty days, demanded the return of the explosives\nand proved, to the satisfaction of the commissioner, the claimant's\ntitle to and right of possession of such explosives, the commissioner\nmay destroy or direct the destruction thereof, or direct such other\ndisposition thereof as is deemed proper.\n  5. Any provision herein to the contrary notwithstanding, where, in the\nopinion of the commissioner, the manufacture, condition, storage,\npacking or location of explosives is such that its continued existence\nor transportation is a danger to public safety, the commissioner may,\nwithout hearing and without liability therefor to the owner thereof,\nseize and destroy or direct the seizure and destruction of such\nexplosives.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 2007 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 20-A / Section 2007
Services to be provided
Status: in_force

§ 2007. Services to be provided. The Alzheimer's Community Assistance\nProgram shall undertake the following services:\n  1. To establish and operate self-help support groups for family\nmembers of persons with Alzheimer's disease residing at home.\n  2. To provide training programs and support services for volunteers,\nfamily members, and/or home health care workers enabling them to deliver\nproper care for persons with Alzheimer's who reside at home and in the\ncommunity.\n  3. To assist in the development of day care programs and other\nsuitable respite services which will provide congregate care for persons\nwith Alzheimer's.\n  4. To recruit, train and supervise volunteers who will provide in and\nout-of-home respite care services to support family caregivers.\n  5. To work with the department to distribute educational materials\nregarding community resources and care options, including managed care\nas it becomes available for persons with Alzheimer's disease.\n  6. To undertake outreach to families with a member suffering from\nAlzheimer's to participate in counseling, education and support.\n  7. To work with the department of health to explore delivery\nmechanisms for family intervention services to delay\ninstitutionalization.\n
N.Y. CPL Law § 140.05 — New York Code / Act CPL / Part 2 / Title H / Article 140 / Section 140.05
Arrest without a warrant; in general
Status: in_force

§ 140.05  Arrest without a warrant; in general.\n  A person who has committed or is believed to have committed an offense\nand who is at liberty within the state may, under circumstances\nprescribed in this article, be arrested for such offense although no\nwarrant of arrest therefor has been issued and although no criminal\naction therefor has yet been commenced in any criminal court.\n
N.Y. RCO Law § 21 — New York Code / Act RCO / Article 2 / Section 21
Corporations for acquiring camp-meeting grounds for the Reformed Methodist denomination
Status: in_force

§ 21. Corporations for acquiring camp-meeting grounds for the Reformed\nMethodist denomination. The visiting elder of a visiting elder's\ndistrict, erected by an annual conference of the Reformed Methodist\ndenomination, and three members or more in good and regular standing of\nthree or more churches of such denomination, may become incorporated for\nthe purposes of acquiring, maintaining and improving real property, to\nbe used as a camp ground for camp-meeting purposes, by executing,\nacknowledging and filing a certificate stating the name and object of\nthe corporation to be formed, the name of such annual conference, and of\nsuch visiting elder's district, the names, residences and particular\nchurch membership of the signers thereof, the number of trustees of such\ncorporation, which shall be three, or some multiple of three, not more\nthan twenty-one, the names of such trustees, designating one-third to\nhold office for three years, one-third to hold office for two years, and\none-third to hold office for one year.  On filing such certificate, the\nvisiting elder and the trustees named therein, and their successors in\noffice, shall be a corporation by the name and for the purposes therein\nstated. A person holding property in trust for camp-meeting purposes for\nthe Reformed Methodist denomination, may convey the same to a\ncorporation formed for the purpose of acquiring such property within the\nvisiting elder's district where the property is situated. Meetings held\nunder the direction of such a corporation upon camp grounds owned by it,\nshall be deemed religious meetings within the religious law, relating to\nthe disturbance of religious meetings.  Whenever such a corporation, or\nany camp ground association of the Reformed Methodist denomination, owns\nland bordering upon any navigable waters to be used for camp-meeting\npurposes only, such corporation or association may regulate or prohibit\nthe landing of persons or vessels at the wharves, piers or shores upon\nsuch grounds during the holding of religious services thereon.\n
N.Y. CCA Law § 907 — New York Code / Act CCA / Article 9 / Section 907
Pleadings; subsequent pleading containing cause of action
Status: in_force

§ 907. Pleadings; subsequent pleading containing cause of action. (a)\nCounterclaim. The plaintiff may reply to a counterclaim but shall not be\nrequired to do so except by court order. If the plaintiff elects\nvoluntarily to reply, he shall do so within ten days after service of\nthe answer containing the counterclaim. In the absence of a reply the\nallegations of the counterclaim shall be deemed denied by the plaintiff.\nAn answer containing a counterclaim against the plaintiff and another\nperson shall be replied to by such other person, as required by CPLR §\n3019(d), within the time provided in § 402 of this act, based upon the\ntime and method of service.\n  (b) Cross-claim. A cross-claim shall be answered within ten days after\nthe answer containing it is served.\n  (c) Third-party claim and claim by defendant stakeholder. A\nthird-party complaint, and an interpleader complaint served by a\ndefendant stakeholder under CPLR § 1006(b), shall be answered within the\ntime provided in § 402 of this act, based upon the time and method of\nservice.\n
N.Y. GMU Law § 6-M — New York Code / Act GMU / Article 2 / Section 6-M
Unemployment insurance payment reserve fund
Status: in_force

§ 6-m. Unemployment insurance payment reserve fund. 1. The governing\nboard of any municipal corporation, school district, board of\ncooperative educational services, or fire district which has elected to\nbecome liable for payments in lieu of contributions required of\nemployers liable for contributions under article eighteen of the labor\nlaw may establish a reserve fund to be known as an unemployment\ninsurance payment reserve fund.\n  2. There may be paid into such fund (a) such amounts as may be\nprovided therefor by budgetary appropriations, (b) amounts from any\nother fund authorized by this chapter by resolution subject to\npermissive referendum, and (c) such other funds as may be legally\nappropriated.\n  3. The moneys in such fund shall be deposited and secured in the\nmanner provided by section ten of this article.  The governing board, or\nthe chief fiscal officer of such municipality, school district, board of\ncooperative educational services, or fire district, if the governing\nboard shall delegate such duty to him, may invest the moneys in such\nfund in the manner provided by section eleven of this article. Any\ninterest earned or capital gain realized on the money so deposited or\ninvested shall accrue to and become part of such fund. The separate\nidentity of such fund shall be maintained whether its assets consist of\ncash or investments or both.\n  4. An expenditure shall be made from such fund only as required by law\nto pay into the unemployment insurance fund an amount equivalent to the\namount of benefits paid to claimants and charged to the account of such\nmunicipal corporation, school district, board of cooperative educational\nservices, or fire district in accordance with the provisions of\nparagraph (e) of subdivision one of section five hundred eighty-one of\nthe labor law.\n  5. If at the end of any fiscal year the moneys in such fund shall\nexceed the amounts required to be paid pursuant to subdivision four of\nthis section plus any additional amount required to pay all pending\nclaims, the governing board of the municipal corporation, school\ndistrict, board of cooperative educational services or fire district\nmay, within sixty days of the close of such fiscal year, elect to: (a)\ntransfer said excess, or any part thereof, to any fund authorized by\nthis article or section thirty-six hundred fifty-one of the education\nlaw; and/or (b) apply said excess, or any part thereof to the budget\nappropriation of the next succeeding fiscal year.\n  6. If the municipal corporation, school district, board of cooperative\neducational services, or fire district shall, after the establishment of\nsuch fund, terminate its election to become liable for payments in lieu\nof contributions, the moneys remaining in such fund may be transferred\nto any other fund authorized by this chapter or section thirty-six\nhundred fifty-one of the education law, only to the extent that the\nmoneys in such fund shall exceed in amount the sum sufficient to pay all\npending claims.\n
N.Y. FCT Law § 216-A — New York Code / Act FCT / Article 2 / Part 1 / Section 216-A
Clerk of court
Status: in_force

§ 216-a. Clerk of court. There shall be a clerk of court for the\nfamily court in each county. The clerk of court shall keep the court\nrecords and seal and have such other responsibilities as may be provided\nin accord with article seven-a of the judiciary law.\n