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N.Y. PVH Law § 71 — New York Code / Act PVH / Article 4 / Section 71
Definitions
Status: in_force

§ 71. Definitions. The following terms, whenever used or referred to\nin this act, shall be construed as follows:\n  1. The term "housing company" means a limited-dividend housing\ncorporation, a partnership (general or limited) or a trust organized\npursuant to this article.\n  2. The term "project" means a specific work or improvement undertaken\nby a housing company, which shall include lands, buildings and\nimprovements acquired or constructed to provide dwelling accommodations\nwithin the rental limitations prescribed by this article, and such\nstores, offices, social, recreational, communal or other non-housing\nfacilities as may be deemed by the commissioner to be incidental or\nappurtenant to a project.\n  3. The term "mutual" when applied to a housing company shall mean a\nhousing company which is a corporation operated exclusively for the\nbenefit of the persons or families who are entitled to occupancy in a\nproject of such housing company by reason of ownership of shares in such\nhousing company.\n  4. The term "local and municipal taxes" means taxes levied by a\ncounty, city, village, town, school and special district but shall not\ninclude assessments for local improvements.\n  5. The term "state urban development corporation project" means a\nproject of a limited-dividend housing company which is a subsidiary of\nthe New York state urban development corporation, as the term\n"subsidiary" is defined in the New York state urban development\ncorporation act.\n  6. The term "capital" means, in the case of a corporation, its capital\nshares issued and outstanding; in the case of a partnership, the\naggregate value of the money and property contributed by the partners\nfor the purpose of carrying on the business of the partnership, so far\nas such is credited to the partners on capital account; and in the case\nof a trust, the aggregate value of the money or property subject to the\ntrust.\n
N.Y. SOS Law § 483 — New York Code / Act SOS / Article 10-C / Section 483
Council on children and families
Status: in_force

§ 483. Council on children and families. 1. Purpose. There shall be a\ncouncil on children and families, hereinafter referred to in this\narticle as the "council". The council shall act as a neutral,\ncoordinating agency to promote the well-being of children and families\nby convening the state's human services, health, and education agencies\nto develop aligned and comprehensive approaches to serve children and\nfamilies most efficiently and effectively.\n  2. Council establishment. There shall be a council on children and\nfamilies established within the executive department. The council shall\nconvene the following state agency leaders: the commissioner of children\nand family services, the commissioner of temporary and disability\nassistance, the commissioner of mental health, the commissioner for\npeople with developmental disabilities, the commissioner of addiction\nservices and supports, the commissioner of education, the commissioner\nof health, the commissioner of the division of criminal justice\nservices, the executive director of the justice center for the\nprotection of people with special needs, the director of aging, the\ncommissioner of labor, and the executive director of the council on\ndevelopmental disabilities.\n  3. Definitions. As used in this article:\n  (a) "Council" shall refer to the council on children and families.\n  (b) "Executive director" shall refer to the executive director of the\ncouncil.\n  (c) "Member agency" shall refer to the state agencies convened by the\ncouncil identified in subdivision two of this section.\n  4. Executive director; staffing. (a) The governor shall designate the\nexecutive director of the council.\n  (b) The executive director shall employ personnel to carry out the\nfunctions of the council.\n  5. Meetings. The council shall meet as often as deemed necessary, by\nthe executive director or the leader of a member agency, but in no event\nless than annually to perform its powers and duties notwithstanding the\nabsence of a quorum.\n
N.Y. TRA Law § 434 — New York Code / Act TRA / Article 18 / Section 434
Reports
Status: in_force

§ 434. Reports. Railroads are to file one copy of their current plan\nannually with the department not later than a date determined according\nto the commissioner of taxation and finance schedule for producing\nrailroad ceiling values. The department shall review and comment on\nthese plans and shall report annually on the service enhancement program\non a date determined by it according to the commissioner of taxation and\nfinance schedule for producing railroad ceiling values. The report shall\nbe sent to the governor, the state and local railroad taxation and\nservice advisory council, the majority and minority leaders of the\nsenate and the speaker and minority leader of the assembly. It shall\ninclude the department's views on the consistency of the railroad plans\nwith the objectives of the program as specified in section four hundred\nthirty-one of this article and with the content of the plans as\nspecified in section four hundred thirty-three of this article.\n
N.Y. CVP Law § 3044 — New York Code / Act CVP / Article 30 / Section 3044
Verification of bill of particulars
Status: in_force

§ 3044. Verification of bill of particulars.  If a pleading is\nverified, a subsequent bill of particulars shall also be verified. A\nbill of particulars of any pleading with respect to a cause of action\nfor negligence shall be verified whether such pleading be verified or\nnot.\n
N.Y. BSC Law § 715 — New York Code / Act BSC / Article 7 / Section 715
Officers
Status: in_force

§ 715. Officers.\n  (a) The board may elect or appoint a president, one or more\nvice-presidents, a secretary and a treasurer, and such other officers as\nit may determine, or as may be provided in the by-laws.\n  (b) The certificate of incorporation may provide that all officers or\nthat specified officers shall be elected by the shareholders instead of\nby the board.\n  (c) Unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation or\nthe by-laws, all officers shall be elected or appointed to hold office\nuntil the meeting of the board following the next annual meeting of\nshareholders or, in the case of officers elected by the shareholders,\nuntil the next annual meeting of shareholders.\n  (d) Each officer shall hold office for the term for which he is\nelected or appointed, and until his successor has been elected or\nappointed and qualified.\n  (e) Any two or more offices may be held by the same person.  When all\nof the issued and outstanding stock of the corporation is owned by one\nperson, such person may hold all or any combination of offices.\n  (f) The board may require any officer to give security for the\nfaithful performance of his duties.\n  (g) All officers as between themselves and the corporation shall have\nsuch authority and perform such duties in the management of the\ncorporation as may be provided in the by-laws or, to the extent not so\nprovided, by the board.\n  (h) An officer shall perform his duties as an officer in good faith\nand with that degree of care which an ordinarily prudent person in a\nlike position would use under similar circumstances. In performing his\nduties, an officer shall be entitled to rely on information, opinions,\nreports or statements including financial statements and other financial\ndata, in each case prepared or presented by:\n  (1) one or more other officers or employees of the corporation or of\nany other corporation of which at least fifty percentum of the\noutstanding shares of stock entitling the holders thereof to vote for\nthe election of directors is owned directly or indirectly by the\ncorporation, whom the officer believes to be reliable and competent in\nthe matters presented, or\n  (2) counsel, public accountants or other persons as to matters which\nthe officer believes to be within such person's professional or expert\ncompetence, so long as in so relying he shall be acting in good faith\nand with such degree of care, but he shall not be considered to be\nacting in good faith if he has knowledge concerning the matter in\nquestion that would cause such reliance to be unwarranted.  A person who\nso performs his duties shall have no liability by reason of being or\nhaving been an officer of the corporation.\n
N.Y. FCT Law § 580-105 — New York Code / Act FCT / Article 5-B / Part 1 / Section 580-105
Application of the article to a resident of a foreign country and foreign support proceedings
Status: in_force

§ 580-105. Application of the article to a resident of a foreign\ncountry and foreign support proceedings. (a) A tribunal of this state\nshall apply parts one through six of this article and, as applicable,\npart seven of this article, to a support proceeding involving:\n  (1) a foreign support order;\n  (2) a foreign tribunal; or\n  (3) an obligee, obligor, or child residing in a foreign country.\n  (b) A tribunal of this state that is requested to recognize and\nenforce a support order on the basis of comity may apply the procedural\nand substantive provisions of parts one through six of this article.\n  (c) Part seven of this article applies only to a support proceeding\nunder the convention. In such a proceeding, if a provision of part seven\nof this article is inconsistent with parts one through six of this\narticle, part seven of this article controls.\n
N.Y. UCC Law § 9-626 — New York Code / Act UCC / Article 9 / Part 6 / Subpart 2 / Section 9-626
Action in Which Deficiency or Surplus is in Issue
Status: in_force

Section 9--626. Action in Which Deficiency or Surplus is in Issue.\n  (a) Applicable rules if amount of deficiency or surplus is in issue.\nIn an action arising from a transaction, other than a consumer\ntransaction, in which the amount of a deficiency or surplus is in issue,\nthe following rules apply:\n       (1) A secured party need not prove compliance with the provisions\n           of this part relating to collection, enforcement,\n           disposition, or acceptance unless the debtor or a secondary\n           obligor places the secured party's compliance in issue.\n       (2) If the secured party's compliance is placed in issue, the\n           secured party has the burden of establishing that the\n           collection, enforcement, disposition, or acceptance was\n           conducted in accordance with this part.\n       (3) Except as otherwise provided in Section 9--628, if a secured\n           party fails to prove that the collection, enforcement,\n           disposition, or acceptance was conducted in accordance with\n           the provisions of this part relating to collection,\n           enforcement, disposition, or acceptance, the liability of a\n           debtor or a secondary obligor for a deficiency is limited to\n           an amount by which the sum of the secured obligation,\n           expenses, and attorney's fees exceeds the greater of:\n           (A) the proceeds of the collection, enforcement, disposition,\n               or acceptance; or\n           (B) the amount of proceeds that would have been realized had\n               the noncomplying secured party proceeded in accordance\n               with the provisions of this part relating to collection,\n               enforcement, disposition, or acceptance.\n       (4) For purposes of paragraph (3)(B), the amount of proceeds that\n           would have been realized is equal to the sum of the secured\n           obligation, expenses, and attorney's fees unless the secured\n           party proves that the amount is less than that sum.\n       (5) If a deficiency or surplus is calculated under Section\n           9--615(f), the debtor or obligor has the burden of\n           establishing that the amount of proceeds of the disposition\n           is significantly below the range of prices that a complying\n           disposition to a person other than the secured party, a\n           person related to the secured party, or a secondary obligor\n           would have brought.\n  (b) Non-consumer transactions; no inference. The limitation of the\nrules in subsection (a) to transactions other than consumer transactions\nis intended to leave to the court the determination of the proper rules\nin consumer transactions. The court may not infer from that limitation\nthe nature of the proper rule in consumer transactions and may continue\nto apply established approaches.\n
N.Y. TAX Law § 217 — New York Code / Act TAX / Article 9-A / Section 217
Penalties
Status: in_force

§ 217.  Penalties.  1.  If any taxes, penalties or interest due under\nthis article are not paid, or any report required is not filed, and the\ntax commission is satisfied that the failure to make such payment or\nfile such report is intentional, it may so report to the\nattorney-general, who shall immediately bring an action in the name of\nthe people of the state, for the forfeiture of the charter or franchise\nof any corporation failing to make such payment, or file such report,\nand if it be found that such failure was intentional, judgment shall be\nrendered in such action for the forfeiture of such charter and for its\ndissolution if a domestic corporation and if a foreign corporation for\nthe annulment of its franchise to do business in this state.\n  2.  Whenever any corporation has failed to file an annual report for a\nperiod of two consecutive years or has been delinquent in the payment of\ntaxes for any two years duly assessed pursuant to this article or\narticle nine-a of the tax law heretofore in effect, all the authority\nand powers conferred on the tax commission and the secretary of state by\nsection two hundred three-a of this chapter and all of the provisions of\nsuch section shall have full force and effect in respect of and shall be\napplicable to such corporation.\n  3.  Whenever any foreign corporation has failed to file an annual\nreport or has been delinquent in the payment of taxes duly assessed\npursuant to this article for the periods of time specified in\nsubdivision two of this section, all the authority and powers conferred\non the tax commission and the secretary of state by section two hundred\nthree-b of this chapter and all of the provisions of such section shall\nhave full force and effect in respect of and shall be applicable to such\ncorporation.\n
N.Y. ISC Law § 2711 — New York Code / Act ISC / Article 27 / Section 2711
Severability
Status: in_force

§ 2711. Severability.  If any word, clause, sentence, paragraph,\nsubdivision, section or part of this article shall be adjudged by any\ncourt of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not\naffect, impair, or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be\nconfined in its operation to the word, clause, sentence, paragraph,\nsubdivision, section or part thereof directly involved in the\ncontroversy in which such judgment shall have been rendered. It is\nhereby declared to be the intent of the legislature that this article\nwould have been enacted even if such invalid provisions had not been\nincluded herein.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 2987 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 29-C / Section 2987
Liability for health care costs
Status: in_force

§ 2987. Liability for health care costs. Liability for the cost of\nhealth care provided pursuant to an agent's decision shall be the same\nas if the health care were provided pursuant to the principal's\ndecision.\n
N.Y. CNT Law § 280-S — New York Code / Act CNT / Article 5-B / Section 280-S
Increase and improvement of facilities
Status: in_force

§ 280-s. Increase and improvement of facilities. Whenever the\ngoverning body shall determine it necessary to acquire additional lands\nor interests in lands or to acquire or to construct dunes, bluffs,\nbulkheads, dikes, groins, jetties, fills or other works including all\nnecessary facilities and equipment appurtenant thereto; or whenever the\ngoverning body shall determine it necessary for the proper maintenance\nand service of such facilities to increase, improve or reconstruct the\nfacilities thereof, including the acquisition of additional lands, or\ninterests in land therefor, it may cause the same to be accomplished\nwithout further authorization, provided, however, that if it is proposed\nto finance any part of the cost thereof by the issuance and sale of\ncapital notes or serial bonds, such improvement shall not be undertaken\nunless authorized by proceedings taken in the same manner as the\nproceedings taken for the original establishment of the district, except\nthat the sole determination which the governing body shall make is\nwhether such improvement is in the public interest, and if zones of\nassessment have been established, said governing body shall further\ndetermine the allocation of the cost thereof as between such zones.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 399-RR — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 26 / Section 399-RR
September eleventh victim compensation fund and World Trade Center health program notification
Status: in_force

§ 399-rr. September eleventh victim compensation fund and World Trade\nCenter health program notification. 1. Definitions. For the purposes of\nthis section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:\n  (a) the "eligible time period" and "notice area" shall be the same as\nprovided for in the September eleventh victim compensation fund pursuant\nto 49 USC 40101 and World Trade Center health program pursuant to 42 USC\n300mm.\n  (b) the "September eleventh victim compensation fund" shall be the\nSeptember eleventh victim compensation fund established under the Air\nTransportation Safety and System Stabilization Act (49 USC 40101).\n  (c) the "World Trade Center health program" shall be the World Trade\nCenter health program established under 42 USC 300mm.\n  2. The department of economic development shall, in consultation with\nthe department of labor and any other appropriate state or municipal\nentity, develop rules and regulations necessary to promote awareness and\nnotification to any past or present businesses and their employees which\noperated within the New York city disaster area during the eligible time\nperiod of their potential eligibility under the September eleventh\nvictim compensation fund and the World Trade Center health program. This\nsubdivision shall apply to both current and former employees. The\ndepartment of economic development shall determine the most appropriate\nmessage and format that the state agencies may use to assist potentially\neligible employers and employees with such awareness or notification.\n  3. The department of economic development shall be authorized to\nconsult with the special master of the September eleventh victim\ncompensation fund and the program administrator of the World Trade\nCenter health program relating to matters including, but not limited to,\nmessaging and format to be used in the promotion of the September\neleventh victim compensation fund and the World Trade Center health\nprogram and if the messages should be tailored for the specific\ngeographic areas covered by the World Trade Center health program in a\ndifferent manner than those covered by both the World Trade Center\nhealth program and the September eleventh victim compensation fund.\n
N.Y. PBL Law § 40 — New York Code / Act PBL / Article 3 / Section 40
Exchange of unappropriated state lands
Status: in_force

§ 40. Exchange of unappropriated state lands.  The commissioner of\ngeneral services may, from time to time, exchange a part or all of any\nparcel or parcels of unappropriated state lands for real property\nrequired by or of benefit to the state of New York and in which title is\nheld by the United States of America or a city, incorporated village,\ntown or county when the combined value of such unappropriated state\nlands and required real property does not exceed five hundred thousand\ndollars. An appraisal of the value of the real property to be acquired\nby the state and of the property to be conveyed by the state shall be\ncompleted by a qualified professional real estate appraiser. If the\nvalue of either property is in excess of one hundred thousand dollars,\ntwo appraisals of that property shall be required prior to the exchange.\nThe terms and conditions of such exchange, including any monetary\nconsideration to be paid to equalize the value of such exchange\nproperties, shall be subject to the prior approval of the state\ncomptroller. The attorney general shall approve the title to the lands\nto be thus acquired by the state.\n
N.Y. RPA Law § 1944 — New York Code / Act RPA / Article 19 / Section 1944
Hearing and final order upon non-appearance of adverse claimants
Status: in_force

§ 1944. Hearing and final order upon non-appearance of adverse\nclaimants. Upon the return day named in said notice the court shall\nproceed summarily to inquire into the truth of the matters set forth in\nthe petition, and may appoint a referee for that purpose, and if there\nshall be no appearance by any person claiming any adverse interest to\nthe petitioners in the real property described in the petition, the\ncourt may make a final order declaring that the title of the petitioner\nto such real property has been judicially established, which final\norder, together with the petition and order for and proof of publication\nof the notice, and the proofs taken before the court or referee shall be\nfiled in the office of the clerk of the county in which the real\nproperty is situated, and such final order shall be evidence of the\nfacts so declared to be established thereby in all courts and places,\nand thereafter no action or proceeding for the recovery of the real\nproperty described in said final order or any part thereof, or of any\ninterest therein, shall be maintained by any person named as a defendant\nin the notice of pendency of action referred to in section 1941, or by\nany person or persons claiming under such defendant or either of them.\n
N.Y. BSC Law § 1606 — New York Code / Act BSC / Article 16 / Section 1606
Administration
Status: in_force

§ 1606. Administration.\n  (a) This article shall be administered by the attorney general and\nemployees designated by him within the department of law. The attorney\ngeneral is hereby empowered to promulgate, alter, amend or revoke rules\nand regulations necessary to carry out the purposes of this article.\n  (b) The attorney general may establish fees for the filing of any\nregistration statement, not to exceed two thousand five hundred dollars,\nto recover the costs of administering this article. Such fees may vary\naccording to the maximum consideration payable by the offeror for the\nsecurities which are the subject of the takeover bid.\n
N.Y. SCT Law § 11 — New York Code / Act SCT / Article 1 / Section 11
Extension of taxes by supervisor
Status: in_force

§ 11. Extension of taxes by supervisor. The supervisor of each town\nshall on or before the first day of December in each year extend or\ncause to be extended upon the assessment roll of the town the taxes,\nassessments or other charges to be levied and assessed against the\ntaxable persons and property on said roll as fixed and determined by the\nboard of supervisors or other competent authority; and the cost thereof\nshall be a town charge. Such extension shall be made in totals or items\nas shall be requisite to conform to the form of the assessment roll as\nprescribed by the board of supervisors as hereinbefore provided, and\nthere shall be inserted in the roll a tabular statement of the total\nassessed valuation in each tax district, the amount of taxes and\nassessments to be raised and the tax rate therein. Such tabular\nstatement shall also be printed or stamped in full upon the tax bills or\non separate sheets as the board of supervisors may direct, and shall be\ndistributed by the receiver to the taxpayers with the tax bills. In any\ntown having one or more mechanical tax extension machines, the tax bills\nmay be made by the supervisor at the time of extending taxes,\nassessments and other charges on the tax roll of the town.\n