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N.Y. DCD Law § 85 — New York Code / Act DCD / Article 3 / Section 85
Effect of discharge as to debts to the United States and the state
Status: in_force

§ 85. Effect of discharge as to debts to the United States and the\nstate. Such a discharge does not affect:\n  1. A debt or duty to the United States; or\n  2. A debt or duty to the state, for taxes or for money received or\ncollected by any person as a public officer, or in a fiduciary capacity,\nor a cause of action specified in section sixty-three-c of the executive\nlaw or a judgment recovered upon such a cause of action.\n  Except as prescribed in this section, the discharge exonerates the\npetitioner from a debt or other liability to the state, in like manner\nand to the same extent, as from a debt or liability to an individual.\n
N.Y. PBO Law § 18-A — New York Code / Act PBO / Article 2 / Section 18-A
Reimbursement of funds paid by a public entity for the payment of awards adjudicated in sexual harassment claims
Status: in_force

§ 18-a. Reimbursement of funds paid by a public entity for the payment\nof awards adjudicated in sexual harassment claims. 1. As used in this\nsection:\n  (a) The term "public entity" shall mean (i) a county, city, town,\nvillage or any other political subdivision or civil division of the\nstate; (ii) a school district, board of cooperative educational\nservices, or any other governmental entity or combination or association\nof governmental entities operating a public school, college, community\ncollege or university; (iii) a public improvement or special district;\n(iv) a public authority, commission, agency or public benefit\ncorporation; or (v) any other separate corporate instrumentality or unit\nof government; but shall not include the state of New York or any other\npublic entity the employees of which are covered by section seventeen-a\nof this article.\n  (b) The term "employee" shall mean any commissioner, member of a\npublic board or commission, trustee, director, officer, employee, or any\nother person holding a position by election, appointment or employment\nin the service of a public entity, whether or not compensated. The term\n"employee" shall include a former employee or judicially appointed\npersonal representative.\n  2. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, any employee who has been\nsubject to a final judgment of personal liability for intentional\nwrongdoing related to a claim of sexual harassment, shall reimburse any\npublic entity that makes a payment to a plaintiff for an adjudicated\naward based on a claim of sexual harassment resulting in a judgment, for\nhis or her proportionate share of such judgment. Such employee shall\npersonally reimburse such public entity within ninety days of the public\nentity's payment of such award.\n  3. If such employee fails to reimburse such public entity pursuant to\nsubdivision two of this section within ninety days from the date such\npublic entity makes a payment for the financial award, the chief fiscal\nofficer of such public entity shall, upon obtaining a money judgment,\nwithhold from such employee's compensation the amounts allowable\npursuant to section fifty-two hundred thirty-one of the civil practice\nlaw and rules.\n  4. If such employee is no longer employed by such public entity, such\npublic entity shall have the right to receive reimbursement through the\nenforcement of a money judgment pursuant to article fifty-two of the\ncivil practice law and rules.\n
N.Y. BNK Law § 213 — New York Code / Act BNK / Article 5-A / Section 213
Board of directors
Status: in_force

§ 213. Board of directors. 1. All the corporate powers of such\ncorporation shall be exercised by a board of directors consisting of a\nmaximum of thirty persons, all of whom shall be of full age, residents\nof the state and at least one-half of whom shall be citizens of the\nUnited States.\n  2. The president of such corporation, who shall be appointed by the\nboard, shall serve as a director.\n  3. At each annual meeting of such corporation, the members of such\ncorporation shall elect up to ten directors for a term of one year, who\nshall, to the extent possible, represent different economic regions as\ndefined in section two hundred eleven of this article. The exact number\nshall be established in the by-laws by the board of directors. In such\nelections, members of such corporation shall have one vote each.\n  4. At such annual meetings the stockholders of such corporation shall\nelect up to seven directors for a term of one year each. The exact\nnumber shall be established in the by-laws by the board of directors.\n  5. One director shall be appointed by any of the entities that are\nmembers or stockholders of such corporation and whose membership or\nstockholder interest meets a minimum commitment as established in the\nby-laws by the board of directors.\n  6. The directors elected by the members and the stockholders shall\nelect three additional directors: one representing minority interests,\none representing women's interests, and one representing regional or\nlocal development corporations' interests.\n  7.  The state commissioner of the department of economic development\nshall be a director exofficio.\n  7-a. Two directors shall be appointed by the governor, who shall serve\nat the pleasure of the governor; one director shall be appointed by the\ntemporary president of the senate, who shall serve at the pleasure of\nthe temporary president; one director shall be appointed by the senate\nminority leader, who shall serve at the pleasure of the minority leader;\nand one appointed by the assembly minority leader, who shall serve at\nthe pleasure of the minority leader; and one director shall be appointed\nby the speaker of the assembly, who shall serve at the pleasure of the\nspeaker.\n  8. If any director shall lose his citizenship or shall cease to be a\nresident of the state, he shall immediately vacate his position as a\ndirector and such position shall thereupon be deemed vacant.\n  9. If any vacancy occurs in the elected membership of the board of\ndirectors through death, resignation or otherwise, the remaining\ndirectors shall elect a person to fill such vacancy for the unexpired\nterm.\n  10. Upon the expiration of their terms, the elected directors shall\ncontinue as such until their successors have been elected and have\nqualified.\n  11. The board of directors shall elect one of its members as chairman\nand one of its members as vice-chairman of such board, shall adopt\nby-laws for such corporation, and may appoint such officers and\nemployees as it deems advisable.\n
N.Y. RPA Law § 1002 — New York Code / Act RPA / Article 10 / Section 1002
Action barred by assignment of dower
Status: in_force

§ 1002. Action barred by assignment of dower. The acceptance by a\nwidow of an assignment of dower in satisfaction of her claim upon the\nproperty in question bars an action for dower and may be pleaded by any\ndefendant.\n
N.Y. EPT Law § 8-1.7 — New York Code / Act EPT / Article 8 / Part 1 / Section 8-1.7
Authority of trustee to accumulate income
Status: in_force

§ 8-1.7 Authority of trustee to accumulate income\n  (a) Where property has been transferred in trust for any religious,\ncharitable, educational or benevolent purpose, or acquired by the\ntrustee of a trust for such purpose, the trustee is authorized in his\ndiscretion, notwithstanding the absence of any direction therefor in the\ndisposition creating the trust, to accumulate the income therefrom to\nthe extent necessary to carry out the purposes of the trust. The\nauthority herein granted is subject:\n  (1) To any express or implied prohibition by the terms of the\ndisposition creating the trust, by any statute in force at the time of\nthe accumulation or by the charter of a corporate trustee or other\ndocument or regulation controlling the trustee in the administration of\nthe trust.\n  (2) To the supervision of the supreme court or the surrogate's court,\nas provided in 8-1.1, and to any contrary direction by order of the\ncourt in an action or proceeding thereunder.\n  (b) This section shall not restrict in any manner the appropriation\nfor expenditure or accumulation of endowment funds as set forth in\nsection 553 of the not-for-profit corporation law.\n
N.Y. BAT Law § 15 — New York Code / Act BAT / Section 15
No title
Status: in_force

§ 15. If for any of the purposes of this act (including temporary\nconstruction purposes, and the making of additions or improvements to\nbridges or tunnels already constructed), the port authority shall find\nit necessary or convenient to acquire any real property as herein\ndefined, whether for immediate or future use, the port authority may\nfind and determine that such property, whether a fee simple absolute or\na lesser interest, is required for a public use, and upon such\ndetermination, the said property shall be and shall be deemed to be\nrequired for such public use until otherwise determined by the port\nauthority; and with the exceptions hereinafter specifically noted, the\nsaid determination shall not be affected by the fact that such property\nhas theretofore been taken for, or is then devoted to, a public use; but\nthe public use in the hands or under the control of the port authority\nshall be deemed superior to the public use in the hands of any other\nperson, association or corporation.\n  The port authority may acquire and is hereby authorized to acquire\nsuch property, whether a fee simple absolute or a lesser interest, by\nthe exercise of the right of eminent domain under and pursuant to the\nprovisions of the eminent domain procedure law of the state of New York,\nin the case of property located in such state, and revised statutes of\nNew Jersey, Title 20:1-1 et seq., in the case of property located in\nsuch state, or at the option of the port authority as provided in\nsection fifteen of chapter forty-three of the laws of New Jersey of\nnineteen hundred forty-seven, as amended, for the condemnation of real\nproperty for air terminal purposes, in the case of property located in\nsuch state, or pursuant to such other and alternate procedure as may be\nprovided by law.\n  Where a person entitled to an award in the proceedings to acquire any\nreal property for any of the purposes of this act, remains in possession\nof such property after the time of the vesting of title in the port\nauthority, the reasonable value of his use and occupancy of such\nproperty subsequent to such time, as fixed by agreement or by the court\nin such proceedings or by any court of competent jurisdiction, shall be\na lien against such award, subject only to liens of record at the time\nof the vesting of title in the port authority.\n  Nothing herein contained shall be construed to prohibit the port\nauthority from bringing any proceedings to remove a cloud on title or\nsuch other proceedings as it may, in its discretion, deem proper and\nnecessary, or from acquiring any such property by negotiation or\npurchase.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 385 — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 25-A / Section 385
Registration of manufacturers of used bedding and repairer-renovators or rebuilders of bedding
Status: in_force

§ 385. Registration of manufacturers of used bedding and\nrepairer-renovators or rebuilders of bedding.  1. Every manufacturer of\nused bedding sold in this state and repairer-renovator or rebuilder of\nbedding sold in this state shall file a notice with the department of\nstate which: (a) states its name and address; and (b) affirms that it\nsanitizes its used bedding in accordance with the standards established\nin regulation by the department of state in consultation with the\ndepartment of health.\n  2. Each registration shall expire one year from the date of issue.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 1018 — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 41 / Section 1018
Prohibited conduct
Status: in_force

§ 1018. Prohibited conduct. 1. No corporation or person shall have,\neither directly or indirectly, any financial interest in a professional\nboxer competing on premises owned or leased by the corporation or\nperson, or in which such corporation or person is otherwise interested\nexcept pursuant to the specific written authorization of the commission.\n  2. No contestant in a boxing or sparring match or exhibition shall be\npaid for services before the contest, and should it be determined by the\ncommission that such contestant did not give an honest exhibition of his\nor her skill, such services shall not be paid for.\n  3. Any person, including any corporation and the officers thereof, any\nphysician, referee, judge, timekeeper, professional, manager, trainer or\nsecond, who shall promote, conduct, give or participate in any sham or\ncollusive authorized professional combative sports, shall be deprived of\nhis or her license by the commission and any other appropriate legal\nremedies.\n  4. No licensed promoter or matchmaker shall knowingly engage in a\ncourse of conduct in which fights are arranged where one professional\nhas skills or experience significantly in excess of the other\nprofessional so that a mismatch results with the potential of physical\nharm to the professional.\n
N.Y. LAB Law § 725 — New York Code / Act LAB / Article 20-A / Section 725
Enforcement of fiduciary obligations
Status: in_force

§ 725. Enforcement of fiduciary obligations. 1. Where an officer or\nagent of a labor organization has violated or is violating any of his\nobligations provided in sections seven hundred twenty-two and seven\nhundred twenty-three, such labor organization and the parent\norganization of such labor organization shall each have the right to\nbring an action or proceeding in any court of competent jurisdiction for\nlegal or equitable relief to redress such violation of obligation. Any\nmember of such labor organization shall have the right to bring such\naction or proceeding if (a) after request by any member that such action\nor proceeding be brought, such organization shall fail to do so, or (b)\nsuch request would be futile, or (c) such organization has failed to\nprosecute diligently any such action or proceeding which it has brought.\n  2. If any such action or proceeding is determined in favor of such\norganization or any such member, the court may award, in addition to\nother costs authorized by law, reasonable attorneys' fees and\ndisbursements out of any moneys awarded or funds or assets recovered in\nsuch action or proceeding.\n  3. Any employer, employer organization, labor relations consultant, or\nother person who knowingly participated in or induced any conduct or act\nwhich violates any of the obligations of an officer or agent of a labor\norganization provided in sections seven hundred twenty-two and seven\nhundred twenty-three, shall be subject to the same liabilities and\njudicial remedies as such officer or agent, including but not limited to\njoint and several liability with such officer or agent for any losses\nsuffered by the labor organization, or any member thereof, as a result\nof any such violation of obligation, and joint and several liability to\npay over to such labor organization or such member any gains or profits\nmade as a result of such knowing participation or inducement.\n  4. Each wilful and knowing violation of any of the provisions of\nsections seven hundred twenty-three or seven hundred twenty-four of this\narticle shall constitute a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment for\nnot more than one year, or by a fine of not more than one thousand\ndollars, or by both.\n
N.Y. NPC Law § 519 — New York Code / Act NPC / Article 5 / Section 519
Annual report of directors
Status: in_force

§ 519. Annual report of directors.\n  (a) The board shall present at the annual meeting of members a report,\nverified by the president and treasurer or by a majority of the\ndirectors, or certified by an independent public or certified public\naccountant or a firm of such accountants selected by the board, showing\nin appropriate detail the following:\n  (1) The assets and liabilities, including the trust funds, of the\ncorporation as of the end of a twelve month fiscal period terminating\nnot more than six months prior to said meeting.\n  (2) The principal changes in assets and liabilities, including trust\nfunds, during said fiscal period.\n  (3) The revenue or receipts of the corporation, both unrestricted and\nrestricted to particular purposes during said fiscal period.\n  (4) The expenses or disbursements of the corporation, for both general\nand restricted purposes, during said fiscal period.\n  (5) The number of members of the corporation as of the date of the\nreport, together with a statement of increase or decrease in such number\nduring said fiscal period, and a statement of the place where the names\nand places of residence of the current members may be found.\n  (b) The annual report of directors shall be filed with the records of\nthe corporation and either a copy or an abstract thereof entered in the\nminutes of the proceedings of the annual meeting of members.\n  (c) The board of a corporation having no members shall direct the\npresident and treasurer to present at the annual meeting of the board a\nreport in accordance with paragraph (a), but omitting the requirement of\nsubparagraph (5). This report shall be filed with the minutes of the\nannual meeting of the board.\n
N.Y. RSS Law § 177-A — New York Code / Act RSS / Article 4-A / Section 177-A
Investment in certain conventional mortgages
Status: in_force

§ 177-a. Investment in certain conventional mortgages.\nNotwithstanding any provision contained in this chapter or any other\ngeneral, special or local law or code to the contrary, within the\nlimitations authorized for investment in conventional mortgages, the\ntrustees of the fund may invest a part of its assets in first mortgages\non real property located anywhere within the boundaries of the United\nStates.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 595 — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 29-F / Section 595
Application of article
Status: in_force

§ 595. Application of article. This article shall apply only to any\ncity, town or village having a population of less than one million.\n
N.Y. FCT Law § 580-208 — New York Code / Act FCT / Article 5-B / Part 2 / Section 580-208
Child support orders for two or more obligees
Status: in_force

§ 580-208. Child support orders for two or more obligees. In\nresponding to registrations or petitions for enforcement of two or more\nchild support orders in effect at the same time with regard to the same\nobligor and different individual obligees, at least one of which was\nissued by a tribunal of another state or a foreign country, a tribunal\nof this state shall enforce those orders in the same manner as if the\norders had been issued by a tribunal of this state.\n
N.Y. PEN Law § 135.20 — New York Code / Act PEN / Part 3 / Title H / Article 135 / Section 135.20
Kidnapping in the second degree
Status: in_force

§ 135.20 Kidnapping in the second degree.\n  A person is guilty of kidnapping in the second degree when he abducts\nanother person.\n  Kidnapping in the second degree is a class B felony.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 1399-O-1 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 13-E / Section 1399-O-1
Smoking and vaping restrictions; certain outdoor areas
Status: in_force

§ 1399-o-1. Smoking and vaping restrictions; certain outdoor areas. 1.\nSmoking and vaping shall not be permitted and no person shall smoke or\nvape during the hours between sunrise and sunset, when one or more\npersons under the age of twelve are present at any playground. For the\npurposes of this section, the term "playground" means an improved area\ndesigned, equipped, and set aside for play of six or more children which\nis not intended for use as an athletic playing field or athletic court,\nand shall include any play equipment, surfacing, fencing, signs,\ninternal pathways, internal land forms, vegetation, and related\nstructures. Playgrounds or playground equipment constructed upon one,\ntwo and three-family residential real property are exempt from the\nrequirements of this section. This section shall not apply to any\nplayground located within the city of New York.\n  2. No police officer, peace officer, regulatory officer or law\nenforcement official may arrest, ticket, stop or question any person\nbased solely or in part on an alleged violation of subdivision one of\nthis section, nor may an alleged violation of subdivision one of this\nsection support probable cause to conduct any search or limited search\nof any person or his or her immediate surroundings.\n
N.Y. GAS Law § 20 — New York Code / Act GAS / Article 5 / Section 20
Laws repealed
Status: in_force

§ 20.  Laws repealed.  Of the laws enumerated in the schedule hereto\nannexed, that portion specified in the last column is hereby repealed.\n
N.Y. LAB Law § 11 — New York Code / Act LAB / Article 2 / Section 11
Deputy commissioner
Status: in_force

§ 11. Deputy commissioner. There shall be a deputy commissioner, who\nshall be appointed by and removed at the pleasure of the commissioner.\n
N.Y. UCC Law § 2-A-403 — New York Code / Act UCC / Article 2-A / Part 4 / Section 2-A-403
Retraction of Anticipatory Repudiation
Status: in_force

Section 2-A-403. Retraction of Anticipatory Repudiation.\n  (1) Until the repudiating party's next performance is due, the\nrepudiating party can retract the repudiation unless, since the\nrepudiation, the aggrieved party has canceled the lease contract or\nmaterially changed the aggrieved party's position or otherwise indicated\nthat the aggrieved party considers the repudiation final.\n  (2) Retraction may be by any method that clearly indicates to the\naggrieved party that the repudiating party intends to perform under the\nlease contract and includes any assurance demanded under Section\n2-A-401.\n  (3) Retraction reinstates a repudiating party's rights under a lease\ncontract with due excuse and allowance to the aggrieved party for any\ndelay occasioned by the repudiation.\n
N.Y. AGM Law § 148-C — New York Code / Act AGM / Article 11 / Section 148-C
Fruit pest management
Status: in_force

§ 148-c. Fruit pest management. Within the integrated pest management\nprogram there shall be established a fruit pest management program. Such\nprogram shall be conducted in such a manner to achieve the following\nobjectives:\n  1. establish current pesticide use patterns and the economics of pest\nmanagement for the major fruit crops in New York;\n  2. investigate alternative pest management tactics (e.g., biological\nand cultural control, plant resistance) and determine how to integrate\nthese tactics with chemical control and horticultural practices;\n  3. develop practical monitoring techniques, economic thresholds, and\nforecasting methods for pests of fruit crops;\n  4. develop research and grower demonstration sites where integrated\npest management technologies can be evaluated as an integral part of the\noverall fruit production system; and\n  5. provide the fruit industry with training, information, and\neducational materials on the implementation of integrated pest\nmanagement utilizing traditional as well as new communication channels\n(e.g. computer-based information delivery systems).\n
N.Y. ELN Law § 13-106 — New York Code / Act ELN / Article 13 / Section 13-106
Special provisions as to the time for holding a primary election in the city of New York in the year nineteen hundred eighty-one
Status: in_force

* § 13-106. Special provisions as to the time for holding a primary\nelection in the city of New York in the year nineteen hundred\neighty-one. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of this chapter,\nthe times fixed for the annual primary election for the city of New York\nfor the office of council member-at-large and certain proceedings\nrelating thereto shall be as follows:\n  1. The first day for signing designating petitions for primary\nelections shall be the sixteenth day of June.\n  2. The first day to sign petitions for opportunity to ballot in\nprimary elections without naming a candidate shall be the seventh day of\nJuly.\n  3. The primary election shall be held on the twenty-second day of\nSeptember.\n  * NB Expired December 31, 1981\n