N.Y. SOS Law § 134-A — New York Code / Act SOS / Article 5 / Title 1 / Section 134-A
Conduct of investigation
Status: in_force

§ 134-a. Conduct of investigation. 1. In accordance with regulations\nof the department of family assistance, any investigation or\nreinvestigation of eligibility for public assistance and care, other\nthan medical assistance, shall be limited to those factors reasonably\nnecessary to insure that expenditures shall be in accord with applicable\nprovisions of this chapter and the regulations of the department and\nshall be conducted in such manner so as not to violate any civil right\nof the applicant or recipient. Such regulations of the department shall\nprovide that where inconsistencies and gaps in the information presented\nby a recipient or where other circumstances in the particular case would\nindicate to a prudent person, that further inquiry should be made,\nadditional necessary information is to be sought except further that the\ndepartment shall provide by regulations which are consistent with\nfederal law for matching of data supplied by or about recipients with\ninformation contained in the wage reporting system established pursuant\nto section one hundred seventy-one-a of the tax law and similar systems\nin other geographically contiguous states, and such regulations shall\nfurther provide to the extent mandated by federal law for matching with\nthe non-wage income file maintained by the United States internal\nrevenue service, with the benefits and earnings data exchange maintained\nby the United States department of health and human services, and with\nthe unemployment insurance benefits file. In making such investigation\nor reinvestigation, sources of information, other than records\nmaintained by a public agency, shall be consulted only with the\npermission of the applicant or recipient. However, if such permission is\nnot granted by the applicant or recipient, the appropriate social\nservices official may deny, suspend or discontinue public assistance or\ncare until such time as he may be satisfied that such applicant or\nrecipient is eligible therefor. Nothing in this section shall be\nconstrued to prohibit activities the department reasonably believes\nnecessary to conform with Federal requirements under section one\nthousand one hundred thirty-seven of the social security act. The\nactivities authorized by this section may be initiated only with regard\nto those clients who have been given appropriate notice of verification\nactivity under article six-A of the public officers law.\n  2. At the time he applies for public assistance and care, an applicant\nshall, as a condition of receiving such aid, present proof of his\nidentity to the social services official as the department may by\nregulation require, and he shall provide such proof thereafter whenever\nrequired by such official.\n  3. The social services official shall require that persons applying\nfor or receiving public assistance and care be interviewed personally at\na time and in a manner provided by the regulations of the department,\nand the social services official may provide the option of a phone\ninterview or other digital means for such interview at the request of\nthe applicant or recipient.\n  4. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, the\ndepartment may provide for a comparison of information identifying a\nrecipient of benefits under any program authorized under this chapter\nwith identifying information possessed by state agencies in other states\nadministering programs similar to those authorized by this chapter\nregarding recipients of such programs. Such a comparison shall be\nauthorized only with regard to clients who have received appropriate\nnotice under the personal privacy protection law, which notice shall be\ndeemed compliance with the provisions of subdivision one of this\nsection. Should the comparison of identifying information indicate that\nthe client in question is or has been simultaneously receiving benefits\nin both states, the department may, in its discretion, authorize\nexchange of income, benefit, and other case information with the state\nagency of the other state.\n  5. The social services official upon receipt of information concerning\na sentence of imprisonment imposed upon a person receiving public\nassistance shall make a reinvestigation of eligibility.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 403-B — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 9 / Section 403-B
Leasing of school buildings and facilities
Status: in_force

§ 403-b. Leasing of school buildings and facilities.  1. The board of\neducation of any union free or central school district is hereby\nauthorized to enter into a lease with any other union free or central\nschool district providing for the use and occupancy by any such school\ndistrict of a school building, or a portion thereof, owned by such other\nschool district, provided such lessee school district is within a\nreasonable distance, as determined by the commissioner, from the lessor\nschool district, subject to the conditions set forth in this\nsubdivision. The board of education of any union free or central school\ndistrict is hereby authorized to enter into a lease with any person,\npartnership or corporation for use and occupancy of a building or\nfacility, or a portion thereof, owned by such person, partnership, or\ncorporation for use as a school facility provided that such building or\nfacility is located within the school district and subject to the\nconditions set forth in this subdivision.\n  a.  No such lease shall be for a period of more than five years,\nexcept that the term of such a lease may exceed five years if the\napproval of the voters of the school district which will become the\nlessee is obtained before the lease is executed. Notwithstanding any\nother provision of this section to the contrary, the initial term of\nsuch a lease, not including any renewals thereof, may not exceed the\nperiod of probable usefulness that would be prescribed for such building\nor facilities by the local finance law if the building or facility were\nowned by a school district.\n  b.  The approval of the voters of the school district which will\nbecome the lessee shall be obtained for any capital project to be\nundertaken in a leased building or facility during the term of the\nlease, provided however that any such capital project shall be subject\nto the prior approval of the commissioner and shall only be approved\nwhere the commissioner finds that the need for such project has been\nestablished to the commissioner's satisfaction.\n  c.  Such lease shall not become effective until the commissioner shall\nhave approved the same. In approving such leases, the commissioner shall\ndetermine: (i) that the leased facility meets all applicable standards\nfor the health, safety and comfort of occupants; (ii) that the leased\nfacility is educationally adequate as determined by the commissioner for\nnew construction or rehabilitation, and (iii) that district has a\ncurrent five-year facilities plan, or other long-range facilities plan\nas applicable, that is consistent with the regulations of the\ncommissioner, and includes the proposed lease as well as all other\nplanned acquisitions, disposals and leasing of buildings or facilities\nfor school purposes during the period of the plan.\n  d. Any such lease may be renewed, provided however that the approval\nof the voters of the school district which will become the lessee shall\nbe obtained before such renewal is executed.\n  e. To be eligible for aid pursuant to subdivision six of section\nthirty-six hundred two of this chapter, such leased school or facility\nshall meet requirements for access by individuals with disabilities to\nboth facilities and programs, as defined in regulations of the\ncommissioner, and the leased space shall be used to house programs for\npupils in grades prekindergarten through twelve, other than programs\nfunded pursuant to section forty-four hundred ten of this chapter, with\nminimal associated administrative and support services space as approved\nby the commissioner.\n  f. The term "lease", as used in this section, shall not include a\nlease with an option to purchase. Any lease entered pursuant to this\nsection shall include a provision that the lease shall be void and\nunenforceable if entered into in violation of section eight hundred one\nof the general municipal law or section four hundred ten of this\nchapter.\n  2. Any union free or central school district which shall have leased a\nschool building from another school district or from a person,\npartnership or corporation pursuant to the provisions of this section is\nhereby authorized to operate and conduct school in such building in all\nrespects as though such school building were owned by and located within\nthe boundaries of such school district.  The average daily attendance of\npupils attending such school shall be included in the average daily\nattendance of such lessee district as certified to the commissioner in\nthe report of the board of education.\n  3. A school district providing transportation between a school\nbuilding leased from another district and the homes of the children\nattending such school shall be entitled to transportation aid as though\nsuch school were located within the lessee school district.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 611 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 13-A / Section 611
Liberty scholarship advisory committee
Status: in_force

§ 611. Liberty scholarship advisory committee.  There is hereby\ncreated a liberty scholarship advisory committee, which shall consist of\neleven persons appointed by the governor, two of whom shall be upon the\nrecommendation of the president pro tem of the senate and two of whom\nshall be upon the recommendation of the speaker of the assembly.  Such\nmembers shall serve at the pleasure of the governor, except that those\nrecommended by other authorities shall serve at the pleasure of such\nrecommending authorities, and shall include, but not be limited to,\nrepresentatives of secondary schools, business and industry, labor and\nnonprofit or voluntary organizations. In addition to such eleven\nmembers, the president of the higher education services corporation, the\ncommissioner of education, the chancellor of the state university of New\nYork, the chancellor of the city university of New York and the\npresident of the commission of independent colleges and universities\nshall serve on the committee as ex-officio members. The governor shall\ndesignate one member to serve as chairperson of the committee. No later\nthan April first, nineteen hundred eighty-nine, such committee shall\nprepare a plan that (i) identifies counseling and support services for\nstudents available from institutions of higher education, secondary\nschools, government agencies, business and industry, labor, nonprofit\norganizations and volunteers and (ii) proposes ways in which such\ncounseling and support services can be coordinated to promote continuity\nof counseling and support. In addition, the advisory committee shall\nmake recommendations as to the implementation of such plan and shall\nperiodically report on the degree to which such plan has been\nsuccessfully implemented. The president, commissioner and the\nchancellors of the public universities shall make available personnel to\nact as staff for the committee. The members of the committee shall\nreceive no compensation for their services, but shall be entitled to\nreimbursement for their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the\nperformance of their duties.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 1021-D — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 5 / Title 1-B / Section 1021-D
Powers and duties of the authority
Status: in_force

§ 1021-d. Powers and duties of the authority. The powers conferred by\nthis title shall be exercised by the directors, subject to the terms of\nthis title. In the exercise of those powers, either directly or through\nits officers and employees, the directors may do the following things,\namong others, and the following list of powers shall not be deemed\ncomplete or exclusive, or to deny the existence of other powers, whether\nsimilar or different, so long as they are reasonably necessary for\naccomplishing the purposes declared and indicated in this title:\n  1. To make and alter by-laws for the regulation of its affairs and\nconduct of its activities, to schedule annual, regular and special\nmeetings of the directors, as the conduct of the business of the\nauthority may warrant, and to adopt and amend an official seal;\n  2. To develop, acquire, construct, reconstruct, rehabilitate and\nimprove facilities for the distribution of electric power or any\nconnected service;\n  3. To determine the location, type, size, construction, lease,\npurchase, ownership, acquisition, use and operation of any facilities or\nother structure or property, within or without the service area;\n  4. To investigate, implement and integrate, to the fullest extent\npracticable and economically feasible, such resource conservation and\nenergy efficiency measures and equipment intended to reduce power demand\nand usage, utilize green technologies, alternative and renewable fuels,\nnet metering and demand response programs, all as integral elements in\nits investments in new equipment for distribution of power, and in its\nmarketing and sale of electricity to consumers;\n  5. To acquire on behalf of and in the name of the authority, whether\nby agreement with and purchase from the owner or owners, or by\narbitration, or within the service area by eminent domain, pursuant to\nthe procedures set forth in the eminent domain procedure law, or by\nlease, the whole or any part of any existing facilities or of any other\nproperty to be used in connection with power distribution by the\nauthority as set out in this title; provided, however, that the\nauthority shall not acquire real property of a municipality or a\npolitical subdivision of the state unless such municipality or political\nsubdivision shall consent thereto; and provided further that the\nauthority shall not acquire by the exercise of eminent domain any\ntransmission or generation facilities; and provided further that the\nauthority shall not acquire by the exercise of eminent domain any\nfacilities for distribution operating at a voltage in excess of\ntwenty-two thousand volts from any person, corporation or association,\npublic or private, engaged in the business of distribution and sale of\nelectricity to ultimate customers unless the authority is unable to\nacquire by contract with the owners or operators thereof, the right to\nuse such facilities on just, reasonable and non-discriminatory terms. In\nthe exercise of the power of eminent domain, as provided in this\nsubdivision, the property being acquired shall be deemed, when so\ndetermined by the authority, to be for a public use;\n  6. To distribute electric power and any connected services within the\nservice area, to fix rates and charges for the furnishing or rendition\nof electric power or of any connected service, and to collect revenues.\nProvided however, that prior to the first sale of electric power or any\nconnected service, the authority shall promulgate regulations granting\nto customers the protections afforded by article two of the public\nservice law and section one hundred thirty-one-s of the social services\nlaw;\n  7. To maintain, operate and manage, and contract for the maintenance,\noperation and management of properties of the authority;\n  8. To apply to the appropriate agencies and officials of the federal,\nstate and local governments for such licenses, permits or approvals for\nits plans and projects as it may deem necessary or advisable, and upon\nsuch terms and conditions as it may deem appropriate to accept, in its\ndiscretion, such licenses, permits or approvals as may be tendered to it\nby such agencies and officials;\n  9. To enter upon such lands, waters or premises as in the judgment of\nthe authority shall be necessary for the purpose of making surveys,\nsoundings, borings and examinations to accomplish any purpose authorized\nby this title, the authority being liable only for actual damages done;\n  10. To enter into cooperative agreements with other authorities,\nmunicipalities, utility companies, individuals, firms or corporations,\nand the dominion of Canada and its political subdivisions, for the\ninterconnection of facilities and the exchange or interchange of\nelectric power or connected services, upon such terms and conditions as\nshall be determined to be reasonable;\n  11. To execute contracts, borrow money, issue bonds, notes and other\nobligations as provided in section one thousand twenty-one-i of this\ntitle, and sell the same in such amounts and at such prices, interest\nrates and other financial terms as may be determined by the directors;\n  12. To enter into agreements to purchase power from the power\nauthority of the state of New York, the state, any state agency, any\nmunicipality, any private entity or any other available source at such\nprice or prices as may be negotiated, including the power to enter into\nany agreement or any negotiation for the purchase of power from the\ndominion of Canada, or any political subdivision, public authority or\nprivate corporation therein;\n  13. To make any plans, studies or investigations which it may deem\nnecessary, convenient or desirable to enable it effectually to carry out\nthe provisions of this title;\n  14. To do whatever may be necessary to give effect to the purposes of\nthis title, and in general to have and exercise all other powers\nnecessary or incidental to the purposes of this title.\n
N.Y. SOS Law § 131-V — New York Code / Act SOS / Article 5 / Title 1 / Section 131-V
Temporary emergency shelter
Status: in_force

§ 131-v. Temporary emergency shelter. 1. Notwithstanding any\ninconsistent provision of law, and to the extent consistent with federal\nlaw, a social services official may contract with a non-profit\ncorporation or charitable organization to provide temporary emergency\nshelter for eligible homeless households in dwelling units owned or\nleased, and operated by such corporations or organizations.\n  2. An allowance for such shelter may be made for households dwelling\nin such units if:\n  (a) no other suitable privately owned housing which meets the\ndepartment's standards for health and safety is available, other than a\nmore expensive hotel or motel; and\n  (b) no household was evicted to produce such units.\n  3. The continued need for such shelter shall be reviewed, evaluated\nand authorized monthly by a social services official. Such allowance\nshall not be available for more than six months unless the commissioner\nof the social services district determines on an annual basis that\npermanent housing is not readily available in the district and submits\nto the department such determination on an annual basis.\n  4. The social services district shall submit for approval by the\ndepartment health and safety standards that such units must satisfy and\nshall inspect such units regularly to ensure that such standards are\nsatisfied.\n  5. Such non-profit corporation or charitable organization shall, at a\nminimum, provide such households with assistance in obtaining permanent\nhousing and with information regarding available counseling services,\nemployment assessment, job training and job placement services, and\nchild care services.\n  6. This section shall not be construed to limit other means of\nproviding temporary emergency shelter otherwise permitted under this\nchapter and regulations promulgated thereunder.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 206-B — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 2 / Title 1 / Section 206-B
Special requirements with respect to Lyme disease diagnosis
Status: in_force

§ 206-b. Special requirements with respect to Lyme disease diagnosis.\n1. Within thirty days after the effective date of this section, the\ncommissioner shall, in writing, order every physician practicing in\nSuffolk, Westchester and Nassau counties to review the medical records\nof any patient such physician treated during the period commencing\nJanuary first, nineteen hundred seventy-five and ending on the date of\nsuch order wherein such physician made a diagnosis of juvenile\nrheumatoid arthritis and to review the circumstances of such diagnosis\nto reconsider whether such patient has suffered, or is suffering, from\nthe complex, multi-system disorder caused by the bacterium Borrelia\nburgdorferi, which disease is transmitted by the Ixodes dammini tick and\nis commonly referred to as "Lyme disease". In any case where a hospital\nor other health care institution or provider has custody or control of\nthe medical records for a patient so diagnosed, upon request such\nphysician shall be entitled to review such medical records for purposes\nof complying with such order or the commissioner may order any such\nhospital or other health care institution or provider wherever situated\nwithin the state to review such records to reconsider a diagnosis of\nLyme disease.\n  2. The commissioner, upon a showing that there is a reasonable basis\nto believe that the order provided for herein has not been complied\nwith, shall be entitled to apply to a justice of the supreme court for\nan order requiring any such physician to submit for the commissioner's\nconsideration such records, charts or other pertinent data which will\nenable him to determine whether there has been full compliance with such\norder.\n  3. In any case where a review of such records indicates that a patient\nmay have been, or is, suffering from Lyme disease, such physician shall,\nconsistent with customary and acceptable medical standards, take such\naction he deems necessary to inform such patient or in the case of a\nminor, his or her parent or guardian of his findings, conduct additional\ntests, administer other necessary treatments or refer such patient to\nanother physician for further diagnosis and/or treatment.\n
N.Y. EXC Law § 501-A — New York Code / Act EXC / Article 19-G / Title 1 / Section 501-A
Actions against persons designated foster parents of the division; defense and indemnification
Status: in_force

§ 501-a. Actions against persons designated foster parents of the\ndivision; defense and indemnification. The provisions of section\nseventeen of the public officers law shall apply to persons designated\nfoster parents whose duties involve the care, treatment or supervision\nof persons admitted to institutions operated by the division, whether\nwithin such institutions or released therefrom pursuant to section five\nhundred twenty-three of this article or whose duties involve services to\nor for applicants while rendering such care, treatment or services.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 404 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 9 / Section 404
Acquisition of real property
Status: in_force

§ 404. Acquisition of real property.  Real property may be acquired in\nany school district and in any city having less than seventy thousand\ninhabitants, for school purposes and for any other purpose for which\nsuch property may be acquired as provided in this chapter, as follows:\n  1. By gift, grant, devise or purchase.\n  2. By involuntary acquisition, if an agreement cannot be made with the\nowner for the purchase thereof.  Such proceedings shall be instituted\nand conducted by the trustee or board of education, in the name of the\ndistrict under the provisions of the eminent domain procedure law.\n  3. This section does not permit the acquisition by condemnation of\nless than the whole of a city or village lot with the erections and\nimprovements thereon.\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 3-0107 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 3 / Title 1 / Section 3-0107
Organization of department; officers and employees
Status: in_force

§ 3-0107. Organization of department; officers and employees.\n  1. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law the commissioner\nmay, from time to time, create, abolish, transfer and consolidate\ndivisions, bureaus, field offices and other units within the department,\nincluding those transferred to the department by chapter 140 of the laws\nof 1970, as he may determine necessary for the efficient operation of\nthe department, subject to the approval of the Director of the Budget.\n  2. The commissioner may appoint such deputies, directors, assistants\nand other officers and employees as may be needed for the performance of\nhis duties and may prescribe their powers and duties and fix their\ncompensation within the amounts appropriated therefor, subject to the\napproval of the Director of the Budget.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 2504 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 25 / Title 1 / Section 2504
Enabling certain persons to consent for certain medical, dental, health and hospital services
Status: in_force

§ 2504. Enabling certain persons to consent for certain medical,\ndental, health and hospital services. 1. Any person who is eighteen\nyears of age or older, or is the parent of a child or has married, or is\na homeless youth as defined in section five hundred thirty-two-a of the\nexecutive law, or receives services at an approved runaway and homeless\nyouth crisis services program or a transitional independent living\nsupport program as defined in section five hundred thirty-two-a of the\nexecutive law, may give effective consent for medical, dental, health\nand hospital services, including behavioral health services, for\nthemself, and the consent of no other person shall be necessary.\n  2. Any person who has been married or who has borne a child may give\neffective consent for medical, dental, health and hospital services for\nhis or her child. Any person who has been designated pursuant to title\nfifteen-A of article five of the general obligations law as a person in\nparental relation to a child may consent to any medical, dental, health\nand hospital services for such child for which consent is otherwise\nrequired which are not: (a) major medical treatment as defined in\nsubdivision (a) of section 80.03 of the mental hygiene law; (b)\nelectroconvulsive therapy; or (c) the withdrawal or discontinuance of\nmedical treatment which is sustaining life functions.\n  3. Any person who is pregnant may give effective consent for medical,\ndental, health and hospital services relating to prenatal care.\n  4. Medical, dental, health and hospital services may be rendered to\npersons of any age without the consent of a parent, legal guardian or\nperson possessing a lawful order of custody when, in the physician's\njudgment an emergency exists and the person is in immediate need of\nmedical attention and an attempt to secure consent would result in delay\nof treatment which would increase the risk to the person's life or\nhealth.\n  5. Where not otherwise already authorized by law to do so, any person\nin a parental relation to a child as defined in section twenty-one\nhundred sixty-four of this chapter and, (i) a grandparent, an adult\nbrother or sister, an adult aunt or uncle, any of whom has assumed care\nof the child and, (ii) an adult who has care of the child and has\nwritten authorization to consent from a person in a parental relation to\na child as defined in section twenty-one hundred sixty-four of this\nchapter, may give effective consent for the immunization of a child.\nHowever, a person other than one in a parental relation to the child\nshall not give consent under this subdivision if he or she has reason to\nbelieve that a person in parental relation to the child as defined in\nsection twenty-one hundred sixty-four of this chapter objects to the\nimmunization.\n  6. Anyone who acts in good faith based on the representation by a\nperson that he is eligible to consent pursuant to the terms of this\nsection shall be deemed to have received effective consent.\n  7. No person shall perform a pelvic examination or supervise the\nperformance of a pelvic examination on an anesthetized or unconscious\npatient unless the person performing the pelvic examination is legally\nauthorized to do so and the person supervising the performance of the\npelvic examination is legally authorized to do so and:\n  (a) the patient or the patient's authorized representative gives prior\noral or written informed consent specific to the pelvic examination;\n  (b) the performance of a pelvic examination is within the scope of\ncare for the surgical procedure or diagnostic examination scheduled to\nbe performed on the patient and to which the patient has already given\noral or written consent; or\n  (c) the patient is unconscious and the pelvic examination is medically\nnecessary for diagnostic or treatment purposes, and the patient is in\nimmediate need of medical attention and an attempt to secure consent\nwould result in a delay of treatment which would increase the risk to\nthe patient's life or health.\n  Nothing in this subdivision diminishes any other requirement to obtain\ninformed consent for a pelvic examination or any other procedure.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 409-B — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 4 / Title 1 / Section 409-B
Distribution of surplus revenue
Status: in_force

§ 409-b. Distribution of surplus revenue. 1.  Notwithstanding any\ninconsistent provisions of section four hundred nine of this article,\nthe commissioner shall establish a plan for distribution of surplus\nrevenue to the institutional program in accordance with the provisions\nof this section.\n  2. The commissioner shall annually certify to the director of the\nbudget when there are sufficient receipts deposited to the department of\nhealth income fund to meet the department's revenue target for debt\nservice and institutional operations established in the budget for the\nfiscal year.\n  3. The commissioner shall allocate the full amount of the receipts\nreceived from state hospitals within the department which exceed the\namount certified to the director of the division of the budget pursuant\nto subdivision two of this section to be paid over and deposited in the\nsurplus revenue account established pursuant to subdivision four of this\nsection to be allocated to such facilities in accordance with\nsubdivision five of this section.\n  4. There shall be established within the special revenue funds - other\na department of health facility surplus revenue account. All surplus\nrevenues allocated pursuant to subdivision three of this section shall\nbe paid over and deposited to the department of health facility surplus\nrevenue account.\n  5. The commissioner shall segregate any funds available in the\ndepartment of health facility surplus revenue account pursuant to\nsubdivision four of this section to the state hospitals within the\ndepartment based on consideration of the following factors: (i) the\nproportion of funds that each facility contributes to such surplus\nrevenue; and (ii) the amounts each facility contributed to the\ndepartment of health income fund under section four hundred nine of this\narticle. The amounts shall be allocated to each facility in accordance\nwith a plan, subject to the approval of the commissioner, submitted by\neach facility to ensure that such funds are used for non-recurring\nexpenses including personal services contracts and equipment leases and\nrentals that are for no more than one year, but are potentially\nrenewable and meet all applicable state purchasing requirements.\n
N.Y. ELN Law § 14-128 — New York Code / Act ELN / Article 14 / Title 1 / Section 14-128
Disposition of anonymous contributions
Status: in_force

§ 14-128. Disposition of anonymous contributions. Any anonymous\ncontributions received by a campaign treasurer, political committee or\nagency thereof shall not be used or expended, but the same shall be paid\nover to the comptroller of the state of New York for deposit in the\ngeneral treasury of the state unless, before the date for filing\nstatements and reports as herein provided, the identity of such\nanonymous contributor shall become known, and, in such event the\nanonymous contribution shall be returned to such contributor or retained\nand properly reported as a contribution from such contributor.\n
N.Y. VAT Law § 144-B — New York Code / Act VAT / Title 1 / Article 1 / Section 144-B
Snow emergency
Status: in_force

§ 144-b. Snow emergency. A determination made by the official having\njurisdiction of a highway that, because of existing or forecasted\nweather conditions, pursuant to section sixteen hundred twenty-one,\nsixteen hundred forty, sixteen hundred fifty or sixteen hundred sixty of\nthis chapter, traffic shall be regulated in accordance with section one\nhundred forty-five-c of this article.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 2204 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 22 / Title 1 / Section 2204
Tuberculosis; removal of patients to another state or country; costs
Status: in_force

§ 2204. Tuberculosis; removal of patients to another state or country;\ncosts.  1. When any state charge, as defined in this article, who has\nnot acquired state residence has settlement or residence or otherwise\nbelongs to or in any other state or country, has legally responsible\nrelatives or friends willing to undertake the obligations to support him\nor to aid in supporting him in such other state or country, the\ndepartment may furnish him with transportation to such state or country,\nprovided, in the judgment of the commissioner the interest of the state\nand the welfare of such person will be promoted thereby.\n  2. The commissioner shall designate or employ nurses or attendants to\naccompany such persons being removed out of the state unless it appears\nthat such persons are in suitable condition to travel alone with safety.\n  3. The expense of such removal shall be paid from the state treasury\non the audit and warrant of the comptroller pursuant to a verified\naccount submitted by the department, and the commissioner shall\nthereupon seek reimbursement for such expense from the state or country\nof residence.\n
N.Y. PBA Law § 1020-B — New York Code / Act PBA / Article 5 / Title 1-A / Section 1020-B
Definitions
Status: in_force

* § 1020-b. Definitions. As used or referred to in this title, unless\na different meaning clearly appears from the context:\n  1. "Acquire" means, with respect to any right, title or interest in or\nto any property, the act of taking by the exercise of the power of\neminent domain, or acquisition by purchase or otherwise.\n  2. "Act" means the Long Island power authority act, being title one-A\nof article five of the public authorities law, as added by this title.\n  3. "Authority" means the Long Island power authority created by\nsection one thousand twenty-c of this title.\n  4. "Board" means the board of trustees of the authority.\n  5. "Bonds" or "notes" mean the bonds, notes or other obligations\nissued by the authority pursuant to this title.\n  6. "Fair market value" means the value of property, real, personal or\nmixed, which would be obtained in an arm's length transaction between an\ninformed and willing buyer under no compulsion to buy, and an informed\nand willing seller under no compulsion to sell.\n  7. "Federal government" means the United States of America and any\nagency or instrumentality, corporate or otherwise, of the United States\nof America.\n  8. "Final determination" or "finally determined" means a judicial\ndecision (i) by the highest court of competent jurisdiction, or (ii) by\na court of competent jurisdiction from which no appeal has been taken\nand the time within which to appeal has expired.\n  9. "Governing body" means, with respect to any municipality, the body\nhaving charge of the fiscal affairs of such municipality.\n  10. "LILCO" means the Long Island lighting company, its subsidiaries\nand their successors and assigns, other than the authority.\n  11. "Municipality" means any city, town, village, county, municipal\ncorporation, district corporation, district or other political\nsubdivision of the state.\n  12. "OCLD" means the original cost of assets, less depreciation.\n  12-a. "Project" means an action undertaken by the authority that:\n  (i) Causes the authority to issue bonds, notes or other obligations,\nor shares in any subsidiary corporation, or\n  (ii) Significantly modifies the use of an asset valued at more than\none million dollars owned by the authority or involves the sale, lease\nor other disposition of such an asset, or\n  (iii) Commits the authority to a contract or agreement with a total\nconsideration of greater than one million dollars and does not involve\nthe day to day operations of the authority.\n  13. "Prudent utility practices" at a particular time means any of the\npractices, methods, and acts, which, in the exercise of reasonable\njudgment in light of the facts (including but not limited to the\npractices, methods and acts engaged in or approved by a significant\nportion of the gas or the electrical utility industry, as the case may\nbe, prior thereto) known at the time the decision was made, would have\nbeen expected to accomplish the desired result at the lowest reasonable\ncost consistent with reliability, safety and expedition. Prudent utility\npractice is not intended to be limited to the optimum practice, method\nor act, to the exclusion of all others, but rather to be a spectrum of\npossible practices, methods or acts. In evaluating whether any matter\nconforms to prudent utility practice, the parties shall take into\naccount the fact that the authority is a corporate municipality of the\nstate with the statutory duties and responsibilities thereof.\n  14. "Real property" means lands, structures, franchises and interests\nin land, including lands under water and riparian rights, and any and\nall other things and rights usually included within such term, and\nincludes also any and all interests in such property less than full\ntitle, such as easements, rights of way, uses, leases, licenses and all\nother incorporeal hereditaments and every estate, interest or right,\nlegal or equitable, including terms for years and liens thereon by way\nof judgments, mortgages or otherwise, and also all claims for damages\nfor such real estate.\n  15. "RCNLD" means the reproduction cost of new assets, less\ndepreciation.\n  16. "Security" means any note, stock (whether common or preferred),\nbond, debenture, evidence of indebtedness, transferable share,\nvoting-trust certificate or, in general, any interest or instrument\ncommonly known as a "security", or any certificate of interest or\nparticipation in, temporary or interim certificate for, receipt for, or\nwarrant or right to subscribe to or purchase any of the foregoing.\n  17. "Service area" means the counties of Suffolk and Nassau and that\nportion of the county of Queens constituting LILCO's franchise area as\nof the effective date of this title.\n  18. "Shoreham plant" means the nuclear powered facility designed to\ngenerate electric power owned by LILCO and located in Shoreham, New\nYork.\n  19. "State" means the state of New York.\n  20. "State agency" means any board, authority, agency, department,\ncommission, public corporation, body politic or instrumentality of the\nstate.\n  21. "Trustees" means the trustees of the authority appointed or\nelected, as the case may be, pursuant to section one thousand twenty-d\nof this title.\n  22. "Valuation date" means (i) the effective date of this title, (ii)\nthe date of the taking of the stock or assets pursuant to this title or\n(iii) such earlier or later date or, in the case of equity or debt\nsecurities, such period of trading days in the primary established\nmarket in which such securities are traded, as may be determined to be\nnecessary to exclude from the determination of the market value thereof\nany enhancement or depreciation in value arising from the announcement,\nexpectation or accomplishment of the taking by the exercise of the power\nof eminent domain or otherwise, or speculative market activity intended\nto cause or having the effect of causing an increase or decrease in such\nmarket value.\n  23. "Service provider" means the entity under contract with the\nauthority to provide management and operation services associated with\nthe authority's electric transmission and distribution system and any\nsubsidiary of such entity that provides such services under contract.\n  24. "Operations services agreement" means an agreement and any\namendments thereto between the Long Island lighting company dba LIPA or\nthe authority and the service provider to provide management and\noperation services associated with the authority's electric transmission\nand distribution system.\n  * NB There are 2 § 1020-b's\n
N.Y. MDW Law § 37 — New York Code / Act MDW / Article 3 / Title 1 / Section 37
Artificial hall lighting
Status: in_force

§ 37. Artificial hall lighting. 1. In every multiple dwelling the\nowner shall provide a light or lights, each of at least sixty watts\nincandescent or twenty watts cool white fluorescent or equivalent\nillumination, for every vestibule and entrance hall in every public\nhall, stair, fire-stair and fire-tower on every floor. Said light or\nlights shall be located as prescribed by the department, but, in every\nstair, fire-stair or fire-tower, shall be so located that every part\nthereof shall be lighted.\n  2. Except as provided in subdivision three, every such light shall be\nturned on by the owner at sunset every day and shall not be turned off\nby the owner until the following sunrise. Every such light shall be kept\nburning daily from sunset until sunrise, but if it becomes extinguished\nand remains so without the knowledge or consent of the owner he shall\nnot be liable. The burden shall be upon the owner to show that the light\nbecame and remained extinguished without his knowledge or consent.\n  3. Every light in every fire-stair and fire-tower at every story, and\nin every stair and public hall at every story where there is no window\nopening to the outer air, shall be kept burning continuously except that\nthis provision shall not apply to public halls lighted as provided in\nsubdivision eleven of section two hundred seventeen.\n  4. When the natural light in any public hall in a multiple dwelling is\nnot sufficient to permit a person to read the names on a mail box or\nother receptacle for mail, the owner shall install a lighting fixture\ndirectly over such mail box or receptacle and maintain it in serviceable\ncondition, so that a light may be turned on at any time for the\nconvenience of tenants or the mail carrier.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 376-A — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 8-A / Section 376-A
Notices of claim and commencement of actions against the fund
Status: in_force

§ 376-a. Notices of claim and commencement of actions against the\nfund.  1. In every action against the fund for damages for injuries to\nreal or personal property, or for the destruction thereof, or for\npersonal injuries or death, the complaint shall contain an allegation\nthat at least thirty days have elapsed since the demand, claim or claims\nupon which such action is founded were presented to a trustee or officer\nof the fund and that the fund has neglected or refused to make an\nadjustment or payment thereof for thirty days after such presentment.\n  2. Except in an action for wrongful death, an action against the fund\nfor damages for injuries to real or personal property, or for the\ndestruction thereof, or for personal injuries, alleged to have been\nsustained, shall not be commenced more than one year and ninety days\nafter the cause of action therefor shall have accrued, nor unless a\nnotice of claim shall have been served on the fund within the time limit\nestablished by, and in compliance with all requirements of section\nfifty-e of the general municipal law. An action against the fund for\nwrongful death shall be commenced in accordance with the notice of claim\nand time limitation provisions of title eleven of article nine of the\npublic authorities law.\n
N.Y. MRE Law § 61 — New York Code / Act MRE / Article 4 / Title 1 / Section 61
Fire alarm system; watchman
Status: in_force

§ 61. Fire alarm system; watchman. 1. Except as provided in\nsubdivision three, in every transient dwelling containing thirty or more\nsleeping rooms for transient occupancy, there shall be an interior fire\nalarm system.\n  2. Except as provided in subdivision three, in every fireproof\ntransient dwelling containing fifty or more sleeping rooms for transient\noccupants, and in every non-fireproof transient dwelling containing\nthirty or more such rooms, when thirty-five per centum or more of such\nrooms are occupied, there shall be, in addition to the interior fire\nalarm system, one or more watchmen or clerks, employed by the owner,\nwhose duty it shall be to visit every portion of the dwelling at\nfrequent regular intervals between the hours of eleven p.m. and seven\na.m. for the purpose of detecting fire or other sources of danger and\ngiving immediate and timely warning thereof to all the occupants. There\nshall be provided a watchman's clock system or other device to record\nthe movement of such watchman.\n  3. Where throughout such dwelling a fire-detecting system, or an\napproved type automatic sprinkler system is provided which actuates a\nfire alarm by the flow of water through such system so as to give\nwarning to all the occupants of the dwelling, and is installed in a\nmanner satisfactory to the department in conformity with rules and\nregulations adopted by the commission, the provisions of subdivisions\none and two shall not be applicable.\n
N.Y. ELN Law § 12-102 — New York Code / Act ELN / Article 12 / Title 1 / Section 12-102
Lists of electors; state board of elections to furnish
Status: in_force

§ 12-102. Lists of electors; state board of elections to furnish. At\nleast six days before the time fixed for the meeting of the electors\npursuant to section 12-104 of this title, the state board of elections\nshall:\n  1. prepare seven lists, containing the names of the persons who are\nelected as electors, a canvass of the votes cast for each candidate for\nelector, a certificate of determination by the state board of\ncanvassers, the signature of the governor, the seal of the state, and\nimprinted on such list an embossment of the seal of the state as a\nsecurity feature for purposes of verifying the authenticity of such\nlist; and\n  2. on behalf of the governor, transmit immediately after the\npreparation of such lists one copy of such list to the archivist of the\nUnited States by the most expeditious method available and deliver the\nsix other copies thus signed and sealed to the president of the college\nof electors immediately after their election.\n
N.Y. VAT Law § 136 — New York Code / Act VAT / Title 1 / Article 1 / Section 136
Railroad sign or signal
Status: in_force

§ 136. Railroad sign or signal.  Any sign, signal, or device erected\nby authority of a public body or official by a railroad and intended to\ngive notice of the presence of railroad tracks or the approach of a\nrailroad train.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 668 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 14 / Part 2 / Subpart 2 / Section 668
Regents awards for children of deceased and disabled veterans
Status: in_force

§ 668. Regents awards for children of deceased and disabled veterans.\n1.  Period of military service. For a student to be eligible, the\nparent, or step-parent where the student is the dependent of the\nstep-parent, (i) must have been a recipient of the armed forces\nexpeditionary medal, the navy expeditionary medal or the marine corps\nexpeditionary medal for participation in operations in Lebanon from June\nfirst, nineteen hundred eighty-three to December first, nineteen hundred\neighty-seven, in Grenada from October twenty-third, nineteen hundred\neighty-three to November twenty-first, nineteen hundred eighty-three, or\nin Panama from December twentieth, nineteen hundred eighty-nine to\nJanuary thirty-first, nineteen hundred ninety, or (ii) must have served\non regular active duty (other than for training) in the armed forces of\nthe United States during part of one of the following periods:\n  (a) April sixth, nineteen hundred seventeen to November eleven,\nnineteen hundred eighteen.\n  (b) December seven, nineteen hundred forty-one to December thirty-one,\nnineteen hundred forty-six, or have been employed by the War Shipping\nAdministration or Office of Defense Transportation or their agents as a\nmerchant seaman documented by the United States Coast Guard or\nDepartment of Commerce, or as a civil servant employed by the United\nStates Army Transport Service (later redesignated as the United States\nArmy Transportation Corps, Water Division) or the Naval Transportation\nService; and who served satisfactorily as a crew member during the\nperiod of armed conflict, December seventh, nineteen hundred forty-one,\nto August fifteenth, nineteen hundred forty-five, aboard merchant\nvessels in oceangoing, i.e., foreign, intercoastal, or coastwise service\nas such terms are defined under federal law (46 USCA 10301 & 10501) and\nfurther to include "near foreign" voyages between the United States and\nCanada, Mexico, or the West Indies via ocean routes, or public vessels\nin oceangoing service or foreign waters and who has received a\nCertificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty and a discharge\ncertificate, or an Honorable Service Certificate/Report of Casualty,\nfrom the Department of Defense or have served as a United States\ncivilian employed by the American Field Service and served overseas\nunder United States Armies and United States Army Groups in world war II\nduring the period of armed conflict, December seventh, nineteen hundred\nforty-one through May eighth, nineteen hundred forty-five, and who (i)\nwas discharged or released therefrom under honorable conditions, or (ii)\nhas a qualifying condition, as defined in section one of the veterans'\nservices law, and has received a discharge other than bad conduct or\ndishonorable from such service, or (iii) is a discharged LGBT veteran,\nas defined in section one of the veterans' services law, and has\nreceived a discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such\nservice, or have served as a United States civilian Flight Crew and\nAviation Ground Support Employee of Pan American World Airways or one of\nits subsidiaries or its affiliates and served overseas as a result of\nPan American's contract with Air Transport Command or Naval Air\nTransport Service during the period of armed conflict, December\nfourteenth, nineteen hundred forty-one through August fourteenth,\nnineteen hundred forty-five, and who (iv) was discharged or released\ntherefrom under honorable conditions, or (v) has a qualifying condition,\nas defined in section one of the veterans' services law, and has\nreceived a discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such\nservice, or (vi) is a discharged LGBT veteran, as defined in section one\nof the veterans' services law, and has received a discharge other than\nbad conduct or dishonorable from such service.\n  (c) June twenty-seven, nineteen hundred fifty to January thirty-one,\nnineteen hundred fifty-five.\n  (d) November first, nineteen hundred fifty-five to May seventh,\nnineteen hundred seventy-five.\n  (e) August two, nineteen hundred ninety to the end of hostilities in\nthe Persian Gulf conflict.\n  (f) From September eighteenth, two thousand one until the end of the\nUnited States military efforts in Afghanistan.\n  (g) From October sixteenth, two thousand two until the end of the\nUnited States military efforts in Iraq.\n  2. Eligible groups. Awards shall be made to students each of whom has\na parent with such service, or a step-parent with such service where the\nstudent is the dependent of the step-parent even if the student's\nbiological parent is still living, who:\n  (a) was a legal resident of New York state at the time of his or her\ndemise and who died or die while so serving, or as a result of injury or\nillness suffered or incurred during such military service; or\n  (b) (i) is an honorably discharged veteran of the United States or\nmember of the armed forces of the United States, or (ii) has a\nqualifying condition, as defined in section one of the veterans'\nservices law, and has received a discharge other than bad conduct or\ndishonorable from such service, or (iii) is a discharged LGBT veteran,\nas defined in section one of the veterans' services law, and has\nreceived a discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such\nservice, who is a resident of the state of New York, and who has a\ncurrent disability of forty percent or more as a result of an injury or\nillness which is incurred or was incurred during such military service;\nor\n  (c) is now deceased, who was a resident of this state at the time of\nhis or her demise, and who at the time of his or her demise had a\ndisability to a degree of forty percent or more as a result of an injury\nor illness which was incurred during such military service; or\n  (d) is classified as a former prisoner of war, or as missing in\naction, who has been so classified by the United States department of\ndefense, and who is a resident of the state of New York if a former\nprisoner of war or was a resident of the state of New York when\nclassified as missing in action.\n  3. Determinations of disability. Determinations concerning disability\nor death by the United States Administrator of Veterans Affairs or the\nseparate branches of the armed forces of the United States shall be\nconclusive.\n  4. Amount and duration. Every recipient shall receive an annual award\nof four hundred fifty dollars for each of not more than four academic\nyears, or five academic years if the recipient is enrolled in a program\nnormally requiring five years, as defined by the commissioner, pursuant\nto article thirteen.\n
N.Y. BNK Law § 1004 — New York Code / Act BNK / Article 15 / Title 1 / Section 1004
Certificates; corrections
Status: in_force

§ 1004. Certificates; corrections. Any certificate or other instrument\nrelating to a corporation or foreign corporation filed by the\nsuperintendent under this chapter may be corrected with respect to any\ninformality or error apparent on the face or defect in the execution\nthereof including the deletion of any matter not permitted to be stated\ntherein. A certificate, entitled "Certificate of correction of\n............. (correct title of certificate and name of corporation or\nforeign corporation)" shall be signed, verified or acknowledged as\nprovided in this chapter with respect to the instrument being corrected\nand delivered to the superintendent. It shall set forth the name of the\ncorporation or foreign corporation, the date the instrument to be\ncorrected was filed by the superintendent, the provision in the\ninstrument as corrected or eliminated and if the execution was\ndefective, the proper execution. The filing of the certificate by the\nsuperintendent shall not alter the effective time of the instrument\nbeing corrected, which shall remain as its original effective date, and\nshall not affect any right or liability accrued or incurred before such\nfiling. The name of the corporation or foreign corporation may not be\nchanged or corrected under this section.\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 27-0106 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 27 / Title 1 / Section 27-0106
State solid waste management policy
Status: in_force

§ 27-0106. State solid waste management policy.\n  In the interest of public health, safety and welfare and in order to\nconserve energy and natural resources, the state of New York, in\nenacting this section, establishes as its policy that:\n  1. The following are the solid waste management priorities in this\nstate:\n  (a) first, to reduce the amount of solid waste generated;\n  (b) second, to reuse material for the purpose for which it was\noriginally intended or to recycle material that cannot be reused;\n  (c) third, to recover, in an environmentally acceptable manner, energy\nfrom solid waste that can not be economically and technically reused or\nrecycled; and\n  (d) fourth, to dispose of solid waste that is not being reused,\nrecycled or from which energy is not being recovered, by land burial or\nother methods approved by the department.\n  2. State government must make an essential contribution to the\ndevelopment and implementation of environmentally, economically and\ntechnically viable solid waste management programs through fulfilling\nits responsibilities to provide programs which promote waste reduction\nand the expansion of markets for recovered materials, clearly\narticulated, responsive and consistently applied regulatory structures,\nand a full range of technical assistance to local governments. A\nstate-local partnership, in which the basic responsibility for the\nplanning and operation of solid waste management facilities remains with\nlocal governments and the state provides necessary guidance and\nassistance, must be forged.\n  3. This policy, after consideration of economic and technical\nfeasibility, shall guide the solid waste management programs and\ndecisions of the department and other state agencies and authorities.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 409-I — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 9 / Section 409-I
Procurement and use of environmentally-sensitive cleaning and maintenance products
Status: in_force

§ 409-i. Procurement and use of environmentally-sensitive cleaning and\nmaintenance products. 1. For the purpose of this section the following\nterms shall mean:\n  (a) "Elementary or secondary school" means a facility used for\ninstruction of elementary or secondary students by: (i) any school\ndistrict, including a special act school district and a city school\ndistrict in a city having a population of one hundred twenty-five\nthousand inhabitants or more, (ii) a board of cooperative educational\nservices, (iii) a charter school, (iv) an approved private school for\nthe education of students with disabilities, (v) a state-supported\nschool for the deaf or blind operated pursuant to article eighty-five of\nthis chapter, and (vi) any other private or parochial elementary or\nsecondary school.\n  (b) "Environmentally-sensitive cleaning and maintenance products"\nmeans those cleaning and maintenance products that minimize adverse\nimpacts on children's health and the environment.\n  (c) "Facility" means any school building or facility used for\ninstructional purposes and the surrounding grounds or other sites used\nfor playgrounds, athletics or other instructional purposes.\n  2. The commissioner of general services, in consultation with the\ncommissioner and the commissioners of environmental conservation, health\nand labor, shall establish and from time to time amend guidelines and\nspecifications for environmentally-sensitive cleaning and maintenance\nproducts for use in elementary and secondary school facilities. For the\npurpose of developing appropriate criteria for such guidelines and\nspecifications, such commissioners shall review and evaluate existing\nresearch regarding environmentally-sensitive cleaning and maintenance\nproducts, including but not limited to, research and guidance issued by\nthe United States environmental protection agency and the office of the\nfederal environmental executive. In developing such guidelines, the\ncommissioner of general services shall provide public notice and an\nopportunity to comment. Such guidelines shall be followed by elementary\nand secondary schools to identify and procure environmentally-sensitive\ncleaning and maintenance products which are available in the form,\nfunction and utility generally used by elementary and secondary schools\nin their facilities.\n  3. The commissioner of general services shall disseminate to all\nelementary and secondary schools guidelines and specifications for the\npurchase and use of environmentally-sensitive cleaning and maintenance\nproducts in elementary and secondary schools for use in their\nfacilities. The commissioner of general services shall also prepare and\ndisseminate to all elementary and secondary schools a sample list of\nsuch environmentally-sensitive cleaning and maintenance products that\nmeet these guidelines or specifications. The commissioner of general\nservices shall provide assistance and guidance to elementary and\nsecondary schools in carrying out the requirements of this section.\nElementary and secondary schools shall follow such guidelines,\nspecifications and sample list when purchasing cleaning and maintenance\nproducts for use in their facilities.\n  4. Elementary and secondary schools shall notify their personnel of\nthe availability of such guidelines, specifications and sample list.\n  5. On or before June first, two thousand seven, the department, in\nconsultation with the office of general services, shall issue a report\nproviding an analysis of the impact of such guidelines and\nspecifications on the purchasing, procurement and use of\nenvironmentally-sensitive cleaning and maintenance products by\nelementary and secondary schools. Nothing in this section shall preclude\nan elementary or secondary school from depleting existing cleaning and\nmaintenance supply stores purchased prior to the effective date of this\nsection.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 679-D — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 14 / Part 2 / Subpart 4 / Section 679-D
New York state nursing faculty loan forgiveness incentive program
Status: in_force

§ 679-d. New York state nursing faculty loan forgiveness incentive\nprogram. a. Purpose. (1) The president shall grant student loan\nforgiveness awards for the purpose of increasing the number of educators\nand adjunct clinical faculty teaching in the field of nursing education\nin New York state. Such awards shall be made on a competitive basis as\npromulgated by the corporation through rules and regulations, to\napplicants who are registered professional nurses with previous clinical\nexperience in nursing who have completed a masters program in nursing or\ndoctoral degree that qualified them as nursing faculty or adjunct\nclinical faculty.\n  (2) To be eligible for an award pursuant to this subdivision,\napplicants shall (i) be licensed as a registered professional nurse;\n(ii) have an outstanding student loan debt from a nursing degree program\nacquired on or after January first, two thousand one; (iii) have a\nmaster's degree in nursing or doctoral degree that qualified them as\nnursing faculty or adjunct clinical faculty; (iv) be employed as a\nfaculty member at a nursing school located in New York state; and (v)\ncomply with subdivisions three and five of section six hundred sixty-one\nof this part.\n  (3) An award of eight thousand dollars shall be made annually to\nrecipients who have provided classroom or clinical instruction of not\nless than twelve academic credit hours, or its equivalent, as nursing\nfaculty or in clinical teaching service in the academic year preceding\nthe granting of the award, provided that no recipient shall receive\ncumulative awards, pursuant to this section, in excess of forty thousand\ndollars.\n  (4) Other awards. Award recipients shall be eligible to apply for\nother awards.\n  b. Duration. Loan forgiveness awards shall be made annually to\napplicants whom the corporation has certified are eligible to receive\nsuch awards and have provided nursing faculty or clinical nurse faculty\nservices required pursuant to this article; provided that no award shall\nbe granted for more than five years.\n  c. Amount. The corporation shall grant such awards within the amounts\nappropriated for such purpose and based on availability of funds in an\namount not to exceed the total cost of the student loan debt.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 485 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 10-B / Section 485
Notes and bonds of the fund
Status: in_force

§ 485. Notes and bonds of the fund. 1. (a) Subject to the provisions\nof section four hundred eighty-six of this chapter, the fund shall have\nthe power and is hereby authorized from time to time to issue its\nnegotiable bonds and notes in such principal amount as, in the opinion\nof the fund, shall be necessary, after taking into account other monies\nwhich may be available for the purpose, to provide sufficient funds for\nachieving its corporate purposes, including the construction,\nacquisition, reconstruction, rehabilitation or improvement of the school\nportion of combined occupancy structures pursuant to this article, the\npayment of interest on bonds and notes of the fund, establishment of\nreserves to secure such bonds and notes, and all other expenditures of\nthe fund incident to and necessary or convenient to carry out its\ncorporate purposes and powers;\n  (b) The fund shall have power, from time to time, to issue renewal\nnotes, to issue bonds to pay notes and, whenever it deem refunding\nexpedient, to refund any bonds by the issuance of new bonds, whether the\nbonds to be refunded have or have not matured, and to issue bonds partly\nto refund bonds then outstanding and partly for any other purpose. The\nrefunding bonds shall be sold and the proceeds applied to the purchase,\nredemption or payment of the bonds to be refunded;\n  (c) Except as may otherwise be expressly provided by the fund, every\nissue of its notes or bonds shall be general obligations of the fund\npayable out of any revenues or monies of the fund, subject only to any\nagreements with the holders of particular notes or bonds pledging any\nparticular receipts or revenues;\n  (d) Whether or not the notes or bonds are of such form and character\nas to be negotiable instruments under the provisions of article eight of\nthe uniform commercial code, the notes or bonds shall be and hereby are\nmade negotiable instruments within the meaning of and for all the\npurposes of the uniform commercial code, subject only to the provisions\nof the notes or bonds for registration.\n  2. The notes and bonds of the fund shall be authorized by resolution\nof the trustees, shall bear such date or dates, and shall mature at such\ntime or times, in the case of any such note, or any renewals thereof,\nnot exceeding five years, from the date of issue of such original note,\nand in the case of any such bond not exceeding forty years from the date\nof issue, as such resolution or resolutions may provide. The notes and\nbonds shall bear interest at such rate or rates, be in such\ndenominations, be in such form, either coupon or registered, carry such\nregistration privileges, be executed in such manner, be payable in such\nmedium of payment, at such place or places and be subject to such terms\nof redemption as such resolution or resolutions may provide. The notes\nand bonds of the fund may be sold by the fund, at public or private\nsale, at such price or prices as the fund shall determine. No notes or\nbonds of the fund may be sold by the fund at private sale, however,\nunless such sale and the terms thereof have been approved in writing by\nthe city comptroller.\n  3. Any resolution or resolutions authorizing any notes or bonds or any\nissue thereof may contain provisions, which shall be a part of the\ncontract with the holders thereof, as to:\n  (a) pledging all or any part of the fees and charges made or received\nby the fund, and all or any part of (i) the rentals or other payments to\nbe received by the fund with respect to the school portion of combined\noccupancy structures financed with the proceeds of such bonds and notes,\nand (ii) the rentals or other payments to be received by the fund with\nrespect to the non-school portion of combined occupancy structures and\n(iii) any other monies, assets or accounts received or to be received by\nthe fund or pledged or assigned to the fund to secure the payment of\nsuch notes or bonds or of any issue thereof, subject to such agreements\nwith bondholders or noteholders as may then exist;\n  (b) pledging all or any part of the assets of the fund to secure the\npayment of such notes or bonds or of any issue of notes or bonds,\nsubject to such agreements with noteholders or bondholders as may then\nexist;\n  (c) the use and disposition of the gross income of the fund in\nconnection with combined occupancy structures financed or constructed,\nacquired, reconstructed, rehabilitated or improved by it or on its\nbehalf;\n  (d) the setting aside of reserves or sinking funds and the regu-\nlation and disposition thereof;\n  (e) limitations on the purpose to which the proceeds of sale of notes\nor bonds may be applied and pledging such proceeds to secure the payment\nof the notes or bonds or of any issue thereof;\n  (f) limitations on the issuance of additional notes or bonds; the\nterms upon which additional notes or bonds may be issued and secured;\nthe refunding of outstanding or other notes or bonds;\n  (g) the procedure, if any, by which the terms of any contract with\nnoteholders or bondholders may be amended or abrogated, the amount of\nnotes or bonds the holders of which must consent thereto, and the manner\nin which such consent may be given;\n  (h) limitations on the amount of monies to be expended by the fund for\noperating, administrative or other expenses of the fund;\n  (i) vesting in a trustee or trustees such property, rights, powers and\nduties in trust as the fund may determine, which may include any or all\nof the rights, powers and duties of the trustee appointed by the\nbondholders pursuant to this article, and limiting or abrogating the\nright of the bondholders to appoint a trustee under this article or\nlimiting the rights, powers and duties of such trustee;\n  (j) any other matters, of like or different character, which in any\nway affect the security or protection of the notes or bonds.\n  4. It is the intention hereof that any pledge made by the fund shall\nbe valid and binding from the time when the pledge is made; that the\nmonies or property so pledged and thereafter received by the fund shall\nimmediately be subject to the lien of such pledge without any physical\ndelivery thereof or further act; and that the lien of any such pledge\nshall be valid and binding as against all parties having claims of any\nkind in tort, contract or otherwise against the fund, irrespective of\nwhether such parties have notice thereof. Neither the resolution nor any\nother instrument by which a pledge is created need be recorded.\n  5. Neither the trustees of the fund nor any person executing the notes\nor bonds shall be liable personally on the notes or bonds or be subject\nto any personal liability or accountability by reason of the issuance\nthereof.\n  6. The fund, subject to such agreements with noteholders or\nbondholders as may then exist, shall have power out of any funds\navailable therefor to purchase notes or bonds of the fund, which shall\nthereupon be cancelled, at a price not exceeding (a) if the notes or\nbonds are then redeemable, the redemption price then applicable plus\naccrued interest to the next interest payment date thereon, or (b) if\nthe notes or bonds are not then redeemable, the redemption price\napplicable on the first date after such purchase upon which the notes or\nbonds become subject to redemption plus accrued interest to such date.\n  7. Neither the state nor the city of Yonkers shall be liable on the\nnotes or bonds of the fund and such notes and bonds shall not be a debt\nof the city or the state, and such notes and bonds shall contain on the\nface thereof a statement to such effect.\n
N.Y. GOB Law § 15-110 — New York Code / Act GOB / Article 15 / Title 1 / Section 15-110
Inconsistent laws repealed
Status: in_force

§ 15-110. Inconsistent laws repealed. All acts or parts of acts\ninconsistent with this title are hereby repealed; but nothing in this\ntitle shall be construed as repealing any of the provisions of the civil\npractice law and rules or the partnership law.\n
N.Y. VAT Law § 117-A — New York Code / Act VAT / Title 1 / Article 1 / Section 117-A
Hazard vehicle
Status: in_force

§ 117-a. Hazard vehicle. Every vehicle owned and operated or leased by\na utility, whether public or private, used in the construction,\nmaintenance and repair of its facilities, every vehicle specially\nequipped or designed for the towing or pushing of disabled vehicles,\nevery vehicle engaged in highway maintenance, or in ice and snow removal\nwhere such operation involves the use of a public highway, vehicles\ndriven by rural letter carriers while in the performance of their\nofficial duties, and every sani-van and waste collection vehicle while\nengaged in the collection of refuse and/or recyclable materials on a\npublic highway.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 512-B — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 11 / Section 512-B
Loans
Status: in_force

§ 512-b. Loans. 1. Any member in active service or on leave of absence\nwho has credit for at least one year of member service may borrow from\nhis accumulated contributions in the retirement system once during each\nsix month period an amount of not less than three hundred dollars\nproviding the retirement board shall approve such loan. The total of any\nsuch loans shall not exceed seventy-five per centum of his accumulated\ncontributions.\n  2. Repayment. An amount so borrowed, together with interest on any\nunpaid balance thereof, shall be repaid in equal installments which\nshall be made by the borrower directly to the retirement board or, with\nthe consent of the employer, through regular payroll deduction. The\nstate comptroller is authorized to provide through regular payroll\ndeduction for such repayment of loans made by employees of the state of\nNew York. Such installments shall be in such amount as the retirement\nboard shall approve; however, they shall be at least (a) two percent of\nthe member's contract salary, and (b) sufficient to pay the interest on\nthe unpaid balances thereof. In the event that a member is on leave of\nabsence without pay or is not regularly employed by an employer subject\nto the provisions of this article, any such outstanding loan shall be\nrepaid in such installments of principal and interest as the retirement\nboard shall determine. In the event of default the retirement board\nshall be authorized to collect such payments due from the employer of\nsuch member through payroll deduction and such member shall forfeit all\nfuture entitlement to borrow from the retirement system until the unpaid\nbalance of the loan outstanding at the time of default is fully paid.\nThe retirement board, at any time, may accept payments on account of any\nloan in addition to the installments fixed for repayment thereof. All\npayments of principal and interest at the minimum rate permitted\npursuant to subdivision three of this section made by the member shall\nbe credited to his accumulated contributions. Any additional interest\npaid by the member shall be credited to the pension accumulation fund.\n  3. Interest. The rate of interest payable upon loans made pursuant to\nthis section shall be set by the retirement board. The retirement board\nshall have power, from time to time and at any time, to decrease such\nrate to not less than that currently being credited on the member's\naccumulated contributions or to increase the same to not more than six\nper centum per annum. Any such decrease or increase shall apply, from\nthe effective date thereof, to unpaid balances of loans outstanding on\nsuch date and to new loans made thereafter.\n  4. Service Charge. A uniform service charge payable upon loans made\npursuant to this section shall be set by the retirement board in an\namount sufficient to cover the cost to the retirement system of\nadministering the loans. Such charge shall be deducted from the member's\naccumulated contributions when the loan is made or in equal annual\ninstallments over the period the loan is outstanding.\n  5. Insurance. Each loan made pursuant to this section shall be insured\nagainst the death of the member in an amount equal to the amount of the\nloan outstanding at any given time; with the exception that until thirty\ndays have elapsed after the making thereof no part of the loans shall be\ninsured. Such insurance shall be provided by the retirement board\nthrough the retirement system. Upon the death of the member the amount\nof insurance so payable shall be credited to his accumulated\ncontributions. The premium payable by the member for such insurance\nshall be set by the retirement board at a rate of not to exceed one per\ncentum of the amount loaned.\n  A premium of one per centum per annum of the amount loaned, prorated\nto July first next, shall be deducted from the accumulated contributions\nof the member when the loan is made. Thereafter, a premium of one per\ncentum per annum of the present value of the outstanding loan as of July\nfirst shall be deducted from the accumulated contributions of the member\neach succeeding year until such loan is repaid or the member is retired.\n  The retirement board in its discretion on any July first may increase\nor reduce the premium, modify the terms or conditions of coverage, or\ndiscontinue the insurance of loans. In no event shall this subdivision\nimpose any obligation upon the retirement board to continue to insure\nloans of members upon the terms and conditions herein provided or upon\nany other terms or conditions.\n  6. Special Funds. The retirement board is authorized to establish such\nfunds as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of subdivisions\nfour and five of this section.\n  7. Withdrawals and retirements when loan is outstanding. Whenever a\nmember becomes entitled to the return of his accumulated contributions\nbecause of withdrawal from the system or because of having become\neligible for a death benefit or a retirement allowance or because of an\nelection to withdraw his accumulated contributions pursuant to\nsubdivision six of section five hundred sixteen of this article the\namount of any loan outstanding on such date shall be construed to have\nbeen already returned to such member and the accumulated contributions\nto which he shall then be entitled shall be the net amount of such\ncontributions together with interest thereon standing to his credit in\nthe annuity savings fund on such date.\n  8. Rules and Regulations. The retirement board is authorized to adopt\nsuch rules and regulations as it finds to be necessary in administering\nthe provisions of this section. Anything in this section\nnotwithstanding, the retirement board is authorized to adopt rules and\nregulations permitting a loan at any time prior to retirement to a\nteacher who is not in active service or on leave of absence, provided\nsuch loan would otherwise be permitted under this section and under\napplicable provisions of the Internal Revenue Code relating to loans\nfrom pension plans.\n  9. The retirement board shall have the power to discharge any evidence\nof a loan to a member pursuant to this section upon the satisfaction of\nthe obligation of the member thereunder.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 1114 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 23 / Part 2 / Section 1114
Appropriations by board of supervisors
Status: in_force

§ 1114. Appropriations by board of supervisors.  The board of\nsupervisors or other governing elective body may make appropriations and\nlevy taxes upon all the taxable property included within the boundaries\nof the special education district to carry out the purposes of part two\nof this article, and such taxes shall be assessed, levied and collected\nat the same time and in the same manner as county taxes are assessed,\nlevied and collected within the boundaries of such special education\ndistrict.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 236 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 5 / Part 1 / Section 236
Public television and radio
Status: in_force

§ 236. Public television and radio. 1. Short title. This section shall\nbe known and may be cited as the "Public Television and Radio Act of\nnineteen hundred seventy-eight".\n  2. Legislative findings and declaration of intent. In the years since\nNew York state's educational television act was passed in nineteen\nhundred fifty-four, public television in New York has made enormous\nstrides. Audiences which only a decade ago were calculated in the\nthousands now number in the millions. Approximately seven million New\nYork residents now view public television every week. Public television,\nwhich initially served only a handful of students, now brings nearly ten\nthousand hours annually of the best of the state's and the nation's\neducational programming to over one million two hundred thousand\nstudents in three thousand schools throughout the state. These programs\nare used by approximately fifty thousand teachers for direct classroom\ninstruction. Public television also provides the state's youngsters with\nsome twelve thousand hours annually of the finest children's programming\navailable including "Sesame Street", "Electric Company", "Zoom" and "Mr.\nRogers Neighborhood". In addition, public television provides a wealth\nof specialized programming in the educational and cultural arts designed\nfor viewing by, among others, minority and ethnic populations, senior\ncitizens, the unemployed, consumers and citizens interested in the\nperforming arts. It is the sense of the legislature that public\ntelevision's contributions to the people of New York state have been\nexceptional. Despite public broadcasting's great progress in New York\nstate in recent years, its full potential remains untapped. It is,\ntherefore, the intent of the legislature both to maintain and, expand\nthe role of public broadcasting in supplying educational, instructional\nand cultural programs to New Yorkers, as well as to enhance the state's\nrole in its partnership with its citizens so that this valuable state\nresource can be nurtured to its optimum potential.\n  3. Public television and radio corporations; creation and operation.\na.  The board of regents may incorporate any group, institution or\nassociation for the purpose of constructing, owning, operating or\nmaintaining a non-profit and noncommercial public television station or\npublic television and/or radio station for providing educational\ntelevision and radio programs. Any such corporation shall be subject to\nall the provisions applicable to corporations created by the board of\nregents and, in addition, shall be subject to the provisions of this\nsection.\n  b. The charter of any such corporation may be amended from time to\ntime, suspended, or revoked, upon the regents' own motion, after notice\nand an opportunity to be heard, before the board of regents or a\ncommittee thereof or a hearing officer designated by the board of\nregents.\n  c. Each such corporation and all its operations and the powers and\nduties of its trustees and officers shall be subject to the general\nsupervision and control of the board of regents and to such rules as the\nboard of regents may adopt and promulgate from time to time with respect\nto such corporations.\n  d. The television programs developed and presented by such\ncorporations shall consist of educational, instructional and cultural\nprograms.\n  e. The appointment or election of any trustee of such corporation\nshall be subject to approval by the regents while under regents' charter\nand through the first five years of broadcast operations. The regents\nmay reinstitute requirements for trustee approval over a reasonable\nperiod on finding a corporation in violation of an applicable rule,\nregulation or law. After the expiration of rule requirements,\ncorporations shall include a list of current trustees in its annual\nreport.\n  f. The regents may remove any trustee, officer or employee of such\ncorporation for misconduct, incapacity, wilful violation or neglect of\nduty under this chapter, or wilfully disobeying, or refusing to comply\nwith, any order or rule of the regents. The hearing in the proceeding\nfor the removal of any such person shall be had before the board of\nregents or a committee thereof or a hearing officer designated by the\nboard of regents and such trustee, officer or employee shall be given at\nleast ten days' notice of the time and place of such hearing.\n  g. The use of programs for partisan or political purposes or to\ninfluence the enactment of legislation shall, in the discretion of the\nboard of regents, be basis for termination of the corporate charter.\n  h. Each such corporation shall render a report to the board of regents\nnot later than October first of each year upon such matters as the\nregents may require, and shall furnish such other reports and\ninformation from time to time as the regents may require.\n  i. Any corporation created under the provisions of this section may\nmake purchases of commodities and services through the office of general\nservices subject to such rules as may be established from time to time\npursuant to section one hundred sixty-three of the state finance law;\nprovided that each such purchase shall have a cost of five hundred\ndollars or more and that said corporation shall accept sole\nresponsibility for any payment of such cost due the vendor.\n  4. Grants-in-aid to public television and radio corporations and\npublic radio stations. a. There shall be apportioned, as assistance for\napproved operating expenses of public television corporations governed\nby the provisions of this section, an amount not exceeding the product\nof the number of residents of the state as determined from the nineteen\nhundred eighty decennial federal census multiplied by: one dollar for\nthe period beginning July first, nineteen hundred eighty-five and ending\nJune thirtieth, nineteen hundred eighty-six; one dollar multiplied by\nfour-twelfths plus one dollar and twenty-five cents multiplied by\neight-twelfths for the period beginning July first, nineteen hundred\neighty-six and ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred eighty-seven; and\none dollar and forty cents for the period beginning July first, nineteen\nhundred eighty-seven and ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred\neighty-eight, and annually thereafter. Such amount shall be allocated to\neach such corporation in accordance with a formula and schedule of\npayments developed and approved by the commissioner and the director of\nthe division of the budget.\n  b. The formula and schedule of payments developed pursuant to\nparagraph a hereof shall include provision for an amount not less than\ntwenty percent of the total state operating assistance for instructional\ntelevision services to be provided to local educational agencies by\npublic television corporations through agreements with local school\ndistricts, subject to the approval of the commissioner.\n  c. There shall be annually apportioned funds for the payment of\napproved capital expenses of educational television corporations and\npublic radio stations in such amounts and in such manner as the\nlegislature shall provide.\n  d. There shall be apportioned, as assistance for approved radio\nprogramming operating expenses, an amount not exceeding: eighty thousand\ndollars for the period beginning July first, nineteen hundred\neighty-five and ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred eighty-six, and\neighty thousand dollars multiplied by four-twelfths plus one hundred\nthousand dollars multiplied by eight-twelfths for the period beginning\nJuly first, nineteen hundred eighty-six and ending June thirtieth,\nnineteen hundred eighty-seven, and one hundred ten thousand dollars for\nthe period beginning July first, nineteen hundred eighty-seven and\nending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred eighty-eight, and annually\nthereafter to each public television and radio corporation, governed by\nthe provisions of this section, and to each public radio station, as\ndefined in paragraph f of this subdivision and paid in accordance with a\nformula and schedule of payments developed and approved by the\ncommissioner and the director of the division of the budget. Recipients\nof assistance shall render a fiscal report to the board of regents not\nlater than December first of each year upon such matters as the regents\nmay require and shall furnish annually such other fiscal reports as the\nregents may require.\n  e. On or before November first in each year, the board of regents\nshall submit to the division of the budget a plan outlining a matching\ncapital grant program for approved capital expenses of public television\nand/or radio corporations and public radio stations to meet the\nreplacement costs of capital items including towers, antennas,\ntransmitters, videotape recorders, cameras, film chains, control room\nequipment, buildings and building renovations.\n  f. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, for purposes of this\nsubdivision the term "public radio station" shall mean a non-profit and\nnoncommercial radio station which meets the following requirements:\n  (1) The station shall be licensed to:\n  (i) an institution chartered by the board of regents; or\n  (ii) an agency of a municipal corporation; or\n  (iii) a corporation created in the state education department and\nwithin the university of the state of New York.\n  (2) The station other than stations operated by corporations approved\nfor funding prior to April first, nineteen hundred eighty-five shall\nhave for a period of three consecutive years immediately prior to\napportionment of such money and all recipients shall continue to after\nreceipt of such money:\n  (i) broadcast at least eighteen hours per day or the maximum hours of\noperation authorized by the federal communications commission, whichever\nis less, three hundred sixty-five days per year; and\n  (ii) operate with a staff of at least five full-time members paid at\nleast the federal minimum wage, a budget that includes at least\nninety-five thousand dollars of non-federal income of which a reasonable\nportion is received from local business, foundations, or individual\ncontributors paid either directly to the radio station or broadcast\ncorporation or to a not-for-profit corporation for the benefit of such\nradio station and an effective radiated power equivalent to three\nthousand watts at five hundred feet above average terrain or the maximum\ntower height authorized by the federal communications commission,\nwhichever is less for FM radio stations or two hundred fifty watts for\nAM radio stations.\n  g. At such time that assistance authorized by paragraph a of this\nsubdivision exceeds the sum appropriated in state fiscal year nineteen\nhundred ninety--nineteen hundred ninety-one, there shall be apportioned\nas assistance for approved operating expenses of New York city-licensed\nWNYC-TV, for each three hundred sixty-five hours of public service\nprogramming broadcast by such station annually, an amount equal to one\npercent of that portion of public television assistance for approved\noperating expenses which represents the increment above the level\nappropriated in state fiscal year nineteen hundred ninety--nineteen\nhundred ninety-one; provided, however, that the total apportionment to\nWNYC-TV shall not exceed ten percent of such incremental assistance over\nsuch nineteen hundred ninety--nineteen hundred ninety-one level.\nNotwithstanding any provision of this paragraph to the contrary, such\nfunding for WNYC-TV shall not diminish the amount of state aid received\nby the nine public television corporations pursuant to paragraph a of\nthis subdivision in state fiscal year nineteen hundred ninety--nineteen\nhundred ninety-one. For the purposes of this subdivision, "public\nservice programming" shall be defined as non-commercial cultural,\ninstructional or educational programming. In order to qualify for\nassistance under this subdivision, the minimum hours of non-commercial\npublic service programming, shall be eight hours daily and shall include\nthree hours daily of prime time service, which is defined as service\nbetween the hours of 8:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. Non-commercial public\nservice programming, other than prime time, shall be broadcast in blocks\nof not less than one hundred twenty minutes. All funds so apportioned\nshall be used for non-commercial public service television broadcast\nactivities. WNYC-TV shall render a report to the commissioner not later\nthan December first of each year such funds are appropriated upon the\nuse of such appropriation, and shall furnish such other reports and\ninformation relating to such funds as the commissioner may from time to\ntime require. Funds appropriated pursuant to this subdivision shall not\nbe used for partisan or political purposes or to influence the enactment\nof legislation.\n  h. There shall be apportioned, at such time that any appropriation\nexceeds the sum appropriated in state fiscal year nineteen hundred\nninety--nineteen hundred ninety-one for approved capital expenses of\neducational television corporations and public radio stations, as\nprovided in paragraph c of this subdivision, an amount to New York\ncity-licensed WNYC-TV. Notwithstanding any provisions of this paragraph\nto the contrary, such funding shall not diminish the amount of state\naid, for capital purposes, that the nine public television corporations\nand fifteen public radio stations received in state fiscal year nineteen\nhundred ninety--nineteen hundred ninety-one. WNYC-TV shall render a\nreport to the commissioner not later than December first of each year\nsuch funds are appropriated upon the use of funds apportioned pursuant\nto this paragraph, and shall furnish such other reports and information\nrelating to such funds as the commissioner may require.\n  5. Implementation. For the purposes of carrying out the provisions of\nthis section, the regents may make rules, or authorize the commissioner\nto make regulations, providing for the implementation of this section,\nincluding provision for annual audited reports of the financial records\nof such corporations as the regents or the commissioner may require.\n
N.Y. MRE Law § 101 — New York Code / Act MRE / Article 5 / Title 1 / Section 101
Height and bulk
Status: in_force

§ 101. Height and bulk. The height and bulk of any new multiple\ndwelling shall be in accordance with the provisions of any applicable\nlocal law, ordinance, resolution, code provision or regulation.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 293 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 6 / Section 293
Establishment of interstate library district
Status: in_force

§ 293. Establishment of interstate library district.  One or more\nincorporated public libraries of this state, by majority action of the\nboard of trustees thereof, may enter into an agreement with one or more\npublic library agencies in another state or states which have adopted\nthe interstate library compact for the purpose of establishing and\nmaintaining an interstate library district.  For the purposes of this\nact, a cooperative library system established under article five of this\nchapter shall be deemed to be a public library.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 1503 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 15 / Title 1 / Section 1503
City of New York; exceptions
Status: in_force

§ 1503. City of New York; exceptions.  The provision of sections one\nthousand five hundred to one thousand five hundred two of this chapter,\ninclusive, shall not apply to the city of New York.\n
N.Y. ELN Law § 7-114 — New York Code / Act ELN / Article 7 / Title 1 / Section 7-114
Ballots; form for primary election; additional requirements
Status: in_force

§ 7-114. Ballots; form for primary election; additional requirements.\n1. (a) On the face of the official ballot for a primary election\ncontests and candidates for nomination for public office shall appear\nfirst, followed by contests and candidates for party positions. When\nnecessary, a part may be divided into two or more columns or rows, but\nthe names of all persons designated for the same office or party\nposition shall be in the same column or row.\n  (b) Where a candidate for nomination for the same public office or for\nelection to the same party position is designated by two or more\npetitions, his or her name shall be placed upon the ballot for the\nprimary election but once as such a candidate.\n  (c) The ballot shall not contain a space for voting for candidates for\nuncontested offices and positions, and no ballot shall be printed for a\nparty for which there is no contested office or position unless a\npetition for opportunity to ballot has been filed.\n  (d) For the offices of governor and lieutenant governor, ballots shall\nbe printed with the names of the candidates for both offices who were\ndesignated jointly. The names shall appear in the same row or column,\nwith the name of the candidate for governor appearing first. The ballot\nshall have one designating letter or number to reflect the offices are\nvoted for jointly.\n  2. (a) on the official primary election ballot, the ballot endorsement\nshall include the name of the party for which such ballot is valid.\n  (b) where two or more candidates are to be elected to a party\nposition, the names of candidates designated by each petition shall be\ngrouped together, and may be referred to collectively on the ballot as a\ngroup.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 233-A — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 5 / Part 1 / Section 233-A
Property of the state museum
Status: in_force

§ 233-a. Property of the state museum. 1. As used in this section:\n  (a) The term "museum" shall mean the New York state museum.\n  (b) The term "deaccession" shall mean the permanent removal or\ndisposal of an object from the collection of the museum by virtue of its\nsale, exchange, donation or transfer by any means to any person.\n  (c) The term "person" shall mean any natural person, partnership,\ncorporation, company, trust association or other entity, however\norganized.\n  (d) The term "property" means any inanimate object, document or\ntangible object under the office's care which has intrinsic historic,\nartistic, scientific, or cultural value.\n  (e) The term "claimant" means a person who asserts ownership or some\nother legal right to undocumented property held by the museum.\n  (f) The term "loan" means a deposit of property with the museum not\naccompanied by a transfer to the museum of title to the property.\n  (g) The term "lender" means a person whose name appears on the records\nof the museum as the person legally entitled to, or claiming to be\nlegally entitled to, property held by the museum or, if deceased, the\nlegal heirs of such person.\n  (h) The term "lender's address" means the most recent address for the\nlender shown on the museum's records pertaining to the property on loan,\nor if the lender is deceased, the last known address of the legal heirs\nof such lender.\n  (i) The term "permanent loan" means a loan of property to the museum\nfor an unspecified period.\n  (j) The term "undocumented property" means property in the possession\nof the museum for which the museum cannot determine the owner by\nreference to its records.\n  (k) The term "conservation measures" means any actions taken to\npreserve or stabilize a property including, but not limited to, proper\nstorage support, cleaning, proper lighting, and restoration.\n  2. The deaccessioning of property by the museum must be consistent\nwith the mission of the museum.\n  3. Prior to the acquisition of property by gift, the museum shall\nprovide the donor with a written copy of its mission statement and\ncollections policy, which shall include policies and procedures of the\nmuseum relating to deaccessioning.\n  4. If the museum has the knowledge of a planned bequest of any\nproperty prior to the death of the testator, the museum shall provide\nthe testator with a written copy of its mission statement and\ncollections policy, which shall include policies and procedures of the\nmuseum relating to deaccessioning.\n  6. Notice given by the museum under this section must be mailed to the\nlender's last known address by certified mail, return receipt requested.\nService by mail is complete if the museum receives proof that the notice\nwas received not more than thirty days after it was mailed; provided,\nhowever, notice may be given by publication if the museum does not:\n  (a) know the identity of the lender; or\n  (b) know the address of the lender; or\n  (c) receive proof that the notice mailed under this section was\nreceived within thirty days of mailing. Notice by publication must be\ngiven at least once a week for three consecutive weeks in a newspaper of\ngeneral circulation in:\n  (i) the county in which the property is held by the museum; and\n  (ii) the county of the lender's last address, if known.\n  The date of notice under this subdivision shall be the date of the\nthird published notice.\n  In addition to any other information that may be required or seem\nappropriate, any notice given under this section must contain the\nfollowing:\n  (A) The name of the lender or claimant, if known.\n  (B) The last address of the lender or claimant, if known.\n  (C) A brief description of the property on loan to the museum\nreferenced in the notice.\n  (D) The date of the loan, if known or the approximate date of\nacquisition of the property.\n  (E) The name and address of the museum.\n  (F) The name, address, and telephone number of the person to be\ncontacted regarding the property.\n  7. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law regarding abandoned or\nlost property, the museum may, beginning five years from the date the\nlender last contacted the museum, clarify title to property on permanent\nloan or loaned for a specified term that has expired. Proof of such\ncontact shall include previously sent restricted letters or loan forms,\nreturned envelopes, inventories and other documentary evidence. The\nprocedure for clarifying title shall be as follows:\n  (a) The museum must give notice by mail to the lender that it wishes\nto clarify ownership rights in the property.\n  (b) In addition to the information described in subdivision six of\nthis section, the notice shall be entitled "Notice of Termination" and\nmust include a statement containing substantially the following\ninformation:  "The records of the New York State Museum indicate that\nyou have property on loan at (name of facility). The museum is seeking\nto determine whether you wish (i) that the museum return the property to\nyou, (ii) that the property remain on loan to the museum subject to\nannual renewal (if the museum wishes that the property remain on loan),\nor (iii) that the museum retain the property permanently as its owner.\nPlease contact (name of contact) in writing within one hundred twenty\ndays, in order to advise the museum as to which of the above\nalternatives you wish to follow."\n  (c) If, no later than one hundred twenty days following receipt\nthereof, the lender does not respond to the notice of termination by\nsubmitting a written claim to the property on loan with verifying\ndocumentation the office shall send a second notice to the lender\ncontaining the following information: "On (date of first notice), the\nNew York State Museum sent you a notice concerning property that,\naccording to our records, has been loaned to the office. You have not\nresponded to that notice, a copy of which is enclosed, and the museum\nwill commence proceedings to acquire title to the property if you do not\ncontact (name of contact), in writing within one hundred twenty days of\nreceiving this second notice."\n  If the lender fails to respond to the second notice within one hundred\ntwenty days of receipt, at the request of the commissioner, the attorney\ngeneral may make an application to the supreme court pursuant to article\nthirty of the civil practice law and rules for a declaratory judgment to\ndetermine the museum's right to such property. In a case in which there\nis no evidence that the notices previously sent by the museum were\nreceived by the lender, upon application, the supreme court shall\nspecify the method by which service shall be made upon the lender.\n  8. Notwithstanding any other provision of law regarding abandoned or\nlost property the museum may acquire title to undocumented property held\nby the museum for at least five years as follows:\n  (a) The museum must give notice by publication that it is asserting\ntitle to the undocumented property.\n  (b) In addition to the information described herein, the notice shall\nbe entitled "Notice of Intent to Acquire Title to Property" and must\ninclude a statement containing substantially the following information:\n"The records of the New York State Museum fail to indicate the owner of\nrecord of certain property in its possession. The museum hereby asserts\nits intent to acquire title to the following property: (general\ndescription of property). If you claim ownership of this property, you\nmust submit written proof of ownership to the museum and make\narrangements to collect the property. If you fail to do so within one\nhundred eighty days, the museum will commence proceedings to acquire\ntitle to the property. If you claim an interest in the property but do\nnot possess written proof of such interest, you should submit your name\nand address and a written statement of your claim to (name of contact),\nwithin one hundred eighty days, in order to receive notice of any legal\nproceedings concerning the property. If you wish to commence legal\nproceedings to claim the property, you should consult your attorney."\n  If after one hundred eighty days following the last date of\npublication of such notice no claimant has responded thereto by\nsubmitting written proof of ownership of the property to the museum, or\nif there is a dispute between the museum and any claimant as to\nownership of the property, upon the request of the commissioner, the\nattorney general may make an application to the supreme court pursuant\nto article thirty of the civil practice law and rules for a declaratory\njudgment to determine the museum's rights in the property.\n  9. A copy of all notices required by subdivision seven or eight of\nthis section shall be sent, by certified mail, return receipt requested,\nto the International Foundation for Art Research, or any successor\nfoundation or agency having similar purposes, on or before the date on\nwhich such notices are mailed or first published pursuant to the\nrequirements of this section.\n  10. Any person who purchases or otherwise acquires property from the\nmuseum acquires good title to such property if the museum has acquired\ntitle in accordance with this section.\n  11. The provisions of subdivisions seven and eight of this section\nshall not apply to any property that has been reported as stolen to a\nlaw enforcement agency or to the Art Theft Archives of the International\nFoundation for Art Research, or any successor foundation or agency\nhaving similar purposes, no later than one year following the theft or\ndiscovery of the theft.\n  12. The museum shall have the following duty to lenders:\n  (a) When the museum accepts a loan of property, it shall inform the\nlender in writing of the provisions of this section.\n  (b) The museum shall give a lender, at the lender's address, prompt\nwritten notice by mail of any known injury to, or loss of, property on\nloan or of the need to apply conservation measures. Such notice shall\nadvise the lender of his right, in lieu of the application of such\nconservation measures, to terminate the loan and, no later than thirty\ndays after having received such notice, either retrieve the property or\narrange for its isolation and retrieval. The museum shall not be\nrequired to publish notice of injury or loss to any undocumented\nproperty.\n  13. The owner of property loaned to the museum is responsible for\npromptly notifying the museum, in writing, of any change of address or\nchange in the ownership of the property.\n  14. (a) Unless there is a written loan agreement to the contrary, the\nmuseum may apply conservation measures to property on loan to the museum\nwithout giving formal notice or first obtaining the lender's permission\nif immediate action is required to protect the property on loan or other\nproperty in the custody of the museum or if the property on loan is a\nhazard to the health and safety of the public or the museum staff,\nprovided that:\n  (i) the museum is unable to reach the lender at the lender's last\nknown address or telephone number before the time the museum determines\naction is necessary; or\n  (ii) the lender either (A) does not respond to a request for\npermission to apply conservation measures made pursuant to subdivision\ntwelve of this section within three days of receiving the request or\nwill not agree to the conservation measures the museum recommends or (B)\nfails to terminate the loan and either retrieve the property or arrange\nfor its isolation and retrieval within thirty days of receiving the\nrequest.\n  If immediate conservation measures are necessary to protect the\nproperty or to protect the health or safety of the public or museum\nstaff, the conditions set forth in subparagraphs (i) and (ii) of this\nparagraph shall not apply.\n  (b) Unless provided otherwise in an agreement with the lender, if the\nmuseum applies conservation measures to property under paragraph (a) of\nthis subdivision, and provided that the measures were not required as a\nresult of the museum's own action or inaction, the museum shall acquire\na lien on the property in the amount of the costs incurred by the\nmuseum, including, but not limited to the cost of labor and materials,\nand shall not be liable for injury to or loss of the property, provided\nthat the museum:\n  (i) had a reasonable belief at the time the action was taken that the\naction was necessary to protect the property on loan or other property\nin the custody of the museum, or that the property on loan was a hazard\nto the health and safety of the public or the museum staff; and\n  (ii) exercised reasonable care in the choice and application of\nconservation measures.\n  15. The museum shall maintain or continue to maintain, as the case may\nbe and to the extent such information is available, a record of\nacquisition, whether by purchase, bequest, gift, loan or otherwise, of\nproperty for display or collection and of deaccessioning or loan of\nproperty currently held or thereafter acquired for display or\ncollection. Any such record shall: (a) state the name, address, and\ntelephone number of the person from whom such property was acquired, or\nto whom such property was transferred by deaccessioning or loan, and a\ndescription of such property, its location, if known, and the terms of\nthe acquisition or deaccessioning or loan, including any restrictions as\nto its use or further disposition, and any other material facts about\nthe terms and conditions of the transaction; (b) include a copy of any\ndocument of conveyance relating to the acquisition or deaccessioning or\nloan of such property and all notices and other documents prepared or\nreceived by the museum.\n  16. Notwithstanding the provisions of the civil practice law and rules\nor any other law, except for laws governing actions to recover stolen\nproperty:\n  (a) No action against the museum for damages arising out of injury to\nor loss of property loaned to the museum shall be commenced more than\nthree years from the date the museum gives the lender or claimant notice\nof the injury or loss under this section.\n  (b) No action against the museum to recover property shall be\ncommenced more than three years from the date the museum gives notice of\nits intent to terminate the loan or notice of intent to acquire title to\nundocumented property.\n
N.Y. ELN Law § 9-114 — New York Code / Act ELN / Article 9 / Title 1 / Section 9-114
Counting ballots; objections to
Status: in_force

§ 9-114. Counting ballots; objections to. 1. If objection be made to\nthe counting of any ballot or as to any section of any such ballot, the\nboard of inspectors shall forthwith and before canvassing any other\nballot or section thereof, rule upon the objection. If the objection be\ncontinued after this ruling, the chair or an inspector under the\nscrutiny of an inspector of the opposite party shall write in ink upon\nthe back of the ballot a memorandum of the ruling and objection. The\nmemorandum of the ruling shall be in the words "Counted void", or\n"Counted blank", or "Counted for (naming the candidate or candidates or\nthe presidential ticket)", or, in the case of a ballot proposal "Counted\nfor Proposal No.......," or "Counted against Proposal No........", as\nthe case may be. The memorandum of the objection shall be in the words\n"Objected to", followed by a brief statement of the nature of the\nobjection, the name and address of the challenger and the signature of\nthe chair or inspector.\n  2. Any ballot to which objection is not taken but which is wholly\nblank or is void shall be indorsed in ink by the chair of the board of\ninspectors or an inspector under the scrutiny of an inspector of the\nopposite party with the words "Wholly blank" or "Void", as the case may\nbe, and signed by the chair or inspector.\n  3. When all the ballots of any one kind shall have been canvassed, the\ninspectors shall ascertain the total number of all such ballots and the\nnumber of ballots to which any objection was taken and shall enter such\nnumbers in the place provided therefor in the inspectors' returns of\nsuch canvass.\n
N.Y. SOS Law § 378 — New York Code / Act SOS / Article 6 / Title 1 / Section 378
Form, duration and limitation of certificates and licenses
Status: in_force

§ 378. Form, duration and limitation of certificates and licenses. 1.\nCertificates or licenses to receive, board or keep any child and/or\nminor shall be in the form prescribed and provided by the department to\nthe effect that such person is regarded by the issuing authorized agency\nor social services department, as the case may be, as maintaining a home\nsuitable for the care of children and/or minors and specifying the name,\naddress, and religious faith of the person to whom issued, the number of\nchildren and/or minors for whom such person is certified or licensed to\ncare and such other information as the department may require.\n  2. Such certificates and licenses shall be valid for not more than two\nyears after date of issue but may be renewed or extended subject to\nregulations established by the office of children and family services.\n  3. No such license shall permit the reception for board of more than\nsix children and if there are children not received for board living in\nthe home of a person to whom such license is issued, whether children of\nsuch person or otherwise, the sum of the number of such children and of\nthe number of children permitted to be received for board by such\nlicense shall not exceed six, excepting, however, that such license may\npermit the reception for board of additional children if such children\n(a) are siblings or half-siblings, or are siblings or half-siblings of a\nchild living in the home, (b) are children freed for adoption as defined\nin subdivision (b) of section one thousand eighty-seven of the family\ncourt act, and have been placed for adoption with the person to whom\nsuch license is issued, or (c) are minor parents who are foster children\nand the minor parents' children.\n  4. No such certificate shall permit the reception for board of more\nthan six children and/or minors and if there are children under thirteen\nyears of age not received for board living in the home of the person to\nwhom such certificate is issued, whether children of such person or\notherwise, the total number of such children and of the number of\nchildren and/or minors permitted to be received for board by such\ncertificate shall not exceed six, excepting, however, that such\ncertificate may permit the reception for board of up to two additional\nchildren if such children (a) are siblings or half-siblings, or are\nsiblings or half-siblings of a child living in the home, (b) are\nchildren freed for adoption as defined in subdivision (b) of section one\nthousand eighty-seven of the family court act, and have been placed for\nadoption with the person to whom such certificate is issued, or (c) are\nminor parents who are foster children and the minor parents' children.\n  5. The department shall establish and may alter or amend regulations\ngoverning the issuing and revocation of such licenses and certificates\nand prescribing standards, records, accommodations and equipment for the\ncare of children and/or minors received under such licenses and\ncertificates.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 505 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 5 / Title 1 / Section 505
Animal irritancy tests prohibited
Status: in_force

§ 505. Animal irritancy tests prohibited. 1. No manufacturer or\ncontract testing facilities shall conduct traditional animal test\nmethods within this state for which an appropriate alternative test\nmethod has been scientifically validated and recommended by the\nInter-Agency Coordinating Committee for the Validation of Alternative\nMethods (ICCVAM) and adopted by the regulation by the relevant federal\nagency or agencies or program within an agency responsible for\nregulating the specific product or activity for which the test is being\nconducted.\n  2. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the conduct of any\nalternative nonanimal test method for the testing of any product,\nproduct formulation, chemical, or ingredient that is not recommended by\nICCVAM.\n  3. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the conduct of animal tests\nto comply with the requirements of state agencies. Nothing in this\nsection shall prohibit the conduct of animal tests to comply with the\nrequirements of federal agencies whenever the federal agency staff\nconcludes that the alternative nonanimal test does not assure the health\nor safety of consumers.\n  4. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the exclusive remedy\nfor enforcing this section shall be a civil action for injunctive relief\nbrought by the attorney general. If the court determines that the\nattorney general is the prevailing party in the enforcement action, such\nprevailing party may also recover costs, attorneys fees and a civil\npenalty not to exceed one thousand dollars in that action.\n  5. This section shall not apply to any animal test conducted for the\npurpose of medical research.\n  6. For the purposes of this section, the following terms shall have\nthe following meanings:\n  (a) "Animal" means a vertebrate nonhuman animal.\n  (b) "Contract testing facility" means any individual, partnership,\ncorporation, association, or other legal relationship that tests\nchemicals, ingredients, product formulations, or products in this state.\n  (c) "ICCVAM" means the Inter-Agency Coordinating Committee for the\nValidation of Alternative Methods, a federal committee comprised of\nrepresentatives from fourteen federal regulatory or research agencies,\nincluding the Food and Drug Administration, Environmental Protection\nAgency, and Consumer Products Safety Commission, that reviews the\nvalidity of alternative test methods. The committee is the federal\nmechanism for recommending appropriate, valid test methods to relevant\nfederal agencies.\n  (d) "Manufacturer" means any individual, partnership, corporation,\nassociation, or other legal relationship that produces chemicals,\ningredients, product formulations, or products in this state.\n  (e) "Medical research" means research related to the causes,\ndiagnosis, treatment, control or prevention of physical or mental\ndiseases and impairments of humans and animals, or related to the\ndevelopment of biomedical products, devices or drugs as defined in\nSection 321(g)(1) of Title 21 of the United States Code. Medical\nresearch does not include the testing of an ingredient that was formerly\nused in a drug, tested for the drug use with traditional animal methods\nto characterize the ingredient and to substantiate its safety for human\nuse, and is now proposed for use in a product other than a biomedical\nproduct, medical device or drug.\n  (f) "Person" means any individual, partnership, corporation,\nassociation or other legal entity.\n  (g) "Traditional animal test method" means a process or procedure\nusing animals to obtain information on the characteristics of a chemical\nor agent. Toxicological test methods generate information regarding the\nability of a chemical or agent to product a specific biological effect\nunder specified conditions.\n  (h) "Validated alternative test method" means a test method that does\nnot use animals, or in some cases reduces or refines the current use of\nanimals for which the reliability and relevance for a specific purpose\nhas been established in validation studies as specified in the ICCVAM\nreport provided to the relevant federal agencies.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 2507 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 25 / Title 1 / Section 2507
Special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants and children; specialty formula
Status: in_force

§ 2507. Special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants and\nchildren; specialty formula.\n  1. Definitions. For the purposes of this section:\n  (a) "WIC" shall mean the special supplemental nutrition program for\nwomen, infants and children;\n  (b) "WIC food vendor" shall mean a business entity that operates a\nretail delivery system that is authorized by the department to sell\nproducts covered by WIC to individuals under the WIC program; and\n  (c) "Specialty formula" shall mean specifically formulated nutrition\nproducts prescribed for medically fragile WIC participants with\nqualifying medical conditions.\n  2. Every WIC food vendor shall be authorized to sell any product\ncovered under WIC, including specialty formula, in accordance with the\nWIC vendor type as designated by the department, unless specifically\nlimited or barred by the commissioner pursuant to state or federal\nregulations.  The commissioner is authorized to establish criteria\ndefining which WIC food vendors can sell specialty formula. Any such\ncriteria shall not be applied arbitrarily and shall ensure WIC\nparticipant access to specialty formula. The commissioner shall\nestablish a process to address individual cases where there is evidence\nof inadequate WIC participant access.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 414 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 9 / Section 414
Use of schoolhouse and grounds
Status: in_force

§ 414. Use of schoolhouse and grounds. 1. Schoolhouses and the grounds\nconnected therewith and all property belonging to the district shall be\nin the custody and under the control and supervision of the trustees or\nboard of education of the district. The trustees or board of education\nmay adopt reasonable regulations for the use of such schoolhouses,\ngrounds or other property, all portions thereof, when not in use for\nschool purposes or when the school is in use for school purposes if in\nthe opinion of the trustees or board of education use will not be\ndisruptive of normal school operations, for such other public purposes\nas are herein provided; except, however, in the city of New York each\ncommunity school board shall be authorized to prohibit any use of\nschoolhouses and school grounds within its district which would\notherwise be permitted under the provisions of this section. Such\nregulations shall provide for the safety and security of the pupils and\nshall not conflict with the provisions of this chapter and shall conform\nto the purposes and intent of this section and shall be subject to\nreview on appeal to the commissioner of education as provided by law.\nThe trustees or board of education of each district may, subject to\nregulations adopted as above provided, permit the use of the schoolhouse\nand rooms therein, and the grounds and other property of the district,\nwhen not in use for school purposes or when the school is in use for\nschool purposes if in the opinion of the trustees or board of education\nuse will not be disruptive of normal school operations, for any of the\nfollowing purposes:\n  (a) For the purpose of instruction in any branch of education,\nlearning or the arts.\n  (b) For public library purposes, subject to the provisions of this\nchapter, or as stations of public libraries.\n  (c) For holding social, civic and recreational meetings and\nentertainments, and other uses pertaining to the welfare of the\ncommunity; but such meetings, entertainment and uses shall be\nnon-exclusive and shall be open to the general public. Civic meetings\nshall include, but not be limited to, meetings of parent associations\nand parent-teacher associations.\n  (d) For meetings, entertainments and occasions where admission fees\nare charged, when the proceeds thereof are to be expended for an\neducational or charitable purpose; but such use shall not be permitted\nif such meetings, entertainments and occasions are under the exclusive\ncontrol, and the said proceeds are to be applied for the benefit of a\nsociety, association or organization of a religious sect or\ndenomination, or of a fraternal, secret or exclusive society or\norganization other than organizations of veterans of the military, naval\nand marine service of the United States and organizations of volunteer\nfirefighters or volunteer ambulance workers.\n  (e) For polling places for holding primaries and elections and for the\nregistration of voters and for holding political meetings. But no\nmeetings sponsored by political organizations shall be permitted unless\nauthorized by a vote of a district meeting, held as provided by law, or,\nin cities by the board of education thereof. Except in cities, it shall\nbe the duty of the trustees or board of education to call a special\nmeeting for such purpose upon the petition of at least ten per centum of\nthe qualified electors of the district. Authority so granted shall\ncontinue until revoked in like manner and by the same body as granted.\n  (f) For civic forums and community centers. Upon the petition of at\nleast twenty-five citizens residing within the district or city, the\ntrustees or board of education in each school district or city shall\norganize and conduct community centers for civic purposes, and civic\nforums in the several school districts and cities, to promote and\nadvance principles of Americanism among the residents of the state. The\ntrustees or board of education in each school district or city, when\norganizing such community centers or civic forums, shall provide funds\nfor the maintenance and support of such community centers and civic\nforums, and shall prescribe regulations for their conduct and\nsupervision, provided that nothing herein contained shall prohibit the\ntrustees of such school district or the board of education to prescribe\nand adopt rules and regulations to make such community centers or civic\nforums self-supporting as far as practicable. Such community centers and\ncivic forums shall be at all times under the control of the trustees or\nboard of education in each school district or city, and shall be\nnon-exclusive and open to the general public.\n  (g) For classes of instruction for minors with developmental\ndisabilities operated by a private organization approved by the\ncommissioner.\n  (h) For recreation, physical training and athletics, including\ncompetitive athletic contests of children attending a private, nonprofit\nschool.\n  (i) To provide child care services during non-school hours, or to\nprovide child care services during school hours for the children of\npupils attending the schools of the district and, if there is additional\nspace available, for children of employees of the district, and, if\nthere is further additional space available, the\nCobleskill-Richmondville school district shall provide child care\nservices for children ages three and four who need child care assistance\ndue to lack of sufficient child care spaces. Such determination shall be\nmade by each district's board of education, provided that the cost of\nsuch care shall not be a school district charge but shall be paid by the\nperson responsible for the support of such child; the local social\nservices district as authorized by law; or by any other public or\nprivate voluntary source or any combination thereof.\n  (j) For licensed school-based health, dental or mental health clinics.\n(i) For the purposes of this subdivision, the term "licensed\nschool-based health, dental or mental health clinic" means a clinic that\nis located in a school facility of a school district or board of\ncooperative educational services, is operated by an entity other than\nthe school district or board of cooperative educational services and\nwill provide health, dental or mental health services during school\nhours and/or non-school hours to school-age and preschool children, and\nthat is: (1) a health clinic approved under the provisions of chapter\none hundred ninety-eight of the laws of nineteen hundred seventy-eight;\nor (2) another school-based health or dental clinic licensed by the\ndepartment of health pursuant to article twenty-eight of the public\nhealth law; or (3) a school-based mental health clinic licensed or\napproved by the office of mental health pursuant to article thirty-one\nof the mental hygiene law; or (4) a school-based mental health clinic\nlicensed by the office for people with developmental disabilities\npursuant to article sixteen of the mental hygiene law.\n  (ii) Health professionals who provide services in licensed\nschool-based health, dental or mental health clinics shall be duly\nlicensed pursuant to the provisions of title eight of this chapter\nunless otherwise exempted by law and shall be authorized to provide such\nservices to the extent permitted by their respective practice acts.\n  (iii) Except where otherwise authorized by law, the cost of providing\nhealth, dental or mental health services shall not be a charge upon the\nschool district or board of cooperative educational services, and shall\nbe paid from federal, state or other local funds available for such\npurpose. Building space used for such a clinic shall be excluded from\nthe rated capacity of the school building for the purpose of computing\nbuilding aid pursuant to subdivision six of section thirty-six hundred\ntwo of this chapter or aid pursuant to subdivision five of section\nnineteen hundred fifty of this chapter.\n  (iv) Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to justify a cause\nof action for damages against a school district or a board of\ncooperative educational services by reason of acts of negligence or\nmisconduct by a school-based health, dental or mental health clinic or\nsuch clinic's officers or employees.\n  (k) For graduation exercises held by not-for-profit elementary and\nsecondary schools, provided that no religious service is performed.\n  The board of education in the city of New York may delegate the\nauthority to judge the appropriateness for uses other than school\npurposes to community school boards.\n  2. The trustees or board of education shall determine the terms and\nconditions for such use which may include rental at least in an amount\nsufficient to cover all resulting expenses for the purposes of\nparagraphs (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (g), (i), (j) and (k) of subdivision\none of this section. Any such use, pursuant to paragraphs (a), (c), (d),\n(h) and (j) of subdivision one of this section, shall not allow the\nexclusion of any district child solely because said child is not\nattending a district school or not attending the district school which\nis sponsoring such use or on which grounds the use is to occur.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 277 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 2-A / Title 1 / Section 277
Review and reports
Status: in_force

§ 277. Review and reports. 1. The commissioner, in consultation with\nthe drug utilization review board, shall undertake periodic reviews, at\nleast annually, of the preferred drug program which shall include\nconsideration of:\n  (a) the volume of prior authorizations being handled, including data\non the number and characteristics of prior authorization requests for\nparticular prescription drugs;\n  (b) the quality of the program's responsiveness, including the quality\nof the administrator's responsiveness;\n  (c) complaints received from patients and providers;\n  (d) the savings attributable to the state, and to each county and the\ncity of New York, due to the provisions of this article;\n  (e) the aggregate amount of supplemental rebates received in the\nprevious fiscal year and in the current fiscal year, to date; and such\namounts are to be broken out by fiscal year and by month;\n  (f) the education and outreach program established by section two\nhundred seventy-six of this article.\n  2. The commissioner and the board shall, beginning March thirty-first,\ntwo thousand six and annually thereafter, submit a report to the\ngovernor and the legislature concerning each of the items subject to\nperiodic review under subdivision one of this section.\n  3. The commissioner and the board shall, beginning with the\ncommencement of the preferred drug program and monthly thereafter,\nsubmit a report to the governor and the legislature concerning the\namount of supplemental rebates received.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 651 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 14 / Part 1 / Section 651
Definitions
Status: in_force

§ 651. Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall\nhave the following meanings unless otherwise specified:\n  1. "Corporation" shall mean the New York state higher education\nservices corporation.\n  2. "Board" shall mean the board of trustees of the New York state\nhigher education services corporation.\n  3. "President" shall mean the president of the corporation.\n  4. "College", "vocational institution" and "approved program" shall\nhave the same meanings as defined in article thirteen.\n  5. "Academic year" shall mean the regular school year beginning July\nfirst and ending June thirtieth.\n  6. "Federal student aid programs" shall mean the programs of the\nUnited States government making financial aid available to pay for the\ncost of attending post-secondary institutions and established under\nTitle IV of the Higher Education Act of nineteen hundred sixty-five, as\namended, or any successor statute.\n  7. "Lend" shall include one or more of the following services: the\norigination, disbursement, servicing, and/or collection of any student\nor parent education loan made by or on behalf of a lending institution a\ngovernment entity, or an institution of higher education for the purpose\nof paying for higher education expenses as well as serving as a\nsecondary market for these loans.\n
N.Y. VAT Law § 122-B — New York Code / Act VAT / Title 1 / Article 1 / Section 122-B
Maximum performance speed
Status: in_force

§ 122-b. Maximum performance speed. For the purposes of article\nforty-eight-A of this chapter, maximum performance speed shall be the\ngreatest speed which can be attained and maintained by a limited use\nvehicle under conditions prescribed by the commissioner at the time of\nits manufacture, as certified by the manufacturer and filed with and\naccepted by the commissioner. The maximum performance speed of a limited\nuse vehicle shall remain as certified regardless of any modification\nmade to such vehicle after such certification.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 452 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 10 / Section 452
Definitions
Status: in_force

§ 452. Definitions.  As used or referred to in this article, unless a\ndifferent meaning clearly appears from the context:\n  1. "Board" or "board of education" shall mean the chancellor or deputy\nchancellor of the city school district of the city of New York, except\nfor the purposes of section four hundred fifty-three of this chapter.\n  2. "Bonds" and "notes" shall mean bonds and notes respectively, issued\nby the fund pursuant to this article.\n  3. "City" shall mean the city of New York.\n  4. "City agency" shall mean any officer, administration, department,\nboard, commission, bureau, division, agency or instrumentality of the\ncity of New York.\n  5. "Combined occupancy structure" shall mean any improvement on real\nproperty or any interests therein or thereto, including fee interest,\neasements, space rights or air rights, containing school accommodations\nor other facilities of the board of education of the city of New York in\ncombination with other compatible and lawful non-school uses designed\nand intended to increase, from both a planning and an economic\nviewpoint, the efficient utilization of available land areas. A combined\noccupancy structure shall also include a structure in a project or\ndevelopment under the auspices of the fund wherein non-school portions\nof structures placed upon the overall site are not built in space rights\nover the school portion, so long as some part of the non-school portion\nis constructed over or under any part of the school portion of the\ndevelopment.\n  6. "Commissioner of education" shall mean the commissioner of\neducation of the state of New York.\n  7. "Comptroller" or "city comptroller" shall mean the comptroller of\nthe city of New York.\n  8. "Corporation counsel" shall mean the corporation counsel of the\ncity of New York.\n  9. "Developer" shall mean and include any private individual,\npartnership, trust or private or public corporation approved by the\nboard of education as being qualified and eligible to enter into one or\nmore leases, subleases or other agreements with the fund providing for\nthe construction, acquisition, reconstruction, rehabilitation or\nimprovement of one or more combined occupancy structures; which\nagreements shall be subject to approval by the board of education.\n  10. "Director of management and budget" or "city director of\nmanagement and budget" shall mean the director of management and budget\nof the city of New York.\n  11. "Finance commissioner" or "city finance commissioner" shall mean\nthe commissioner of finance of the city of New York.\n  12. "Fund" shall mean the corporate governmental agency created by\nsection four hundred fifty-three of this article.\n  13. "Governor" shall mean the governor of the state of New York.\n  14. "Letting agency" shall mean and include the board of education or\nany other city agency which by agreement with the fund is to award the\ncontracts for a particular construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation\nor improvement; or the fund itself, if it is to award such contracts.\n  14-a. "Maximum debt service reserve fund requirement" shall mean the\namount of money required to be deposited in a debt service reserve fund\nauthorized by section four hundred sixty-two hereof established pursuant\nto a resolution of the fund.\n  15. "Mayor" shall mean the mayor of the city of New York.\n  15-a. "Owner" shall mean and include any private individual,\npartnership, trust or private or public corporation, taking possession\nof the non-school portion of a combined occupancy structure pursuant to\na lease, sub-lease, conveyance or other agreement, or acquiring fee\ntitle to or a leasehold or other interest in such non-school portion.\n  16. "Planning commission" shall mean the planning commission of the\ncity of New York.\n  17. "Real property" shall mean lands, waters, rights in lands or\nwaters, structures, franchises and interests in land, including air or\nspace rights, and any and all other things and rights usually included\nwithin the same term and includes also any and all interests in such\nproperty less than full title, such as easements permanent or temporary,\nrights-of-way, uses, leases, licenses and all other incorporeal\nhereditaments in every estate, interest or right, legal or equitable.\n  18. "School building" shall mean a separate structure entirely devoted\nto use and occupancy for public school purposes; including incidental\nand appurtenant recreational and other facilities.\n  19. "School portion" or "school portion of combined occupancy\nstructure" shall mean that portion of a combined occupancy structure\ndesigned, constructed, reconstructed, rehabilitated or improved for use\nand occupancy for public school purposes; including the real property to\nbe used in connection therewith together with incidental and appurtenant\nrecreational and other facilities.\n  20. "State" shall mean the state of New York.\n
N.Y. ISC Law § 4909 — New York Code / Act ISC / Article 49 / Title 1 / Section 4909
Site of service clinical review
Status: in_force

§ 4909. Site of service clinical review. (a) For purposes of this\nsection:\n  (1) "Free-standing ambulatory surgical center" shall mean a diagnostic\nand treatment center authorized pursuant to article twenty-eight of the\npublic health law and operated independently from a hospital.\n  (2) "Health care plan" shall mean an insurer, a corporation organized\npursuant to article forty-three of this chapter, a health maintenance\norganization certified pursuant to article forty-four of the public\nhealth law, a municipal cooperative health benefit plan certified\npursuant to article forty-seven of this chapter, and a student health\nplan established or maintained pursuant to section one thousand one\nhundred twenty-four of this chapter, that issues a health insurance\npolicy or contract or that arranges for care and services for members\nunder a contract with the department of health with a network of health\ncare providers and utilizes site of service clinical review to determine\ncoverage for services delivered by network participating providers.\n  (3) "Hospital-based outpatient clinic" shall mean a clinic authorized\npursuant to article twenty-eight of the public health law and listed on\na hospital's operating certificate.\n  (4) "Site of service clinical review" shall mean clinical criteria\napplied by a health care plan for the purpose of determining whether\nnon-urgent outpatient medical procedures and surgeries will be covered\nfor a given insured or enrollee when rendered by a network participating\nprovider at a hospital-based outpatient clinic rather than a\nfree-standing ambulatory surgical center.\n  (b) Site of service clinical review shall be deemed utilization review\nin accordance with and subject to the requirements and protections of\nthis article and article forty-nine of the public health law, including\nthe right to internal and external appeal of denials related to site of\nservice clinical review.\n  (c) Site of service clinical review shall consider the insured's\nhealth and safety, choice of health care provider, and timely access to\ncare and shall not be based solely on cost.\n  (d) A health care plan that utilizes site of service clinical review\nthat is intended to direct insureds and enrollees to free-standing\nambulatory surgical centers shall be able to demonstrate to the\ndepartment or, as applicable, to the department of health, that it has\nan adequate network of free-standing ambulatory surgical center\nproviders to meet the health needs of insureds and enrollees and to\nprovide an appropriate choice of providers sufficient to render the\nservices covered under the policy or contract. Such network shall be in\ncompliance with network adequacy standards established by the\nsuperintendent and section three thousand two hundred forty-one of this\nchapter.\n  (e) Except as provided in subsection (g) of this section, starting\nJanuary first, two thousand twenty-four, a health care plan that\nutilizes a site of service clinical review shall deliver a notice\ndisclosing and clearly explaining the site of service clinical review\nto:\n  (1) policyholders, contract holders, insureds, and enrollees and\nprospective policyholders, contract holders, insureds, and enrollees at\nthe time of plan and policy or contract selection and at least ninety\ndays prior to the implementation of new site of service clinical review\nor modification of existing site of service clinical review. Such notice\nshall include the specific services under the site of service review\npolicy, a statement that site of service clinical review may limit the\nsettings in which services covered under the policy or contract may be\nprovided and render a network participating provider unable to perform a\nservice; shall disclose to insureds or enrollees any quality or cost\ndifferential, including differences in out-of-pocket costs, between the\nhospital-based outpatient clinic and the free-standing ambulatory\nsurgical center when services at a hospital-based outpatient clinic are\nrequested; and shall set forth any rights the insured or enrollee may\nhave to obtain the service at a hospital-based outpatient clinic through\na utilization review appeal. Notifications shall also be made at any\nother time upon the insured's or enrollee's request;\n  (2) network participating providers at least ninety days prior to\nimplementation. A health care plan shall also inform providers of the\nprocess for requesting coverage of a service in a hospital-based\noutpatient clinic setting, including the right to request a real time\nclinical peer to peer discussion as part of the authorization process;\nand\n  (3) the superintendent and, as applicable, to the commissioner of\nhealth, at least forty-five days prior to notifying policyholders,\ncontract holders, insureds and enrollees and prospective policyholders,\ncontract holders, insureds and enrollees and network participating\nproviders in accordance with this subsection. Such notice to the\nsuperintendent and, as applicable, to the commissioner of health, shall\ninclude (A) draft communications to the foregoing persons for purposes\nof complying with this subsection and (B) an explanation of how the site\nof service clinical review selected by the health care plan complies\nwith this article and article forty-nine of the public health law.\n  (f) A health care plan's provider directory shall explain that even\nthough a provider is participating in the network, a site of service\nclinical review may affect where services will need to be obtained and\nwhether the provider will be available to provide such service, as\napplicable.\n  (g) A health care plan that has implemented site of service clinical\nreview prior to January first, two thousand twenty-four that is not in\ncompliance with this section shall revise such site of service clinical\nreview to comply with this section and deliver the notices required\nunder subsection (e) of this section at the beginning of the open\nenrollment period for individual health insurance policies and\ncontracts, and for group health insurance policies and contracts, prior\nto January first, two thousand twenty-four.\n  (h) Starting January first, two thousand twenty-four, at a minimum, a\nhealth care plan shall approve a request for authorization for a service\ncovered under the policy or contract and requested to be performed by a\nnetwork participating provider at a hospital-based outpatient clinic in\nthe following situations:\n  (1) the procedure cannot be safely performed in a free-standing\nambulatory surgical center due to the insured's or enrollee's health\ncondition;\n  (2) there is no free-standing ambulatory surgical center capacity in\nthe insured's or enrollee's geographic area; or\n  (3) the provision of health care services at a free-standing\nambulatory surgical center would result in undue delay.\n  (i) Starting January first, two thousand twenty-four, site of service\nclinical review criteria developed by health care plans shall also take\ninto consideration whether:\n  (1) the insured's or enrollee's treating network participating\nprovider recommends, based on a written clinical justification submitted\nto the health care plan, that the service be provided at a\nhospital-based outpatient clinic; or\n  (2) the insured or enrollee has requested a particular network\nparticipating provider who performs the requested service in a\nhospital-based outpatient clinic because the insured or enrollee is\nundergoing a continuing course of treatment with the participating\nprovider or because the insured has previously obtained the requested\nservice from the participating provider, and the provider is not\ncredentialed at any free-standing ambulatory surgical center in the\nservice area and is not able to be credentialed within ninety days\nfollowing the submission of the authorization request to the health care\nplan.\n
N.Y. MRE Law § 201 — New York Code / Act MRE / Article 6 / Title 1 / Section 201
Requirements for fireproof construction
Status: in_force

§ 201. Requirements for fireproof construction. 1. Every new multiple\ndwelling exceeding six stories or seventy-five feet in height shall be\nfireproof.\n  2. The foregoing requirements shall not be construed as prohibiting:\n  a. Elsewhere than within, or in the openings to, the public halls,\nstairs and shafts, the use of wood for sleepers, grounds, nailing\nblocks, underflooring, finish flooring, interior doors with their\nassemblies and saddles, floor base not more than one foot in height,\npicture and wall moulding, shelving, closet and kitchen fixtures,\ncupboards, cabinets and wardrobes.\n  b. The use of wood for window and for interior trim and finish backed\nsolidly against, or filled with, incombustible material and elsewhere\nthan within, or in the openings to, the public halls, stairs and shafts.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 372 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 8-A / Section 372
Purposes of fund
Status: in_force

§ 372. Purposes of fund. The purposes of the fund shall be to provide\nacademic buildings, dormitories and other facilities including academic\nincubator facilities and a pharmaceutical research, development which\nmay also include a manufacturing facility for the state-operated\ninstitutions and contract and statutory colleges under the jurisdiction\nof the state university, to reduce the time lag between determination of\nneed for such facilities and actual occupancy thereof, to expedite the\nconstruction, acquisition, reconstruction, rehabilitation or improvement\nof such facilities and to assure that the same are ready for the\npurposes intended when needed and when scheduled under the approved\nmaster plan of the state university; with respect to university-related\neconomic development projects authorized by law pursuant to section\nthree hundred seventy-two-a of this article, to act as agent for the\nstate university or for a foundation or other not-for-profit entity\ncreated by or for the state university. In addition to any other\napproval or permit otherwise required by law, the fund shall not\nconstruct any new project or facility on a campus of the state\nuniversity unless the said project or facility has been approved by the\nstate university trustees and has been specifically and expressly\nauthorized by such section.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 516 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 11 / Section 516
Annuity savings fund; contributions and payments
Status: in_force

§ 516. Annuity savings fund; contributions and payments.  The annuity\nsavings fund shall be the fund in which shall be accumulated the\ndeductions made from the compensation of contributors.  Contributions to\nand payments from the annuity savings fund shall be made in the\nfollowing manner:\n  1. Each employer shall deduct from the compensation of each\ncontributor on each and every payroll of such contributor for each and\nevery payroll period subsequent to the date upon which such contributor\nbecame a member an amount equal to four per centum of such contributor's\nearnable compensation in the cases of teachers who last became members\non or before the thirtieth day of June, nineteen hundred forty-eight and\nfive per centum of earnable compensation in the cases of teachers who\nlast became members on or after the first day of July, nineteen hundred\nforty-eight except if membership is renewed upon restoration to active\nservice after retirement for disability, regular interest shall be\ncredited at the rate allowed to the member at the time his retirement\nfor disability last became effective. But no employer shall make any\ndeduction for annuity purposes from the compensation of a member who has\ncompleted at least thirty-five years of total service, or who has\nattained the age of sixty and completed at least twenty-five years of\ntotal state service, if such member elects not to contribute.\n  2. In determining the amount earnable by a contributor in a payroll\nperiod, the retirement board may consider the rate of compensation\npayable to such member on the first day of the payroll period as\ncontinuing throughout such payroll period, and it may omit deductions\nfrom compensation for any period less than a full payroll period if a\nteacher was not a contributor on the first day of the payroll period,\nand to facilitate the making of deductions, it may modify the deduction\nrequired of any contributor by such an amount as shall not exceed\none-tenth of one per centum of the compensation upon the basis of which\nsaid deduction is to be made.\n  3. a. In addition to the deductions from compensation hereinbefore\nrequired, any contributor may redeposit in the annuity savings fund by a\nsingle payment an amount equal to the total amount which he withdrew\ntherefrom as provided in this article, or he may deposit therein by a\nsingle payment an amount computed to be sufficient, together with the\nretirement allowance otherwise provided to provide for him a total\nretirement allowance of one-half of his final average salary upon\nsuperannuation retirement, or any member or annuitant may deposit\ntherein by a single payment an amount permitted so to be deposited by\nthe retirement board for the purpose of purchasing additional annuity,\nprovided that no such member or annuitant shall be permitted to purchase\na total additional annuity thereby in excess of one-half his final\naverage salary; such additional annuity shall afford the usual optional\nprivileges. Such additional amounts so deposited shall become a part of\nhis accumulated contributions.\n  b. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this article, in\naddition to the deposits hereinbefore permitted by this subdivision, any\ncontributor to this system, who is actually on the payroll of a school\ndistrict or the state, may, for the purpose of purchasing additional\nannuity, deposit in the annuity savings fund once in any school year by\na single payment an amount not in excess of four per centum of his\nearnable rate of compensation for the school year immediately preceding\nthe date when such payment is made.  Any such amount so deposited shall\nbe credited with regular interest and, on the basis of said rate of\ninterest, shall become a part of the contributor's accumulated\ncontributions in all respects including computation of benefits upon\nretirement.\n  c. Any member by written notice duly acknowledged and filed with the\nretirement board before the first day of July, nineteen hundred\nsixty-seven or within two years after he last became a member, whichever\nis later, may elect to contribute pursuant to this paragraph c of\nsubdivision three of this section in order to qualify for an increased\npension for total service in excess of twenty-five years. After such\nelection the rate of deduction from earnable compensation shall be\nincreased by two and one-half per centum in the cases of teachers who\nlast became members on or before the thirtieth day of June, nineteen\nhundred forty-eight and by three per centum in the cases of teachers who\nlast became members on or after the first day of July, nineteen hundred\nforty-eight and such deductions shall be added to the accumulated\ncontributions of each member. Where a member elects to contribute\npursuant to this paragraph c of subdivision three of this section, such\nadditional contributions shall be made from the first day of July,\nnineteen hundred fifty-seven or from the first day of the month\nfollowing the expiration of thirty days subsequent to the filing of his\nelection, whichever is later, except that if the member is contributing\npursuant to subdivision one of section five hundred eleven-a, such\nadditional contributions pursuant to this paragraph c of subdivision\nthree of this section shall be made from the first day of July following\nthe completion of twenty-five years of total service. If such a member,\nupon the completion of twenty-five years of total service, wishes to\nforfeit his right to special service retirement under the provisions of\nsection five hundred eleven-a, he may cease making contributions\npursuant to subdivision one of such section, leave such contributions in\nthe retirement system and commence making contributions pursuant to this\nparagraph c of subdivision three of this section in order to receive\ncredit for service rendered after the completion of twenty-five years of\ntotal service. If such a member, upon the completion of twenty-five\nyears of total service wishes to maintain his right to special service\nretirement, he shall continue to make contributions pursuant to\nsubdivision one of section five hundred eleven-a and commence making\ncontributions pursuant to this paragraph c.  Contributions made pursuant\nto this paragraph c shall cease on the first day of July following the\ncompletion of thirty-five years of total service, except that, any\nmember who has completed more than twenty-five years of service on the\nfirst day of July, nineteen hundred sixty-seven may deposit in a lump\nsum an amount equivalent to the sum of the contributions he would have\nmade prior to the first day of July, nineteen hundred sixty-seven, had\nthis paragraph c become effective as of the date when twenty-five years\nof service was completed or as of any date thereafter which the member\nmay elect for the purpose of determining the amount to be so deposited.\n  d. Members of the retirement system who elect to contribute pursuant\nto paragraph c of subdivision three of this section, shall receive\ncredit for each year, not in excess of ten, of service in excess of\ntwenty-five years for which contributions were made pursuant to\nparagraph c of subdivision three of this section.\n  4. The accumulated contributions of a contributor returned to him upon\nhis withdrawal or paid to his estate or designated beneficiary in the\nevent of his death as provided in this article shall be paid from the\nannuity savings fund.\n  5. Upon the retirement of a contributor his accumulated contributions\nshall be transferred from the annuity savings fund to the annuity\nreserve fund.\n  6. The retirement board may adopt rules and regulations providing for\nthe withdrawal at retirement by members of the accumulated contributions\ncredited to their individual accounts in the annuity savings fund. Such\nrules and regulations shall provide that the application for withdrawal\nof contributions be filed no earlier than the date the member files the\napplication for retirement and no later than the day preceding the\neffective date of retirement. Provided, however, this section has no\napplication to members subject to article fourteen or article fifteen of\nthe retirement and social security law.\n
N.Y. MRE Law § 253 — New York Code / Act MRE / Article 7 / Title 1 / Section 253
Construction of first floor
Status: in_force

§ 253. Construction of first floor.  The first floor above the lowest\ncellar, or, if there be no cellar, above the lowest story, shall be\nfireproof or, if the dwelling be three stories or less in height,\nfire-retarded.\n
N.Y. MRE Law § 259 — New York Code / Act MRE / Article 7 / Title 1 / Section 259
Cellar and basement stairs
Status: in_force

§ 259. Cellar and basement stairs. A cellar or basement stair located\ninside the dwelling shall be entirely enclosed with fireproof walls and\nbe provided, at all openings, with fireproof doors and assemblies, with\nthe doors self-closing, except that in any dwelling three stories or\nless in height, such stair may be enclosed with walls or partitions\nconstructed of fire-resistive materials.\n
N.Y. GMU Law § 862 — New York Code / Act GMU / Article 18-A / Title 1 / Section 862
Restrictions on funds of the agency
Status: in_force

§ 862. Restrictions on funds of the agency. (1) No funds of the agency\nshall be used in respect of any project if the completion thereof would\nresult in the removal of an industrial or manufacturing plant of the\nproject occupant from one area of the state to another area of the state\nor in the abandonment of one or more plants or facilities of the project\noccupant located within the state, provided, however, that neither\nrestriction shall apply if the agency shall determine on the basis of\nthe application before it that the project is reasonably necessary to\ndiscourage the project occupant from removing such other plant or\nfacility to a location outside the state or is reasonably necessary to\npreserve the competitive position of the project occupant in its\nrespective industry.\n  (2) (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this subdivision, no\nfinancial assistance of the agency shall be provided in respect of any\nproject where facilities or property that are primarily used in making\nretail sales to customers who personally visit such facilities\nconstitute more than one-third of the total project cost. For the\npurposes of this article, "retail sales" shall mean: (i) sales by a\nregistered vendor under article twenty-eight of the tax law primarily\nengaged in the retail sale of tangible personal property, as defined in\nsubparagraph (i) of paragraph four of subdivision (b) of section eleven\nhundred one of the tax law; or (ii) sales of a service to such\ncustomers. Except, however, that tourism destination projects shall not\nbe prohibited by this subdivision. For the purpose of this paragraph,\n"tourism destination" shall mean a location or facility which is likely\nto attract a significant number of visitors from outside the economic\ndevelopment region as established by section two hundred thirty of the\neconomic development law, in which the project is located.\n  (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a) of this\nsubdivision, financial assistance may, however, be provided to a project\nwhere facilities or property that are primarily used in making retail\nsales of goods or services to customers who personally visit such\nfacilities to obtain such goods or services constitute more than\none-third of the total project cost, where: (i) the predominant purpose\nof the project would be to make available goods or services which would\nnot, but for the project, be reasonably accessible to the residents of\nthe city, town, or village within which the proposed project would be\nlocated because of a lack of reasonably accessible retail trade\nfacilities offering such goods or services; or (ii) the project is\nlocated in a highly distressed area.\n  (c) With respect to projects authorized pursuant to paragraph (b) of\nthis subdivision, no project shall be approved unless the agency shall\nfind after the public hearing required by section eight hundred\nfifty-nine-a of this title that undertaking the project will serve the\npublic purposes of this article by preserving permanent, private sector\njobs or increasing the overall number of permanent, private sector jobs\nin the state. Where the agency makes such a finding, prior to providing\nfinancial assistance to the project by the agency, the chief executive\nofficer of the municipality for whose benefit the agency was created\nshall confirm the proposed action of the agency.\n
N.Y. MRE Law § 109 — New York Code / Act MRE / Article 5 / Title 1 / Section 109
Artificial lighting
Status: in_force

§ 109. Artificial lighting. The owner shall provide a light or lights\nin every public hall, stair and fire-stair on every floor so that every\nsuch space shall be lighted adequately.\n
N.Y. RPT Law § 1532 — New York Code / Act RPT / Article 15-A / Title 1 / Section 1532
Powers and duties of director of real property tax services
Status: in_force

§ 1532. Powers and duties of director of real property tax services.\n1.  The director of real property tax services shall provide the\nfollowing services to all cities and towns within the county to which\nthis article is applicable:\n  (a) Prepare tax maps, maintain them in current condition, and provide\ncopies thereof, in accordance with subdivision one of section five\nhundred three of this chapter;\n  (b) Provide advisory appraisals to cities and towns as required by\nsection fifteen hundred thirty-six of this chapter;\n  (b-1) Provide appraisals and appear as an expert witness or designate\nqualified personnel within the office of real property tax services to\nappear as expert witnesses in court proceedings for cities and towns as\nauthorized by section fifteen hundred thirty-six-a of this article;\n  (c) Advise the assessors on procedures for the preparation and\nmaintenance of assessment rolls, property record cards, appraisal cards\nand other records and documents relating to real property assessment and\ntaxation;\n  (d) Provide appraisal cards in such form as shall be prescribed by the\ncommissioner in quantity needed for use in the preparation of assessment\nrecords;\n  (e) Cooperate and assist in the training programs provided by the\ncommissioner under this article;\n  (f) Provide administrative support, cooperation and assistance to\nacting boards of assessment review constituted pursuant to section five\nhundred twenty-seven of this chapter.\n  2. The director of real property tax services shall in addition:\n  (a) Provide the county equalization agency with such information from\nhis office as may be useful in the operation of that agency;\n  (b) Coordinate any county-wide revaluation program;\n  (c) Prepare and furnish an annual report to the legislative body of\nthe county, a copy of which shall be sent to the commissioner which\nreport shall contain at least such information required by the\nlegislative body of the county and the commissioner and prepare such\nadditional reports as may from time to time be required by the\nlegislative body of the county or the commissioner;\n  (d) Provide to the county clerk, upon request, the tax map\nidentification numbers of all parcels identified by the clerk as within\nan agricultural district;\n  (e) Identify to the county clerk by tax identification number, those\nparcels within the county which have received agricultural assessments\nwithin the past year;\n  (f) Serve on any county agriculture and farmland protection board\nestablished in the county.\n  3. The director of real property tax services shall when authorized by\nresolution of the county legislative body:\n  (a) Assist in the disposition and sale of real property acquired by\nthe county as a result of tax sale;\n  (b) Perform the duties imposed upon the recording officer of the\ncounty by section five hundred seventy-four of this chapter in relation\nto reports of transfers of real property;\n  (c) Supply cities and towns with assessment rolls or other forms for\nuse in connection with the preparation of assessment rolls or the\ncollection of property taxes;\n  (d) Supervise the appraisal of property and the preparation of\nassessment rolls for those assessing units which have entered into\nagreements with the county pursuant to section fifteen hundred\nthirty-seven of this article.\n  (e) Perform or supervise the performance of data collection, sales\nverification, or other assessment-related services, pursuant to an\nagreement between the county and an assessing unit or the commissioner.\n  4. The director of real property tax services shall render such other\nrelated services pertaining to the assessment and taxation of real\nproperty as may be authorized by the legislative body of the county as\nare not inconsistent with the performance of his duties pursuant to this\nchapter or any general or special law.\n  5. Information regarding decedents provided by the commissioner to a\ncounty director of real property tax services pursuant to subsection (c)\nof section six hundred fifty-one of the tax law shall be used only for\npurposes of real property tax administration. The contents of the report\nmay be shared with the assessor and tax collecting officer of the\nmunicipal corporation in which the decedent's former residence is\nlocated, and with the enforcing officer if such residence is subject to\ndelinquent taxes. The information shall be deemed confidential\notherwise, and shall not be subject to the provisions of article six of\nthe public officers law.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 2997-F — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 29-D / Title 1 / Section 2997-F
Provision of information relating to aging services
Status: in_force

§ 2997-f. Provision of information relating to aging services.\nWhenever a hospital is discharging an individual aged sixty years of age\nor older, the hospital's discharge coordinator shall provide such\nindividual with a copy of the information provided to them pursuant to\nsubdivision eleven of section two hundred three of the elder law that\ncorresponds to the individual's county of residence.\n
N.Y. RPT Law § 1530 — New York Code / Act RPT / Article 15-A / Title 1 / Section 1530
County real property tax service agency; director
Status: in_force

§ 1530. County real property tax service agency; director. 1.\nSelection and term of office. In each county that does not assess real\nproperty for purposes of taxation, except a county wholly within a city,\nthere shall be a real property tax service agency. The head of such\nagency shall be the director of real property tax services, who shall\nhave a six year term of office commencing on October first, nineteen\nhundred seventy-one and on October first of each sixth year thereafter.\nThe director shall be appointed by the legislative body of the county\nexcept that in a county in which heads of departments are appointed by\nthe county executive or county manager, such director shall be appointed\nby such county executive or county manager. Any resident of the state,\notherwise eligible for appointment as director of real property tax\nservices, may be appointed director of real property tax services.\n  1-a. In the event that a director of real property tax services,\nappointed pursuant to the provisions of this section, is unable to\nperform the duties of the office of director of real property tax\nservices or the office becomes vacant, the appointing authority may by\nresolution designate or appoint an acting director of real property tax\nservices. Where an acting director of real property tax services is\ndesignated or appointed pursuant to this section, the appointing\nauthority shall notify the commissioner within fifteen days of making\nsuch designation or appointment. The acting director of real property\ntax services shall function as director of real property tax services\nuntil such time as the director of real property tax services is able to\nresume the position or until a replacement is appointed. In the event an\nacting director of real property tax services functions as director of\nreal property tax services for more than six months, then such acting\ndirector of real property tax services shall be required to meet the\nminimum qualification standards and to obtain certification as required\nby this title for persons appointed to the office of director of real\nproperty tax services.\n  2. Classification. The position of director of real property tax\nservices shall be classified in the noncompetitive class of the civil\nservice, except where the county legislative body determines the\nposition to be full-time and such body requests that the position be\nclassified in the competitive class.\n  3. Qualifications and training. a. Minimum qualification standards.\nThe director of real property tax services shall be appointed on the\nbasis of his knowledge of principles and methods relating to the\nassessment of real property and his executive and administrative\nexperience. No person shall be eligible for appointment as director\nunless he meets the minimum qualification standards established for such\noffice by the commissioner.\n  b. Required training. A person who takes office as director of real\nproperty tax services shall complete the basic course of training\nprescribed by the commissioner within four years after he or she\ncommences his or her term of office. The curriculum of such basic\ntraining course shall include but not be limited to assessment\nadministration; the fundamentals of real property and land appraisal;\nfundamentals of tax mapping; mass appraisal techniques; industrial\nappraisal; exemption administration; tax collection and enforcement; and\nother topics relevant and important to assessing functions; provided,\nhowever, any such person who successfully demonstrates to the\ncommissioner satisfactory competence in the subject matter of the basic\ncourse of training shall not be required to complete the same. Directors\nof real property tax services shall, in addition to the basic course of\ntraining, also complete courses in a continuing training and education\nprogram as shall be prescribed by the commissioner under the provisions\nof this article.\n  c. Orientation. Within one month of commencing a term of office, any\ncounty director who has not obtained commissioner certification pursuant\nto this section shall attend a one day orientation course prescribed by\nthe commissioner. Such orientation course shall be designed to provide\nthe prospective county director with a general knowledge of the\nresponsibilities of the county director and a general understanding of\nthe appropriate state and local government structure. No county director\nshall continue in office or receive compensation where the commissioner\ndetermines that he or she has failed to file with the clerk of the\ncounty a certificate of attendance of the orientation course.\n  d. Interim certification. At least once during each twelve month\nperiod preceding the date by which the commissioner requires permanent\ncertication pursuant to this section, each county director must obtain\nan interim certification from the commissioner. Such interim\ncertification shall evidence satisfactory progress in obtaining\npermanent certification by successful completion of one or more\ncomponents of the required training. The commissioner shall transmit\nsuch interim certificate to the county director and to the appropriate\ncounty clerk for filing.\n  e. Failure to complete required training. (1) Such director of real\nproperty tax services shall not continue in office unless within the\napplicable period specified in paragraph b of this subdivision, he or\nshe shall have filed with the clerk of the county a certificate of the\ncommissioner stating that he or she has completed the basic course of\ntraining and education prescribed by the commissioner. The county\ndirector must also complete prescribed courses in a continuing training\nand education program as required in paragraph b of this subdivision.\n(2) In the event a director does not file such statement, interim\ncertificate, certificate, or a temporary certificate issued pursuant to\nthis paragraph, or does not complete such prescribed courses in a\ncontinuing training and education program, the commissioner shall\nconduct a hearing upon notice to the director and the clerk of the\ncounty for which he serves. If, after such hearing, the commissioner\nfinds that the director has failed to comply with the provisions of this\nsubdivision, such appointment shall be revoked and the appointing\nauthority shall appoint a successor for the balance of the unexpired\nterm, subject to all applicable provisions of this article. Such hearing\nshall be conducted within the county for which the director serves no\nlater than thirty days after delivery of such notice. (3) In the event\nthat a director shall have been unable to enroll in or complete such\nbasic course of training and education for reasons beyond his or her\ncontrol, the commissioner may issue a temporary certificate enabling the\ndirector to continue in office pending completion of such course at the\nearliest date when such course is next available as specified by the\ncommissioner. The temporary certificate shall be filed by the director\nwith the clerk of the county and shall permit the director to continue\nin office for the period set forth therein. Upon the expiration of such\ntemporary certification and after a hearing as hereinabove provided, the\nappointment of the director shall be revoked unless the director has\nfiled a certificate pursuant to this subdivision. The provisions of this\nparagraph with respect to revocation of appointment shall not apply to a\ndirector if upon his or her appointment or reappointment the\ncommissioner certifies that he or she has completed the type of basic\ncourse of training and education which is then prescribed for the\nposition to which he or she is appointed or reappointed.\n  f. Expenses in attending training courses. Notwithstanding the\nprovisions of any other law, the travel and other actual and necessary\nexpenses incurred by a director or a person appointed director for a\nforthcoming term in attending courses of training as required by this\nsubdivision or as approved by the commissioner shall be a state charge\nupon audit by the comptroller. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions\nof this paragraph, if the provider of a training course has asked the\ncommissioner to approve the course for credit only, so that attendees\nwho successfully complete the course would be entitled to receive credit\nwithout having their expenses reimbursed by the state, and the\ncommissioner has agreed to do so, the travel and other actual and\nnecessary expenses incurred by such attendees shall not be a state\ncharge.\n  4. Special provisions for certain counties. In a county which on\nAugust first, nineteen hundred seventy has a county tax commission with\nmembers who serve for five-year overlapping terms and consisting of\nmembers who are required to represent more than one political party and\nhaving powers and duties which include a substantial part of the duties\nassigned by this article to the director of real property tax services\nand substantial additional duties with respect to real property\ntaxation, the chief administrative officer of such commission, whether\nknown as secretary or by some other title, shall exercise and perform\nthe powers and duties assigned and imposed upon the director of real\nproperty tax services under this article, provided that the powers and\nduties assigned to him which are the same as the powers and duties\nassigned to such commission shall be exercised by him under the general\ndirection of the commission. Such chief administrative officer shall\nhave the same term of office as is prescribed in this article for a\ndirector of real property tax services and shall meet all of the\nrequirements provided by this article with respect to qualifications and\ntraining of persons holding the office of director of real property tax\nservices. Nothing in this article shall prohibit such county from\nadopting a local law making this article applicable to such county\nwithout regard to the provisions of this subdivision.\n
N.Y. RPT Law § 718 — New York Code / Act RPT / Article 7 / Title 1 / Section 718
When proceeding deemed abandoned
Status: in_force

§ 718. When proceeding deemed abandoned.  1. Where a proceeding is\ncommenced pursuant to this article to review the assessment of a parcel\nof real property which contains one, two or three family dwelling\nresidential real property, including such dwellings used in part for\nnonresidential purposes, but which are used primarily for residential\npurposes, and farm dwellings, or a parcel of real property which\ncontains residential real property consisting of more than three\ndwelling units held in condominium form of ownership, or a parcel of\nreal property which contains land used in agricultural production which\nis eligible for an agricultural assessment pursuant to section three\nhundred five or three hundred six of the agriculture and markets law,\nwhere the owner of such land has filed an annual application for an\nagricultural assessment, and farm buildings and structures thereon, as\ndefined in subdivision two of section four hundred eighty-three of this\nchapter, or any parcel of real property located in a city with a\npopulation of one million or more, unless a note of issue is filed and\nthe proceeding is placed on the court calendar within four years from\nthe last date provided by law for the commencement of the proceeding,\nthe proceeding thereon shall be deemed to have been abandoned and an\norder dismissing the petition shall be entered without notice and such\norder shall constitute a final adjudication of all issues raised in the\nproceeding, except where the parties otherwise stipulate or a court or\njudge otherwise orders on good cause shown within such four-year period.\n  2. Where a proceeding is commenced pursuant to this article to review\nthe assessment of a parcel of real property which solely contains\nproperty which is not subject to the provisions of subdivision one of\nthis section, a note of issue shall be filed in accordance with this\nsubdivision.\n  (a) Where a real property assessment challenge commenced under this\narticle has been pending for at least two years from the date of the\ncommencement of the proceeding, either party may demand, by serving a\nwritten demand, that the parties file a written appraisal of the\nproperty which is the subject of the proceeding and serve same within\none hundred twenty days of service of such demand. The demand shall be\nin writing and served by personal delivery or certified mail, return\nreceipt requested. Both parties shall thereafter file an appraisal or\nshow good cause as to why such demand cannot be complied with within\nsuch time period. Either party may move to dismiss the proceeding by\nreason of the other party's failure to prosecute the proceeding and file\nthe appraisal pursuant to the demand. Unless the party shows good cause\nfor failing to file the appraisal, the court may in its discretion\neither dismiss or grant the petition and such order shall constitute a\nfinal adjudication of all issues raised in the proceeding.\n  (b) Upon the serving and filing the appraisals pursuant to a demand\nmade under paragraph (a) of this subdivision, the court shall schedule a\nconference with the parties to be held within ninety days to discuss\nsettlement, resolve disclosure and decide other pretrial issues.\n  (c) After completion of the pretrial conference required by this\nsubdivision, the respondent may serve and file a written demand that\npetitioner file a note of issue within thirty days of service of the\ndemand therefor. The demand shall be in writing and served by personal\ndelivery or certified mail, return receipt requested. Should the\npetitioner fail to file a note of issue within thirty days of the\nservice of demand, the proceeding shall be deemed to have been\nabandoned, an order dismissing the petition shall be entered without\nnotice and such order shall constitute a final adjudication of all\nissues raised in the proceeding, unless the court or judge otherwise\norders on good cause shown.\n  (d) Should the respondent fail to demand that the petitioner file a\nnote of issue pursuant to paragraph (c) of this subdivision within four\nyears from the date of the commencement of the proceeding, and a note of\nissue has not otherwise been filed, the proceeding shall be deemed to\nhave been abandoned and an order dismissing the petition shall be\nentered without notice and such order shall constitute a final\nadjudication of all issues raised in the proceeding, except where the\nparties otherwise stipulate or a court or judge otherwise orders on good\ncause shown within such four-year period.\n  3. For purposes of this section a "proceeding" shall include separate\nproceedings involving parcels under common ownership or separate\nproceedings consolidated pursuant to section seven hundred ten of this\ntitle.\n
N.Y. PEN Law § 490.27 — New York Code / Act PEN / Part 4 / Title Y-1 / Article 490 / Section 490.27
Domestic act of terrorism motivated by hate in the second degree
Status: in_force

§ 490.27 Domestic act of terrorism motivated by hate in the second\n           degree.\n  A person is guilty of the crime of domestic act of terrorism motivated\nby hate in the second degree when, acting with the intent to cause the\ndeath of, or serious physical injury to, five or more other persons, in\nwhole or in substantial part because of the perceived race, color,\nnational origin, ancestry, gender, gender identity or expression,\nreligion, religious practice, age, disability, or sexual orientation of\nsuch other persons, regardless of whether that belief or perception is\ncorrect, he or she, as part of the same criminal transaction, attempts\nto cause the death of, or serious physical injury to, such five or more\npersons, provided that the victims are not participants in the criminal\ntransaction.\n  Domestic act of terrorism motivated by hate in the second degree is a\nclass A-I felony.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 279 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 5 / Part 2 / Section 279
Fees
Status: in_force

§ 279. Fees.  A fee of five dollars shall be paid for each public\nlibrarian's certificate or school librarian's certificate issued under\npart two of this article.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 518-A — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 11 / Section 518-A
Supplemental retirement allowance fund
Status: in_force

§ 518-a. Supplemental retirement allowance fund.  The supplemental\nretirement allowance fund shall be the fund from which shall be paid the\nsupplemental retirement allowances provided by section five hundred\nthirty-two of this article.\n
N.Y. LAB Law § 940 — New York Code / Act LAB / Article 32 / Title 1 / Section 940
Rulemaking authority
Status: in_force

§ 940. Rulemaking authority. The commissioner may adopt rules and\nregulations to oversee the practice of mold assessment, remediation and\nabatement and to ensure the health, safety and welfare of the public.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 394 — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 8-B / Section 394
Survivor's benefits
Status: in_force

§ 394. Survivor's benefits.  In the case of the death of any electing\nemployee, after the effective date of this election and before\nretirement, the value of the death benefits provided by the contract or\ncontracts purchased under the optional retirement program which is\nattributable to the state's contribution as determined by the board,\nshall be deemed to be an ordinary death benefit provided under a public\npension plan within the meaning of section one hundred fifty-four of the\ncivil service law.  Notwithstanding the provisions of such section of\nthe civil service law, a survivors benefit payable thereunder on account\nof the death of any electing employee while in the employ of state\nuniversity, after the effective date of such election and before\nretirement, including an employee subject to the provisions of\nsubdivision three of section three hundred ninety-three of this article,\nshall be paid to such person or persons as such employee shall have\nnominated to receive the death benefits provided by the contract or\ncontracts purchased under the optional retirement program.  In the event\nsuch designated beneficiary or beneficiaries do not survive the\nemployee, or if a beneficiary was not so designated, the survivors\nbenefit shall be paid to the deceased employee's estate or as provided\nin section one hundred three-a of the decedent estate law.\n
N.Y. EDN Law § 239-B — New York Code / Act EDN / Title 1 / Article 5 / Part 1 / Section 239-B
Research dogs and cats
Status: in_force

§ 239-b. Research dogs and cats. 1. A higher education research\nfacility that receives public money, including tax-exempt status, or a\nfacility that provides research in collaboration with a higher education\nfacility shall after the completion of any testing or research involving\na dog or cat, assess the health of the dog or cat and determine whether\nit is suitable for adoption. Such facility shall thereafter make\nreasonable efforts to offer for adoption the dog or cat determined to be\nsuitable for adoption, either through private placement or through an\nanimal rescue and shelter organization, a duly incorporated society for\nthe prevention of cruelty to animals, a duly incorporated humane\nsociety, or a duly incorporated animal protective association that\noperates physical animal sheltering facilities and offers household pets\nto the public for adoption by way of an established adoption program,\nprior to euthanizing such dog or cat. Nothing in this section shall\ncreate a duty upon such an organization, association or society to\naccept a dog or cat offered by a higher education research facility for\nadoption.\n  2. A facility that is required to offer dogs or cats for adoption\nunder this section may enter into an agreement with an animal rescue and\nshelter organization, a duly incorporated society for the prevention of\ncruelty to animals, a duly incorporated humane society, or a duly\nincorporated animal protective association that operates physical animal\nsheltering facilities and offers household pets to the public for\nadoption by way of an established adoption program.\n  3. The attending or institutional veterinarian at a facility that is\nrequired to offer dogs or cats for adoption under this section shall\nhave the authority to assess the health of an animal and determine\nwhether an animal is suitable for adoption.\n