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N.Y. GMU Law § 70-A — New York Code / Act GMU / Article 5 / Section 70-A
Liability for expenses incurred in enforcing lawful required payment of moneys to state agencies
Status: in_force

§ 70-a. Liability for expenses incurred in enforcing lawful required\npayment of moneys to state agencies. Notwithstanding any inconsistent\nprovision of this chapter or of any law, general, special or local,\nwhenever any municipal corporation is required by law to provide and pay\nany moneys to a corporate or other agency or instrumentality of the\nstate for a public purpose, any reasonable expenses necessarily incurred\nby such an agency or instrumentality in compelling or enforcing by\njudicial proceeding payment to it of such moneys shall be a charge\nagainst such municipal corporation and such municipal corporation shall\nbe liable therefor and shall pay the amount thereof upon certification\nand approval by the attorney-general, to such agency or instrumentality,\nprovided vouchers therefor, properly certified and approved as required\nby this section, shall be presented to and filed with the chief fiscal\nofficer of the municipal corporation within six months after final\ndetermination of such judicial proceedings in the case of any such\nexpenses hereafter incurred, and in the case of any such expenses\nheretofore incurred within six months after this section as hereby added\ntakes effect.  The provisions of this section shall apply to and in the\ncase of such expenses heretofore incurred subsequent to January first,\nnineteen hundred thirty-two, by such a state agency or instrumentality.\n
N.Y. SCC Law § 242 — New York Code / Act SCC / Article 16 / Section 242
Inhabitants not incompetent; place of trial of actions and proceedings
Status: in_force

§ 242. Inhabitants not incompetent; place of trial of actions and\nproceedings.  Upon the trial of any issue or the prosecution of any\nproceeding, or upon the taking or making of any inquisition, appraisal\nor award, or upon the judicial investigation of any facts whatever, to\nwhich issue, proceedings, inquest, investigation or award the city is a\nparty, or in which the city may, in any way, be interested, no person\nshall be deemed incompetent as a judge, referee, commissioner, witness\nor juror by reason of his being an inhabitant, freeholder or taxpayer of\nthe city. The place of trial of all actions and proceedings against the\ncity, or any of its officers, boards or departments shall be the county\nin which the city is situated.\n
N.Y. GMU Law § 205-C — New York Code / Act GMU / Article 10 / Section 205-C
Payments pending controversies where volunteer firefighters are killed or injured
Status: in_force

§ 205-c. Payments pending controversies where volunteer firefighters\nare killed or injured. In order to provide for the prompt payment of\nbenefits under sections two hundred five and two hundred nine-a of this\narticle, and under the workers' compensation law, where such benefits\nare conceded to be due to any person because of the death of or injuries\nto a volunteer firefighter but controversy exists as to which city,\nvillage, town or fire district is liable for the payment thereof, the\nmunicipalities and districts involved in such controversy and their\ninsurance carriers, if any, may agree that any one or more of such\nmunicipalities or districts or its insurance carrier shall pay the\nbenefits to, or in relation to, the person conceded to be entitled to\nsuch benefits without waiting for a final determination of the\ncontroversy, and may carry out the provisions of such an agreement.\nNotwithstanding any such payment, any party to the agreement may seek a\nfinal determination of the controversy in the same manner as if such\npayment had not been made. After a final determination the parties to\nthe agreement shall make any necessary and proper reimbursement to\nconform to the determination. The term "insurance carrier" as used\nherein shall mean an insurance company, or a county mutual\nself-insurance plan in accordance with subdivision three-a of section\nfifty of the workers' compensation law, or any plan which shall be\nprovided for by law in amendment of or substitution for such a plan.\n
N.Y. TAX Law § 653 — New York Code / Act TAX / Article 22 / Part 4 / Section 653
Signing of returns and other documents
Status: in_force

§ 653. Signing of returns and other documents. (a) General. (1) Any\nreturn, statement or other document required to be made pursuant to this\narticle shall be signed in accordance with regulations or instructions\nprescribed by the commissioner. The fact that an individual's name is\nsigned to a return, statement, or other document, shall be prima facie\nevidence for all purposes that the return, statement or other document\nwas actually signed by him or her.\n  (b) Partnerships. Any return, statement or other document required of\na partnership shall be signed by one or more partners. The fact that a\npartner's name is signed to a return, statement, or other document,\nshall be prima facie evidence for all purposes that such partner is\nauthorized to sign on behalf of the partnership.\n  (1) If a partnership is required to report federal adjustments arising\nfrom a partnership level audit or an administrative adjustment request\npursuant to section six hundred fifty-nine-a of this part, the\npartnership's federal partnership representative is the New York\npartnership representative unless the partnership designates, in a\nmanner determined by the commissioner, that another person shall act on\nbehalf of the partnership.\n  (2) The New York partnership representative shall have the sole\nauthority to act on behalf of the partnership and its direct and\nindirect partners shall be bound by these actions.\n  (c) Certifications. The making or filing of any return, statement or\nother document or copy thereof required to be made or filed pursuant to\nthis article, including a copy of a federal return, shall constitute a\ncertification by the person making or filing such return, statement or\nother document or copy thereof that the statements contained therein are\ntrue and that any copy filed is a true copy.\n
N.Y. CPL Law § 470.40 — New York Code / Act CPL / Part 2 / Title M / Article 470 / Section 470.40
Determination by court of appeals of appeals from intermediate appellate courts; corrective action upon reversal or modification
Status: in_force

§ 470.40  Determination by court of appeals of appeals from intermediate\n             appellate courts; corrective action upon reversal or\n             modification.\n  1.  Upon reversing or modifying an order of an intermediate appellate\ncourt affirming a criminal court judgment, sentence or order, the court\nof appeals must take or direct such corrective action as the\nintermediate appellate court would, pursuant to section 470.20, have\nbeen required or authorized to take or direct had it reversed or\nmodified the criminal court judgment, sentence or order upon the same\nground or grounds.\n  2.  Upon reversing an order of an intermediate appellate court\nreversing or modifying a criminal court judgment, sentence or order upon\nthe ground that questions of law were erroneously determined by the\nintermediate appellate court in favor of the party appellant therein,\nthe court of appeals must take or direct corrective action as follows:\n  (a)  If the facts underlying the original criminal court judgment,\nsentence or order were considered and determined to have been\nestablished by the intermediate appellate court, the court of appeals\nmust reinstate and affirm the original criminal court judgment, sentence\nor order and remit the case to such criminal court for whatever further\nproceedings may be necessary to complete the action or proceedings\ntherein; provided, however, that where such facts were applied to an\nerroneous determination of law, the court of appeals may remit the case\nto the intermediate appellate court for a further determination of the\nfacts;\n  (b)  If the facts underlying the original criminal court judgment,\nsentence or order were not, or are presumed not to have been, considered\nand determined by the intermediate appellate court, the court of appeals\nmust remit the case to such intermediate appellate court for\ndetermination of the facts.\n  3.  Upon modifying an intermediate appellate court order reversing or\nmodifying a criminal court judgment or order, upon the ground that\ncorrective action taken or directed by the intermediate appellate court\nwas illegal, the court of appeals must either (a) itself take or direct\nthe appropriate corrective action or (b) remit the case to the\nintermediate appellate court for appropriate corrective action by the\nlatter.\n
N.Y. LAB Law § 340 — New York Code / Act LAB / Article 12-A / Section 340
Special task force for the apparel industry
Status: in_force

§ 340. Special task force for the apparel industry. Definitions. As\nused in this article, the following terms shall have the following\nmeanings:\n  (a) "Commissioner" shall mean the commissioner of labor;\n  (b) "Department" shall mean the department of labor;\n  (c) "Apparel industry" shall mean the making, cutting, sewing,\nfinishing, assembling, pressing or otherwise producing, by any of the\nforegoing apparel industry services, any men's, women's, children's or\ninfants' apparel, or a section or component of apparel, designed or\nintended to be worn by any individual which is to be sold or offered for\nsale, provided, however, that the apparel industry shall not include\ncleaning or tailoring after the apparel has been sold at retail;\n  (d) "Manufacturer" shall mean any person who (i) in fulfillment or\nanticipation of a wholesale purchase contract, contracts with a\ncontractor to perform in New York state the cutting, sewing, finishing,\nassembling, pressing or otherwise producing any men's, women's,\nchildren's or infants' apparel, or a section or component of apparel,\ndesigned or intended to be worn by any individual which, pursuant to\nsuch contract, is to be sold or offered for sale to a retailer or other\nentity, or (ii) cuts, sews, finishes, assembles, presses or otherwise\nproduces in New York state any men's, women's, children's or infants'\napparel, or a section or component, designed or intended to be worn by\nany individual which is to be sold or offered for sale; provided,\nhowever, that "manufacturer" shall not mean a production employee\nemployed for wages who does not employ others;\n  (e) "Contractor" shall mean any person who, in fulfillment of a\ncontract with a manufacturer, performs in New York state the cutting,\nsewing, finishing, assembling, pressing or otherwise producing any\nmen's, women's, children's or infants' apparel, or a section or\ncomponent of apparel, designed or intended to be worn by any individual\nwhich is to be sold or offered for sale. "Contractor" shall include, but\nnot be limited to, a subcontractor, jobber, or wholesaler, but shall not\ninclude a production employee who is employed for wages but does not\nemploy others;\n  (f) "Production employees" shall mean persons who are employed by a\ncontractor or a manufacturer directly to perform the cutting, sewing,\nfinishing, assembling, pressing or otherwise producing of any men's,\nwomen's, children's or infants' apparel, or a section or component of\napparel, designed or intended to be worn by any individual which is to\nbe sold or offered for sale;\n  (g) "Special task force" shall mean the special task force on the\napparel industry within the department; and\n  (h) "Labor law" shall mean the labor law of New York state.\n  (i) "Retailer" shall mean any mercantile enterprise which sells to\nconsumers or offers to sell to consumers any men's, women's, children's\nor infants' apparel, or a section or component of apparel, designed or\nintended to be worn by any individual consumer.\n
N.Y. LAB Law § 461 — New York Code / Act LAB / Article 16 / Section 461
Record and notice of sales, deliveries or gifts
Status: in_force

§ 461. Record and notice of sales, deliveries or gifts. 1. Every\nperson selling, delivering, giving away or otherwise transferring or\ndisposing of explosives shall keep at his or her principal office or\nplace of business within the state, a record of the transaction,\nincluding the name or type and quantity of the explosive, such\nidentification of the explosive as may be required by the regulations\npromulgated pursuant to this article, the date of each sale, delivery,\ngift, transfer or disposition, the name and business address of the\npurchaser, donee, recipient or person to whom delivered, the number of\nthe license, if such license is required by section four hundred\nfifty-eight of this article, and the name and address of the person\ntaking the explosives away. A report of all such transactions, when\nrequested, shall be submitted to the commissioner. Such record shall be\nopen to inspection by the commissioner or by federal, state and local\nenforcement officers at all times. No person shall have in his or her\npossession any explosives unless he or she has a bill of sale or other\nevidence of title thereto.\n  2. Any provision in this article to the contrary notwithstanding, no\nperson in a city having more than one million inhabitants shall ship or\ntransport or cause to be shipped or transported explosives from such\ncity to any other place within the state, unless such person shall, at\nleast twenty-four hours prior to such shipment, transmit to the\ncommissioner a statement in writing giving the weight, name or brand and\ntype of explosives, the name and address of the person to whom such\nexplosives are to be sold, shipped, transported or delivered and the\ndate thereof. Upon receipt of such statement, the commissioner shall\nprovide immediate written notice of such shipment or transportation of\nexplosives to the mayor of a city having more than one million\ninhabitants, or to the designee of the mayor. No person shall make any\nsuch shipment except to a holder of a license issued hereunder.\n  3. No person within the state shall purchase, receive or accept\ndelivery of explosives from any place outside the state, and no person\nshall bring explosives into the state from any place outside the state,\nunless, he or she is in possession of a valid license issued by the\ncommissioner. The licensee receiving the explosives shall maintain a\nrecord including the weight, name or brand and type of the explosives,\nthe name and address of the shipper and the date of shipment, for a\nperiod of three years from the date of receipt or two years from the\ndate of final disposition of the explosives whichever occurs last.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 2870 — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 28-B / Section 2870
Short title
Status: in_force

§ 2870. Short title. This article shall be known, and may be cited and\nreferred to as the "hospital loan construction law".\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 162 — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 10-B / Section 162
Certain transmission prohibited; method of transmission
Status: in_force

§ 162. Certain transmission prohibited; method of transmission.  No\nsteamship company, express company, or other company and no agent\nthereof, shall receive any money as a depositary. Every such steamship\ncompany, express company, or other company and every agent thereof in\ntransmitting any money received for transmission, shall incorporate in\nthe advice of draft, money order or other instrument by means of which\nsuch money is transmitted a statement showing the amount thereof in\nterms of dollars and cents together with the amount thereof in terms of\nthe money standard of the country to which such money is transmitted.\n
N.Y. PEN Law § 200.15 — New York Code / Act PEN / Part 3 / Title L / Article 200 / Section 200.15
Bribe receiving; no defense
Status: in_force

§ 200.15 Bribe receiving; no defense.\n  1. The crimes of (a) bribe receiving, and (b) larceny committed by\nmeans of extortion, attempt to commit the same, coercion and attempt to\ncommit coercion, are not mutually exclusive, and it is no defense to a\nprosecution for bribe receiving that, by reason of the same conduct, the\ndefendant also committed one of such other specified crimes.\n  2. It is no defense to a prosecution pursuant to the provisions of\nthis article that the public servant did not have power or authority to\nperform the act or omission for which the alleged bribe, gratuity or\nreward was given.\n
N.Y. DOM Law § 220 — New York Code / Act DOM / Article 12 / Section 220
Special proceeding to dissolve marriage on the ground of absence
Status: in_force

§ 220. Special proceeding to dissolve marriage on the ground of\nabsence.  A special proceeding to dissolve a marriage on the ground of\nabsence may be maintained in either of the following cases:\n  1. Where the petitioner is a resident of this state and has been a\nresident thereof for one year immediately preceding the commencement of\nthe special proceeding.\n  2. Where the matrimonial domicile at the time of the disappearance of\nthe absent spouse was within the state.\n
N.Y. ELN Law § 10-126 — New York Code / Act ELN / Article 10 / Section 10-126
Military voting; applicability of general provisions
Status: in_force

§ 10-126. Military voting; applicability of general provisions. The\ngeneral provisions of this chapter shall apply to this article, except\nas they are inconsistent herewith. The provisions of this article shall\nbe liberally construed for the purpose of providing military voters the\nopportunity to vote. The state board of elections shall have power to\nadopt and promulgate regulations to effectuate the provisions of this\narticle.\n
N.Y. DCD Law § 103 — New York Code / Act DCD / Article 4 / Section 103
Petitioner's affidavit
Status: in_force

§ 103. Petitioner's affidavit. An affidavit, in the following form,\nsubscribed and taken by the petitioner, before the county judge, or, in\nthe city of New York, before a justice of the supreme court, must be\nannexed to the schedule:\n  "I, ---------, do swear" (or "affirm," as the case may be,) "that the\nmatters of fact, stated in the schedule hereto annexed, are, in all\nrespects, just and true; that I have not, at any time, or in any manner\nwhatsoever, disposed of or made over any part of my property, not exempt\nby express provision of law from levy and sale by virtue of an\nexecution, for the future benefit of myself or my family, or disposed of\nor made over any part of my property, in order to defraud any of my\ncreditors; and that I have not paid, secured to be paid, or in any way\ncompounded with, any of my creditors, with a view that they or any of\nthem should abstain from opposing my discharge."\n
N.Y. LAB Law § 704-A — New York Code / Act LAB / Article 20 / Section 704-A
Unfair practices; performing arts
Status: in_force

§ 704-a. Unfair practices; performing arts. It shall not be an unfair\nlabor practice for an employer engaged in the performing arts to make an\nagreement with a labor organization, of which performing artists are\nmembers, covering employees engaged in the performing arts, or who, upon\ntheir employment, will be so engaged, because the majority status of\nsuch labor organization has not been established under the provisions of\nthis article or because such agreement requires, as a condition of\nemployment, membership in such labor organization after the seventh day\nfollowing the beginning of such employment or the effective date of such\nagreement, whichever is later. Nothing in this section shall be\nconstrued as to bar any proceeding brought pursuant to section seven\nhundred five of this article.\n
N.Y. STT Law § 204 — New York Code / Act STT / Article 2 / Section 204
Collection and disclosure of personal information
Status: in_force

§ 204. Collection and disclosure of personal information. No state\nagency shall collect personal information concerning a user through a\nstate agency website, or disclose personal information concerning a user\nto any person, firm, partnership, corporation, limited liability company\nor other entity, including internal staff who do not need the\ninformation in the performance of their official duties pursuant to a\nstate agency purpose meeting the requirements of subdivision one of\nsection two hundred six of this article, unless such user has consented\nto the collection or disclosure of such personal information. For the\npurposes of this section, the voluntary disclosure of personal\ninformation to a state agency by a user through a state agency website,\nwhether solicited or unsolicited, shall constitute consent to the\ncollection or disclosure of the information by the state agency for the\npurposes for which the user disclosed it to the state agency, as\nreasonably ascertainable from the nature and terms of the disclosure.\n
N.Y. ISC Law § 2356 — New York Code / Act ISC / Article 23 / Section 2356
Premium change explanations
Status: in_force

* § 2356. Premium change explanations. (a) An insurer shall include a\nnotice accompanying the premium bill that includes the amount of the\npremium increase from the prior policy period and a written explanation\nfor the premium increase, including the primary rating factors causing\nthe increase, for a covered policy as defined in paragraph one and in\nsubparagraph (A) of paragraph two of subsection (a) of section three\nthousand four hundred twenty-five of this chapter, where the total\npolicy premium increase is in excess of ten percent, exclusive of any\npremium increase due to insured value added.\n  (b) (1) Except when an insurer provides an explanation pursuant to\nsubsection (a) of this section, an insurer shall include a prominent\nnotice accompanying the premium bill, for a policy covering a motor\nvehicle or a policy covering loss of or damage to real property used\npredominantly for residential purposes, that states the following:\n"Policyholders receiving an increase to their premiums at renewal may\nrequest a written explanation, including the primary rating factors\ncausing the increase, by contacting their insurers in writing." An\ninsurer shall include its contact information with the prominent notice.\n  (2) Upon a policyholder's written request at policy renewal, an\ninsurer shall provide a written explanation for the increased premiums,\nincluding the primary rating factors causing the increase, for a policy\ncovering a motor vehicle or a policy covering loss of or damage to real\nproperty used predominantly for residential purposes. An insurer shall\nprovide the written explanation to the policyholder, including the\nprimary rating factors causing the increase, within twenty days from\nreceipt of the policyholder's written request.\n  (c) For the purpose of this section, primary rating factors shall\ninclude factors that resulted in a premium rate increase, such as:\n  (1) individual claims history;\n  (2) changes made to the policy, including the policyholder adding or\nreplacing a vehicle, family members being added to the policy, or a\nchange in address;\n  (3) anticipated losses in the rating territory that would require a\nneed for an increased premium; and\n  (4) increased costs associated with claims, including the increased\ncost of vehicle repairs, claims processing, or medical costs.\n  (d) If an insurer offering a private passenger automobile insurance\npolicy reduces premium rates due to the reforms of the state fiscal year\ntwo thousand twenty-six -- two thousand twenty-seven budget, such\ninsurer shall provide notice to the policyholder of this rate reduction\nand indicate that the reduction was due to the reforms of the state\nfiscal year two thousand twenty-six -- two thousand twenty-seven budget.\n  * NB Effective August 24, 2026\n
N.Y. EPT Law § 10-2.1 — New York Code / Act EPT / Article 10 / Part 2 / Section 10-2.1
Power
Status: in_force

§ 10-2.1 Power\n  A power is an authority to do any act in relation to property,\nincluding the creation or revocation of an estate therein or a charge\nthereon, which the donor of the power might himself do, except that the\nterm, as used in this article, does not apply to a power of attorney to\nconvey property in the name of the owner, regulated by other statutes.\n