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N.Y. RPT Law § 1604 — New York Code / Act RPT / Article 16 / Section 1604
Board of directors constituted
Status: in_force

§ 1604. Board of directors constituted. 1. A consolidated assessing\nunit shall be administered by a board of directors consisting of at\nleast four members, each of whom shall be appointed by the governing\nbody of a constituent municipality. Each constituent municipality shall\nhave at least one appointee on such board. If the local laws\nestablishing the consolidated assessing unit so provide, the constituent\nmunicipalities need not have the same number of appointees. The board of\ndirectors shall meet at least once in each calendar quarter.\n  2. No director shall be an employee of a constituent municipality, but\na director may be an elected official of a constituent municipality. No\ndirector shall receive any salary or other compensation from the\nconsolidated assessing unit, but a director shall be entitled to\nreimbursement for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the\nperformance of his or her duties as a director.\n  3. Each director shall take an oath of office prior to service as a\ndirector. The term of office of a director shall be two years.\n  4. (a) The board of directors shall choose from among themselves a\nchairperson, a secretary and, if deemed necessary, a vice-chairperson,\nwho shall serve in such capacity at the pleasure of the board.\n  (b) The chairperson shall preside over meetings of the board of\ndirectors, and shall forward to the directors relevant information,\nincluding materials necessary to prepare for meetings.\n  (c) The secretary shall provide for public notice of the time and\nplace of each meeting, shall keep full and accurate records of each\nmeeting, shall file a copy of such minutes in the office or offices of\nthe assessor so that they are available for public inspection, shall\nfurnish a copy of such minutes and other relevant materials to the\nconstituent municipalities, and shall accept service of legal process,\nincluding service of a petition to review an assessment pursuant to\nsection seven hundred eight of this chapter.\n  (d) The directors may appoint an assistant who shall perform such\nduties as are necessary to enable directors to properly and efficiently\ncarry out the provisions of this article. The compensation of such\nassistant shall be set by the constituent municipalities when approving\nthe operating budget for the consolidated assessing unit.\n  (e) The vice-chairperson shall act on behalf of the chairperson in the\nevent that the chairperson is absent or unable to perform his or her\nduties.\n
N.Y. DOM Law § 11-B — New York Code / Act DOM / Article 3 / Section 11-B
Registration of persons performing marriage ceremonies in the city of New York
Status: in_force

§ 11-b. Registration of persons performing marriage ceremonies in the\ncity of New York.  Every person authorized by law to perform the\nmarriage ceremony, before performing any such ceremonies in the city of\nNew York, shall register his or her name and address in the office of\nthe city clerk of the city of New York.  Every such person, before\nperforming any marriage ceremonies subsequent to a change in his or her\naddress, shall likewise register such change of address.  Such city\nclerk is hereby empowered to cancel the registration of any person so\nregistered upon satisfactory proof that the registration was fraudulent,\nor upon satisfactory proof that such person is no longer entitled to\nperform such ceremony.\n
N.Y. PEP Law § 420 — New York Code / Act PEP / Article 10 / Section 420
Guaranties to sellers of liabilities of buyers under retail instalment contracts
Status: in_force

§ 420. Guaranties to sellers of liabilities of buyers under retail\ninstalment contracts. (a) No guaranty given to the seller or to the\nseller and the seller's assignee of the liabilities of a buyer under a\nretail instalment contract shall be valid unless the guaranty is\nincorporated in or endorsed on the contract or identifies the contract\nand specifies the time balance thereof. A copy of the guaranty and the\ncontract to which it relates shall be given or mailed to the guarantor\nupon or immediately after the execution and delivery of the guaranty by\nthe guarantor. As used in this section, "retail instalment contract" and\n"contract" include a retail instalment obligation and a retail\ninstalment contract as defined in the motor vehicle retail instalment\nsales act, constituting article nine of this chapter. This section does\nnot apply to a guaranty made by a seller or a holder of a retail\ninstalment contract.\n  (b) No guaranty given to the seller or to the seller and the seller's\nassignee of the liabilities of a buyer under a retail instalment\ncontract shall relate to any future retail instalment contracts.\n
N.Y. CCA Law § 2102 — New York Code / Act CCA / Article 21 / Section 2102
Civil practice; general provisions; CPLR applicable
Status: in_force

§ 2102. Civil practice; general provisions; CPLR applicable. The CPLR\nand other provisions of law relating to practice and procudure in the\nsupreme court, notwithstanding reference by name or classification\ntherein to any other court, shall apply in this court as far as the same\ncan be made applicable and are not in conflict with this act.\n
N.Y. EXC Law § 296-D — New York Code / Act EXC / Article 15 / Section 296-D
Unlawful discriminatory practices relating to non-employees
Status: in_force

§ 296-d. Unlawful discriminatory practices relating to non-employees.\nIt shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice for an employer to\npermit unlawful discrimination against non-employees in its workplace.\nAn employer may be held liable to a non-employee who is a contractor,\nsubcontractor, vendor, consultant or other person providing services\npursuant to a contract in the workplace or who is an employee of such\ncontractor, subcontractor, vendor, consultant or other person providing\nservices pursuant to a contract in the workplace, with respect to an\nunlawful discriminatory practice, when the employer, its agents or\nsupervisors knew or should have known that such non-employee was\nsubjected to an unlawful discriminatory practice in the employer's\nworkplace, and the employer failed to take immediate and appropriate\ncorrective action. In reviewing such cases involving non-employees, the\nextent of the employer's control and any other legal responsibility\nwhich the employer may have with respect to the conduct of the person\nwho engaged in the unlawful discriminatory practice shall be considered.\n
N.Y. RPP Law § 342 — New York Code / Act RPP / Article 9-C / Section 342
Certain covenants, conditions, and restrictions of homeowners' associations prohibited
Status: in_force

§ 342. Certain covenants, conditions, and restrictions of homeowners'\nassociations prohibited. 1. Definitions. For the purposes of this\nsection:\n  (a) "restriction on use" means any covenant, restriction, or condition\ncontained in:\n  (i) a deed;\n  (ii) a contract;\n  (iii) the by-laws of a homeowners' association;\n  (iv) any rules or regulations adopted by a homeowners' association;\n  (v) a security agreement; or\n  (vi) any other instrument affecting the transfer or sale of, or any\ninterest in, real property.\n  (b) "solar power system" means a photovoltaic system, comprising of\nsolar electric generating equipment, installed on a rooftop, with a\nrated capacity of not more than twenty-five kilowatts.\n  2. A homeowners' association may not adopt or enforce any rules or\nregulations that would effectively prohibit, or impose unreasonable\nlimitations on, the installation or use of a solar power system. A\nrestriction on use which effectively prohibits the installation or use\nof a solar power system is unenforceable and shall be void as contrary\nto public policy. For the purposes of this subdivision, an unreasonable\nlimitation includes, but is not limited to, any restriction on use that:\n  (a) inhibits the solar power system from functioning at its intended\nmaximum efficiency; or\n  (b) increases the solar power system's installation or maintenance\ncosts by an amount which is estimated to be greater than ten percent of\nthe total cost of the initial installation of the solar power system,\nincluding the costs of labor and equipment.\n  3. Notwithstanding subdivision two of this section, a homeowners'\nassociation may adopt or enforce a restriction on use to prohibit the\ninstallation of a solar power system that is located on property owned\nby the homeowners' association or that is located on property owned in\ncommon by the members of the homeowners' association.\n  4. Any denial of a homeowner's installation of a solar power system by\na homeowners' association must include a detailed description of the\nexact basis for rejection in writing with specific examples of the\nhomeowners' association's concerns, if applicable.\n  5. A solar power system must meet the requirements established by any\nlocal, state or federal law, rule or regulation on health and safety\nstandards and those requirements imposed by state and local permitting\nauthorities.\n
N.Y. GCT Law § 1 — New York Code / Act GCT / Article 1 / Section 1
Short title
Status: in_force

§ 1. Short title. This chapter shall be known as the "General City\nLaw."\n
N.Y. FCT Law § 228 — New York Code / Act FCT / Article 2 / Part 2 / Section 228
Cooperation by banks and other fiduciary institutions
Status: in_force

§ 228. Cooperation by banks and other fiduciary institutions.  Banks\nand other fiduciary institutions are authorized and required to report\nto the court, when so requested, full information relative to any fund\ntherein deposited by a petitioner or respondent in a proceeding under\narticles four or five of this act.\n
N.Y. CVP Law § 7702 — New York Code / Act CVP / Article 77 / Section 7702
Verified account accompanying petition
Status: in_force

§ 7702. Verified account accompanying petition. A petition by a\ntrustee praying that his intermediate or final account be judicially\nsettled shall be accompanied by an account verified in the form required\nby section twenty-two hundred nine of the surrogate's court procedure\nact.\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 75-0119 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 75 / Section 75-0119
Implementation reporting
Status: in_force

§ 75-0119. Implementation reporting.\n  1. The department in consultation with the council shall, not less\nthan every four years after the promulgation of regulations pursuant to\nsection 75-0109 of this article, publish a report which shall include\nrecommendations regarding the implementation of greenhouse gas reduction\nmeasures.\n  2. The report shall, at minimum, include:\n  a. Whether the state is on track to meet the statewide greenhouse gas\nemissions limits established in section 75-0107 of this article.\n  b. An assessment of existing regulations and whether modifications are\nneeded to ensure fulfillment of the statewide greenhouse gas emissions\nlimits.\n  c. An overview of social benefits from the regulations or other\nmeasures, including reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and\ncopollutants, diversification of energy sources, and other benefits to\nthe economy, environment, and public health.\n  d. An overview of compliance costs for regulated entities and for the\ndepartment and other state agencies.\n  e. Whether regulations or other greenhouse gas reduction measures\nundertaken are equitable, minimize costs and maximize the total benefits\nto the state, and encourage early action.\n  f. Whether activities undertaken to comply with state regulations\ndisproportionately burden disadvantaged communities as identified\npursuant to section 75-0111 of this article.\n  g. An assessment of local benefits and impacts of any reductions in\nco-pollutants related to reductions in statewide and local greenhouse\ngas emissions.\n  h. An assessment of disadvantaged communities' access to or community\nownership of the services and commodities identified in section six of\nthe chapter of the laws of two thousand nineteen which added this\narticle.\n  i. Whether entities that have voluntarily reduced their greenhouse gas\nemissions prior to the implementation of this article receive\nappropriate credit for early voluntary reductions.\n  j. Recommendations for future regulatory and policy action.\n  3. In preparing this report, the department shall, at a minimum,\nconsult with the council, and the climate justice working group\nestablished in section 75-0111 of this article.\n  4. The report shall be published and posted on the department's\nwebsite.\n
N.Y. GMU Law § 72-M*2 — New York Code / Act GMU / Article 5 / Section 72-M*2
Emergency transportation plans
Status: in_force

* § 72-m. Emergency transportation plans. Within sixty days after this\nsection becomes law any transportation authority and any city, county or\nmunicipality operating a public transportation system and any county\nwithin the geographical territory of any transportation authority shall\nprepare and publicize a plan for transportation to be followed in the\nevent mass transportation services are discontinued due to a labor\ndispute, fire, accident, flood, storm or any other emergency, provided,\nhowever, that in the case of the five counties comprising the city of\nNew York such plan shall be filed by the city of New York. Such plan\nshall designate the persons responsible for its implementation and shall\nprovide for designation of emergency routes for vehicular traffic,\nmaximum utilization of existing and emergency parking and alternative\nmass transportation facilities and such other matters as such\ntransportation authority, city, county or municipality shall determine\nappropriate.\n  A plan and any amendment thereto, prepared pursuant to the provisions\nof this section shall be filed with the department of transportation at\nits Albany office. The department shall examine the plan and determine\nits feasibility. The plan shall be made available to any and all\npersons, corporations, departments and agencies necessary to enable\ntimely publication and implementation in the event of any such\nemergency.\n  * NB There are 2 § 72-m's\n
N.Y. TAX Law § 630-H — New York Code / Act TAX / Article 22 / Part 2 / Section 630-H
New York state campaign finance fund check-off
Status: in_force

§ 630-h. New York state campaign finance fund check-off. (a) For each\ntaxable year beginning on and after January first, two thousand twenty,\nevery resident taxpayer whose New York state income tax liability for\nthe taxable year for which the return is filed is forty dollars or more\nmay designate on such return that forty dollars be paid into the New\nYork state campaign finance fund established by section ninety-two-t of\nthe state finance law. Where a husband and wife file a joint return and\nhave a New York state income tax liability for the taxable year for\nwhich the return is filed is eighty dollars or more, or file separate\nreturns on a single form, each such taxpayer may make separate\ndesignations on such return of forty dollars to be paid into the New\nYork state campaign finance fund. The contribution shall not reduce the\namount of state tax owed by such taxpayer.\n  (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all revenue\ncontributed pursuant to this section shall be credited to the New York\nstate campaign finance fund, established pursuant to section\nninety-two-t of the state finance law.\n  (c) The commissioner shall include space on the personal income tax\nreturn to enable a taxpayer to make such contribution for a tax year\nbeginning on or after January first, two thousand twenty.\n
N.Y. ABC Law § 106-A — New York Code / Act ABC / Article 8 / Section 106-A
Notice of arrest and convictions
Status: in_force

§ 106-a. Notice of arrest and convictions. 1. When an arrest for\ngambling activity, illicit drug activity, prostitution activity, or for\na breach of the peace or for a crime of a violent nature, or for a crime\nof weapons possession occurs or where the activity or crime has taken\nplace in a licensed premises, the arresting agency shall notify in\nwriting, the authority and the district attorney of the county in which\nthe licensed premises are located within two weeks of the arrest and set\nforth therein the name of the arrestee, the date of the arrest, the time\nof the arrest, the exact place of the arrest, the name of the licensee,\nthe name and address of the licensed premises, the offense or offenses\nallegedly committed by the arrestee, the factual circumstances of the\narrest, the name or names of the arresting officer, and such other\ninformation as may reasonably be required by the authority.\n  2. Such district attorney shall maintain a written record of all\nnotices forwarded as required by subdivision one of this section and\nwhere the arrestee named in said notice is convicted of either the\noffense charged or a lesser included offense as defined by the penal\nlaw, the district attorney shall so notify the authority in writing. In\naddition, where a person is convicted of a violation of paragraph (b) of\nsubdivision one of section sixty-five-b of this chapter or of a\nviolation of subdivision one of section sixty-five of this chapter, the\ndistrict attorney shall promptly notify the authority of such conviction\nin writing and shall include in such notification the information\nrequired to be provided pursuant to subdivision one of this section.\n
N.Y. GMU Law § 219-N — New York Code / Act GMU / Article 11-AAA / Section 219-N
Benefits
Status: in_force

§ 219-n. Benefits. 1. The benefit payable under a service award\nprogram shall be the actuarial equivalent of an annual payment for life\nin one of the following amounts as selected by the sponsor:\n  (a) sixty dollars per year of ambulance service;\n  (b) one hundred twenty dollars per year of ambulance service;\n  (c) one hundred eighty dollars per year of ambulance service;\n  (d) two hundred forty dollars per year of ambulance service; or\n  (e) three hundred sixty dollars per year of ambulance service.\n  2. Service awards shall be paid in the form of a lump sum, a life\nannuity with or without survivor benefits, a period certain annuity, or\nany other form provided under the program, provided, that all forms of\npayment shall be actuarially equivalent to each other. The program may\nlimit the forms of payment or impose conditions concerning the\navailability of a form of payment.\n  3. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a participant shall\nbe entitled to apply for and receive a service award only when the\nparticipant has acquired a nonforfeitable right to a service award and\nhas reached entitlement age.\n  4. In the event that a participant becomes totally and permanently\ndisabled, as certified by the workers' compensation board or other\ncompetent authority approved by the administrator, and the disability\nprevents the participant from pursuing his or her normal occupation, the\nparticipant shall be entitled to apply for and receive a service award,\nregardless of whether the participant has reached entitlement age or has\nacquired a nonforfeitable right to a service award.\n  5. In the event of the death of a participant who has acquired a\nnonforfeitable right to a service award, the beneficiaries designated by\nthe participant or, if no beneficiaries have been so designated, the\nparticipant's estate, shall be entitled to apply for and receive a lump\nsum death benefit, regardless of whether the participant reached\nentitlement age before death. Such benefit shall be equal to the lump\nsum equivalent of the service award earned by the participant at the\ndate of death, provided that the benefit provided pursuant to this\nsubdivision shall not be paid following commencement of payment of a\nservice award.\n  6. A service award shall be paid only after an application is made to\nthe program administrator and the administrator approves the\napplication.\n  7. No service award may be assigned or alienated except to provide for\nthe legally obligated support of minor children or a spouse.\n  8. Payment of a service award shall not impair any rights of volunteer\nambulance workers under the volunteer ambulance workers' benefit law or\nany other law.\n
N.Y. SCP Law § 2206 — New York Code / Act SCP / Article 22 / Section 2206
Compulsory account and related relief; proceedings thereupon 1
Status: in_force

§ 2206. Compulsory account and related relief; proceedings thereupon\n  1. A petition to compel an account made pursuant to 2205 may request\nmultiple relief (a) pursuant to 711 and 719 to suspend and/or remove a\nfiduciary who fails to appear on the return date of process or fails to\nfile an account within such time and in such manner as directed by the\ncourt; (b) to appoint, immediately, an eligible person to succeed a\nfiduciary whose letters have been suspended or revoked; and (c) to take\nand state an account on behalf of a fiduciary who fails to account and\nprocure its settlement.\n  2. On the presentation of a petition made pursuant to 2205 or when so\ndirected by the court, process, including a summary statement of any\nproposed stated account, shall issue to the fiduciary accordingly and on\nthe return thereof if the fiduciary fails to appear or to file an\naccount or to show good cause to the contrary or to present a petition\nas prescribed in 2208 the court may by order direct the fiduciary to\naccount within the time and in the manner directed by the court, to\ncause process to issue requiring all persons necessary to be served\nunder 2210 to show cause why the account should not be judicially\nsettled, cause such process to be served upon such persons and that the\nfiduciary attend before the court from time to time for the purpose of\nthe settlement of the account. In addition, the order may (a)\nimmediately suspend the letters of a fiduciary who fails to appear on\nthe return date of process or who fails to file an account within such\ntime and in such manner as directed by the court, (b) immediately\nappoint an eligible person to succeed a fiduciary whose letters are\nsuspended, (c) schedule a hearing for the modification or revocation of\nthe letters of a fiduciary whose letters are suspended, and (d) schedule\na hearing to take and state an account on behalf of a fiduciary who\nfails to file an account and procure its settlement. Such order shall\nalso direct the issuance of supplemental process to such persons\nentitled to notice on an application to suspend, modify or revoke a\nfiduciary's letters, to appoint a successor fiduciary or to settle a\nfiduciary's account.\n  3. The pendency of a proceeding against a fiduciary to compel an\naccounting does not preclude the fiduciary from presenting a petition as\nprescribed in 2208. If such petition is presented on or before the\nreturn of process as prescribed herein, process issued thereon need not\nbe directed to the petitioner who compelled the accounting, and the two\nproceedings must be consolidated.\n  4. After hearing the proofs of the parties the court may take and\nstate the account and make such order or decree as justice shall\nrequire, notwithstanding the failure or refusal of the fiduciary to file\nsuch account and procure its settlement.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 742 — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 35-B / Section 742
Action for recovery of damages by consumer
Status: in_force

§ 742. Action for recovery of damages by consumer. Any consumer\ninjured by a violation of this article or by the breach by an automobile\nbroker business of a contract which has been entered into pursuant to\nsection seven hundred thirty-nine of this article may bring an action\nfor recovery of damages. Judgment shall be entered in favor of a\nconsumer in an amount not to exceed three times the actual damages, but\nin no case less than the amount paid by the buyer to the automobile\nbroker business. The court may award reasonable attorney's fees to a\nprevailing plaintiff.\n