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N.Y. GMU Law § 556 — New York Code / Act GMU / Article 15-A / Section 556
Disposition of property
Status: in_force

§ 556. Disposition of property. 1. An agency may sell, lease for a\nterm not exceeding ninety-nine years, or otherwise dispose of any real\nproperty and appurtenances thereto or any interest therein acquired by\nit pursuant to section five hundred fifty-five of this article, to any\nperson, firm or corporation at the highest marketable price or rental at\npublic auction or by sealed bids.\n  2. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision one of this section,\nsuch real property and appurtenances thereto may be sold, leased for a\nterm of not exceeding ninety-nine years or otherwise disposed of for the\neffectuation of any of the purposes of an urban renewal program in\naccordance with the urban renewal plan pursuant to the provisions of\nsubdivision two of section five hundred seven of article fifteen of this\nchapter.\n  3. Any deed, lease or instrument by which real property and\nappurtenances thereto, or air rights and concomitant easements or other\nrights of user necessary for the use and development of such air rights\nover streets, alleys, highways or other public rights of way, railway or\nsubway tracks, bridge or tunnel approaches or entrances, or other\nsimilar facilities, or air rights sites and necessary sitework, the\nfoundations and platforms constructed or to be constructed in connection\ntherewith, or any interest therein is conveyed or disposed of pursuant\nto this section shall contain provisions requiring the purchaser, lessee\nor grantee to replan, clear, rehabilitate, restore, renew, conserve,\nimprove, reconstruct or redevelop such property in accordance with the\nurban renewal plan, as approved by the governing body, and within a\ndefinite and reasonable period of time, subject to the terms of the\ncontract relating thereto between the agency and the sponsor and\nprovisions insuring the use of such real property for purposes\nconsistent with such urban renewal plan.\n  4. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this article or article\nfifteen of this chapter and notwithstanding any provision of any\ngeneral, special or local law, such real property and appurtenances\nthereto may be sold, leased for a term not exceeding ninety-nine years,\nexchanged with or otherwise disposed of, for the effectuation of any of\nthe purposes of the urban renewal program in accordance with the urban\nrenewal plan, to any municipal corporation, school district, fire\ndistrict, housing authority, the state of New York, or the government of\nthe United States and any agency or department thereof, for a valuable\nconsideration and upon such terms and conditions as shall be approved by\nthe governing body of the municipality, without public auction or sealed\nbids or public notice.\n
N.Y. RPP Law § 391 — New York Code / Act RPP / Article 12 / Section 391
Final orders conclusive; to be entered and docketed as a judgment
Status: in_force

§ 391. Final orders conclusive; to be entered and docketed as a\njudgment. No final order or judgment of registration shall be made,\nunless the court is satisfied that the title to be registered\naccordingly is free from reasonable doubt. The final order entered upon\nan application for registration is deemed to be a final judgment and may\nbe entered and docketed and enforced as a final judgment in an action.\nBefore the final order can be docketed, an enrollment must be filed\nthereupon as the judgment roll in an action, as provided in section\nthree hundred and ninety-three of this chapter. The judgment and any\norder made and entered in a proceeding under this act shall, except as\nherein otherwise provided, be forever binding and conclusive upon the\nstate of New York and all persons in the world, whether mentioned and\nserved with the said notice specifically by name, or included in the\ndescription, "all other persons, if any, having any right or interest\nin, or liens upon, the property affected by this proceeding, or any part\nthereof." It shall not be an exception to such conclusiveness that any\nsuch person is an infant, mentally ill or is under any other disability\nor is not yet in being.\n
N.Y. TAX Law § 1439-M*2 — New York Code / Act TAX / Article 31-A-2*2 / Section 1439-M*2
Apportionment
Status: in_force

* § 1439-m. Apportionment. A local law adopted by the town of Chatham,\npursuant to this article, shall provide for a method of apportionment\nfor determining the amount of tax due whenever the real property or\ninterest therein is situated within and without the town.\n  * NB Repealed December 31, 2027\n  * NB There are 3 § 1439-m's\n
N.Y. PBB Law § 90 — New York Code / Act PBB / Article 4-D / Section 90
Definitions
Status: in_force

§ 90. Definitions. As used in this article:\n  1. "Authority" shall mean the power authority of the state of New York\nestablished under title one of article five of the public authorities\nlaw.\n  2. "Decarbonization" and "decarbonize" means eliminating all on-site\ncombustion of fossil-fuels and associated co-pollutants with the\nexception of back-up emergency generators and redundant systems needed\nto address public health, safety and security, providing heating and\ncooling through thermal energy, and thermal energy networks, from\nnon-combustion sources, and to the greatest extent feasible producing\non-site electricity that is one hundred percent renewable.\n  3. "Highest-emitting facilities" means state-owned facilities that are\namong the highest producers of greenhouse gas emissions and collectively\naccount for at least thirty percent of the greenhouse gas emissions as\nrecorded by the authority's Build Smart NY program established pursuant\nto Executive Order 88 of 2012.\n  4. "Thermal energy" shall have the meaning provided in subdivision\ntwenty-eight of section two of the public service law.\n  5. "Thermal energy network" shall have the same meaning as defined in\nsubdivision twenty-nine of section two of the public service law.\n  6. "State energy research and development authority" shall mean the\nNew York state energy research and development authority established\nunder title nine of article eight of the public authorities law.\n  7. "State-owned facilities" or "facilities" includes "building" as\ndefined by section eighty-one of this chapter, "dormitory" as defined by\nsection three hundred seventy of the education law, and "facility" as\ndefined by section three hundred seventy of the education law.\n
N.Y. AGM Law § 404 — New York Code / Act AGM / Article 26-A / Section 404
License refusal, suspension, or revocation
Status: in_force

§ 404. License refusal, suspension, or revocation. The commissioner\nmay decline to grant or renew or may suspend or revoke a pet dealer\nlicense, on any one of the following grounds:\n  1. Material misstatement in the license application.\n  2. Material misstatement in or falsification of records required to be\nkept pursuant to this article, or under any regulation promulgated\nthereunder, or failure to allow the commissioner or his or her\nauthorized agents to inspect records or pet dealer facilities.\n  3. Violation of any provision of this article or conviction of a\nviolation of any provision of article twenty-six of this chapter or\nregulations promulgated thereunder pertaining to humane treatment of\nanimals, cruelty to animals, endangering the life or health of an\nanimal, or violation of any federal, state, or local law pertaining to\nthe care, treatment, sale, possession, or handling of animals or any\nregulation or rule promulgated pursuant thereto relating to the\nendangerment of the life or health of an animal.\n  4. Before any license shall be suspended or revoked, the commissioner,\nor any hearing officer he or she may designate, shall hold a hearing,\nupon due notice to the licensee, in accordance with any regulations\npromulgated by the department and in accordance with articles three and\nfour of the state administrative procedure act. Where a licensee has\nthree consecutive inspections in which the licensee has failed to\ncorrect deficiencies of a critical nature, pursuant to this section, the\ncommissioner shall hold a hearing to consider the suspension or\nrevocation of the pet dealer license. Nothing in this section shall\nprohibit the commissioner from taking additional actions as otherwise\npermitted by this section regarding such licenses prior to the\noccurrence of three consecutive inspections in which the licensee has\nfailed to correct deficiencies of a critical nature.\n  5. Any action of the commissioner shall be subject to judicial review\nin a proceeding under article seventy-eight of the civil practice law\nand rules.\n
N.Y. VIL Law § 15-1500 — New York Code / Act VIL / Article 15 / Section 15-1500
Acquisition of lands for cemeteries
Status: in_force

§ 15-1500. Acquisition of lands for cemeteries. The board of cemetery\ncommissioners of a village may, in behalf of the village, accept by\ngift, grant or devise thereto, land for one or more village cemeteries\nwithin the village, or wholly within five miles of the boundaries\nthereof. The board of trustees may, by unanimous vote, adopt a\nresolution to purchase for such purpose, any lands so located, which\nresolution must specify the maximum amount to be paid therefor and the\nmode of raising such amount; provided, however, that if the lands to be\npurchased are within the village and are to be used for park purposes\nsuch resolution may be adopted by majority vote. If the resolution be\nadopted, the board of cemetery commissioners may purchase such lands\naccordingly, or if unable to agree with the owners for the purchase\nthereof, may acquire the title thereto pursuant to the provisions of the\neminent domain procedure law. All lands acquired by gift, grant, devise\nor purchase for a village cemetery shall be a part of the territory of\nthe village, and upon the acquisition of same, a map and description\nthereof shall be filed in the office of the village clerk and if located\noutside of the village, in the office of the secretary of state.\n
N.Y. CNT Law § 651 — New York Code / Act CNT / Article 17 / Section 651
Appointment of person to act as sheriff in certain cases
Status: in_force

§ 651. Appointment of person to act as sheriff in certain cases.  When\na vacancy shall occur in the office of sheriff, and there be no\nundersheriff to perform the duties, the county judge shall designate and\nappoint some suitable and proper resident of the county to perform the\nduties of sheriff until a new sheriff is elected or appointed and has\nqualified. The designation shall be in writing and filed and recorded in\nthe office of the county clerk. The county clerk shall notify the person\nso designated of such designation, and within ten days thereafter, an\nofficial undertaking shall be furnished in the same amount and approved\nin the same manner as that of the sheriff. If such undertaking be not\nfurnished, the county judge shall designate another person in the same\nmanner.\n
N.Y. PEN Law § 190.50 — New York Code / Act PEN / Part 3 / Title K / Article 190 / Section 190.50
Unlawful collection practices
Status: in_force

§ 190.50 Unlawful collection practices.\n  A person is guilty of unlawful collection practices when, with intent\nto enforce a claim or judgment for money or property, he knowingly\nsends, mails or delivers to another person a notice, document or other\ninstrument which has no judicial or official sanction and which in its\nformat or appearance, simulates a summons, complaint, court order or\nprocess, or an insignia, seal or printed form of a federal, state or\nlocal government or an instrumentality thereof, or is otherwise\ncalculated to induce a belief that such notice, document or instrument\nhas a judicial or official sanction.\n  Unlawful collection practices is a class B misdemeanor.\n
N.Y. PML Law § 429 — New York Code / Act PML / Article 4 / Section 429
Quarter horse racing defined
Status: in_force

§ 429. Quarter horse racing defined. The term "quarter horse racing",\nas used in this article, shall be construed to mean only horse racing in\nwhich the horses participating are mounted by a jockey and are\nregistered by the American Quarter Horse Association.\n
N.Y. ENV Law § 55-0103 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 55 / Section 55-0103
Legislative findings
Status: in_force

§ 55-0103. Legislative findings.\n  The legislature finds that:\n  1. The scientific evidence of groundwater contamination is mounting;\n  2. Such contamination, once it occurs, is often irreversible;\n  3. Within this area subject to sole source aquifer designation, due to\ntheir particular rate of recharge and associated hydrogeological\nconditions, certain groundwater recharge watershed areas are\nparticularly critical for the maintenance of large volumes of high\nquality groundwater for long periods of time;\n  4. In the face of mounting cases of groundwater contamination from\ntoxic organic compounds, nutrients, salts and other pollutants, the\nstate needs a program for the designation, protection and management of\nspecial groundwater protection areas;\n  5. It is desirable to maintain natural vegetative and hydrogeologic\nconditions in special groundwater protection areas;\n  6. Prevention of the contamination of high quality groundwater and the\nprotection of special groundwater protection areas costs substantially\nless than measures to mitigate harm following contamination; and\n  7. There is a demonstrated need to protect, preserve and enhance the\nland and water resources of special groundwater protection areas through\na new program which combines the capabilities and resources of the\nlocal, state and federal governments and the private sector.\n  8. Some of the nonpoint source control strategies developed for the\nspecial groundwater protection areas can be used to minimize further\ncontamination in developed deep aquifer recharge areas.\n
N.Y. BSC Law § 1311 — New York Code / Act BSC / Article 13 / Section 1311
Termination of existence
Status: in_force

§ 1311. Termination of existence.\n  When an authorized foreign corporation is dissolved or its authority\nor existence is otherwise terminated or cancelled in the jurisdiction of\nits incorporation or when such foreign corporation is merged into or\nconsolidated with another foreign corporation, a certificate of the\nsecretary of state, or official performing the equivalent function as to\ncorporate records, of the jurisdiction of incorporation of such foreign\ncorporation attesting to the occurrence of any such event or a certified\ncopy of an order or decree of a court of such jurisdiction directing the\ndissolution of such foreign corporation, the termination of its\nexistence or the cancellation of its authority shall be delivered to the\ndepartment of state. The filing of the certificate, order or decree\nshall have the same effect as the filing of a certificate of surrender\nof authority under section 1310 (Surrender of authority). The secretary\nof state shall continue as agent of the foreign corporation upon whom\nprocess against it may be served in the manner set forth in paragraph\n(b) of section 306 (Service of process), in any action or special\nproceeding based upon any liability or obligation incurred by the\nforeign corporation within this state prior to the filing of such\ncertificate, order or decree and he or she shall promptly cause a copy\nof any such process to be mailed by certified mail, return receipt\nrequested, to such foreign corporation at the post office address on\nfile in his or her office specified for such purpose or a notice of the\nfact that process against such foreign corporation has been served on\nhim or her to be emailed to the foreign corporation at the email address\non file in his or her office specified for such purpose. The post office\naddress and/or email address may be changed by signing and delivering to\nthe department of state a certificate of change setting forth the\nstatements required under section 1309-A (Certificate of change;\ncontents) to effect a change in the post office address and/or email\naddress under subparagraph (a) (7) or (10) of section 1308 (Amendments\nor changes).\n
N.Y. LAB Law § 145 — New York Code / Act LAB / Article 4 / Section 145
Criminal penalties
Status: in_force

§ 145. Criminal penalties. Any person who knowingly violates any\nprovision of this article and any officer or agent of a corporation who\nknowingly permits the corporation to violate any such provisions shall\nbe guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction therefor shall be\npunished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or imprisonment\nfor not more than sixty days or by both such fine and imprisonment for a\nfirst offense, or by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars or\nimprisonment for not more than one year, or by both such fine and\nimprisonment for a second or subsequent offense.\n
N.Y. PEP Law § 508 — New York Code / Act PEP / Article 11 / Section 508
Administration by the attorney general
Status: in_force

§ 508. Administration by the attorney general. The attorney general\nmay make rules and regulations necessary for the administration of this\narticle; provided, however, that such rules and regulations shall not\nattempt to regulate or characterize rental-purchase agreements as a\nsecurity interest, credit sale, retail installment sale, conditional\nsale or any other form of consumer credit that imputes to a\nrental-purchase agreement the creation of a debt or extension of credit,\nnor shall such rules and regulations require the disclosure of a\npercentage rate calculation, including a time-price differential, an\nannual percentage rate, or an effective annual percentage rate.\n
N.Y. LIE Law § 7 — New York Code / Act LIE / Article 2 / Section 7
Liability for advance payments, collusive mortgages and incumbrances
Status: in_force

§ 7. Liability for advance payments, collusive mortgages and\nincumbrances. Any payment by the owner, contractor or subcontractor upon\na contract for the improvement of real property, made prior to the time\nwhen, by the terms of the contract, such payment becomes due, for the\npurpose of avoiding the provisions of this article, shall be of no\neffect as against the lien of a subcontractor, laborer, or materialman\nunder such contract, created before such payment actually becomes due. A\nconveyance, mortgage, lien or incumbrance made by an owner of real\nproperty, for the purpose of avoiding the provisions of this article,\nwith the knowledge or privity of the person to whom the conveyance is\nmade or in whose favor the mortgage, lien or incumbrance is created,\nshall be void and of no effect as against a claim on account of the\nimprovement of such real property, existing at the time of the making of\nthe conveyance or the creation of such mortgage, lien or incumbrance.\n  Nothing in this chapter shall subject the title of a purchaser of real\nproperty for value whose conveyance is recorded prior to the filing of a\nlien pursuant to this chapter to any such lien, provided the instrument\nof conveyance contains the provisions mentioned in subdivision five of\nsection thirteen.\n
N.Y. AGM Law § 160-C — New York Code / Act AGM / Article 13-A / Section 160-C
Retail sale by grade or quality; fresh eggs; definition
Status: in_force

§ 160-c. Retail sale by grade or quality; fresh eggs; definition.  It\nshall be unlawful for any person to sell, or offer to sell or expose for\nsale to a consumer any eggs intended for human consumption other than\nthose of his own production without notifying by suitable sign or label\nthe person or persons purchasing or intending to purchase the same of\nthe exact grade or quality of such eggs, according to the standards\nprescribed by the commissioner of agriculture and markets.\n  No person shall sell, offer for sale, or advertise for sale as fresh\neggs, strictly fresh eggs, hennery eggs, or new-laid eggs, or under\nwords or descriptions of similar import, any eggs which are not fresh.\nNo egg shall be deemed to be fresh which does not meet the standards of\nquality of fresh eggs established by the commissioner of agriculture and\nmarkets.\n
N.Y. PBS Law § 66-Q — New York Code / Act PBS / Article 4 / Section 66-Q
Gas and electric billing information for residential rental premises
Status: in_force

§ 66-q. Gas and electric billing information for residential rental\npremises. Every gas corporation, electric corporation and municipality\nshall make available to any landlord or lessor of residential rental\npremises, within ten days of receipt of a written request therefor from\nany prospective tenant or lessee thereof, prior to the commencement of\ntenancy or execution of a lease, information consisting of the charges\nincurred at such premises for gas or electric service or both for the\nlife of the dwelling unit or the preceding two year period, whichever is\nshorter. Such information shall be identified solely by the address of\nthe dwelling unit, and no other information identifying the owner,\nlessee, or other occupant of the dwelling unit shall be utilized for, or\nmade available in connection with, the furnishing of billing information\npursuant to this section. Such information shall be furnished to both\nthe landlord or lessor and to the prospective tenant or lessee without\nthe imposition of any charge or fee therefor by any party to any party.\n
N.Y. LAB Law § 341-A — New York Code / Act LAB / Article 12-A / Section 341-A
Unlawfully manufactured apparel
Status: in_force

§ 341-a. Unlawfully manufactured apparel. The commissioner shall have\nthe power to affix to any article of apparel or component thereof, in\nthe manufacture or assembly of which any employee was employed in\nviolation of article six or nineteen of this chapter, a tag of no more\nthan six inches in length bearing the words "unlawfully manufactured."\nAny person other than the commissioner, the commissioner's duly\nauthorized representative or consumer of such article of apparel or\ncomponent thereof who removes, alters, defaces or otherwise interferes\nwith such a tag shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.\n
N.Y. CVP Law § 5250 — New York Code / Act CVP / Article 52 / Section 5250
Arrest of judgment debtor
Status: in_force

§ 5250. Arrest of judgment debtor.  Upon motion of the judgment\ncreditor without notice, where it is shown that the judgment debtor is\nabout to depart from the state, or keeps himself concealed therein, and\nthat there is reason to believe that he has in his possession or custody\nproperty in which he has an interest, the court may issue a warrant\ndirected to the sheriff of any county in which the judgment debtor may\nbe located. The warrant shall command the sheriff to arrest the judgment\ndebtor forthwith and bring him before the court. The sheriff shall serve\na copy of the warrant and the papers upon which it was based upon the\njudgment debtor at the time he makes the arrest. When the judgment\ndebtor is brought before the court, the court may order that he give an\nundertaking, in a sum to be fixed by the court, that he will attend\nbefore the court for examination and that he will obey the terms of any\nrestraining notice contained in the order.\n