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N.Y. MHY Law § 41.41 — New York Code / Act MHY / Title E / Article 41 / Section 41.41
Rights of persons with developmental disabilities
Status: in_force

§ 41.41 Rights of persons with developmental disabilities.\n  1. Each person who resides in a community residence has the same basic\nand legal rights as all other persons of the same age. Such rights are\nin no way diminished by the fact that such persons who have a\ndevelopmental disability live in a community residence.\n  2. In order to ensure that such residents are able to lead a life of\ndignity, the commissioner shall include in rules and regulations\npromulgated for community residence a statement of the rights of persons\nliving in such community residences which shall include, but not be\nlimited to:\n  (a) The right to request an alternative residential setting, either a\nnew residence or change in roommates, and to be involved in decisions\nregarding such changes.\n  (b) The right to privacy, and sufficient space for personal\nbelongings.\n  (c) The right to receive visits by families, friends and guardians and\nto make such visits; such right includes the right to privacy during\nsuch visits.\n  (d) The right to receive and send communications freely.\n  (e) The right to be free from physical or psychological restraints or\npressure, subject to the provisions of section 33.04 of this chapter.\n  (f) The right to engage in appropriate activities although some risk\nmay be involved.\n  (g) The right to a balanced and nutritious diet.\n  (h) The right to appropriate medical and dental care and the right,\neither personally or through parents or guardians, in the choice of\nphysician and dentist.\n  (i) The right to appropriate clothing for age and season, and the\nright to be involved in the selection.\n  (j) The right to meaningful and productive activities within his or\nher capacity.\n  (k) The right to be informed regularly of their financial status and\nto be provided assistance in the use of their resources, as appropriate.\n  (l) The right to the use of their personal money and property.\n  (m) The right of access to meaningful recreation and community\nprograms, and the right to participate in the planning of such\nactivities.\n  (n) The right to participate in the religion of their choice, on an\nindividual as well as a group basis.\n  (o) The right to receive assistance and guidance from staff.\n  (p) The right to vote; and the right to participate in activities that\neducate persons with developmental disabilities in their civic\nresponsibilities.\n  (q) The right to participate with staff in the establishment of house\nrules.\n  (r) The right of the resident, their parents or guardians, to be\ninformed of the resident's rights under law and regulation, and the\nguaranty that such rights shall not be abridged.\n  (s) The right of the residents, their parents or guardians to express\ngrievances, concerns and suggestions, without fear of reprisal.\n
N.Y. FIS Law § 103 — New York Code / Act FIS / Article 1 / Section 103
Explanation of order of provisions
Status: in_force

§ 103. Explanation of order of provisions. In this financial services\nlaw, the provisions have been divided in descending order of\napplication, with illustrations, as follows:\nArticle 1\n  Section 101\n    Subsection (a)\n      Paragraph (1)\n        Subparagraph (A)\n          Item (i)\n            Clause (I)\n              Subitem (aa)\n                Subclause (aaa)\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 240 — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 14 / Section 240
Definitions
Status: in_force

§ 240. Definitions. When used in this article,\n  1. "Aircraft" means any contrivance, now or hereafter invented, for\navigation of or flight in the air, except a parachute or other\ncontrivance designed for use, and carried primarily for safety\nequipment.\n  2. "Avigation" means the steering, directing or managing of an\naircraft, in or through the air; and such term is here used as a\nsubstitute for "aerial navigation."\n  3. "Operating aircraft" means performing the services of aircraft\npilot.\n  4. "Landing area" means any locality either of land or water,\nincluding airports and intermediate landing fields, which is used or\nintended to be used for the landing and take-off of aircraft, whether or\nnot facilities are provided for shelter, servicing or repair of aircraft\nor for receiving or discharging passengers or cargo.\n  5. "Airport" means any landing area used regularly by aircraft for\nreceiving or discharging passengers or cargo; or for the landing and\ntake-off of aircraft being used for personal or training purposes.\n  6. "Acrobatic flying" means maneuvers not necessary for normal flight\nand intentionally performed by an aircraft, involving an abrupt change\nin its attitude, an abnormal attitude or an abnormal acceleration.\n  7. "Administrator of the federal aviation agency" means the\nadministrator of the federal aviation agency of the United States.\n  8. "Airplane" means a mechanically propelled aircraft, the support of\nwhich in flight is derived dynamically from the reaction on surfaces in\na fixed position relative to the aircraft but in motion relative to the\nair.\n  9. "Control zone" means an airspace of defined dimensions extending\nupwards from the surface of the ground and including one or more\nairports and designated as such by the administrator of the federal\naviation agency.\n  10. "Flight visibility" means the average horizontal distance that\nprominent objects may be seen from the cockpit.\n  11. "Helicopter" means an aircraft, the support of which in the air is\nnormally derived from airfoils mechanically rotated about an\napproximately vertical axis.\n
N.Y. PEN Law § 35.05 — New York Code / Act PEN / Part 1 / Title C / Article 35 / Section 35.05
Justification; generally
Status: in_force

§ 35.05 Justification; generally.\n  Unless otherwise limited by the ensuing provisions of this article\ndefining justifiable use of physical force, conduct which would\notherwise constitute an offense is justifiable and not criminal when:\n  1. Such conduct is required or authorized by law or by a judicial\ndecree, or is performed by a public servant in the reasonable exercise\nof his official powers, duties or functions; or\n  2. Such conduct is necessary as an emergency measure to avoid an\nimminent public or private injury which is about to occur by reason of a\nsituation occasioned or developed through no fault of the actor, and\nwhich is of such gravity that, according to ordinary standards of\nintelligence and morality, the desirability and urgency of avoiding such\ninjury clearly outweigh the desirability of avoiding the injury sought\nto be prevented by the statute defining the offense in issue.  The\nnecessity and justifiability of such conduct may not rest upon\nconsiderations pertaining only to the morality and advisability of the\nstatute, either in its general application or with respect to its\napplication to a particular class of cases arising thereunder. Whenever\nevidence relating to the defense of justification under this subdivision\nis offered by the defendant, the court shall rule as a matter of law\nwhether the claimed facts and circumstances would, if established,\nconstitute a defense.\n
N.Y. HAY Law § 344-B*4 — New York Code / Act HAY / Article 12 / Section 344-B*4
Portion of the state highway system to be designated as the "John Stow Vietnam Veterans and MIA Memorial Bridge"
Status: in_force

* § 344-b. Portion of the state highway system to be designated as the\n"John Stow Vietnam Veterans and MIA Memorial Bridge". The bridge across\ninterstate route eighty-six on state route three hundred ninety-four, in\nthe town of North Harmony, county of Chautauqua, shall be designated and\nknown as the "John Stow Vietnam Veterans and MIA Memorial Bridge".\n  * NB There are 8 § 344-b's\n
N.Y. PML Law § 219 — New York Code / Act PML / Article 2 / Section 219
Advertising or promotional material
Status: in_force

§ 219. Advertising or promotional material. Notwithstanding any other\nprovision of law, rule or regulation nothing herein shall be deemed to\nauthorize the stewards or the commission to promulgate any rule or\nregulation that would prohibit a jockey from wearing any advertising or\npromotional material on his or her clothing. The wearing of such\nadvertising or promotional material shall be permitted only when the\nowner of a horse for whom such jockey is riding provides the jockey with\nprior written authorization. Notwithstanding the foregoing, when a\ncorporation, company or any other entity sponsors a race or race day at\nany franchised corporation or any racing association or corporation,\nsuch racing association may prohibit a jockey from wearing advertising\nmaterial that represents a competitor of such sponsoring corporation,\ncompany or other entity.\n
N.Y. HAY Law § 342-M — New York Code / Act HAY / Article 12 / Section 342-M
Portion of the state highway system to be designated and known as the "Central Adirondack Trail"
Status: in_force

§ 342-m. Portion of the state highway system to be designated and\nknown as the "Central Adirondack Trail". All that portion of the state\nhighway system beginning at the Hudson River Bridge on route nine\nbetween the village of Glens Falls and the city of Glens Falls,\ncontinuing north on route nine to Lake George; continuing north from\nLake George on route nine through Warrensburg; continuing northwest from\nWarrensburg on routes nine and twenty-eight through North Creek and\nNorth River to Indian Lake; continuing west from Indian Lake on routes\ntwenty-eight and thirty to Blue Mountain Lake; continuing southwest on\nroute twenty-eight from Blue Mountain Lake through Inlet, Eagle Bay, Old\nForge and Thendara to Woodgate; continuing southwest from Woodgate on\nroute twenty-eight through Forestport to Alder Creek; continuing south\nfrom Alder Creek on routes twenty-eight and twelve to Barneveld;\ncontinuing southwest from Barneveld on route three hundred sixty-five\nthrough Holland Patent to Rome, terminating at the route forty-six,\nsixty-nine, forty-nine overlap in Rome.\n
N.Y. GMU Law § 209-Z — New York Code / Act GMU / Article 10 / Section 209-Z
Annual independent audits
Status: in_force

§ 209-z. Annual independent audits. 1. Notwithstanding any provision\nof general or special law to the contrary, any fire company with\nrevenues of four hundred thousand dollars, or such lesser amount as the\nstate comptroller shall designate, that contracts with a city, town,\nvillage or fire district to provide fire service shall obtain an annual\naudit of its records by an independent certified public accountant or an\nindependent public accountant. Such audit shall be an examination of the\nrevenues and expenditures in connection with such contract or contracts.\nSuch audit shall indicate whether the fire company has filed Internal\nRevenue Service Form 990 and any report required pursuant to section\nthirty-three-a of this chapter. If such filings are required and have\nnot been made, the audit shall include an examination of all revenues,\nexpenditures and resources from any source. For purposes of this\nsection, the term "fire company" shall have the same meaning as set\nforth for such term in section three of the volunteer firefighters'\nbenefit law.\n  2. A copy of the audit report in the form prescribed by the state\ncomptroller and certified by the accountant shall be furnished to the\nentity, and the municipal corporation with which the entity contracts,\nwithin one hundred eighty days following the end of the fiscal year\naudited.\n
N.Y. UJC Law § 1908-A — New York Code / Act UJC / Article 19 / Section 1908-A
Disbursement where service of process by mail is not acknowledged
Status: in_force

§ 1908-a. Disbursement where service of process by mail is not\n            acknowledged.\n  In any action where service of process is made by mail pursuant to\nCPLR 312-a, and where the signed acknowledgement of receipt is not\nreturned within thirty (30) days after receipt of the documents mailed\npursuant to that section, the reasonable expense of serving process by\nan alternative method shall be taxed by the court as a disbursement,\npayable to the party serving process, if that party is awarded costs in\nthe action or proceeding.\n
N.Y. COR Law § 189 — New York Code / Act COR / Article 7 / Section 189
Disposition of moneys paid to prisoner for his labor
Status: in_force

§ 189. Disposition of moneys paid to prisoner for his labor. The\namount of such compensation to the credit of any prisoner may be drawn\nby the prisoner during his imprisonment, only upon approval of the\ncommissioner to aid dependent relatives of such prisoner, or for such\nother purposes as the commissioner may approve. Such disbursement to aid\na dependent relative of a prisoner may be made without the consent of\nsuch prisoner upon the certificate of the commissioner of welfare, or\nother officer performing the duties of a commissioner of welfare, of the\ncommunity in which such dependent is located. Any balance to the credit\nof any prisoner at the time of his conditional release as provided by\nthis chapter shall be subject to the draft of the prisoner in such\namounts and at such times as the commissioner shall approve; provided,\nhowever, that at the date of absolute discharge of any prisoner the\nbalance as aforesaid shall be paid to such prisoner.\n
N.Y. DOM Law § 71 — New York Code / Act DOM / Article 5 / Section 71
Special proceeding or habeas corpus to obtain visitation rights in respect to certain infant siblings
Status: in_force

§ 71. Special proceeding or habeas corpus to obtain visitation rights\nin respect to certain infant siblings. Where circumstances show that\nconditions exist which equity would see fit to intervene, a brother or\nsister or, if he or she be a minor, a proper person on his or her behalf\nof a child, whether by half or whole blood, may apply to the supreme\ncourt by commencing a special proceeding or for a writ of habeas corpus\nto have such child brought before such court, or may apply to the family\ncourt pursuant to subdivision (b) of section six hundred fifty-one of\nthe family court act; and on the return thereof, the court, by order,\nafter due notice to the parent or any other person or party having the\ncare, custody, and control of such child, to be given in such manner as\nthe court shall prescribe, may make such directions as the best interest\nof the child may require, for visitation rights for such brother or\nsister in respect to such child.\n
N.Y. PBG Law § 92 — New York Code / Act PBG / Article 5 / Section 92
Real estate tax for debt service
Status: in_force

§ 92. Real estate tax for debt service.  If a city issues its\nobligations for any project or to raise funds to loan in aid of a\nproject, such city may levy an ad valorem tax on real estate to the\nextent that revenues derived in any year from taxes levied pursuant to\nthis chapter, together with revenues from the project or projects aided\nby the proceeds of any such obligations shall become insufficient to\nprovide fully for the payment of principal and interest in that year\nupon obligations issued for either or both purposes.\n
N.Y. GAS Law § 12 — New York Code / Act GAS / Article 3 / Section 12
Action or proceeding by unincorporated association
Status: in_force

§ 12.  Action or proceeding by unincorporated association.  An action\nor special proceeding may be maintained, by the president or treasurer\nof an unincorporated association to recover any property, or upon any\ncause of action, for or upon which all the associates may maintain such\nan action or special proceeding, by reason of their interest or\nownership therein, either jointly or in common.  An action may likewise\nbe maintained by such president or treasurer to recover from one or more\nmembers of such association his or their proportionate share of any\nmoneys lawfully expended by such association for the benefit of such\nassociates, or to enforce any lawful claim of such association against\nsuch member or members.\n
N.Y. PBH Law § 2994-J — New York Code / Act PBH / Article 29-CC / Section 2994-J
Revocation of consent
Status: in_force

§ 2994-j. Revocation of consent. 1. A patient, surrogate, or parent or\nguardian of a minor patient may at any time revoke his or her consent to\nwithhold or withdraw life-sustaining treatment by informing an attending\npractitioner or a member of the medical or nursing staff of the\nrevocation.\n  2. An attending practitioner informed of a revocation of consent made\npursuant to this section shall immediately:\n  (a) record the revocation in the patient's medical record;\n  (b) cancel any orders implementing the decision to withhold or\nwithdraw treatment; and\n  (c) notify the hospital staff directly responsible for the patient's\ncare of the revocation and any cancellations.\n  3. Any member of the medical or nursing staff, other than a nurse\npractitioner or physician assistant, informed of a revocation made\npursuant to this section shall immediately notify an attending\npractitioner of the revocation.\n
N.Y. ELN Law § 6-152 — New York Code / Act ELN / Article 6 / Section 6-152
Vacancies caused by death or disqualification and unfilled at time of primary election
Status: in_force

§ 6-152. Vacancies caused by death or disqualification and unfilled at\ntime of primary election. If a vacancy shall occur in a designation of a\ncandidate for nomination or election at a primary election, caused by\nthe death or disqualification of a candidate subsequent to noon of the\nseventh day before the primary election and prior to the closing of the\npolls, such vacancy shall not be filled and the votes cast for such\ndeceased or disqualified candidate shall be canvassed and counted, and,\nif he shall receive a plurality of the votes cast, another candidate may\nthereafter be nominated or the vacancy filled as provided by law or the\nrules of the party.\n
N.Y. ISC Law § 308 — New York Code / Act ISC / Article 3 / Section 308
Special reports
Status: in_force

§ 308. Special reports.  (a) (1) The superintendent may also address\nto any health maintenance organization, life settlement provider, life\nsettlement intermediary or its officers, or any authorized insurer or\nrate service organization, or officers thereof, any inquiry in relation\nto its transactions or condition or any matter connected therewith.\nEvery corporation or person so addressed shall reply in writing to such\ninquiry promptly and truthfully, and such reply shall be, if required by\nthe superintendent, subscribed by such individual, or by such officer or\nofficers of a corporation, as the superintendent shall designate, and\naffirmed by them as true under the penalties of perjury.\n  (2) In the event any corporation or person does not provide a good\nfaith response to an inquiry from the superintendent pursuant to this\nsection relating to accident insurance, health insurance, accident and\nhealth insurance or health maintenance organization coverage or with\nrespect to life settlements, within a time period specified by the\nsuperintendent of not less than fifteen business days, the\nsuperintendent is authorized to levy a civil penalty, after notice and\nhearing, against such corporation or person not to exceed five hundred\ndollars per day for each day beyond the date specified by the\nsuperintendent for response, but in no event shall such penalty exceed\nseven thousand five hundred dollars.\n  (b) In addition to the other reports required by this article, the\nsuperintendent may also require the filing of quarterly or other\nstatements, which shall be in such form and shall contain such matters\nas the superintendent shall prescribe.\n  (c) The superintendent shall ensure that any contracts entered into,\nmodified, extended or in any way made or continued with an organization\nor administrator to receive, distribute and otherwise administer funds\nfor the pools specified in section eighteen of chapter two hundred\ntwenty-six of the laws of nineteen hundred eighty-six and sections three\nthousand two hundred thirty-three, four thousand three hundred\ntwenty-one-a and four thousand three hundred twenty-seven of this\nchapter, shall require such organization or pool administrator to submit\nthe reports required pursuant to section two hundred six of the public\nhealth law at the time and in the format and manner specified in such\nsection.\n
N.Y. BSC Law § 713 — New York Code / Act BSC / Article 7 / Section 713
Interested directors
Status: in_force

§ 713. Interested directors.\n  (a) No contract or other transaction between a corporation and one or\nmore of its directors, or between a corporation and any other\ncorporation, firm, association or other entity in which one or more of\nits directors are directors or officers, or have a substantial financial\ninterest, shall be either void or voidable for this reason alone or by\nreason alone that such director or directors are present at the meeting\nof the board, or of a committee thereof, which approves such contract or\ntransaction, or that his or their votes are counted for such purpose:\n  (1) If the material facts as to such director's interest in such\ncontract or transaction and as to any such common directorship,\nofficership or financial interest are disclosed in good faith or known\nto the board or committee, and the board or committee approves such\ncontract or transaction by a vote sufficient for such purpose without\ncounting the vote of such interested director or, if the votes of the\ndisinterested directors are insufficient to constitute an act of the\nboard as defined in section 708 (Action by the board), by unanimous vote\nof the disinterested directors; or\n  (2) If the material facts as to such director's interest in such\ncontract or transaction and as to any such common directorship,\nofficership or financial interest are disclosed in good faith or known\nto the shareholders entitled to vote thereon, and such contract or\ntransaction is approved by vote of such shareholders.\n  (b) If a contract or other transaction between a corporation and one\nor more of its directors, or between a corporation and any other\ncorporation, firm, association or other entity in which one or more of\nits directors are directors or officers, or have a substantial financial\ninterest, is not approved in accordance with paragraph (a), the\ncorporation may avoid the contract or transaction unless the party or\nparties thereto shall establish affirmatively that the contract or\ntransaction was fair and reasonable as to the corporation at the time it\nwas approved by the board, a committee or the shareholders.\n  (c) Common or interested directors may be counted in determining the\npresence of a quorum at a meeting of the board or of a committee which\napproves such contract or transaction.\n  (d) The certificate of incorporation may contain additional\nrestrictions on contracts or transactions between a corporation and its\ndirectors and may provide that contracts or transactions in violation of\nsuch restrictions shall be void or voidable by the corporation.\n  (e) Unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation or\nthe by-laws, the board shall have authority to fix the compensation of\ndirectors for services in any capacity.\n
N.Y. UJC Law § 2301 — New York Code / Act UJC / Article 23 / Section 2301
Effective date
Status: in_force

§ 2301. Effective date.\n  This act shall take effect September first, nineteen hundred\nsixty-seven, except that subdivision (e) of § 2300 shall take effect\nimmediately.\n