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N.Y. ENV Law § 28-0103 — New York Code / Act ENV / Article 28 / Section 28-0103
Declaration of purpose
Status: in_force

§ 28-0103. Declaration of purpose.\n  It is the purpose of this article to:\n  1. promote pollution prevention as a means for preventing the risks\nassociated with the use and production of hazardous substances,\nincluding risks to public health and the environment;\n  2. promote pollution prevention as a means for reducing energy and\nresource consumption, and reducing or eliminating the generation of\nhazardous substances, pollution and waste;\n  3. promote implementation of affordable and cost effective methods of\nachieving pollution prevention as means of sustaining and safeguarding\nthe competitive advantage of New York businesses, large and small, and\nadvancing innovation in the reduction of energy and resource consumption\nand the reduction or elimination of hazardous substances, pollution and\nwaste;\n  4. promote voluntary implementation of pollution prevention as a means\nfor meeting the requirements of state or federal environmental laws or\nregulations; and\n  5. promote coordination and cooperation between all federal, state and\nlocal agencies and private organizations administering programs related\nto pollution prevention, energy consumption, resource consumption, the\nuse and generation of hazardous substances, or the generation of waste\nor pollution.\n
N.Y. TRA Law § 44 — New York Code / Act TRA / Article 2-D / Section 44
Officers and employees; compensation and expenses
Status: in_force

§ 44. Officers and employees; compensation and expenses. 1.  When the\noffice of the first chairman of the mass transportation authority\nbecomes vacant, the authority shall select a chairman from among its\nmembers. The Utica transit authority shall select from among its\nmembers, a vice-chairman, and it may employ a general manager, a\nsecretary, technical experts and such other officers, agents, and\nemployees as it may require and determine their qualifications, duties\nand, subject to the approval of the Board of Estimate and Apportionment\nfix their compensation. The Utica transit authority may call upon the\nchief law officer of any municipality or municipalities for such legal\nservices as it may require and it shall reimburse the municipality for\nthe cost of such services, or it may employ its own counsel and legal\nstaff. This section shall not be construed to prevent the Utica transit\nauthority from engaging by contract planning, architectural, engineering\nor other professional or consultant services in the execution of a\nproject.\n  2. The Utica transit authority may delegate to one or more of its\nagents or employees such powers or duties as it may deem proper.\n  3. A member of the Utica transit authority may be compensated at a\nrate to be determined by the Board of Estimate and Apportionment of the\ncity of Utica and in addition shall be entitled to the necessary\nexpenses including traveling expenses incurred in the discharge of his\nduties.\n  4. Every officer, agent or employee of the Utica transit authority who\nshall sign the receipt upon the payroll of the authority as having\nreceived the amount therein mentioned in full payment for services\nrendered by him for the entire time specified in such payroll, or, in\nthe event no payroll receipt is required by the authority, shall endorse\na check in the amount shown upon such payroll and receive payment\nthereof, shall be deemed to have made an accord and satisfaction of all\nclaims against the authority for wages, salary or other compensation due\nto such person from the authority for the period covered by such\npayroll, unless at the time of signing such payroll or endorsing such\ncheck the person receiving such wages or salary shall write legibly on\nthe payroll in connection with his receipt or on such check in\nconnection with his endorsement that the amount received is received\nunder protest, and unless such protest is so written upon such payroll\nor check, no recovery shall be had against the authority upon any\nfurther claim for wages, salaries or other compensation for the period\nof time covered by such payroll.\n
N.Y. LAB Law § 202-I — New York Code / Act LAB / Article 7 / Section 202-I
Leave of absence for military spouses
Status: in_force

§ 202-i. Leave of absence for military spouses. 1. For the purposes of\nthis section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:\n  (a) "Employee" means a person who performs service for hire for an\nemployer, for an average of twenty or more hours per week, and includes\nall individuals employed at any site owned or operated by an employer\nbut shall not include an independent contractor.\n  (b) "Employer" means a person or entity that employs twenty or more\nemployees at at least one site and includes an individual, corporation,\nthe state, county, town, city, school district, public authority or\nother governmental subdivision of any kind.\n  (c) "Period of military conflict" means a period of war declared by\nthe United States Congress, or in which a member of a reserve component\nof the armed forces is ordered to active duty pursuant to sections 12301\nand 12302 of title 10 of the United States Code.\n  2. The spouse of a member of the armed forces of the United States,\nnational guard or reserves who has been deployed during a period of\nmilitary conflict, to a combat theater or combat zone of operations\nshall be allowed up to ten days unpaid leave by their employer. Such\nleave shall only be used when such person's spouse is on leave from the\narmed forces of the United States, national guard or reserves while\ndeployed during a period of military conflict to a combat theater or\ncombat zone of operations.\n  3. An employer shall not retaliate against an employee for requesting\nor obtaining a leave of absence as provided in this section.\n  4. The provisions of this section shall not affect or prevent an\nemployer from providing leave for military spouses in addition to leave\nallowed under any other provision of law. The provisions of this section\nshall not affect an employee's rights with respect to any other employee\nbenefit provided by law.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 229-C — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 13 / Section 229-C
Marking soldered metal sterling or sterling silver
Status: in_force

§ 229-c. Marking soldered metal sterling or sterling silver. Any\nperson, firm, corporation or association who makes or sells, or offers\nto sell or dispose of, or has in his or its possession with intent to\nsell or dispose of, any article of merchandise, whose component parts\nare made of the same metal soldered together, which article is marked,\nstamped, or branded with the words "sterling" or "sterling silver,"\nunless all of said component parts shall contain not less than nine\nhundred and twenty-five one-thousandths parts of pure silver, is guilty\nof a misdemeanor.\n
N.Y. GBS Law § 391-V — New York Code / Act GBS / Article 26 / Section 391-V
Third-party food delivery agreements
Status: in_force

§ 391-v. Third-party food delivery agreements. 1. For the purposes of\nthis section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:\n  (a) "Agreement" means a written contractual agreement between a food\nservice establishment and a third-party food delivery service\nauthorizing the inclusion of the food service establishment's products\non the third-party food delivery platform.\n  (b) "Food service establishment" means a place where food is provided\nfor individual portion service directly to the consumer whether such\nfood is provided free of charge or sold, and whether consumption occurs\non or off the premises or is provided from a pushcart, stand or vehicle.\n  (c) "Third-party food delivery service" means any website, mobile\napplication or other internet service that offers or arranges for the\nsale or delivery of food and beverages prepared by, and the same-day\ndelivery or same-day pickup of food and beverage from, a food service\nestablishment located in the state.\n  (d) "Third-party food delivery platform" means the online or mobile\nplatform of the third-party food delivery service on which a consumer\ncan view products available for sale and place an order for a food\nservice establishment's products.\n  2. (a) A third-party food delivery service shall not list, advertise,\npromote, or sell a food service establishment's products, or arrange for\nthe delivery of an order of such products, on a third-party food\ndelivery platform without a valid agreement with the food service\nestablishment authorizing the inclusion of their products on such\nplatform.\n  (b) An agreement executed in accordance with this section shall not\ninclude a provision, clause, or covenant that requires a food service\nestablishment to indemnify a third-party food delivery service, any\nindependent contractor acting on behalf of the third-party food delivery\nservice, or any registered agent of the third-party food delivery\nservice, for any damages or harm by an act or omission occurring after\nthe food service establishment's product leaves the place of business of\nthe food service establishment. To the extent an agreement contains such\na provision, such provision shall be deemed void and unenforceable.\n  (c) A food service establishment included on a third-party food\ndelivery platform in violation of this section shall have the right to\nbring an action in a court of competent jurisdiction for damages,\npenalties as set forth in this section, and injunctive relief. Such\ncourt, in its discretion, may also award reasonable court costs and\nattorneys' fees.\n  (d) Any person that violates any provision of this section shall be\nsubject to a civil penalty of up to one thousand dollars per violation.\nEach day a food service establishment is included on a third-party food\ndelivery platform and each food service establishment included on a\nthird-party food delivery platform shall be considered a separate\nviolation.\n
N.Y. MHY Law § 15.37 — New York Code / Act MHY / Title C / Article 15 / Section 15.37
Transfer of juvenile delinquents
Status: in_force

§ 15.37 Transfer of juvenile delinquents.\n  (a) The commissioner shall receive and arrange for the admission of\njuvenile delinquents temporarily transferred to his custody pursuant to\nsection 353.4 of the family court act to the appropriate office\nfacility.\n  (b) Immediately upon the admission of a juvenile as a resident\npursuant to this section, the director shall comply with the provisions\nof section 15.07 of this chapter, and the mental hygiene legal service\nshall contact such juvenile and explain and make available the\nfacilities thereof. Any juvenile placed pursuant to this section shall\nbe subject to the provisions of article fifteen of this chapter.\n
N.Y. STF Law § 117 — New York Code / Act STF / Article 7 / Section 117
Statements of accounts not rendered
Status: in_force

§ 117. Statements of accounts not rendered. The comptroller shall\nstate an account against every person who receives moneys belonging to\nthe state for which he does not account when required, charging him with\nthe amount received according to the best information which the\ncomptroller may have in regard thereto, with interest at six per centum\nper annum from the time when the same was due and payable, and shall\ndeliver a certified copy of such account to the attorney-general for\nprosecution, and such certified copy shall be presumptive evidence of\nthe indebtedness of such person to the state for the amount stated\ntherein.  The person against whom an action is brought by the\nattorney-general on any such account, shall be liable for and pay the\ncosts of the action whether final judgment therein shall be against him\nor in his favor, unless he is sued as the representative of the person\noriginally accountable for such moneys.\n
N.Y. JUD Law § 494 — New York Code / Act JUD / Article 15 / Section 494
Attorneys may defend themselves
Status: in_force

§ 494. Attorneys may defend themselves. The last section does not\nprohibit an attorney from defending himself in person, as attorney or as\ncounsel, when prosecuted either civilly or criminally.\n
N.Y. LIE Law § 9 — New York Code / Act LIE / Article 2 / Section 9
Contents of notice of lien
Status: in_force

§ 9. Contents of notice of lien. The notice of lien shall state:\n  1. The name and residence of the lienor; and if the lienor is a\npartnership or a corporation, the business address of such firm, or\ncorporation, the names of partners and principal place of business, and\nif a foreign corporation, its principal place of business within the\nstate.\n  1-a. The name and address of the lienor's attorney, if any.\n  2. The name of the owner of the real property against whose interest\ntherein a lien is claimed, and the interest of the owner as far as known\nto the lienor.\n  3. The name of the person by whom the lienor was employed, or to whom\nhe furnished or is to furnish materials; or, if the lienor is a\ncontractor or subcontractor, the person with whom the contract was made.\n  4. The labor performed or materials furnished and the agreed price or\nvalue thereof, or materials actually manufactured for but not delivered\nto the real property and the agreed price or value thereof.\n  5. The amount unpaid to the lienor for such labor or materials.\n  6. The time when the first and last items of work were performed and\nmaterials were furnished.\n  7. The property subject to the lien, with a description thereof\nsufficient for identification; and if in a city or village, its location\nby street and number, if known; whether the property subject to the lien\nis real property improved or to be improved with a single family\ndwelling or not. A failure to state the name of the true owner or\ncontractor, or a misdescription of the true owner, shall not affect the\nvalidity of the lien. The notice must be verified by the lienor or his\nagent, to the effect that the statements therein contained are true to\nhis knowledge except as to the matters therein stated to be alleged on\ninformation and belief, and that as to those matters he believes it to\nbe true.\n
N.Y. HAY Law § 345-B*3 — New York Code / Act HAY / Article 12 / Section 345-B*3
Portion of the state highway system to be designated as the "Corporal Derick Franklin Brinckerhoff Memorial Highway"
Status: in_force

* § 345-b. Portion of the state highway system to be designated as the\n"Corporal Derick Franklin Brinckerhoff Memorial Highway". All that\nportion of state route eighty-two in the town of Fishkill, county of\nDutchess, shall be designated and known as the "Corporal Derick Franklin\nBrinckerhoff Memorial Highway".\n  * NB There are 4 § 345-b's\n
N.Y. LIE Law § 21-A — New York Code / Act LIE / Article 2 / Section 21-A
Vacating lien for a public improvement, by order of court
Status: in_force

§ 21-a. Vacating lien for a public improvement, by order of court. A\nlien against the amount due or to become due a contractor from the state\nor a public corporation, for the construction or demolition of a public\nimprovement, may be vacated and canceled by an order of the supreme\ncourt. Before such order shall be granted, a notice shall be served upon\nthe lienor personally or, in such manner as the court may direct. Such\nnotice shall require the lienor to commence an action to enforce the\nlien within a time specified in the notice, not less than thirty days\nfrom the time of service, or show cause at a special term of the supreme\ncourt in the judicial district embracing the county wherein the notice\nof lien is filed, at a time and place specified therein, why the notice\nof lien should not be vacated and canceled of record. Proof of such\nservice and that the lienor has not commenced the action to foreclose\nsuch a lien, as directed in the notice, shall be made by affidavit, at\nthe time of applying for such order.\n
N.Y. RPP Law § 415 — New York Code / Act RPP / Article 12 / Section 415
Mortgages, leases and other liens and charges; may be registered
Status: in_force

§ 415. Mortgages, leases and other liens and charges; may be\nregistered. Any mortgage, lease for a term of over one year, contract to\nsell or other instrument intended to create a lien, incumbrance, trust\nor charge on registered property or any right or interest therein, may\nbe registered as herein provided.\n
N.Y. UCC Law § 4-A-104 — New York Code / Act UCC / Article 4-A / Part 1 / Section 4-A-104
Funds Transfer-Definitions
Status: in_force

Section 4-A-104. Funds Transfer-Definitions.\n  In this article:\n  (1) "Funds transfer" means the series of transactions, beginning with\nthe originator's payment order, made for the purpose of making payment\nto the beneficiary of the order. The term includes any payment order\nissued by the originator's bank or an intermediary bank intended to\ncarry out the originator's payment order. A funds transfer is completed\nby acceptance by the beneficiary's bank of a payment order for the\nbenefit of the beneficiary of the originator's payment order.\n  (2) "Intermediary bank" means a receiving bank other than the\noriginator's bank or the beneficiary's bank.\n  (3) "Originator" means the sender of the first payment order in a\nfunds transfer.\n  (4) "Originator's bank" means (a) the receiving bank to which the\npayment order of the originator is issued if the originator is not a\nbank, or (b) the originator if the originator is a bank.\n
N.Y. TWN Law § 122 — New York Code / Act TWN / Article 8 / Section 122
Advertising for bids; letting of contracts
Status: in_force

§ 122. Advertising for bids; letting of contracts. Every officer,\nboard or agency of a town shall let all contracts for public work and\nall purchase contracts to the lowest responsible bidder after\nadvertisement for bids where so required by section one hundred three of\nthe general municipal law.\n
N.Y. RSS Law § 530 — New York Code / Act RSS / Article 14-A / Section 530
Elimination of mandatory retirement
Status: in_force

§ 530. Elimination of mandatory retirement.  a. Notwithstanding any\nprovision of law, code, rule or regulation to the contrary and except as\nprovided in subdivisions b and c hereof, no member of a public\nretirement system or pension fund maintained by the state or a\nmunicipality thereof, nor any employee who was eligible to join such a\npublic retirement system but in lieu thereof elected an optional\nretirement program to which his or her employer is thereby obligated to\ncontribute, shall be required to retire or separate from service on the\nbasis of age.\n  b. This article shall not apply to any member of a retirement plan\nwhich permits immediate retirement upon a specified period of service of\ntwenty-five years or less without regard to age, nor shall this article\napply to any employee serving an employer in a position that, if offered\nto any individual not having been previously employed by any employer\n(as "employer" is defined in this chapter) or by an employer in any of\nthe public retirement systems funded and maintained by a city, would\nqualify any such individual to become a member of a retirement plan\nwhich permits immediate retirement upon a specified period of service of\ntwenty-five years or less without regard to age.\n  c. Nothing contained in this article shall be construed to prohibit\nmandatory retirement or separation from service on the basis of age\nwhere age is a bona fide occupational qualification reasonably necessary\nto the performance of the employee's public duties.\n  d. Nothing contained in this article shall be construed to extend the\ntime limitations on payments authorized by section two hundred seven-a\nof the general municipal law, as such limitations are set forth in\nsubdivisions two and four of such section; nor shall anything in this\narticle be deemed to extend the time limitations on payments authorized\nby section two hundred seven-c of the general municipal law, as such\nlimitations are set forth in subdivision five of such section.\n  e. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary, any\nperson who was employed by the state of New York or a participating\nemployer and who was previously denied membership in the New York state\nand local employees' retirement system based solely on the mandatory\nretirement provisions in effect at the time of commencing employment and\nwho has met all the salary and service credit requirements for a service\nretirement benefit provided by the applicable provisions of this chapter\nshall be entitled to file for a service retirement benefit,\nnotwithstanding the mandatory retirement provisions in effect prior to\nthe effective date of this section, and shall be entitled to receive\nsuch retirement benefit commencing the day after his or her public\nemployment ceased.\n
N.Y. CPL Law § 710.60 — New York Code / Act CPL / Part 3 / Title T / Article 710 / Section 710.60
Motion to suppress evidence; procedure
Status: in_force

§ 710.60 Motion to suppress evidence; procedure.\n  1. A motion to suppress evidence made before trial must be in writing\nand upon reasonable notice to the people and with opportunity to be\nheard. The motion papers must state the ground or grounds of the motion\nand must contain sworn allegations of fact, whether of the defendant or\nof another person or persons, supporting such grounds.  Such allegations\nmay be based upon personal knowledge of the deponent or upon information\nand belief, provided that in the latter event the sources of such\ninformation and the grounds of such belief are stated. The people may\nfile with the court, and in such case must serve a copy thereof upon the\ndefendant or his counsel, an answer denying or admitting any or all of\nthe allegations of the moving papers.\n  2. The court must summarily grant the motion if:\n  (a) The motion papers comply with the requirements of subdivision one\nand the people concede the truth of allegations of fact therein which\nsupport the motion; or\n  (b) The people stipulate that the evidence sought to be suppressed\nwill not be offered in evidence in any criminal action or proceeding\nagainst the defendant.\n  3. The court may summarily deny the motion if:\n  (a) The motion papers do not allege a ground constituting legal basis\nfor the motion; or\n  (b) The sworn allegations of fact do not as a matter of law support\nthe ground alleged; except that this paragraph does not apply where the\nmotion is based upon the ground specified in subdivision three or six of\nsection 710.20.\n  4. If the court does not determine the motion pursuant to subdivisions\ntwo or three, it must conduct a hearing and make findings of fact\nessential to the determination thereof. All persons giving factual\ninformation at such hearing must testify under oath, except that unsworn\nevidence pursuant to subdivision two of section 60.20 of this chapter\nmay also be received. Upon such hearing, hearsay evidence is admissible\nto establish any material fact.\n  5. A motion to suppress evidence made during trial may be in writing\nand may be litigated and determined on the basis of motion papers as\nprovided in subdivisions one through four, or it may, instead, be made\norally in open court. In the latter event, the court must, where\nnecessary, also conduct a hearing as provided in subdivision four, out\nof the presence of the jury if any, and make findings of fact essential\nto the determination of the motion.\n  6. Regardless of whether a hearing was conducted, the court, upon\ndetermining the motion, must set forth on the record its findings of\nfact, its conclusions of law and the reasons for its determination.\n