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NY Exec L § 163-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 7 - Miscellaneous Provisions 163-A - Contracts With Green Thumb Environmental Beautification, Incorporated.

§  163-a.  Contracts  with  Green  Thumb Environmental Beautification,   Incorporated. Each state department, agency, board,  bureau,  commission   or  other  unit  performing governmental functions for the state, within   amounts  appropriated  therefor,   may   contract   with   Green   Thumb   Environmental  Beautification,  Incorporated,  a  nonprofit organization   that is organized for the purpose of  environmental  beautification  and   employs  persons  fifty-five  years  of age or older whose annual income   does not exceed: (1) two hundred fifty percent of the  non-farm  federal   poverty  level  applicable to a family of one (as defined and updated by   the federal department of health and human services) for  an  individual   living alone or in another person's home; or (2) four hundred percent of   the  non-farm  federal  poverty  level applicable to a family of one (as   defined and updated by  the  federal  department  of  health  and  human   services)  for  a  couple  living alone or in another person's home. The   contract shall name the organization, the amount and manner of  payments   for the service to be rendered, nature of such service, the rendering of   a  verified  account  of  the  disbursements  with verified or certified   vouchers therefor attached, a refund of  any  unused  amount,  and  such   other conditions upon the use thereof as may be deemed proper.
NY Exec L § 164 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 7 - Miscellaneous Provisions 164 - Reports by and to the Department.

§ 164. Reports  by and to the department.  Each department, other than   the executive department, shall make an annual report  to  the  governor   and legislature on or before the fifteenth day of May, for the preceding   calendar   year.  It  shall  contain  such  information  concerning  the   department and its several divisions,  bureaus,  offices,  agencies  and   institutions,    and    their   activities   and   affairs,   and   such   recommendations, as the head of the department shall deem  necessary  or   proper,  and  any  matters  required  by  express provision of law to be   included in such report. A department also shall  make  such  other  and   special  reports  as the governor or either house of the legislature may   require. From time to time, the head of a department  may  require  from   any  board,  commission  or  other  body  in  the department or from any   subordinate officer or employee, division or bureau of  the  department,   or from any institution subject to the supervision of the department, or   from  any  agency of the department, such reports or information as such   head may deem necessary. Unless expressly authorized by the head of  the   department,  there  shall  be  hereafter  no  separate report, annual or   otherwise, directly to the legislature or governor by  any  such  board,   commission,  body,  officer,  division,  bureau,  institution  or agency   notwithstanding any existing provision of law authorizing  or  requiring   such report.
NY Exec L § 164-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 7 - Miscellaneous Provisions 164-A - Report and Publication Economy Regulations.

§ 164-a. Report   and   publication   economy   regulations.   1.  The commissioner of the office of general services, in consultation with the state  comptroller,  shall  establish  regulations  providing  for  cost savings   in   the  printing  and  distribution  of  reports  and  other publications by agencies, departments and authorities of the  state.  To the  extent  that  such  reports  and  publications do not relate to the marketing or  advertising  of  a  service  or  product  of  the  agency, department  or  authority,  such  regulations shall at a minimum provide that such reports and other publications:  (a) be as brief as may be practicable;  (b) utilize uncoated recyclable paper, of a size  that  will  minimize paper use and waste, for printing of text and cover;  (c) make limited use of photographs;  (d)   be  printed  in  no  more  than  two  colors,  unless  otherwise specifically permitted by law, rule or regulation of the commissioner;  (e) not use covers unless such covers are  necessary  and  appropriate for the protection of the document;  (f)  be  distributed pursuant to a distribution list which is reviewed at least  annually  to  eliminate  duplicate,  excessive,  unwanted  and obsolete mailings;  (g)  be  mailed  in  combination,  to  the extent practicable and when possible, with mailing of other reports and publications;  (h) be eliminated or combined, to  the  extent  practicable  and  when possible, with other reports and publications.   2.  Each  agency  or department shall, with its annual report, provide the state comptroller with a list of printing cost  estimates  from  all sources,  including  in-house facilities, the office of general services central reproduction unit, private printers and such other printing cost information as may be required by the state comptroller.   3. Subdivision one of this section shall be implemented  in  a  manner that  is  consistent with the provisions of subdivisions five and six of section three hundred fifty-five of the education law.
NY Exec L § 164-C (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 7 - Miscellaneous Provisions 164-C - Printing Cost Reduction Notices.

§ 164-c. Printing  cost  reduction  notices. There shall be printed on   the cover or cover page  of  every  annual  report,  report  or  similar   publication  issued  by  any department, division, commission, agency or   any other entity of the state, a notice which states the following words   or words to the effect of the following: "In an  effort  to  reduce  the   costs  of  printing,  please notify the producer of this document if you   wish your name to be deleted from our mailing list or  if  your  address   has changed."
NY Exec L § 164-D (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 7 - Miscellaneous Provisions 164-D - Availability of Application Forms.

§  164-d.  Availability  of  application forms. 1. The state and every   state agency, department, bureau, board, authority, office,  commission,   or  any  other  instrumentality  of  the  state  shall  make the various   application  forms  developed  and  distributed  by   such   agency   or   instrumentality  for public use that are readily convertible to internet   form and are  intended  to  be  commonly  used  by  the  general  public   available on the internet.2. Nothing in this section shall require that an agency or other state   entity  or instrumentality accept or process application forms submitted   through the internet, or post application forms including  user-specific   data on the internet.3.  The  office  of  information  technology services shall promulgate   rules and regulations to implement the provisions of this section.  Such   rules  shall  at  least  provide  for  the prioritization and timing for   making application forms available on the internet.
NY Exec L § 165 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 7 - Miscellaneous Provisions 165 - Commission on Uniform State Laws; Object; Membership; Term of Office; Expenses.

§ 165. Commission  on  uniform state laws; object; membership; term of   office; expenses.  The commission on uniform state laws is continued. It   shall be the object of the commission to examine  various  statutes  and   fields  of  law and to consult and cooperate with similar commissions in   other states with a view to promoting uniform legislation throughout the   United States whenever practicable. The commission  may  recommend  such   legislation  as  may  accomplish its objective. It shall consist of five   members appointed by the governor. The members shall hold office and may   be removed at the pleasure of the governor. The commission  shall  serve   without compensation, but each commissioner shall be entitled to receive   his  actual  disbursements  for his expenses in performing the duties of   his office. The commission  may  employ  such  persons  and  incur  such   expenses  as  may  be necessary for the performance of its duties within   the amounts appropriated therefor. The commission shall  report  to  the   legislature  whenever the commission deems it necessary and shall report   to the legislature upon its request. Such reports shall  consist  of  an   account  of  the  transactions  of  the  commission  and  its advice and   recommendations.
NY Exec L § 166 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 7 - Miscellaneous Provisions 166 - Record of Appearances.

§ 166. Record  of  appearances.  Every  regulatory agency of the state   shall keep  a  record  of  appearances  before  it  or  its  appropriate   divisions  or bureaus of attorneys, agents and representatives appearing   on behalf of any person, firm, corporation or association subject to its   regulatory jurisdiction, for which they  receive  a  fee,  which  record   shall  be  open  to public inspection. Each regulatory agency shall file   the record with the New York temporary state commission on  lobbying  on   forms  prescribed by the commission. The record shall be filed quarterly   on the fifteenth day of the month following the end of the quarter.  The   term  "regulatory  agency"  as  used  in  this  section  shall  mean the   department of financial  services,  department  of  financial  services,   state   liquor   authority,   department  of  agriculture  and  markets,   department  of  education,  department  of  environmental  conservation,   department  of  health,  division  of  housing  and  community  renewal,   department of state, other than the division of corporations  and  state   records,  department  of public service, the industrial board of appeals   in the department of labor and the department of law,  other  than  when   the  attorney  general  or his agents or employees are performing duties   specified in section sixty-three of this chapter.
NY Exec L § 167 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 7 - Miscellaneous Provisions 167 - Advertising and Publicizing Summer Camps Cited as Subversive.

§ 167. Advertising  and  publicizing summer camps cited as subversive.   Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, general  or  special,   no  department,  bureau,  board,  commission, authority, agency or other   instrumentality of  the  state  shall  knowingly  advertise,  publicize,   assist,  support  or advise, or in any manner promote in any publication   or otherwise, any summer camp cited  by  the  attorney  general  of  the   United  States,  the attorney general of the state of New York, any duly   authorized state  agency  or  any  legislative  investigating  body  for   teaching,  advocating  or  embracing the doctrine that the government of   the United States or of any state or any political  subdivision  thereof   shall  be  overthrown  or  overturned by force, violence or any unlawful   means,  or  advocating,  advising,  teaching  or  embracing  the   duty,   necessity or propriety of adopting any such doctrine.
NY Exec L § 168 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 7 - Miscellaneous Provisions 168 - Notices to Attorneys at Law by State Bodies or Officers.

§ 168. Notices  to  attorneys  at law by state bodies or officers.  1. Whenever a person is involved as a party in a proceeding before any body or officer exercising quasi-judicial or administrative functions, and an attorney at law has filed a notice of appearance in such  proceeding  on behalf  of  such person, a copy of all subsequent written communications or notices to such person in  such  proceeding  (other  than  subpoenas) shall  be  sent  to  such  attorney  at  law, and if any such subsequent written communication or notice is sent to the party in the  proceeding, a  copy  of  the  same  shall be sent to the attorney at law at the same time. Every such body or officer is authorized to  provide  by  rule  or regulation  for  the manner in which compliance with the requirements of this section shall be effected, including, but not limited to, the  form and content of notices of appearance, the manner in which an attorney at law  shall file his notice of appearance in a proceeding, and the manner in which written communications or notices shall be sent to the attorney at law.   2. For the purpose of this section:  (a)  "person"  shall  mean  one  or  more  individuals,  partnerships, corporations or associations;  (b)  "proceeding"  shall  mean  any  quasi-judicial  or administrative procedure instituted by a written application by a person to a  body  or officer,  by  a  notice  of  assessment  given by a body or officer to a person, by a written  complaint  addressed  by  a  body  or  officer  or transmitted  by  a  body  or  officer to a person, or by a notice of any hearing before a  body  or  officer  whether  or  not  such  hearing  is prescribed by statute.   3. This section shall not apply to preliminary investigations.
NY Exec L § 170 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 7 - Miscellaneous Provisions 170 - Audit of Agencies by the State Comptroller; Reports of Corrective Action.

§ 170. Audit   of  agencies  by  the  state  comptroller;  reports  of   corrective action. Whenever the state comptroller shall conduct an audit   of the activities and  operations  of  any  department,  bureau,  board,   commission,  authority or any other agency or instrumentality, he or she   shall submit a tentative copy of a report of such audit to the  head  of   the  entity  audited.  The  head  of  such  entity  may submit a written   response to such tentative report within  thirty  days  of  the  receipt   thereof. The state comptroller shall thereafter submit a final report of   such  audit which shall contain a complete copy of the response, if any,   submitted  to  the  tentative  report.  If  the   final   report   makes   recommendations  for  corrective  action, the head of the entity audited   shall report within one hundred eighty days after receipt thereof to the   governor, the state comptroller, the president, president  pro  tem  and   minority  leader  of  the  senate,  the  speaker,  majority and minority   leaders of the assembly, and the chairman and ranking  minority  members   of  the  senate  finance  committee  and  the  assembly  ways  and means   committees of the state legislature what steps were taken  to  implement   such  recommendations,  and, where recommendations were not implemented,   the reasons therefor.
NY Exec L § 170-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 7 - Miscellaneous Provisions 170-A - Celebration of Rosa Parks; Bus Companies.

§  170-a. Celebration of Rosa Parks; bus companies. 1. For purposes of   this section, the terms "bus company" and "bus line" shall have the same   meanings as set forth in subdivisions two and three of  section  two  of   the transportation law.2.  On  February  fourth, two thousand eight and every February fourth   thereafter, a day  of  commemoration  designated  as  "Rosa  Parks  Day"   pursuant to section one hundred sixty-eight-a of this article, every bus   company  operating  a  bus line in this state may reserve and keep empty   one seat on each bus placed in service by such bus company in  honor  of   civil rights activist Rosa Parks.3.  Compliance with the provisions of this section shall be voluntary,   and no bus company operating a bus line in this state shall  be  subject   to  any  liability,  either civil or criminal, solely for the failure to   comply with the provisions of this section.
NY Exec L § 170-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 7 - Miscellaneous Provisions 170-B - Employee Loans.

* §  170-b. Employee loans. 1. No state agency shall make available to   employees a loan of any amount of money. Provided, however, that nothing   in this section shall be construed to impede any person  from  receiving   any aid for which he or she is eligible pursuant to any state or federal   statute or regulation.2.  For  purposes  of this section, the term "state agency" shall mean   any state department, state university of New York, city  university  of   New  York,  authority,  board,  bureau, division, commission, committee,   council, office or other governmental entity performing  a  governmental   or proprietary function for the state.* NB There are 2 § 170-b's
NY Exec L § 170-B-2 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 7 - Miscellaneous Provisions 170-B*2 - Racial References Contained in State and Municipal Forms.

* §  170-b.  Racial references contained in state and municipal forms.   No form or preprinted document utilized by  a  state  agency  or  public   authority or by a municipality shall use the term "oriental" to identify   or  denote  persons  of  Asian or Pacific Islander heritage. Any form or   preprinted document utilizing such term shall be amended no  later  than   January  first, two thousand ten to replace the term "oriental" with the   term "Asian" or to otherwise refer to such persons as  being  Asian  and   Pacific  Islander  persons  having  origins  in  any  of  the  Far  East   countries, South East Asia,  the  Indian  subcontinent  or  the  Pacific   Islands.* NB There are 2 § 170-b's
NY Exec L § 170-D (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 7 - Miscellaneous Provisions 170-D - Disclosure of Disabled Tenants' Rights.

§ 170-d. Disclosure of disabled tenants' rights. The division of human   rights  shall  promulgate  regulations  requiring every housing provider   under subdivisions two-a and five of section two hundred  ninety-six  of   this  chapter, to provide notice to all tenants and prospective tenants,   in writing, within thirty days of the effective date of  their  tenancy,   or  thirty  days  from  the  effective  date of this section for current   tenants,  of  their  rights  to  request  reasonable  modifications  and   accommodations pursuant to subparagraphs one, two and three of paragraph   d of subdivision two-a of section two hundred ninety-six of this chapter   and  subdivision  eighteen  of  section  two  hundred ninety-six of this   chapter.
NY Exec L § 170-E (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 7 - Miscellaneous Provisions 170-E - Disclosure of Lawful Source of Income Rights to Prospective Tenants.

§  170-e.  Disclosure of lawful source of income rights to prospective   tenants. The division  of  human  rights  shall  promulgate  regulations   requiring  any  state,  county,  municipal or other governmental entity,   including but not limited to  the  division  of  housing  and  community   renewal,  or  any  agency  or instrumentality of such an entity, and any   public or private non-profit entity authorized to administer any  public   housing  program  or  assistance,  including,  but  not  limited to, the   section eight housing choice voucher  program,  or  any  other  form  of   housing assistance, payment, subsidy or credit, regardless of whether or   not  such  assistance,  payment, subsidy or credit is paid or attributed   directly to a landlord, to ensure that individuals who have applied  for   and  are eligible to receive such assistance, payment, subsidy or credit   are informed, in writing, of their rights and remedies  available  under   law,  with  regard to lawful source of income discrimination pursuant to   this section.
NY Exec L § 172-C (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 7-A - Solicitation and Collection of Funds for Charitable Purposes 172-C - Non-Resident Charitable Organizations; Designation of Secretary of State as Agent for Service of Process; Service of Process.

§ 172-c. Non-resident   charitable   organizations;   designation   of   secretary of state as agent for service of process; service of  process.   1.  Any  charitable  organization having its principal place of business   without the state or organized under  and  by  virtue  of  the  laws  of   another or foreign state and which solicits contributions from people in   this  state, shall be deemed to have irrevocably appointed the secretary   of state as its agent upon whom may be  served  any  summons,  subpoena,   subpoena   duces  tecum,  other  process  or  notice  directed  to  such   charitable organization, or any partner, principal, officer, trustee  or   director  thereof,  in  any action or proceeding brought by the attorney   general or any other party under the provisions  of  this  article.  Any   such charitable organization may file with the secretary of state of the   state  of  New  York a designation, duly acknowledged in accordance with   procedures for such filing with  the  secretary  of  state,  irrevocably   appointing  the  secretary of state as its agent upon whom may be served   any such process; provided, however, that a designation filed  with  the   secretary  of state pursuant to section three hundred fifty-two-a of the   general  business  law  or  section  thirteen  hundred   four   of   the   not-for-profit corporation law shall serve also as such designation.2.  Service  of such process upon the secretary of state shall be made   by personally delivering to and leaving with the secretary of  state  or   any person authorized by the secretary of state to accept such service a   copy  thereof  at  the  office of the department of state in the city of   Albany, and such service  shall  be  sufficient  service  provided  that   notice  of such service and a copy of such process are forthwith sent by   the attorney general or any other party to such charitable  organization   by  certified  mail  with return receipt requested, at its office as set   forth in the registration form required to be filed  with  the  attorney   general  pursuant to section one hundred seventy-two of this article, or   in default of the filing of such form, at the last address known to  the   attorney  general  or  any other party. Service of such process shall be   complete upon the receipt by the attorney general or any other party  of   a  return  receipt  purporting to be signed by the addressee or a person   qualified to receive its certified mail, in accordance  with  the  rules   and customs of the post office department, or, if acceptance was refused   by the addressee or its agent, ten days after the return to the attorney   general  or any other party of a notation by the postal authorities that   receipt thereof was refused.