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NY Gen City L § 54 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GCT - General City Article 4 - Plumbing and Drainage 54 - Office Room; Expenses a City Charge.

§ 54. Office  room;  expenses  a  city  charge. Each of such examining   boards of plumbers shall have power to procure suitable quarters for the   transaction of business, to provide the necessary books  and  stationery   and  to employ a clerk to keep such books and record the transactions of   such board. The board  of  estimate  and  apportionment  or  the  common   council  of a city as the case may be shall annually insert in their tax   levy a sufficient sum to meet all the expenditures  incurred  under  the   provisions  of  this  article.    The  expenses  incurred by the several   examining boards of plumbers in the execution  and  performance  of  the   duties  imposed  by  this  article  shall  be a charge on the respective   cities and shall be audited, levied, collected  and  paid  in  the  same   manner as other city charges are audited, levied, collected and paid.
NY Gen City L § 55 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GCT - General City Article 4 - Plumbing and Drainage 55 - Violations, How Punished.

§ 55. Violations,  how  punished.  Any  person  violating  any  of the   provisions of this article, or any rules or regulations of the board  of   health  or of the examining board of plumbers in any city regulating the   plumbing and drainage of buildings in such city, shall be  guilty  of  a   misdemeanor,  and on conviction, if a master plumber, shall in addition,   forfeit any certificate of competency or registration, which he may hold   under the provisions thereof.
NY Gen City L § 56 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GCT - General City Article 4 - Plumbing and Drainage 56 - Issue of Licenses to Connect With Sewers and Water Mains Restricted.

§ 56. Issue  of  licenses  to  connect  with  sewers  and  water mains   restricted. The commissioner of public works of any city, or the officer   or officers acting in a like capacity in  any  of  the  cities  of  this   state,  and  having  charge of the sewers and water mains therein, shall   not issue a license to any one to connect with the sewers  or  with  the   water  mains  of  such cities, unless such person has obtained and shall   produce a certificate of competency from the  examining  board  of  such   city.
NY Gen City L § 56-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws GCT - General City Article 4 - Plumbing and Drainage 56-A - Use by the State, Individuals and Corporations Outside Corporate Limits.

§ 56-a. Use   by  the  state,  individuals  and  corporations  outside   corporate limits. 1. Any city having a population of fifty  thousand  or   less  may  sell to a public or private corporation, or to an individual,   the right to make connection with its sewer system for  the  purpose  of   discharging  sewage  therein  from  outside the city limits, and fix the   term, consideration and conditions therefor. The board  shall  not  sell   nor  permit  the  use  of its sewer system under this section if thereby   such sewer system will be  rendered  inadequate  for  the  city  or  its   inhabitants.   The   term  "public  corporation"  shall  mean  a  public   corporation as defined in section three of the general corporation law.2. Any city having a population of fifty thousand or less may contract   with the state of New York or with the state  authority  having  control   and  supervision  of any state institution, and the state of New York or   the  state  authority  having  control  and  supervision  of  any  state   institution  may  contract  with the board of sewer commissioners of any   such city, to provide sewerage and sewage disposal  facilities  for  the   conveyance,  treatment and disposal of the sewage of such state or state   institution either within or without the corporate limit of said city on   such conditions and conveying such powers to the  state  or  such  state   authority  and  for  such  consideration and such period of time as said   sewer commissioners and the state of New York or  such  state  authority   may agree.3. Any city having a population of fifty thousand or less may contract   with   the  United  States  of  America  or  with  the  federal  agency,   administration or  authority  having  control  and  supervision  of  any   federal  institution  or  installation  to  provide  sewerage and sewage   disposal facilities for the conveyance, treatment and  disposal  of  the   sewage  of  such  federal  institution  or installation either within or   without the corporate limits of the city on such  conditions,  for  such   consideration  and  for  such period of time as said sewer commissioners   and the United States of America or such federal agency,  administration   or authority may agree.
NY Gen City L § 57 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GCT - General City Article 4 - Plumbing and Drainage 57 - Article Limited.

§ 57. Article  limited.  1. This article shall not apply to any of the   following cities: New York, Binghamton,  Schenectady,  Elmira,  Hornell,   Olean, Poughkeepsie and Cortland.2.  This  article,  with the exception of section fifty-six-a thereof,   shall not apply to the city of Glens Falls, the city of  Middletown  and   the city of Beacon.
NY Gen City L § 60 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GCT - General City Article 4-A - Supervision and Regulation of Plastering 60 - Supervision of Plastering by Building Department.

§ 60. Supervision  of  plastering by building department. The building   department of every city of the first class shall have jurisdiction over   all plastering except where it conflicts with the duties  of  any  other   department  or conflicts with any law conferring on any other department   supervision of any portion of plastering.  For such purpose there  shall   be appointed in each building department in a city of the first class by   the  head thereof a sufficient number of inspectors to perform such work   as is necessary in the enforcement of this article who, in  addition  to   such  qualifications  as may be required by the civil service law, shall   be competent plasterers of at least ten years' practical experience.
NY Gen City L § 61 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GCT - General City Article 4-A - Supervision and Regulation of Plastering 61 - Three Coat Work Required on Lath.

§ 61. Three  coat  work required on lath. All plastering in tenements,   apartments, hospitals, schools and other public buildings when  on  lath   shall  be known as three coat work, namely, scratch coat, brown coat and   finish.
NY Gen City L § 62 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GCT - General City Article 4-A - Supervision and Regulation of Plastering 62 - Key Space.

§ 62. Key  space.  All  ceilings,  stud partitions and furred walls in   tenements, apartments, hospitals, schools, and  other  public  buildings   where  plastered  with  lime  on  wood  lath  shall  have  not less than   three-eighths space between lath. All grounds and jambs shall  mean  not   less than seven-eighths from the stud.
NY Gen City L § 63 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GCT - General City Article 4-A - Supervision and Regulation of Plastering 63 - First Coat or Scratch Coat.

§ 63. First  coat  or  scratch coat. First or scratch coat shall be of   first quality to be scratched thoroughly to make a key to retain  second   coat; and shall be thoroughly dry or set before applying second coat.
NY Gen City L § 64 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GCT - General City Article 4-A - Supervision and Regulation of Plastering 64 - Second Coat.

§ 64. Second  coat.  Second  coat  or  brown  mortar shall be of first   quality. All browning must be  straight,  true  with  no  unevenness  or   irregularity of surface.
NY Gen City L § 65 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GCT - General City Article 4-A - Supervision and Regulation of Plastering 65 - Finishing.

§ 65. Finishing.  When  white  mortar, or any other material of a like   character is used for finish coat, it  shall  be  laid  on  regular  and   troweled  to  a  smooth  surface  showing  neither deficiencies or brush   marks.
NY Gen City L § 66 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GCT - General City Article 4-A - Supervision and Regulation of Plastering 66 - Cornices or Coves.

§ 66. Cornices  or coves. All cornices or coves shall be run straight,   true and smooth.
NY Gen City L § 67 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GCT - General City Article 4-A - Supervision and Regulation of Plastering 67 - Patent Plasters.

§ 67. Patent  plasters.  When  patent  plasters,  such as ivory, acme,   windsor, et cetera, are used, lathing, if of wood  lath,  shall  not  be   less  than  one-quarter  inch  key space. First coat shall be thoroughly   scratched to make key to retain second coat, and  shall  be  set  before   second coat is applied.
NY Gen City L § 68 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GCT - General City Article 4-A - Supervision and Regulation of Plastering 68 - Enacted Without Section Heading

§ 68. Nothing  in  this  article  contained  shall affect the multiple   dwelling law and the enforcement of the provisions thereof by  the  city   of New York.
NY Gen City L § 81-C (2021)
2021 New York Laws GCT - General City Article 5-A - Buildings and Use Districts 81-C - Article Seventy-Eight Proceeding.

§ 81-c. Article  seventy-eight proceeding.   1. Application to supreme   court by aggrieved persons. Any person or persons, jointly or  severally   aggrieved  by  any  decision  of  the  board  of appeals or any officer,   department, board or bureau of the city, may apply to the supreme  court   for  review  by  a  proceeding  under article seventy-eight of the civil   practice law and rules.  Such  proceeding  shall  be  instituted  within   thirty days after the filing of a decision of the board in the office of   the city clerk.2.  Costs  of  appeal. Costs shall not be allowed against the board of   appeals unless it shall appear to the court that  it  acted  with  gross   negligence  or  in  bad  faith  or  with  malice  in making the decision   appealed from.3. Preference of appeal to court. All issues in any  proceeding  under   this  section  shall  have  preference  over all other civil actions and   proceedings.4. Power of court. If upon the hearing by the supreme court, it  shall   appear  to  the  court  that  testimony  is  necessary  for  the  proper   disposition of the matter, it may take evidence or appoint a referee  to   take  such  evidence  as  it may direct and report the same to the court   with his or her findings of fact and conclusions  of  law,  which  shall   constitute a part of the proceedings upon which the determination of the   court  shall be made. The court may reverse or affirm, wholly or partly,   or may modify  the  decision  brought  up  for  review  determining  all   questions which may be presented for determination.
NY Gen City L § 81-E (2021)
2021 New York Laws GCT - General City Article 5-A - Buildings and Use Districts 81-E - Article Not Applicable to Certain Cities.

§ 81-e. Article  not  applicable  to certain cities. The provisions of   this article shall not apply to any city having a population  in  excess   of  one  million except that any such city may by local law provide that   this article or any section thereof may apply to such city.
NY Gen City L § 81-F (2021)
2021 New York Laws GCT - General City Article 5-A - Buildings and Use Districts 81-F - Planned Unit Development Zoning Districts.

§  81-f. Planned unit development zoning districts. A city legislative   body, except in a city having a population  of  more  than  one  million   persons,  is hereby authorized to enact, as part of its zoning local law   or ordinance, procedures and  requirements  for  the  establishment  and   mapping  of  planned  unit  development  zoning  districts. Planned unit   development  district  regulations   are   intended   to   provide   for   residential,  commercial,  industrial  or  other  land  uses,  or  a mix   thereof, in which economies of scale, creative architectural or planning   concepts and open space preservation may be achieved by a  developer  in   furtherance  of  the  city  comprehensive  plan  and zoning local law or   ordinance.
NY Gen City L § 83 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GCT - General City Article 5-A - Buildings and Use Districts 83 - Amendments, Alterations and Changes in District Lines.

§ 83. Amendments,  alterations  and changes in district lines.  1. The common council may from time to time on its own motion or  on  petition, after  public  notice  and  hearing,  which  hearing  may be held by the council or by a committee of the council or by the planning board, amend the regulations and districts established under any ordinance  or  local law  adopted  pursuant  to  paragraphs  twenty-four  and  twenty-five of section twenty of this chapter.  Wherever the owners of fifty per centum or more of the frontage in any district or part thereof shall present  a petition duly signed and acknowledged, to the common council, requesting an amendment, supplement, change or repeal of the regulations prescribed for  such  district or part thereof, it shall be the duty of the council to vote upon said petition within ninety days after the  filing  of  the same by the petitioners with the secretary of the council.   2.  An  amendment  shall  be effected by a simple majority vote of the council, except that an amendment shall require the approval of at least three-fourths of the members of the council in the event such  amendment is the subject of a written protest, presented to the council and signed by:  (a)  the owners of twenty percent or more of the area of land included in such proposed change; or  (b) the owners  of  twenty  percent  or  more  of  the  area  of  land immediately  adjacent  to  that  land  included in such proposed change, extending one hundred feet therefrom; or  (c) the owners of twenty percent or more of the area of land  directly opposite thereto, extending one hundred feet from the street frontage of such opposite land.
NY Gen City L § 83-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws GCT - General City Article 5-A - Buildings and Use Districts 83-A - Exemption of Lots Shown on Approved Subdivision Plats.

§  83-a.  Exemption  of  lots shown on approved subdivision plats.  1. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of this  chapter  or  of  any general,  special  or local law, the provisions of a zoning ordinance or local law hereafter adopted, or of a change or amendment thereto,  which provisions:  (a)  establish  or  increase  lot areas or lot dimensions which are in excess of the areas or dimensions of the lots shown and delineated on  a residential  subdivision  plat  which  has  been  duly  approved  by the planning board, or other board  or  officer  vested  with  authority  to approve  subdivision  plats, if any, of the city in which the land shown on said plat is situate and duly filed in the office  of  the  recording officer  of  the county in which the land shown on said subdivision plat is situate; or  (b) establish or increase  side,  rear  or  front  yard  or  set  back requirements  in  excess of those applicable to lots under the provision of the zoning ordinance or local law, if any, in force and effect at the time of the filing of the said  duly  approved  residential  subdivision plat or first section thereof;   shall  not,  for  the  period of time prescribed in subdivision two of this section, be applicable to or in any way  affect  any  of  the  lots shown and delineated on such subdivision plat.   2.  If  at  the  time  of  the filing of the subdivision plat or first section thereof referred to in subdivision one of this section there was in the city:  (a) both a zoning ordinance or local law and a planning  board  vested with authority to approve subdivision plats, then the exemption provided for in subdivision one of this section shall apply for a period of three years after the filing of the approved subdivision plat or first section thereof; or  (b)  a  zoning  ordinance or local law in effect in the city but there was no planning board in said city  vested  with  authority  to  approve subdivision plats, then the exemption provided for in subdivision one of this  section  shall apply for a period of two years after the filing of the approved subdivision plat or first section thereof; or  (c) no zoning ordinance or local law in  the  city  but  there  was  a planning  board vested with authority to approve subdivision plats, then the exemption provided for in subdivision  one  of  this  section  shall apply  for  a  period  of  two  years  after  the filing of the approved subdivision plat or first section thereof; or  (d) no zoning ordinance or local law in the city and no planning board vested with authority to approve subdivision plats, then  the  exemption provided for in subdivision one of this section shall apply for a period of  one  year  after the filing of the subdivision plat or first section thereof.
NY Gen City L § 90 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GCT - General City Article 6 - Police Matrons 90 - Police Station Houses for the Detention of Women; How Designated.

§ 90. Police   station   houses   for  the  detention  of  women;  how   designated.   The  mayor  of  every  city  containing  a  population  of   twenty-five  thousand  shall  and  the  mayor  of  every other city when   authorized by a resolution of the common council may  designate  one  or   more station houses within his city for the detention and confinement of   all   women   under  arrest  in  such  city.  Such  mayor  or  board  of   commissioners of police may at any time designate for such  purpose  any   additional station house or houses, or may revoke the designation of any   station  house  or houses theretofore designated, provided that at least   one such station house shall at all times  be  so  designated  for  such   purpose in each city.
NY Gen City L § 93 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GCT - General City Article 6 - Police Matrons 93 - When Police Matrons to Reside at Station Houses.

§ 93. When  police matrons to reside at station houses.  When only one   police matron is attached to a police station, she shall  reside  there,   or  within  a  reasonable  distance therefrom, and shall hold herself in   readiness to respond to any call therefrom at any hour  of  the  day  or   night,  and  each matron shall, during such hours as may be fixed by the   head of the police department, remain in such station and  hold  herself   in  readiness  to respond to any call therefrom. So long as any woman is   detained or held under arrest in a police  station  to  which  a  police   matron  is  attached,  it  shall  be  the  duty of such matron to remain   constantly thereat, ready for service; or if  there  be  more  than  one   matron  attached  to  such station, then one of them shall be constantly   ready for service.  A police matron shall, subject  to  the  officer  in   charge  of such station house, have the immediate care and charge of all   women held under arrest in the station to which she is attached, and she   may at any time call upon the officer in  charge  of  such  station  for   assistance.  She  shall  be  subject  to  the  authority of the board of   police, or if there be no such board, then to the chief of police in the   city where she may be appointed, and to the  rules  prescribed  by  such   authority,  but  at  a  station  where  she  may be on duty she shall be   subject only to the authority of the officer in charge thereof.
NY Gen City L § 94 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GCT - General City Article 6 - Police Matrons 94 - Women Under Arrest to Have Separate Accommodations.

§ 94. Women under arrest to have separate accommodations.  It shall be   the  duty  of the boards of commissioners of police in every city, or if   there be no board of police, then of the mayor of such city, to  provide   sufficient  accommodations  for  women  held  under  arrest to keep them   separate and apart from the cells, corridors and apartments provided for   males under arrest, and  to  so  arrange  each  station  house  that  no   communication  can  be  had  between the men and women therein confined,   except with the consent of the matrons and officers in  charge  of  such   station house.
NY Gen City L § 95 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GCT - General City Article 6 - Police Matrons 95 - Proceeding in Case of Arrest of Women.

§ 95. Proceeding  in  case  of  arrest of women.   Whenever a woman is   arrested and taken to a police station, to which a matron  is  attached,   it  shall  be  the duty of the officer in charge of the station to cause   such matron to be summoned forthwith, and whenever, in any city in which   a police matron has been appointed, a woman is arrested and taken  to  a   station  house  to  which no matron is attached, it shall be the duty of   such officer to cause such woman to be removed as soon  as  possible  to   the  nearest  station house within such city to which a police matron is   attached. No such separate confinement nor any such removal of any woman   shall operate to take from any court any jurisdiction it has.
NY Gen City L § 96 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GCT - General City Article 6 - Police Matrons 96 - Woman Defined.

§ 96. Woman  defined.   The term "woman" as used in this article shall   not include any female either  actually  or  apparently  under  the  age   sixteen years, whose care is assumed by any incorporated society for the   prevention  of  cruelty  to  children;  but every such female upon being   taken to a station house shall be at once transferred therefrom  by  the   officer in charge to the custody of such society.
NY Gen City L § 97 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GCT - General City Article 6 - Police Matrons 97 - Appropriations Under Article, How Made.

§ 97. Appropriations  under  article,  how  made.    The  proper local   authorities of each city in which a police  matron  has  been  appointed   shall  appropriate  annually  such sum as may be needed for the separate   care and confinement in station houses of any  women  arrested  in  such   city,  and for the appointment, salary and maintenance of police matrons   for the purposes of this article.
NY Gen City L § 116 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GCT - General City Article 7 - Issuance and Validation of Bonds 116 - Certificates of Deposit.

§ 116. Certificates  of  deposit.  The  legislative body of a city may   authorize and empower its chief fiscal officer, in  his  discretion,  to   issue  certificates  of  deposit, each in the sum of ten dollars, or any   multiple thereof, and at such a rate of interest, if any,  as  he  shall   prescribe  and  to  sell  the same for not less than their face value at   private sale, in such manner and at such times as he deems best for  the   public  interest so to do. The proceeds of such sales shall be used only   for the purpose for which such certificates of deposit are  issued.  The   certificates  so  sold  as  aforesaid  may  be  used only by the holders   thereof for the payment of taxes and/or assessments levied by  the  city   when  such taxes and/or assessments are or shall become due and payable,   and such certificates shall be taken by the treasurer of such  city  for   the  payment  of  such taxes and/or assessments at the par value thereof   and any accrued interest thereon,  provided,  however,  that  each  such   certificate  shall  cease  to  bear interest after the expiration of two   years from the date thereof.