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NY Pub Off L § 80 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBO - Public Officers Article 5 - Delivery of Public Books 80 - Delivery of Books and Papers, Money and Property.

§ 80. Delivery  of  books  and  papers,  money  and property. A public   officer shall demand from his predecessor in office  or  any  person  in   whose  possession  they  may be, a delivery to such officer of all books   and papers, money and property belonging or appertaining to such office.   If such demand is refused, such officer may make  complaint  thereof  to   any justice of the supreme court of the district, or to the county judge   of  the  county in which the person refusing resides. If such justice or   judge be satisfied that such books or papers,  money  and  property  are   withheld,  he shall grant an order directing the person refusing to show   cause before him at a time specified therein, why he should not  deliver   the  same.  At  such  time,  or  at  any time to which the matter may be   adjourned, on proof of the due service of the  order,  such  justice  or   judge  shall  proceed  to  inquire into the circumstances. If the person   charged with withholding such books or papers, money and property  makes   affidavit  before  such  justice  or  judge that he has delivered to the   officer all books and papers, money and property in his  custody  which,   within his knowledge, or to his belief belong or appertain thereto, such   proceedings before such justice or judge shall cease, and such person be   discharged.  If  the person complained against shall not make such oath,   and it appears that any such books or papers,  money  and  property  are   withheld  by  him,  such justice or judge shall commit him to the county   jail until he delivers such books and papers, money and property, or  is   otherwise  discharged according to law. On such commitment, such justice   or judge, if required by the complainant, shall also issue  his  warrant   directed  to  any sheriff or constable, commanding him to search, in the   daytime, the places designated therein, for such books and papers, money   and property, and to bring them before such justice  or  judge.  If  any   such  books  and  papers,  money and property, are brought before him by   virtue of such warrant, he shall determine  whether  they  appertain  to   such  office,  and  if  so  shall  cause  them  to  be  delivered to the   complainant.
NY Pub Off L § 84 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBO - Public Officers Article 6 - Freedom of Information Law 84 - Legislative Declaration.

§ 84. Legislative  declaration.  The  legislature  hereby finds that a   free society is maintained when government is responsive and responsible   to the public, and when the public is aware of governmental actions. The   more  open  a  government  is  with  its  citizenry,  the  greater   the   understanding and participation of the public in government.As  state  and  local government services increase and public problems   become more sophisticated and complex and therefore harder to solve, and   with  the  resultant  increase  in  revenues  and  expenditures,  it  is   incumbent   upon   the   state  and  its  localities  to  extend  public   accountability wherever and whenever feasible.The people's right to know the process of governmental decision-making   and to review the documents and statistics leading to determinations  is   basic  to our society. Access to such information should not be thwarted   by shrouding it with the cloak of secrecy or confidentiality.The legislature therefore declares that  government  is  the  public's   business   and  that  the  public,  individually  and  collectively  and   represented by a free press,  should  have  access  to  the  records  of   government in accordance with the provisions of this article.
NY Pub Off L § 85 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBO - Public Officers Article 6 - Freedom of Information Law 85 - Short Title.

§ 85. Short title. This article shall be known and may be cited as the   "Freedom of Information Law."
NY Pub Off L § 88 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBO - Public Officers Article 6 - Freedom of Information Law 88 - Access to State Legislative Records.

§ 88. Access  to state legislative records. 1. The temporary president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly shall promulgate rules and regulations  for  their  respective  houses  in  conformity   with   the provisions of this article, pertaining to the availability, location and nature of records, including, but not limited to:  (a) the times and places such records are available;  (b) the persons from whom such records may be obtained;  (c)  the  fees  for  copies  of  such  records, which shall not exceed twenty-five cents per photocopy not in excess of nine inches by fourteen inches, or the actual cost of reproducing any other record, except  when a different fee is otherwise prescribed by law.   2.  The  state  legislature  shall,  in  accordance with its published rules, make available for public inspection and copying:  (a) bills and amendments  thereto,  fiscal  notes,  introducers'  bill memoranda, resolutions and amendments thereto, and index records;  (b)  messages  received  from  the  governor or the other house of the legislature, and home rule messages;  (c) legislative notification of the proposed adoption of rules  by  an agency;  (d) transcripts or minutes, if prepared, and journal records of public sessions  including  meetings of committees and subcommittees and public hearings, with the records of attendance of members thereat and  records of any votes taken;  (e) internal or external audits and statistical or factual tabulations of,  or  with  respect  to,  material  otherwise  available  for  public inspection and copying pursuant to this section or any other  applicable provision of law;  (f) administrative staff manuals and instructions to staff that affect members of the public;  (g) final reports and formal opinions submitted to the legislature;  (h)  final  reports  or  recommendations  and  minority  or dissenting reports  and  opinions  of  members  of  committees,  subcommittees,  or commissions of the legislature;  (i)  any  other files, records, papers or documents required by law to be made available for public inspection and copying.  (j) external audits conducted pursuant to section  ninety-two  of  the legislative  law  and  schedules  issued  pursuant to subdivision two of section ninety of the legislative law.   3. Each house shall maintain and make available for public  inspection and  copying:  (a) a record of votes of each member in every session and every committee and subcommittee meeting in which the member votes;  (b) a record setting forth the name, public office address, title, and salary of every officer or employee; and  (c) a current list, reasonably detailed,  by  subject  matter  of  any records  required to be made available for public inspection and copying pursuant to this section.
NY Pub Off L § 90 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBO - Public Officers Article 6 - Freedom of Information Law 90 - Severability.

§ 90. Severability.   If   any   provision  of  this  article  or  the   application thereof to any person or circumstances is  adjudged  invalid   by  a court of competent jurisdiction, such judgment shall not affect or   impair the validity of the  other  provisions  of  the  article  or  the   application thereof to other persons and circumstances.
NY Pub Off L § 91 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBO - Public Officers Article 6-A - Personal Privacy Protection Law 91 - Short Title.

§ 91. Short  title.  This  article  shall  be  known  as the "personal   privacy protection law".
NY Pub Off L § 97 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBO - Public Officers Article 6-A - Personal Privacy Protection Law 97 - Civil Remedies.

§ 97. Civil  remedies.  (1)  Any  data subject aggrieved by any action taken under this article may seek judicial review and relief pursuant to article seventy-eight of the civil practice law and rules.  (2) In any proceeding brought under subdivision one of  this  section, the  party  defending the action shall bear the burden of proof, and the court may, if the data subject substantially prevails against any agency and if the agency lacked a reasonable basis pursuant to this article for the challenged action, award to the data subject  reasonable  attorneys' fees and disbursements reasonably incurred.  (3) Nothing in this article shall be construed to limit or abridge the right  of  any  person  to  obtain judicial review or pecuniary or other relief, in any other form or upon any other basis,  otherwise  available to a person aggrieved by any agency action under this article.
NY Pub Off L § 98 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBO - Public Officers Article 6-A - Personal Privacy Protection Law 98 - No Waiver.

§ 98. No  waiver.  Any  agreement purporting to waive a data subject's   rights under this article is hereby  declared  to  be  void  as  against   public policy.
NY Pub Off L § 99 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBO - Public Officers Article 6-A - Personal Privacy Protection Law 99 - Executive Authority.

§ 99. Executive  authority.  Nothing  in  this article shall limit the   authority of the governor to exercise his or her responsibilities.
NY Pub Off L § 100 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBO - Public Officers Article 7 - Open Meetings Law 100 - Legislative Declaration.

§ 100. Legislative  declaration. It is essential to the maintenance of   a democratic society that the public business be performed  in  an  open   and  public manner and that the citizens of this state be fully aware of   and able to observe the performance of public officials and  attend  and   listen  to  the  deliberations  and decisions that go into the making of   public policy. The people must be able to remain informed if they are to   retain control over those who are their public servants. It is the  only   climate   under  which  the  commonweal  will  prosper  and  enable  the   governmental process to operate for the benefit of those who created it.
NY Pub Off L § 101 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBO - Public Officers Article 7 - Open Meetings Law 101 - Short Title.

§ 101. Short  title.  This  article shall be known and may be cited as   "Open Meetings Law".
NY Pub Off L § 102 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBO - Public Officers Article 7 - Open Meetings Law 102 - Definitions.

§ 102. Definitions.  As  used in this article:  1. "Meeting" means the   official convening of a public body for the purpose of conducting public   business, including the use  of  videoconferencing  for  attendance  and   participation by the members of the public body.2.  "Public  body" means any entity, for which a quorum is required in   order to conduct public business and  which  consists  of  two  or  more   members,  performing  a  governmental  function  for the state or for an   agency or department thereof, or for a public corporation as defined  in   section  sixty-six  of  the  general  construction  law, or committee or   subcommittee or other similar body of such public body.3. "Executive session" means that portion of a meeting not open to the   general public.
NY Pub Off L § 104 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBO - Public Officers Article 7 - Open Meetings Law 104 - Public Notice.

§ 104. Public  notice.  1.  Public  notice  of the time and place of a   meeting scheduled at least one week prior  thereto  shall  be  given  or   electronically  transmitted to the news media and shall be conspicuously   posted in one or more designated public locations at  least  seventy-two   hours before such meeting.2. Public notice of the time and place of every other meeting shall be   given  or  electronically transmitted, to the extent practicable, to the   news media and shall be conspicuously posted in one or  more  designated   public locations at a reasonable time prior thereto.3.  The  public  notice  provided  for  by  this  section shall not be   construed to require publication as a legal notice.4. If videoconferencing is used  to  conduct  a  meeting,  the  public   notice  for  the  meeting shall inform the public that videoconferencing   will be used, identify the locations for the meeting, and state that the   public has the right to attend the meeting at any of the locations.5. If a meeting will be streamed live over the  internet,  the  public   notice  for  the meeting shall inform the public of the internet address   of the website streaming such meeting.6. When a public body has the ability to do so, notice of the time and   place of a meeting given in accordance with subdivision one  or  two  of   this  section,  shall  also be conspicuously posted on the public body's   internet website.
NY Pub Off L § 105 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBO - Public Officers Article 7 - Open Meetings Law 105 - Conduct of Executive Sessions.

§ 105. Conduct  of  executive sessions. 1. Upon a majority vote of its   total membership,  taken  in  an  open  meeting  pursuant  to  a  motion   identifying  the  general area or areas of the subject or subjects to be   considered, a public body may conduct an executive session for the below   enumerated purposes only, provided, however, that no  action  by  formal   vote shall be taken to appropriate public moneys:a. matters which will imperil the public safety if disclosed;b.  any  matter  which  may disclose the identity of a law enforcement   agent or informer;c.  information  relating  to  current  or  future  investigation   or   prosecution  of  a  criminal  offense  which would imperil effective law   enforcement if disclosed;d. discussions regarding proposed, pending or current litigation;e. collective negotiations pursuant to article fourteen of  the  civil   service law;f.   the  medical,  financial,  credit  or  employment  history  of  a   particular person or corporation, or matters leading to the appointment,   employment, promotion, demotion, discipline,  suspension,  dismissal  or   removal of a particular person or corporation;g. the preparation, grading or administration of examinations; andh.  the  proposed  acquisition,  sale or lease of real property or the   proposed acquisition of securities, or sale or  exchange  of  securities   held  by  such  public body, but only when publicity would substantially   affect the value thereof.2. Attendance at an executive session shall be permitted to any member   of the public body and any other persons authorized by the public body.
NY Pub Off L § 106 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBO - Public Officers Article 7 - Open Meetings Law 106 - Minutes.

§ 106. Minutes.  1.  Minutes  shall be taken at all open meetings of a   public body which shall consist of a record or summary of  all  motions,   proposals,  resolutions and any other matter formally voted upon and the   vote thereon.2. Minutes shall be taken at executive sessions of any action that  is   taken  by  formal vote which shall consist of a record or summary of the   final determination of such action,  and  the  date  and  vote  thereon;   provided,  however,  that such summary need not include any matter which   is not required to be made public by the freedom of information  law  as   added by article six of this chapter.3.  Minutes of meetings of all public bodies shall be available to the   public in accordance with the provisions of the freedom  of  information   law  within  two weeks from the date of such meeting except that minutes   taken pursuant to subdivision two of this section shall be available  to   the  public  within  one week from the date of the executive session. If   the agency in which a public body functions maintains  a  regularly  and   routinely updated website and utilizes a high speed internet connection,   such  minutes  shall  be posted on the website within two weeks from the   date of such meeting except that minutes taken pursuant  to  subdivision   two  of  this  section  shall be available to the public within one week   from the date of the executive session. For purposes of this subdivision   unabridged video recordings or unabridged audio recordings or unabridged   written transcripts may be deemed to be meeting minutes. Nothing in this   section shall require the creation of minutes if the public  body  would   not otherwise take them.
NY Pub Off L § 107 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBO - Public Officers Article 7 - Open Meetings Law 107 - Enforcement.

§ 107. Enforcement.  1.  Any  aggrieved  person shall have standing to   enforce the provisions of this article against  a  public  body  by  the   commencement  of  a  proceeding pursuant to article seventy-eight of the   civil practice law and rules, or an action for declaratory judgment  and   injunctive  relief.  In  any  such  action  or  proceeding,  if  a court   determines that a public body failed to comply with  this  article,  the   court shall have the power, in its discretion, upon good cause shown, to   declare  that  the  public body violated this article and/or declare the   action taken in relation to such violation void, in whole  or  in  part,   without prejudice to reconsideration in compliance with this article. If   the  court  determines that a public body has violated this article, the   court may require the members of the public body  to  participate  in  a   training  session  concerning  the  obligations  imposed by this article   conducted by the staff of the committee on open government.An unintentional failure to fully comply with  the  notice  provisions   required by this article shall not alone be grounds for invalidating any   action  taken  at  a  meeting  of  a public body. The provisions of this   article shall not affect the validity of the authorization, acquisition,   execution or disposition of a bond issue or notes.2. In any proceeding brought  pursuant  to  this  section,  costs  and   reasonable attorney fees may be awarded by the court, in its discretion,   to  the successful party. If a court determines that a vote was taken in   material violation of this article, or  that  substantial  deliberations   relating thereto occurred in private prior to such vote, the court shall   award costs and reasonable attorney's fees to the successful petitioner,   unless  there was a reasonable basis for a public body to believe that a   closed session could properly have been held.3. The statute of limitations in an article  seventy-eight  proceeding   with  respect  to an action taken at executive session shall commence to   run from the date the minutes of such executive session have  been  made   available to the public.
NY Pub Off L § 108 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBO - Public Officers Article 7 - Open Meetings Law 108 - Exemptions.

§ 108. Exemptions.   Nothing   contained  in  this  article  shall  be   construed as extending the provisions hereof to:1. judicial or quasi-judicial proceedings, except proceedings  of  the   public service commission and zoning boards of appeals;2. a. deliberations of political committees, conferences and caucuses.b.  for  purposes  of  this  section,  the  deliberations of political   committees, conferences and caucuses means a private meeting of  members   of  the  senate  or  assembly  of  the  state  of  New  York,  or of the   legislative body of a county, city, town or village, who are members  or   adherents of the same political party, without regard to (i) the subject   matter  under discussion, including discussions of public business, (ii)   the  majority  or  minority  status  of   such   political   committees,   conferences  and  caucuses  or  (iii) whether such political committees,   conferences and caucuses invite staff or guests to participate in  their   deliberations; and3. any matter made confidential by federal or state law.
NY Pub Off L § 109 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBO - Public Officers Article 7 - Open Meetings Law 109 - Committee on Open Government.

§ 109. Committee on open government. The committee on open government,   created  by  paragraph  (a) of subdivision one of section eighty-nine of   this chapter, shall issue advisory opinions from time to time as, in its   discretion, may be required to inform public bodies and persons  of  the   interpretations of the provisions of the open meetings law.
NY Pub Off L § 110 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBO - Public Officers Article 7 - Open Meetings Law 110 - Construction With Other Laws.

§ 110. Construction  with  other  laws. 1. Any provision of a charter,   administrative  code,  local  law,  ordinance,  or  rule  or  regulation   affecting a public body which is more restrictive with respect to public   access than this article shall be deemed superseded hereby to the extent   that such provision is more restrictive than this article.2.  Any  provision  of  general,  special  or  local  law  or charter,   administrative code, ordinance, or rule or regulation  less  restrictive   with  respect  to  public  access  than this article shall not be deemed   superseded hereby.3. Notwithstanding any provision of this article to  the  contrary,  a   public body may adopt provisions less restrictive with respect to public   access than this article.
NY Pub Off L § 111 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBO - Public Officers Article 7 - Open Meetings Law 111 - Severability.

§ 111. Severability.   If   any  provision  of  this  article  or  the   application thereof to any person or circumstances is  adjudged  invalid   by  a court of competent jurisdiction, such judgment shall not affect or   impair the validity of the  other  provisions  of  the  article  or  the   application thereof to other persons and circumstances.
NY Pub Off L § 115 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBO - Public Officers Article 8 - Construction; Laws Repealed; When to Take Effect 115 - Application of Chapter.

§ 115. Application  of chapter. This chapter applies to civil officers   only.
NY Pub Off L § 116 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBO - Public Officers Article 8 - Construction; Laws Repealed; When to Take Effect 116 - Laws Repealed.

§ 116. Laws  repealed.  Of  the laws enumerated in the schedule hereto   annexed, that portion specified in the last column is hereby repealed.
NY Pub Off L § 117 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBO - Public Officers Article 8 - Construction; Laws Repealed; When to Take Effect 117 - When to Take Effect.

§ 117. When   to   take   effect.   This  chapter  shall  take  effect   immediately.
NY Pub Serv L § 1 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBS - Public Service Article 1 - The Department of Public Service 1 - Short Title.

§ 1. Short  title.  This chapter shall be known as the "Public Service   Law." Reference in any law to the public service  commission  law  shall   mean  the  public  service  law,  and amendments, in form, to the public   service commission law enacted by the legislature  of  nineteen  hundred   thirty shall be treated as amendments to the public service law.
NY Pub Serv L § 3 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBS - Public Service Article 1 - The Department of Public Service 3 - Department of Public Service.

§ 3. Department  of  public  service.  There  shall  be  in  the state   government a department of public service. The chairman  of  the  public   service   commission  shall  be  the  chief  executive  officer  of  the   department. He or she shall appoint and shall have the power to  remove,   subject  to  the  provisions  of  the  civil  service law, all officers,   clerks, inspectors, experts and employees  of  the  department,  and  to   approve  all contracts for special service. The chairman shall designate   one of the  commissioners  in  the  department  or  an  officer  of  the   department to act as deputy chairman during the absence or disability of   the  chairman  and  during such times such deputy chairman shall possess   all the powers of  the  chairman  as  chief  executive  officer  of  the   department.