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NY Civ Rights L § 55 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CVR - Civil Rights Article 5-A - Membership Corporations and Unincorporated Associations. 55 - Anonymous Communications Prohibited.

§  55.  Anonymous  communications prohibited. It shall be unlawful for   any such corporation or association to send, deliver, mail  or  transmit   to  any  person in this state who is not a member of such corporation or   association any anonymous letter, document, leaflet or other written  or   printed  matter,  and  all  such  letters,  documents, leaflets or other   written or printed matter, intended for a person not a  member  of  such   corporation  or  association,  shall  bear  on the same the name of such   corporation or  association  and  the  names  of  the  officers  thereof   together with the addresses of the latter.
NY Civ Rights L § 56 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CVR - Civil Rights Article 5-A - Membership Corporations and Unincorporated Associations. 56 - Offenses; Penalties.

§  56.  Offenses;  penalties. Any corporation or association violating   any  provision  of  this  article  shall  be  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor   punishable by a fine of not less than one thousand dollars nor more than   ten  thousand  dollars.   Any officer of such corporation or association   and every member of the board of directors, trustees  or  other  similar   body,  who  violates  any  provision  of  this  article  or  permits  or   acquiesces in the violation of any provision of this article by any such   corporation shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Any person who  becomes  a   member  of  any  such  corporation  or  association, or remains a member   thereof,  or  attends  a  meeting  thereof,  with  knowledge  that  such   corporation  or  association  has failed to comply with any provision of   this article, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
NY Civ Rights L § 57 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CVR - Civil Rights Article 5-A - Membership Corporations and Unincorporated Associations. 57 - Additional Penalties.

§  57.  Additional penalties. In addition to the penalties provided by   section fifty-six of this article, a violation of the provisions of this   article  may  be  restrained  at  the  suit  of  the   people   by   the   attorney-general.
NY Civ Rights L § 60 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CVR - Civil Rights Article 6 - Change of Name 60 - Petition for Change of Name.

§  60.  Petition  for  change  of name. A petition for leave to assume   another name may be made by a resident of the state to the county  court   of  the  county  or the supreme court in the county in which he resides,   or, if he resides in the city of New York, either to the  supreme  court   or  to  any  branch  of  the civil court of the city of New York, in any   county of the city of New York. The petition to change the  name  of  an   infant  may  be made by the infant through his next friend, or by either   of his parents, or by his general guardian, or by the  guardian  of  his   person.
NY Civ Rights L § 61 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CVR - Civil Rights Article 6 - Change of Name 61 - Contents.

§  61.  Contents.  1.  The petition shall be in writing, signed by the   petitioner and verified in like manner as  a  pleading  in  a  court  of   record, and shall specify the grounds of the application, the name, date   of birth, place of birth, age and residence of the individual whose name   is  proposed  to  be  changed  and  the name which he or she proposes to   assume.  The  petition  shall  also  specify  (a)  whether  or  not  the   petitioner  has been convicted of a crime or adjudicated a bankrupt; (b)   whether or not there are any judgments or liens of  record  against  the   petitioner  or actions or proceedings pending to which the petitioner is   a party, and, if so, the petitioner shall give  descriptive  details  in   connection  therewith sufficient to readily identify the matter referred   to; (c) whether or not the petitioner is responsible for  child  support   obligations;   (d)   whether  or  not  the  petitioner's  child  support   obligations have been satisfied and are up to date; (e) the amount of  a   child  support  arrearage  that  currently is outstanding along with the   identity of the court which issued the  support  order  and  the  county   child  support  collections  unit;  (f) whether or not the petitioner is   responsible for spousal support obligations;  (g)  whether  or  not  the   petitioner's  spousal support obligations have been satisfied and are up   to date; and (h) the amount of spousal support arrearage that  currently   is  outstanding  along  with  the identity of the court which issued the   support order.2. If the petitioner stands convicted of a violent felony  offense  as   defined in section 70.02 of the penal law or a felony defined in article   one  hundred  twenty-five of such law or any of the following provisions   of such law sections 130.25, 130.30,  130.40,  130.45,  255.25,  255.26,   255.27, article two hundred sixty-three, 135.10, 135.25, 230.05, 230.06,   subdivision  two  of section 230.30 or 230.32, and is currently confined   as an incarcerated individual in any correctional facility or  currently   under  the  supervision  of  the department of corrections and community   supervision or a  county  probation  department  as  a  result  of  such   conviction,  the  petition  shall  for each such conviction specify such   felony conviction, the date of such conviction or convictions,  and  the   court in which such conviction or convictions were entered.3.  Upon  all  applications  for change of name by persons born in the   state of New York, there shall be annexed  to  such  petition  either  a   birth  certificate or a certified transcript thereof or a certificate of   the commissioner or local board of health that none is available.
NY Civ Rights L § 64-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws CVR - Civil Rights Article 6 - Change of Name 64-A - Sealing Name Change Papers.

* §  64-a.  Exemption  from  publication requirements. 1. If the court   shall find that the publication of an applicant's change of  name  would   jeopardize  such  applicant's  personal safety, based on totality of the   circumstances the provisions of sections sixty-three and  sixty-four  of   this  article  requiring  publication  shall  be  waived  and  shall  be   inapplicable. Provided, however, the court shall not  deny  such  waiver   soley  on  the basis that the applicant lacks specific instances of or a   personal history of threat to personal safety. The court shall order the   records of such change of name proceeding to be  sealed,  to  be  opened   only by order of the court for good cause shown or at the request of the   applicant.2.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, pending such a finding   in subdivision one of this section where an applicant seeks relief under   this section, the court shall immediately order the applicant's  current   name,  proposed  new name, residential and business addresses, telephone   numbers, and any other information contained in any pleadings or  papers   submitted  to the court to be safeguarded and sealed in order to prevent   their inadvertent or unauthorized use or disclosure while the matter  is   pending.* NB Effective until December 21, 2021* §  64-a. Sealing name change papers. 1. If the court shall find that   open record of an applicant's  change  of  name  would  jeopardize  such   applicant's personal safety, based on totality of the circumstances, the   court  shall,  at  the request of the applicant or sua sponte, order the   records of such change of name proceeding be sealed, to be  opened  only   by  order  of  the  court  for good cause shown or at the request of the   applicant.  For  the  purposes  of  this  section,  "totality   of   the   circumstances"  shall include, but not be limited to, a consideration of   the risk of violence or discrimination against the applicant,  including   such  applicant's  status  as  transgender or as the subject of domestic   violence. The court shall not deny such sealing request  solely  on  the   basis  that  the  applicant  lacks  specific  instances of or a personal   history of threat to personal safety.2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, pending such a  finding   in subdivision one of this section where an applicant seeks relief under   this  section, the court shall immediately order the applicant's current   name, proposed new name, residential and business  addresses,  telephone   numbers,  and any other information contained in any pleadings or papers   submitted to the court to be safeguarded and sealed in order to  prevent   their  inadvertent or unauthorized use or disclosure while the matter is   pending.* NB Effective December 21, 2021
NY Civ Rights L § 65 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CVR - Civil Rights Article 6 - Change of Name 65 - Optional Change of Name Upon Marriage, Divorce or Annulment.

§  65. Optional change of name upon marriage, divorce or annulment. 1.   Any person may, upon marriage, elect to assume a new name  according  to   the provisions of paragraph (b) of subdivision one of section fifteen of   the domestic relations law.2.  Any person may, upon divorce or annulment, elect to resume the use   of a former surname or  middle  name  according  to  the  provisions  of   section two hundred forty-a of the domestic relations law.3.  The  effect  of  the  name  changes  accomplished  in  the  manner   prescribed in subdivisions one and two of this section shall be  as  set   forth in section sixty-four of this article.4. Nothing in this article shall be construed to abrogate or alter the   common  law  right of every person, whether married or single, to retain   his or her name or to assume a new one so long as the new name  is  used   consistently and without intent to defraud.5.  Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, the state shall   not impose any fee, charge, surcharge or assessment solely to change the   surname or middle name contained on a license, permit,  registration  or   other  identifying  document  for  a  person who, because of a change in   marital status, has assumed a new name or  reassumes  use  of  a  former   surname as provided for in this section.
NY Civ Rights L § 67 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CVR - Civil Rights Article 6-A - Change of Sex Designation 67 - Petition to Change of Sex Designation.

* § 67. Petition to change of sex designation. 1. A petition for leave   to  change sex designation may be made by a resident of the state to the   county court of the county or the supreme court in the county  in  which   such  resident  resides, or, if such resident resides in the city of New   York, either to the supreme court or to any branch of the civil court of   the city of New York, in any  county  of  the  city  of  New  York.  The   petition  to  change the sex designation of an infant may be made by the   infant through either of such infant's  parents,  or  by  such  infant's   general guardian or by the guardian of such infant's person.2.  When  an  individual petitions the court to recognize their gender   identity or to amend the sex designation on an  identity  document,  the   court  shall  issue such an order upon receipt of an affidavit from such   individual attesting to their gender identity or reason for the  change.   No  additional medical evidence shall be required to grant such request.   No such order shall be required to amend  an  identity  document  issued   within  New  York  state.  No  such order shall be required to otherwise   recognize the gender of an individual and  treat  them  consistent  with   their gender identity within New York state or under New York state law.   No  fee  shall  be  charged  for  a  request  for  judicial intervention   associated with a petition to change sex designation.3. Such request may be made simultaneously with a petition for  change   of  name  pursuant  to section sixty or sixty-five of this chapter or on   its own.* NB Effective December 21, 2021
NY Civ Rights L § 67-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws CVR - Civil Rights Article 6-A - Change of Sex Designation 67-A - Order.

* §  67-a.  Order.  If the court to which the petition is presented is   satisfied  thereby,  or  by  the  affidavit  and  certificate  presented   therewith,  that  the  petition is true, and that there is no reasonable   objection to the change of sex designation proposed, and if the petition   be to change the sex designation of an infant, that the interests of the   infant will be substantially promoted by the  change,  the  court  shall   make  an  order authorizing the petitioner to assume the sex designation   proposed.* NB Effective December 21, 2021
NY Civ Rights L § 67-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws CVR - Civil Rights Article 6-A - Change of Sex Designation 67-B - Sealing Change of Sex Designation Papers.

* § 67-b. Sealing change of sex designation papers. 1. Upon request of   the  applicant  or sua sponte, the court shall order the records of such   change of sex designation proceeding to be sealed, to be opened only  by   order  of  the  court  for  good  cause  shown  or at the request of the   applicant.2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, pending such a  finding   in subdivision one of this section where an applicant seeks relief under   this  section, the court shall immediately order the applicant's current   name, sex designation, proposed new  sex  designation,  residential  and   business   addresses,  telephone  numbers,  and  any  other  information   contained in any pleadings or  papers  submitted  to  the  court  to  be   safeguarded  and  sealed  in  order  to  prevent  their  inadvertent  or   unauthorized use or disclosure while the matter is pending.* NB Effective December 21, 2021
NY Civ Rights L § 70 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CVR - Civil Rights Article 7 - Miscellaneous Rights and Immunities 70 - Vexatious Suits.

§  70. Vexatious suits. If a person vexatiously or maliciously, in the   name of another but without the latter's consent, or in the name  of  an   unknown  person,  commences  or  continues, or causes to be commenced or   continued, an action or special proceeding, in a court, of record or not   of record, or a special proceeding before a judge or a  justice  of  the   peace; or takes, or causes to be taken, any proceeding, in the course of   an  action  or  special  proceeding  in  such a court, or before such an   officer, either before or after judgment or other  final  determination;   an  action  to recover damages therefor may be maintained against him by   the adverse party to the action or special proceeding; and a like action   may be maintained by the person, if any, whose name was thus used. He is   also guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment  not  exceeding   six months.
NY Civ Rights L § 70-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws CVR - Civil Rights Article 7 - Miscellaneous Rights and Immunities 70-A - Actions Involving Public Petition and Participation; Recovery of Damages.

§  70-a. Actions involving public petition and participation; recovery of damages. 1. A defendant in an action involving  public  petition  and participation, as defined in paragraph (a) of subdivision one of section seventy-six-a  of  this  article,  may  maintain an action, claim, cross claim or counterclaim to recover damages, including costs and attorney's fees, from any person who commenced or continued such  action;  provided that:  (a) costs and attorney's fees shall be recovered upon a demonstration, including an adjudication pursuant to subdivision (g) of rule thirty-two hundred  eleven  or subdivision (h) of rule thirty-two hundred twelve of the civil practice law and  rules,  that  the  action  involving  public petition   and  participation  was  commenced  or  continued  without  a substantial basis in fact and law  and  could  not  be  supported  by  a substantial  argument  for  the  extension,  modification or reversal of existing law;  (b)  other  compensatory  damages  may  only  be  recovered  upon   an additional  demonstration  that the action involving public petition and participation was commenced or continued for the purpose  of  harassing, intimidating,  punishing  or  otherwise  maliciously inhibiting the free exercise of speech, petition or association rights; and  (c)  punitive  damages  may  only  be  recovered  upon  an  additional demonstration   that   the   action   involving   public   petition  and participation was  commenced  or  continued  for  the  sole  purpose  of harassing,  intimidating,  punishing or otherwise maliciously inhibiting the free exercise of speech, petition or association rights.   2. The right to bring an action under this section can be waived  only if it is waived specifically.   3.  Nothing  in this section shall affect or preclude the right of any party to any recovery otherwise authorized by common law, or by statute, law or rule.
NY Civ Rights L § 71 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CVR - Civil Rights Article 7 - Miscellaneous Rights and Immunities 71 - Damages in Action for Suing in Name of Another.

§  71.  Damages  in action for suing in name of another. In an action,   brought by the adverse party, as prescribed in  the  last  section,  the   plaintiff,  if he recovers final judgment, is entitled to recover treble   damages. In an action, brought by the person whose  name  was  used,  as   prescribed in the last section, the plaintiff is entitled to recover his   actual damages, and two hundred and fifty dollars in addition thereto.
NY Civ Rights L § 72 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CVR - Civil Rights Article 7 - Miscellaneous Rights and Immunities 72 - Term of Imprisonment of Civil Prisoner.

§  72.  Term  of  imprisonment  of  civil prisoner. No person shall be   imprisoned within the prison walls of any jail for a longer period  than   three  months under an execution or any other mandate against the person   to enforce the recovery of a sum of money less than five hundred dollars   in amount or under a commitment upon a fine for contempt of court in the   nonpayment of  alimony,  maintenance,  distributive  awards  or  special   relief  in  matrimonial  actions or counsel fees in a divorce case where   the amount so to be paid is less than the sum of five  hundred  dollars;   and  where the amount in either of said cases is five hundred dollars or   over, such imprisonment shall not continue for a longer period than  six   months.  It  shall  be the duty of the sheriff in whose custody any such   person is held to discharge  such  person  at  the  expiration  of  said   respective  periods  without any formal application being made therefor.   No person shall be imprisoned within the jail liberties of any jail  for   a  longer  period  than  six  months upon any execution or other mandate   against the person to enforce the recovery of  a  sum  of  five  hundred   dollars  or  over  or  for  a  longer period than three months where the   amount is less than  five  hundred  dollars,  and  no  action  shall  be   commenced  against  the sheriff upon a bond given for the jail liberties   by such person. In computing the term of imprisonment time spent  within   the  prison  walls  of any jail and time spent within the jail liberties   shall be included. Notwithstanding such a discharge  in  either  of  the   above  cases,  the  judgment creditor in the execution, or the person at   whose instance the said mandate was issued, has the same remedy  against   the  property  of  the person imprisoned which he or she had before such   execution or mandate was issued; but the prisoner  shall  not  be  again   imprisoned  upon a like process issued in the same action or arrested in   any action upon any judgment under which the same may have been granted.   Except in a case hereinbefore specified nothing in  this  section  shall   affect a commitment for contempt of court.
NY Civ Rights L § 74 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CVR - Civil Rights Article 7 - Miscellaneous Rights and Immunities 74 - Privileges in Action for Libel.

§  74.  Privileges  in  action  for  libel.  A  civil action cannot be   maintained against any person, firm or corporation, for the  publication   of  a  fair  and  true  report  of  any judicial proceeding, legislative   proceeding or other official proceeding,  or  for  any  heading  of  the   report which is a fair and true headnote of the statement published.This  section  does not apply to a libel contained in any other matter   added by any person concerned in the publication; or in  the  report  of   anything  said  or done at the time and place of such a proceeding which   was not a part thereof.
NY Civ Rights L § 75 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CVR - Civil Rights Article 7 - Miscellaneous Rights and Immunities 75 - Defamation by Radio or Television.

§  75.  Defamation by radio or television.  1.  The owner, licensee or   operator of a visual or sound radio broadcasting station or  network  of   stations,  and  the  agents  or employees of any such owner, licensee or   operator, shall not  be  liable  for  any  damages  for  any  defamatory   statement  published  or  uttered  in  or as a part of a visual or sound   radio broadcast, by any legally qualified candidate  for  public  office   whose   utterances,   under   rules   and  regulations  of  the  federal   communications commission may not  be  subject  to  censorship  by  such   owner,  licensee  or operator of such visual or sound radio broadcasting   station or network of stations, or their agents or employees.2.  A "legally qualified candidate" means any person who has  publicly   announced  that  he  is  a candidate for nomination by a convention of a   political party or for nomination or election in a primary, special,  or   general  election,  municipal,  county, state or national, and who meets   the qualifications prescribed by the applicable laws to hold the  office   for  which  he  is  a  candidate,  so  that  he  may be voted for by the   electorate directly or by means of delegates or electors and who (a) has   qualified for a place on  the  ballot  or  (b)  is  eligible  under  the   applicable  law  to  be  voted  by writing in his name on the ballot, or   other method, and who has been nominated by a political party  which  is   commonly  known and regarded as such or makes a substantial showing that   he is a bona fide candidate for nomination or office, as  the  case  may   be.3.    In  order  to  be  absolved  from  liability for damages for any   utterance by a legally qualified candidate as herein defined  in  or  as   part  of  a  visual  or  sound  radio  broadcast, the owner, licensee or   operator of such visual or sound radio broadcasting station  or  network   of  stations,  or  the  agents  or employees thereof, shall announce, in   substance, at the beginning and end of each such political broadcast  of   more  than  five  minutes  duration,  and  at the beginning of each such   political broadcast of five minutes duration or less, that  the  remarks   about to be made, or made, as the case may be, by the speaker are not to   be  construed  as reflecting the opinions or beliefs of the station, its   ownership or management.
NY Civ Rights L § 76 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CVR - Civil Rights Article 7 - Miscellaneous Rights and Immunities 76 - Action for Libel: Evidence, Separate Verdicts.

§  76.  Action for libel: evidence, separate verdicts. At the trial of   any civil action for libel, the defendant may prove,  for  consideration   by  the jury in fixing the amount of the verdict, that the plaintiff has   already recovered damages,  or  has  received,  or  agreed  to  receive,   compensation  in  respect  of  a libel or libels of a similar purport or   effect as the libel  for  which  such  action  has  been  brought.    In   consolidated  actions  based  on libels of similar purport or effect the   jury shall assess the whole amount of the  plaintiff's  damages  in  one   sum, but a separate verdict shall be taken for or against each defendant   and  the jury shall apportion the amount of damages among the defendants   against whom it found a verdict.