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NY Gen City L § 120 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GCT - General City Article 8 - Drug Control Authorities 120 - Creation; Board; Employees.

§ 120. Creation;  board;  employees.  The  governing body of each city   having a population of fifty thousand or more is  hereby  authorized  to   create  a  city  drug control authority. Such authority shall consist of   not less than five nor more than nine members who shall be appointed  by   the  governing  body  of  the  city,  at  least  one  of whom shall be a   physician licensed to  practice  medicine  in  this  state.  Any  person   serving as a member of a city narcotic guidance council, community board   narcotic guidance council in the city of New York, drug abuse commission   or  mental  health  board  shall be eligible to serve as a member of the   board of a city drug authority created pursuant to this  article.    The   chairman  of  the board shall be designated by the governing body of the   city from among the  members  so  appointed.  The  compensation  of  the   members  shall  be  fixed  by  the governing body of the city within the   amount available therefor by appropriation.  The board shall  appoint  a   counsel,  an  administrative officer and such other officers, employees,   agents and consultants as may be necessary, prescribe their duties,  fix   their compensation and provide for payment of their expenses, all within   amounts appropriated therefor by the city.
NY Gen City L § 121 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GCT - General City Article 8 - Drug Control Authorities 121 - Powers of the Authority.

§ 121. Powers  of  the  authority.  The  authority, by and through its   board, shall have the following functions, powers and duties:1. To coordinate and assist in activities in the city relating to drug   control;2. To establish in-patient and out-patient  treatment  facilities  for   persons  addicted  to the use of drugs and drug abusers. Such facilities   shall include, but shall not be limited to:a. detoxification centers and clinics for the out-patient treatment of   drug abusers and addicts;b. a treatment center where addicts may obtain professional counseling   from physicians, psychologists, psychiatrists and where possible, former   drug abusers and addicts;c. half-way houses to provide continuing treatment  for  drug  abusers   and addicts.3.  To  create  a  referral  program whereby drug abusers, addicts and   persons and agencies concerned with their treatment will make use of the   aforementioned treatment facilities;4. To encourage and, when so  requested,  assist  cooperative  efforts   among  state  and  city  agencies  in  developing  solutions to the drug   problem;5. To establish one or more treatment districts within the city  based   on  geography and population density; and to employ a referral counselor   in each treatment district;6. To encourage and foster,  if  possible,  the  use  of  former  drug   abusers and persons formerly addicted to drugs as staff personnel;7. To develop preventative educational programs and in the city of New   York,  to  assist  narcotic guidance councils of community boards in the   development of such programs;8. Outside the city of New York, to act  as  agent  for  the  city  in   accepting any public or private funds which may be made available to the   city to combat the problems of drug abuse;9.  To  make  a  continuing evaluation of the preventative educational   techniques and pharmacological and psychiatric treatment procedures used   in the city;10. To utilize former  drug  abusers  and  ex-addicts  in  educational   counseling and make periodic evaluations of their effectiveness;11. To establish youth centers to provide individual and group therapy   and develop constructive work habits;12.  To develop a program designed to educate and enlighten parents on   detection, prevention and treatment of problems relating to drug use and   in the city  of  New  York  to  assist  narcotic  guidance  councils  of   community boards in the development of such programs.
NY Gen City L § 122 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GCT - General City Article 8 - Drug Control Authorities 122 - Reports of the Authority.

§ 122. Reports  of  the  authority. The authority shall make an annual   report to the governing body of the city. When it deems  advisable,  the   authority  may  make  interim  reports to the governing body of the city   with its recommendations, in order to afford the governing body  of  the   city an opportunity to take immediate action thereon.
NY Gen City L § 123 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GCT - General City Article 8 - Drug Control Authorities 123 - Acquisition of Real Property; Financing of Expenditures.

§ 123. Acquisition  of real property; financing of expenditures.  Real   property required for any of the purposes  set  forth  in  this  article   shall  be  acquired  by  the governing body of the city on behalf of the   authority.Nothing contained in this article shall be construed  to  prevent  the   financing, in whole or in part, pursuant to the local finance law of any   expenditure made to carry out the purposes of this article.
NY Gen City L § 130 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GCT - General City Article 9 - Contracts for Supply of Gas 130 - Contracts With Corporations for Supply of Gas.

§ 130. Contracts  with  corporations  for supply of gas. The municipal   officers authorized by law to contract in behalf  of  any  city  of  the   first  class, for the lighting of its streets may, from time to time, in   the manner, upon the terms and with the conditions hereinafter  provided   contract  in  behalf  of  such city with any corporation or corporations   then supplying gas therein for a supply of gas to  such  city,  for  and   during  such  specified  period  not exceeding fifteen years as shall by   such municipal officers be deemed to be for the best interests  of  such   city and of the inhabitants thereof.
NY Gen City L § 131 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GCT - General City Article 9 - Contracts for Supply of Gas 131 - Letting of Contract to Be Public.

§ 131. Letting  of contract to be public. Every such contract shall be   let at public letting as required by law, and as a consideration for the   execution and performance  thereof,  shall  expressly  provide  for  and   secure  to  such  city,  prices lower than any now prescribed therein by   law, and a progressive reduction in such price for each year during  the   continued  performance  of  such contract and also adequate assurance of   the continuing mutual performance of  such  contract  according  to  the   conditions  thereof,  with  proper  indemnity  to  either  party to such   contract against  any  possible  violation,  impairment,  abrogation  or   supersession thereof, within the term specified.
NY Gen City L § 132 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GCT - General City Article 9 - Contracts for Supply of Gas 132 - Contract to Provide for Reduction of Price.

§ 132. Contract to provide for reduction of price. Every such contract   shall  also  provide  and require that during the term therein specified   the  corporation  party  thereto  may  and  shall  supply  gas  to   the   inhabitants  of such city at prices lower than those now or then charged   therein by such corporation party thereto and  progressively  lower  for   each  year  of  such  term;  any company or corporation bidding for such   contract shall specify such several prices and reductions of  price  for   the  several  classes  and  terms  of  gas supply, and the same shall be   considered in the award of any such contract to the  bidders  or  bidder   therefor,  and  the  corporation  receiving  any  such contract shall be   entitled to charge and collect the prices therein specified  during  the   continuance  thereof.  Nothing  in this article contained is intended or   shall be construed to affect or impair any existing  right  or  contract   except with the consent of the parties to any such contract.
NY Gen City L § 140 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GCT - General City Article 10 - Hospitals for Treatment of Pulmonary Tuberculosis 140 - Establishment of Hospitals.

§ 140. Establishment  of  hospitals.  A  city of the first class shall   have power whenever its board of health shall deem it necessary for  the   promotion  of  the  health  of  its inhabitants, to establish, equip and   maintain, outside of its corporate limits, and not within the limits  of   any  other  city or any village, a hospital or hospitals for the regular   treatment of the disease known as pulmonary tuberculosis.
NY Gen City L § 141 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GCT - General City Article 10 - Hospitals for Treatment of Pulmonary Tuberculosis 141 - Selection of Site.

§ 141. Selection  of site. Whenever a city having a population of more   than three hundred thousand inhabitants shall  desire  to  exercise  the   power  conferred  by  this article it shall through its board of health,   select such locality outside of its corporate  limits,  but  within  the   state,  and  not  within  the  corporate limits of any other city or any   village, as it may consider best adapted by reason of climatic and other   conditions for the treatment of such disease, and shall make application   to the department of health for the approval of the  site  so  selected.   Upon  such approval being given the city may acquire title to such lands   as its board of health may designate, within the limits of the  locality   submitted  to  and  approved  by  the  state  department  of health. The   provisions of law relating to the  acquiring  of  private  property  for   public purposes are hereby made applicable as far as may be necessary to   the acquiring of title to such lands.
NY Gen City L § 142 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GCT - General City Article 10 - Hospitals for Treatment of Pulmonary Tuberculosis 142 - Jurisdiction of Local Board of Health.

§ 142. Jurisdiction  of  local  board  of  health.  All  hospitals  or   institutions now or hereafter established or maintained by any  city  of   the  first  class  for  the  regular  or  special  treatment  of persons   suffering from the disease known  as  pulmonary  tuberculosis  shall  be   subject  to  the approval of the local board of health; special wards or   pavilions for the  treatment  of  cases  of  pulmonary  tuberculosis  in   existing  hospitals  shall  be  provided  with  separate nurses, cooking   utensils, washing and plumbing facilities.
NY Gen City L § 161 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GCT - General City Article 11 - Protection of Purchasers of Coal 161 - Bills of Lading; Penalty for Altering.

§ 161. Bills  of  lading;  penalty  for  altering.  A person guilty of   altering with intent to defraud, any original bill of lading  issued  by   the  person,  firm  or  corporation by whom the coal was loaded into the   vessel in which such coal is transported to any city  of  the  first  or   second  class,  in this state, or of uttering any such bill of lading so   altered, or who  is  guilty  of  making,  preparing  or  subscribing  or   uttering  a  false  or  fraudulent  manifest,  invoice or bill of lading   thereof, or removing any part of such cargo of coal without  having  the   amount  thereof certified to in writing on such original bill of lading,   by the person, firm or corporation receiving the coal so removed, and by   the captain of the  vessel  containing  such  cargo,  is  punishable  by   imprisonment  in a state prison, not exceeding three years, or by a fine   not exceeding one thousand dollars, or both, and  the  delivery  of  any   fraudulent  bill of lading to any purchaser of coal shall be presumptive   evidence of uttering the same with criminal intent.
NY Gen City L § 170 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GCT - General City Article 12 - Laws Repealed; When to Take Effect 170 - Laws Repealed.

§ 170. Laws  repealed.  Of  the laws enumerated in the schedule hereto   annexed, that portion specified in the last column is hereby repealed.
NY Gen City L § 171 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GCT - General City Article 12 - Laws Repealed; When to Take Effect 171 - When to Take Effect.

§ 171. When   to   take   effect.   This  chapter  shall  take  effect   immediately.
NY Gen Const L § 1 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GCN - General Construction Article 1 - Short Title 1 - Short Title.

§  1.  Short  title.  This  chapter  shall  be  known  as the "General   Construction Law."
NY Gen Const L § 10 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GCN - General Construction Article 2 - Meaning of Terms 10 - Acknowledge and Acknowledgment.

§   10.  Acknowledge  and  acknowledgment.  The  terms  acknowledge  and   acknowledgment,  when  used  with  reference  to  the  execution  of  an   instrument  or  writing  other  than  a deed of real property, include a   compliance with the provisions of the next section by either such  proof   or acknowledgment.
NY Gen Const L § 11 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GCN - General Construction Article 2 - Meaning of Terms 11 - Acknowledgment or Proof of Instrument.

§  11.  Acknowledgment or proof of instrument. When the execution of any   instrument  or  writing  is  authorized  or  required  by  law   to   be   acknowledged,  or  to  be  proven  so  as  to  entitle it to be filed or   recorded in a public office, the acknowledgment  may  be  taken  or  the   proof  made  before  any  officer  then and there authorized to take the   acknowledgment or proof of the execution of a deed of real  property  to   entitle  it to be recorded in a county clerk's office, and shall be made   and certified in the same manner as such acknowledgment or proof of such   deed.
NY Gen Const L § 11-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws GCN - General Construction Article 2 - Meaning of Terms 11-A - Acquisition.

§ 11-a.  Acquisition.  The term "acquisition" means the act of acquiring   any  title  to, right or interest in, real property through the exercise   of the power of eminent domain pursuant to the provisions of the eminent   domain procedure law.
NY Gen Const L § 11-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws GCN - General Construction Article 2 - Meaning of Terms 11-B - Appropriation.

§ 11-b.  Appropriation.  The term "appropriation" when used in reference   to  the  acquiring  of  any title to, right or interest in real property   through the exercise of the power of eminent domain, shall be deemed  to   mean acquisition.
NY Gen Const L § 12 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GCN - General Construction Article 2 - Meaning of Terms 12 - Affidavit.

§  12.  Affidavit. When an affidavit is authorized or required it may be   sworn to before any officer authorized by law to take the acknowledgment   of deeds in this state, unless a particular officer is specified  before   whom it is to be taken.
NY Gen Const L § 13 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GCN - General Construction Article 2 - Meaning of Terms 13 - Adjournment of Meeting.

§  13.  Adjournment  of  meeting.  Any  meeting  referred  to in section   forty-one of this chapter may be adjourned  by  a  less  number  than  a   quorum.
NY Gen Const L § 13-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws GCN - General Construction Article 2 - Meaning of Terms 13-B - Board of Supervisors.

§  13-b. Board of supervisors. The term "board of supervisors" means the   elective governing body of a county, by whatever name designated.
NY Gen Const L § 14 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GCN - General Construction Article 2 - Meaning of Terms 14 - Bond and Undertaking.

§  14. Bond and undertaking. A provision of law authorizing or requiring   a bond to be given shall be deemed to have been  complied  with  by  the   execution of an undertaking to the same effect.
NY Gen Const L § 15 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GCN - General Construction Article 2 - Meaning of Terms 15 - Chattels.

§  15.    Chattels.  The term chattels includes goods and chattels; and,   where the term appears in any statute or rule pertaining to an action to   recover the same, it also includes all specific personal property,  such   as,  but  not  limited to, certificates of stock, bonds, notes, or other   securities or obligations.
NY Gen Const L § 16 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GCN - General Construction Article 2 - Meaning of Terms 16 - Choose.

§ 16. Choose. The term choose includes elect and appoint.
NY Gen Const L § 16-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws GCN - General Construction Article 2 - Meaning of Terms 16-A - Civil Action.

§  16-a.  Civil  action. The term "civil action" means any action except   when prosecuted in the name of the people of the state of New  York,  as   plaintiffs against a party charged with crime.
NY Gen Const L § 16-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws GCN - General Construction Article 2 - Meaning of Terms 16-B - Condemnation.

§ 16-b. Condemnation.  The term "condemnation" when used in reference to   the  acquiring  of  any  title  to,  right or interest in, real property   through the exercise of the power of eminent domain, shall be deemed  to   mean acquisition.
NY Gen Const L § 17 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GCN - General Construction Article 2 - Meaning of Terms 17 - Criminal Code.

§ 17. Criminal code. The term criminal code means the code of criminal   procedure.
NY Gen Const L § 18 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GCN - General Construction Article 2 - Meaning of Terms 18 - Consolidated Laws.

§  18.  Consolidated  laws.  The term Consolidated Laws shall mean the   compilation  of  the  statutes  prepared  by  the  board  of   statutory   consolidation and the amendments thereof.
NY Gen Const L § 18-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws GCN - General Construction Article 2 - Meaning of Terms 18-A - Criminal Action.

§ 18-a. Criminal action. A "criminal action" is prosecuted in the name   of  the  people of the state of New York, as plaintiffs, against a party   charged with crime.
NY Gen Const L § 19 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GCN - General Construction Article 2 - Meaning of Terms 19 - Day, Calendar.

§ 19. Day, calendar. A calendar day includes the time from midnight to   midnight.  Sunday  or any day of the week specifically mentioned means a   calendar day.
NY Gen Const L § 20 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GCN - General Construction Article 2 - Meaning of Terms 20 - Day, Computation.

§  20. Day, computation. A number of days specified as a period from a   certain day within which or after or before which an act  is  authorized   or  required  to be done means such number of calendar days exclusive of   the calendar day from which the reckoning is made. If such period  is  a   period  of  two  days,  Saturday,  Sunday  or  a  public holiday must be   excluded from the reckoning if it is an intervening day between the  day   from  which  the  reckoning  is  made and the last day of the period. In   computing any specified period of time from a specified event,  the  day   upon  which the event happens is deemed the day from which the reckoning   is made. The day from which any specified period  of  time  is  reckoned   shall be excluded in making the reckoning.
NY Gen Const L § 20-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws GCN - General Construction Article 2 - Meaning of Terms 20-A - Distinct Parcel.

§  20-a. Distinct parcel. "Distinct parcel" of real property is a part   of the property which is  or  may  be  set  off  by  boundary  lines  as   distinguished from an undivided share or interest therein.
NY Gen Const L § 22 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GCN - General Construction Article 2 - Meaning of Terms 22 - Gender.

§  22.  Gender.  Whenever  words  of  the masculine or feminine gender   appear in any law, rule or regulation, unless the sense of the  sentence   indicates  otherwise,  they  shall  be  deemed  to refer to both male or   female persons. This  construction  shall  apply  to  gender  indicative   suffixes or prefixes as well as to gender indicative words. Whenever the   reference is to a corporation, board, body, group, organization or other   entity comprising more than one person or to an assemblage of persons or   to  an inanimate object the reference shall be construed to be neuter in   gender.
NY Gen Const L § 23 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GCN - General Construction Article 2 - Meaning of Terms 23 - Heretofore and Hereafter.

§  23.  Heretofore  and  hereafter. Each of the terms, heretofore, and   hereafter, in any provision of a  statute,  relates  to  the  time  such   provision takes effect.
NY Gen Const L § 24 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GCN - General Construction Article 2 - Meaning of Terms 24 - Public Holidays; Half-Holidays.

§ 24. Public holidays; half-holidays. The term public holiday includes   the  following days in each year: the first day of January, known as New   Year's day; the third Monday of January,  known  as  Dr.  Martin  Luther   King, Jr. day; the twelfth day of February, known as Lincoln's birthday;   the  third  Monday in February, known as Washington's birthday; the last   Monday in May, known as Memorial day; the second Sunday in  June,  known   as Flag day; the nineteenth day of June, known as Juneteenth; the fourth   day  of  July, known as Independence day; the first Monday in September,   known as Labor day; the second Monday in October, known as Columbus day;   the eleventh day  of  November,  known  as  Veterans'  day;  the  fourth   Thursday  in  November,  known as Thanksgiving day; and the twenty-fifth   day of December, known as Christmas day, and if any of such days  except   Flag  day is Sunday, the next day thereafter; each general election day,   and each day appointed by the president of the United States or  by  the   governor of this state as a day of general thanksgiving, general fasting   and   prayer,   or   other   general  religious  observances.  The  term   half-holiday includes the period from noon to midnight of each  Saturday   which is not a public holiday.
NY Gen Const L § 25 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GCN - General Construction Article 2 - Meaning of Terms 25 - Public Holiday, Saturday or Sunday in Contractual Obligations; Extension of Time Where Performance of Act Authorized or Required by Contract Is Due On

§  25.  Public holiday, Saturday or Sunday in contractual obligations;   extension of time where performance of act  authorized  or  required  by   contract  is  due  on  Saturday,  Sunday  or  public holiday. 1. Where a   contract by its terms authorizes or requires the payment of money or the   performance of a condition on a Saturday, Sunday or a public holiday, or   authorizes or requires the payment of money  or  the  performance  of  a   condition  within  or  before  or after a period of time computed from a   certain day, and such period of time ends on a  Saturday,  Sunday  or  a   public  holiday,  unless the contract expressly or impliedly indicates a   different intent, such payment may be made or condition performed on the   next succeeding business day, and if the  period  ends  at  a  specified   hour,  such payment may be made or condition performed, at or before the   same hour of such next succeeding business day, with the same force  and   effect  as  if  made  or  performed  in accordance with the terms of the   contract.2. Where time is extended by virtue of the provisions of this section,   such extended time shall not be included in the computation of  interest   unless  the  contract  so  provides,  except  that  when  the  period is   specified as a number of months, such extended time shall be included in   the computation of interest unless the contract otherwise provides.3. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all time  deposits  and   certificates  of  deposit  of  banking  organizations  that  mature on a   Saturday, Sunday or bank holiday shall continue to  accrue  interest  at   the same rate fixed for the term of the deposit or certificate until the   first  banking  day  next  succeeding the date of maturity, at which the   principal and all accrued  interest  may  be  withdrawn,  unless  sooner   withdrawn by the depositor.