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2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 46 - Long Island South Shore Estuary Reserve › 963 - Designation of Planning Entity or Entities.

§ 963. Designation  of  planning  entity or entities. The secretary of
  state, after consultation with the council, shall designate  a  planning
  entity  or  entities  for  the  purposes  of  assisting  the  council in
  conducting research and developing the plan.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 46 - Long Island South Shore Estuary Reserve › 964-A - Powers of the Council.

§ 964-a. Powers  of  the council. The council shall have the following
  powers:
1. To conduct or  contract  for  necessary  planning,  scientific  and
  environmental studies pertaining to the reserve, where insufficient data
  exists;
2.  To  utilize,  to  the extent feasible, the staff and facilities of
  state and local agencies subject to the approval  of  such  agencies  to
  carry out the provisions of this article; and
3.  To  contract  within  amounts  appropriated  for  services  deemed
  necessary for the performance of the council's functions.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 46 - Long Island South Shore Estuary Reserve › 967 - Cooperation of State and Municipal Agencies.

§ 967. Cooperation  of  state  and municipal agencies. The council may
  request  and  shall  be  provided  with  such  cooperation,  assistance,
  services  and  data,  to  the  maximum  extent  feasible, subject to the
  approval of such agency,  from  any  department,  advisory  board,  task
  force,  commission,  bureau or any other agency having jurisdiction over
  land and water within the reserve, as are necessary  to  carry  out  the
  council's duties pursuant to this article. The council shall utilize the
  expertise  of the marine resources advisory council established pursuant
  to section 13-0350 of the environmental conservation  law.  The  council
  shall  also  seek technical assistance from, consult with and coordinate
  its actions with the department.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 46 - Long Island South Shore Estuary Reserve › 968 - Acceptance of Monies.

§ 968. Acceptance   of  monies.  The  designated  planning  entity  or
  entities may accept any grant or appropriation from federal,  state  and
  municipal  sources  and  any gift for use to carry out the provisions of
  this article. An  application  from  a  designated  planning  entity  or
  entities  shall  be  eligible  for  assistance pursuant to sections nine
  hundred seventeen and nine hundred eighteen  of  this  chapter  for  the
  development and implementation of the comprehensive management plan. The
  expenditure  of  such monies shall be consistent with the recommendation
  of the council and shall not exceed the grants, appropriations and gifts
  received by the designated planning entity or entities.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 46 - Long Island South Shore Estuary Reserve › 969 - Limitations on the Regulation of Hunting, Fishing and Recreational Activities.

§ 969. Limitations   on   the   regulation  of  hunting,  fishing  and
  recreational activities. Nothing in this article shall be interpreted to
  authorize the regulation of hunting, fishing,  trapping,  possession  of
  wildlife  or  other  recreational  activities  in the reserve, except as
  otherwise provided by law.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 46 - Long Island South Shore Estuary Reserve › 970 - Affect on Other Laws.

* § 970. Affect  on  other  laws. Nothing in this article shall affect
  the police powers, local planning powers, zoning powers or authority  to
  regulate  any activity by villages, towns or counties within the reserve
  or the police powers of the state to regulate any  activity  within  the
  reserve  or  affect  the  authority of any state or public agency in the
  management of any state or public lands within the reserve.
* NB There are 2 § 970's
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 46 - Long Island South Shore Estuary Reserve › 970-A - Severability.

§ 970-a. Severability.   The  provisions  of  this  article  shall  be
  severable and if any portion thereof or the applicability thereof to any
  person or circumstances shall be held invalid,  the  remainder  of  this
  article and the application thereof shall not be affected thereby.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 48 - Job Training Coordination › 970*2 - Statement of Purpose.

* § 970. Statement  of  purpose.  It is the purpose of this article to
  ensure:
1. that all federal and state funds utilized for job training and  job
  development  programs  are  spent  in the most economical, efficient and
  effective manner;
2. that unnecessary duplication and overlapping among such programs is
  eliminated; and
3.  that  the  various  job  training  and  job  development  programs
  administered   or   funded  by  state  agencies  are  implemented  in  a
  coordinated manner so as to maximize the effectiveness of each of  these
  programs individually and of their overall effectiveness.
* NB There are 2 § 970's
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 48 - Job Training Coordination › 971 - Definitions.

§ 971. Definitions. Whenever used in this article:
1.  "Act"  means  the  federal Job Training Partnership Act as enacted
  into law by Public Law 97-300.
2. "Council" means the committee, board or council established by  the
  governor  to  meet the requirements of section one hundred twenty-two of
  the act for a state job training coordinating council.
3. "Plan" means the governor's coordination and special services  plan
  as required by section one hundred twenty-one of the act.
4.  "Workforce  preparation  programs"  means  employment and training
  programs and human resource utilization  activities  including  but  not
  limited  to  job  training and development, vocational education, public
  assistance employment, labor market information and employment services.
5. "Service delivery areas" means the areas designated by the governor
  in accordance with the provisions of section one hundred one of the act.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 48 - Job Training Coordination › 972 - Job Training and Special Services Plan.

§ 972. Job  training  and  special services plan. 1. In developing the
  job training and special services plan required by section  one  hundred
  twenty-one  of  the  act,  the  governor  shall  provide  guidelines and
  criteria for coordinating the activities to be funded with moneys  under
  the act with related activities of the state education department, local
  school   districts  including  the  boards  of  cooperative  educational
  services,  the  state  vocational  education   advisory   council,   the
  department  of  social services and the local social services districts,
  the department of  labor  including  the  job  service,  the  office  of
  vocational  rehabilitation, the department of commerce, the division for
  youth, post-secondary institutions in the state  particularly  community
  colleges   and   other   institutions   providing   technical   training
  opportunities, the department of commerce  and  other  state  and  local
  agencies and authorities involved in economic development activities.
2.  All  such agencies shall provide the governor with such assistance
  and  information  as  he  may  need  in  preparing,  implementing,   and
  evaluating the implementation of the plan.
3.  The  plan  shall  set  forth performance goals for programs funded
  under the act and criteria to be used in awarding the  incentive  grants
  available  under  the  act. Such goals and criteria shall be designed to
  foster greater coordination among  the  workforce  preparation  programs
  funded  under  the  act  and among these and other workforce preparation
  programs.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 48 - Job Training Coordination › 975 - Assistance of Other Agencies.

§ 975. Assistance   of  other  agencies.  All  agencies,  departments,
  divisions, boards, officers and public corporations of the  state  shall
  cooperate  with the council and provide whatever assistance the commitee
  may require to fulfill its purposes. Assistance may  include,  but  need
  not  be  limited  to,  consultation with and use of agency staff and the
  provision of statistical and policy data.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 49 - Workforce Preparation Evaluation Act › 980 - Definition.

§ 980. Definition.   For   purposes   of   this   article,  "workforce
  preparation  program"  shall  mean  a  program  that  provides  targeted
  educational,  occupational  or  training  services  for  the  purpose of
  effecting the employability of the  participant,  provides  training  or
  employment  services,  supports  an  economic  development  activity  by
  enhancing the skills of the state's workforce, prepares individuals  for
  employment,  improves  opportunities for individuals to become employed,
  or promotes understanding  of  the  state  labor  force  market  through
  statistical studies.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 49 - Workforce Preparation Evaluation Act › 981 - Program Implementation.

§ 981. Program  implementation.  1.  On  or  before  September  first,
  nineteen hundred eighty-nine and every September first thereafter,  each
  state  agency  administratively  responsible  for  workforce preparation
  activities shall prepare a separate  program  plan  for  each  workforce
  preparation  program  that  such  agency  administers.  Each  plan shall
  include a description of proposed program activities, a description of a
  mechanism for funding distribution, program objectives, population to be
  served, institutions eligible to receive funds, and a description of the
  coordination  and  linkages  between  this  program  and  other  program
  activities funded separately. Such plan shall also include an evaluation
  component  as  part  of  the  implementation of each program which shall
  describe how the agency will monitor the delivery of services under  the
  program  and  which  shall set forth the measure of effectiveness of the
  services being provided.
2. Program plans shall be submitted to the job  training  coordinating
  council,   as  defined  in  subdivision  two  of  section  nine  hundred
  seventy-one of this chapter, the speaker of the assembly, the  temporary
  president  of the senate, and the chair of the legislative commission on
  skills development and career education for review and comment.
3. The provisions of this section shall not  exempt  any  agency  from
  requirements relating to the preparation and submission of program plans
  pursuant to any other provision of law.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 49-A - New York State Family Policy › 990 - Legislative Findings.

§ 990. Legislative   findings.  1.  The  legislature  finds  that  the
  children of this state are at the same  time  both  our  most  important
  resource  and  our most vulnerable citizens. Children best develop their
  unique potential in a caring and healthy family environment either  with
  their  birth  parents  or other relatives or in an adoptive family, with
  support from other nurturing environments, especially  the  schools  and
  the  community.  As such, children need a special state policy to ensure
  the strength and viability of their families.
2. The legislature further finds that there  is  a  critical  lack  of
  services available to families and that the shortage of such services is
  exacerbated  by a lack of coordination of the many existing programs and
  policies of state and local governments  that  impact  on  children  and
  families.  The legislature also finds that the planning and provision of
  services for children and  their  families  would  be  enhanced  by  the
  establishment  of  a  family  policy  to ensure that all state and local
  planning and provision of services are  effectuated  in  a  manner  that
  maximizes  support  and  strengthening  of  the  family  structure. Such
  actions also must be directed toward stemming the  human  and  financial
  costs  of  the  unnecessary  placement  of children outside their homes,
  while ensuring the safety and well-being of children by providing needed
  services to them  and  their  families  and,  when  appropriate,  toward
  supporting  permanency  planning  for children through adoption or other
  means.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 49-A - New York State Family Policy › 991 - Family Policy Guidelines.

§ 991. Family  policy  guidelines.  All  state  and  local  government
  programs should be guided by the following principles:
1. Families are  best  served  by  comprehensive  programs  which  are
  directed towards all aspects of individual and family development.
2.  Families  who  are the consumers of services should be partners in
  the planning, delivery and evaluation of those services.
3. Families needs can be met best by developing  and  nurturing  their
  inherent strengths.
4. Families deserve a realistic level of economic security.
5. Families receive the greatest benefit from flexible, accessible and
  comprehensive  services  which  are  delivered  in  a  manner  which  is
  culturally and linguistically sensitive to their needs.
6. Families are best served  when  intervention  occurs  as  early  as
  possible  and  is  designed  to  give  priority  to prevention of family
  disintegration. Primary emphasis should be given to  establishing  safe,
  nurturing  environments  which  support the healthy growth of all family
  members.
7. Families who have members  placed  in  care  settings  outside  the
  nuclear  family  must be provided with services to help them reunite. If
  return is not possible, plans for alternative  permanent  care  must  be
  made by agencies caring for the child.
8.  Families  deserve services which are coordinated and where special
  attention is paid to ongoing accessibility to multiple services.
9. Families receive  the  greatest  benefit  from  effective  services
  delivered by a qualified, trained workforce.  This workforce, especially
  direct  caregivers,  must  receive professional recognition, support and
  appropriate compensation.
10. Families need public and voluntary human  services  systems  which
  work  together and are accountable to society, each other and the people
  they serve.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 49-B - Commission on Forensic Science and Establishment of DNA Identification Index › 995-D - Confidentiality.

§ 995-d. Confidentiality.  1.  All  records,  findings,  reports,  and
  results of DNA testing performed on any person shall be confidential and
  may not be disclosed or redisclosed without the consent of  the  subject
  of  such  DNA testing. Such records, findings, reports and results shall
  not  be  released  to  insurance  companies,  employers   or   potential
  employers,   health   providers,   employment   screening  or  personnel
  companies, agencies, or services, private  investigation  services,  and
  may not be disclosed in response to a subpoena or other compulsory legal
  process  or  warrant, or upon request or order of any agency, authority,
  division, office, corporation, partnership,  or  any  other  private  or
  public  entity  or  person,  except  that nothing contained herein shall
  prohibit disclosure in response to a subpoena issued on  behalf  of  the
  subject of such DNA record or on behalf of a party in a civil proceeding
  where the subject of such DNA record has put such record in issue.
2.  Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision one of this section,
  records, findings, reports, and results of DNA testing, other than a DNA
  record  maintained  in  the  state  DNA  identification  index,  may  be
  disclosed  in  a  criminal proceeding to the court, the prosecution, and
  the defense pursuant to a written request on a form  prescribed  by  the
  commissioner   of   the   division   of   criminal   justice   services.
  Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision one of this section, a DNA
  record maintained in the state DNA identification index may be disclosed
  pursuant to section nine hundred ninety-five-c of this article.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 49-B - Commission on Forensic Science and Establishment of DNA Identification Index › 995-F - Penalties.

§ 995-f. Penalties.  Any  person who (a) intentionally discloses a DNA
  record, or the results of  a  forensic  DNA  test  or  analysis,  to  an
  individual  or  agency  other than one authorized to have access to such
  records pursuant to this article or (b) intentionally uses  or  receives
  DNA  records,  or  the  results  of a forensic DNA test or analysis, for
  purposes other than those authorized pursuant to this article or (c) any
  person who knowingly tampers or attempts to tamper with any  DNA  sample
  or  the collection container without lawful authority shall be guilty of
  a class E felony.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 50 - Interpretation › 1000 - Interpretation.

§ 1000. Interpretation.    1. The provisions of this chapter in so far
  as they are substantially the same as the existing law  on  July  first,
  nineteen  hundred fifty-one, shall be construed as a continuation of the
  provisions of the former executive law and not as a new enactment.
2. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section or part of this chapter
  shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be  invalid,
  such  judgment  shall  not  affect,  impair  or invalidate the remainder
  thereof, but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence,
  paragraph, section, or part thereof directly involved in the controversy
  in which such judgment shall have been rendered.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 50 - Interpretation › 1001 - Saving Clause.

§ 1001. Saving  clause.    1.  Any  act of the legislature of the year
  nineteen hundred fifty-one which, in form, amends or repeals or purports
  to amend or repeal any provision or provisions of the  former  executive
  law shall be legally effective notwithstanding the repeal of such former
  executive  law by this chapter and shall be construed as an amendment or
  repeal, as the case may be, of the corresponding provision or provisions
  of this chapter irrespective of whether such provision or provisions are
  contained in this chapter in one or  more  than  one  article,  section,
  subdivision  or  other  part thereof and such corresponding provision or
  provisions shall be  deemed  and  construed  to  be  amended,  modified,
  changed  or  repealed as though the same had been expressly and in terms
  so amended or repealed.
2. Any act of the legislature of the year nineteen  hundred  fifty-one
  which  adds  or  purports  to add a new article, section, subdivision or
  other provision of the law to the former executive law shall be  legally
  effective  notwithstanding  the  repeal  of such former executive law by
  this chapter and shall be construed as having been added to this chapter
  and shall be given full effect according to its context as if  the  same
  had  been  added  expressly  and  in  terms of this chapter and shall be
  deemed  and  construed  to  have  been  inserted  in  this  chapter   in
  juxtaposition  to  and  as  modifying  the  effect  of the corresponding
  provision or provisions of this chapter.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 50 - Interpretation › 1002 - Laws Repealed.

§ 1002. Laws  repealed.   Chapter twenty-three of the laws of nineteen
  hundred nine, entitled  "An  act  in  relation  to  executive  officers,
  constituting  chapter  eighteen of the consolidated laws, " and all acts
  amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto, constituting the  executive
  law as heretofore in effect, are hereby repealed.
2023 New York Laws › FIS - Financial Services Law › Article 1 - General Provisions › 101-A - Legislative Findings and Determinations.

§  101-a.  Legislative  findings  and  determinations. The legislature
  finds and determines that the banking, insurance and financial  services
  industries constitute a critical sector of New York state's economy.
The  legislature also finds and determines that responsive, effective,
  innovative, state banking  and  insurance  regulation  is  necessary  to
  operate in a global, evolving and competitive market place.
The   legislature   additionally   finds   and  determines  that  this
  legislation is necessary to modernize and transform  the  present  state
  banking  department and state insurance department into a new integrated
  department of financial services.
2023 New York Laws › FIS - Financial Services Law › Article 1 - General Provisions › 102 - Department of Financial Services.

§  102.  Department  of  financial  services.  The  legislature hereby
declares that  the  purpose  of  this  chapter  is  to  consolidate  the
departments of insurance and banking, and provide for the enforcement of
the  insurance,  banking and financial services laws, under the auspices
of a single state agency to be known as  the  "department  of  financial
services" and to accomplish goals including the following:
(a)  To  encourage,  promote  and  assist banking, insurance and other
financial services institutions to effectively and productively  locate,
operate, employ, grow, remain, and expand in New York state;
(b)  To  establish  a  modern  system  of  regulation, rule making and
adjudication that  is  responsive  to  the  needs  of  the  banking  and
insurance  industries  and  to  the  needs  of the state's consumers and
residents;
(c) To provide for the effective  and  efficient  enforcement  of  the
banking and insurance laws;
(d)  To  expand  the  attractiveness  and competitiveness of the state
charter for banking institutions and to promote the conversion of  banks
to such status;
(e)  To  promote  and  provide  for  the  continued,  effective  state
regulation of the insurance industry;
(f) To provide for the regulation of new financial services products;
(g) To promote the  prudent  and  continued  availability  of  credit,
insurance and financial products and services at affordable costs to New
York citizens, businesses and consumers;
(h) To promote, advance and spur economic development and job creation
in New York;
(i)  To  ensure  the  continued  safety  and  soundness  of New York's
banking, insurance and financial services industries,  as  well  as  the
prudent  conduct  of  the  providers of financial products and services,
through responsible regulation and supervision;
(j) To protect the public interest and the  interests  of  depositors,
creditors, policyholders, underwriters, shareholders and stockholders;
(k)  To promote the reduction and elimination of fraud, criminal abuse
and unethical conduct by, and with respect to,  banking,  insurance  and
other financial services institutions and their customers; and
(l)  To educate and protect users of banking, insurance, and financial
services products and services  through  the  provision  of  timely  and
understandable information.
2023 New York Laws › FIS - Financial Services Law › Article 1 - General Provisions › 103 - Explanation of Order of Provisions.

§  103. Explanation of order of provisions. In this financial services
  law,  the  provisions  have  been  divided  in   descending   order   of
  application, with illustrations, as follows:
  Article 1
Section 101
Subsection (a)
Paragraph (1)
Subparagraph (A)
Item (i)
Clause (I)
Subitem (aa)
Subclause (aaa)
2023 New York Laws › FIS - Financial Services Law › Article 2 - Organization of the Department of Financial Services › 201 - Declaration of Policy.

§  201. Declaration of policy. (a) It is the intent of the legislature
that the superintendent shall supervise the business of, and the persons
providing,  financial  products  and  services,  including  any  persons
subject to the provisions of the insurance law and the banking law.
(b)  The  superintendent shall take such actions as the superintendent
believes necessary to:
(1) foster the growth of the financial industry in New York  and  spur
state  economic  development  through  judicious regulation and vigilant
supervision;
(2) ensure the  continued  solvency,  safety,  soundness  and  prudent
conduct of the providers of financial products and services;
(3)  ensure  fair,  timely  and equitable fulfillment of the financial
obligations of such providers;
(4) protect users of financial products and services from  financially
impaired or insolvent providers of such services;
(5)  encourage  high standards of honesty, transparency, fair business
practices and public responsibility;
(6) eliminate financial fraud,  other  criminal  abuse  and  unethical
conduct in the industry; and
(7)  educate  and protect users of financial products and services and
ensure  that  users  are  provided  with   timely   and   understandable
information  to  make responsible decisions about financial products and
services.
2023 New York Laws › FIS - Financial Services Law › Article 2 - Organization of the Department of Financial Services › 202 - Superintendent.

§  202.  Superintendent.  (a)  The head of the department shall be the
superintendent of financial services, who  shall  be  appointed  by  the
governor,  by  and  with  the  advice and consent of the senate, and who
shall hold office at the pleasure of the  governor.  The  superintendent
shall  possess  the  rights,  powers,  and  duties  in  connection  with
financial services and protection in this state, expressed or reasonably
implied by this chapter or any other applicable law of this state.
(b)  The  superintendent  may,  in  the  superintendent's  discretion,
designate  one of the superintendent's deputies to act as superintendent
during the superintendent's absence or inability to act. If  the  office
of  superintendent  is  vacant,  or  if  the superintendent's absence or
inability to act continues for a period of more than  thirty  successive
days, the governor may designate a deputy to act as superintendent until
the   filling   of  the  vacancy  or  the  return  or  recovery  of  the
superintendent.
(c) Whenever in this chapter, the banking law, the  insurance  law  or
any  other law the superintendent is authorized but not required to take
any action or the superintendent's approval is required as  a  condition
precedent  to  the  doing  of any act, the taking of such action and the
giving of such approval  shall  be  within  the  superintendent's  sound
discretion.   In   taking   any  action  with  respect  to  any  banking
organization, and in approving or disapproving any application made by a
banking organization, the superintendent shall give due consideration to
the policy of the state of New York as set forth in section ten  of  the
banking law.
2023 New York Laws › FIS - Financial Services Law › Article 2 - Organization of the Department of Financial Services › 203 - Deputies; Employees.

§  203.  Deputies;  employees.  (a) The superintendent shall appoint a
deputy for insurance who shall be the head of the insurance division and
a deputy for banking who shall be the head of the banking division.  The
superintendent  may  appoint  such  other deputies as the superintendent
deems necessary to fulfill the responsibilities of the  department.  The
superintendent   may   remove  at  will  any  deputy  appointed  by  the
superintendent, except as may be otherwise provided by the civil service
law.
(b) The superintendent may appoint and remove from time  to  time,  in
accordance  with law and any applicable rules of the state civil service
commission, such employees, under such titles as the superintendent  may
assign,  as  the  superintendent  may  deem  necessary for the efficient
administration of the department. They shall perform such duties as  the
superintendent  shall assign to them. The compensation of such employees
shall be determined by the superintendent in accordance with law.
(c) Any action that  the  superintendent  is  required  or  authorized
hereinafter by this chapter, the banking law, the insurance law or other
laws to take may be taken by a deputy or authorized employee to whom the
duty  of  taking  such  action  has  been  delegated  or assigned by the
superintendent.
2023 New York Laws › FIS - Financial Services Law › Article 2 - Organization of the Department of Financial Services › 204 - Offices of the Department.

§  204. Offices of the department. Suitable offices for conducting the
  business of the department shall be located in the cities of Albany  and
  New  York,  and such other cities as the superintendent deems necessary.
  Necessary additional office, filing and storage  space  that  cannot  be
  supplied  by the state commissioner of general services may be leased by
  the superintendent, and rent or expenses incurred pursuant to  any  such
  lease  shall,  unless otherwise provided for, be paid on the certificate
  of the superintendent and the audit and warrant of the comptroller.
2023 New York Laws › FIS - Financial Services Law › Article 2 - Organization of the Department of Financial Services › 205 - Bureaus.

§  205.  Bureaus.  The  superintendent  shall  establish  an insurance
  division and a banking division. The superintendent may  establish  such
  other  bureaus,  divisions, and other units within the department as may
  be necessary for the administration and operation of the department  and
  the  proper  exercise  of  its powers and the performance of its duties,
  under this chapter, and may, from time to time, consolidate  or  abolish
  such   divisions,   bureaus   or  other  units  within  the  department.
  Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of  law,  the  superintendent
  may  determine the official functions of each division, bureau, or other
  unit within the department. There  shall  be  a  head  of  each  bureau,
  division  or other unit to be appointed by the superintendent, who shall
  serve at the pleasure of the superintendent, except as may be  otherwise
  provided  by  the  civil service law. The heads of bureaus, divisions or
  units in the banking and insurance departments who are  in  office  when
  this  chapter  takes  effect shall continue in office at the pleasure of
  the superintendent, except as may be otherwise  provided  by  the  civil
  service law.
2023 New York Laws › FIS - Financial Services Law › Article 2 - Organization of the Department of Financial Services › 205-A - Report.

§  205-a.  Report.  The governor shall by June thirtieth, two thousand
  eleven, create a working group to examine ways to improve the efficiency
  and  effectiveness  of  banking  regulation  and  insurance  regulation,
  including  opportunities  to  integrate  certain  regulatory  activities
  prescribed by the banking law and the insurance law. Such working  group
  shall  consult,  in  making its examination, with representatives of the
  banking, insurance and  financial  services  industries.  On  or  before
  January  first,  two  thousand  twelve, the superintendent shall issue a
  report on the results of this review to the governor, the speaker of the
  assembly and the temporary president of the senate.
2023 New York Laws › FIS - Financial Services Law › Article 3 - Administrative and Procedural Provisions › 301 - Powers of the Superintendent.

§ 301. Powers of the superintendent. (a) The superintendent shall have
such  powers  as  are conferred upon the superintendent by this chapter,
the banking law, the insurance law or any other law of this state.
(b) The superintendent shall have the power to conduct investigations,
research, studies and analyses of matters  affecting  the  interests  of
consumers  of  financial  products  and services, including tracking and
monitoring complaints.
(c) The superintendent shall  have  the  power  to  protect  users  of
financial products and services, including:
(1)  taking  such  actions  as  the  superintendent deems necessary to
educate and protect users of financial products and services;
(2) receiving  complaints  of  consumers  of  financial  products  and
services,  and  where appropriate (A) providing assistance to consumers;
(B) mediating the  resolution  of  such  complaints  with  providers  of
financial products and services; or (C) referring such complaints to the
appropriate  federal,  state  or  local  agency  authorized  by  law for
appropriate action on such complaints;
(3)  studying  the  operation  of  laws  and   advising   and   making
recommendations  to  the  governor on matters affecting consumers of and
investors  in  financial  products  and  services  and   promoting   and
encouraging  the protection of the legitimate interests of users of such
financial products and services;
(4) cooperating  with,  assisting  and,  when  appropriate,  referring
matters  to  the  attorney  general  in the carrying out of the attorney
general's legal  enforcement  responsibilities  for  the  protection  of
consumers of and investors in financial products and services;
(5)  initiating and encouraging consumer financial education programs,
and disseminating materials to educate users of financial  products  and
services;
(6)   providing   technical   assistance   to  local  governments  and
not-for-profits in the development of consumer protection measures  with
respect to financial products and services; and
(7)   continuing   and  expanding  the  detection,  investigation  and
prevention of insurance fraud.
2023 New York Laws › FIS - Financial Services Law › Article 3 - Administrative and Procedural Provisions › 302 - Regulations by Superintendent.

§  302.  Regulations  by  superintendent. (a) The superintendent shall
have the power to prescribe and from time to time withdraw or amend,  in
writing,  rules  and regulations and issue orders and guidance involving
financial products and services, not inconsistent with the provisions of
this chapter, the banking law, the insurance law and any  other  law  in
which the superintendent is given authority:
(1)  effectuating  any  power  given  to  the superintendent under the
provisions of this chapter, the insurance law, the banking law,  or  any
other law to prescribe forms or make regulations;
(2)  interpreting  the  provisions of this chapter, the insurance law,
the banking law, or any other applicable law; and
(3) governing the procedures to be followed in  the  practice  of  the
department.
(b) The superintendent may promulgate a list of financial products and
services  excluded  from regulation by the superintendent, provided that
such  exclusion  shall  not  limit  in  any  way  the  ability  of   the
superintendent to take any actions with respect to fraud provided for in
this chapter, the insurance law, the banking law or any other applicable
law.
2023 New York Laws › FIS - Financial Services Law › Article 3 - Administrative and Procedural Provisions › 303 - Orders of Superintendent; When Writing Required.

§  303.  Orders  of superintendent; when writing required. Whenever by
  any provision of this chapter, the insurance law, the banking law or any
  other applicable law the  superintendent  is  authorized  to  grant  any
  approval,  authorization  or  permission  or  to make any other order or
  determination affecting any person subject to  the  provisions  of  this
  chapter, the insurance law, the banking law or any other law, such order
  or  determination  shall  not  be  effective  unless made in writing and
  signed by the superintendent or by the superintendent's authority.
2023 New York Laws › FIS - Financial Services Law › Article 3 - Administrative and Procedural Provisions › 304-A - Actions of the Department Subject to the State Administrative Procedure Act.

§ 304-a. Actions of the department subject to the state administrative
  procedure  act.  Unless otherwise specifically exempted in this chapter,
  all rule making and adjudicatory proceedings shall be made in accordance
  and consistent with the provisions of the state administrative procedure
  act.
2023 New York Laws › FIS - Financial Services Law › Article 3 - Administrative and Procedural Provisions › 305 - Hearings; Conduct; Findings and Report.

§  305.  Hearings;  conduct; findings and report. (a) Unless otherwise
provided in this chapter, the banking law,  the  insurance  law  or  any
other  law,  any hearing pursuant to any such law may be held before the
superintendent, any deputy superintendent, or  any  designated  salaried
employee  of  the  department  authorized by the superintendent for such
purpose. Any adjudicatory proceeding, including any hearings  to  assess
civil  penalties  under section four hundred eight of this chapter, held
pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, the  insurance  law  or  the
banking  law  shall be noticed, conducted and administered in compliance
with the state administrative procedure act.
(b) The person conducting such hearing shall have power to  administer
oaths,  examine  and  cross-examine  witnesses  and  receive documentary
evidence, and shall report his or her findings, orally or in writing, to
the superintendent with  or  without  recommendation.  Such  report,  if
adopted by the superintendent may be the basis of any determination made
by  the superintendent. One hundred twenty days after the effective date
of a determination of liability for a civil penalty pursuant to  section
four  hundred  eight of this chapter or four hundred three, one thousand
one hundred two, two thousand one hundred two, two thousand one  hundred
seventeen, two thousand one hundred thirty-three or seven thousand eight
hundred  sixteen  of  the insurance law, such determination of liability
for a civil penalty may be entered as a judgment and  enforced,  without
court  proceedings,  in  the  same  manner as the enforcement of a money
judgment in civil actions in any court of competent jurisdiction or  any
other place provided for the entry of civil judgment within this state.
(c)  Every  such  hearing,  except for hearings under the banking law,
shall be open to the public unless  the  superintendent  or  the  person
authorized   by  the  superintendent  to  conduct  such  hearing,  shall
determine that a private hearing would be in  the  public  interest,  in
which  case the hearing shall be private. Hearings under the banking law
shall be as provided for in the banking law.
(d) Every person affected shall be allowed to be  present  during  the
giving  of  all  the  testimony,  and  shall  be  allowed  a  reasonable
opportunity to inspect all adverse documentary  proof,  to  examine  and
cross-examine witnesses, and to present proof in support of the person's
interest.
(e)  Nothing herein contained shall require the observance at any such
hearing of formal rules of pleading or evidence.
2023 New York Laws › FIS - Financial Services Law › Article 3 - Administrative and Procedural Provisions › 306 - Attendance of Witnesses; Production of Documents and Records.

§  306.  Attendance of witnesses; production of documents and records.
(a) The superintendent or the person authorized by the superintendent to
conduct  a  hearing  or  investigation  shall  have  power  to  subpoena
witnesses, compel the attendance of witnesses, administer oaths, examine
any  person  under oath, and to compel any person to subscribe to his or
her testimony after it has been correctly reduced  to  writing,  and  in
connection  therewith  to  require  the production of any books, papers,
records, correspondence or  other  documents  which  the  superintendent
deems  relevant  to  the  inquiry.  A subpoena issued under this section
shall be regulated by the civil practice law and rules.
(b) No person subject to the provisions of this chapter, the insurance
law or the banking law whose conduct, condition or practices  are  being
investigated,  and  no officer, director or employee of any such person,
shall be entitled to witness or mileage fees.
(c) In addition to the liabilities and punishment  prescribed  by  the
civil  practice  law and rules, any person who, without just cause fails
or refuses to attend and testify or to answer any lawful inquiry  or  to
produce  any  books, papers or records in obedience to a subpoena issued
by the superintendent shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
(d) Every regulated person under this chapter, the  insurance  law  or
the  banking  law  who  is  given  a  notice of hearing pursuant to this
chapter shall upon the service of a notice to produce books and records,
when attached to the notice of hearing or mailed subsequently thereto in
the same manner as the notice  of  hearing,  pursuant  to  such  notice,
produce  at  the  hearing  the  books,  records and documents enumerated
therein.
2023 New York Laws › FIS - Financial Services Law › Article 3 - Administrative and Procedural Provisions › 308 - Judicial Review of Orders, Regulations and Decisions of Superintendent.

§  308.  Judicial  review  of  orders,  regulations  and  decisions of
superintendent. (a) Notwithstanding the  specific  enumerations  of  the
right  to  judicial  review  in  this  chapter, the insurance law or the
banking law, any order, regulation or decision of the superintendent  is
declared  to be subject to judicial review in a proceeding under article
seventy-eight of the civil practice law and rules, provided that nothing
in this section or article seventy-eight of the civil practice  law  and
rules  shall  affect  the time period provided in the banking law or the
insurance law for commencing such proceeding.
(b) Except as provided in section two thousand one hundred twenty-four
of the insurance law, the commencement  of  such  proceeding  shall  not
affect  the  enforcement  or  validity  of  the  superintendent's order,
regulation or decision under review unless the  court  shall  determine,
after  a  preliminary hearing of which the superintendent is notified at
least forty-eight hours in advance, that a stay of  enforcement  pending
the  proceeding  or until further direction of the court will not unduly
injure the interests of the people of the state, in which case a stay of
execution may be granted.
2023 New York Laws › FIS - Financial Services Law › Article 3 - Administrative and Procedural Provisions › 309 - Injunction to Restrain Violation of This Chapter.

§  309.  Injunction  to  restrain  violation  of  this chapter. (a) In
addition to such other remedies as are provided under this chapter,  the
superintendent  may  maintain and prosecute an action against any person
subject to this chapter, the insurance law or the banking  law,  or  the
person's  officers,  directors,  trustees  or agents, for the purpose of
obtaining an injunction restraining such person or  persons  from  doing
any  acts  in violation of the provisions of this chapter, the insurance
law or the banking law.
(b) In such action if the court finds that a defendant is  threatening
or  is  likely to do any act in violation of this chapter, the insurance
law or the banking law and that such violation  will  cause  irreparable
injury to the interests of the people of this state, the court may grant
an  injunction  restraining  such violation. The court may on motion and
affidavits grant a preliminary injunction and interlocutory  injunction,
upon  such  terms  as  may  be just; but the superintendent shall not be
required to give security before the issuance of any such injunction.
2023 New York Laws › FIS - Financial Services Law › Article 3 - Administrative and Procedural Provisions › 310 - Certificates as Evidence; Affirmation of Documents and Testimony.

§   310.  Certificates  as  evidence;  affirmation  of  documents  and
testimony. (a) Every certificate, assignment, conveyance or other  paper
executed  by  the superintendent or one of the superintendent's deputies
pursuant to law and sealed with the  official  seal  of  the  department
shall  be  received  as evidence in any judicial or other proceeding and
may be recorded in the proper recording offices.
(b) Any charter, or any certificate or other  instrument  supplemental
to  or  amendatory  of the charter, of any regulated person filed in the
office of the superintendent and containing statements of fact  required
or  permitted  by  law to be contained therein, shall be received in all
courts, public offices and official bodies as prima  facie  evidence  of
such facts and of the execution of such instrument.
(c)  Whenever  by  the laws of any jurisdiction other than this state,
any certificate by any officer in such jurisdiction or  a  copy  of  any
instruments  certified  or  exemplified  by  any  such  officer,  may be
received as prima facie evidence  of  the  incorporation,  existence  or
capacity  of  any  corporation  incorporated  in  such  jurisdiction, or
claiming so to be, such certificate when exemplified, or  such  copy  of
such instrument when exemplified shall be received in all courts, public
offices  and official bodies of this state, as prima facie evidence with
the same force as in such jurisdiction. Such  certificate  or  certified
copy of such instrument shall be so received, without being exemplified,
if it is certified by the secretary of state, or official performing the
equivalent function as to corporate records of such jurisdiction.
(d)  Notwithstanding  any provision of this chapter, the insurance law
or the banking law requiring an oath as to the proof of  a  document  or
the  truth  of  testimony,  the  affiant may, if the affiant's religious
beliefs cause the affiant to  object  to  giving  an  oath,  affirm  the
document or the affiant's testimony.
2023 New York Laws › FIS - Financial Services Law › Article 3 - Administrative and Procedural Provisions › 311 - Financial Literacy Education.

§  311.  Financial  literacy education. (a) Any youth participating in
the summer youth employment program, as defined in  subdivision  (c)  of
this section, shall be provided with financial literacy education.
(b)  The  financial literacy education shall be developed and provided
in accordance  with  the  standards  and  best  practices  of  currently
operating  summer youth employment programs or other similar models used
by local government in coordination with nonprofit organizations  and/or
financial  institutions for any summer youth employment programs that do
not  already  have  a  workshop  as  of  the  effective  date  of   this
subdivision.
(c)  For  the  purposes  of  this  section,  "summer  youth employment
program" shall mean any  such  program  funded  through  the  office  of
temporary and disability assistance.
2023 New York Laws › FIS - Financial Services Law › Article 4 - Financial Frauds Prevention › 402 - Legislative Declaration.

§  402.  Legislative  declaration.  The  legislature  hereby finds and
  declares  that  financial  frauds  take  many  forms   across   multiple
  industries.  The  legislature  further  finds  that  financial  fraud is
  detrimental to the social and economic well-being  of  the  citizens  of
  this  state.  In  order  to  more  thoroughly  uncover,  investigate and
  eliminate the myriad financial frauds that may be  perpetrated  in,  and
  may involve the people of, New York state, the legislature finds that it
  is  appropriate that the responsibilities of the insurance frauds bureau
  and the criminal investigations bureau that  were  administered  by  the
  department  of  insurance  and  the department of banking, respectively,
  prior to the enactment of this  article,  be  consolidated  into  a  new
  financial  frauds  and consumer protection unit under the supervision of
  the superintendent.