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2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 26 - Miscellaneous › 396-X - Gasoline Stations; Air Pumps Required.

* §  396-x.  Gasoline  stations; air pumps required. 1. Definition. As
  used in this section: "dealer" shall mean any person owning or operating
  a premise or facility with four or more gas dispensing nozzles  for  the
  retail sale of motor fuels for use in motor vehicles.
2. Any dealer must provide on the premises where motor fuel is sold at
  retail  for  use  in  motor  vehicles  a  functioning  motor  driven air
  compressor capable of inflating automobile tires for  use  by  customers
  during hours in which such station is open for business. Jurisdiction in
  all  matters  pertaining to this subdivision shall be vested exclusively
  in the state. Any provision of any local law or ordinance or any rule or
  regulation promulgated thereto governing  tire  inflation  operation  or
  equipment  shall  upon  the effective date of the chapter of the laws of
  two thousand twenty that amended this subdivision be preempted.  Nothing
  in  this  section  shall  be  construed  to restrict a municipality from
  enforcing the provisions of this subdivision as it relates to  providing
  functioning  tire inflation equipment as required by the commissioner of
  agriculture and markets.
3. Wilful failure to comply with the provisions of this section  shall
  subject  a  dealer  to  a civil penalty of up to twenty-five dollars for
  each day such failure occurs. If the failure to comply results from  the
  breakdown  of  the  air  compressor,  the  failure  to  repair  within a
  reasonable time shall constitute wilful conduct.
* NB There are 2 § 396-x's
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 26 - Miscellaneous › 396-X*2 - Unauthorized Removal or Destruction of Newspapers.

* §  396-x.  Unauthorized  removal or destruction of newspapers. 1. It
  shall be unlawful for any unauthorized person to maliciously  remove  or
  destroy  a newspaper left or delivered on another person's property. For
  purposes of this section:  (a)  "unauthorized  removal  or  destruction"
  shall  mean  malicious removal or destruction by a person other than the
  owner or lessee of property or the agent of the owner or lessee of  such
  property from which the newspaper is removed; (b) "newspaper" shall mean
  a  paper  of  general  circulation  which  is  printed  and  distributed
  ordinarily not less frequently than once a week and which contains news,
  articles of opinion, advertising, or other matters regarded  as  current
  interest;  and (c) "another person's property" shall mean property owned
  by or leased to another person.
2. The publisher of a newspaper may  bring  an  action  under  article
  sixty-three   of  the  civil  practice  law  and  rules  to  enjoin  the
  unauthorized removal or destruction of the publisher's newspaper.
3. A knowing violation of this section shall be punishable by a  civil
  fine of not to exceed one thousand dollars.
4.  Nothing  contained  in  this  section  shall be deemed to limit or
  modify the applicability of the penal law to the  conduct  described  in
  this section.
* NB There are 2 § 396-x's
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 26 - Miscellaneous › 397 - Unlawful Use of Name or Other Identification of Certain Non-Profit Organizations.

§  397.  Unlawful  use  of  name  or  other  identification of certain
  non-profit  organizations.    1.  No  person,   firm,   association   or
  corporation  shall  use,  for  advertising  purposes  or for purposes of
  trade,  the  name,  symbol,  device  or  other  identification  of   any
  non-profit  corporation,  association, society or organization organized
  exclusively for religious, benevolent, humane, charitable,  educational,
  hospital,  patriotic,  fraternal  or veterans purposes or to promote the
  study or the  advancement  of  the  arts  or  sciences  or  to  sustain,
  encourage  or  promote  the  musical  or performing arts or to inform or
  educate the consumer by publishing  and  disseminating  the  results  of
  tests  and  evaluations  of  goods  and  services,  without having first
  obtained  the  written   consent   of   such   non-profit   corporation,
  association,  society  or  organization.   Any violation of this section
  shall be a misdemeanor.
2. Subdivision one of this act shall not  apply  to  the  use  by  any
  person,  firm,  association or corporation of any trade mark, trade name
  or other trade identification which was adopted and  regularly  used  by
  such person, firm, association or corporation, prior to the enactment of
  this  act  if  the  use  of  such  trade mark, trade name or other trade
  identification was and is otherwise lawful but  for  the  provisions  of
  subdivision  one  of  this  act.  Nothing contained in this act shall be
  construed so as to prohibit the use of any name, symbol, device or other
  identification when used solely for purposes of historical reference  or
  description  of  geographical  location  only and not as a trade mark or
  trade name or for purposes of trade identification.
3. Whenever there shall  be  an  actual  or  threatened  violation  of
  subdivision  one  of this section, the corporation, association, society
  or organization affected thereby may maintain an equitable action in the
  supreme court of this state to  prevent  and  restrain  said  actual  or
  threatened  violation;  and  may  also  sue  and recover damages for any
  injuries sustained by reason of any such violation, and if the defendant
  shall have knowingly violated subdivision one of this section, the jury,
  in its discretion may award exemplary damages.
4. Nothing contained  in  this  act  shall  deprive  any  corporation,
  association,  society  or  organization  entitled to invoke the remedies
  provided by this act of any rights or remedies existing at common law or
  under the penal law or any other law of this state.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 26 - Miscellaneous › 397-B - Digital Billboards.

§  397-b.  Digital  billboards.  1.  All  residential  and  commercial
  property within one thousand feet of a building  used  as  Mitchell-Lama
  housing  with  no  fewer  than  ten  thousand units within a city with a
  population of one million or more shall be prohibited from  erecting  or
  installing,  after  the  effective  date  of  this  section,  a  digital
  billboard or other  type  of  billboard  or  sign  that  uses  flashing,
  intermittent  or  moving  lights,  and from operating such billboard. In
  cities with a population of one million or more, the provisions of  this
  section may be enforced concurrently by the corporation counsel or other
  lawful designee of such city.
2.  As used in this section, the term "digital billboard" shall mean a
  one or multi-sided outdoor advertising sign that displays digital images
  using light-emitting diode technology or any such similar technology.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 26 - Miscellaneous › 398 - Bills of Lading to Be Issued by Vessels Transporting Merchandise Within the State.

§   398.  Bills  of  lading  to  be  issued  by  vessels  transporting
  merchandise within the state. It shall be the duty of the owner,  master
  or  agent  of  any  vessel  transporting merchandise or property between
  ports of this state to issue to shippers of  any  lawful  merchandise  a
  bill  of  lading,  or  shipping document, or to sign a bill of lading or
  shipping document when presented by the shipper or his  agent,  stating,
  among  other  things,  the marks necessary for identification, number of
  packages or quantity, stating  whether  it  be  carrier's  or  shipper's
  weight,  and apparent order or condition of such merchandise or property
  delivered to and received by the owner, master or agent  of  the  vessel
  for  transportation,  and such document shall be prima facie evidence of
  the receipt of the merchandise therein described.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 26 - Miscellaneous › 398-A - Shipment of Motor Vehicles Outside the Continental United States.

§  398-a.  Shipment  of  motor vehicles outside the continental United
  States. 1. No person whose business  involves  the  preparation  of  the
  shipping  order or dock receipt or bill of lading or other export papers
  for  the  transportation  by  water  of  a  motor  vehicle  outside  the
  continental  United  States  shall  prepare such export papers unless he
  receives  from  the  person  sending  such  motor  vehicle  outside  the
  continental  United  States a photocopy or other facsimile of a transfer
  of registration or other proof  of  ownership  for  such  motor  vehicle
  indicating  thereon  the  identification  number of such vehicle.   Upon
  receipt of such document, said person shall  determine  that  the  motor
  vehicle  to  be transported outside the continental United States is the
  same vehicle described in such proof of ownership and shall certify such
  fact upon the copy of the shipping order, dock receipt, bill  of  lading
  or other export paper for such vehicle which he retains for his records.
  The  person  who prepares such export papers for the transportation of a
  motor vehicle outside the continental United States  shall  maintain  on
  file  for  a  period  of three years the photocopy or other facsimile of
  such transfer of registration or other proof of ownership together  with
  the  appropriate  shipping  order, dock receipt, bill of lading or other
  export paper.  This section shall not apply to a motor vehicle which the
  manufacturer thereof or a duly authorized dealer has  never  sold  to  a
  purchaser for the purpose of use rather than of resale.
2.  If  a  motor vehicle delivered for export does not correspond with
  the proof of ownership presented for such vehicle, such facts  shall  be
  immediately made known to the appropriate police department or other law
  enforcement agency.
3.  The  person who prepares such export papers for the transportation
  of a motor vehicle outside the continental United States shall, at least
  forty-eight hours prior to  the  time  the  motor  vehicle  is  shipped,
  furnish  to  the  police  department  in whose jurisdiction the point of
  shipment lies and if there is no police department at that place to  the
  superintendent   of   state   police   at   Albany,  a  description  and
  identification of the motor vehicle listing its make, year manufactured,
  model, color  and  vehicle  identification  number  or  special  vehicle
  identification number designated by the commissioner of motor vehicles.
4.  A  police  officer may at all reasonable times examine and inspect
  all files and records relating to the shipment of such vehicle which are
  in the custody of the shipper or of the person who prepares  the  export
  papers.
5.  Any  person  who  shall violate, aid and abet the violation of, or
  conspire or attempt to violate this section shall be guilty of a Class A
  misdemeanor.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 26 - Miscellaneous › 398-B - Discrimination in Car Rentals Prohibited.

§  398-b.  Discrimination  in  car  rentals  prohibited.  1. No car or
vehicle rental agency shall refuse to rent  a  car  or  vehicle  to  any
person  otherwise  qualified  because  of  race,  color,  ethnic origin,
religion, disability, or sex.
2.  Any  rental  vehicle  company  found  by  a  court  of   competent
jurisdiction  to  have  violated  a  provision  of this section shall be
subject to a penalty of not less than one thousand dollars nor more than
twenty-five hundred dollars for each violation.
3. (a) Whenever a rental vehicle company engages in  a  persistent  or
repeated  business  activity  or conduct which discriminates against any
individual based upon  the  individual's  race,  color,  ethnic  origin,
religion,  disability,  or  sex  or membership in an otherwise protected
class pursuant to federal law, the attorney general may  apply,  in  the
name of the people of the state of New York, to the supreme court of the
state  of  New  York,  on  five  days notice, for an order enjoining the
continuance of such business  activity  and  directing  restitution  and
damages.  In  any such proceeding, the attorney general may seek a civil
penalty not to exceed  five  thousand  dollars  per  violation  and  may
recover  costs  pursuant  to paragraph six of subdivision (a) of section
eighty-three hundred three of the civil practice law and rules.
(b) The term "persistent" as used in this  subdivision  shall  include
continuance or carrying on of any such business activity or conduct. The
term  "repeated" as used in this subdivision shall include repetition of
any separate and distinct business activity or conduct which affect more
than  one  person.  The  term  "business  activity"  as  used  in   this
subdivision  shall  include  policies  and/or  standard practices of the
rental vehicle company.
(c) In connection with any such application, the attorney  general  is
authorized  to take proof and make a determination of the relevant facts
and to issue subpoenas in accordance with the  civil  practice  law  and
rules.  Such authorization shall not abate or terminate by reason of any
action or proceeding brought by the attorney general under this section.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 26 - Miscellaneous › 398-C - Children Attending Roller Skating Rinks and Indoor Ice Skating Rinks Under Certain Conditions.

§  398-c.  Children  attending  roller  skating  rinks  and indoor ice
  skating  rinks  under  certain  conditions.  Notwithstanding  any  other
  provision  of law, the owner, lessee, proprietor, operator, attendant or
  employee of any roller skating rink or indoor ice skating rink  loe  may
  admit  or  allow to remain in any such roller skating rink or indoor ice
  skating rink any child under the age of twelve years,  unaccompanied  by
  the  parent,  guardian or other adult person authorized by the parent or
  guardian of such child, at any time other than while school  classes  of
  such child are in session, but not after six o'clock in the afternoon on
  any  day  preceding  a  day  on which school classes will be in session,
  provided that on the premises of such skating  rink  a  qualified  adult
  supervisor  shall  be in attendance at all times. This section shall not
  apply to any roller skating rink  or  indoor  ice  skating  rink  within
  which,  or  connected  with  any  premises within which, the sale of any
  wine, spirituous or  malt  beverages  or  liquor  is  allowed,  pool  or
  billiard  tables  are used or bowling alleys are maintained. Children of
  the age of twelve years and less than sixteen years of age, however, may
  remain in such roller skating rink or  indoor  ice  skating  rink  until
  eleven  o'clock  in  the evening, in pursuance of the provisions of this
  section, of any day preceding a day on which school classes will  be  in
  session.  No  time  restriction  is  imposed  on  children of the age of
  sixteen or less, in pursuance of the provisions of this section, on  any
  day preceding a day on which school classes will not be in session.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 26 - Miscellaneous › 398-E - Indemnity Provision in Motor Carrier Transportation Contracts.

§   398-e.   Indemnity   provision  in  motor  carrier  transportation
contracts.  1. For the purposes of this section:
(a)  "motor  carrier  transportation  contract"  means   a   contract,
agreement or understanding covering:
(i)  the  transportation  of  property for compensation or hire by the
motor carrier;
(ii) entrance on property by the motor  carrier  for  the  purpose  of
loading, unloading or transporting property for compensation or hire; or
(iii)  a  service incidental to activity described in subparagraph (i)
or (ii) of this paragraph, including, but not  limited  to,  storage  of
property.
(b)  "promisee" means the promisee and any agents, employees, servants
or independent contractors who are directly responsible to the  promisee
except  for  motor  carriers  party  to  a  motor carrier transportation
contract with the promisee and such motor carrier's  agents,  employees,
servants  or  independent contractors directly responsible to such motor
carrier.
2. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a  provision,
clause  or  agreement  contained  in, collateral to or affecting a motor
carrier transportation contract that purports to  indemnify,  defend  or
hold  harmless,  or has the effect of indemnifying, defending or holding
harmless, the promisee from or against any liability for loss or  damage
resulting  from  the  negligence or intentional acts or omissions of the
promisee is against the public policy of this  state  and  is  void  and
unenforceable.
3.  "Motor  carrier  transportation  contract,"  as  defined  in  this
section, shall  not  include  the  Uniform  Intermodal  Interchange  and
Facilities  Access  Agreement administered by the Intermodal Association
of North America or other agreements providing for the interchange,  use
or  possession  of  intermodal  chassis,  containers or other intermodal
equipment.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 26 - Miscellaneous › 399 - Cigarette Package Labeling.

§  399.  Cigarette  package labeling. 1. On each package of cigarettes
  sold or delivered by a manufacturer or  distributor  within  this  state
  after  June  first,  nineteen  hundred sixty-six, there shall be printed
  thereon or attached thereto a warning of the consequences  of  excessive
  smoking. Such warning shall be in letters not less than eight point type
  and  in  a color in contrast with the package containing the cigarettes,
  and shall contain the following statement:
WARNING
"Excessive use is dangerous to health"
2. Any person, firm, corporation or association  or  its  officers  or
  agents  who or which violate any of the provisions of this section shall
  be guilty of a misdemeanor.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 26 - Miscellaneous › 399-A - Pay Toilets; Prohibition.

§  399-a.  Pay  toilets; prohibition. 1. On and after September first,
  nineteen hundred seventy-five, no owner, lessee or other occupant of any
  real property or any other person, copartnership  or  corporation  shall
  operate  or  permit  to be operated pay toilet facilities upon such real
  property.
2. A violation of the provisions of this section  shall  constitute  a
  violation.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 26 - Miscellaneous › 399-AA - Prohibition of the Selling of Fur, Hair, Skin or Flesh of a Dog or Cat.

§  399-aa. Prohibition of the selling of fur, hair, skin or flesh of a
dog or cat. 1. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, partnership or
corporation to knowingly import,  sell,  offer  for  sale,  manufacture,
distribute,  transport  or  otherwise  market or trade in the fur, hair,
skin or flesh of a domesticated dog (canis familiaris)  or  domesticated
cat (felis catus or domesticus), whether domestically raised or imported
from  another country, or any product or item containing or comprised of
the fur, hair, skin or flesh of a dog or cat. As used  in  this  section
the  term  "domesticated  dog  or  cat" shall not mean or include coyote
(ranis latrans), fox  (vulpes  volpes,  vulpes  cinereoargenteus),  lynx
(felis lynx) or bobcat (felis rufus).
2.  Manufacturers  or  suppliers  shall  provide certification to each
retailer that any fur, hair, skin or flesh contained in  such  items  is
not derived from domesticated dog or domesticated cat.
3. The state commissioner of agriculture and markets shall establish a
standard for the certification required by the provisions of subdivision
two of this section on the effective date of this section.
4.  A violation of this section shall be punishable by a civil penalty
of up to one thousand dollars for an individual and up to five  thousand
dollars  for  a  corporation  for  the  first  violation. Any subsequent
violation shall be punishable by a civil penalty of  up  to  twenty-five
thousand dollars.
5.  Any  civil penalties collected pursuant to this section of law are
payable to the animal population control fund  established  pursuant  to
section ninety-seven-xx of the state finance law.
6.  (a) No provision of this section shall be construed to prohibit or
interfere with any properly conducted scientific tests,  experiments  or
investigations  involving  the use of dog or cat fur or flesh, performed
or conducted in laboratories or institutions,  which  are  approved  for
these  purposes  by  the state commissioner of health in accordance with
section three hundred fifty-three of the agriculture and markets law.
(b) No provision of this section shall be construed  to  prohibit  any
person,  firm,  partnership  or  corporation  from  importing,  selling,
offering  for  sale,  manufacturing,  distributing,   transporting,   or
otherwise  marketing  or  trading  in the fur, hair, skin, or flesh of a
domesticated dog or cat for the purposes of conducting scientific tests,
experiments or investigations that are to be performed or  conducted  in
laboratories  or  institutions, which are approved for these purposes by
the state commissioner  of  health  in  accordance  with  section  three
hundred fifty-three of the agriculture and markets law.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 26 - Miscellaneous › 399-AAA - Selling and Manufacturing of Fur-Bearing Articles of Clothing.

§  399-aaa.  Selling  and  manufacturing  of  fur-bearing  articles of
clothing. 1. For the purposes of this section the following terms  shall
have the following meanings:
(a)  "faux fur" shall mean artificially manufactured fur which is made
to resemble real fur but which is not derived from animals.
(b) "real fur" shall mean animal  skin  or  part  thereof  with  hair,
fleece,  or  fur fibers attached thereto, either in its raw or processed
state.
2.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person,  firm,  partnership  or
corporation  to  knowingly  import for profit, sell at retail, offer for
sale at retail, or manufacture articles of clothing  which  include,  or
have  attached in any quantity and of any value, fur that is not labeled
as being "faux fur" or "real fur", or is incorrectly labeled.
3. Labeling of articles of clothing pursuant to this  section  may  be
accomplished  by  adding  "faux  fur" or "real fur" to the permanent tag
attached to the clothing, to the temporary tag used by the  merchant  to
identify  the  merchandise,  or  by  affixing, in a conspicuous place, a
sticker stating "faux fur" or "real fur"  to  the  article  of  clothing
itself.
Articles  of  clothing  containing  or having attached any quantity or
value of "real fur" shall have certain disclosures on the label required
in this section so as not to be considered misbranded  under  15  U.S.C.
69b.
4.  A  violation  of this section shall be punishable by a fine of not
more than one thousand dollars for the first violation and not more than
two thousand dollars for each subsequent violation.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 26 - Miscellaneous › 399-AAAA - Menstrual Product Labeling.

§  399-aaaa.  Menstrual  product  labeling.  1.  For  purposes of this
section:
(a) "ingredient" shall mean an intentionally added  substance  present
in the menstrual product;
(b)  "menstrual  product"  shall mean products used for the purpose of
catching menstruation and vaginal discharge, including but  not  limited
to  tampons,  pads,  and  menstrual  cups.  These products may be either
disposable or reusable.
2. No later than eighteen months after this section shall have  become
a  law,  each  package or box containing menstrual products sold in this
state shall  contain  a  plain  and  conspicuous  printed  list  of  all
ingredients  which  shall  be listed in order of predominance. Such list
shall either be printed on the package or affixed thereto.
3. The requirements of this section shall apply  in  addition  to  any
other  labeling requirements established pursuant to any other provision
of law.
4. Whenever a violation of this section has occurred, a civil  penalty
of  one percent of the manufacturer's total annual in-state sales not to
exceed one thousand dollars per package or box shall be imposed  on  the
manufacturer.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 26 - Miscellaneous › 399-B - Contracts for the Use of the Streets for Hack Stands.

§  399-b.  Contracts  for the use of the streets for hack stands.  The
  owner, lessee or other occupant of  any  real  property,  or  any  other
  person,  copartnership  or corporation, who shall make or enter into any
  agreement, contract or  arrangement  whatsoever  whereby  the  right  is
  attempted  to  be  granted  or  is granted to any person, copartnership,
  association or corporation to use any portion  of  any  public  highway,
  street,  avenue,  boulevard,  park or other public property owned by the
  state of New York  or  any  municipality  therein  for  the  purpose  of
  permitting any vehicle to stand while awaiting passengers for hire or as
  a   private   hack  stand,  and  any  owner,  lessee  or  other  person,
  copartnership or corporation who shall make or enter into  any  contract
  or  arrangement for the payment of or receives thereby any sum of money,
  percentage or profits or other thing of value under any  such  contract,
  agreement,  consent  or arrangement for such use of such public property
  as such private hack stand, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 26 - Miscellaneous › 399-BB - Certain Dry Cleaning Institutions; Option for Six Months Donation of Articles of Clothing.

§  399-bb.  Certain  dry  cleaning institutions; option for six months
  donation of articles of clothing. 1. A retail dry  cleaning  institution
  may post the following notice:
IN ACCORDANCE WITH NEW YORK STATE LAW
GARMENTS NOT PICKED UP
WITHIN SIX MONTHS
WILL BE DONATED TO CHARITY
Such notice shall be at a minimum eleven inches in height by seventeen
  inches  in  length  and  the  printed characters shall be 1.25 inches in
  height and at least .5 inches in width.  Such notice shall be printed in
  a legible manner and shall be posted  in  a  prominent  and  conspicuous
  location  in  the  consumer  area  of the dry cleaning institution. Such
  notice shall also be stamped or printed in at least  twelve  point  bold
  print on the receipt given to each consumer.
2.   Notwithstanding  any  inconsistent  provision  of  the  abandoned
  property law, a retail dry cleaning institution that has posted  such  a
  notice  and  provided  such  a receipt may donate a garment or household
  item that has not been retrieved  within  six  months  to  a  bona  fide
  charitable  organization,  church, or other not-for-profit organization.
  The dry cleaning institution shall obtain  a  detailed  written  receipt
  specifically  describing  each  item donated to the bona fide charitable
  organization, church, or not-for-profit organization. The  dry  cleaning
  institution  shall attach such receipt to each such consumer receipt and
  shall keep such receipts for a period of at least three years  following
  the   donation   for  purposes  of  demonstrating  compliance  with  the
  requirements of this section.
3. The six month period shall commence from the  date  indicated  upon
  the  receipt  that  the consumer is due to retrieve his or her items. In
  the event that such date is not indicated  upon  the  receipt,  the  six
  month period shall commence two weeks from the date the consumer brought
  his or her items to the retail dry cleaning institution.
4. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit a retail dry
  cleaning institution from adopting a written policy which provides for a
  longer period of time before such a donation may be made.
5.  The  provisions  of  this  section  shall not apply to those items
  brought to a retail dry cleaning institution for the purposes of storing
  such items.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 26 - Miscellaneous › 399-C - Mandatory Arbitration Clauses in Certain Consumer Contracts Prohibited.

§  399-c.  Mandatory arbitration clauses in certain consumer contracts
  prohibited. 1.  Definitions.
a. The term "consumer" shall mean a natural person  residing  in  this
  state.
b. The term "consumer goods" shall mean goods, wares, paid merchandise
  or  services  purchased  or  paid for by a consumer, the intended use or
  benefit of which is intended  for  the  personal,  family  or  household
  purposes of such consumer.
c.  The  term  "mandatory  arbitration  clause"  shall  mean a term or
  provision contained in a written contract for the sale  or  purchase  of
  consumer goods which requires the parties to such contract to submit any
  controversy  thereafter arising under such contract to arbitration prior
  to the commencement of any legal action to  enforce  the  provisions  of
  such  contract  and  which  also further provides language to the effect
  that the decision of the arbitrator  or  panel  of  arbitrators  in  its
  application  to  the  consumer  party  shall be final and not subject to
  court review.
d. The term "arbitration" shall mean the  use  of  a  decision  making
  forum  conducted  by  an  arbitrator  or panel of arbitrators within the
  meaning and subject to the provisions of  article  seventy-five  of  the
  civil practice law and rules.
2.  a.  Prohibition.  No  written contract for the sale or purchase of
  consumer goods, entered into on or after  the  effective  date  of  this
  section,  to  which  a  consumer  is  a party, shall contain a mandatory
  arbitration clause.   Nothing contained herein  shall  be  construed  to
  prohibit a non-consumer party from incorporating a provision within such
  contract  that  such  non-consumer party agrees that the decision of the
  arbitrator or panel of arbitrators shall be final in its application  to
  such non-consumer party and not subject to court review.
b.  Mandatory  arbitration  clause  null and void. The provisions of a
  mandatory arbitration clause shall be null and void.  The  inclusion  of
  such  clause  in a written contract for the sale or purchase of consumer
  goods shall  not  serve  to  impair  the  enforceability  of  any  other
  provision of such contract.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 26 - Miscellaneous › 399-CC - Wireless Telephone Numbers.

* §   399-cc.   Wireless   telephone  numbers.  1.  No  person,  firm,
  partnership, association, limited  liability  company,  corporation,  or
  other  business  entity  shall  obtain  from  any  provider  of wireless
  telephone  service,  as  such  term  is  defined  in  paragraph  (b)  of
  subdivision  one  of section twelve hundred twenty-five-c of the vehicle
  and traffic law, any wireless  telephone  numbers  for  the  purpose  of
  creating  a  directory  of  wireless  telephone  numbers,  without first
  obtaining  the  prior  authorization  from  each   individual   wireless
  telephone  service  customer.    Such  customer's authorization shall be
  affirmatively obtained via verifiable means.
2. A violation of the provisions of this section shall  be  punishable
  by  a  civil  penalty  not  to  exceed  one  thousand  dollars  for each
  violation.
* NB There are 2 § 399-cc's
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 26 - Miscellaneous › 399-CC*2 - Transcripts and Stenographic Services.

* § 399-cc. Transcripts and stenographic services. Notwithstanding any
  other  provision  of  law  to  the  contrary, when an attorney of record
  orders or requests either orally  or  in  writing  that  a  stenographic
  record  be  made  of  any  judicial proceeding, deposition, statement or
  interview of a party in a proceeding or of a  witness  related  to  such
  proceeding,  it  shall be the responsibility of such attorney to pay for
  the services and the costs of such record except where:
1. payment is otherwise provided by  law  or  where  the  attorney  is
  providing  representation  through a not-for-profit provider of criminal
  or civil legal services; or
2. the attorney expressly disclaims responsibility for payment of  the
  stenographic  service  or  record  in  writing  at the time the attorney
  orders or requests that the record be made.
* NB There are 2 § 399-cc's
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 26 - Miscellaneous › 399-CCC - Smoke Detecting Devices.

§  399-ccc.  Smoke  detecting devices. 1. It shall be unlawful for any
person or entity to distribute, sell, offer  for  sale,  or  import  any
solely  battery  operated  smoke  detecting  alarm  device  powered by a
replaceable,  removable  battery.  All  solely  battery  operated  smoke
detecting alarm devices that are distributed, sold, offered for sale, or
imported,  shall  employ  a  non-removable, non-replaceable battery that
powers the device for a minimum of ten years.
2. All product packaging containing a solely  battery  operated  smoke
detecting alarm device shall include the following information:
(a)  the  manufacturer's  name  or  registered trademark and the model
number of the smoke detecting alarm device; and
(b) that such alarm device is designed to have a minimum battery  life
of ten years.
3.  The  provisions  of this section shall not apply to solely battery
operated  smoke  detecting  alarm  devices  powered  by  a  replaceable,
removable battery that have been ordered by, or are in the inventory of,
owners,  managing  agents,  contractors,  wholesalers or retailers on or
before the effective date  of  this  section.  The  provisions  of  this
section  shall  not  apply to smoke detecting alarm devices that receive
their power from the electrical  system  of  the  building,  fire  alarm
systems  with  smoke  detectors,  fire  alarm  devices that connect to a
panel,  devices  that  use  a   low-power   radio   frequency   wireless
communication   signal,   or  such  other  devices  as  the  state  fire
administrator shall designate through its regulatory process.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 26 - Miscellaneous › 399-CCCC - Wireless Telephone Services; Domestic Violence Victims.

§ 399-cccc. Wireless telephone services; domestic violence victims. 1.
  Every  provider  of  wireless telephone service, as defined in paragraph
  (b) of subdivision one of section twelve hundred  twenty-five-c  of  the
  vehicle  and  traffic  law,  shall  allow a person who is under a shared
  phone plan contract with such  provider  to  opt-out  of  such  contract
  without  fee, penalty or charge when such person is a victim of domestic
  violence and provides an attestation in writing that they no longer wish
  to be a party to such contract due  to  their  status  as  a  victim  of
  domestic  violence.  Such provider of wireless telephone service may not
  require such person to  disclose  confidential  information  or  details
  relating  to such person's status as a victim of domestic violence, as a
  condition of  permitting  such  person  to  opt-out  of  such  contract.
  Further,  such  provider  of  wireless  telephone  service  may not make
  release from such contract contingent on: (a) maintaining contractual or
  billing responsibility of a separated account  with  the  provider;  (b)
  approval  of  separation  by  the primary account holder, if the primary
  account holder is not the person making such request; (c) a  prohibition
  or  limitation  on  number  portability  or  a  request  to change phone
  numbers; or (d) a prohibition or  limitation  on  the  separation  as  a
  result  of  arrears  accrued  by  the account. Such provider of wireless
  telephone service shall release such person from such contract no  later
  than  seven  days after receiving such opt-out request. Such provider of
  wireless telephone service shall dispose  of  information  submitted  by
  such  person  no later than thirty days after receiving such information
  in a manner as to maintain confidentiality of such information.
2. Every provider of wireless telephone service shall make information
  about the options and process  described  in  subdivision  one  of  this
  section  readily  available  to  consumers on the website and any mobile
  application of the provider, in physical stores, and in other  forms  of
  public-facing consumer communication.
3.  A  covered provider and any officer, director, employee, vendor or
  agent thereof shall not be subject to liability for any  claims  arising
  from  an  action  taken or omission made with respect to compliance with
  this section.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 26 - Miscellaneous › 399-D - Children Attending Public Bowling Alleys Under Certain Conditions.

§  399-d.  Children  attending  public  bowling  alleys  under certain
  conditions. Notwithstanding any  other  provision  of  law,  the  owner,
  lessee,  proprietor,  operator,  attendant  or  employee  of  any public
  bowling alley shall admit or allow to remain in any such public  bowling
  alley,  and  to  bowl  therein, any child between the ages of twelve and
  eighteen at all times, and any child under twelve (a) when such child is
  accompanied or directly supervised at such bowling alley by a parent  or
  by  a  responsible  adult,  or  (b)  when  such  child is a member of an
  organized group under the supervision of a  responsible  adult,  or  (c)
  when  such  child  is participating in an organized bowling league under
  the supervision of a responsible  adult,  provided,  that  no  alcoholic
  beverages  of  any  kind  are dispensed on such premises during the time
  that such child is on the premises as a member or  participant  of  such
  organized  group  or  league,  as  shall  be permitted by a local law or
  ordinance heretofore or hereafter adopted by the common council or other
  legislative body of a city, town or village permitting any such child to
  be admitted, or allowed to remain or to bowl in any such public  bowling
  alley as herein provided.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 26 - Miscellaneous › 399-DD - Sale of Alcohol Vaporizing Devices Prohibited.

* §  399-dd.  Sale  of  alcohol  vaporizing devices prohibited. 1. For
  purposes of this section, "alcohol vaporizing device" means any  device,
  machine  or process which mixes spirits, liquor or other alcohol product
  with pure oxygen or other gas to produce a  vaporized  product  for  the
  purpose of consumption by inhalation.
2.  No  person,  corporation, partnership or limited liability company
  shall knowingly sell or offer for sale an alcohol vaporizing device.
3. A violation of the provisions of this section shall be  an  offense
  punishable by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars. A violation
  of the provisions of this section after having been previously convicted
  of  such  an  offense  within the previous five years shall be a class B
  misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars.
* NB There are 3 § 399-dd's
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 26 - Miscellaneous › 399-E - Prohibition of the Importation, Manufacturing, Distribution, or Sale of Yo-Yo Waterball Toys.

* §    399-e.   Prohibition   of   the   importation,   manufacturing,
  distribution, or sale of yo-yo  waterball  toys.  1.  No  person,  firm,
  corporation,  or  association  shall import, manufacture, sell, offer to
  sell, or distribute a yo-yo waterball toy.
2. For purposes of this section, the term "yo-yo waterball toy"  means
  a  yo-yo  waterball,  water  yo-yo, or any similar toy made of rubber or
  rubber-like material consisting of a ball that is filled with  a  liquid
  and attached to an elastic cord with a finger loop at the end.
3.  Whenever there shall be a violation of this section an application
  may be made by the attorney general in the name of  the  people  of  the
  state of New York to a court or justice having jurisdiction by a special
  proceeding  to  issue an injunction, and upon notice to the defendant of
  not less than five days, to enjoin and restrain the continuance of  such
  violations;  and  if it shall appear to the satisfaction of the court or
  justice that the defendant has,  in  fact,  violated  this  section,  an
  injunction  may  be  issued  by  the  court  or  justice,  enjoining and
  restraining any further violations, without  requiring  proof  that  any
  person  has,  in  fact,  been  injured  or  damaged thereby. In any such
  proceeding, the court may make allowances to  the  attorney  general  as
  provided  in  paragraph  six  of subdivision (a) of section eighty-three
  hundred  three  of  the  civil  practice  law  and  rules,  and   direct
  restitution. Whenever the court shall determine that a violation of this
  section  has  occurred, the court may impose a civil penalty of not more
  than one thousand dollars for each  violation.  Each  sale  of  a  yo-yo
  waterball  toy  in violation of this section shall constitute a separate
  violation.  In  connection  with  any  such  proposed  application,  the
  attorney general is authorized to take proof and make a determination of
  the  relevant  facts and to issue subpoenas in accordance with the civil
  practice law and rules.
* NB There are 2 § 399-e's
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 26 - Miscellaneous › 399-E*2 - Actions.

* § 399-e. Actions. No person, firm, corporation, partnership or other
  association  may deny credit, reduce the credit limit, or raise the cost
  of credit of a consumer, solely because such consumer  is  a  victim  of
  identity theft, if the person denying, reducing, or raising the cost of,
  the  credit  has  prior  knowledge  that  the  consumer  was a victim of
  identity theft. Actions  taken  by  a  creditor  to  assist  a  consumer
  regarding his or her credit report, credit score or credit history or to
  limit  credit  or  financial  losses  to  the  consumer,  including  the
  cancellation, monitoring or restructuring of consumer  credit  accounts,
  shall not be considered violations of this section. For purposes of this
  section, a person is the victim of identity theft if he or she possesses
  a  valid  police  report  alleging  that  he  or she is the victim of an
  identity theft crime, including, but not  limited  to,  a  violation  of
  section 190.78, 190.79, 190.80, 190.82 or 190.83 of the penal law.
* NB There are 2 § 399-e's
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 26 - Miscellaneous › 399-F - Laundromat Refund Procedures.

§  399-f.  Laundromat refund procedures. 1. "Self service laundromats"
  or "coin operated laundries" shall mean and include all laundromats  and
  any  apartment  building  with  two  or more washing machines or clothes
  dryers.
2. All self service laundromats, except those staffed by  a  full-time
  attendant,  shall  be required to post two signs with dimensions no less
  than twelve inches by eighteen inches. One sign shall list  the  owner's
  name  and  address, and the second sign shall give the price for the use
  of the washer and dryer, the cycle time per unit  of  payment,  and  the
  method  of  refund  if  the  coins are lost in the machines, including a
  telephone number or address to contact for refund. Information  for  the
  method  of refund shall read as follows: " If coins are lost in the coin
  receptacle of the washer or dryer, contact (insert the name and  address
  or  telephone  number  of  a  person designated by the owner of the self
  service laundromat to contact for refund)."
3. All signs shall be prominently displayed in a clearly visible  area
  of the self service laundromat.
4.   Any  individual,  firm,  partnership,  corporation,  association,
  company or organization which owns and/or  operates  such  business  and
  knowingly fails to comply with the requirements of this section shall be
  assessed  a  civil  penalty  not  to  exceed fifty dollars for the first
  violation, one hundred dollars for a second violation  and  two  hundred
  fifty  dollars for any subsequent violation. Each day such offense shall
  continue shall constitute a separate additional violation. It shall be a
  defense to the imposition of any such civil  penalty  if  the  owner  or
  operator  posted  a  sign  as required by this section and such sign was
  removed  or  defaced  by  vandals,  provided  the  owner   or   operator
  subsequently complies with the requirements of this section.
5.  This  section shall not annul, alter, affect or exempt any person,
  firm, partnership, corporation,  association,  company  or  organization
  subject  to the provisions of this section from complying with the laws,
  ordinances, rules or  regulations  of  any  locality,  relating  to  the
  posting of laundromat refund procedures, except to the extent that these
  laws,  ordinances,  rules  or  regulations  are  inconsistent  with  any
  provision of this section, but no such local  law,  ordinance,  rule  or
  regulation  shall  be  considered  inconsistent,  if  it affords greater
  protection to the consumer.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 26 - Miscellaneous › 399-FF - Petting Zoos.

§ 399-ff. Petting zoos. 1. For purposes of this section the terms:
(a) "petting zoo" shall mean a place where a collection of animals are
kept  for  the express purpose of viewing, touching, holding and petting
by patrons and visitors to the establishment; and
(b) "hand washing or hand cleansing facility" shall mean any method of
cleansing the hands that kills germs and  bacteria  including,  but  not
limited  to,  soap  and  running  water, anti-bacterial fluids, foams or
gels, and anti-bacterial or antiseptic wipes or towels.
2. All petting zoo operators shall provide and maintain at  least  one
clearly designated hand washing facility for patrons and visitors to the
establishment  to  wash or cleanse their hands upon exiting such petting
zoo area.  Such  hand  washing  or  hand  cleansing  facility  shall  be
maintained  at  or  within no more than fifty feet of the exit from such
petting zoo area.
3. Every exit from a petting zoo area shall have a sign  conspicuously
posted that shall state, in a clear and legible typeface, the following:
"Animals  at  petting  zoos  may  carry  germs  and  bacteria that cause
disease. It is strongly recommended that persons wash their  hands  upon
exiting  the  petting  zoo  area".  Such  sign  shall  also indicate the
direction in which such hand  washing  or  hand  cleansing  facility  is
located.
4.  Any operator of a petting zoo who fails to maintain a hand washing
or hand cleansing facility and  proper  signage  in  violation  of  this
section  shall  be subject to a civil penalty in an amount of up to five
hundred dollars.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 26 - Miscellaneous › 399-GG - Packaging of Electronic Liquid.

§  399-gg.  Packaging  of  electronic  liquid.  1.  No person, firm or
  corporation shall sell or offer  for  sale  any  electronic  liquid,  as
  defined  in paragraph (e) of subdivision one of section thirteen hundred
  ninety-nine-cc of the public health law, unless the electronic liquid is
  sold or offered for sale in a child resistant bottle which  is  designed
  to prevent accidental exposure of children to electronic liquids.
2.  Any  violation  of  this  section  shall  be punishable by a civil
  penalty not to exceed one thousand dollars.