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2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 25 - Fair Credit Reporting Act › 380-O - Obtaining or Introducing Information Under False Pretenses; Penalty.

§  380-o.  Obtaining or introducing information under false pretenses;
  penalty. 1.  Any person who knowingly and willfully obtains  information
  concerning  a  consumer  from  a  consumer  reporting agency under false
  pretenses shall, upon conviction, be fined not more than  five  thousand
  dollars or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.
2.  Any  person  who  knowingly  and willfully introduces, attempts to
  introduce or causes to be introduced, false information into a  consumer
  reporting  agency's  files  for  the  purpose  of wrongfully damaging or
  wrongfully enhancing the credit information  of  any  individual  shall,
  upon  conviction,  be  fined  not  more  than  five  thousand dollars or
  imprisoned not more than one year, or both.
3. This section shall  not  apply  to  statements  filed  pursuant  to
  paragraph  two  of  subdivision (c) of section three hundred eighty-f of
  this chapter.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 25 - Fair Credit Reporting Act › 380-P - Unauthorized Disclosures by Officers or Employees; Penalty.

§  380-p.  Unauthorized disclosures by officers or employees; penalty.
  Any officer or employee of a consumer reporting agency who knowingly and
  willfully  provides  information  concerning  an  individual  from   the
  agency's  files  to  a person not authorized to receive that information
  shall, upon conviction, be fined not more than five thousand dollars  or
  imprisoned not more than one year, or both.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 25 - Fair Credit Reporting Act › 380-Q - Disclosure of Medical Information.

§  380-q. Disclosure of medical information. Whenever any provision of
  this  article  requires  disclosure  of  medical  information,  or   the
  disclosure  of  a  reason  for  adverse  action  which  involves medical
  information, such information or reason shall be  disclosed  only  to  a
  physician designated by the consumer for such purpose.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 25 - Fair Credit Reporting Act › 380-R - Disclosures to Governmental Agencies.

§  380-r.  Disclosures  to  governmental agencies. Notwithstanding the
  provisions of section three hundred eighty-b of this article, a consumer
  reporting agency may  furnish  identifying  information  respecting  any
  consumer,  limited  to  his  name,  address, former addresses, places of
  employment, or former places of employment to a governmental agency.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 25 - Fair Credit Reporting Act › 380-S - Theft of Identity.

§ 380-s. Theft of identity. No person, firm, partnership, corporation,
  or  association  or employee thereof shall knowingly and with the intent
  to defraud, obtain,  possess,  transfer,  use,  or  attempt  to  obtain,
  possess,  transfer,  or  use credit, goods, services or anything else of
  value in the name of another person without his or her consent.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 25 - Fair Credit Reporting Act › 380-V - Severability.

§  380-v.  Severability.  If  any  provision  of  this  article or the
  application thereof to  any  person  or  circumstances  is  held  to  be
  invalid,   such   invalidity   shall  not  affect  other  provisions  or
  applications of this article which  can  be  given  effect  without  the
  invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this
  article are severable.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 25-A - Articles of Bedding › 383 - Definitions.

§ 383. Definitions. For the purposes of this article:
1.  "Bedding"  shall mean any mattress or box spring which can be used
  by any human being for sleeping or reclining purposes;
2. "New" shall mean  any  material  or  article  which  has  not  been
  previously  used  for any purpose, including by-products produced in the
  manufacture of new fabric, and material reclaimed from new fabric;
3. "Used" shall  mean  any  components,  articles  or  materials  from
  bedding not classified as new.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 25-A - Articles of Bedding › 384 - Registration of Manufacturers of New Bedding.

§  384.  Registration  of  manufacturers  of  new  bedding.   1. Every
  manufacturer of new bedding sold in this state shall file a notice  with
  the  department of state which: (a) states its name and address; and (b)
  affirms that it uses new material when it manufactures new bedding.
2. Each registration shall expire one year from the date of issue.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 25-A - Articles of Bedding › 385 - Registration of Manufacturers of Used Bedding and Repairer-Renovators or Rebui Lders of Bedding.

§   385.   Registration   of   manufacturers   of   used  bedding  and
  repairer-renovators or rebuilders of bedding.  1. Every manufacturer  of
  used  bedding  sold in this state and repairer-renovator or rebuilder of
  bedding sold in this state shall file a notice with  the  department  of
  state  which:  (a)  states its name and address; and (b) affirms that it
  sanitizes its used bedding in accordance with the standards  established
  in  regulation  by  the  department  of  state  in consultation with the
  department of health.
2. Each registration shall expire one year from the date of issue.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 25-A - Articles of Bedding › 385-A - Registration of Sellers of Used Bedding.

§  385-a.  Registration  of  sellers  of used bedding. 1. Every person
  engaged in the sale of used bedding, including any mattress or boxspring
  which in its entirety is used and not repaired or renovated, shall  file
  a  notice  with  the department of state which: (a) states such person's
  name and address; and (b)  affirms  that  such  used  bedding  has  been
  sanitized  in accordance with the standards established in regulation by
  the department of state in consultation with the department of health.
2. The provisions of this section shall not apply to a person  selling
  used  bedding  in  a  private  sale from his or her home directly to the
  consumer.
3. Each registration shall expire one year from the date of issue.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 25-A - Articles of Bedding › 385-B - Transport, Storage and Sale of Used Bedding.

§  385-b.  Transport,  storage  and  sale  of used bedding. 1. No used
  bedding shall be in  direct  contact  with  new  bedding  in  a  storage
  warehouse,  or  stored  or sold with new bedding unless the used bedding
  has been sanitized in  accordance  with  the  standards  established  in
  regulation  by the department of state pursuant to section three hundred
  eighty-five of this article.
2. No used bedding shall be transported with new  bedding  unless  the
  used  bedding  has  been  sanitized  in  accordance  with  the standards
  established in regulation by the department of state pursuant to section
  three hundred eighty-five of this article or enclosed  in  non-permeable
  plastic,  polyethylene  film or similar material designed to prevent the
  passage of contaminants.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 25-A - Articles of Bedding › 386 - Fees.

§  386.  Fees.  1.  Every manufacturer of new or used bedding and each
  repairer-renovator or rebuilder of bedding shall pay a registration  fee
  of one hundred fifty dollars to the department of state.
2.  Every  person  engaged  in  the  sale  of used bedding shall pay a
  registration fee of one hundred dollars to the department of state.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 25-A - Articles of Bedding › 387 - Inspections.

§  387.  Inspections.  Every place where articles of bedding are made,
  remade or renovated, or materials therefor are prepared  or  sterilized,
  or  where  such  articles  or  materials  are  sold, shall be subject to
  inspection by the secretary of state who shall have power to inspect the
  manufacture, sale or delivery,  and  sanitization  of  all  articles  or
  materials  covered  by  this  article,  to open and examine the contents
  thereof and power to seize and hold for evidence any article of bedding,
  in whole or in part, which the secretary has reason to believe  is  made
  or  sold  or  held  in  possession  in  violation  of  this article. The
  frequency of  such  inspections  shall  be  at  the  discretion  of  the
  secretary  of  state. For the purpose of administering and enforcing the
  provisions of this article the secretary shall  have  and  may  use  the
  powers  conferred  on him by the executive law in addition to the powers
  conferred in this article.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 25-A - Articles of Bedding › 388 - Suspension and Revocation of Registrations.

§  388.  Suspension  and revocation of registrations. The secretary of
  state shall have the power to revoke or suspend any registration or deny
  any registration upon proof (a) that the  applicant  or  registrant  has
  violated  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  article  or  the rules and
  regulations promulgated hereunder; (b) that the applicant or  registrant
  has  practiced  fraud,  deceit  or  misrepresentation;  or  (c) that the
  applicant or registrant has made a false  statement  in  the  notice  of
  registration.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 25-A - Articles of Bedding › 389 - Deceptive Acts or Practices Prohibited.

§ 389. Deceptive acts or practices prohibited. It shall be a deceptive
  act  or practice and unlawful, under section three hundred forty-nine of
  this chapter, for any merchant, as  defined  in  section  2-104  of  the
  uniform commercial code, to manufacture, rebuild or sell bedding in this
  state  that  contains  any  used  material,  or  to sell any mattress or
  boxspring which is made, in whole or part, from used  materials,  unless
  it bears a conspicuous yellow label notifying the consumer of that fact.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 25-A - Articles of Bedding › 389-A - Label Requirements for Used Bedding.

§  389-a.  Label  requirements  for used bedding. The label indicating
  that an article of bedding contains used material, in whole or in  part,
  shall  be  at  least  fifteen  square inches in area, contain the phrase
  "used material" or "used bedding", as the  case  may  be,  in  prominent
  print,  be  yellow  in  color,  and  be  stitched  or otherwise securely
  attached to the bedding in  such  a  manner  that  it  may  be  seen  by
  consumers prior to purchase.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 25-A - Articles of Bedding › 389-B - Label Requirements for New Bedding.

§ 389-b. Label requirements for new bedding. The label indicating that
  an  article of bedding contains new material must be at least six square
  inches in area, contain the phrase "new material"  in  prominent  print,
  and  be stitched or otherwise securely attached to the bedding in such a
  manner that it may be seen by consumers prior to purchase.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 25-A - Articles of Bedding › 389-C - Special Application of Section Three Hundred Forty-Nine of This Chapter.

§  389-c.  Special  application of section three hundred forty-nine of
  this chapter. In addition to the power set forth in subdivision  (b)  of
  section  three  hundred forty-nine of this chapter, the attorney general
  shall have the power to assess a fine of up to one thousand dollars  for
  each violation of this article; and the defense under subdivision (d) of
  section  three hundred forty-nine of this chapter shall not be available
  in connection with any violation of this article.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 25-B - Use of Safety Glazing Materials › 389-M - Definitions.

§ 389-m. Definitions. As used in this article, the following words and
phrases shall have the following meanings:
(1)  "Safety glazing material". Any glazing material, such as tempered
glass, laminated glass, wire glass or rigid  plastic,  which  meets  the
test  requirements of the American National Standards Institute Standard
(ANSI Z-97.1-1972), and which are so constructed,  treated  or  combined
with  other  materials  as  to  minimize  the  likelihood of cutting and
piercing  injuries  resulting  from  human  contact  with  the   glazing
material.
(2)  "Hazardous locations". Those structural elements, glazed or to be
glazed, in industrial, commercial and public buildings known  as  framed
or  unframed glass entrance doors; and those structural elements, glazed
or to be glazed in residential buildings and other  structures  used  as
dwellings,   industrial   buildings,  commercial  buildings  and  public
buildings, known as sliding glass doors, storm  doors  except  operating
vents  only on jalousie type doors, shower doors, bathtub enclosures and
those fixed glazed panels immediately  adjacent  to  entrance  and  exit
doors  which  may  be  mistaken for doors; whether or not the glazing in
such doors, panels and enclosures is transparent.
(3) "Fixed glazed panels immediately adjacent  to  entrance  and  exit
doors".  Means  the  first fixed glazed panel on either or both sides of
the doors,  forty-eight  inches  or  less  in  width,  within  six  feet
horizontally of the nearest vertical edge of the door.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 25-B - Use of Safety Glazing Materials › 389-N - Labeling Required.

§  389-n. Labeling required. (l) Each light of safety glazing material
manufactured, distributed,  imported,  or  sold  for  use  in  hazardous
locations  or  installed in such a location within the state of New York
shall be permanently labeled by such  means  as  etching,  sandblasting,
firing  of  ceramic  material,  hot-die  stamping  on the safety glazing
material, or by other suitable  means.  The  label  shall  identify  the
manufacturer,  and  the nominal thickness and the type of safety glazing
material and the fact that said material meets the test requirements  of
the American National Standards Institute Standard ANSI Z-97.1-1971.
The label must be legible after installation.
(2)  Such  safety  glazing  labeling  shall  not be used on other than
safety glazing materials.
(3) Permanent labeling  of  wire  glass,  laminated  glass  and  rigid
plastics  shall  not  be  required where the seller or installer of such
wire glass furnishes each buyer thereof a certificate stating that  such
wire  glass  meets  the  test  requirements  of  the  American  National
Standards Institute Standard ANSI Z-97.1-1972.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 25-B - Use of Safety Glazing Materials › 389-O - Safety Glazing Materials Required.

§  389-o.  Safety  glazing  materials  required.  It shall be unlawful
  within the state of New York to  knowingly  sell,  fabricate,  assemble,
  glaze, install, consent or cause to be installed glazing materials other
  than  safety  glazing  materials  in  or  for  use  in,  any  "hazardous
  locations".
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 25-B - Use of Safety Glazing Materials › 389-P - Employees Not Covered.

§  389-p. Employees not covered. No liability under this article shall
  be  created  as  to  workmen  who  are  employees   of   a   contractor,
  subcontractor,  or  other  employer  responsible for compliance with the
  provisions of this article.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 25-B - Use of Safety Glazing Materials › 389-Q - Penalty.

§ 389-q. Penalty. Violation of or noncompliance with the provisions of
  this  article  shall  be  a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less
  than five hundred dollars nor more  than  ten  thousand  dollars  or  by
  imprisonment for one year or by both.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 25-C - Products Containing Lead › 389-S - Manufacture and Sale of Seasonal and Decorative Lighting Products Containing Lead.

§  389-s.  Manufacture  and  sale  of seasonal and decorative lighting
products containing lead. 1. When used  in  this  title,  "seasonal  and
decorative   lighting  product"  shall  mean  portable,  plug-connected,
temporary-use lighting products and  accessories  that  have  a  nominal
120-volt input voltage rating.
(a)   Lighting   products   within   the   scope   of  this  rule  are
factory-assembled with push-in, midget  or  miniature  screw  base  lamp
holders  connected  in  series or parallel, directly across the 120-volt
input.
(b) Such lighting products include, but are  not  limited  to  lighted
decorative   outfits  such  as  wired  holiday  string  lights,  pre-lit
artificial Christmas  trees,  plants,  flowers  or  wreaths,  stockings,
stars, candles and light sculptures.
2. On each seasonal and decorative lighting product manufactured, sold
or  delivered  by  a manufacturer or distributed within this state after
the effective date of this section  that  contains  an  electrical  cord
casing  in  which lead is present in a quantity greater than one hundred
parts per million, there shall be printed thereon or attached thereto  a
warning label.
3. Such warning label shall contain the following statement: "WARNING:
HANDLING  THE  COATED  ELECTRICAL WIRE OF THIS PRODUCT MAY EXPOSE YOU TO
LEAD. WASH HANDS THOROUGHLY AFTER USE."
4. Any manufacturer who violates this section shall be  subject  to  a
civil  penalty  of  not  more  than  five  hundred dollars for each such
violation.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 25-C - Products Containing Lead › 389-T - Labeling of Solder.

§  389-t. Labeling of solder. 1. No person, firm, or corporation shall
  sell or offer for sale any solder unless there is printed on the package
  in which such solder is sold or offered for sale  a  conspicuous  notice
  stating  the  percentage  of  lead  contained in such solder. Any solder
  containing more than two-tenths of one  percent  lead  shall  contain  a
  warning label, prominently displayed, which states, "Contains lead which
  may  be  harmful  to  your  health. Not to be used for joints on potable
  water service piping."
2. Any violation of this  section  shall  be  punishable  by  a  civil
  penalty not to exceed five hundred dollars.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 26 - Miscellaneous › 390 - Substitution of Spurious Oils for Internal Combustion Engines.

§  390. Substitution of spurious oils for internal combustion engines.
  It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to fill with  a
  spurious  or  substitute  article any order for a lubricating oil for an
  internal combustion engine, if such  oil  ordered  is  designated  by  a
  trademark or distinctive trade name, unless and until it is explained to
  the  person giving the order that the article offered is not the article
  that he has ordered, and the purchaser shall thereupon elect to take the
  substitute article that is being offered to him.  Any  person  violating
  this  section,  and any person, firm or corporation whose servant, agent
  or other employee violates this section in the course of his employment,
  shall forfeit to the manufacturer whose product was ordered, or  to  the
  proprietor  of  the trademark or trade name by which the article ordered
  was designated by the  purchaser,  as  the  case  may  be,  one  hundred
  dollars,  for  each such offense, to be recovered by suit by the person,
  firm or corporation claiming the penalty, against the  person,  firm  or
  corporation  from  whom  the penalty is claimed. Nothing in this section
  shall lessen, impeach, or avoid any remedy at law or in equity which the
  party aggrieved might have had if this section had not been enacted, and
  nothing  herein  contained  shall  prevent  or  avoid  or   defeat   any
  prosecution under any of the existing penal, trademark or other statutes
  of this state.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 26 - Miscellaneous › 390-A - Optical Discs; Requirements.

§ 390-a. Optical discs; requirements. 1. For purposes of this section,
the following terms shall have the following meanings:
(a) "Optical disc" is a disc capable of being read by a laser or other
light  source  on  which data is stored in digital form. An optical disc
shall include, but not be limited  to,  discs  known  as  compact  discs
(CDs),  recordable  compact  discs  (CD-R's),  and  digital  video discs
(DVDs), or related mastering source materials  heretofore  or  hereafter
developed.
(b)  "Manufacturer"  shall  mean  a person who replicates the physical
optical disc or produces the master used in any optical disc replication
process. A manufacturer shall not  include  a  person  who  manufactures
optical  discs  for  internal  use,  testing, or review, or a person who
manufactures blank optical discs.
(c) "Commercial purposes" shall mean the production of at least ten of
the same or different optical discs in a one hundred eighty day  period,
by  storing  information  on  the  disc,  and for the purpose of resale,
whether by that person or by another.
(d)  "Identification  mark"  shall  mean  the  actual  name   of   the
manufacturer  and  the state in which the optical disc was manufactured,
or alternatively a unique identifier that will allow law enforcement  to
determine the place at which an optical disc was manufactured.
(e)   "Person"  shall  include  an  individual,  partnership,  limited
liability company, corporation, association, or any officer, employee or
agent thereof.
2. Every person  who  manufactures  an  optical  disc  for  commercial
purposes  shall  permanently mark each manufactured optical disc with an
identification  mark.  The  identification  mark  shall  be  affixed  by
molding,  diestamping,  etching,  or  other permanent method in a manner
which is clearly visible without the aid  of  magnification  or  special
devices.
3.  No person shall knowingly remove, deface, cover, alter, or destroy
the identification mark required by this section.
4. (a) No person shall, for the purpose of sale or rental, buy,  sell,
receive, transfer, or possess an optical disc knowing the identification
mark  of the manufacturer has been removed, defaced, covered, altered or
destroyed.
(b) No person shall, for the purpose of sale  or  rental,  buy,  sell,
receive, transfer or possess an optical disc knowing it was manufactured
in New York without the identification mark required by this section, or
knowing that it was manufactured in New York with a false identification
mark.
5.  (a)  Any  violation  of  subdivision  two of this section shall be
punishable as a class B misdemeanor. A second or subsequent violation of
such subdivision shall be punishable as a class A misdemeanor.
(b) Any violation of subdivision three or four of this  section  shall
be punishable as a class A misdemeanor.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 26 - Miscellaneous › 390-BB - Cramming Prohibited.

§  390-bb.  Cramming  prohibited. 1. For the purposes of this section,
"cramming" means the inclusion and imposition of charges on the  invoice
or  bill  for  telephone  service  to a customer from a cable television
company, as defined in section two hundred twelve of the public  service
law,  that  provides  telephone service to customers in New York, at the
request of a third  party  or  billing  aggregator  that  (a)  were  not
authorized  by the customer, or (b) if authorized, were obtained through
misleading or deceptive means.
2. A customer shall not be liable for charges appearing on the invoice
or bill of a cable television company for telephone service that are the
result of cramming. No charges for any products or services, other  than
those  provided by the cable television company, its affiliates, a third
party video provider  with  whom  a  cable  television  company  or  its
affiliate  jointly market services, or otherwise permitted by law, shall
be included on any bill or invoice for  telephone  service,  unless  the
third  party requesting the payment of such charges retains and provides
upon request valid proof that:
(a) the customer was provided with clear and conspicuous disclosure of
all material terms and  conditions  of  the  product  or  service  being
offered,  including but not limited to all initial and recurring charges
and the fact that such charges shall appear on the customer's  telephone
service bill;
(b)  after  receiving  clear and conspicuous disclosure as provided in
paragraph (a) of this subdivision, the customer explicitly consented  to
the nature and amount of such charges; and
(c)  the  third  party  offering the product or service or an agent of
such third party provided the customer with a toll-free telephone number
the customer may call and an address to which the customer may write  to
resolve any billing dispute.
3.  Any charges for third party products or services that are included
on a bill or invoice for telephone service by a cable television company
without the consent of the customer having been obtained as provided  in
subdivision  two  of  this  section shall be void and unenforceable, and
shall be removed  from  the  bill  or  invoice  upon  notice  from  such
customer.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 26 - Miscellaneous › 390-C - Prohibit Persons Under Eighteen Years of Age in Certain Facilities.

* §  390-c.  Prohibit  persons  under eighteen years of age in certain
  facilities. 1. No person under  the  age  of  eighteen  years  shall  be
  admitted  to  any  portion  of  a  facility  open  to the public wherein
  performers appear  and  dance  or  otherwise  perform  unclothed,  under
  circumstances where viewing such dancing or performance would be harmful
  to  such  person,  in the manner described in subdivision six of section
  235.20 of the penal law.
2. Any operator of a facility described in  subdivision  one  of  this
  section  who knowingly violates the provisions of such subdivision shall
  be subject to a civil penalty of up to five hundred dollars.
* NB There are 2 § 390-c's
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 26 - Miscellaneous › 390-C*2 - Posting of Warnings by Commercial Entities Offering Internet Access to the Public.

* §  390-c.  Posting  of  warnings  by  commercial  entities  offering
internet access to the public. 1. For the purposes of this section,  the
following terms shall have the following meanings:
(a)  "Commercial  entity"  shall mean any entity doing business in New
York state that: (i) for profit, offers goods or services for sale; (ii)
stores personal information electronically; (iii)  owns  or  operates  a
wireless network, or local area network; and (iv) offers public internet
access whether for a fee or free of charge.
(b) "Local area network" shall mean a data communications system which
interconnects computer systems at various local sites via access line or
wire.
(c)  "Firewall"  shall  mean  a hardware device, software program or a
combination  of  the  two  that  protects  a   computer   network   from
unauthorized access.
(d) "Public internet access" shall mean the ability of a person to log
onto  the  internet at a location other than that person's home, through
the use of a computer either owned by such person or provided to them by
another person or commercial entity, for the purpose  of  accessing  the
internet.
(e)  "Wireless  network" shall mean a data communications system which
interconnects computer systems at various local sites via radio signal.
2. Any commercial entity that offers the public  the  ability  to  use
their  computer  for  internet access shall conspicuously post a warning
sign in their establishment and/or on the wireless network at a point in
time prior to enabling the public to  log  on  or  gain  access  to  the
network.    Such warning sign shall state that "For the purposes of your
own protection and privacy, you are advised to  install  a  firewall  or
other computer security measures when accessing the internet". Such sign
shall  include  the  internet  address  of  the  website  created  under
subdivision three of this section.
3. The department  of  state  shall  establish  an  internet  security
website or webpage, that includes, but is not limited to, an explanation
of  what  a  firewall  is  and the importance of other internet security
measures.
4. Any commercial entity that violates this section shall  be  subject
to  a  civil  penalty of not more than one hundred dollars for the first
violation, not more than  two  hundred  fifty  dollars  for  the  second
violation,  and  not  more  than five hundred dollars for each violation
thereafter. The provisions of subdivision two of  this  section  may  be
enforced  concurrently  by  the director of a municipal consumer affairs
office, or by the town attorney,  city  corporation  counsel,  or  other
lawful  designee  of  a municipality or local government, and all moneys
collected thereunder shall be retained by  such  municipality  or  local
government.
* NB There are 2 § 390-c's
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 26 - Miscellaneous › 390-D - Information Concerning Services for Human Trafficking Victims in Facilities at Truck Stops.

§ 390-d. Information concerning services for human trafficking victims
in  facilities  at truck stops.  1. The operator of any truck stop shall
make available in plain view and in a conspicuous place  and  manner  in
all  sanitary  facilities  available for public use and in any lactation
rooms, informational cards and/or signs developed by:
(a) the office of temporary and disability assistance in  consultation
with the New York state interagency task force on human trafficking; or
(b) the United States Department of Homeland Security.
2.  All  informational  cards and signs shall only contain information
concerning services for human trafficking victims and shall  prominently
include the national human trafficking hotline telephone number.
3.  For  purposes  of this section, the following terms shall have the
following meanings:
(a) "Truck stop" shall mean  a  facility  that  has  the  capacity  to
provide  fuel  or  service,  or both, to any commercial motor vehicle as
defined by subdivision four of section five hundred one-a of the vehicle
and  traffic  law  operating  in  commerce  which  is   located   within
twenty-five  hundred  feet  of a controlled-access highway as defined by
section one hundred nine of the vehicle and traffic law which  has  been
functionally classified by the department of transportation as principal
arterial  -  interstate or principal arterial - other freeway/expressway
on official functional  classification  maps  approved  by  the  federal
highway  administration pursuant to part 470.105 of title 23 of the code
of federal regulations, as amended from time to time.
(b) "Lactation room"  shall  mean  a  hygienic  place,  other  than  a
restroom,  that  is:  (i)  is  shielded  from  view;  (ii)  is free from
intrusion; (iii) contains a  chair,  a  working  surface,  and,  if  the
building  is  otherwise supplied with electricity, an electrical outlet;
and (iv) intended to be used for the primary purpose of breastfeeding or
expressing breast milk.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 26 - Miscellaneous › 390-E - Unauthorized Installation of Certain Security Devices Prohibited.

* §  390-e.  Unauthorized  installation  of  certain  security devices
  prohibited. No person, firm,  partnership,  association  or  corporation
  shall  install  any  keyless  security device used to control and secure
  access to the common areas  of  any  residential  building  without  the
  express  written  consent  of  the  owner,  board  of managers, board of
  directors, or  authorized  party  of  such  property.  Where  a  keyless
  security  device  has  been  authorized, any installation of such device
  shall be performed by, or with  the  consent  of,  the  owner,  property
  manager,  board  of managers, board of directors, or authorized party in
  place  in  such  building.  The  owner,  board  of  managers,  board  of
  directors,  or  authorized  party  of  such  property  consenting to the
  installation of a keyless security device shall provide  written  notice
  to  occupants of the residential building no less than thirty days prior
  to installation of the keyless security device, which  may  be  made  by
  delivering  a  notice  to  each  unit, either via physical or electronic
  means, or by posting the notice in a conspicuous location in each common
  area accessible to residents for a thirty-day period.  Where  notice  is
  prescribed  by  the  certificate  of  incorporation  or the by-laws of a
  cooperative or condominium, the  owner,  board  of  managers,  board  of
  directors  or  other  authorized  party  may  instead  comply  with  the
  certificate  of  incorporation  or  by-laws.  In  no  event  shall   the
  installation  of such a system be considered a service nor be considered
  a reason, for any purpose, to increase  rent.  In  no  event  shall  the
  installation of such a system obstruct or adversely impact the manner in
  which residents of the residential building access such building.
* NB There are 2 § 390-e's
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 26 - Miscellaneous › 391 - Marking Retreaded, Recapped or Recut Tires.

§  391.  Marking  retreaded, recapped or recut tires. No person, firm,
  association or corporation shall sell, offer or expose for sale, or have
  in his possession with intent to sell any motor vehicle  tire  or  motor
  cycle  tire  which  has  been retreaded or recapped unless the fact that
  such tire has been retreaded or recapped and the name and address of the
  person, firm, association or corporation which has done  the  retreading
  or recapping is plainly shown by a mark or label in the English language
  on  both side walls thereof. No person, firm, association or corporation
  shall sell, offer or expose for sale, or have  in  his  possession  with
  intent  to  sell,  any  motor vehicle tire or motor cycle tire which has
  been recut or regrooved. Except  that  there  shall  be  no  prohibition
  against  the  sale  of regrooved or recut commercial vehicle tires which
  are designed and  constructed  in  such  a  manner  that  regrooving  or
  recutting  is  an  acceptable  and  safe practice.   A violation of this
  section shall constitute a misdemeanor.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 26 - Miscellaneous › 391-D - Sale of Matchbooks.

§  391-d.  Sale  of  matchbooks.  All  one  piece  matchbooks  sold or
  distributed within the state must have the striking  area  on  the  side
  other  than  the  side  which  the  matchbook  opens.  Any person in the
  ordinary course of their business who violates the  provisions  of  this
  act  shall  be  subject to a fine of not more than two hundred and fifty
  dollars.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 26 - Miscellaneous › 391-E - Promotion of Camps by Certain Organizations.

§  391-e. Promotion of camps by certain organizations.  1. Any person,
  firm or corporation engaged in the  business  for  profit  of  promoting
  overnight  camps  for  children,  as  that  term  is  defined in section
  thirteen hundred ninety-two of the public health law, summer day  camps,
  as  that  term is defined in section thirteen hundred ninety-two of such
  law, or traveling summer day camps, as that term is defined  in  section
  thirteen  hundred  ninety-two  of  such  law  shall  in any publication,
  circular or advertisement making such promotion disclose the  fact  that
  such  person,  firm  or corporation has or reasonably expects to receive
  monetary compensation for such promotion.
2. If any promotion as specified in subdivision one hereof  represents
  that  any of such camps meet standards established therefor, then a copy
  of the standards of  inspection  and  the  inspection  report,  must  be
  supplied by the promoter upon request.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 26 - Miscellaneous › 391-F - Promotion of Private Schools by Certain Organizations.

§  391-f.  Promotion  of private schools by certain organizations.  1.
  Any person, firm or corporation engaged in the business, for profit,  of
  promoting either private schools, as that term is defined in subdivision
  one  of  section  fifty  hundred  one  of  the  education law or private
  business schools as that term is defined in subdivision one  of  section
  fifty  hundred  two  of  such law shall, in any publication, circular or
  advertisement making such promotion disclose the fact that such  person,
  firm  or  corporation  has  or  reasonably  expects  to receive monetary
  compensation for such promotion.
2. If any promotion as specified in subdivision one hereof  represents
  that  any  of  such  schools meet standards established therefor, then a
  copy of the standards of inspection and of the inspection report must be
  supplied by the promoter upon request.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 26 - Miscellaneous › 391-G - Rental of Motor Vehicles; Discrimination on the Basis of Age Prohibited.

§  391-g. Rental of motor vehicles; discrimination on the basis of age
  prohibited. 1. It shall be unlawful for any person,  firm,  partnership,
  association  or  corporation  engaged  in  the business of renting motor
  vehicles to refuse to rent such vehicle to any person eighteen years  of
  age or older solely on the basis of age provided that insurance coverage
  for  persons  of  such  age  is  available.  Any  actual  extra cost for
  insurance related to the age of the person renting  such  motor  vehicle
  may be passed on to such person.
2.  A  knowing violation of this section shall be punishable by a fine
  not to exceed five hundred dollars.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 26 - Miscellaneous › 391-H - Lubricating Oils; Container; Notice Required.

§  391-h.    Lubricating oils; container; notice required. It shall be
  unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to sell or expose for  sale
  at  wholesale  or  retail any lubricating oil, as defined by subdivision
  four of section 23-2301 of the environmental conservation law,  packaged
  in  containers  intended  for sale at retail unless such container shall
  have imprinted thereon  a  notice  in  like  or  similar  terms  to  the
  following:
"Notice
  Used  oil  contains  contaminants that are hazardous to the environment.
  In states where law prohibits the improper disposal of used  lubricating
  oil,  in order to assure proper disposal, please deposit used oil in the
  nearest available used oil retention facility".
A knowing violation of this section shall be punishable by a fine  not
  to exceed five hundred dollars.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 26 - Miscellaneous › 391-I - Sale of Urea-Formaldehyde Foam Insulation; Notice.

§  391-i.  Sale  of  urea-formaldehyde foam insulation; notice. 1.  As
  used in this section, the term "urea-formaldehyde foam insulation" shall
  mean urea-formaldehyde based, foamed-in-place insulation.
2.  Any  person,  firm  or  corporation  which   sells   or   installs
  urea-formaldehyde  foam  insulation  shall  give  written  notice to the
  purchaser of such insulation or the owner of the building  wherein  such
  insulation is installed, stating as follows:
"This insulation is urea-formaldehyde based and may emit formaldehyde.
  After installation of this product, some people have experienced adverse
  physical effects from formaldehyde emissions, including unpleasant odor,
  watery  eyes,  and  nose and throat irritations. These conditions may be
  alleviated by introducing fresh  air  into  the  building.  Exposure  to
  urea-formaldehyde  foam  insulation  is  not recommended for persons who
  have been previously sensitized to formaldehyde, or who have  a  history
  of  respiratory  problems.    Urea-formaldehyde  foam  insulation is not
  recommended for use in attics, below grade or wall cavities deeper  than
  six  inches.    Urea-formaldehyde  foam  is  not  recommended unless the
  outside vertical walls have an air source.
YOU MAY CANCEL THIS SALE WITHIN THREE DAYS
 
  To cancel the sale, you must  notify  the  company  in  writing  anytime
  before  midnight  of the third business day after the contract date.  No
  explanation is necessary for cancellation."
3. Such notice shall be printed or written in a size equal to at least
  ten point type and be placed at the beginning of any sales contract.
4.  Violation of this section shall be punishable by a  civil  penalty
  of not more than two hundred fifty dollars for the first offense and not
  more than one thousand dollars for each subsequent offense.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 26 - Miscellaneous › 391-J - Sale of Fire Extinguishers.

§  391-j.  Sale of fire extinguishers. 1. It shall be unlawful for any
person, firm or corporation to sell or offer for sale fire extinguishers
unless the fire extinguishers offered for sale:
a. Meet the current National Fire Protection Association standards for
fire extinguishers of the model offered for sale  and  are  labelled  as
having met such standards;
b.  Have  been  tested  and  approved  by the Underwriters Laboratory,
Factory Mutual  or  other  nationally  accredited  or  accepted  testing
laboratory and are labelled as having been tested and approved;
c.   Have   labelling   securely   affixed  containing  the  following
information:
(1) Operating instructions.
(2)  The  class  or  rating  identifying  kinds  of  fires  which  the
particular  extinguisher  is  suitable to use. This information shall be
presented by use of the appropriate letter rating and pictorial  marking
representations.
d.  Are  accompanied with an instructional manual that has information
detailing operational use, basic fire safety information, information on
how and where to have the  extinguisher  serviced  or  recharged  by  an
authorized dealer or refer the customer to his local fire department and
any  information  pertaining to checking the extinguisher's contents for
operational use by the owner.
2. A knowing violation of this section shall be punishable by a  civil
penalty not to exceed five hundred dollars for a first violation and ten
thousand dollars for each succeeding violation.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 26 - Miscellaneous › 391-JJ - Sale of Electric Space Heaters.

§   391-jj.   Sale   of  electric  space  heaters.  No  person,  firm,
  partnership,  association  or  corporation  regularly  engaged  in   the
  business  of  assembling, manufacturing, distributing or the retail sale
  of electric space heaters shall assemble, manufacture, distribute,  sell
  or  offer  to  sell  any  electric  space heater in the normal course of
  business in this state unless such electric space heater:
1. includes a thermostat;
2. includes an automatic shut-off; and
3. has been certified by a testing and certification  body  recognized
  and  approved  by  the  United  States department of labor, occupational
  safety and health administration.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 26 - Miscellaneous › 391-L*2 - Rental of Motor Vehicles; Discrimination on the Basis of Credit Card Ownership.

* §  391-l.  Rental  of motor vehicles; discrimination on the basis of
  credit card ownership. 1. Definitions. As used in this section:
a. "Motor vehicle rental agency", or "agency",  shall  mean  a  person
  engaged in the business of renting motor vehicles in this state;
b.  "Person"  shall  mean  any  individual, firm, corporation or other
  legal entity;
c. "Motor vehicle" shall have the meaning ascribed thereto by  section
  one hundred twenty-five of the vehicle and traffic law; and
d.  "Credit  card"  shall  mean  any credit card, credit plate, charge
  plate or other identification card or device which is issued by a person
  to another person as the holder thereof, and may be used by such  holder
  to  obtain  a  cash  advance or a loan or credit, or to purchase or rent
  property or services on the credit of the person issuing the credit card
  or of the holder.
2. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, partnership, association
  or corporation engaged in the business  of  renting  motor  vehicles  to
  refuse  to  rent such vehicle to any person solely on the requirement of
  ownership of a credit card.
3. A knowing violation of this section shall be punishable by  a  fine
  not to exceed one thousand dollars.
* NB There are 2 § 391-l's
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 26 - Miscellaneous › 391-N - Sale of Reptiles; Notice.

§  391-n.  Sale of reptiles; notice. 1. Any person, firm, partnership,
association or corporation who or which sells reptiles at  retail  shall
give  written  notice  to the purchaser of a reptile that reptiles are a
potential  cause  of  salmonellosis.  Such  notice  shall  substantially
contain the following language:
(a)  As  with  many  other animals, reptiles carry salmonella bacteria
which can make people sick. To reduce the chance  of  infection,  follow
these safe reptile handling steps.
(b)  Always  wash  your  hands  thoroughly  after  you handle your pet
reptile, its food or anything it has touched.
(c) Keep your pet reptile in a habitat designed for it.
(d) Keep your pet reptile and its equipment out of the kitchen or  any
area where food is prepared.
(e) Keep reptiles out of homes where there are children under one year
of  age  or  people  with  weakened  immune systems. Children under five
should handle reptiles only with adult/parental guidance.
2. Every proprietor who  or  which  conducts  a  business  of  selling
reptiles at retail shall conspicuously post a warning poster on premises
alerting  consumers that reptiles are a potential cause of salmonellosis
and should be handled with care. The warning poster shall  be  available
in two sizes, the smaller of which shall be eight and one-half inches by
eleven  inches  and  the  larger  of  which  shall  be  eleven inches by
twenty-five and one-half inches. The larger poster shall be utilized for
posting unless because of limited wall space or store layout the  larger
poster  cannot  fit  in a conspicuous spot near the reptile displays, in
which case the smaller poster  may  be  used.  Such  poster  shall  have
conspicuous  lettering  and  type  and  shall  substantially contain the
following language:
(a) As with many other animals,  reptiles  carry  salmonella  bacteria
which  can  make  people sick. To reduce the chance of infection, follow
these safe reptile handling steps.
(b) Always wash your  hands  thoroughly  after  you  handle  your  pet
reptile, its food or anything it has touched.
(c) Keep your pet reptile in a habitat designed for it.
(d)  Keep your pet reptile and its equipment out of the kitchen or any
area where food is prepared.
(e) Keep reptiles out of homes where there are children under one year
of age or people with  weakened  immune  systems.  Children  under  five
should handle reptiles only with adult/parental guidance.
3.   Any   person,  firm,  partnership,  association,  corporation  or
proprietor who or which violates the provisions of this section shall be
subject to a civil penalty not to exceed fifty dollars for each  day  of
the  violation, but in no event shall the total amount of such penalties
exceed five hundred dollars.