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2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 12 - Hotels and Boarding Houses › 209-G - Notice of Abandonment.

§ 209-g. Notice of abandonment. The proprietor of a name registered as
  provided  in  this  article,  may  file  a written notice of abandonment
  thereof, subscribed and acknowledged by such proprietor in  each  public
  office  in which the name is registered, and thereupon all rights of the
  subscriber of such notice acquired by  the  registration  of  such  name
  pursuant  to  this  article  shall  be  extinguished, and the provisions
  thereof which prohibit the use of the same or a similar  name  shall  no
  longer apply.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 12-B - Mercantile Establishments › 217 - Definition.

§  217.  Definition.  As used in this article, the following words and
  phrases shall have the following meanings:
1. "Retail mercantile establishment" shall mean a place  where  goods,
  wares or merchandise are offered to the public for sale.
2.  "Restocking  fee"  shall  mean  any amount charged by a seller for
  accepting returned merchandise and paying a refund or credit.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 12-B - Mercantile Establishments › 218 - Defense of Lawful Detention.

§  218.  Defense  of lawful detention. In any action for false arrest,
  false  imprisonment,  unlawful  detention,  defamation   of   character,
  assault, trespass, or invasion of civil rights, brought by any person by
  reason  of  having  been detained on or in the immediate vicinity of the
  premises of (a) a retail mercantile establishment  for  the  purpose  of
  investigation   or   questioning   as   to  criminal  possession  of  an
  anti-security item as defined in section 170.47 of the penal law  or  as
  to the ownership of any merchandise, or (b) a motion picture theater for
  the  purposes  of  investigation  or  questioning as to the unauthorized
  operation of a recording device in a motion picture theater, it shall be
  a defense to such action that the person was detained  in  a  reasonable
  manner  and  for  not  more  than  a  reasonable  time  to  permit  such
  investigation or questioning by a peace officer acting pursuant  to  his
  special  duties, police officer or by the owner of the retail mercantile
  establishment or motion picture  theater,  his  authorized  employee  or
  agent,  and  that  such officer, owner, employee or agent had reasonable
  grounds to believe that the person so detained was  guilty  of  criminal
  possession  of an anti-security item as defined in section 170.47 of the
  penal law or was committing or attempting  to  commit  larceny  on  such
  premises  of  such  merchandise  or  was  engaged  in  the  unauthorized
  operation of a recording device in a motion picture theater. As used  in
  this section, "reasonable grounds" shall include, but not be limited to,
  knowledge  that  a  person  (i)  has concealed possession of unpurchased
  merchandise of a retail mercantile establishment, or (ii) has possession
  of an item designed for the purpose of overcoming detection of  security
  markings  attachments  placed on merchandise offered for sale at such an
  establishment, or (iii) has  possession  of  a  recording  device  in  a
  theater  in  which a motion picture is being exhibited and a "reasonable
  time" shall mean the time necessary to permit  the  person  detained  to
  make  a  statement  or  to  refuse  to  make  a  statement, and the time
  necessary  to  examine  employees  and   records   of   the   mercantile
  establishment   relative   to  the  ownership  of  the  merchandise,  or
  possession of such an item or device. Such detention  at  such  vicinity
  shall  not  authorize  the  taking of such person's fingerprints at such
  vicinity unless the taking of fingerprints is  otherwise  authorized  by
  section  160.10  of  the  criminal  procedure  law  and are taken by the
  arresting or  other  appropriate  police  officer  or  agency  described
  therein  in  accordance  with  section  140.20  or  140.27  of such law.
  Whenever fingerprints are taken, the requirements of article one hundred
  sixty of the criminal procedure law shall apply as if  fully  set  forth
  herein.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 12-B - Mercantile Establishments › 218-A - Disclosure of Refund Policies.

§  218-a.  Disclosure  of  refund policies. 1. Every retail mercantile
establishment shall conspicuously post, in  the  following  manner,  its
refund  policy  as  to  all  goods,  wares or merchandise offered to the
public for sale:
(a) on a sign attached to the item itself; or
(b) on a sign affixed to each cash register or point of sale; or
(c) on a sign so situated as to be clearly visible to the  buyer  from
the cash register; or
(d) on a sign posted at each store entrance used by the public.
2.  The sign, required by subdivision one of this section to be posted
in every retail mercantile establishment, shall (a) state whether or not
it is the policy of such establishment to give refunds and, if so, under
what conditions, including but not limited to whether a refund  will  be
given:
(i)  on merchandise which had been advertised as "sale" merchandise or
marked "as is;"
(ii) on merchandise for which no proof of purchase exists;
(iii) at any time or not beyond a point in time specified;
(iv) in cash, or as credit or store credit only; or
(v) subject to any fees, including a restocking fee, and the dollar or
percentage amount of each fee; and
(b) advise consumers that they are entitled to a written copy  of  the
store's refund policy upon request.
3. Enforcement. Any retail mercantile establishment which violates any
provision  of this section shall be liable, for a period of up to thirty
days from the date of purchase, to the buyer for  a  cash  refund  or  a
credit,  at  the  buyer's  option, provided that the merchandise has not
been used or damaged by the buyer and the buyer can verify the  date  of
the  purchase  with  a receipt or any other purchase verification method
utilized by the retail merchant.
4. Preemption.  This  section  does  not  relieve  any  person,  firm,
corporation  or  association  subject  to the provisions of this section
from complying with any  law,  ordinance,  rule  or  regulation  of  any
locality  relating  to  the posting of refund policies which affords the
buyer greater protection than do the provisions of this section.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 12-C - Trampoline Park Safety › 220 - Definitions.

§  220.  Definitions. As used in this article, the following words and
phrases shall have the following meanings:
1. "commercial trampoline" shall mean a device that:
(a) incorporates a trampoline bed; and
(b) is used for  entertainment  or  recreational  jumping,  springing,
bouncing, acrobatics, or gymnastics in a trampoline park.
2.  "emergency  response plan" shall mean a written plan of action for
the reasonable and appropriate contact, deployment, and coordination  of
services,  agencies,  and  personnel  to  provide  the earliest possible
response to an injury or emergency.
3. "inspection" shall mean a procedure that an inspector conducts to:
(a) determine whether a trampoline park facility, including any device
or material, is constructed, assembled, maintained, tested, and operated
in accordance with this article and the manufacturer's recommendations;
(b) determine the operational safety of a  trampoline  park  facility,
including any device or material;
(c)  determine  whether  the  trampoline  park  complies  with  safety
standards; and
(d) determine whether the trampoline park's policies, safeguards,  and
procedures comply with this article.
4. "inspector" shall mean an individual who:
(a)  conducts an inspection of a trampoline park to certify compliance
with this article and industry safety standards; and
(b) (i) is certified by:
(A) a nationally accredited organization that develops  and  publishes
consensus  standards  for  a wide range of materials, products, systems,
and services that are used for trampolines; or
(B) a nationally accredited organization that promotes trampoline park
safety;
(ii) represents the insurer of the trampoline park;
(iii) represents a nationally accredited organization that:
(A) inspects amusement and recreational facilities and equipment; and
(B) certifies and  trains  professional  private  industry  inspectors
through written testing and continuing education requirements; or
(iv)  represents  an  organization  that  the  United  States  Olympic
Committee designates as the national governing body for gymnastics.
5. "operator" shall mean a person who manages, or controls or who  has
the duty to manage or control the operation of a trampoline park.
6.  "owner"  shall  mean  a  person, corporation, partnership, limited
liability company, or association who owns a commercial trampoline park.
7. "participant" shall mean an individual that  uses  trampoline  park
equipment.
8. "trampoline bed" shall mean the flexible surface of a trampoline on
which a user jumps or bounces.
9.  "trampoline  court"  shall  mean  an  area  of  a  trampoline park
comprising:
(a) multiple commercial trampolines; or
(b) at least one commercial trampoline and  at  least  one  associated
foam or inflatable bag pit.
10.  "trampoline  park" shall mean a place of business that offers the
recreational use of a trampoline court for a fee or charge for admission
to the trampoline park for entertainment or recreational purposes.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 12-C - Trampoline Park Safety › 221 - Exemptions.

§ 221. Exemptions. This article shall not apply to:
1. a playground that a school or local government operates, if:
(a) the playground is an incidental amenity; and
(b)  the  operating  entity  does  not  primarily  derive revenue from
operating the playground for a fee;
2. a gymnastics, dance, cheer, or tumbling facility where:
(a) the majority of activities are based in training or rehearsal  and
not recreation; and
(b)   the  facility  derives  revenues  primarily  through  supervised
instruction or classes; or
3. equipment used exclusively for exercise, an inflatable ride, or  an
inflatable bounce house.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 12-C - Trampoline Park Safety › 222 - Compliance With Industry Standards.

§  222.  Compliance  with  industry standards. A trampoline park owner
  shall ensure that the trampoline park complies with standards  developed
  in conjunction with industry safety organizations regarding:
1.  signage  and  notification  for proper use of the trampoline park,
  safety procedures, and education of risk as provided for in section  two
  hundred twenty-seven of this article;
2.  equipment  and facilities, including materials, layout, condition,
  and maintenance;
3. staff training, including safety procedures and emergency response;
4. participant activities and behaviors that should be restricted;
5. separation of participants within the trampoline park based on age,
  size, or other necessary factors;
6. operational issues,  including  maintenance  and  injury  logs  and
  emergency response plans;
7. staff supervision and monitoring of activities;
8.  statistical  tracking  of  injuries  in  a  manner  that  does not
  personally identify the injured participant; and
9. appropriate insurance coverage.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 12-C - Trampoline Park Safety › 223 - Trampoline Park Employee Training, Equipment and Supervision.

§  223.  Trampoline park employee training, equipment and supervision.
  An owner and/or operator shall:
1. ensure that during all hours of operation the trampoline  park  has
  an operable automated external defibrillator;
2. ensure that all employees are certified in first aid and CPR;
3.  ensure  that  all participants are instructed by an employee about
  the potential risks and safety guidelines;
4. require that trampoline park employees monitor the trampoline court
  and participants during all hours of operation;
5. ensure that the number of trampoline park  employees  described  in
  subdivision  four  of  this section is adequate to view each area of the
  trampoline court; and
6. prominently  display  throughout  the  trampoline  park  contrasted
  safety,  warning,  advisory,  and  instructional  signage reflecting the
  trampoline  park's  rules  as  provided  for  in  section  two   hundred
  twenty-seven of this article.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 12-C - Trampoline Park Safety › 224 - Availability of Information; Emergency Response Plan.

§  224.  Availability  of  information; emergency response plan. 1. An
owner and/or operator shall develop, implement, and follow  an  in-house
injury  reporting  and emergency response plan for injuries to employees
and participants.
2. The owner and/or operator shall retain any records for a period  of
at  least two years related to the injury reporting system and emergency
response plan described in subdivision one of this section.
3. The owner and/or operator shall make available to the department of
health or the local health department, upon request:
(a) the information contained in the injury reporting system described
in subdivision one of this section; and
(b) the records described in subdivision two of this section.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 12-C - Trampoline Park Safety › 225 - Inspection.

§ 225. Inspection. A trampoline park owner and/or operator shall:
1.  ensure  that an inspector conducts an inspection of the facilities
and records of the trampoline park at least once per  calendar  year  to
certify compliance with:
(a)  industry  safety  standards, including each category of standards
described in this article; and
(b) safety standards described in this article;
(c) proof that the trampoline court is maintained in good repair;
(d) an emergency response plan is in place and up-to-date;
(e) maintenance, inspection, staff  member  training,  and  up-to-date
injury logs; and
(f) an up-to-date insurance policy is in place; and
2.  obtain  from  the  inspector  a  written  report  documenting  the
inspection and a certificate certifying that:
(a)  the  trampoline  park  has  successfully  passed  the  inspection
described in this section; and
(b) the trampoline park is in full compliance with this article.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 12-C - Trampoline Park Safety › 226 - Insurance.

§ 226. Insurance. A trampoline park owner shall:
1.  maintain  insurance  providing  liability coverage of at least one
  million dollars in the aggregate and five hundred thousand  dollars  per
  incident to cover injuries to participants arising out of any negligence
  or  misconduct  by  the  trampoline park owner, operator or staff in the
  construction, maintenance, or operation of the trampoline park; and
2. maintain a certificate of insurance demonstrating  compliance  with
  this section.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 12-C - Trampoline Park Safety › 227 - Required Posting of Safety Guidelines.

§  227.  Required  posting  of  safety guidelines. 1. The owner and/or
  operator of a trampoline park shall conspicuously post a sign containing
  safety  and  instructional  rules  and  guidelines  to  be  followed  by
  participants  while  at  the  trampoline  park  or  using  a  commercial
  trampoline. Such sign shall include appropriate behavior and  activities
  at the trampoline park to minimize potential risks to participants.
2. Such signs shall be conspicuously displayed near all entrances.
3.  Such signs shall contain warnings that there are inherent risks in
  the participation in or  on  the  commercial  trampoline,  since  it  is
  recognized  that  participation in or on the trampoline may be hazardous
  regardless of all feasible safety measures that can be undertaken by the
  device owner  and/or  operator;  and  that  there  is  a  duty  for  the
  participants,  or  parent  or guardian in the case of a minor, to become
  apprised of the warnings and the risks inherent in participation  in  or
  on a commercial trampoline if the warnings are not obeyed.
4.  Prior  to  participating  in  or  on  such commercial trampolines,
  participants and parents or guardians in the  case  of  a  minor,  shall
  familiarize  themselves with the posted safety warnings so that they may
  make an informed decision  of  whether  to  participate  in  or  on  the
  trampoline notwithstanding the risks.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 12-C - Trampoline Park Safety › 228 - Actions Relating to Trampoline Parks.

§  228.  Actions  relating  to trampoline parks. 1. In any contract or
  agreement between the operator or owner  of  a  trampoline  park  and  a
  participant,  or  parent or guardian in the case of a minor, any portion
  of the contract or any clause which purports to designate, restrict,  or
  limit  the  venue  in  which  a claim shall be adjudicated or arbitrated
  shall be deemed void as against public policy.
2. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to affect the  validity  of
  any other aspect of a contract.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 13 - Silver, Gold and Diamonds › 229-A - Marking Certain Articles, Silver, Sterling Silver or Solid Silver.

§  229-a.  Marking  certain articles, silver, sterling silver or solid
  silver. Any person, firm, corporation or association who makes or  sells
  or  offers  to sell or dispose of, or has in his or its possession, with
  intent to sell or dispose of, any article of merchandise marked, stamped
  or branded with the words "sterling" or "sterling silver," or incased or
  inclosed in any box, package, cover or wrapper, or other thing in, by or
  with which the said article is packed, inclosed  or  otherwise  prepared
  for  sale  or  disposition,  having  thereupon  any engraving or printed
  label, stamp, imprint, mark or trade-mark,  indicating  or  denoting  by
  such  marking,  stamping,  branding,  or engraving or printing that such
  article is silver, sterling silver or solid silver, unless nine  hundred
  and  twenty-five  one-thousandths of the component parts of the metal of
  which the said article is manufactured is pure silver, is  guilty  of  a
  misdemeanor.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 13 - Silver, Gold and Diamonds › 229-B - Selling Silverware Marked Coin or Coin Silver.

§  229-b.  Selling  silverware marked coin or coin silver. Any person,
  firm, corporation or association who makes or sells, or offers  to  sell
  or  dispose  of,  or has in his or its possession with intent to sell or
  dispose of, any article of merchandise marked, stamped or  branded  with
  the  words  "coin"  or "coin silver," or incased or inclosed in any box,
  package, cover or wrapper, or other thing in, by or with which the  said
  article   is   packed,  inclosed  or  otherwise  prepared  for  sale  or
  disposition, having thereupon any engraving  or  printed  label,  stamp,
  imprint,  mark  or  trade-mark,  indicating or denoting by such marking,
  stamping, branding, engraving or printing that such article is  coin  or
  coin  silver, unless nine hundred one thousandths parts of the component
  parts of the metal of which the said article  is  manufactured  is  pure
  silver, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 13 - Silver, Gold and Diamonds › 229-C - Marking Soldered Metal Sterling or Sterling Silver.

§  229-c.  Marking  soldered  metal  sterling  or sterling silver. Any
  person, firm, corporation or association who makes or sells,  or  offers
  to  sell  or  dispose of, or has in his or its possession with intent to
  sell or dispose of, any article of merchandise,  whose  component  parts
  are  made  of the same metal soldered together, which article is marked,
  stamped, or branded with the  words  "sterling"  or  "sterling  silver,"
  unless  all  of  said  component  parts shall contain not less than nine
  hundred and twenty-five one-thousandths parts of pure silver, is  guilty
  of a misdemeanor.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 13 - Silver, Gold and Diamonds › 229-D - Marking Soldered Metal Coin or Coin Silver.

§ 229-d. Marking soldered metal coin or coin silver. Any person, firm,
  corporation  or  association  who  makes  or sells, or offers to sell or
  dispose of, or has in his or its  possession  with  intent  to  sell  or
  dispose  of,  any article of merchandise, whose component parts are made
  of the same metal soldered together, which article is  marked,  stamped,
  or  branded  with  the words "coin" or "coin silver," unless all of said
  component parts shall contain not less than nine hundred one-thousandths
  parts of pure silver, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 13 - Silver, Gold and Diamonds › 229-E - Marking Metal Placed on Leather or Other Substances Sterling or Sterling Silver.

§  229-e. Marking metal placed on leather or other substances sterling
  or sterling silver.  Any person, firm, corporation  or  association  who
  makes  or  sells,  or offers to sell or dispose of, or has in his or its
  possession with intent to sell or dispose of, any article of merchandise
  comprised of leather, shell, ivory, celluloid, pearl, glass,  porcelain,
  pottery, steel, or wood to which is applied or attached a metal mounting
  marked,  stamped  or  branded  with  the  words  "sterling" or "sterling
  silver," unless said applied or attached metal  mounting  shall  contain
  not less than nine hundred and twenty-five one-thousandths parts of pure
  silver, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 13 - Silver, Gold and Diamonds › 229-F - Marking Metal Placed on Leather or Other Substances, Coin or Coin Silver.

§  229-f. Marking metal placed on leather or other substances, coin or
  coin silver. Any person, firm, corporation or association who  makes  or
  sells,  or offers to sell or dispose of, or has in his or its possession
  with intent to sell or dispose of, any article of merchandise  comprised
  of  leather,  shell, ivory, celluloid, pearl, glass, porcelain, pottery,
  steel, or wood to which is applied or attached a metal mounting  marked,
  stamped  or  branded with the words "coin" or "coin silver," unless said
  applied or attached metal mounting shall  contain  not  less  than  nine
  hundred   one-thousandths   parts   of  pure  silver,  is  guilty  of  a
  misdemeanor.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 13 - Silver, Gold and Diamonds › 229-G - Marking Watch Cases Sterling or Sterling Silver.

§  229-g. Marking watch cases sterling or sterling silver. Any person,
  firm, corporation or association who makes or sells, or offers  to  sell
  or  dispose  of  or  has in his or its possession with intent to sell or
  dispose of, any article of merchandise comprised of works  or  movements
  and  a case or covering applied or attached thereto, wholly or partially
  concealing said works or movements marked, stamped or branded  with  the
  words  "sterling"  or  "sterling  silver,"  unless said case or covering
  shall contain not less than nine hundred and twenty-five one-thousandths
  parts of pure silver, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 13 - Silver, Gold and Diamonds › 229-H - Marking Watch Cases Coin or Coin Silver.

§  229-h.  Marking  watch cases coin or coin silver. Any person, firm,
  corporation or association who makes or sells,  or  offers  to  sell  or
  dispose  of,  or  has  in  his  or its possession with intent to sell or
  dispose of, any article of merchandise comprised of works  or  movements
  partially  concealing said works or movements marked, stamped or branded
  with the words "coin" or "coin silver," unless  said  case  or  covering
  shall  contain  not less than nine hundred one-thousandths parts of pure
  silver, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 13 - Silver, Gold and Diamonds › 229-I - Marking Articles Made of Gold.

§  229-i.  Marking  articles  made  of  gold.
(1) Any person, firm,
corporation or association who or which makes or sells or offers to sell
or dispose of, has in his or its  possession  with  intent  to  sell  or
dispose of, any article of merchandise, except watch cases and flatware,
made  in  whole  or  in  part of gold or of any alloy of gold and having
stamped, branded, engraved or imprinted thereon, or upon any  tag,  card
or label attached thereto, or upon any box, package, cover or wrapper in
which  the  article  is  encased  or  enclosed,  any  mark indicating or
designed or intended to indicate that the gold or alloy of gold in  such
article  (a)  is  of  a greater degree or karat of fineness by more than
one-half of one karat than the actual quality or fineness of  such  gold
or  alloy, which actual quality or fineness shall be determined by test,
analysis or assay from which there shall be excluded all solder or alloy
of inferior fineness used for brazing  or  uniting  the  parts  of  said
article, or (b) is of a greater degree or karat of fineness by more than
one  karat  than  the  actual  quality or fineness of such gold or alloy
which actual quality or fineness shall be determined by  test,  analysis
or  assay  in  which  there  shall  be  included  all solder or alloy of
inferior fineness used for brazing or uniting the parts of said article,
is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(2) Any person, firm, corporation or association who or which makes or
sells or offers to sell or dispose of, or has in his or  its  possession
with  intent to sell or dispose of any watch case or article of flatware
made in whole or in part of  gold  or  any  alloy  of  gold  and  having
stamped,  branded,  engraved or imprinted thereon, or upon any tag, card
or label attached thereto, or upon any box, package, cover or wrapper in
which the article  is  encased  or  enclosed,  any  mark  indicating  or
designed  or  intended to indicate that the gold or the alloy of gold in
such article (a) is of a greater degree or karat  of  fineness  by  more
than  three one-thousandths parts than the actual quality of fineness of
such watch case or article of flatware, which actual quality or fineness
shall be determined by test, analysis or assay from which there shall be
excluded all solder or alloy of inferior fineness used  for  brazing  or
uniting  the  parts  of  said  article, or (b) is of a greater degree or
karat of fineness by more than one karat  than  the  actual  quality  or
fineness of such gold or alloy which actual quality or fineness shall be
determined  by  test, analysis or assay in which there shall be included
all solder or alloy of inferior fineness used for brazing or uniting the
parts of said article, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 13 - Silver, Gold and Diamonds › 229-J - Sale of Artificially Colored Diamonds.

§  229-j.  Sale  of artificially colored diamonds.   Any person, firm,
  corporation or association, and any agent or employee  thereof,  who  or
  which  shall  knowingly  sell  or offer for sale any diamond which shall
  have been  artificially  colored  or  tinted  by  coating,  irradiating,
  heating,  nuclear  bombardment or by any other means, without disclosing
  in writing to the purchaser, or prospective purchaser, that such diamond
  has been artificially  colored  or  tinted,  or  without  disclosing  in
  writing  that  the artificial coloring or tinting of such diamond is not
  permanent, if that be the fact, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 13-A - Platinum Stamping › 230 - Definitions.

§  230.  Definitions.    In  this article unless the context otherwise
  requires: "Article" means any article of merchandise  and  includes  any
  portion  of  such  article,  whether  a  distinct  part  thereof, or not
  (including  every  part  thereof  whether  or  not  separable  and  also
  including material for manufacture).
Platinum,   iridium,  palladium,  ruthenium,  rhodium  and/or  osmium,
  include any alloy or alloys of any one or more of said metals.
"Mark" means any mark, sign, device, imprint, stamp, brand applied  to
  any  article, or to any tag, card, paper, label, box, carton, container,
  holder, package cover or wrapping attached to, used in conjunction  with
  or enclosing such article or any bill, bill of sale, invoice, statement,
  letter, circular, advertisement, notice, memorandum, or other writing or
  printing.
"Apply"  and  "applied"  include any method or means of application or
  attachment to, or of use on, or in connection with, or in  relation  to,
  an  article,  whether such application, attachment or use is to, on, by,
  in or with
1. The article itself, or
2. Anything attached to the article, or
3. Anything to which the article is attached, or
4. Anything in or on which the article is, or
5. Anything so used or placed as to lead to a reasonable  belief  that
  the  mark  on  that  thing is meant to be taken as a mark on the article
  itself.
"Quality mark" is any mark as herein defined  indicating,  describing,
  identifying  or  referring  to  or appearing or seeming or purporting to
  indicate, describe, identify or refer to the partial or  total  presence
  or  existence of or the quality of or the percentage of or the purity of
  or the number of  parts  of  platinum,  iridium,  palladium,  ruthenium,
  rhodium and/or osmium in any article.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 13-A - Platinum Stamping › 231 - Application of Quality Mark.

§ 231. Application of quality mark.  1. When an article is composed of
  mechanism,  works  or  movements  and  of a case or cover containing the
  mechanism, works or movements, a quality mark  applied  to  the  article
  shall  be  deemed  not  to  be, nor to be intended to be, applied to the
  mechanism, works or movements.
2. The quality mark applied to the article  shall  be  deemed  not  to
  apply  to  springs, winding bars, sleeves, crown cores, mechanical joint
  pins, screws, rivets,  dustbands,  detachable  movement  rims,  hat  pin
  stems,  bracelet  and  necklace  snap tongues. In addition, in the event
  that an article is marked under the  last  paragraph  of  the  preceding
  section,  the quality mark applied to the article shall be deemed not to
  apply to pin tongues, joints, catches, lapel button backs and the  posts
  to  which they are attached, scarf pin stems, hat pin sockets, shirtstud
  backs, vest button backs and ear screw backs, provided  such  parts  are
  made  of  the  same  quality  of  gold as is used in the balance of this
  article.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 13-A - Platinum Stamping › 232 - Trade Mark.

§  232.  Trade mark.  If there is any quality mark printed, stamped or
  branded on the article itself there must also  be  printed,  stamped  or
  branded  on  the said article itself the following mark, to wit: a trade
  mark duly applied for or registered under the laws of the United  States
  of  the  manufacturer  of such article; except that if such manufacturer
  has sold or contracted to sell such article to a jobber,  wholesaler  or
  retail  dealer  regularly  engaged in the business of buying and selling
  similar articles, this provision shall be deemed to be complied with  if
  there  is  so  marked on the said article the trade mark duly registered
  under the laws of the United States of such jobber, wholesaler or retail
  dealer respectively; and in such event there may also be marked  on  the
  said article itself numerals intended to identify the article, design or
  pattern  provided,  however, that such numerals do not appear or purport
  to be a part of  the  quality  mark  and  provided  that  they  are  not
  calculated  to  mislead  or  deceive anyone into believing that they are
  partly of the quality mark.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 13-A - Platinum Stamping › 233 - Quality Marks; Description.

§  233.  Quality marks; description.  All quality marks applied to any
  article shall be equal in size and equally visible, legible,  clear  and
  distinct  and  no  quality  mark which is false, deceptive or misleading
  shall be applied to any article or to any descriptive  device  therefor.
  No  more  than one quality mark shall be applied to any article and such
  quality mark shall be applied to such article in only one place  thereon
  except as elsewhere in this article specifically permitted.
Wherever  in  this article provision is made for marking the number of
  parts or percentage of metals, such number or percentage shall refer  to
  weight and not to volume, thickness or any other basis.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 13-A - Platinum Stamping › 235 - .

§  235.  Whenever provided for in this article, except as specifically
  excepted in paragraph d of the preceding section,  the  word  "platinum"
  may  be  applied  by  spelling  it  out  in  full or by the abbreviation
  "plat.", the word "iriduim" may be applied by spelling it out in full or
  by the abbreviation "irid.", the word  "palladium"  may  be  applied  by
  spelling  it  out  in  full  or  by  the  abbreviation  "Pall", the word
  "ruthenium" may be applied  by  spelling  it  out  in  full  or  by  the
  abbreviation  "Ruth.",  the word "rhodium" may be applied by spelling it
  out in full or by the abbreviation "Rhod.", and the word "osmium" may be
  applied by spelling it out in full or by the abbreviation "Osmi.".
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 13-A - Platinum Stamping › 236 - Prima Facie Proof.

§  236.  Prima  facie  proof.    1.  In  any  action  relating  to the
  enforcement of any provision of this article, a certificate duly  issued
  by  an  assay  office  of  the treasury department of the United States,
  certifying the weight of any article, or any part  thereof,  or  of  the
  kind,  weight,  quality, fineness or quantity of any ingredient thereof,
  shall be receivable in evidence as constituting prima facie proof of the
  matter or matters so certified.
2. In any action relating to the enforcement of any provision of  this
  article,  proof  that  an  article  has  been marked in violation of the
  provisions of this article shall be deemed to be prima facie proof  that
  such article was manufactured after this article became effective.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 13-A - Platinum Stamping › 237 - Penalties.

§   237.   Penalties.   Any  person  or  persons,  firm,  partnership,
  corporation or association or any officer, director, employee  or  agent
  thereof  who makes, or sells, or offers to sell or dispose of, or has in
  his or its possession, with intent to sell or dispose of, any article as
  herein defined to which is applied  any  quality  mark  which  does  not
  conform  to all the provisions of this article, or from which is omitted
  any mark required by the provisions of this article, shall be guilty  of
  a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of
  not  more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than
  six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment in the  discretion  of
  the  court  provided  however,  that  it  shall  be  a  defense  to  any
  prosecution under this article for the defendant to prove that the  said
  article  was  manufactured  and  marked  with  the  intention of and for
  purposes of exportation from the United States and that the said article
  was either actually exported from the United States to a foreign country
  within six months after date of manufacture thereof with the  bona  fide
  intention   of  being  sold  in  the  said  country  and  of  not  being
  re-imported, or that it was delivered within six months  after  date  of
  manufacture  thereof  to  a  person, firm or corporation whose exclusive
  customary business is the exportation of such articles from  the  United
  States.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 13-A - Platinum Stamping › 238 - Effect of Invalidity of Any Part of This Article.

§  238.  Effect of invalidity of any part of this article. If any part
  of this article, or the application thereof to any particular situation,
  is held by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid on  account
  of unconstitutionality, such adjudication shall not affect the remainder
  of this article, or the application of such first-mentioned part of this
  article to any other situation.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 13-B - Appraisers of Jewelry, Works of Art, Watches and Objects Made From or Containing Precious Stones or Metals › 239 - Definitions.

§ 239. Definitions. As used in this article the term:
1.  "Appraiser"  shall  mean any person or persons, firm, partnership,
  corporation or association or any officer, director, employee  or  agent
  thereof who purports to ascertain and state the true value of property.
2.  "Property"  shall  mean jewelry, watches, and objects made from or
  containing precious stones or metals. "Precious stones" shall be limited
  to diamonds, alexandrite, cymophane,  ruby,  sapphire,  opal,  amethyst,
  smoky  quartz,  citrine,  rose  quartz,  spinel,  malachite,  turquoise,
  emerald, aquamarine, morganite, garnet, lapis lazuli, jadeite,  kunzite,
  topaz,   tourmaline,   zircon,  amber,  jet,  pearl,  coral,  tanzanite.
  "Precious metals" shall be limited to gold, silver,  platinum,  iridium,
  ruthenium, osmium, or any alloys of any one or more of said metals.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 13-B - Appraisers of Jewelry, Works of Art, Watches and Objects Made From or Containing Precious Stones or Metals › 239-A - Certain Appraisals; Penalty.

§  239-a.  Certain  appraisals;  penalty.  Any appraiser who knowingly
  gives a written appraisal of property with intent to  defraud,  deceive,
  or injure another person, firm, partnership, corporation, or association
  or  any officer, director, employee, or agent thereof shall be guilty of
  a misdemeanor.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 13-B - Appraisers of Jewelry, Works of Art, Watches and Objects Made From or Containing Precious Stones or Metals › 239-B - Action to Restrain and Prevent.

§  239-b.  Action  to  restrain  and prevent. The attorney-general may
  bring an action in the name and in behalf of the  people  of  the  state
  against  any  appraiser,  to  restrain  and  prevent a violation of this
  article, wherever the same may have been made.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 13-B - Appraisers of Jewelry, Works of Art, Watches and Objects Made From or Containing Precious Stones or Metals › 239-C - Civil Liability.

§  239-c. Civil liability. Any person, firm, partnership, corporation,
  association or officer, director, employee, or agent thereof  sustaining
  damages  by  reason  of  a knowingly misleading, deceptive or fraudulent
  appraisal may bring a civil action  for  actual  damages  together  with
  costs,  reasonable  attorneys'  fees  and  disbursements or an action to
  restrain an appraiser from violating the provisions of this  article  if
  it is found that such appraiser has willfully violated such provisions.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 14 - Aircraft › 240 - Definitions.

§ 240. Definitions. When used in this article,
1.  "Aircraft"  means  any contrivance, now or hereafter invented, for
  avigation of  or  flight  in  the  air,  except  a  parachute  or  other
  contrivance   designed   for  use,  and  carried  primarily  for  safety
  equipment.
2. "Avigation"  means  the  steering,  directing  or  managing  of  an
  aircraft,  in  or  through  the  air;  and  such  term is here used as a
  substitute for "aerial navigation."
3. "Operating aircraft" means  performing  the  services  of  aircraft
  pilot.
4.  "Landing  area"  means  any  locality  either  of  land  or water,
  including airports and intermediate landing fields,  which  is  used  or
  intended to be used for the landing and take-off of aircraft, whether or
  not facilities are provided for shelter, servicing or repair of aircraft
  or for receiving or discharging passengers or cargo.
5.  "Airport"  means  any  landing area used regularly by aircraft for
  receiving or discharging passengers or cargo; or  for  the  landing  and
  take-off of aircraft being used for personal or training purposes.
6.  "Acrobatic flying" means maneuvers not necessary for normal flight
  and intentionally performed by an aircraft, involving an  abrupt  change
  in its attitude, an abnormal attitude or an abnormal acceleration.
7.   "Administrator   of   the  federal  aviation  agency"  means  the
  administrator of the federal aviation agency of the United States.
8. "Airplane" means a mechanically propelled aircraft, the support  of
  which  in flight is derived dynamically from the reaction on surfaces in
  a fixed position relative to the aircraft but in motion relative to  the
  air.
9.  "Control  zone"  means an airspace of defined dimensions extending
  upwards from the surface  of  the  ground  and  including  one  or  more
  airports  and  designated  as  such  by the administrator of the federal
  aviation agency.
10. "Flight visibility" means the  average  horizontal  distance  that
  prominent objects may be seen from the cockpit.
11. "Helicopter" means an aircraft, the support of which in the air is
  normally   derived   from   airfoils   mechanically   rotated  about  an
  approximately vertical axis.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 14 - Aircraft › 241 - Qualifications of Operator; Federal License.

§  241. Qualifications of operator; federal license. The public safety
  requiring, and the advantages of uniform regulation making it desirable,
  in the interest of aeronautical progress, that a person engaging  within
  this  state  in operating aircraft, in any form of avigation for which a
  license to operate aircraft issued by the United States government would
  then be required if such avigation  were  interstate,  should  have  the
  qualifications  necessary  for  obtaining and holding such a license, it
  shall be unlawful for any person to engage in operating aircraft  within
  the state, in any such form of avigation, unless he have such a license.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 14 - Aircraft › 242 - Possession and Exhibition of License Certificate.

§   242.   Possession  and  exhibition  of  license  certificate.  The
  certificate of the license required by the preceding  section  shall  be
  kept  in  the  personal  possession of the licensee when he is operating
  aircraft within this state and must be presented for inspection upon the
  demand of any  passenger,  any  peace  officer  of  this  state,  acting
  pursuant  to  his  special  duties, police officer of this state, or any
  official, manager or person in charge of any airport or landing field in
  this state upon which he shall land.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 14 - Aircraft › 243 - Aircraft; Construction, Design and Airworthiness; Federal Registration.

§  243.  Aircraft;  construction,  design  and  airworthiness; federal
  registration. The public safety requiring, and the advantages of uniform
  regulation  making  it  desirable,  in  the  interest  of   aeronautical
  progress, that aircraft to be avigated within this state should conform,
  with  respect  to  design,  construction and airworthiness, to standards
  prescribed by the United States government with respect to avigation  of
  aircraft  subject  to  its  jurisdiction,  it  shall be unlawful for any
  person to avigate an aircraft within this state unless  it  is  licensed
  and  registered by the department of transportation of the United States
  in the manner prescribed by the lawful  rules  and  regulations  of  the
  United  States  government  then in force. The license for such aircraft
  must be carried and  conspicuously  posted  in  the  aircraft  while  in
  flight.  Such license also shall be presented for inspection, on demand,
  to any peace officer, acting pursuant to his special duties,  or  police
  officer,  or  to any official, manager or person in charge of an airport
  or landing place where the aircraft  may  be.  The  provisions  of  this
  section shall not apply to aircraft used exclusively in the governmental
  service  of the United States, or used exclusively in the service of the
  national guard or of one or more of the civil departments of this state.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 14 - Aircraft › 246 - Penalties for Violation of the Foregoing Provisions.

§  246.  Penalties for violation of the foregoing provisions. A person
  who violates any of the foregoing provisions of this  article  shall  be
  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor and punishable by a fine of not more than one
  hundred dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than  ninety  days,  or
  both.  Failure  by  an  operator  to  exhibit his pilot certificate upon
  proper demand or failure to show the aircraft  registration  certificate
  upon  proper  demand  shall be presumptive evidence that the operator is
  not duly licensed or that the aircraft is not duly registered under this
  article. That an act or omission with respect  to  rules  set  forth  in
  subdivision  six  of  section two hundred forty-five was done or made in
  accordance  with  regulations  affecting  aircraft  subject  to  federal
  aviation  regulations, or that a landing or take-off from or on a public
  street or highway  was  done  with  consent  of  local  authorities  and
  approval of the administrator of the federal aviation agency, or that an
  act  or  omission  which  would otherwise be a violation of a prescribed
  rule was an authorized deviation under subdivision eleven of section two
  hundred forty-five, shall be matters of defense.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 14 - Aircraft › 247 - Examination of Wrecked Aircraft Before Destruction or Removal.

§  247. Examination of wrecked aircraft before destruction or removal.
  When an aircraft falls or lands in a wrecked condition or is wrecked  by
  the  fall  or  in  landing and an occupant thereof is killed or severely
  injured thereby or escapes death or injury by the use  of  a  parachute,
  neither  such  aircraft nor any part of it shall be destroyed or removed
  before the  expiration  of  twenty-four  hours  thereafter  without  the
  permission  of  an  inspector  of  the  federal  aviation  agency  or an
  investigator of the civil aeronautics board or a  member  of  the  state
  police  or  of a sheriff or regular deputy sheriff; and if, before it is
  destroyed or removed, such an inspector or member of the state police or
  sheriff or deputy sheriff shall appear at the scene of the wreck for the
  purpose of examining the aircraft it shall not be destroyed  or  removed
  until the examination is completed provided the examination be completed
  within  forty-eight  hours of the time that the aircraft fell or landed.
  This section shall not prevent or postpone the destruction or removal of
  a wrecked aircraft lying in a public street or  highway  in  a  position
  that causes a blockade of traffic, or lying in a navigable waterway in a
  position that impedes or imperils navigation, or which lands or falls on
  a building or structure, or in a case where the immediate destruction or
  removal  of  the aircraft is necessary to prevent injury to persons; but
  such necessity in the case last mentioned, shall be a matter of  defense
  in  any  prosecution  for  a  violation  of  this  section. A person who
  destroys or removes, or causes to be destroyed  or  removed,  a  wrecked
  aircraft  in  violation of the provisions of this section is guilty of a
  misdemeanor.