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2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 26 - Miscellaneous › 396-AA*2 - Unsolicited Telefacsimile Advertising.

* §  396-aa.  Unsolicited  telefacsimile  advertising.  1. It shall be
  unlawful for  a  person,  corporation,  partnership  or  association  to
  initiate   the   unsolicited   transmission  of  telefacsimile  messages
  promoting goods or services  for  purchase  by  the  recipient  of  such
  messages. For purposes of this section, "telefacsimile" shall mean every
  process  in  which electronic signals are transmitted by telephone lines
  for conversion into written  text.  This  section  shall  not  apply  to
  telefacsimile  messages  sent to a recipient with whom the initiator has
  had a prior contractual or business  relationship.  Notwithstanding  the
  above,  it  shall be unlawful to initiate any telefacsimile message to a
  recipient who has previously clearly indicated to the initiator  by  any
  verbal,  written or electronic means that the recipient does not want to
  receive telefacsimile messages from the initiator.
2. Every unsolicited telefacsimile message sent to a  recipient  shall
  contain  a  notice that informs the recipient of the ability, granted by
  subdivision one of this section, to prevent the transmission  of  future
  unsolicited  telefacsimile  messages.  Such  notice  shall  be clear and
  conspicuous and on the first  page  of  the  telefacsimile  message  and
  include a domestic contact telephone number and facsimile machine number
  for the recipient to transmit such a request to the initiator.
If  neither  the required telephone number or facsimile machine number
  is a toll-free  number,  a  separate  cost-free  mechanism  including  a
  website  address or email address, for a recipient to transmit a request
  pursuant to such notice to the sender  of  the  message  shall  also  be
  provided.  A  local  telephone  number also shall constitute a cost-free
  mechanism so long as recipients are local and will not  incur  any  long
  distance  or  other  separate charges for calls made to such number. The
  telephone and facsimile numbers and cost-free  mechanism  identified  in
  the  notice  must  permit an individual or business to make a request to
  prevent  the   transmission   of   future   unsolicited   advertisements
  twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week.
3.  Any  person  who  has  received  a  telefacsimile  transmission in
  violation of this section may bring an action in his own name to recover
  his actual damages or one hundred dollars, whichever is greater.
* NB There are 2 § 396-aa's
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 26 - Miscellaneous › 396-AAA - Public Display of Tobacco and Electronic Cigarette Advertisements and Smoking Paraphernalia Prohibited.

§   396-aaa.  Public  display  of  tobacco  and  electronic  cigarette
advertisements and smoking paraphernalia prohibited. 1. For purposes  of
this section:
(a)  "Advertisement"  means  words,  pictures,  photographs,  symbols,
graphics or visual images of any kind, or any combination thereof, which
bear a health warning required by federal statute, the purpose or effect
of which is to  identify  a  brand  of  a  tobacco  product,  electronic
cigarette,  or  vapor product intended or reasonably expected to be used
with or for the consumption  of  nicotine,  a  trademark  of  a  tobacco
product,  electronic  cigarette, or vapor product intended or reasonably
expected to be used with or for the consumption of nicotine or  a  trade
name   associated   exclusively   with  a  tobacco  product,  electronic
cigarette, or vapor product intended or reasonably expected to  be  used
with  or  for the consumption of nicotine, or to promote the use or sale
of a tobacco product, electronic cigarette, or vapor product intended or
reasonably expected to be used with or for the consumption of nicotine.
(b) "Smoking  paraphernalia"  means  any  pipe,  water  pipe,  hookah,
rolling  papers,  electronic  cigarette,  vaporizer or any other device,
equipment or  apparatus  designed  for  the  inhalation  of  tobacco  or
nicotine.
(c)  "Vapor  product"  means  any vapor product, as defined by section
thirteen hundred ninety-nine-aa of the public health  law,  intended  or
reasonably expected to be used with or for the consumption of nicotine.
(d)  "Tobacco  products" shall have the same meaning as in subdivision
five of section thirteen hundred ninety-nine-aa  of  the  public  health
law.
(e)   "Electronic  cigarette"  shall  have  the  same  meaning  as  in
subdivision thirteen of section thirteen hundred ninety-nine-aa  of  the
public health law.
2.  (a)  No person, corporation, partnership, sole proprietor, limited
partnership, association or any other business entity may  place,  cause
to   be   placed,  maintain  or  to  cause  to  be  maintained,  smoking
paraphernalia or tobacco product, electronic cigarette, or vapor product
intended or reasonably expected to be used with or for  the  consumption
of  nicotine,  advertisements in a store front or any exterior window or
any door which is used for entry or egress by the public to the building
or structure containing a place of business  within  one  thousand  five
hundred  feet  of  a  school,  provided  that  within New York city such
prohibitions shall only apply within five hundred feet of a school.
(b) Any person, corporation,  partnership,  sole  proprietor,  limited
partnership,  association  or  any other business entity in violation of
this section shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more  than  five
hundred  dollars  for  a  first violation and not more than one thousand
dollars for a second or subsequent violation.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 26 - Miscellaneous › 396-B - Advertisements.

§   396-b.   Advertisements.      Any  person,  firm,  corporation  or
  association, or agent or employee thereof,  hereinafter  called  person,
  who,  being  engaged  in the business of dealing in any property, makes,
  publishes, disseminates, circulates  or  places  before  the  public  or
  causes,  directly  or  indirectly,  to be made, published, disseminated,
  circulated or placed before the public, in this state, any advertisement
  respecting any such property,  in  any  newspaper,  magazine,  or  other
  publication,  or over any radio station or television station, unless it
  is stated in any such advertisement that the advertiser is a  dealer  in
  such  property or from the context of any such advertisement, it plainly
  appears that such person is a dealer in such  property  so  offered  for
  sale  in  any  such  advertisement;  or when placing or causing any such
  advertisement to appear in any newspaper, magazine or other  publication
  or  radio  or  television  station  as  described  in  this  section, if
  requested by the publisher of any  such  newspaper,  magazine  or  other
  publication  or owner or operator of such radio or television station or
  any agent or representative thereof to file with such owner or operator,
  publisher, agent or representative thereof his true name, or where he is
  transacting business under a name other than the true name  pursuant  to
  law,  then  the  name  under which such business is transacted, and each
  business address wherein any business is transacted by him, in the class
  of  property  advertised  or  to  be  advertised  for   sale   in   such
  advertisement, shall make any false statement in relation to any of such
  items;  or if requested by the publisher of any such newspaper, magazine
  or other publication or owner or operator of such  radio  or  television
  station  or any agent or representative thereof to file with such owner,
  operator, publisher, agent or representative thereof a statement showing
  whether he is causing such advertisement to appear  or  is  offering  to
  make  such  sale  or disposition or transaction, as herein set forth, as
  principal or agent, and if as agent, to set forth such information as is
  specified in this section, in relation to his principal as  well  as  in
  relation  to  himself, shall make any false statement in relation to any
  of such items; is guilty of a misdemeanor.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 26 - Miscellaneous › 396-BB - Sale of Motor Fuels to Disabled Persons.

§  396-bb.  Sale  of  motor fuels to disabled persons.  1. Any person,
  firm or corporation owning or operating a premises or facility  for  the
  retail  sale  of motor fuels for use in motor vehicles and offering self
  service and full service at the same time, shall, between the  hours  of
  seven  o'clock  in the morning and seven o'clock in the evening, provide
  full service of such motor fuels to disabled persons with  a  valid  New
  York  state  disabled person license plate or a valid parking permit for
  handicapped persons issued pursuant to section twelve hundred three-a of
  the vehicle and traffic law at the same price  charged  for  such  motor
  fuels  at  the  self service islands and shall post a notice in a manner
  and in at least one location which is conspicuous to  a  person  seeking
  refueling  service, including a depiction of the international symbol of
  access and stating as follows:
Full service at self service prices
7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Such notice may also further state,
For persons with a valid New York state disabled  license
plate or a valid parking permit for handicapped persons.
2.  For  purposes  of  this  section  "disabled  person"  shall mean a
  registered owner or authorized operator of a motor vehicle who has  been
  issued  special  license tags by the state or a valid parking permit for
  handicapped persons issued pursuant to section twelve hundred three-a of
  the vehicle and traffic law.
3. Any violation of this section shall result in a civil fine  of  not
  more than one hundred dollars to be collected by the corporation counsel
  for any city or by the appropriate attorney of any political subdivision
  as  shall  be  designated  by  the  governing  body  of  such  political
  subdivision.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 26 - Miscellaneous › 396-C - Advertisements by Persons Engaged in Dental Business Relating to Dentures and Bridges.

§ 396-c. Advertisements by persons engaged in dental business relating
to  dentures  and  bridges.  Any  person  engaged  in  the  business  of
supplying, constructing, reproducing,  relining,  repairing,  adding  or
directing  the  application  of  any  substance of a permanent nature to
dentures,  bridges,  appliances  or  other  structures  to  be  worn  as
substitutes for natural teeth:
(a)  who  shall  advertise his services, technique or materials to the
general  public  by  means  of  advertisements  in  public   newspapers,
magazines  or  by  radio or television display advertisements, excepting
advertisements in professional or trade papers,  trade  journals,  trade
directories,  trade  periodicals,  trade  magazines,  and  in the public
telephone directories other than displaying advertising in  the  latter,
or
(b) who shall in any way directly solicit the patronage of the general
public  for  any dental services, dental materials or dental appliances;
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 26 - Miscellaneous › 396-D - Advertisement and Description of Real Property.

§  396-d. Advertisement and description of real property. Whenever any
  person or persons, firm or corporation, shall use in connection with the
  designation, description, advertisement,  lease  or  sale  of  any  real
  property,  any  name  which  shall  include the name of any political or
  territorial  subdivision  situated  in  the  county  or  in  any  county
  immediately  adjoining  the  county  in which such property is situated,
  other than the name of the  political  and  territorial  subdivision  in
  which  the  particular  property  referred to is located, such person or
  persons, firm or corporation shall, as part of every  such  designation,
  description,  advertisement, lease or sale, and with the same prominence
  given to any such name or part of such name, state and display the  name
  of  the town, village, city or other political subdivision in which such
  property is actually located.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 26 - Miscellaneous › 396-DD - Renting of Horses; Helmets and Safety Information.

§  396-dd.  Renting  of horses; helmets and safety information. 1. For
  the purposes of  this  section,  the  following  terms  shall  have  the
  following meanings:
a. "Horse" includes a horse, pony, mule or hinny.
b.  "Horse  provider"  includes any person, firm, corporation or other
  legal entity hiring or  renting  out  horses  for  riding  or  providing
  training in the riding of horses for consideration.
2.  Every horse provider shall provide protective helmets to beginning
  riders and to riders less than eighteen years of age at no  cost  beyond
  the  rental  fee;  offer  all  riders the use of such protective helmets
  regardless of their age or experience; and  provide  appropriate  helmet
  safety information to all riders.
3.  Such  helmets shall comply with the requirements of section twelve
  hundred sixty-five of the vehicle and traffic law.
4. A knowing violation of this section shall be  subject  to  a  civil
  penalty not to exceed two hundred fifty dollars for each such violation.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 26 - Miscellaneous › 396-E - Marking Articles Made of Linen.

§ 396-e. Marking articles made of linen. 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
  collars  or  cuffs  marked,  stamped or branded with the words, "linen,"
  "pure linen" or "all linen" 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 "linen,"  "pure  linen,"  or
  "all  linen," unless the material of which the said collars or cuffs are
  manufactured contains at least one fold or ply which has a  flax  thread
  in both its warp and filling, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 26 - Miscellaneous › 396-EE - Sale of Certain Weapons; Locking Devices Therefor.

§  396-ee.  Sale  of certain weapons; locking devices therefor. (1) No
person, firm or corporation engaged in the retail  business  of  selling
rifles,  shotguns  or  firearms,  as  such  terms are defined in section
265.00 of the penal law, shall sell, deliver or transfer any such rifle,
shotgun or firearm to another person unless the transferee  is  provided
at  the time of sale, delivery or transfer with a gun locking device and
a label containing the quoted language specified in subdivision  two  of
this  section  is  either  affixed  to such rifle, shotgun or firearm or
placed in the container in which such rifle, shotgun or firearm is sold,
delivered or transferred. For the purposes of  this  section,  the  term
"gun  locking  device"  shall  mean  an  integrated design feature or an
attachable accessory that is resistant to tampering and is effective  in
preventing  the  discharge of such rifle, shotgun or firearm by a person
who does not have access to the key, combination or other mechanism used
to disengage the device. The division of state police shall develop  and
promulgate  rules  and regulations setting forth the specific devices or
the  minimum  standards  and  criteria  therefor  which  constitute   an
effective gun locking device.
(2)  Every  person, firm or corporation engaged in the retail business
of selling rifles, shotguns or firearms, as such terms  are  defined  in
section  265.00 of the penal law, shall, in the place where such rifles,
shotguns or firearms are displayed or transferred to the purchaser, post
a notice conspicuously stating in bold print that: "RESPONSIBLE  FIREARM
STORAGE IS THE LAW IN NEW YORK STATE. RIFLES, SHOTGUNS AND FIREARMS MUST
EITHER  BE  STORED  WITH  A  GUN  LOCKING  DEVICE  OR  IN A SAFE STORAGE
DEPOSITORY OR NOT BE LEFT OUTSIDE THE IMMEDIATE POSSESSION  AND  CONTROL
OF THE OWNER OR OTHER LAWFUL POSSESSOR IF A CHILD RESIDES IN THE HOME OR
IS  PRESENT,  OR  IF  THE  OWNER  OR  POSSESSOR  RESIDES  WITH  A PERSON
PROHIBITED FROM POSSESSING A RIFLE, SHOTGUN OR FIREARM  UNDER  STATE  OR
FEDERAL LAW. RIFLES, SHOTGUNS AND FIREARMS SHOULD BE STORED UNLOADED AND
LOCKED  IN A LOCATION SEPARATE FROM AMMUNITION. LEAVING RIFLES, SHOTGUNS
OR FIREARMS ACCESSIBLE TO A CHILD OR OTHER PROHIBITED PERSON MAY SUBJECT
YOU TO IMPRISONMENT, FINE, OR BOTH." Nothing in this  subdivision  shall
be  deemed  to  affect,  impair  or  supersede  any special or local law
relating to the posting of notice regarding the safe storage of  rifles,
shotguns or firearms.
(3)  Any  person,  firm  or  corporation  who fails to comply with the
provisions of this section shall be guilty of a violation punishable  as
provided in the penal law. Any person, firm, or corporation who fails to
comply  with the provisions of this section after having been previously
convicted of a violation of this section shall be guilty of  a  class  A
misdemeanor, punishable as provided in the penal law.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 26 - Miscellaneous › 396-EEE - Unlawful Sale or Delivery of Body Armor.

§ 396-eee. Unlawful sale or delivery of body armor. 1. No person, firm
  or  corporation  shall  sell  or deliver body armor to any individual or
  entity not engaged or employed in an eligible profession, and except  as
  provided  in  subdivision  two of this section, no such sale or delivery
  shall be permitted unless  the  transferee  meets  in  person  with  the
  transferor to accomplish such sale or delivery.
2.  The  provisions  of  subdivision  one of this section regarding in
  person sale or delivery shall not apply to purchases  made  by  federal,
  state,  or  local government agencies for the purpose of furnishing such
  body armor to employees in eligible professions.
3. For the purposes of this section, "body armor" shall have the  same
  meaning  as  defined  in  subdivision two of section 270.20 of the penal
  law.
4. Any person, firm or corporation that violate the provisions of this
  section shall be guilty of a violation punishable by a fine in an amount
  not to exceed five thousand dollars for the  first  offense  and  in  an
  amount not to exceed ten thousand dollars for any subsequent offense.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 26 - Miscellaneous › 396-H - Fraudulent Sale of Poppies, Forget-Me-Nots, Daisies, Flags and Other Articles Sold for Patriotic Purposes.

§  396-h.  Fraudulent  sale of poppies, forget-me-nots, daisies, flags
  and other articles sold for patriotic purposes.  Any person,  whether  a
  veteran  soldier, sailor, marine or army nurse, or otherwise, who in the
  promotion of his own interests, or to derive personal pecuniary benefit,
  gain or profit, for himself or for any person, firm or corporation other
  than an organization expressly designated and authorized  to  administer
  veteran  relief  by the provisions of section one hundred sixty-eight of
  the social welfare law, sells or offers to sell poppies, forget-me-nots,
  daisies, flags or other articles  sold  for  patriotic  purposes,  while
  claiming that such sale or offer to sell is made as agent of, or for the
  benefit  of such organization authorized to administrate veteran relief,
  is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not more than  fifty
  dollars or by imprisonment for not more than six months, or by both such
  fine and imprisonment.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 26 - Miscellaneous › 396-HH - Sale of Poppies, Forget-Me-Nots, Daisies, Flags and Other Articles for Patriotic Purposes.

§  396-hh.  Sale  of poppies, forget-me-nots, daisies, flags and other
  articles for patriotic purposes. Notwithstanding the provisions  of  any
  general,  special or local law, charter or ordinance to the contrary, no
  municipality shall require  any  member  of  an  organization  expressly
  designated and authorized to administer veteran relief by the provisions
  of  section  one hundred sixty-eight of the social services law to apply
  for solicitation licenses or permits or to impose a fee for the sale  of
  poppies,  forget-me-nots,  daisies,  flags  and  other articles sold for
  patriotic purposes. No such municipality may restrict such persons  from
  wearing  a  uniform  or part thereof in connection with the sale of such
  articles for patriotic purposes.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 26 - Miscellaneous › 396-J - Sale or Possession of Master or Manipulative Keys for Motor Vehicles.

§  396-j.  Sale or possession of master or manipulative keys for motor
  vehicles.    1.  Any  person,  firm,   copartnership,   corporation   or
  association,  or any agent or employee thereof who (a) sells, offers for
  sale or advertises  for  sale  or  knowingly  possesses  any  master  or
  manipulative  key  or  device designed to open or capable of opening the
  door or trunk of any motor vehicle, or of starting the  engine  thereof,
  or  (b) knowingly possesses any key cutter, manufacturing device or tool
  which is capable of producing, duplicating or altering any key  designed
  to open or capable of opening the door or trunk of any motor vehicle, or
  of  starting  the engine thereof, under circumstances evincing an intent
  to use or knowledge that some person intends to use the same to  make  a
  key  to  unlawfully enter or operate any motor vehicle, or (c) knowingly
  possesses any duplicate key or key blank or device designed to  open  or
  capable  of opening or capable of being readily adapted to open the door
  or trunk of any motor vehicle, or of starting the engine thereof,  under
  circumstances  evincing  an  intent to use or knowledge that some person
  intends to use the  same  to  unlawfully  enter  or  operate  any  motor
  vehicle, is guilty of a class A misdemeanor.
2.  This  section  shall  not  apply  to a dealer of new or used motor
  vehicles, a car rental agent, or  a  locksmith  or  their  agents  while
  acting  within the scope of their employment; or a private investigator,
  or his employees, who is licensed and bonded by the state  of  New  York
  and who in the usual course of business repossesses motor vehicles; or a
  state  or  municipal  law enforcement officer acting within the scope of
  his official duties.
3. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision one of this  section,
  it  shall  be  lawful  for  an  automobile club duly organized under the
  Membership Corporations Law, for the purpose of  providing  services  to
  its members, its duly authorized employees or agents, to possess and use
  a  device  other  than  a  master or manipulative key for the purpose of
  opening a door of a locked motor vehicle when requested to do  so  by  a
  member  of  said  automobile  club  who  is the owner or the operator in
  lawful possession of said motor vehicle.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 26 - Miscellaneous › 396-K*2 - Sale of Certain Motor Vehicles Damaged by the Ravages of Natural Disaster.

* §  396-k.  Sale  of certain motor vehicles damaged by the ravages of
  natural disaster. No person, firm or corporation shall knowingly sell in
  this state any motor vehicle the  mechanical  or  electrical  system  of
  which  has  been previously damaged by the ravages of a natural disaster
  such as fire, flood,  hurricane,  landslide,  earthquake,  windstorm  or
  other  storm, to an extent which rendered the vehicle inoperable for any
  period of time, unless notice, in writing, of the fact of  such  damage,
  the  nature  and  extent  thereof  and the date and location in which it
  occurred is first given to each buyer of such  motor  vehicle.  For  the
  purposes  of  this  section,  a  vehicle  shall  be  deemed to have been
  rendered inoperable if, as a result of the damage caused by the  natural
  disaster,  it  would  be necessary for such vehicle to undergo repair in
  order to pass inspection in the manner provided in article five  of  the
  vehicle and traffic law.
A violation of this section shall constitute a class B misdemeanor.
* NB There are 2 § 396-k's
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 26 - Miscellaneous › 396-KK - Sale of Video Game Consoles.

§  396-kk.  Sale  of  video  game  consoles.  1.  For purposes of this
section:
(a) "Video game" means an  interactive  electronic  amusement  device,
disk, cartridge or other object that utilizes a computer, microprocessor
or similar electronic circuitry and its own monitor, a television set or
a  computer  monitor,  and  such device or object is designed to allow a
person to manipulate the images presented by such device or object.
(b) "Video game console" means  an  interactive  electronic  amusement
device  that  uses  a  dedicated  computer,  microprocessor  or  similar
electronic circuitry and its own monitor, a television set or a computer
monitor to enable a person to interact with a  video  game.  Such  terms
shall not include a personal computer, nor shall they include a handheld
device  in  which  such  entire device, including the viewing screen, is
designed to be held in one's hand.
2. Every new video game console sold at retail  in  this  state  shall
include  a  mechanism,  device  or  control system that allows an owner,
through the use of a personal identification number, password or similar
technology, to prevent the display on such video game console  of  video
games, or portions thereof, containing certain content or having certain
ratings,  as  such  term  is  defined  in subdivision two of section six
hundred eleven of this chapter.
3. Whenever there shall be a violation of this section, an application
may be made by the attorney general in the name of  the  people  of  the
state of New York to a court or justice having jurisdiction by a special
proceeding  to  issue an injunction, and upon notice to the defendant of
not less than five days, to enjoin and restrain the continuance of  such
violation;  and  if  it shall appear to the satisfaction of the court or
justice that the defendant has,  in  fact,  violated  this  section,  an
injunction  may  be  issued  by  such  court  or  justice, enjoining and
restraining any further violation,  without  requiring  proof  that  any
person  has,  in  fact,  been  injured  or  damaged thereby. In any such
proceeding, the court may make allowances to  the  attorney  general  as
provided  in  paragraph  six  of subdivision (a) of section eighty-three
hundred  three  of  the  civil  practice  law  and  rules,  and   direct
restitution. Whenever the court shall determine that a violation of this
section  has  occurred, the court may impose a civil penalty of not more
than five hundred dollars for a single violation and not more than fifty
thousand dollars for multiple violations resulting from a single act  or
incident. In connection with any such proposed application, the attorney
general  is  authorized  to  take  proof and make a determination of the
relevant facts and to issue  subpoenas  in  accordance  with  the  civil
practice law and rules.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 26 - Miscellaneous › 396-L - Shopping Carts; Child Protective Devices.

§ 396-l. Shopping carts; child protective devices. 1. For the purposes
  of  this  section, "child protective device" shall mean a strap, device,
  or  piece  of  equipment  designed,  utilizing  reasonable   engineering
  standards,  to prevent a child from falling out of a shopping cart.  Any
  child protective device designed to  secure  a  child  of  average  size
  within  the  ages  of  six  months  to  four years shall qualify for the
  twenty-five percent threshold set  forth  in  subdivision  two  of  this
  section.
2.  Every  commercial  business  which  provides  its  customers  with
  shopping carts with seats for children shall equip and maintain not less
  than twenty-five percent of the total number of such shopping carts with
  a child protective device.
3. Whenever there shall be a violation of  this  section,  application
  may  be  made  by  the attorney general in the name of the people of the
  state of New York to a court or justice having jurisdiction by a special
  proceeding to issue an injunction, and upon notice to the  defendant  of
  not  less than five days, to enjoin and restrain the continuance of such
  violations; and if it shall appear to the satisfaction of the  court  or
  justice  that  the  defendant  has,  in  fact, violated this section, an
  injunction may be  issued  by  such  court  or  justice,  enjoining  and
  restraining  any  further  violation,  without  requiring proof that any
  person has, in fact, been  injured  or  damaged  thereby.  In  any  such
  proceeding,  the  court  may  make allowances to the attorney general as
  provided in paragraph six of subdivision  (a)  of  section  eighty-three
  hundred   three  of  the  civil  practice  law  and  rules,  and  direct
  restitution.  The defendant shall have twenty-one days from the date  of
  receipt of notice of the violation within which to remedy the violation.
  In the event that such violation is not remedied, the court may impose a
  civil  penalty  of not more than one thousand dollars per violation. For
  the purpose of this section, failure to  meet  the  twenty-five  percent
  threshold  set forth in subdivision two of this section shall constitute
  a single violation.  In connection with any such  proposed  application,
  the   attorney   general   is  authorized  to  take  proof  and  make  a
  determination of the relevant facts and to issue subpoenas in accordance
  with the civil practice law and rules.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 26 - Miscellaneous › 396-MM - Unlawful Trial Offers.

§  396-mm.  Unlawful  trial  offers.  1. a. It shall be unlawful for a
  person, partnership, firm, association, corporation or agent or employee
  thereof to provide a free trial offer unless the material terms  of  the
  offer are clearly and conspicuously disclosed. No additional products or
  services  or  enrollment in any membership, for a fee, shall be provided
  until the express consent of the consumer has been obtained.
b. At least fifteen, but not more than thirty days before  a  consumer
  is  required  to  cancel  a  free  trial, the person, partnership, firm,
  association, corporation or agent or employee thereof shall send to  the
  consumer  the  terms  of the offer and the deadline to cancel; provided,
  however, that where a free trial offer ends in less  than  thirty  days,
  the terms of the offer and the deadline to cancel shall be sent at least
  seven  days before a consumer is required to cancel the free trial. Such
  notice is not required when the free trial is a  magazine  or  newspaper
  subscription  and  at  any  time  cancellation occurs the consumer shall
  receive a refund for issues not mailed;  provided,  however,  that  such
  refund option is disclosed with the free trial subscription offer.
2. This section shall not apply to a negative option plan regulated by
  the  federal  trade  commission pursuant to Code of Federal Regulations,
  title 16, part 425; and does not apply to  other  contractual  plans  or
  arrangements   such  as  continuity  plans,  subscription  arrangements,
  standing order arrangements, supplements and series arrangements,  under
  which  the seller provides similar special interest goods or services to
  a consumer who has consented in advance to receive the goods or services
  on a periodic basis with no binding commitment  period  and  no  minimum
  purchase amount.
3.  This  section  shall  not  apply  to any purchase when the person,
  partnership, firm, association, corporation or agent or employee thereof
  does not debit or charge any consumer account and sends the consumer  an
  invoice  requesting  payment  which  includes  information  about how to
  cancel a free trial.
4. a. Every violation of this section shall be deemed a deceptive  act
  and  practice  subject to enforcement under article twenty-two-A of this
  chapter. In every case where the court shall determine that a  violation
  of this section has occurred, it may impose a civil penalty of up to one
  thousand five hundred dollars for each violation.
b.  Nothing  in  this section shall be construed to restrict any right
  which any person may have under any other statute or the common law.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 26 - Miscellaneous › 396-N - Sales With "Money Back Guarantee" and With "Limited Guarantee".

§   396-n.  Sales  with  "money  back  guarantee"  and  with  "limited
guarantee".  1. Definitions. As used in this section:
(a)  "Seller"  shall  include  any  person,   firm,   partnership   or
corporation.
(b)  "Goods"  shall  mean merchandise that is bought for use primarily
for personal, family or household purposes.
(c) "Money back guarantee" shall mean a promise made by a seller to  a
purchaser  to  repay, within the time period specified by the seller and
upon the return of the merchandise, the full purchase price thereof.
(d) "Limited guarantee" shall mean a promise made by  a  seller  to  a
purchaser  to  repay, within the time period specified by the seller and
upon the return of the merchandise, a portion of the purchase price, the
computation of which shall be described in the terms of the guarantee.
2. Whenever a seller offers  or  advertises  for  sale  goods  with  a
guarantee  that  promises  the  return  of  the purchase price, upon the
return of the merchandise, such guarantee shall be deemed to be a  money
back guarantee unless the term "limited guarantee" is used and the terms
of limitation of such guarantee are specified.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 26 - Miscellaneous › 396-O - Sales by Persons Offering Credits or Refunds in Certain Cases.

§  396-o.  Sales  by  persons  offering  credits or refunds in certain
  cases. Whenever a person purchases goods  or  services  from  a  seller,
  where  a  representation  or  guarantee  is  made that a full or partial
  credit or refund of the purchase price will be made if the purchaser  is
  not  fully  satisfied  with  the  goods  or  services  purchased, unless
  otherwise specifically specified to the contrary,  the  purchaser  alone
  shall  determine  whether  such  guarantee  or  representation  shall be
  fulfilled by refund or by credit.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 26 - Miscellaneous › 396-P - Rates to Be Posted in Taxicabs; Certain Charges Prohibited.

* § 396-p. Rates to be posted in taxicabs; certain charges prohibited.
  1.  Every taxicab available for hire in this state shall have posted, in
  the interior thereof, in a manner legible and conspicuous to passengers,
  a statement of the rates, fares or other charges  whether  imposed  upon
  the  basis  of  mileage,  or fraction thereof, zones or other equivalent
  measurement  and  any  additional  charges  for  luggage  or  additional
  passengers, and if such charges are subject to variation, a statement of
  the conditions relating to such variation. No charges greater than those
  posted  shall  be made. For the purposes of this section, "taxicab" is a
  motor vehicle which carries passengers for hire with a seating  capacity
  of not more than eight passengers exclusive of the driver; and "luggage"
  shall  not  include  a wheelchair or other manual or electrically driven
  mobility assistance device, scooter, tricycle or similar device used  by
  a person with a disability as a substitute for walking.
1-a.  No  taxicab  available  for  hire  in this state shall impose on
  additional charge for a  wheelchair  or  other  manual  or  electrically
  driven  mobility  assistance device, scooter, tricycle or similar device
  used by a person with a disability as a substitute for walking.
2. This section shall not annul, alter, affect or  exempt  any  person
  subject  to the provisions of this section from complying with the laws,
  ordinances, rules or  regulations  of  any  locality,  relating  to  the
  posting of rates in the interior of a taxicab, except to the extent that
  such  local laws, ordinances, rules or regulations are inconsistent with
  any provision of this section, but no such local law, ordinance, rule or
  regulation shall be considered  inconsistent,  if  it  requires  greater
  disclosure of information to the consumer.
3.  The  provisions of this section shall not apply to cities having a
  population of one million or more.
4. Any violation of this section shall be punishable by a fine not  to
  exceed  fifty  dollars,  and for any subsequent violation, a fine of not
  more than one hundred dollars.
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2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 26 - Miscellaneous › 396-QQ - New Motor and Used Motor Vehicles; Sales and Leases.

§   396-qq.  New  and  used  motor  vehicles;  sales  and  leases.  1.
  Definitions. The following terms when used in  this  section,  shall  be
  deemed to mean and include:
a.  "Dealer" as defined in section four hundred fifteen of the vehicle
  and traffic law.
b. "Motor vehicle" as defined in section one  hundred  twenty-five  of
  the  vehicle  and traffic law and excluding class A, B and C limited use
  motorcycles as defined  in  section  one  hundred  twenty-one-b  of  the
  vehicle and traffic law.
2.  Whenever  a  dealer  provides  to a purchaser or lessee of a motor
  vehicle the service of securing a  registration  and/or  certificate  of
  title  for  such  vehicle from the commissioner of motor vehicles or his
  issuing agent, the dealer shall either calculate the actual registration
  and/or certificate of title charges due, or make a good  faith  estimate
  in  each transaction of the amount of such charges on the sales contract
  or lease agreement.  If such charges are estimated, the dealer shall set
  forth on such sales  contract  or  lease  agreement  or  on  a  separate
  document  to  be  initialled  by  the purchaser or lessee in conspicuous
  boldface type, the following disclosure: "THE AMOUNT INDICATED  ON  THIS
  SALES  CONTRACT OR LEASE AGREEMENT FOR REGISTRATION AND TITLE FEES IS AN
  ESTIMATE. IN SOME INSTANCES, IT MAY  EXCEED  THE  ACTUAL  FEES  DUE  THE
  COMMISSIONER  OF  MOTOR  VEHICLES.  THE  DEALER  WILL AUTOMATICALLY, AND
  WITHIN SIXTY DAYS OF SECURING SUCH REGISTRATION AND  TITLE,  REFUND  ANY
  AMOUNT  OVERPAID  FOR  SUCH  FEES."   If such charges are estimated, the
  dealer shall, within sixty days of securing such registration and title,
  refund to the purchaser or lessee the difference between  the  estimated
  amount  collected  from  such  purchaser or lessee by the dealer and the
  actual fees paid to the commissioner of motor vehicles by the dealer.
3. Where a violation of this section is alleged to have occurred,  the
  attorney general may apply in the name of the people of the state of New
  York  to  the supreme court of the state of New York within the judicial
  district in which such violation is alleged to have occurred, on  notice
  of  five  days, for an order enjoining or restraining the continuance of
  such violation. In any such proceeding the  court  may  impose  a  civil
  penalty  in  an  amount  not  to  exceed  five hundred dollars and order
  restitution to aggrieved consumers.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 26 - Miscellaneous › 396-S - Individual Sewage Disposal System; Information to Vendees of Newly Constructed Homes.

§  396-s. Individual sewage disposal system; information to vendees of
newly constructed homes. 1. When used in  this  section,  the  following
terms,  unless  the context requires otherwise, shall have the following
meanings:
(a) "Vendee" means any individual or individuals who  have  contracted
with  a  vendor for construction of a home on land not owned at the time
of such agreement by such individual or individuals.
(b) "Vendor" means  any  person,  firm,  corporation,  or  association
engaged   in   the   business  of  constructing  new  homes.  A  banking
organization, as that term is defined in the banking  law,  shall  be  a
vendor  within  the meaning of this section if such organization sells a
newly constructed home to a vendee.
(c) "Department" means the state department of health.
(d) "Individual sewage disposal system" means a facility  serving  one
or  more  parcels of land and disposing of sewage or other liquid wastes
into the soil of such parcels, except where a permit for such a facility
is required under the applicable provisions of article seventeen of  the
environmental conservation law.
(e)  "Health  pamphlet" means the pamphlet known as the New York state
health department waste  treatment  pamphlet  entitled,  "Septic  System
Operation and Maintenance".
2.  On  and after July first, nineteen hundred eighty-one every vendor
shall, either in person or by certified mail, deliver to a vendee at the
time of the transfer of title of the newly constructed home serviced  by
an  individual  sewage disposal system a copy of the health bulletin. If
the political subdivision within which the home is located has published
a waste treatment handbook or pamphlet  on  individual  sewage  disposal
systems,  the  vendor shall supply a copy of such informational material
to the vendee in the same manner as the health pamphlet.
3. The commissioner of the department of health is hereby directed  to
modify  the  contents  of the health pamphlet in such a manner that such
bulletin shall contain information relating  to  the  proper  method  of
operating  and  maintaining  individual  sewage  disposal  systems. Such
information  shall  be   in   clear   and   concise   language   readily
comprehensible  by  vendees  and  shall identify potential problems that
vendees may encounter  with  individual  sewage  disposal  systems.  The
modification  to  the health bulletin required by this subdivision shall
be made on or before the effective date of this  section  and  shall  be
included  within any health pamphlet to be distributed by the department
on and after July first, nineteen hundred eighty-one.
4. The department may establish a method of distributing the pamphlets
so that there is no fiscal impact upon the department.
5. Any vendor violating this section shall be subject to a fine of one
hundred dollars.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 26 - Miscellaneous › 396-TT - Listing of Business Location in Directory or Database.

§  396-tt.  Listing  of business location in directory or database. 1.
(a) No person, firm,  corporation,  association  or  agent  or  employee
thereof  shall misrepresent the geographical location of a business that
derives any portion of its gross income from the sale or  arranging  for
sale of flowers or floral arrangements in the listing of the business in
a telephone directory or the directory assistance database.
(b)   For  purposes  of  this  section,  a  misrepresentation  of  the
geographical location of a business occurs when the name of the business
indicates that the business is located in a geographical area and:
(i) the business is not located within the geographical area indicated
and the listing fails to identify the  municipality  and  state  of  the
business' geographical location; and
(ii)  telephone  calls  to  the  local  telephone number listed in the
directory are forwarded or transferred to a location that is outside the
calling area covered by the directory or database in which the number is
listed.
2. A person, firm, corporation, association or agent or  employee  may
place  a  directory  listing for a business, the name of which indicates
that it is located in a geographical area that  is  different  from  the
geographical  area  in  which  the  business is located if a conspicuous
notice in the listing states the municipality and state of the business.
3. This section shall not apply  to  the  publishers  of  a  telephone
directory  or  providers  of  a  directory  assistance service providing
information about another business.
4. Whenever there shall be a violation of this section, an application
may be made by the attorney general in the name of  the  people  of  the
state  of New York to a court or justice having jurisdiction to issue an
injunction, and upon notice to the defendant of not less than five days,
to enjoin and restrain the continuance of such  violations;  and  if  it
shall  appear  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  court or justice that the
defendant has, in fact, violated this  section,  an  injunction  may  be
issued  by  such court or justice, enjoining and restraining any further
violation, without requiring proof that any person has,  in  fact,  been
injured  or  damaged  thereby. In any such proceeding the court may make
allowances to the attorney general as provided  in  subdivision  six  of
section  eighty-three hundred three of the civil practice law and rules,
and direct restitution.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 26 - Miscellaneous › 396-V - Operation of Public Automated Blood Pressure Machines.

§  396-v.  Operation  of  public automated blood pressure machines. 1.
Any person, firm, partnership, company or corporation which distributes,
installs, leases or sells automated blood pressure  machines  in  public
places  or  places of employment for the unsupervised, self-administered
testing by the general public or  employee  populations,  whether  these
services  are  offered gratuitously or sold, shall post in a conspicuous
place, permanently affixed to the machine, a sign upon which there shall
be imprinted in ten-point type or larger the following statements:
(a) These instruments serve merely as screening devices.
(b) They should not be used as a substitute for  professional  medical
consultation.
(c)  Blood pressure is subject to variation for many reasons. A single
high or low reading cannot be interpreted as an indication of  a  health
problem.
(d)  Blood  pressure  readings  can only be interpreted by a qualified
medical professional. Self diagnosis may be hazardous.
2. A violation of any of the provisions of  subdivision  one  of  this
section  shall  be  punishable  by  a civil penalty of not more than two
hundred fifty dollars.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 26 - Miscellaneous › 396-W - Loitering for the Purpose of Soliciting Passengers for Transportation.

§  396-w.  Loitering  for  the  purpose  of  soliciting passengers for
  transportation. 1. Any person who loiters or remains  in  or  about  any
  airport  located within a county wholly contained within a city, without
  the prior written authorization of the New York city taxi and  limousine
  commission  or  the  state  department  of  transportation to do so, and
  beckons to, or stops, or attempts to stop, or interferes with  the  free
  passage  of  other persons, for the purpose of soliciting passengers for
  transportation by motor vehicle,  from  one  location  to  another,  for
  money;  is  guilty  of a violation punishable by a fine of not more than
  one hundred dollars, or imprisonment for not more than fifteen days,  or
  both.  A second or subsequent violation of this section shall be a class
  B misdemeanor.
2. Nothing contained in this section shall be construed  to  deny  any
  person the right to discharge passengers from a motor vehicle at such an
  airport.