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2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 13-A - Alternatives to Incarceration Service Plans › 267 - Office Reports.

* § 267. Office  reports. The office shall submit to the governor, the
  temporary president of the senate, the  speaker  of  the  assembly,  the
  chairman  of  the senate crime and correction committee and the chairman
  of the assembly committee on codes by October first  of  each  year  its
  evaluation  and assessment of this alternatives planning and programming
  effort by the counties. Such report shall include, but  not  be  limited
  to,  the  status  of  the  development  of  such plans, the approval and
  implementation of such plans, the success of the programs, in  terms  of
  their  utilization,  effect  on jail population, results of the analyses
  provided counties and the city of New York on the  relationship  between
  alcohol,  drugs  and  crime  and the success of the eligible alcohol and
  substance abuse programs and  sentencing  decisions  together  with  any
  recommendations  with  respect to the proper operation or improvement of
  planning and implementation of effective alternatives to  detention  and
  alternatives to incarceration programs in counties.
* NB Repealed September 1, 2025
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 14 - Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control › 270 - Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control; State Liquor Authority.

§ 270. Division of alcoholic beverage control; state liquor authority.
  The  head  of the alcoholic beverage control division shall be the state
  liquor authority whose members shall  consist  of  a  chairman  and  two
  commissioners,  who  shall be appointed by the governor, by and with the
  advice and consent of the senate.
Not more than two members of the state liquor authority  shall  belong
  to  the  same political party. All of said members shall be citizens and
  residents of the state. Such members shall be appointed to serve  for  a
  term  of three years each and until their successors have been appointed
  and qualified.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 14 - Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control › 271 - Salaries; Expenses.

§ 271. Salaries;  expenses.  The chairman and the other members of the
  authority shall receive a salary to be fixed by the governor within  the
  amounts  appropriated  therefor. Each member of the authority shall also
  be entitled to his expenses actually and necessarily incurred by him  in
  the performance of his duties.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 14 - Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control › 273 - Vacancies; Quorum.

§ 273. Vacancies;  quorum.  (a)  In  the  event of a vacancy caused by
death, resignation, removal or disability of a commissioner, the vacancy
shall be filled by the governor by and with the advice  and  consent  of
the senate for the unexpired term.
(b)  In  the  event  of  a  vacancy  caused by the death, resignation,
removal or disability of the chairman, the vacancy shall  be  filled  by
the  governor  by  and with the advice and consent of the senate for the
unexpired term. Notwithstanding  any  other  provision  of  law  to  the
contrary, the governor shall designate one of the commissioners to serve
as  acting  chairman  for  a  period not to exceed six months or until a
successor chairman has been confirmed by  the  senate,  whichever  comes
first.  Upon  the  expiration of the six month term, if the governor has
nominated a successor chairman, but the senate has not  acted  upon  the
nomination, the acting chairman can continue to serve as acting chairman
for an additional ninety days or until the governor's successor chairman
nomination is confirmed by the senate, whichever comes first.
(c)  The  governor  shall  provide  immediate  written  notice  to the
temporary president of the senate of the designation of  a  commissioner
as acting chairman.
(d)  If  (i)  the governor has not nominated a successor chairman upon
the expiration of the six month term or (ii) the senate does not confirm
the governor's successor nomination within the additional  ninety  days,
the  commissioner  designated as acting chairman shall no longer be able
to serve  as  acting  chairman  and  the  governor  is  prohibited  from
extending the powers of that acting chairman or from designating another
commissioner to serve as acting chairman.
(e)  A  commissioner  serving  as the acting chairman of the authority
shall be deemed a state officer for purposes of section seventy-three of
the public officers law.
(f) A majority of the members of  the  authority  shall  constitute  a
quorum for the purpose of conducting the business thereof and a majority
vote  of  all  the  members  in  office  shall  be necessary for action.
Provided, however, that a commissioner designated as an acting  chairman
pursuant  to  subdivision  two of section fourteen of this chapter shall
have only one vote for  purposes  of  conducting  the  business  of  the
authority.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 14 - Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control › 274 - Officers; Employees; Offices.

§ 274. Officers; employees; offices. The authority shall have power to
  appoint any necessary deputies, counsels, assistants, investigators, and
  other   employees   within   the   limits   provided  by  appropriation.
  Investigators so employed by the authority shall be deemed to  be  peace
  officers  for  the  purpose of enforcing the provisions of the alcoholic
  beverage control law or judgements  or  orders  obtained  for  violation
  thereof,  with  all the powers set forth in section 2.20 of the criminal
  procedure law. The authority shall continue to have its principal office
  in the city of Albany, and may maintain a branch office in the cities of
  New York and Buffalo and such other places as it may deem necessary.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 15 - Human Rights Law › 290 - Purposes of Article.

§ 290. Purposes  of  article.    1. This article shall be known as the
  "Human Rights Law".
2. It shall be deemed an exercise of the police power of the state for
  the protection of the public welfare, health and peace of the people  of
  this  state, and in fulfillment of the provisions of the constitution of
  this state concerning civil rights.
3. The legislature hereby finds and declares that the  state  has  the
  responsibility  to act to assure that every individual within this state
  is afforded an equal opportunity to enjoy a full and productive life and
  that the failure to provide such equal opportunity, whether  because  of
  discrimination,   prejudice,   intolerance   or   inadequate  education,
  training, housing or health care  not  only  threatens  the  rights  and
  proper  privileges  of  its inhabitants but menaces the institutions and
  foundation of a free democratic state and threatens  the  peace,  order,
  health,  safety  and general welfare of the state and its inhabitants. A
  division in the executive department  is  hereby  created  to  encourage
  programs  designed  to  insure that every individual shall have an equal
  opportunity  to  participate  fully  in  the  economic,   cultural   and
  intellectual life of the state; to encourage and promote the development
  and execution by all persons within the state of such state programs; to
  eliminate  and prevent discrimination in employment, in places of public
  accommodation, resort or  amusement,  in  educational  institutions,  in
  public  services,  in housing accommodations, in commercial space and in
  credit transactions and to take other actions against discrimination  as
  herein  provided; and the division established hereunder is hereby given
  general jurisdiction and power for such purposes.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 15 - Human Rights Law › 291 - Equality of Opportunity a Civil Right.

§ 291. Equality of opportunity a civil right.
1. The opportunity to obtain employment without discrimination because
  of  age, race, creed, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender
  identity  or  expression,  military  status,  sex,  marital  status,  or
  disability, is hereby recognized as and declared to be a civil right.
2.  The  opportunity  to obtain education, the use of places of public
  accommodation  and  the  ownership,  use  and   occupancy   of   housing
  accommodations  and  commercial  space without discrimination because of
  age, race, creed, color, national  origin,  sexual  orientation,  gender
  identity  or  expression,  military  status,  sex,  marital  status,  or
  disability, as specified in  section  two  hundred  ninety-six  of  this
  article, is hereby recognized as and declared to be a civil right.
3.   The   opportunity  to  obtain  medical  treatment  of  an  infant
  prematurely born alive in the course of an abortion shall be the same as
  the rights of an infant born spontaneously.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 15 - Human Rights Law › 293 - Division of Human Rights.

§ 293. Division  of  human rights.   1. There is hereby created in the
  executive department a division of  human  rights  hereinafter  in  this
  article  called  the  division.  The  head  of  such division shall be a
  commissioner hereinafter in this article called  the  commissioner,  who
  shall  be  appointed by the governor, by and with the advice and consent
  of the senate and shall hold office at the pleasure of the governor. The
  commissioner shall be entitled to  his  or  her  expenses  actually  and
  necessarily  incurred  by  him  or  her in the performance of his or her
  duties.
2. The commissioner may establish, consolidate, reorganize or  abolish
  such bureaus and other organizational units within the division as he or
  she determines to be necessary for efficient operation.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 15 - Human Rights Law › 294 - General Policies of Division.

§ 294. General  policies  of  division.   The division shall formulate
  policies to effectuate  the  purposes  of  this  article  and  may  make
  recommendations   to  agencies  and  officers  of  the  state  or  local
  subdivisions of government in aid of such policies and purposes.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 15 - Human Rights Law › 294-A - Statewide Campaign for the Acceptance, Inclusion, Tolerance and Understanding of Diversity.

§  294-a.  Statewide campaign for the acceptance, inclusion, tolerance
  and understanding of  diversity.  1.  The  division  shall  develop  and
  implement  a  statewide  campaign  to increase awareness and promote the
  acceptance, inclusion, tolerance and understanding of the  diversity  of
  people  of  this state, including, but not limited to diversity based on
  religion, race, color, creed,  sex,  ethnicity,  national  origin,  age,
  disability,  sexual  orientation,  gender identity or expression. In the
  development and implementation of  such  campaign,  the  division  shall
  adopt  as its purpose, the combatting of bias, hatred and discrimination
  in all their  forms  and  the  prevention  of  discrimination  based  on
  religion,  race,  color,  creed,  sex,  ethnicity, national origin, age,
  disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression.
2. In order to effectuate the purpose of  the  campaign  the  division
  shall:
a.  coordinate  and  cooperate  with public and private organizations,
  including, but not limited  to,  local  governments,  community  groups,
  school  districts,  churches,  charitable organizations, foundations and
  other relevant groups;
b. develop educational materials to be published on the website of the
  division, social media campaigns or other means  determined  to  be  the
  most effective at reaching the public in a cost effective manner;
c.  make  information regarding such campaign available on the website
  of the division; and
d. utilize other resources the  division  deems  appropriate  and  any
  other resources, private or public, identified by the division.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 15 - Human Rights Law › 296-D - Unlawful Discriminatory Practices Relating to Non-Employees.

§  296-d. Unlawful discriminatory practices relating to non-employees.
  It shall be an unlawful  discriminatory  practice  for  an  employer  to
  permit  unlawful  discrimination against non-employees in its workplace.
  An employer may be held liable to a non-employee who  is  a  contractor,
  subcontractor,  vendor,  consultant  or  other person providing services
  pursuant to a contract in the workplace or who is an  employee  of  such
  contractor,  subcontractor, vendor, consultant or other person providing
  services pursuant to a contract in the workplace,  with  respect  to  an
  unlawful  discriminatory  practice,  when  the  employer,  its agents or
  supervisors knew  or  should  have  known  that  such  non-employee  was
  subjected  to  an  unlawful  discriminatory  practice  in the employer's
  workplace, and the employer failed to  take  immediate  and  appropriate
  corrective  action. In reviewing such cases involving non-employees, the
  extent of the employer's control  and  any  other  legal  responsibility
  which  the  employer  may have with respect to the conduct of the person
  who engaged in the unlawful discriminatory practice shall be considered.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 15 - Human Rights Law › 299 - Penal Provision.

§ 299. Penal  provision.   Any person, employer, labor organization or
  employment agency, who or which shall wilfully resist,  prevent,  impede
  or   interfere   with   the   division   or  any  of  its  employees  or
  representatives in the performance of duty under this article, or  shall
  wilfully  violate  an  order  of  the division or commissioner, shall be
  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor  and  be  punishable  by  imprisonment  in  a
  penitentiary,  or  county jail, for not more than one year, or by a fine
  of not more than five hundred dollars, or by both; but procedure for the
  review of the order shall not be deemed to be such wilful conduct.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 15 - Human Rights Law › 300 - Construction.

§ 300. Construction. The provisions of this article shall be construed
  liberally  for  the  accomplishment  of  the  remedial purposes thereof,
  regardless of whether federal civil rights laws,  including  those  laws
  with  provisions  worded  comparably  to the provisions of this article,
  have been so construed. Exceptions to and exemptions from the provisions
  of this article  shall  be  construed  narrowly  in  order  to  maximize
  deterrence  of discriminatory conduct. Nothing contained in this article
  shall be deemed to repeal any of the provisions of the civil rights  law
  or  any  other  law of this state relating to discrimination; but, as to
  acts declared  unlawful  by  section  two  hundred  ninety-six  of  this
  article,   the  procedure  herein  provided  shall,  while  pending,  be
  exclusive; and the final determination therein shall exclude  any  other
  state  civil  action  based  on  the  same  grievance  of the individual
  concerned. If such  individual  institutes  any  action  based  on  such
  grievance  without  resorting to the procedure provided in this article,
  he or she may not subsequently resort to the procedure herein.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 15 - Human Rights Law › 301 - Separability.

§ 301. Separability.    If  any clause, sentence, paragraph or part of
  this article or the application thereof to any person or  circumstances,
  shall,  for any reason, be adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction
  to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate  the
  remainder of this article.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 15-A - Participation by Minority Group Members and Women With Respect to State Contracts › 313-A - Diversity Practices of State Contractors.

* §  313-a.  Diversity  practices  of  state contractors. The director
  shall promulgate  rules  and  regulations  setting  forth  measures  and
  procedures  to  require  all  contracting  agencies,  where practicable,
  feasible  and  appropriate,  to  assess  the  diversity   practices   of
  contractors submitting bids or proposals in connection with the award of
  a  state  contract.  Such rules and regulations shall take into account:
  the nature of the labor,  services,  supplies,  equipment  or  materials
  being  procured  by the state agency; the method of procurement required
  to be used by a state agency to award  the  contract  and  minority  and
  women-owned business utilization plans required to be submitted pursuant
  to  sections  three  hundred  twelve  and three hundred thirteen of this
  article; and such other factors as the  director  deems  appropriate  or
  necessary  to promote the award of state contracts to contractors having
  sound diversity practices. Such assessment shall not in any  way  permit
  the  automatic rejection of a bid or procurement contract proposal based
  on lack of adherence to diversity practices. Each bid or proposal  shall
  be  analyzed  on  an  individual  per bid or per proposal basis with the
  contractor's diversity practices considered as only a part  of  a  wider
  consideration  of  several  factors when deciding to award or decline to
  award a bid or proposal.  The  director  shall  develop  the  rules  and
  regulations  required  hereunder  only after consultation with the state
  procurement council established by section one hundred sixty-one of  the
  state finance law.
* NB Repealed July 1, 2025
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 15-A - Participation by Minority Group Members and Women With Respect to State Contracts › 316-A - Prohibitions in Contracts; Violations.

* §  316-a.  Prohibitions  in contracts; violations. Every contracting
  agency shall include  a  provision  in  its  state  contracts  expressly
  providing  that  any contractor who willfully and intentionally fails to
  comply with the minority and women-owned participation  requirements  of
  this  article as set forth in such state contract shall be liable to the
  contracting agency for liquidated or other appropriate damages and shall
  provide for other appropriate remedies on  account  of  such  breach.  A
  contracting  agency  that  elects  to  proceed  against a contractor for
  breach of contract as provided in this section shall be  precluded  from
  seeking  enforcement  pursuant  to section three hundred sixteen of this
  article; provided however, that the contracting agency shall  include  a
  summary  of  all enforcement actions undertaken pursuant to this section
  in its annual report submitted pursuant to subdivision three of  section
  three hundred fifteen of this article.
* NB Repealed July 1, 2025
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 15-A - Participation by Minority Group Members and Women With Respect to State Contracts › 317 - Superseding Effect of Article With Respect to State Law.

* § 317. Superseding  effect of article with respect to state law. The
  provisions of this article shall supersede any other provision of  state
  law,   which  expressly  implements  or  mandates  an  equal  employment
  opportunity program or a program for securing participation by  minority
  and  women-owned  business enterprises, concerning action to be taken by
  any party to a state contract, to which the provisions of  this  article
  apply;  provided,  however, that the provisions of any state law, not as
  hereinabove  superseded,  which  expressly  implement  or  mandate  such
  programs  shall  remain  unimpaired  by  the provisions of this article,
  except that the provisions of any such law shall be construed as if  the
  provisions  of  subdivisions five, six, seven and eight of section three
  hundred thirteen and section three hundred sixteen of this article  were
  fully  set  forth  therein  and  made  applicable  only to complaints of
  violations under such provisions of law occurring on or after  September
  first,  nineteen  hundred  eighty-eight; provided, further, that nothing
  contained in this article  shall  be  construed  to  limit,  impair,  or
  otherwise  restrict  any state agency's authority or discretionary power
  in effect prior to  the  enactment  of  this  article  to  establish  or
  continue,  by  rule,  regulation  or  resolution,  an  equal opportunity
  program  or  a  program  for  securing  participation  of  minority  and
  women-owned  business  enterprises with regard to banking relationships,
  the issuance of insurance policies or contracts for the sale  of  bonds,
  notes or other securities; and, provided further, that nothing contained
  in  the  immediately  preceding  proviso  shall  be construed to create,
  impair, alter, limit, modify, enlarge, abrogate or restrict any agency's
  authority or discretionary power with respect to  an  equal  opportunity
  program  or  a  program  for  securing  participation  of  minority  and
  women-owned enterprises.
* NB Repealed July 1, 2025
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 15-A - Participation by Minority Group Members and Women With Respect to State Contracts › 318 - Severability.

* § 318. Severability.  If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section or
  part of this article  shall  be  adjudged  by  any  court  of  competent
  jurisdiction  to  be  invalid,  the judgment shall not affect, impair or
  invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its operation
  to the clause, sentence, paragraph, section  or  part  of  this  article
  directly  involved  in  the controversy in which the judgment shall have
  been rendered.
* NB Repealed July 1, 2025
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 15-B - New York State Martin Luther King, Jr. Institute for Nonviolence Act › 320 - Legislative Findings and Declaration.

§ 320. Legislative findings and declaration. The legislature finds and
  declares that an institution embodying the heritage, ideals and concerns
  of  the  people of the state of New York for peace and social justice as
  exemplified by the philosophy and nonviolent leadership  of  Dr.  Martin
  Luther  King,  Jr.  is an appropriate response to the significant public
  need for the state  to  develop  methods  in  addition  to  current  law
  enforcement  responses  to  curb  the  use of violence and encourage the
  nonviolent management of social conflict.
It is further found and declared that people throughout the state fear
  violence and  deplore  the  social  injustice  that  can  give  rise  to
  violence. New York state citizens are experiencing increasing racial and
  cultural  hostilities  stemming  from  rapid  social change and real and
  perceived conflicts over group and individual interests and they may  be
  disadvantaged  by  a lack of problem-solving skills for redressing these
  social conflicts.
It is further found and declared  that  many  potentially  destructive
  conflicts  between  different  societal  groups  and interests have been
  resolved constructively and effectively at the national, state and local
  level through the use  of  nonviolent  methods  as  were  advocated  and
  exemplified by the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
It  is  further  found  and  declared  there  is a need to examine the
  history,  nature,  elements  and  future  of  nonviolent  processes  for
  conflict   resolution,   and   to  develop  new  techniques  to  promote
  nonviolence  solutions  to  economic,  political,  social  and  cultural
  conflicts  in  the  state. Such activities conducted through government,
  private enterprise, and voluntary associations can be strengthened by  a
  state  institution  devoted  to research, education and training and the
  provision of information services with respect  to  nonviolent  conflict
  resolution techniques.
To  accomplish  these  public purposes, it therefore is necessary that
  the state of New York establish the New York state Martin  Luther  King,
  Jr.  institute  for  nonviolence  to serve the citizens of the state and
  their government through education and training opportunities, basic and
  applied research opportunities, and information services,  with  respect
  to  the  promotion  of  nonviolent  methods  and  techniques  to resolve
  conflicts among individuals and groups of New York state citizens.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 15-B - New York State Martin Luther King, Jr. Institute for Nonviolence Act › 321 - Definitions.

§ 321. Definitions.  The following terms as used in this article shall
  have the following meanings.
1. "Board" shall mean the board of directors of the institute.
2. "Institute" shall mean the New York state Martin Luther  King,  Jr.
  institute   for   nonviolence   established  by  section  three  hundred
  twenty-two of this article.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 15-B - New York State Martin Luther King, Jr. Institute for Nonviolence Act › 323 - Powers and Duties.

§ 323. Powers  and  duties.  The  institute  shall  have the following
  powers and duties:
1. To conduct research  and  undertake  studies,  particularly  of  an
  interdisciplinary  or of a multi-disciplinary nature, into the causes of
  violence and other social conflicts, and peace and nonviolence theories,
  methods, techniques, programs and systems;
2. To develop programs to make research, education and  training  with
  respect  to  nonviolent conflict resolution more available and useful to
  persons  in  government,  private  enterprise,  community   groups   and
  voluntary associations;
3.  To  conduct  training,  provide  symposia  and  develop continuing
  education and research programs to promote skills in nonviolent conflict
  resolution;
4. To establish such divisions, programs, schools, and offices as  the
  board deems appropriate to carry out the purposes of this article;
5.  To  enter into formal and informal relationships with other public
  or private institutions for purposes of  fulfilling  the  goals  of  the
  institute not inconsistent with this article;
6. To establish a clearinghouse and develop and provide other programs
  and  materials, including publications, handbooks, training manuals, and
  audio-visual materials, for disseminating information on  the  programs,
  studies,  research,  and  training and educational opportunities, of the
  institute;
7. To enter into contracts;
8. To adopt, amend and alter by-laws, not inconsistent with  the  laws
  of the state of New York;
9.  To  charge  and collect subscription and other participation costs
  and fees for its services, including publications, and courses of study;
10. The institute may sue and be sued, complain,  and  defend  in  any
  court of competent jurisdication; and
11.  The institute may do any and all lawful acts and things necessary
  or desirable to carry out the objectives and purposes of this article.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 15-B - New York State Martin Luther King, Jr. Institute for Nonviolence Act › 324 - Fellowships.

§ 324. Fellowships.  The  institute may establish fellowships, through
  the provisions of financial assistance in the form of  stipends,  grants
  or  loans  or  other assistance, to individuals to enable them to pursue
  scholarly inquiry and study other appropriate forms  of  strategies  for
  peace  and  nonviolent  conflict resolution. No such assistance shall be
  provided for a period in excess of two years.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 15-B - New York State Martin Luther King, Jr. Institute for Nonviolence Act › 325 - Grants.

§ 325. Grants.  The  institute  may  undertake  to  provide  financial
  assistance in the form of grants or loans and may contract  with  public
  and  private  educational  institutions, including primary and secondary
  schools and community  colleges,  and  with  other  public  and  private
  entities to carry out the purposes of this article.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 15-B - New York State Martin Luther King, Jr. Institute for Nonviolence Act › 326 - Reporting.

§ 326. Reporting.  The institute shall provide a report of an audit to
  the governor of the state of New York and each house of the  legislature
  no  later  than  six months following the close of each fiscal year. The
  report shall  set  forth  the  scope  of  the  audit  and  include  such
  statements,  together  with  the  independent auditor's opinion of those
  statements, as are necessary to present fairly the institute assets  and
  liabilities, surplus or deficit, with reasonable detail, during the year
  including  a  schedule of all contracts and grants requiring payments in
  excess of five  thousand  dollars  and  any  payments  of  compensation,
  salaries,  or  fees  at  a  rate  in excess of five thousand dollars per
  annum.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 15-C - Religious Accomodation for Licensing Examinations › 328 - Definitions.

§ 328. Definitions. When used in this article:
1. "Licensing examination" means any test or examination that is given
  in New York and used to determine whether an applicant will be licensed,
  certified,  admitted, or otherwise permitted to practice any profession,
  business, trade, activity, or pursuit.
2. "Test subject" means an individual to whom a test or examination is
  administered.
3. "Day of religious observance" means any day or portion  thereof  on
  which  a  religious  observance imposes a substantial burden on any test
  subject's ability to participate in  a  licensing  examination,  or  any
  particular  day  or  days  or  any  portion thereof which any individual
  observes as a sabbath or other holy day or days in accordance  with  the
  requirements of his or her religion.
4.  "Affected  test  subject"  means  a test subject for whom a day of
  religious observance  falls  on  the  day  or  portion  thereof  that  a
  licensing exam is administered.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 15-C - Religious Accomodation for Licensing Examinations › 328-A - Special Administrations.

§  328-a.  Special  administrations. When any licensing examination is
  administered on a day of religious observance, a special  administration
  of  such  licensing  examination  or  an equivalent examination shall be
  offered to any affected test subject as  soon  after  or  before  as  is
  possible,  at  a  comparable  time,  place and cost, provided that in no
  circumstances shall the special administration be more than thirty  days
  before or after the regular test administration.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 16-A - Highway Safety › 330 - Legislative Findings and Statement of Purpose.

§ 330. Legislative findings and statement of purpose.  The rising toll
  of  deaths  and injuries resulting from highway accidents is a matter of
  state concern. Although the state and local  governments  presently  are
  active  in  virtually  all  areas of highway safety, no formal mechanism
  exists for the integration and coordination of existing safety  efforts.
  The  establishment  of  a  statewide  highway  safety program, under the
  guidance and  direction  of  the  governor,  will  provide  this  needed
  mechanism, and will result in the unification of state and local efforts
  in the struggle to reduce highway deaths and injuries.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 16-A - Highway Safety › 331 - Definitions.

§ 331. Definitions.    For the purposes of this article, the following
  terms shall have the following meanings:
1. "State highway safety program" means all  highway  safety  programs
  conducted by the state and political subdivisions of the state.
2. "Approved local highway safety program" means a program established
  by  a  political  subdivision  which  has  been approved pursuant to the
  provisions of this article.
3. "Political subdivision" means a city or town with a  population  in
  excess  of fifty thousand, and every county not wholly included within a
  city, and any combination of the foregoing having at  least  one  common
  boundary.
4.  "Designee"  means the public officer or state agency designated by
  the governor to act in his behalf in carrying out the provisions of this
  article.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 16-A - Highway Safety › 332 - State Highway Safety Program.

§ 332. State   highway   safety  program.     1.  Notwithstanding  any
  inconsistent provision of law, general, special or local,  the  governor
  is  hereby empowered to contract and to do all other things necessary or
  convenient in behalf of the state to secure the full benefits  available
  under  the  federal highway safety act of nineteen hundred sixty-six and
  any  acts  amendatory  or  supplemental  thereto.  The  governor   shall
  coordinate  the  highway  safety activities of state and local agencies,
  other public and private agencies, and of interested  organizations  and
  individuals  to  effectuate  the  purposes  of that act and shall be the
  official of this state having the  ultimate  responsibility  of  dealing
  with  the  federal  government  with respect to the state highway safety
  program.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 16-A - Highway Safety › 333 - Local Highway Safety Programs.

§ 333. Local highway safety programs.  1. The governor or his designee
is  hereby  empowered  to  promulgate rules and regulations establishing
standards  and  procedures  relating  to  the   content,   coordination,
submission and approval of local highway safety programs. Such rules and
regulations may include, but need not be limited to, requirements in the
following areas of highway safety:
(a) traffic engineering and control;
(b) traffic enforcement;
(c) emergency medical care;
(d) investigation and surveillance of accident locations; and
(e) highway safety education.
2. To qualify for receipt of federal funds, each political subdivision
shall:
(a)  If  a  city or town, appoint, and such political subdivisions are
hereby  authorized  to  so  appoint,  a  highway  safety  committee   to
coordinate  local highway safety efforts. The chairman of such committee
shall be responsible for coordinating the local highway  safety  program
with  the  state  program  in  the  manner  required  by  the  rules and
regulations of the governor or his designee.
(b) If a county, establish a county traffic safety board as authorized
by article forty-three of the vehicle and traffic law. The  chairman  of
such  board  shall  be  responsible  for  coordinating the local highway
safety program with the state program in  the  manner  required  by  the
rules and regulations of the governor or his designee.
(c)  If  any combination of a city, town or county having at least one
common boundary, appoint, and such  political  subdivisions  are  hereby
authorized  to  so  appoint,  a  regional  highway  safety  committee to
coordinate regional highway safety efforts. Such committee shall consist
of at least one member from each participating city, town or county. The
chairman of such committee shall be  responsible  for  coordinating  the
regional  highway  safety  program  with the state program in the manner
required by the rules and regulations of the governor or his designee.
(d) Submit to the governor or his  designee  a  local  highway  safety
program  in  accordance  with  and  meeting the standards established by
rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to subdivision  one  of  this
section.
(e)  Submit  to the governor or his designee such other information as
may be required to carry out the purposes of this article.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 16-A - Highway Safety › 334 - Federal Aid.

§ 334. Federal  aid.   1. The department of taxation and finance shall
accept and receive any and all grants of money awarded to the state  and
its  political  subdivisions  under  the  federal  highway safety act of
nineteen hundred sixty-six, and acts amendatory or supplemental thereto.
All monies so received shall be deposited by the department of  taxation
and finance in a special fund or funds and shall be used exclusively for
establishing  and  administering highway safety programs pursuant to the
provisions of this article. Such money shall be paid from said  fund  or
funds  upon  audit  and  warrant  of  the  comptroller on vouchers of or
certification by the governor or his designee.
2. At least forty per cent of the federal funds so received  shall  be
allocated   and   paid   to  those  political  subdivisions  which  have
established approved local highway safety programs. In  determining  the
allocation  of  such  amount  among  such  political  subdivisions,  the
governor or his designee shall consider the following factors:
(a) the relative populations of such political subdivisions;
(b) the total costs of the local highway safety programs;
(c) the amount of state aid and other funds received by such political
subdivisions for highway safety purposes; and
(d) the safety value of any special highway safety projects  conducted
by such political subdivisions.
3. The federal funds remaining after the allocations and payments have
been  made pursuant to subdivision two of this section shall be utilized
for such highway safety purposes as the governor or his  designee  shall
deem appropriate.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 18 - New York State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code Act › 373-B - Standards for Single-Exit, Single Stairway Multi-Unit Residential Buildings Study.

* § 373-b. Standards   for  single-exit,  single  stairway  multi-unit
  residential buildings study. The council shall conduct a study  relating
  to  standards for egress including provisions for multi-unit residential
  buildings above three stories, up to at least six  stories.  Such  study
  shall consider examining existing building codes for single-exit, single
  stairway  multi-unit residential buildings above three stories, up to at
  least six stories in the city of  New  York  and  in  other  cities  and
  jurisdictions that have adopted provisions allowing for the construction
  of  such  buildings  into  their  building  codes.  Such  study shall be
  completed on or before July first, two thousand twenty-six. The  council
  shall  consider  such  study  findings  and  amend  the  uniform code if
  necessary.
* NB Repealed January 1, 2029
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 18 - New York State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code Act › 376 - Powers of the Secretary.

§ 376. Powers  of  the  secretary.  The  secretary  is  authorized and
  empowered: 1. To assign to the council such officers  and  employees  of
  the  department as he may deem necessary from time to time to assist the
  council in carrying out its functions and duties under this article.
2. To appoint experts, consultants, technical  advisers  and  advisory
  committees   for   assistance   and   recommendations  relative  to  the
  formulation and adoption of the uniform  fire  prevention  and  building
  code  and  to  assist  the council and the secretary in carrying out the
  purposes of this article.
3. To authorize or provide for the testing and approval of  materials,
  devices and methods of construction.
4. To issue and to publish or cause to be published, including but not
  limited   to   publication   on   the   department's   website,  written
  interpretations of the uniform code upon written  request  of  a  permit
  applicant   or  an  official  responsible  for  the  administration  and
  enforcement of the provisions of such code.  Subsequent  enforcement  of
  such code shall be consistent with such written interpretations.
5.  To  do all things necessary or desirable to further and effectuate
  the general purposes and specific objectives of this article.
6. To issue and to post or cause to be posted a  document  summarizing
  the  current  requirements  for  swimming pools contained in the uniform
  code, as such code may from time to time be amended, on the department's
  website. Such document shall include reference to the  fact  that  local
  laws  regarding fencing and other safety requirements for swimming pools
  may be more restrictive than requirements for swimming  pools  contained
  in the uniform code.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 18 - New York State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code Act › 377 - New York State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code.

§ 377. New  York  state  uniform fire prevention and building code. 1.
  The council shall formulate a uniform fire prevention and building  code
  which  shall  take  effect on the first day of January, nineteen hundred
  eighty-four.  The  council  may  from  time  to  time  amend  particular
  provisions  of the uniform code and shall periodically review the entire
  code to assure that it effectuates the purposes of this article and  the
  specific  objectives  and standards hereinafter set forth. The secretary
  shall conduct public hearings on said uniform  code  and  any  amendment
  thereto.  The  secretary  shall  review such code or amendment, together
  with any changes incorporated  by  the  council  as  a  result  of  such
  hearings,  to  insure  that it effectuates the purposes of this article.
  Upon being so satisfied,  the  secretary  shall  approve  said  code  or
  amendment prior to its becoming effective.
2. The uniform fire prevention and building code shall:
a.   provide   reasonably   uniform  standards  and  requirements  for
  construction  and  construction  materials  for   public   and   private
  buildings, including factory manufactured homes, consonant with accepted
  standards of engineering and fire prevention practices;
b.  formulate  such  standards  and  requirements,  so  far  as may be
  practicable, in terms of performance objectives, so as to make  adequate
  performance for the use intended the test of acceptability;
c.  permit  to  the  fullest  extent feasible, use of modern technical
  methods, devices and improvements which  tend  to  reduce  the  cost  of
  construction without substantially affecting reasonable requirements for
  the health, safety and security of the occupants or users of buildings;
d.  encourage,  so  far  as may be practicable, the standardization of
  construction practices, methods, equipment, material and techniques; and
e.  eliminate  restrictive,  obsolete,  conflicting  and   unnecessary
  building   regulations   and   requirements   which   tend  to  increase
  unnecessarily construction costs or retard unnecessarily the use of  new
  materials,  or  provide  unwarranted  preferential treatment to types or
  classes of material or products or methods of construction.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 18 - New York State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code Act › 380 - Granting Authority.

§ 380. Granting authority. The secretary shall administer a program of
  local  assistance  to  aid  local  governments in the administration and
  enforcement of locally adopted or state promulgated  building  and  fire
  codes.   Said   program   of  local  assistance  shall  conform  to  the
  requirements of section fifty-four-g  of  the  state  finance  law.  The
  secretary  shall  adopt,  amend  and rescind such rules, regulations and
  guidelines as may be  necessary  for  the  performance  of  his  or  her
  functions, powers and duties under this section.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 18 - New York State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code Act › 382-A - Buildings With Truss Type Construction; Notice Requirements and Enforcement.

§  382-a.  Buildings with truss type construction; notice requirements
  and enforcement.  1.  All  commercial  and  industrial  structures  that
  utilize truss type construction shall be marked by a sign or symbol in a
  manner  sufficient  to  warn  persons  conducting fire control and other
  emergency operations of the  existence  of  truss  construction  in  the
  structure.
2.  The  council  shall  promulgate  rules  and  regulations  it deems
  necessary  to  carry  into  effect  the  provisions  of  this   section,
  including, but not limited to:
a. The dimensions and color of such sign or symbol;
b.  The  time  within  which commercial and industrial structures that
  utilize truss type construction shall be so marked; and
c. The location on  each  commercial  and  industrial  structure  that
  utilizes  truss  type  construction  where such sign or symbol should be
  posted.
3. The fee for producing the signs or symbols used to  mark  buildings
  with truss type construction shall be fifty dollars, which cost shall be
  borne by the owner of such building.
4. Local governments shall provide by local law for the enforcement of
  the  provisions of this section. Local governments may provide for joint
  enforcement of the provisions of this section by agreement  pursuant  to
  article five-G of the general municipal law.
5.  The  provisions of this section shall not apply to any city with a
  population of one million or more persons.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 18-A - Display of Flag on Uniforms › 390 - Display of American Flag on Uniforms of Public Employees.

§ 390. Display  of  American  flag  on  uniforms  of public employees.
  Notwithstanding any other law, any public employee required  to  wear  a
  uniform  during  the  course of public employment shall not be deemed to
  violate any law, rule,  code  or  regulation  regulating  the  style  or
  appearance  of  uniform  solely by virtue of the display on the shoulder
  area of the sleeve of such uniform of an American flag not  larger  than
  three  inches  by  five  inches.  The  exact location of the flag on the
  sleeve may be specified by the appropriate executive officer.
2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 19 - Display and Use of the Flag of the United States of America in Parks and on Public Buildings › 400 - Legislative Findings and Objectives.

§ 400. Legislative  findings  and objectives. The American flag is the
  symbol of our country, of the ideals embodied in our  constitution,  and
  is the symbol of the spirit which should animate our institutions. It is
  the  emblem  of  freedom  in  its  truest  and  best  sense,  signifying
  government resting on the consent of governed; liberty regulated by law;
  the protection of the weak against the strong; and security against  the
  exercise  of  arbitrary power and as such it is recognized that the flag
  and all it symbolizes occasions deep emotional feeling in  many  people.
  Because  of  the flag's significance as a symbol of our country, and the
  feeling our citizens have toward it, the flag should not  be  a  vehicle
  for  the  expression of political, social or economic philosophy as some
  groups and individuals have tried to use it.
Therefore, the legislature hereby finds and  declares  that  the  best
  interests  of  the  people  of  the  state of New York will be served by
  enacting a comprehensive article setting forth rules for the display and
  use of the American flag on and in public buildings within the state  in
  order  to  give  the  flag  the  respect  it  is  due  and to lessen the
  possibility that the flag could be used to express political, social  or
  economic causes.