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2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 43 - New York State Secure Choice Savings Program › 1312 - Duty and Liability of the State.

§  1312.  Duty  and liability of the state. 1. The state shall have no
  duty or liability to any party for the payment of any retirement savings
  benefits accrued by  any  enrollee  under  the  program.  Any  financial
  liability  for  the  payment of retirement savings benefits in excess of
  funds available under the program shall be borne solely by the  entities
  with  whom the board contracts to provide insurance to protect the value
  of the program.
2. No state board, commission, or agency, or any officer, employee, or
  member thereof is liable for  any  loss  or  deficiency  resulting  from
  particular  investments  selected  under  this  article,  except for any
  liability that arises out of a breach of fiduciary duty.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 43 - New York State Secure Choice Savings Program › 1313 - Duty and Liability of Participating Employers.

§   1313.   Duty   and   liability   of  participating  employers.  1.
  Participating employers shall not have any liability for  an  employee's
  decision regarding whether to participate in, or opt out of, the program
  or for the investment decisions of the board or of any enrollee.
2.  A  participating  employer  is not establishing or maintaining the
  program's payroll deduction IRA. A participating employer shall not be a
  fiduciary, or  considered  to  be  a  fiduciary,  over  the  program.  A
  participating   employer   shall   not   bear   responsibility  for  the
  administration, investment, or investment performance of the program.  A
  participating  employer  shall  not  be liable with regard to investment
  returns, program design, and benefits paid to program participants.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 43 - New York State Secure Choice Savings Program › 1314 - Audit and Reports.

§ 1314. Audit and reports. 1. The board shall annually submit:
(a) an audited financial report, prepared in accordance with generally
accepted  accounting principles, on the operations of the program during
each calendar year by July first of the following year to the  governor,
the  commissioner,  the speaker of the assembly, the temporary president
of the senate, the chair of the assembly ways and means  committee,  the
chair  of  the senate finance committee, the chair of the assembly labor
committee, the chair of the senate labor committee; and
(b) a report prepared or authorized by the board, which shall include,
but is not limited to,  a  summary  of  the  benefits  provided  by  the
program,   including  the  number  of  enrollees  in  the  program,  the
percentage and amounts of investment options and rates  of  return,  and
such  other  information  that  is  relevant  to  make a full, fair, and
effective disclosure of the operations of the program. The annual report
shall be made by an independent certified public  accountant  and  shall
include,  but  is not limited to, direct and indirect costs attributable
to the use of outside  consultants,  independent  contractors,  and  any
other  persons who are not state employees for the administration of the
program.
2. In addition to any other statements or reports required by law, the
board shall provide or cause to be provided periodic  reports  at  least
annually  to  enrollees,  reporting  contributions and investment income
allocated to, withdrawals from, and balances in their  program  accounts
for the reporting period. Such reports may include any other information
regarding the program as the board may determine.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 43 - New York State Secure Choice Savings Program › 1315 - Delayed Implementation.

§ 1315. Delayed implementation. The board may delay the implementation
  of  the  program an additional twelve months beyond the date established
  in section thirteen hundred ten of this article if the board  determines
  that  further  delay  is  necessary to address legal, financial or other
  programmatic concerns impacting the viability of the program. The  board
  shall  provide  reasonable  notice  of  such  delay to the governor, the
  commissioner, the speaker of the assembly, the  temporary  president  of
  the  senate,  the  chair  of  the assembly ways and means committee, the
  chair of the senate finance committee, the chair of the  assembly  labor
  committee, and the chair of the senate labor committee.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 44 - Regulation of Surrogacy Programs and Assisted Reproduction Service Providers › 1400 - Definitions.

§ 1400. Definitions. As used in this section:
(a)  The  definitions in section 581-102 of the family court act shall
apply.
(b) "Payment"  means  any  type  of  monetary  compensation  or  other
valuable  consideration  including  but not limited to a rebate, refund,
commission, unearned discount, or profit by means  of  credit  or  other
valuable consideration.
(c)  "Surrogacy  program"  does  not  include any party to a surrogacy
agreement or any person licensed to  practice  law  and  representing  a
party to the surrogacy agreement, but does include and is not limited to
any  agency,  agent,  business,  or individual engaged in, arranging, or
facilitating  transactions  contemplated  by  a   surrogacy   agreement,
regardless  of  whether  such  agreement  ultimately  comports  with the
requirements of article five-C of the family court act.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 44 - Regulation of Surrogacy Programs and Assisted Reproduction Service Providers › 1401 - Surrogacy Programs Regulated Under This Article.

§ 1401. Surrogacy   programs   regulated   under   this  article.  The
provisions of this article apply  to  surrogacy  programs  arranging  or
facilitating  transactions  contemplated  by a surrogacy agreement under
part four of article five-C of the family court act if:
(a) The surrogacy program does business in New York state;
(b) A person acting as surrogate who is party to a surrogacy agreement
resides in New York state during the term of the surrogacy agreement; or
(c) Any medical procedures under the surrogacy agreement are performed
in New York state.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 44 - Regulation of Surrogacy Programs and Assisted Reproduction Service Providers › 1402 - Assisted Reproduction Service Providers Regulated Under This Article.

§ 1402. Assisted  reproduction  service providers regulated under this
  article. The provisions of this article apply to agents,  gamete  banks,
  fertility clinics, and other entities if:
1.  The  agent,  gamete  bank,  fertility clinic, or other entity does
  business in this state; or
2. Any health care services performed, provided or otherwise  arranged
  by the entity are performed in this state.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 44 - Regulation of Surrogacy Programs and Assisted Reproduction Service Providers › 1403 - Conflicts of Interest; Prohibition on Payments; Funds in Escrow; Licensure; Notice of Surrogates' Bill of Rights.

§ 1403. Conflicts  of  interest;  prohibition  on  payments;  funds in
escrow; licensure; notice of surrogates' bill  of  rights.  A  surrogacy
program to which this article applies:
(a)  Shall  keep all funds paid by or on behalf of the intended parent
or parents in an escrow account separate from  its  operating  accounts;
and
(b)  May not be owned or managed, in any part, directly or indirectly,
by any attorney representing a party to the surrogacy agreement; and
(c) May not pay or receive payment, directly or indirectly, to or from
any person licensed to practice law and  representing  a  party  to  the
surrogacy  agreement  in  connection  with the referral of any person or
party for the purpose of a surrogacy agreement; and
(d) May not pay or receive payment, directly or indirectly, to or from
any health  care  provider  providing  any  health  services,  including
assisted reproduction, to a party to the surrogacy agreement; and
(e)  May not be owned or managed, in any part, directly or indirectly,
by any health care provider providing  any  health  services,  including
assisted reproduction, to a party to the surrogacy agreement; and
(f)  Shall  be  licensed  to  operate  in  New  York state pursuant to
regulations promulgated by the department of health in consultation with
the  department  of  financial  services,  once  such  regulations   are
promulgated and become effective; and
(g)  Shall ensure that all potential parties to a surrogacy agreement,
at the time of consultation with such surrogacy  program,  are  provided
with written notice of the surrogates' bill of rights enumerated in part
six of article five-C of the family court act.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 44 - Regulation of Surrogacy Programs and Assisted Reproduction Service Providers › 1404 - Regulations.

§ 1404. Regulations. 1. The department of health, in consultation with
the  department  of  financial  services,  shall  promulgate  rules  and
regulations to implement the  requirements  of  this  article  regarding
surrogacy  programs  and  assisted  reproduction  service providers in a
manner that ensures the  safety  and  health  of  gamete  providers  and
persons serving as surrogates. Such regulations shall:
(a)  Require  surrogacy  programs to monitor compliance with surrogacy
agreements eligibility and requirements in state law; and
(b) Require the surrogacy programs and assisted  reproduction  service
providers  to  administer  informed  consent procedures that comply with
regulations promulgated  by  the  department  of  health  under  section
twenty-five hundred ninety-nine-cc of the public health law.
2.  The  department of health shall annually report to the legislature
regarding the practices of surrogacy programs and assisted  reproduction
service providers and all business transactions related to surrogacy and
gamete  provision  in  New  York  state,  with  recommendations  for any
necessary amendments to this article.
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 44-A - Freelance Isn't Free Act › 1410 - Definitions.

* §  1410.  Definitions.  As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the following meanings:
1.  "Construction  contractor"  means  any  person,  sole  proprietor,
partnership,  firm,  corporation, limited liability company, association
or other legal entity  who  by  oneself  or  through  others  offers  to
undertake,  or  holds  oneself  out  as being able to undertake, or does
undertake a construction project.
2.  "Construction  project"  means  the  providing  of  any  labor  or
services,  and  the use of any materials or equipment in order to alter,
build, excavate, add  to,  subtract  from,  improve,  repair,  maintain,
renovate,  move,  wreck or demolish any bridge, building, highway, road,
railroad, land, tunnel, sewer, drainage  or  other  structure,  project,
development, or improvement, or the doing of any part thereof, including
the  erection  of scaffolding or other structures or works in connection
therewith.
3.  "Freelance  worker"  means  any  natural  person  or  organization
composed of no more than one natural person, whether or not incorporated
or  employing  a trade name, that is hired or retained as an independent
contractor by a hiring party to provide  services  in  exchange  for  an
amount  equal to or greater than eight hundred dollars, either by itself
or when aggregated with all contracts  for  services  between  the  same
hiring  party  and freelance worker during the immediately preceding one
hundred twenty days, but does not include:
(a) any person who, pursuant to the contract  at  issue,  is  a  sales
representative  as  defined  in  section one hundred ninety-one-a of the
labor law;
(b) any person engaged in the practice of law pursuant to the contract
at issue and who is a member in good standing of the bar of the  highest
court  of any state, possession, territory, commonwealth or the District
of Columbia and  who  is  not  under  any  order  of  court  suspending,
enjoining,  restraining, disbarring or otherwise restricting such person
in the practices of law;
(c) any person who is a licensed medical professional; or
(d) any person who is a construction contractor.
4. "Hiring party" means any person who retains a freelance  worker  to
provide any service, other than:
(a) the United States government;
(b)  the  state of New York, including any office, department, agency,
authority or other body of the state including the legislature  and  the
judiciary;
(c)  a municipality, including any office, department, agency or other
body of a municipality; or
(d) any foreign government.
* NB Effective August 28, 2024
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 44-A - Freelance Isn't Free Act › 1411 - Contracted Compensation Payments.

* §  1411.  Contracted  compensation  payments. 1. Except as otherwise
provided by  law,  the  contracted  compensation  shall  be  paid  to  a
freelance worker either:
(a)  on or before the date such compensation is due under the terms of
the contract; or
(b) if the contract does not specify when the hiring  party  must  pay
the  contracted compensation or the mechanism by which such date will be
determined, no later than  thirty  days  after  the  completion  of  the
freelance worker's services under the contract.
2.  Once  a freelance worker has commenced performance of the services
under the contract, the hiring party shall not require as a condition of
timely payment that the freelance worker accept less  compensation  than
the amount of the contracted compensation.
* NB Effective August 28, 2024
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 44-A - Freelance Isn't Free Act › 1412 - Written Contracts.

* §  1412.  Written  contracts. 1. Whenever a hiring party retains the
services of a freelance worker,  as  such  terms  are  defined  in  this
article,  the contract between such party and worker shall be reduced to
writing. The hiring party must furnish a copy of such written  contract,
either  physically  or  electronically, to the freelance worker and each
party to the written contract shall retain a copy thereof.
2. The written contract shall include, at  a  minimum,  the  following
information:
(a)  the  name  and  mailing  address of both the hiring party and the
freelance worker;
(b) an itemization of all services to be  provided  by  the  freelance
worker,  the  value  of  the  services  to  be  provided pursuant to the
contract, and the rate and method of compensation;
(c) the date on  which  the  hiring  party  must  pay  the  contracted
compensation or the mechanism by which such date will be determined; and
(d)  the  date  by  which  a  freelance  worker  must submit a list of
services rendered under such contract to the hiring party  in  order  to
meet  any  internal  processing  deadlines  of such hiring party for the
purposes of compensation being timely rendered by the  agreed-upon  date
as stipulated in paragraph (c) of this subdivision.
3.  Such  hiring  party  shall be required to keep such contract for a
period of no less than six years and shall make such contract  available
to  the  attorney general upon request. The failure of a hiring party to
maintain such contracts  or  produce  such  contracts  to  the  attorney
general  shall  give  rise  to  a  presumption  that  the terms that the
freelance worker has presented are the agreed upon terms.
4. The commissioner of labor shall make available model  contracts  on
the  website of the department of labor for use by the general public at
no cost. Such model contracts shall be made available in English and  in
the  twelve languages most commonly spoken by limited English proficient
individuals in the state.
* NB Effective August 28, 2024
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 44-A - Freelance Isn't Free Act › 1413 - Discrimination Prohibited.

* §  1413.  Discrimination  prohibited. No hiring party, as defined in
  this article, shall threaten, intimidate,  discipline,  harass,  deny  a
  work opportunity to, or discriminate against a freelance worker, or take
  any other action that penalizes a freelance worker for, or is reasonably
  likely  to  deter  a  freelance worker from, exercising or attempting to
  exercise any right guaranteed under this article, or from obtaining  any
  future work opportunity because the freelance worker has done so.
* NB Effective August 28, 2024
2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 44-A - Freelance Isn't Free Act › 1415 - Additional Rights.

* §  1415.  Additional rights. 1. Except as otherwise provided by law,
  any provision of a  contract  purporting  to  waive  rights  under  this
  article is void as against public policy.
2.  The  provisions of this article supplement, and do not diminish or
  replace, any other basis of  liability  or  requirement  established  by
  statute or common law.
3.  Failure  to  comply  with  the provisions of this article does not
  render any contract between a hiring party and a freelance  worker  void
  or  voidable  or otherwise impair any obligation, claim or right related
  to such contract or constitute a defense to any action or proceeding  to
  enforce, or for breach of, such contract.
4. No provision of this article relating to freelance workers shall be
  construed as providing a determination about the legal classification of
  any such worker as an employee or independent contractor.
5.   The  provisions  of  this  article  shall  not  be  construed  or
  interpreted to override or supplant any of the provisions of chapter ten
  of title twenty of the administrative code of the city of New York.
* NB Effective August 28, 2024
2023 New York Laws › GCT - General City › Article 2 - General Provisions › 2 - Term of Office of City Supervisors.

§  2.    Term of office of city supervisors.  1. The term of office of
  each supervisor hereafter elected in a city shall,  notwithstanding  the
  provisions  of  such  city charter, be two years, and a supervisor shall
  only be elected in such city each second year thereafter, except to fill
  vacancies.
2. Notwithstanding any provision of subdivision one of  this  section,
  but   subject   to   the  mandatory  referendum  provisions  of  section
  twenty-three of the municipal home rule law, the term of office of  each
  supervisor   hereafter   elected   in   the   city   of   Geneva  shall,
  notwithstanding the provisions of such city charter, be four years,  and
  a  supervisor  shall  only  be  elected  in  such  city each fourth year
  thereafter, except to fill vacancies.
2023 New York Laws › GCT - General City › Article 2 - General Provisions › 3 - Members of Common Council; Appointments to Other City Offices.

§ 3. Members of common council; appointments to other city offices. No
  member  of  the  common council of any city shall, during the period for
  which they were elected, be capable of holding under the appointment  or
  election  of  the  common council any office the emoluments of which are
  paid from the city treasury, or paid by fees or compensation directed to
  be paid by any act or ordinance of the common council, but this  section
  shall  not  affect  the right to any fees or emoluments belonging to any
  office, provided, however, that in any city having  a  city  manager  or
  council-manager  form  of government in which a mayor and vice-mayor may
  be elected or appointed from the membership of its council,  such  mayor
  and  vice-mayor  may,  in addition to the emoluments received as council
  member, receive compensation for their services from the  city  treasury
  as  mayor  and  vice-mayor.  An  officer  of  any  city who violates any
  provision of this section shall  be  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor  and  on
  conviction thereof their office shall be vacant.
2023 New York Laws › GCT - General City › Article 2 - General Provisions › 3-A - Liability of City Officials.

§ 3-a. Liability  of  city  officials. No official of any city of this
  state who shall deposit any moneys coming into his hands  by  virtue  of
  his  office  in  any  bank,  savings bank, national banking association,
  trust company, or with  any  private  banker,  in  accordance  with  the
  provisions of any general or local law or charter, or in accordance with
  the  official  action  taken  by the governing body or board of any such
  city, shall be liable for the loss of any such moneys resulting from the
  default or insolvency of any such depositary.
2023 New York Laws › GCT - General City › Article 2 - General Provisions › 3-C - Unlawful Offers or Agreements by Municipal Officials or Omnibus Lines With Respect to Omnibus Line Operations.

§ 3-c. Unlawful offers or agreements by municipal officials or omnibus
  lines  with  respect to omnibus line operations. 1. No officer, employee
  or agent of any city or any person acting on his behalf shall,  directly
  or  indirectly,  make  an  offer  to  or agree with any private owner or
  operator of an omnibus line within such city or  any  person  acting  on
  behalf  of  such owner or operator, to approve or recommend the approval
  of an increase in fare or any other benefit for such owner  or  operator
  at  some  future  time,  in consideration of the promise or agreement of
  such owner or operator to  delay  making  any  application  for  a  fare
  increase  until  some  future  time,  or to enter into a contract with a
  labor organization.
2. No private owner or operator of an omnibus line within any city  or
  any person acting on behalf of such owner or operator shall, directly or
  indirectly,  make  an  offer  to  or agree with any officer, employee or
  agent of such city, or any person acting on his behalf, to delay  making
  an  application  for a fare increase until some future time, or to enter
  into a contract with a  labor  organization,  in  consideration  of  the
  promise  or agreement of such officer, employee or agent of such city to
  approve or recommend the approval of an increase in fares or  any  other
  benefit for such owner or operator at some future time.
3.  The  violation of any provision of this section shall constitute a
  misdemeanor. Any public officer  or  employee  who  is  convicted  of  a
  violation  of  this  section  shall forfeit his office or employment and
  shall  forever  be  disqualified  from  holding  any  public  office  or
  employment under the state or any political subdivision thereof.
2023 New York Laws › GCT - General City › Article 2 - General Provisions › 3-D - Receipts and Disbursements of Payrolls.

§ 3-d. Receipts  and  disbursements  of  payrolls.  By resolution duly
  adopted, the common council or other legislative body of the  city,  may
  determine  to  enter  into  a contract to provide for the deposit of the
  periodic payroll of the city in a bank or trust company for disbursal by
  it in accordance with provisions of section ninety-six-b of the  banking
  law.
2023 New York Laws › GCT - General City › Article 2 - General Provisions › 4 - Removal of Appointive Officers in Cities of the Third Class.

§ 4. Removal  of  appointive officers in cities of the third class. No
  officer heretofore or hereafter appointed by the mayor of a city of  the
  third  class,  or  nominated  and appointed by such mayor by or with the
  consent of the  common  council  of  such  city,  shall  be  removed  or
  suspended  from office without the approval of such mayor, such approval
  to be in writing and filed with the city clerk.
2023 New York Laws › GCT - General City › Article 2 - General Provisions › 5 - Certain Parades and Processions Forbidden; Penalty.

§ 5. Certain   parades   and   processions   forbidden;  penalty.  All
  processions or parades occupying or marching on any street of  any  city
  to  the  exclusion or interruption of other citizens in their individual
  right and use thereof, excepting the National Guard and the  police  and
  fire   departments,  and  the  associations  of  veteran  soldiers,  are
  forbidden, unless written notice of the object, time and route  of  such
  procession  or  parade  be  given by the chief officer thereof, not less
  than six hours previous to  its  forming  or  marching,  to  the  police
  authorities  of  such city; and such police authorities may designate to
  such procession or parade how much of the street in width it can  occupy
  with  especial  reference  to  crowded  thoroughfares through which such
  procession may move; and, when so designated, the chief officer of  such
  procession  or  parade  shall  be  responsible  that  the designation is
  obeyed; and it shall be the duty of the police  authorities  to  furnish
  such  escort  as  may  be  necessary to protect persons and property and
  maintain the public peace and order. A  person  wilfully  violating  any
  provision  of  this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable
  by a fine not exceeding twenty dollars or imprisonment not exceeding ten
  days, or both.
2023 New York Laws › GCT - General City › Article 2 - General Provisions › 6 - Swearing Witnesses.

§ 6. Swearing  witnesses.  Whenever the common council of a city shall
  have appointed a committee of members of their body upon any subject  or
  matter within the jurisdiction of such common council, or to examine any
  officer  of  the  city,  in  relation  to  the discharge of his official
  duties, or to the receipt or disbursement by him of any  moneys  in  the
  discharge of such duties, or concerning the possession or disposition by
  him, in his official capacity, of any property belonging to the city; or
  to  use,  inspect  or examine any book, account, voucher or document, in
  his possession or under his control as such  officer,  relating  to  the
  affairs  or  interests  of  such city, the chairman of such committee is
  authorized to administer oaths to all such witnesses as may appear or be
  brought before such committee.
2023 New York Laws › GCT - General City › Article 2 - General Provisions › 8 - Law Applicable to Conduct of Elections at Which Ballot Questions Are Submitted to All the Voters of a City.

§ 8. Law  applicable to conduct of elections at which ballot questions
  are submitted to all the  voters  of  a  city.  The  provisions  of  the
  election law or any other law relating to the submission of questions at
  general   elections,   so  far  as  the  same  are  applicable  and  not
  inconsistent with this chapter,  shall  apply  to  the  conduct  of  all
  elections  at which questions are submitted to all the voters of a city.
  Where a specific provision of law exists  in  any  other  law  which  is
  inconsistent  with  the  provisions  of the election law, such provision
  shall apply unless a provision of the election law specifies  that  such
  provision  of  the  election  law  shall apply notwithstanding any other
  provision of law.
2023 New York Laws › GCT - General City › Article 2 - General Provisions › 10 - Licenses to Adult Blind Persons.

§ 10. Licenses  to  adult  blind  persons. The mayor of any city shall
  have the power to issue a license to any  adult  blind  person  for  the
  vending  of  goods,  or  newspapers  in such places as he or she may set
  aside for this purpose. The license shall be issued for a  term  of  one
  year and no charge shall be made for the license. A license shall not be
  issued  to a blind person unless he or she is a resident for three years
  in the city in which application for such  license  is  made  and  is  a
  citizen  of  the  United  States  or  a noncitizen lawfully admitted for
  permanent residence in the United States.
This license shall be revocable only for cause.
2023 New York Laws › GCT - General City › Article 2 - General Provisions › 11 - Use of Soft Coal in Public Institutions.

§ 11. Use  of  soft coal in public institutions. No public institution
  maintained by the state within the corporate limits of any city  of  the
  second  class, shall use or burn bituminous coal in the operation of any
  of its departments, provided that the local ordinances of any such  city
  forbid the use thereof.
2023 New York Laws › GCT - General City › Article 2 - General Provisions › 12 - Money for Celebration of Legal Holidays in Cities.

§ 12. Money  for  celebration  of legal holidays in cities. The common
  council of any city is hereby authorized to appropriate  and  set  aside
  each  year such sums it may deem proper for the purpose of providing for
  the due and proper observance of any legal holiday in such city.
2023 New York Laws › GCT - General City › Article 2 - General Provisions › 12-A - Money for Tercentennial Celebrations.

§ 12-a. Money  for  tercentennial  celebrations. The common council of
  any city is hereby authorized to appropriate and set aside such sums  as
  it  may  deem proper in order to celebrate the due and proper observance
  of  tercentennial  celebrations  commemorating  the  founding   of   the
  community.
2023 New York Laws › GCT - General City › Article 2 - General Provisions › 13 - Moneys for Memorial and Veterans Days; How Expended.

§ 13. Moneys  for Memorial and Veterans days; how expended. The moneys
  appropriated by a city for observance  of  Memorial  and  Veterans  days
  therein  pursuant  to  section  twelve of this chapter shall be expended
  under the direction of a board composed of the mayor and the  commanders
  and  quartermasters  of  the  Grand Army posts, the American Legion, the
  United Spanish War Veterans camps, the Veterans of Foreign Wars  of  the
  United  States, the Army and Navy Union of the United States, the Marine
  Corps League,  Inc.,  the  Catholic  War  Veterans,  Inc.,  the  Italian
  American War Veterans of the United States, Incorporated, the Jewish War
  Veterans  of  the United States and commanders and treasurers of Sons of
  Veterans, Military Order of the Purple Heart,  Inc.,  Disabled  American
  Veterans  camps,  AMVETS, American Veterans of World War II, Masonic War
  Veterans of the State of New York, Inc., Veterans of World War I of  the
  United  States  of America Department of New York, Inc., Polish-American
  Veterans of World  War  II,  Amsterdam,  N.  Y.,  Inc.,  Polish-American
  Veterans  of  World  War  II, Schenectady, N. Y., Inc., Polish Legion of
  American  Veterans,  Inc.,  United  Veteran's  Association  of  America,
  Incorporated,  Vietnam  Veterans  of  America  and  the  United Veterans
  Memorial and Executive Committee of such city. The whole amount of  such
  money  appropriated  or  any  part thereof may be spent by such board in
  observance of Memorial and Veterans days. Bills  properly  verified  for
  all claims and expenditures arising under section twelve of this chapter
  or  under  this section, shall be presented to and audited by such board
  and shall be paid by the common council of any  such  city.  The  moneys
  appropriated  shall  be  raised by tax on the real and personal property
  liable to taxation in any such city in the same manner as  the  ordinary
  expenses of maintaining the city government.
2023 New York Laws › GCT - General City › Article 2 - General Provisions › 13-A - Moneys for Maintaining the Conference of Mayors and Other City Officials of the State of New York and Any of Its Activities.

§ 13-a. Moneys for maintaining the conference of mayors and other city
  officials of the state of New York and any of its activities. The common
  council  of  any  city  is  hereby  authorized to appropriate and expend
  annually, from moneys raised by taxation in such city, a sum to meet the
  actual  and  necessary  expenses  of  maintaining  and  continuing   the
  conference  of  mayors and other city officials of the state of New York
  and any of its activities, in this state, for the  purpose  of  devising
  practicable  ways and means for obtaining greater economy and efficiency
  in the government thereof. The moneys thus appropriated shall be  raised
  by  tax on the real and personal property liable to taxation in any such
  city in the same manner as other city expenses.
2023 New York Laws › GCT - General City › Article 2 - General Provisions › 13-B - Publicity Fund.

§ 13-b. Publicity  fund.  Any  city  may establish a publicity fund of
  such amount  as  the  city  council  or  other  governing  body  may  by
  resolution  direct,  to  be  expended for the purpose of advertising the
  advantages of such city as a  winter  and  summer  resort,  or  for  the
  commemoration programs of historical events, or otherwise, including the
  necessary  and  legitimate  expense  of securing the designation of such
  city as  the  place  for  holding  the  convention  or  meeting  of  any
  organization  or  society, and for such other and additional purposes as
  may tend to promote the general commercial and industrial welfare of the
  city, and for that purpose may raise by taxation  a  sum  not  exceeding
  twenty-five  thousand  dollars  per  annum  to  be  assessed, levied and
  collected in the same manner that other city taxes are assessed,  levied
  and collected.  Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the city
  council  of  any  city  may  by  local law establish a publicity fund in
  excess of twenty-five thousand dollars per  annum,  as  such  local  law
  shall  direct.    Such  local  law  shall  be subject to a referendum on
  petition. Such sum shall be raised by taxation and  shall  be  assessed,
  levied  and  collected  in  the  same  manner  that other city taxes are
  assessed, levied and collected. Provided,  however,  that  if  the  city
  council  of  any  city  with  a  population  of  fifty  thousand or less
  establishes, by local law, a publicity fund in excess of fifty  thousand
  dollars,  such  local  law shall become operative only after it shall be
  adopted after submission to the qualified voters of the  city,  and  due
  adoption  thereof  by  a  majority  of  the qualified voters of the city
  voting thereon at a general election.
2023 New York Laws › GCT - General City › Article 2 - General Provisions › 13-C - Power of Cities to Provide Moneys to Replace Revenues From Excise Taxes.

§ 13-c. Power  of  cities  to  provide moneys to replace revenues from
  excise taxes. The common council or other governing body of any city, in
  which the trafficking in liquor  is  prohibited  wholly  or  partly  may
  raise, as long as the trafficking in liquor is prohibited, an amount not
  exceeding  the  revenue derived from excise taxes on alcoholic beverages
  in the last year in which the excise taxes were received.   Such  amount
  to  be raised shall be included in the tax levy in addition to all other
  sums which the common council or other governing body is  authorized  to
  raise,   any   provision   of   the   city   charter   to  the  contrary
  notwithstanding.
In a city having a board of estimate and apportionment, action by  the
  common  council  or other governing body under this section shall not be
  taken except with the consent of such board.
2023 New York Laws › GCT - General City › Article 2 - General Provisions › 13-E - Expenses of Meeting Rooms for Veterans' and Other Organizations.

§ 13-e. Expenses   of   meeting   rooms   for   veterans'   and  other
  organizations.  Any city may appropriate and make  available  a  sum  of
  money  not  exceeding  five  hundred  dollars  in  any one year for each
  chapter, post, camp or garrison, as the case may be, of the  Grand  Army
  of  the  Republic,  the  United  Spanish  War  Veterans, the Veterans of
  Foreign Wars, the American Legion, the Disabled American  Veterans,  the
  Military Order of the Purple Heart, Inc., the Army and Navy Union of the
  United  States,  the  Marine  Corps League, AMVETS, American Veterans of
  World War II, the Italian American War Veterans of  the  United  States,
  Incorporated,  Veterans  of  World War I of the United States of America
  Department of New York, Inc., Polish-American Veterans of World War  II,
  Amsterdam,  N.  Y.,  Inc.,  Polish-American  Veterans  of  World War II,
  Schenectady, N. Y., Inc., Polish Legion of American Veterans, Inc.,  the
  Jewish  War  Veterans  of  the  United  States,  Inc.,  the Catholic War
  Veterans, Inc., Masonic War Veterans of the State of New York, Inc., the
  American Gold Star Mothers, Inc., Regular  Veterans  Association,  Inc.,
  the  Viet  Nam  Veterans  of  America,  the  Eastern  Paralyzed Veterans
  Association,  the  369th  Veterans  Association,  Inc.,  the  Tri-County
  Council  of  Vietnam  Veterans,  the  National  Congress of Puerto Rican
  Veterans, the Navy Seabee Veterans of America, the Korean  War  Veterans
  Association,  the  Women's  Army Corps Veterans Association, or the Navy
  Club of the U.S.A., located within its boundaries, for  the  purpose  of
  assisting  in  defraying the rental or maintenance expenses, or both, of
  rooms for the holding of meetings of any such post,  camp,  garrison  or
  chapter.   All   sums   hereby   authorized  to  be  expended  shall  be
  appropriated, raised and expended, in the  same  manner  as  moneys  for
  other  municipal  expenses  in  the  city  are  appropriated, raised and
  expended.
2023 New York Laws › GCT - General City › Article 2 - General Provisions › 13-F - Moneys for Maintaining the Municipal Electric Utilities Association of the State of New York and Any of Its Activities.

§ 13-f. Moneys   for  maintaining  the  municipal  electric  utilities
  association of the state of New York and any of  its  activities.    The
  common  council  of  any  city  or  the board in control of any electric
  utility  owned  and  operated  by  the  city  is  hereby  authorized  to
  appropriate  and  expend annually from moneys derived from the operation
  of the said utility a sum to meet its proportionate share of the  actual
  and  necessary  expenses  of  maintaining  and  continuing the municipal
  electric utilities association of the state of New York and any  of  its
  activities,  in  this  state, for the purpose of devising practical ways
  and means for obtaining greater economy and efficiency in the  operation
  of the utility.
2023 New York Laws › GCT - General City › Article 2 - General Provisions › 13-G - Moneys for Maintaining the New York State Assessors Association and Any of Its Activities.

§ 13-g. Moneys   for   maintaining   the   New  York  State  Assessors
  Association and any of its activities. The common council of any city is
  hereby authorized to appropriate and expend annually a sum to  meet  its
  proportionate  share of the actual and necessary expenses of maintaining
  and continuing the New York State Assessors Association and any  of  its
  activities,  in  this  state,  for  the  purpose  of  the improvement of
  assessment administration.
2023 New York Laws › GCT - General City › Article 2 - General Provisions › 13-H - Moneys for Maintaining Statewide Associations of Local Officials and Any of Their Activities.

§ 13-h. Moneys   for   maintaining  statewide  associations  of  local
  officials and any of their activities. The common council of any city is
  hereby authorized to appropriate and expend annually a sum to  meet  its
  proportionate  share of the actual and necessary expenses of maintaining
  and continuing any state-wide, non-profit association of local officials
  whose activities are designed to improve local  administration  in  this
  state.
2023 New York Laws › GCT - General City › Article 2 - General Provisions › 14 - Permits for Erection of Booths and Arches.

§ 14. Permits for erection of booths and arches. The mayor of any city
  of  the first class or the commissioner of transportation in the city of
  New York, may, in  his  discretion,  grant  temporary  permits  for  the
  erection  of booths, stands, arches, overhead passageways, or flagstaffs
  for the stringing of flags or banners, upon or  over  the  sidewalks  or
  streets   of  such  city  for  the  purpose  of  a  public  celebration,
  exposition, fair, political demonstration or any charitable or patriotic
  drive, function or celebration; provided, however, that no  such  permit
  shall  be granted for the erection of any such structure or device which
  is to be used in whole or in part for business or commercial advertising
  purposes. No such permit shall be granted  by  virtue  of  this  section
  without  the consent of the owners of the abutting property constituting
  more than one-half of the foot frontage upon both sides of  such  street
  in  the  block  formed by the nearest cross-streets on each side of such
  structure or erection.
2023 New York Laws › GCT - General City › Article 2 - General Provisions › 15 - Firefighters Moving From One City to Another.

§ 15. Firefighters  moving  from one city to another. The firefighters
  of the different cities of this state, in case of removal from one  city
  to  another,  shall  be  allowed the time which they have served as such
  firefighters in the city they left, in  the  city  to  which  they  have
  removed,  upon  producing  a  certificate of such service, signed by the
  chief of the city so left, and being appointed firefighters in the  city
  to which they have removed.
2023 New York Laws › GCT - General City › Article 2 - General Provisions › 16 - Term of Service; How Reckoned.

§ 16. Term  of  service; how reckoned. When any such firefighter shall
  have served as such for so long a time  thereafter  as  shall  make  the
  whole  term  of  service  the  same  as  required by law of firefighters
  residing in the city removed  to,  he  shall  be  entitled  to  all  the
  privileges  and  exemptions  secured  by  law to the firefighters of the
  cities of Albany and New York.
2023 New York Laws › GCT - General City › Article 2 - General Provisions › 16-B - Computation of Pensions in Certain Retirement Funds.

§ 16-b. Computation   of   pensions   in   certain  retirement  funds.
  Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, general or special, the
  members of every teachers' retirement system in all cities of the  state
  shall, when retired pursuant to the law governing such system, receive a
  pension,  if  lawfully  entitled  thereto,  based  on the average annual
  compensation earnable as a teacher during  the  five  years  immediately
  preceding the date of his retirement, or the average annual compensation
  earnable as a teacher during any ten consecutive years of state service,
  said ten years to be selected by the member prior to date of retirement.
2023 New York Laws › GCT - General City › Article 2 - General Provisions › 17 - Operation of Crematories for Disposal of Garbage.

§ 17. Operation of crematories for disposal of garbage. A crematory in
  any  city or within ten miles of the corporate limits of any city, owned
  or controlled by any person  or  corporation  or  by  a  city,  for  the
  treatment  or consuming of garbage or other refuse matter or offal, dead
  animals or fish, shall be so operated by the use of coke,  charcoal,  or
  other  fuel device and by such appliances and methods that the offensive
  and noxious gases and fumes arising from the consumption or treatment of
  such garbage or other refuse matter or offal, dead animals or fish shall
  be burned or disposed of  without  offense  or  danger  to  the  persons
  residing  in the neighborhood of such crematory. The city authorities or
  the person or corporation owning or  controlling  such  crematory  shall
  cause  the necessary devices, and fuel or other supplies to be furnished
  for the consumption or proper disposal of such gases and fumes. Any city
  authority or other person or  corporation  owning  or  controlling  such
  crematory  and  any  city  employee  or  other  person  operating such a
  crematory who shall allow or permit such gases or fumes arising from the
  consumption of such  garbage  or  other  matter  to  escape  and  become
  offensive  or  dangerous  to the persons residing in the neighborhood of
  such crematory,  shall  be  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor  and  shall  upon
  conviction  be  punished  by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars
  nor more than two hundred and fifty  dollars  for  each  day  that  such
  offensive  or noxious gases or fumes are permitted or allowed to escape,
  or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.
2023 New York Laws › GCT - General City › Article 2 - General Provisions › 18-A - .

§ 18-a. Nothing  contained  in section eighteen shall be considered to
  apply to any so-called miniature motion  picture  apparatus  which  uses
  only  an  enclosed  incandescent  electric  lamp and approved acetate of
  cellulose or slow-burning films, and is of such construction that  films
  ordinarily  used  on  full-sized  commercial picture apparatus cannot be
  used therewith.
2023 New York Laws › GCT - General City › Article 2 - General Provisions › 18-B - Admission of Children to Theatres.

§ 18-b. Admission  of children to theatres. The local legislative body
  of any city by a majority vote may provide by local law, subject to  the
  provisions  of  this section, for the licensing of theatres in such city
  wherein there shall be exhibited those films which have been licensed by
  the education department of the state of New York to admit children over
  the age of eight years and under the age of sixteen years, unaccompanied
  by a parent or guardian or other adult person.
No child under the age of sixteen  years  shall  be  admitted  to  any
  theatre  unaccompanied  by  a  parent,  guardian  or other adult person,
  unless such theatre is licensed pursuant to and complies with the  terms
  of a local law adopted pursuant to this section. Any such local law, and
  every license issued thereunder, shall require:
1.  That a separate section of seats shall be set aside on the main or
  orchestra floor by the owner, operator, or management  of  such  theatre
  and  used  exclusively  for  children,  to  which  adults  shall  not be
  admitted. Such section of seats shall be specified in the  license,  but
  provision  may  be  made therein for varying the size of such section at
  different periods of time.
2. A seat in such section shall  be  provided  for  every  such  child
  admitted to the theatre.
3.  Such  children  shall not be admitted to such a theatre during the
  time when their school classes within the city are in session.
4. One matron and such other assistants as may be  specified  in  such
  local  law,  shall be provided by such owner, operator, or management of
  such theatre for the supervision of such children. Such matron shall  be
  licensed  by such a city and the license fee, not exceeding two dollars,
  shall be paid by such owner, operator, or management of such theatre.
Such  local  law  may  provide  other  and  additional  conditions  or
  limitations  but  such  conditions  or limitations shall not require any
  additional approval of and shall not  prohibit  the  exhibition  of  any
  motion  picture  film  duly  licensed by the education department of the
  state of New York.
Such a local law may provide for  the  enforcement  thereof,  and  may
  prescribe  penalties  for  violations  thereof  or  of  licenses  issued
  thereunder.
The admission of a child between eight and sixteen years of age  to  a
  theatre  licensed under authority of a local law adopted pursuant to the
  provisions of this section, where such theatre complies with  the  terms
  of  this  section and of the license, shall not be deemed a violation of
  the provisions of section 260.20 of the penal law.