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2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 19-B - Municipal Theme Districts › 990-B - Definitions.

§ 990-b. Definitions. As used in this article:
(a) "Municipal theme district" shall mean a geographic area designated
by  a  county,  city,  town or village, pursuant to section nine hundred
ninety-d of this article, to be a theme  district  for  the  purpose  of
promoting,  advancing  or  coordinating  an  approved  theme pursuant to
section nine hundred ninety-c of this article.
(b) "Theme district board" shall mean the board of  directors  of  the
theme   district,  appointed  by  the  county,  city,  town  or  village
establishing the district, and responsible for  the  administration  and
operation of the district.
2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 19-B - Municipal Theme Districts › 990-C - Criteria for Municipal Theme District Designation.

§  990-c.  Criteria  for  municipal  theme  district  designation. Any
  county, city, town or village may designate, pursuant  to  section  nine
  hundred  ninety-d  of  this article, a theme district for the purpose of
  promoting, advancing or coordinating an approved theme. A theme district
  shall consist of not less than ten acres of land and shall  contain  not
  less  than  thirty  buildings.  The theme district may contain less than
  thirty buildings if within five years of the designation  of  the  theme
  district such district will within a reasonable certainty contain thirty
  buildings.  Any  theme  district  designated  pursuant  to  section nine
  hundred ninety-d of this article shall contain a single common  approved
  theme of art, entertainment, education, culture or business.
2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 19-B - Municipal Theme Districts › 990-D - Designation of Municipal Theme Districts.

§   990-d.   Designation   of  municipal  theme  districts.  Upon  the
  application of a resident or business  owner  within  a  proposed  theme
  district,  any  county, city, town or village may by resolution or local
  law designate a theme district for the purpose of  promoting,  advancing
  or  coordinating  an  approved  theme  pursuant  to section nine hundred
  ninety-c of this article. An  application  for  such  designation  shall
  specify  the  geography to be contained within such district, the number
  of parcels contained within such district,  the  common  theme  of  art,
  entertainment,  education,  culture  or  business sought to be promoted,
  advanced or coordinated by the district and the municipal theme district
  development plan that will be implemented and administered by the  theme
  district board.
2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 19-B - Municipal Theme Districts › 990-E - Municipal Theme District Development Plan.

§ 990-e. Municipal theme district development plan. An application for
  the  designation  of a municipal theme district made pursuant to section
  nine hundred ninety-d of this article shall contain  a  municipal  theme
  district  development  plan.  Such  municipal theme district development
  plan shall describe in detail the plans for  development  of  the  theme
  district,   including   the   changes   in   buildings,  structures  and
  infrastructure within the  district,  the  activities  to  be  conducted
  within  the  district,  and the proposed benefits that the district will
  have for the community.
2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 19-B - Municipal Theme Districts › 990-F - Administration of Municipal Theme Districts.

§  990-f.  Administration  of municipal theme districts. The municipal
  theme district shall be administered by a seven  person  theme  district
  board  appointed  by  the  county, city, town or village designating the
  district. The members of the board shall serve at the  pleasure  of  the
  appointing  entity  and  shall  be responsible for the administration of
  theme district activities and events as well as  the  implementation  of
  the municipal theme district development plan.
2023 New York Laws › GOB - General Obligations › Article 1 - Short Title; Construction; Applicability of Certain Sections › Title 2 - Construction; Applicability of Certain Sections › 1-201 - Construction of Act of Reconsolidation.

§ 1-201. Construction of act of reconsolidation. 1. This chapter shall
  be  construed  as  a  continuation  and  re-enactment  of the provisions
  repealed by article  nineteen  hereof  as  such  provisions  existed  on
  December thirty-first, nineteen hundred sixty-two.
2.  The  repeal  by  this  chapter  of provisions specified in article
  nineteen hereof and the enactment of this chapter shall not  affect  any
  action  or  proceeding pending under any such provision at the time this
  chapter shall take effect.
3. Any act of the legislature of the year nineteen hundred sixty-three
  or nineteen hundred sixty-four  which  in  form  amends  or  repeals  or
  purports  to  amend  or  repeal  any provision or provisions repealed by
  article  nineteen  of  this   chapter   shall   be   legally   effective
  notwithstanding  the repeal of such provision or provisions and shall be
  construed as an amendment  or  repeal,  as  the  case  may  be,  of  the
  corresponding   provision  or  provisions  of  this  chapter,  and  such
  corresponding provisions shall be construed  to  be  amended,  modified,
  changed  or  repealed  as though they had been expressly and in terms so
  amended or repealed.
4. Reference by any law, general or  special,  in  force  on  December
  thirty-first,   nineteen  hundred  sixty-two,  or  in  any  act  of  the
  legislature of the year nineteen hundred sixty-three or nineteen hundred
  sixty-four, to a provision repealed by article nineteen of this chapter,
  as in force immediately before the time this chapter shall take  effect,
  shall  be  construed  to  refer  to  the corresponding provision of this
  chapter.
2023 New York Laws › GOB - General Obligations › Article 1 - Short Title; Construction; Applicability of Certain Sections › Title 2 - Construction; Applicability of Certain Sections › 1-202 - Definition.

§ 1-202. Definition.  As  used  in  this chapter, the term "infant" or
  "minor" means a person who has not attained the age of eighteen years.
2023 New York Laws › GOB - General Obligations › Article 3 - Capacity; Effect of Status or of Certain Relationships or Occupations Upon the Creation, Definition or Enforcement of Obligations › Title 1 - Infancy › 3-102 - Obligations of Certain Minors for Hospital, Medical and Surgical Treatment and Care.

§ 3-102. Obligations  of  certain  minors  for  hospital,  medical and
  surgical treatment and care. 1. An  obligation  incurred  by  a  married
  minor  for  hospital,  medical  and surgical treatment and care for such
  minor or  such  minor's  children  shall  not  be  voidable  because  of
  minority.  For  the purpose of this section only, subsequent judgment of
  divorce or annulment shall not alter the obligation previously incurred.
2023 New York Laws › GOB - General Obligations › Article 3 - Capacity; Effect of Status or of Certain Relationships or Occupations Upon the Creation, Definition or Enforcement of Obligations › Title 1 - Infancy › 3-103 - Contracts Pursuant to the "Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944" as Amended; When They May Not Be Disaffirmed.

§ 3-103. Contracts  pursuant  to the "Servicemen's Readjustment Act of
  1944" as amended; when they may not  be  disaffirmed.    1.  A  veteran,
  eligible  for the benefits provided for in Section 1801 and following of
  Title 38 of the United States Code, and  the  spouse  of  such  veteran,
  regardless  of  the minority of either or both and without limitation of
  the powers of any such person who is of full age, shall each have  power
  (a)  to  enter  into  and  contract  for a loan or loans to such veteran
  pursuant to such title; (b) to receive, hold  and  dispose  of  real  or
  personal  property, make and execute contracts, notes, deeds, mortgages,
  agreements and other instruments, and take  any  other  action,  to  the
  extent  necessary  or  appropriate  to  effect  any  such  loan, provide
  security therefor, carry out or modify the terms thereof, and effect any
  compromise or settlement of any such loan or of any claim  with  respect
  thereto; and (c) to dispose of real or personal property so acquired and
  make  and  execute  contracts,  deeds,  agreements and other instruments
  necessary or appropriate for such purpose.
2. Notwithstanding any contrary provision or  rule  of  law,  no  such
  veteran  or  spouse  shall  have  the  power  to  disaffirm,  because of
  minority, any  act  or  transaction  which  he  or  she  is  hereinabove
  empowered  to  perform  or  engage  in, nor shall any defense based upon
  minority be interposed in any action or proceeding arising  out  of  any
  such act or transaction.
2023 New York Laws › GOB - General Obligations › Article 3 - Capacity; Effect of Status or of Certain Relationships or Occupations Upon the Creation, Definition or Enforcement of Obligations › Title 1 - Infancy › 3-107 - Certain Contracts of Parents or Guardians Respecting Employment of Infants Not Enforceable Unless Approved.

§ 3-107. Certain   contracts   of   parents  or  guardians  respecting
  employment of infants not enforceable unless approved.  Where a contract
  providing for performance or rendering of services by an infant  is  one
  which the supreme court or surrogate's court has jurisdiction to approve
  as  provided  in section 3-105 of this chapter, no parent or guardian of
  the infant with respect to whose services the contract  is  made  shall,
  unless  the contract is so approved, be liable on the contract either as
  a party or as a guarantor of its performance:
1. If the infant was a resident of the state at the time the  contract
  was  made  or  at  the time of the event by reason of which liability is
  sought to be imposed, by reason of  any  disaffirmance,  repudiation  or
  breach of the contract or any term thereof, or any failure or refusal of
  the infant to perform, or
2.  In  any  other  case,  by  reason of any failure or refusal of the
  infant to perform or  render  services  required  or  permitted  by  the
  contract  to  be  performed  or rendered in this state or any failure or
  refusal of the parent or guardian to cause such services to be  rendered
  or performed.
2023 New York Laws › GOB - General Obligations › Article 3 - Capacity; Effect of Status or of Certain Relationships or Occupations Upon the Creation, Definition or Enforcement of Obligations › Title 1 - Infancy › 3-109 - Payment of Wages to Minor; When Valid.

§ 3-109. Payment  of  wages  to minor; when valid. Where a minor is in
  the employment of a person other than his parent or guardian, payment to
  such minor of his wages is valid, unless such parent or guardian  notify
  the  employer  in  writing, within thirty days after the commencement of
  such service, that such wages are claimed by such  parent  or  guardian,
  but  whenever  such  notice  is  given at any time payments to the minor
  shall not be valid for services rendered thereafter.
2023 New York Laws › GOB - General Obligations › Article 3 - Capacity; Effect of Status or of Certain Relationships or Occupations Upon the Creation, Definition or Enforcement of Obligations › Title 1 - Infancy › 3-111 - Negligence of Parent or Other Custodian Not Imputed to Infant.

§ 3-111. Negligence  of  parent  or  other  custodian  not  imputed to
  infant.   In an action brought by  an  infant  to  recover  damages  for
  personal  injury  the  contributory negligence of the infant's parent or
  other custodian shall not be imputed to the infant.
2023 New York Laws › GOB - General Obligations › Article 3 - Capacity; Effect of Status or of Certain Relationships or Occupations Upon the Creation, Definition or Enforcement of Obligations › Title 3 - Husband and Wife › 3-301 - Powers of Married Woman.

§ 3-301. Powers  of  married  woman.  1.  A  married woman has all the
  rights in respect to property, real or personal,  and  the  acquisition,
  use, enjoyment and disposition thereof, and to make contracts in respect
  thereto  with  any  person,  including  her husband, and to carry on any
  business, trade or occupation, and to exercise all powers and enjoy  all
  rights in respect thereto and in respect to her contracts, and be liable
  on such contracts, as if she were unmarried.
2. All sums that may be recovered in actions or special proceedings by
  a  married  woman  to recover damages to her person, estate or character
  shall be the separate property of the wife.
3. Judgment for or against  a  married  woman,  may  be  rendered  and
  enforced,  in a court of record, or not of record, as if she was single.
  A married woman may confess a judgment.
2023 New York Laws › GOB - General Obligations › Article 3 - Capacity; Effect of Status or of Certain Relationships or Occupations Upon the Creation, Definition or Enforcement of Obligations › Title 3 - Husband and Wife › 3-303 - Contracts in Contemplation of Marriage.

§ 3-303. Contracts  in  contemplation  of  marriage.  A  contract made
  between persons in contemplation of  marriage,  remains  in  full  force
  after the marriage takes place.
2023 New York Laws › GOB - General Obligations › Article 3 - Capacity; Effect of Status or of Certain Relationships or Occupations Upon the Creation, Definition or Enforcement of Obligations › Title 3 - Husband and Wife › 3-305 - Contract of Married Woman Not to Bind Husband.

§ 3-305. Contract  of  married  woman  not to bind husband. A contract
  made by a married woman does not bind her husband or his property.
2023 New York Laws › GOB - General Obligations › Article 3 - Capacity; Effect of Status or of Certain Relationships or Occupations Upon the Creation, Definition or Enforcement of Obligations › Title 3 - Husband and Wife › 3-307 - Liability of Husband for Antenuptial Debts.

§ 3-307. Liability  of  husband  for  antenuptial debts. A husband who
  acquires property of his wife by antenuptial contract or  otherwise,  is
  liable  for her debts contracted before marriage, but only to the extent
  of the property so acquired.
2023 New York Laws › GOB - General Obligations › Article 3 - Capacity; Effect of Status or of Certain Relationships or Occupations Upon the Creation, Definition or Enforcement of Obligations › Title 3 - Husband and Wife › 3-309 - Husband and Wife May Convey to Each Other or Make Partition.

§ 3-309. Husband  and wife may convey to each other or make partition.
  Husband and wife may  convey  or  transfer  real  or  personal  property
  directly,  the  one  to  the  other, without the intervention of a third
  person; and may make partition or division of any real property held  by
  them  as  tenants in common, joint tenants or tenants by the entireties.
  If so expressed  in  the  instrument  of  partition  or  division,  such
  instrument bars the wife's right to dower in such property, and also, if
  so expressed, the husband's tenancy by curtesy.
2023 New York Laws › GOB - General Obligations › Article 3 - Capacity; Effect of Status or of Certain Relationships or Occupations Upon the Creation, Definition or Enforcement of Obligations › Title 3 - Husband and Wife › 3-311 - Marriage Relationship Not to Affect Construction of Instruments and Transactions Involving Personal Property.

§ 3-311. Marriage   relationship   not   to   affect  construction  of
  instruments and transactions involving personal property.   1. Where  an
  instrument  or  transaction  creating  or  transferring  an  interest in
  personal property would create a joint tenancy or a tenancy in common in
  persons not husband and wife, it shall  create  a  joint  tenancy  or  a
  tenancy  in  common,  as the case may be, in persons who are husband and
  wife.
2. An instrument or transaction which  does  not  create  a  right  of
  survivorship  in  personal  property between persons who are not husband
  and wife shall not create a right of survivorship in  personal  property
  between persons who are husband and wife.
3.  This  section applies without regard to the identity of the person
  who makes the transfer or at whose instance it is had, or from whom  the
  consideration for the instrument or transaction proceeds.
2023 New York Laws › GOB - General Obligations › Article 3 - Capacity; Effect of Status or of Certain Relationships or Occupations Upon the Creation, Definition or Enforcement of Obligations › Title 3 - Husband and Wife › 3-313 - Right of Action by or Against Married Woman, and by Husband or Wife Against the Other, for Torts.

§ 3-313. Right  of  action by or against married woman, and by husband
  or wife against the other, for torts.  1. A married woman has a right of
  action for an injury to her person, property  or  character  or  for  an
  injury  arising  out  of  the  marital relation, as if unmarried. She is
  liable for her wrongful or tortious acts; her husband is not liable  for
  such  acts  unless they were done by his actual coercion or instigation;
  and such coercion or instigation shall not  be  presumed,  but  must  be
  proved.
2.  A  married woman has a right of action against her husband for his
  wrongful or tortious acts resulting to her in  any  personal  injury  as
  defined  in  section  thirty-seven-a of the general construction law, or
  resulting in injury to her property, as if they were unmarried, and  she
  is  liable to her husband for her wrongful or tortious acts resulting in
  any such personal injury to her husband or to his property, as  if  they
  were unmarried.
2023 New York Laws › GOB - General Obligations › Article 3 - Capacity; Effect of Status or of Certain Relationships or Occupations Upon the Creation, Definition or Enforcement of Obligations › Title 3 - Husband and Wife › 3-315 - Married Woman's Right of Action for Wages.

§ 3-315. Married woman's right of action for wages. 1. A married woman
  shall  have a cause of action in her own sole and separate right for all
  wages, salary, profits, compensation or other remuneration for which she
  may render work, labor or services or which  may  be  derived  from  any
  trade,  business  or occupation carried on by her, and her husband shall
  have no right of action therefor unless she or he with her knowledge and
  consent has otherwise expressly agreed with the person obligated to  pay
  such wages, salary, profits, compensation or other remuneration.
2. In any action or proceeding in which a married woman or her husband
  shall  seek  to  recover  wages,  salary, profits, compensation or other
  remuneration for which such married woman has rendered  work,  labor  or
  services  or  which  was  derived from any trade, business or occupation
  carried on by her or in which the loss of such wages,  salary,  profits,
  compensation or other remuneration shall be an item of damage claimed by
  a married woman or her husband, the presumption of law in all such cases
  shall  be  that such married woman is alone entitled thereto, unless the
  contrary expressly appears.
2023 New York Laws › GOB - General Obligations › Article 5 - Creation, Definition and Enforcement of Contractual Obligations › Title 1 - Definitions of Terms › 5-101 - Definitions of Terms as Used in Certain Sections.

§ 5-101. Definitions  of terms as used in certain sections. 1. As used
  in sections 5-331, 5-703 and  5-1115,  the  term  "conveyance"  includes
  every  instrument,  in  writing,  except  a will, by which any estate or
  interest  in  real  property  is  created,  transferred,   assigned   or
  surrendered.
2.  As  used  in sections 5-703, 5-1111 and 5-1115, the terms "estate"
  and "interest in real property" include every such estate and  interest,
  freehold  or  chattel,  legal or equitable, present or future, vested or
  contingent.
3. As used in sections 5-321, 5-323, 5-331, 5-703 and 5-1115, the term
  "real property" is co-extensive in meaning  with  lands,  tenements  and
  hereditaments.
4.  As used in section 5-335 of this article, the term "insurer" means
  any insurance company or other entity  which  provides  for  payment  or
  reimbursement  of health care expenses, health care services, disability
  payments, lost wage payments or any other benefits  under  a  policy  of
  insurance or an insurance contract with an individual or group.
2023 New York Laws › GOB - General Obligations › Article 5 - Creation, Definition and Enforcement of Contractual Obligations › Title 3 - Certain Prohibited Contracts and Provisions of Contracts › 5-301 - Certain Employment Contracts Void.

§ 5-301. Certain  employment  contracts  void.  Every  undertaking  or
  promise, whether written or oral, express or  implied,  constituting  or
  contained,  in any contract or agreement of hiring or employment between
  any individual,  firm,  company,  association  or  corporation  and  any
  employee  or  prospective employee of the same, whereby (a) any employee
  or prospective employee undertakes or promises to join, become or remain
  a member of a company union; or (b) either party  to  such  contract  or
  agreement undertakes or promises not to join, become, or remain a member
  of  any  labor  organization  or  any  organization of employers; or (c)
  either party to such contract or agreement undertakes or  promises  that
  he  will  withdraw  from  the  employment  relation in the event that he
  joins, becomes or remains a member of any labor organization or  of  any
  organization  of  employers, is hereby declared to be contrary to public
  policy and wholly void and shall not afford any basis for  the  granting
  of  legal  or  equitable  relief  by  any  court against a party to such
  undertaking or promise, or against any other  persons  who  may  advise,
  urge or induce, without fraud, violence, or threat thereof, either party
  thereto to act in disregard of such undertaking or promise.
2023 New York Laws › GOB - General Obligations › Article 5 - Creation, Definition and Enforcement of Contractual Obligations › Title 3 - Certain Prohibited Contracts and Provisions of Contracts › 5-311 - Certain Agreements Between Husband and Wife Void.

§ 5-311. Certain  agreements  between husband and wife void. Except as
  provided in section two hundred thirty-six  of  the  domestic  relations
  law,  a  husband  and  wife  cannot  contract  to  alter or dissolve the
  marriage or to relieve either of his or her  liability  to  support  the
  other  in  such  a  manner  that  he  or  she  will  become incapable of
  self-support and therefore is likely  to  become  a  public  charge.  An
  agreement,  heretofore  or  hereafter  made  between a husband and wife,
  shall not be considered a contract to alter  or  dissolve  the  marriage
  unless it contains an express provision requiring the dissolution of the
  marriage or provides for the procurement of grounds of divorce.
2023 New York Laws › GOB - General Obligations › Article 5 - Creation, Definition and Enforcement of Contractual Obligations › Title 3 - Certain Prohibited Contracts and Provisions of Contracts › 5-321 - Agreements Exempting Lessors From Liability for Negligence Void and Unenforceable.

§ 5-321. Agreements  exempting  lessors  from liability for negligence
  void and unenforceable. Every covenant, agreement or understanding in or
  in connection with or collateral to any lease of real property exempting
  the lessor from liability for damages for injuries to person or property
  caused by or resulting from the negligence of the  lessor,  his  agents,
  servants  or  employees,  in the operation or maintenance of the demised
  premises or the real property containing the demised premises  shall  be
  deemed to be void as against public policy and wholly unenforceable.
2023 New York Laws › GOB - General Obligations › Article 5 - Creation, Definition and Enforcement of Contractual Obligations › Title 3 - Certain Prohibited Contracts and Provisions of Contracts › 5-322 - Agreements Exempting Caterers and Catering Establishments From Liability for Negligence Void and Unenforceable.

§ 5-322. Agreements  exempting  caterers  and  catering establishments
  from liability for negligence void and  unenforceable.  Every  covenant,
  agreement or understanding in or in connection with or collateral to any
  contract  entered  into  with  any  caterer  or  catering  establishment
  exempting the said caterer or catering establishment from liability  for
  damages  caused  by  or  resulting from the negligence of the caterer or
  catering establishment, his agents, servants, employees  or  patrons  at
  the  affair  contracted  therefor, shall be deemed to be void as against
  public policy and wholly unenforceable.
2023 New York Laws › GOB - General Obligations › Article 5 - Creation, Definition and Enforcement of Contractual Obligations › Title 3 - Certain Prohibited Contracts and Provisions of Contracts › 5-322.1 - Agreements Exempting Owners and Contractors From Liability for Negligence Void and Unenforceable; Certain Cases.

§ 5-322.1. Agreements  exempting owners and contractors from liability
  for negligence void and unenforceable; certain  cases.  1.  A  covenant,
  promise,  agreement  or  understanding  in,  or  in  connection  with or
  collateral to a contract or  agreement  relative  to  the  construction,
  alteration,   repair   or   maintenance   of   a   building,  structure,
  appurtenances and appliances including moving, demolition and excavating
  connected therewith,  purporting  to  indemnify  or  hold  harmless  the
  promisee  against  liability  for damage arising out of bodily injury to
  persons or damage to property contributed to,  caused  by  or  resulting
  from  the  negligence  of  the  promisee,  his  agents  or employees, or
  indemnitee, whether such negligence be in whole or in part,  is  against
  public  policy and is void and unenforceable; provided that this section
  shall not affect  the  validity  of  any  insurance  contract,  workers'
  compensation agreement or other agreement issued by an admitted insurer.
  This subdivision shall not preclude a promisee requiring indemnification
  for  damages  arising  out  of  bodily  injury  to  persons or damage to
  property caused by or resulting from the negligence  of  a  party  other
  than the promisee, whether or not the promisor is partially negligent.
2.   A  covenant,  promise,  agreement  or  understanding  in,  or  in
  connection with or collateral to a contract or agreement relative to the
  construction,  alteration,  repair  or  maintenance   of   a   building,
  structure, appurtenances and appliances including moving, demolition and
  excavating    connected    therewith,    purporting   to   condition   a
  subcontractor's or materialman's right to file a claim  and/or  commence
  an  action  on  a  payment bond on exhaustion of another legal remedy is
  against public policy and is void and unenforceable; provided that  this
  subdivision  shall  not  affect  the validity of any insurance contract,
  workers' compensation agreement or other agreement issued by an admitted
  insurer.
3. The provisions of this  section  shall  only  apply  to  covenants,
  promises,  agreements  or  understandings  in,  or in connection with or
  collateral to a contract or agreement, as enumerated in subdivision  one
  hereof,  entered  into on or after the thirtieth day next succeeding the
  date on which it shall have become a law.
2023 New York Laws › GOB - General Obligations › Article 5 - Creation, Definition and Enforcement of Contractual Obligations › Title 3 - Certain Prohibited Contracts and Provisions of Contracts › 5-322.2 - Contents of Certain Construction Contracts.

§ 5-322.2. Contents   of  certain  construction  contracts.  1.  Every
written contract or agreement executed by an  owner  providing  for  the
building,  construction,  repair or renovation of buildings, structures,
or improvements upon real property owned by  him  other  than  contracts
involving  public  improvements as defined in the lien law and contracts
involving residential property with housing accommodations for less than
five families, shall contain a clause requiring such owner to set  forth
in said contract the following information:
(a) the full name and address of the owner or owners;
(b)  the  full name and address of the owner of the land and the owner
of the building or improvements if the owner of the land and  the  owner
of  the building or improvements shall be different persons or entities;
and
(c) a description by  street  address;  or  section,  block,  and  lot
numbers; or reference to a deed book and page number;
In  the event the names required to be set forth as hereinabove provided
shall be changed after the execution of any such contract  or  agreement
and  during the period of such construction, the owner shall within five
days notify the contractor  of  such  change  in  writing  sent  to  the
contractor  by  certified  mail  to the address of the contractor as set
forth in said contract.
2. Every written subcontract or agreement executed by a contractor for
performance of any portion of the said construction, shall  contain  the
same  information required to be provided to the contractor by the owner
described in subdivision one of this section.
3. The provisions of this section shall apply  only  to  contracts  or
agreements  as  enumerated  in  subdivision one of this section, entered
into on or after the date on which the provisions of this section become
effective.
4. Any failure to comply with the provisions of this section shall not
render any agreement or contract hereof, enumerated in  subdivision  one
hereof,  void  or voidable nor shall it otherwise impair any obligations
or rights under any such agreement or contract.
2023 New York Laws › GOB - General Obligations › Article 5 - Creation, Definition and Enforcement of Contractual Obligations › Title 3 - Certain Prohibited Contracts and Provisions of Contracts › 5-322.3 - Payment Bonds to Be Filed.

§ 5-322.3. Payment  bonds  to  be  filed.  A  copy of any payment bond
  executed in connection with a  contract  for  the  improvement  of  real
  property  other than a contract for a public improvement, shall be filed
  within thirty days of such execution by the owner of the improvement  in
  the office of the county clerk in the county in which the improvement is
  to  be undertaken; provided, however, that such filing shall be required
  only where the contract for the improvement of real property is  for  an
  amount  in  excess of one hundred thousand dollars. Any owner failing to
  file such payment bond as  provided  herein  shall  be  liable  for  the
  reasonable  attorney's fees, as determined by the court, of any claimant
  successfully bringing an action or proceeding on the bond.
2023 New York Laws › GOB - General Obligations › Article 5 - Creation, Definition and Enforcement of Contractual Obligations › Title 3 - Certain Prohibited Contracts and Provisions of Contracts › 5-323 - Agreements Exempting Building Service or Maintenance Contractors From Liability for Negligence Void and Unenforceable.

§ 5-323. Agreements   exempting   building   service   or  maintenance
  contractors from liability for negligence void and unenforceable.  Every
  covenant,  agreement  or  understanding  in  or  in  connection  with or
  collateral to any contract or agreement affecting real property made  or
  entered  into,  whereby  or whereunder a contractor exempts himself from
  liability for injuries to person or property caused by or resulting from
  the negligence of such contractor, his agent, servants or employees,  as
  a  result  of work performed or services rendered in connection with the
  construction,  maintenance  and  repair  of   real   property   or   its
  appurtenances,  shall  be deemed to be void as against public policy and
  wholly unenforceable.
2023 New York Laws › GOB - General Obligations › Article 5 - Creation, Definition and Enforcement of Contractual Obligations › Title 3 - Certain Prohibited Contracts and Provisions of Contracts › 5-324 - Agreements by Owners, Contractors, Subcontractors or Suppliers to Indemnify Architects, Engineers and Surveyors From Liability Caused by or Arising Ou

§ 5-324. Agreements   by   owners,   contractors,   subcontractors  or
  suppliers  to  indemnify  architects,  engineers  and   surveyors   from
  liability  caused  by  or arising out of defects in maps, plans, designs
  and specifications void and unenforceable.  Every covenant, agreement or
  understanding in, or in connection with any contract or  agreement  made
  and  entered  into  by  owners, contractors, subcontractors or suppliers
  whereby an architect, engineer, surveyor or their  agents,  servants  or
  employees  are indemnified for damages arising from liability for bodily
  injury to persons or damage to property caused  by  or  arising  out  of
  defects in maps, plans, designs or specifications, prepared, acquired or
  used  by such architect, engineer, surveyor or their agents, servants or
  employees shall be deemed void  as  against  public  policy  and  wholly
  uneforceable.
2023 New York Laws › GOB - General Obligations › Article 5 - Creation, Definition and Enforcement of Contractual Obligations › Title 3 - Certain Prohibited Contracts and Provisions of Contracts › 5-325 - Garages and Parking Places.

§ 5-325. Garages  and  parking  places.  1.  No person who conducts or
  maintains for hire or other consideration a garage, parking lot or other
  similar place which has the capacity for the housing, storage,  parking,
  repair  or  servicing  of four or more motor vehicles, as defined by the
  vehicle and traffic law, may exempt himself from liability  for  damages
  for  injury  to person or property resulting from the negligence of such
  person, his agents or employees, in the operation of any  such  vehicle,
  or  in  its  housing,  storage,  parking, repair or servicing, or in the
  conduct or maintenance of such garage,  parking  lot  or  other  similar
  place,  and,  except as hereinafter provided, any agreement so exempting
  such person shall be void.
2. Damages for loss  or  injury  to  property  may  be  limited  by  a
  provision  in  the  storage  agreement limiting the liability in case of
  loss or damage by theft, fire or explosion and setting forth a  specific
  liability  per vehicle, which shall in no event be less than twenty-five
  thousand dollars, beyond which  the  person  owning  or  operating  such
  garage  or  lot  shall  not  be  liable;  provided,  however,  that such
  liability may on request  of  the  person  delivering  such  vehicle  be
  increased,  in  which event increased rates may be charged based on such
  increased liability.
2023 New York Laws › GOB - General Obligations › Article 5 - Creation, Definition and Enforcement of Contractual Obligations › Title 3 - Certain Prohibited Contracts and Provisions of Contracts › 5-326 - Agreements Exempting Pools, Gymnasiums, Places of Public Amusement or Recreation and Similar Establishments From Liability for Negligence Void and Une

§ 5-326. Agreements  exempting  pools,  gymnasiums,  places  of public
  amusement or recreation and similar establishments  from  liability  for
  negligence   void   and  unenforceable.  Every  covenant,  agreement  or
  understanding in or in connection with, or collateral to, any  contract,
  membership  application, ticket of admission or similar writing, entered
  into between the owner or operator of  any  pool,  gymnasium,  place  of
  amusement  or  recreation, or similar establishment and the user of such
  facilities, pursuant to which such owner or operator receives a  fee  or
  other  compensation  for  the  use of such facilities, which exempts the
  said owner or operator from liability for damages caused by or resulting
  from the negligence of the owner, operator or person in charge  of  such
  establishment,  or  their agents, servants or employees, shall be deemed
  to be void as against public policy and wholly unenforceable.
2023 New York Laws › GOB - General Obligations › Article 5 - Creation, Definition and Enforcement of Contractual Obligations › Title 3 - Certain Prohibited Contracts and Provisions of Contracts › 5-327 - Consumers' Right to Recover Attorney's Fees in Actions Arising Out of Consumer Contracts.

§ 5-327. Consumers'  right  to  recover  attorney's  fees  in  actions
arising out of consumer contracts. 1.  As  used  in  this  section,  the
following terms shall have the following meanings:
(a) "Consumer contract" means a written agreement entered into between
a  creditor,  seller or lessor as one party with a natural person who is
the debtor, buyer or lessee as the second party, and  the  money,  other
personal  property  or services which are the subject of the transaction
are primarily for personal, family or household purposes;
(b) "Creditor" means a person who regularly extends, or  arranges  for
the extension of, credit which is payable by agreement in more than four
installments  or  for which the payment of a finance charge is or may be
required;
(c) "Seller" means a person who sells or provides or agrees to sell or
provide the subject of a consumer transaction.
(d) "Lessor" means a person who regularly leases, or arranges for  the
lease of, personal property which is the subject of a consumer contract.
2.  Whenever a consumer contract provides that the creditor, seller or
lessor may recover attorney's fees and expenses incurred as  the  result
of  a  breach  of  any  contractual  obligation  by the debtor, buyer or
lessee, it shall be implied that the creditor, seller  or  lessor  shall
pay  the  attorney's  fees  and  expenses of the debtor, buyer or lessee
incurred as the result of a breach of any contractual obligation by  the
creditor,  seller  or lessor, or in the successful defense of any action
arising out of the contract commenced by the creditor, seller or lessor.
Any limitations on attorney's fees recoverable by the  creditor,  seller
or lessor shall also be applicable to attorney's fees recoverable by the
debtor,  buyer  or lessee under this section. Any waiver of this section
shall be void as against public policy.
2023 New York Laws › GOB - General Obligations › Article 5 - Creation, Definition and Enforcement of Contractual Obligations › Title 3 - Certain Prohibited Contracts and Provisions of Contracts › 5-328 - Processing Fee by Holder of Dishonored Check.

§ 5-328. Processing  fee  by holder of dishonored check. 1. As used in
this section the following terms shall have the following meanings:
(a)  "Holder  of  a  check"  means  the  holder   or   its   assignee,
representative  or  any  other  person  retained  by  the holder to seek
collection of the face value of a dishonored check.
(b) "Dishonored check" means a check, draft or like  instrument  drawn
on  a  bank  or depository institution as full or partial payment for an
unpaid balance on an account, or  for  other  extensions  of  credit  or
payments  of  money  in connection with a consumer transaction, which is
not paid or is dishonored or is returned  by  such  institution  due  to
insufficient funds or other cause not attributable to the holder.
(c)  "Consumer  transaction"  means  a  transaction in which a natural
person  is  extended  credit  for,  or  purchases  or  leases,  personal
property,  money or services primarily for personal, family or household
purposes.
(d) "Account" means a loan account, a  retail  credit  account  or  an
obligation under a retail lease agreement, retail instalment contract or
retail instalment obligation or a retail instalment credit agreement, as
defined in sections three hundred one, three hundred thirty-one and four
hundred one of the personal property law.
2. Notwithstanding the provisions of any law:
(a)  The  holder of a dishonored check given in payment for a consumer
transaction or an account may  collect  from,  charge,  or  add  to  the
outstanding  balance  of the account of, the person from whom such check
was received or to whom such credit was  extended,  a  dishonored  check
charge  of  not  more  than  the  lesser  of  the amount agreed upon, if
contracted for, or twenty dollars.
(b) A dishonored check charge shall not be  deemed  a  credit  service
charge,  interest  or  an incident to or a condition to the extension of
credit, for any purpose of law.
3. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any person  to  whom  a
check,  draft  or  like  instrument,  other  than  a  money  order, bank
cashier's check or certified check, is  tendered  for  any  transaction,
other than a consumer transaction, may, if such instrument is dishonored
charge  or collect from the maker or drawer the amount of twenty dollars
for the return of such unpaid or dishonored instrument.
2023 New York Laws › GOB - General Obligations › Article 5 - Creation, Definition and Enforcement of Contractual Obligations › Title 3 - Certain Prohibited Contracts and Provisions of Contracts › 5-331 - Certain Covenants and Restrictions in Conveyances and Other Agreements Affecting Real Property Void as Against Public Policy.

§ 5-331. Certain  covenants  and restrictions in conveyances and other
  agreements affecting real property void as against  public  policy.  Any
  promise, covenant or restriction in a contract, mortgage, lease, deed or
  conveyance or in any other agreement affecting real property, heretofore
  or hereafter made or entered into, which limits, restrains, prohibits or
  otherwise  provides against the sale, grant, gift, transfer, assignment,
  conveyance, ownership, lease, rental, use or occupancy of real  property
  to  or  by any person because of race, creed, color, national origin, or
  ancestry, is hereby declared to be void as against public policy, wholly
  unenforceable, and shall not constitute a defense in any action, suit or
  proceeding. No such promise, covenant or restriction shall be listed  as
  a  valid  provision affecting such property in public notices concerning
  such  property.  The  invalidity  of  any  such  promise,  covenant   or
  restriction  in  any  such  instrument or agreement shall not affect the
  validity of any other provision therein, but no reverter shall occur, no
  possessory estate shall result, nor any right of entry  or  right  to  a
  penalty  or  forfeiture  shall accrue by reason of the disregard of such
  promise, covenant or  restriction.  This  section  shall  not  apply  to
  conveyances  or  devises  to  religious associations or corporations for
  religious purposes, but, such promise,  covenant  or  restriction  shall
  cease  to  be  enforceable  and  shall  otherwise  become subject to the
  provisions of this section when the real property affected  shall  cease
  to be used for such purpose.
2023 New York Laws › GOB - General Obligations › Article 5 - Creation, Definition and Enforcement of Contractual Obligations › Title 3 - Certain Prohibited Contracts and Provisions of Contracts › 5-332 - Unsolicited and Voluntarily Sent Merchandise Deemed Unconditional Gift.

§ 5-332. Unsolicited   and   voluntarily   sent   merchandise   deemed
  unconditional gift. 1. No  person,  firm,  partnership,  association  or
  corporation,  or  agent or employee thereof, shall, in any manner, or by
  any means, offer for sale goods, wares, or merchandise, where the  offer
  includes  the voluntary and unsolicited sending of such goods, wares, or
  merchandise not actually ordered or requested by the  recipient,  either
  orally  or  in  writing.  The  receipt  of  any  such  goods,  wares, or
  merchandise shall for all purposes be deemed an  unconditional  gift  to
  the  recipient  who  may  use  or  dispose  of  such  goods,  wares,  or
  merchandise in any manner he sees fit without any obligation on his part
  to the sender.
If after any such receipt deemed to be  an  unconditional  gift  under
  this  section,  the sender continues to send bill statements or requests
  for payment with respect thereto,  an  action  may  be  brought  by  the
  recipient  to  enjoin  such  conduct,  in which action there may also be
  awarded reasonable attorney's fees and costs to the prevailing party.
2. If a person is a member of an organization which makes retail sales
  of any goods, wares, or merchandise  to  its  members,  and  the  person
  notifies  the organization of his termination of membership by certified
  mail,  return  receipt  requested,  any  unordered  goods,   wares,   or
  merchandise  which  are  sent  to the person after thirty days following
  execution of  the  return  receipt  for  the  certified  letter  by  the
  organization,  shall  for  all purposes be deemed unconditional gifts to
  the person, who may use or dispose of the goods, wares,  or  merchandise
  in  any  manner  he  sees  fit without any obligation on his part to the
  organization.
If the termination of  a  person's  membership  in  such  organization
  breaches  any  agreement  with the organization, nothing in this section
  shall relieve the person from liability for damages to which he might be
  otherwise subjected to pursuant to law, but he shall not be  subject  to
  any  damages  with respect to any goods, wares, or merchandise which are
  deemed unconditional gifts to him under this section.
If after any receipt deemed to be an  unconditional  gift  under  this
  section,  the  sender  continues to send bill statements or requests for
  payment with respect thereto, an action may be brought by the  recipient
  to  enjoin  such  conduct,  in  which  action  there may also be awarded
  reasonable attorneys' fees and costs to the prevailing party.
2023 New York Laws › GOB - General Obligations › Article 5 - Creation, Definition and Enforcement of Contractual Obligations › Title 3 - Certain Prohibited Contracts and Provisions of Contracts › 5-334 - Option or Right to Acquire Interest in Property.

§ 5-334. Option or right to acquire interest in property. 1. An option
  or right to acquire an equity or other ownership interest in property or
  in  a partnership, corporation, trust or other entity that owns property
  shall not be unenforceable because the owner  of  such  interest  grants
  such option or right to the holder of a mortgage which is a lien on such
  property  or  to  the  holder  of  a security interest in such property,
  simultaneously with or in connection with any  loan  or  forbearance  of
  money secured by such mortgage or security interest, if (a) the power to
  exercise  such option or right is not dependent upon the occurrence of a
  default with respect to such loan,  forbearance,  mortgage  or  security
  interest,  and  (b) such loan or forbearance is for the principal sum of
  two million five hundred thousand dollars or more  when  the  option  or
  right  is  granted.  Loans  or forbearances aggregating two million five
  hundred thousand dollars or more which are to be made or advanced to any
  one borrower in one or more installments pursuant to a written agreement
  by one or more lenders shall be deemed a single loan or forbearance  for
  the  total  amount  which  the  lender or lenders have agreed to make or
  advance pursuant to such agreement.
2. This section shall not be construed to limit, impair  or  otherwise
  affect  the  power  of  the  holder of any option or right to acquire an
  equity or other ownership interest in  property  or  in  a  partnership,
  corporation, trust or other entity that owns property, if such option or
  right is or would be enforceable without reference to this section.
3.  This  section  shall  apply  to  all  options  or rights which are
  exercised  on  or  after   the   effective   date   of   this   section,
  notwithstanding the date when such options or rights were granted.